Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2014-2015 - Phòng GD&ĐT TP Hải Dương

PHÒNG GD & ĐT TP HẢI DƯƠNG
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG
NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 9
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút)
Đề thi gồm: 14 câu, 07 trang
ĐIỂM
BẰNG SỐ
BẰNG CHỮ
GK 1: .
SỐ PHÁCH
GK 2: .
A. LISTENING (15points) (Listen to the tape twice) 
I. Listen to Ryan talking about his life and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). (10 points)
.........	1. He has lived in a foreign country.	
.........	2. He has worked for a big company.	
.........	3. He has stayed in an expensive hotel.	
.........	4. He has flown in a jumbo jet.
.........	5. He has cooked a meal for a lot of people.
.........	6. He has met a famous person.
.........	7. He has seen a play by Shakespeare.
.........	8. He has ridden a motorbike.
.........	9. He has been to hospital.
.........	10. He has won a competition.
II. Listen to the conversation between Julia and William and answer these questions (5 points):
1. Where did Julia and her husband go on holiday?
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2. Why did they go to Edinburgh by train ?
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3. What was the weather like after the first couple of days?
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4. Where did they visit?
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5. When did they get back?
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B. PHONETICS. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS(35points)
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (2.5 points)
1. A. uses
B. purses
C. agrees
D. pleases
2. A. champagne
B. exchange
C. chance
D. reach
3. A. worship	
B. another
C. above
D. month
4. A. leader	
B. leather
C. feather
D. measure
5. A. comprise	
B. comment
C. communicate
D. compulsory
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (2.5 points)
1. A. understand
B. engineer
C. benefit
D. Vietnamese
2. A. federation 
B. unpolluted 
C. disappearing 
D. profitable
3. A. entertain	
B. electronic
C. documentary
D. television
4. A. considerate
B. embroider
C. logical
D. religion
5. A. residential
B. advantage 
C. environment
D. surround
III. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (15 points)
1. He hates being ................... at.
A. look	B. looking	C. to look	D. looked
2. ..................... from Bill, all the students said they would go.
A. Except	 	B. Only	C. Apart	D. Separate
3 ............. that she burst into tears.
A. Such was angry girl	B. So angry was she
C. She was angry so	D. Her anger was such
4. They hardly do anything nowadays, ..........................?
	A. don't they	B. are they	C. aren't they	D. do they
5. Twenty miles .......................a long way to walk.
	A. are	B. was	C. is	D. were
6. He'll never pass his driving test..........he takes some lessons.
A. if only	B. unless	C. provided 	D. if
7. He was only nine,but he ate...................his father did. 
 	A. much than 	B. more than that 	C. as much as. 	D. so much as.
8. I'd like to have my shoes................at once.
 	A. repair 	B. repairing 	C. repaired 	D. being repaired
9. It's about time you .......... to study seriously.
 	A. begin 	B. began 	C. did begin 	D. would begin
10. I can't help .......... him in spite of his fault.
 	A. admire 	B. admired 	C. to admire 	 D. admiring
11.When I break.............for the summer,I'm going to spain for three weeks.
 	A. up	B. in	C. out	D. down
12. I am afraid that these regulations have to be  with.
A. complied	B. provided	C. faced	D. met
13. .. every part of the world has experienced an earthquake in recent years. 
A. Most	B. Almost	C. Each	D. Nearby
14. He tried to prevent to dog .................. running into the road. 
 A. from	B. to	C. against	D. for
15. Neither Mary nor her sisters............ a consent form for tomorrow's field trip.
	A. need	B. needs	C. has need	D. is needing
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (5 points):
1. You can never be sure what he is going to do. He is so .. PREDICT
2. Ants and bees are described as  insects. 	INDUSTRY
3. David fell off his motorbike,but his  were not very serious.	INJURE
4. He got an accident due to his ....... 	CARE
5. You’d better drive. I’m too .. for such traffic. 	experience
6. The teacher stressed the need for the regular 	attend
7.She always listens ....... to what she is told. 	ATTENTION
8. In some areas water has to be boiled to ....... it. 	pure
9. ....... has caused many so.called man.made disasters. 	forest
10. Today there is a meeting of local ...	CONSERVE
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (5 pts):
1. Linh wishes that she is given a teddy bear at Christmas.
 	 A	B 	 C 	 D
2. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1650, didn’t it?
 	A 	B 	 C 	D
3.Going to the beach is enjoyable way relaxing in the summer.
 A 	 B 	 C 	 D
4. She said her mother that she was still very poor and couldn’t afford to buy the car she 
 	 A 	 B 	C
really wanted. 
D 
5. My father, along with his friends, are drinking tea in the living room.
 	 A 	 B 	 C 	 D
VI: Circle the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. ( 5 points) 
1. A: Would you like some more tea? 
 B: ......................
