De thi HSG Tinh mon Tieng Anh 9

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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9
Khóa ngày …. tháng 3. năm 2011
Đề chính thức Môn TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
( Đề gồm 5 trang )-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2.0 pts )

(Thí sinh nghe 02 đoạn băng mỗi đoạn 02 lần. Bắt đầu phần nghe và kết thúc phần nghe đều có phần nhạc Bản Giao Hưởng Số 9 của Beethoven. Băng đã được ghi đủ số lần, giám thị mở cho máy chạy từ đầu tới cuối không cần trả băng. Toàn bộ khoảng 12 phút. Giữa các đoạn có khoảng im lặng để thí sinh làm bài)

Question 1 : Listen to the recording, then fill in the form ( only (, (, (, () with the correct information. The recording will be played twice:

REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LEAVE

Name

Angela Tung

Student number

H5712

Address
(

…..............................................
Tamworth, 2340

Telephone number
(
8106745

Course
(

…..............................................

Teacher’s name (
Mrs. Green

Student visa expiry date

(

…..............................................

I wish to request leave in term
(
1/ one

Dates of leave
(
May 31st
To

Number of working days missed
(

…..............................................


Question 2 : Listen to the recording then pick out ONE best option ( A,B,C or D ) to complete each sentence (from 9 to 12). The recording will be played twice:

9. Why does Angela want to take leave? To ………………. .
A. visit her aunt B. see her mother C. meet her husband D. guard her family
10. Where is Angela going? To …………. .
A. Tamworth B. Brisbane C. Armidale D. Sydney
11. Who is going with Angela? With ………… .
A. her uncle B. her mother C. her aunt D. her father
12. When will Angela go home to her own country?
A. in two months B. in ten months C. in twelve months D. in twenty months


PART II: READING COMPREHENSION : ( 6.0 pts )

Question 3: Read the passage below, then choose ONE option that best answers or completes each of the questions:

The earliest known settlement on Singapore was in the 2nd century AD. It was an outpost of the Sumatran empire, named Temasek (`sea town`). Between the 16th and early 19th centuries, it was part of the Sultanate of Johor, Malaysia. In 1613, Portuguese raiders burnt the settlement down, and the island sank into obscurity for the next two centuries.
In 1819, Thomas Stamford Raffles landed on the main island and signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah on behalf of a British Company to develop the southern part of Singapore as a British trading post.
Singapore was controlled by a Malay Sultan until August 1824, when John Crawfurd, the second resident of Singapore, made the whole island a British possession by signing a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah under which the Sultan and the Temenggong handed it over to the British. In 1826 it became part of a British colony. By 1869, 100,000 people lived on the island.
During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Malaya, culminating in the Battle of Singapore. The British were defeated in six days and surrendered to General Yamashita on 15 February 1942. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called this "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history". The Japanese occupied Singapore until the British repossessed it on 5 September 1945, a month after the Japanese surrender.
Singapore`s first general election, in 1955, was won by the pro-independence David Marshall, leader of the Labor Front party. Demanding complete self-rule, he led a delegation to London but was turned down by the British. He resigned upon return and was replaced by Lim Yew Hock, whose policies then convinced Britain to grant Singapore full self-government with its own prime minister and Cabinet overseeing all matters of government except defense and foreign affairs.
In elections in May 1959 the People`s Action Party won a landslide victory and immediately made Singapore a self-governing state, with Lee Kuan Yew as the first prime minister. Governor of Singapore Sir William Goode served as the first Yang di-Pertuan Negara until December 1959, when he was succeeded by Yusof bin Ishak, later first President of Singapore.
Singapore declared independence from Britain on 31 August 1963, before joining the new Federation of Malaysia in September along with Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak as the result of the 1962 meeting of Singapore. Tunku Abdul Rahman separated Singapore from the Federation