Dề thi HSG tỉnh Thái Nguyên

Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Thái Nguyên Môn thi: Tiếng anh lớp 9
kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Ngày thi: 29/ 3/ 2011
Năm học 2010 - 2011 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Đề chính thức
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi theo hướng dẫn dưới mỗi câu)

Điểm
Giám khảo số 1
(họ tên, chữ ký)
Giám khảo số 2
(họ tên, chữ ký)
Số phách
(do chủ tịch HĐ ghi)

Bằng số
Bằng chữ


















Bài thi này gồm có 7 trang được đánh số từ 1 - 7. Thí sinh kiểm tra số tờ bài thi trước khi làm bài.

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Example: 00. A. man B. bad C. many D. manage
Answer: 00. C

01. A. nuclear B. plumber C. consumer D. reduce
02. A. faucet B. water C. resource D. power
03. A. reduced B. realized C. saved D. compared
04. A. scheme B. mechanic C. machine D. chemistry
05. A. village B. shrine C. river D. picnic
06. A. tired B. enjoyed C. reached D. arrived
07. A. worry B. hurry C. sorry D. curry
08. A. pronounce B. other C. won D. ton
09. A. headache B. flame C. shame D. shadow
10. A. reservoir B. recent C. resent D. research

01. .................... 02. ................ 03. ................ 04. ................. 05. ..............
06. .................... 07. ................ 08. ................ 09. ................. 10. ..............

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in bracket.

11. Jane (go) to England in 2001 and ( study) there for 3 years.
12. Please (not drink) much, you (drive) tonight.
13. When the train to Hanoi (leave)? - It (leave) at 7.15 tomorrow morning.
14. Mr. Black sounded really unhappy this morning. He ( have) his car (steal).
15. What (be) for dinner? It (smell) very delicious.
16. I (go) to London next week. - How long you (stay) there?
17. Yesterday, when (open) the front door, I (see) a thief in the living room.
18. Wild animals (reduce) a lot in number because the forests, their home,(destroy) seriously.

11......................................................... 12.................................................................
13.......................................................... 14.................................................................

15.......................................................... 16.................................................................
17.......................................................... 18.................................................................

III. Choose the correct answer
It is true that there have been great (19) ___ in technology over the last forty years. For examples, the uses of mobile phones and email communication are common these days. (20) ___, machines could never do as good a job as a human, especially when it (21) ___ to interpreting what people are (22) ___. Of course, machines can translate plain statements such as "Where is the bank?" but even simple statements are not always (23) ___ because meaning depends on more than just (24) ___. For instance, the word "bank" has a (25) ___ of different meanings in English. How does a translating machine know which meaning to take?
In order to understand what people are saying, you need to take into account the (26) ___ between speakers and their situation. A machine cannot (27) __ the difference between the English expression "Look out" meaning "Be careful!" and "Look out" meaning " Put your head out of the window". You need a human being to (28) ___ the situation.
(29 ) ___ with written language, it is difficult for a machine to know how to translate (30) ______ because we rarely translate every word