QK-HSG tinh Tien Giang 09-10

UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
SỞ GIÁO DỤC& ĐÀO TẠO Độc lập - Tự do – Hạnh phúc
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYÊN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 DỰ THI CẤP TỈNH
Khóa ngày 25. tháng 02 năm 2010
Đề chính thức Môn TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
( Đề gồm 5 trang )-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2.0 pts )

(Thí sinh nghe 02 đoạn băng mỗi đoạn 02 lần. Bắt đầu phần nghe và kết thúc phần nghe đều có Bản Giao Hưởng Số 9 của Beethoven. Băng đã được ghi đủ số lần, giám thí mở cho máy chạy từ đầu tới cuối không cần trả băng. Giữa các đoạn có khoảng im lặng để thí sinh làm bài)

Question 1 : Listen to the recording then state whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE. The recording will be played twice :

Hans Huser is a skier. ____________
He is Swiss and lives in a villa by the sea. ____________
He does different things in summer and in winter. ____________
He plays sports with his two sons when he has no work.. ____________

Question 2 : Listen to the recording then pick out ONE best option ( A,B,C or D ) to complete each sentence. The recording will be played twice :

1. What city is it about ? It ‘s about ……..
A. Bam ford B. Oxford C. Stratford D. Cambridge .

2. The town is
A. new with a traffic problem B. old with narrow streets
C. small with many cars
D. not large enough but the city centre has enough parking space

3. The Planning Department
A. changed the traffic system B. conducted a traffic survey
C. were asked many questions D. wanted people to make 5 questions

4. Which one is NOT among their 5 questions ?
A. How old are you ? B. Can you ride ?
C. Where do you live ? D. How do you come to town ?

PART II: READING COMPREHENSION : ( 6.0 pts )

Question 3: Read the passage below then state whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE :
VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine`s Day is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between close companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs ( người tuẫn tiết vì đạo) named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I ( Đức Giáo Hoàng Gelasius I ) in AD 496. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering gifts, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). That is, Valentine`s Day is the traditional day on which lovers in the West let each other know about their love.
The day is now most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines". Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves and the figure of the winged boy angel. Starting in the 19th century, hand writing notes has largely given way to the exchange of mass-produced greeting cards. The Greeting Card Association ( Hiệp Hội ) estimates that world-wide approximately one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year just behind Christmas. The Association also estimates that women buy approximately 85 percent of all valentines. In the United States in the second half of the 20th century, exchanging cards has been extended to include the giving of gifts, usually from the man to the woman. Such gifts typically (điễn hình ) include roses and chocolate. Starting in the 1980s, the diamond industry began to promote Valentine`s day as occasion for the giving of fine jewelry. A dinner date on Valentine`s Day is often regarded as indicating that a dating couple is involved in ( dính dáng vào ) a serious relationship. In the United States the day has come to be associated ( liên hệ với ) as well with a basic spiritual ( về mặt tinh thần ) greeting of "Happy Valentine`s", which may be said by men to their female friends, but rarely to other male friends.
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines.
The rise of Internet popularity ( sự ưa chuộng ) at the turn of the 21st century is creating new traditions. Millions of people use, every year, digital means