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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
SECTION A: LISTENING (30 points)
Part I. Listen to Thomas Lambert talking about his life as a ballet dancer. Choose the correct answer. (10 points)
1. How did Thomas feel about doing performing arts?
A. It was important to maintain a family tradition. B. It was something he was born to do.
C. He wasn’t talented enough to become a pianist. D. he found it interesting and important.
2. Thomas went to different ballet schools because
A. he liked performing in different places. B. he enjoyed travelling to different countries.
C. he needed to find out what suited him best. D. he wanted to get the widest range of experience.
3. What does Thomas like best about ballet?
A. It’s difficult to get it right. B. It involves more than movement.
C. Each ballet tells a story and it attracts him. D. It’s fun performing in front of an audience.
4. What does Thomas like best about awards?
A. Some of them are worth more than others. B. It is very important to him.
C. Dancers have to win them while they are young.
D. It’s difficult to win them because dancers have a short career.
5. Thomas says that by the time he stops dancing he wants to have
A. studied more about ballet. B. started to teach ballet to new students.
C. increased audiences for ballet. D. made the most of his time on stage.






Part II. Listen and fill the information you hear in the numbered spaces. NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS OR A NUMBER for each space. (10 points)
Transport from Airport to Milton

 Example Answer
Distance: …….147…….. miles

Options * Car hire
- don’t want to drive
* (1)……………………………………….
- expensive
* Greyhound bus
-$ 15 single , (2).………………. return
- direct to the City centre
- long (3)……………..................….…….
* Airport (4)………………………………..
- door to door service
- need to (5)………………………….…….

Part III. You will hear a conversation between a girl and her father about what she’s going to study next year. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. Put a (() in the box under A for YES and under B for No. (10 points)
Statements
Yes (A)
NO (B)

0.Charlotte wants to study Spanish because she thinks Spanish is easy.

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1. Chartlotte’s grandmother was born in England.



2. Charlotte’s father is sorry he can’t speak Chinese.



3. Charlotte’s father is keen on her studying in China.



4. Charlotte plans to go to China alone.



5. Charlotte and her father agree that her mother wants to visit China.



SECTION B. PHONETICS (10 points)
Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. (5 points)

breathtaking
B. breathe
C. mouth
D. monthly


spectacular
B. sandal
C. affordable
D. negative


career
B. peer
C. pear
D. appear


 A. shortage
B. carriage
C. teenage
D. storage


climber
B. subtle
C. debtor
D. probable







Part II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group.(5 points)
1. A. volunteer B. understand C. temperature D. scientific
2. A. accidental B. sensitivity C. beneficial D. industrial
3. A. television B. information C. economic D. engineer
4. A. adolescence B. metropolitant C. multicultural D. spectacular
5. A. swallow B. extinct C. crisis D. journey

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SECTION C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (65 points)
Part I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
1. He thought the talk was fascinating. His friend, _______, fell asleep halfway through it.
A. although B. nevertheless C. therefore D. B or C
2. All of the students_______ the seniors will receive their grades in two weeks.
A. but B. so C. and D. or
3. The press puts _____ on the police forces who were unable to cope with