ĐỀ THI HSG VĨNH PHÚC CÁC MÔN 06-07

sở GD-ĐT VĩNH PHúC

Đề THI CHíNH THứC
Kì THI chọn HSG LớP 9- thcs NĂM học 2006-2007
Đề thi Môn: TIếNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề)
( Đề thi có 03 trang)


I. Listening: Listen and complete the details below.

Example
Identification and security check: Platinum Card Service
Card number: 6992 (1)........................11478921
Name: Carlos da Silva
Postcode: SE1 (2)................
Address: (3) .......................Vauxhall Close, London
Date of birth: 13 July (4) ...........................
Mother’s maiden name: (5).....................



II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. journalist B. architect C. conductor D. plumber
2. A. obey B. detail C. delay D. begin
3. A. accurate B. customer C. computer D. exercise
4. A. banana B. develop C. percentage D. recently
5. A. mechanic B. service C. national D. realize
III. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet.
1. Too many exams and tests have put students ........... pressure.
A. in B. on C. under D. into
2. Be patient ..................... you won’t succeed.
A. because B. or C. though D. when
3. Susan couldn’t help ................. when I told her the joke.
A. laughing B. laugh C. to laugh D. laughed
4. I remember ................... him. It was a fine five-dollar note.
A. paid B. to pay C. paying D. to be paid
5. They .......... the bridge by the time you come back.
A. will finish B. will have finished C. will be finished D. have finished
6. Most teachers make ............. for young students’ mistakes.
A. up B. room C. allowance D. way
7. One of the major causes ........... heart disease is lack of exercise.
A. for B. to C. of D. by
8. I ........... the impression that they would not charge me.
A. had B. made C. gave D. took
9. My grandfather often ............... of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
A. speaks B. tells C. says D. converses
10. Our parents often have a strong ............ on our lives.
A. impact B. effect C. result D. influence
IV. Use the context to help you choose the best meaning or synonym for each highlighted word.
1. A blizzard is a severe winter storm, which occurs in North America.
A. chronic B. strict C. painful D. harsh
2. A musical comedy has a plot with songs and dances connected to it.
A. story B. plan C. piece of ground D. setting
3. The stomach breaks down food with digestive juices.
A. moisture B. saps C. secretions D. chemicals
4. According to the ancient Greeks, the heart was the seat of human intelligence.
A. chair B. situation C. center D. place
5. American immigration in the 19th century peaked in the 1880s.
A. was at its highest point B. was topped C. was pointed D. was sharp
V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Write that word or phrase on the answer sheet and correct it.
1. The Moon’s gravitational field cannot keep atmospheric gases from escape into space.
2. Although the pecan tree is chiefly value for its fruit, its wood is used extensively for flooring, furniture, boxes, and crates.
3. Many flowering plants benefit of pollination by adult butterflies and moths.
4. George Gershwin was an American composer whose concert works joined the sound of jazz with them of traditional orchestration.
5. A food additive is any chemical that food manufacturers intentional add to their products.
VI. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage by writing the corresponding