Đề thi HSG tỉnh 2011-2012

SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO
SÓC TRĂNG
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2011 – 2012
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Đề chính thức


Môn: Tiếng Anh - lớp 9
(Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)
Ngày thi 04/02/2012
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Đề thi này có 04 trang
- Thí sinh làm trên giấy làm bài.
- Thí sinh làm phần nghe hiểu trước.
A. Listening (3 points)
Part 1 (1.5 points).
Listen to the first passage about “The Mass Media”.Then answer the questions below. You will listen to the passage twice.
1.What do the mass media consist of ?
2. Are the newspapers the new form of communicating news?
3. What can bring up-to-the-minute news to distant places in a matter of seconds?
4. What has made the world a smaller place?
5. What is the most recently developed means of communication?
6. How can we select our leaders?
Part 2 (1.5 points)
Listen to the second passage “A friend in my memory” twice. Then decide if the sentences are true or false.
1. The writer has a great many friends nowadays.
2. Susan was five years older than the writer.
3. Susan seemed to be proud of her achievement.
4. Susan was the only child of her family.
5. Susan liked to argue with others and could not bear injustice.
6. Susan was full of sympathy and modest.
B. Grammar and use (7 points)
Part 1 (2.0 pts) Choose the best answers
1. Our electricity bill is ........ I can’t pay it if all of you go on wasting electricity.
A. large B. big C. enormous D. much
2. When I’m away from home, I .................. my chidren very much.
A. miss B. lose C. love D. forget
3. Don’t ............... when you have difficulty!
A. complain B. worry C. lose heart D.all are correct.
4. I want to buy a new dress. ........................ , it is very expensive.
A. However B. Therefore C.But D. Though
5. .................................... . – Thanks.
A. Congratulation on your success. B. It’s kind of you to say so.
C. Well done D. All are correct.
6. “I don’t like watching sports.” – “........................... .”
A. I do, too B. So do I C. I’m the opposite D. yes, I do
7. They invited us ........................ their family on a trip to Hanoi.
A. to join B. joining C. join D. joined
8. I can’t stand .................... to that sad music.
A. listen B. listened C. listening D. to listen
Part 2 (2.0 pts) Choose the one word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
1. These new words and structures from the text should be learnt from heart.
A B C D
2. First of all, he asked me how old was I and where I came from.
A B C D
3. Mary found it the listening skill very difficult in studying a foreign language.
A B C D
4. I want to study English and would like to have some informations about your school.
A B C D
5. We are looking forward to spend our summer holidays in a small village in the countryside.
A B C D
6. Tam thinks that we ought go to Seattle School of English to study as we may
A B C
stay with Vietnamese friends.
D
7. Listening is my the biggest problem and everyone seems to talk very quickly
A B C D
8. The school would like offering us a free course in Accounting after we sent them
A B C
a letter of inquiry.
D
Part 3 (1.0 pt) Use the correct prepositions.
1. He left for HCM city ............... 8th October.
2. Mr Nam is fed up ................... noodle.
3. Lan is quick ............. speaking English.
4. His father asked him to give ................ smoking.
Part 4 (1,0 pt) Choose the correct form of the words in parentheses.
1. This apple tastes (sour, sourly).
2. He talked to her (rude, rudely).
3. The bank is (close, closely) to the post office.
4. A snake crawled (quiet, quietly).
Part 5 (1.0 pt) Use the right tense or form of