HS giỏi AV9 -018

UBND tØnh thõa thiªn huÕ ®Ò thi häc sinh giái tØnh
së gi¸o dôc-®µo t¹o LíP 9 THCS n¨m häc 2005-2006

®Ò chÝnh thøc m«n thi: tiÕng anh (vßng 2)
thêi gian lµm bµi : 120 phót


(ThÝ sinh lµm bµi trªn ®Ò thi nµy)
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I. LISTENING: ( 20 points)
Part 1: Listen to the interview with Saul Robbins about his daily life and choose the correct answer. You will hear the recording three times. (6 points)
1. Saul lives in ..................
A. Paris B. London C. New York
2. He is a ................
A. director B. reporter C. producer
3. He works for ................
A. a newspaper B. a radio station C. a TV station
4. He goes to work at .................. in the afternoon.
A. two B. four C. five
5. When he gets up he ................... first.
A. brushes his teeth B. has a shower C. gets dressed
6. He has .................. for breakfast.
A. some toast B. some ice-cream C. a cup of coffee
7. He goes to work ..................
A. on foot B. by car C. by train
8. He finishes work at ................ in the morning.
A. two B. four C. five
9. After work he goes for a .................. with his friends.
A. walk B. drink C. meal
10. He ................. travels to other countries.
A. sometimes B. usually C. never
11. He ................his job.
A. likes B. doesn`t like C. hates
12 In his free time, he plays ...................
A. tennis B. football C. badminton

Part 2:. Listen and write down the times in words. You will hear the recording three times. (9 points)

1................................................ 6. ..........................................................

2. .............................................. 7. ..........................................................

3 ............................................... 8. ...........................................................

4................................................ 9. ...........................................................

5................................................
Part 3: Listen to the interview and answer the questions. You will hear the recording three times. (5 points)
Where did Julia go for her holiday? ........................................................................
How did she go there? ................................................................................
How long did the journey take? ..............................................................................
Where did she stay? ...............................................................................
What things did she do? ...............................................................................
II.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (33 points)
Part 1: Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D. (10 points)
1. When the party was _____ we helped them clear up the house.
A. up B. off C. out D. over
2 Jack can’t remember _____ the telephone number down.
A. write B to write C. writing D. written
3. Has Sue finished _____ yet?
A. washing up B. to wash up C. wash up D. wash upping
4. Jane stopped the car _____ a newspaper.
A. buying B. to buy C. buy D. bought
5. I _____ your name. Could you tell me again?
A. am forgetting B. ’ve been forgettingC. ’ve forgotten D. was forgetting
6. There you are! I _____ for two hours. Where’ve you been?
A. am waiting B. wait C. waited D. have been waiting
7. This job ______ working very long hours.
A. involves B. consists C. includes D. contains
8. “Have they arrested the thieves yet?” “It’s only a _______ of time.”
A. period B. matter C. length D. waste
9. Just think, ______ two years’ time, we’ll be 18!
A. under B. over C. after D. in
10. I’ll give you ten minutes to come ______ with a better idea.
A. out B. in C. through D. up
Part 2: Complete the interview using the past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous. More than one tense may be possible ( 15 points)

James: Dave, I haven’t seen (see) you for a long time.
Dave: No well, I ____________________ (1 live) in West London for the last few
years.
James: Right! So what _____________ you __________________ (2 do)?
Dave: Well, I ______________________ (3 work) for a film company for the last two years.
James: Wow! A film company. That’s glamorous!
Dave: No, not really. It’s hard work. I’m an assistant director.
James: _______________ you _______________ (4 meet) anyone famous?
Dave: Well, yes! I _________________ (5 work) with some famous people in the
time I’ve been there. Last year we _______________ (6 make) a film with
Jack Anderson.
James: Wow! I _________________ (7 see) him in a film last week. He’s really
brilliant!
Dave: And I ____________________ (8 film) with Belinda Barker a couple of
months ago.
James: You lucky thing!
Dave: Oh, yeah, and I __________ also_________ (9 become) friends with Matt
Harper. We __________________ (10 meet) on the last film I worked on.
James: What ___________ you ____________ (11 do) this year?
Dave: Well, I _________________ (12 finish) work on a comedy, and for the past
couple of weeks I _________________ (13 help) the director to cast a new
romantic comedy.
James: What ____________ you _______________ (14 work) on today?
Dave: I’m afraid I can’t tell you. It’s a secret! Anyway, enough about me! What
__________ you _____________ (15 do) lately?

Part 3: Use the words in capital to form a word that fits in the spaces 1–8 in the text. (8 points)
(0) Original Olympic Games began in Ancient Greece in ORIGIN
BC 776 in Olympia. The Games were very popular and were held
(1) ................................. every four years until AD 393 when they were REGULAR
stopped by the Roman Emperor. The modern games were started
again in Athens in 1896.
The Games have become the World’s most important international
athletics (2) ...................... , in which the best athletes spend years training COMPETE
in (3) ..................................... for this great event. Sports range from PREPARE
basketball to horse riding. Perhaps the most (4) ....................... track and CHALLENGE
field event is the decathlon. Athletes take part in ten different running,
jumping and throwing events.
Almost every nation sends a team to the Olympic Games and
one of the ideas is that the Games encourage (5) ............................... FRIEND
between countries. (6) ............................. sports lovers travel thousands of DEDICATE
miles to watch the Games and most (7) ........................... athletes want the AMBITION
chance of winning an Olympic medal. Such an (8) .............................. can ACHIEVE
make them known throughout the world.

III. READING: (22 points)
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer. (10 points)
It’s always worth preparing well for an interview. Don’t just hope (1) ………… the best. Here are a (2) ………… tips. Practise how you say things, as well as what you (3) ………… to say. If you don’t own a video camera, perhaps a friend of (4) ………… does. Borrow it and make a video tape of yourself. Find (5) ………… to watch it with you and give you a (6) ………… of advice on how you appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out how the company expects its (7) ………… to dress. At the interview, believe (8) ………… yourself and be honest, open and friendly. (9) ………… attention and keep your answers to the point. The interviewer doesn’t want to waste time and (10) ………… do you.
1.A
against
 B.
for
 C
to
 D
at

2.A
little
 B.
several
 C
few
 D
lot

3.A
intend
 B.
consider
 C
imagine
 D
think

4.A
his
 B
yours
 C
mine
 D
ours

5.A
anybody
 B
nobody
 C
everybody
 D
somebody

6.A
number
 B
slice
 C
plenty
 D
bit

7.A
colleagues
 B
employees
 C
customers
 D
employers

8.A
in
 B
of
 C
with
 D
by

9.A
Attract
 B
Give
 C
Turn
 D
Pay

10A
so
 B
either
 C
neither
 D
or











Part 2: Choose from sentences A–H the one which fits each gap 1–6. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use. (12 points)
A Industries have polluted the water, fishing has destroyed sea life and divers have
damaged large parts of the coral.
B The crew were helpful and pleasant and the price was also very reasonable.
C Altogether, it was a wonderful trip.
D I’m not sure I would go again.
E It stretches for 2000 kilometres and is up to 800 metres wide.
F However, I didn’t think I could take part in a dive cruise and not dive.
G At no point were we permitted to swim away on our own.
H I was right it was an incredible sight.

A Natural Wonder
When I was asked to visit and write about the Great Barrier Reef, I was thrilled. I had heard reports of damage done by tourism and other industries, but felt that the Reef would still be a wonderful place to see.

From the air, the Great Barrier Reef seems huge.
I wasn’t sure how best to explore such a giant place, so after I had landed, I made enquiries and was told the best way to see the Reef is to take a dive cruise. I booked a plac