HSG tp (08 09).doc

PHÒNG GIÁO DụC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THÀNH PHỐ
YÊN BáI
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 9
Năm học: 2008 – 2009
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể giao đề)


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Họ và tên thí sinh ……………………… SBD ……….
Sinh ngày ………….. tháng ……… năm ……..
Trường THCS ………………………………… Lớp ……….

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A - PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others (2ms)
A. ordered
B. published
C. impressed
D. escaped

A. flew
B. drew
C. knew
D.grew

A. only
B. most
C. purpose
D. nobody

A. source
B. shy
C. sugar
D. sure

A. leaf
B. of
C. deaf
D.wife

A. exchange
B. reach
C. chance
D. champagne

A. pleasure
B. occasion
C. television
D. expensive

A. cough
B. enough
C. although
D. laugh


B – READING
Read the passage and answer the questions (2,5ms)
About three thousand years ago, there were no shops. If you needed something you had to make it yourself. For example, if you needed something to wear, you had to kill an animal and get its coat. If you were a good hunter and had a lot of coats, you could exchange them for other things you needed. You could get meat, fruit or an axe. This way of exchanging things is called barter.
Later on, people began to use money. They made money from things which would last not go bad easily. They used stones, shells, and animals’ teeth. After men had discovered metal, they started to use cooper, tin, silver, and gold. They made these metals into small bars so that they were easy to store and carry about. Before there were banks, people kept their money in the ground, they thought that it was the safest place to store money.
About five hundred years later, people began to make coins. They were easier to carry than metal bars. Early coins were not flat and round but were in lumps. Usually the king or ruler of a place gave the order to make coins. Therefore, people often put a picture of his called the head. Then they put the date and value of the coin on the other side. This side is called the tail.
The first paper money was made by Chinese. In the fifteenth century the first banks appeared in Italy. Today banks look after our money in a number of ways.

Questions:
What would you do if you wanted a coat thousands of years ago?
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What does the word “barter” mean?
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What kinds of good things did men first use to make money?
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Why did people make coins?
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Who had the right to give the order to make coins?
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II. Fill in each plank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage (2,5ms)
Newspapers and Magazines
It is true that newspaper is an (1) ………….. source of information. Many people begin their learning by reading the paper. In this way they learn (2) ………….. is now on in the world. Sometimes, however, they don’t have (3) …………… to read the news carefully and must be reading with a quick (4) …………… at the front pages. At other times they may be in such a (5) …………….that they have time only to glance at the headlines.
Another type of publication, which helps keep the population informed is the (6) ……….. …. Some magazines are published weekly. (7) ………………. are put out monthly. There are news magazines, and magazines for such special interest (8) …………… photography, sports, art, and music. Some are primarily for (9) …………….. , others for women, and there is a selection (10) ……………. children’s magazines, too. In the United States, there are publications for every taste and interest.

C – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank (2ms)
1. I read an interesting …………. in the paper the other day.
A.article
B. information
C. news
D. reporting

2. A lot of people take their family to …………… a picnic in the park.
A. go
B. get
C. have