A. No, thank. 	B. Yes , thanks. 	C. Yes, please. 	D. No, please.
2. A: Will it rain on the day of our departure? 
B: ......................
A. I hope not. 	B. I don’t hope so 	C. I hope not so. 	D. I hope it wouldn’t.
3. A: Remember to return the newspaper to my father. 
B: ......................
A. I will 	B. Why not 	C. I won’t	D. Of course. 
4. A: Will you have time to help us? 
 B: .. I’m very busy at the moment.
A. I’m afraid not 	B. I think so. 	C. I don’t expect so. 	D. I hope not.
5. A: “I’d like the blue jacket, pleases! Can I try it on?” 
 B: “Yes, ...................................................................................” 
A. you would 	B. you must 	C. certainly 	D. you do
6. A: “ Do you think it will rain ? “ 
 B: “Oh ! ....................................................................................”
	A. I don’t hope. 	B. I hope not. 	C. I don’t hope so 	D. It’s hopeless
7. A: “ More coffee?, Anybody?”
 B: “.............................................................................................”	
A. I don’t agree, I’m afraid	 	 	B. Yes, I’d love to 
C. Yes, please	D. It’s right, I think
8. A: “ Can I use your motorbike this evening?”
B: “.............................................................................................”	
 	A. Of course, you can 	B. Of course, you might	 
 	C. It’s my pleasure	 	D. Do it if you can
9. A: Do you mind if we schedule the meeting for 11 o’clock?	
 B: Well, actually, I ....................................................... earlier
A. will prefer it 	B. would prefer it to be 	
C. am preferring 	D. should prefer it will be
10. A: “Would you mind closing the window?” 
B: “.............................................................................................”	
A. Not at all. I will close it now. 	B. Yes, very soon. 
C. Yes, certainly.	 	D. Yes, I would. Go ahead. 
C. READING (25 points)
I. Choose the best answer for each blank to complete the following passage. (10 points)
May Day is an traditional opportunity for workers to (1) ................. their grievances. Some people believe that it is all began in Australia in 1856 with a series of (2) .................. strikers. A more likely origin (3) ..................... place thirty years later in 1886 (4) ................... an American federation of labor called for nationwide strikers and demonstrations (5) ................. an eight.hour day. On May 1 the police opened fire on a crowd of demonstrations in the city of Milwaukee. Nine people (6) ........... killed. Two days later in Chicago police killed six demonstrators at a factory in Chicago, though eight of their own men were subsequently (7) ................ in the protest which followed. 
 In July 1889, as (8) ..................... of centenary celebrations of the French Revolution, an international labor congress meeting in Paris called for an international day of demonstrations in (9) ...................... of the eight.hour day on May 1, 1890. And on that date the world celebrated (10) ............... first global holiday.
1. A. say	B. tell	C. speak	D. express
2. A. annual	B. monthly	C. weekly	D. year
3. A. went	B. became	C. took	D. held
4. A. where	B. which	C. who	D. when
5. A. to	B. with	C. of	D. for
6. A. were	B. are	C. have been	D. had been
7. A. killing	B. killed	C. died	D. death 
8. A. role	B. part	C. region	D. area
9. A. provide	B. supply	C. support	D. approve
10. A. its	B. his	C. their	D. our
II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (10 points)
Freddy liked to go to the countryside to draw animals and plants. One day, while (1).............. across the field, looking for rabbits to draw, he was so lost in thought that he did not (2).................... a bull running towards him. About a hundred meters (3)............... was a tree under which he usually sat to draw. Suddenly he heard a (4) ..................... noise behind him. It was the bull! He knew that a bull could run much (5)................... than a man, but he also knew that a bull could not see very (6)................. and noticed only shape and movement. To distract the bull, he threw his bag away (7)......................him. The bull saw the sudden movement and headed for the bag. Freddy quickly climbed (8)...................... the tree and 
watched the bull attack his bag. (9).................. the bull was satisfied and had gone away, he got down from the tree and ran (10)..............fast as he could. Everything in the bag was completely ruined. 
III. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (5 points)
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family where his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. 
Mozart began leaning to play harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the age at which he also first appeared in publiC. 
From the age of six, when his father took him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short life . he died at the age of thirty five – travelling. 
As Mozart matured, he continued to tour and give concerts. Mozart also wrote a lot of operas. His first opera, Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was performed in Milan when he was 14, and it was the first of many successes in the theatre.
1. How rich was Mozart’s family?
A. Very rich
C. As rich as a financial
B. Not very rich
D. Very poor
2. When did he take the first step into the world of music as a composer?
A. When he was three	
B. When he was five	
C. When he was fourteen	 
D. When he was thirty.five
3. What did he do on his first tour to some major European countries?
A. He made so much sightseeing	
B. He toured the courts and musical centres
C. He toured only	
D. He did nothing
4. Why is it possible to name Mozart “A travelling composer”?
A. Because he spent almost a third of his short life travelling. 	
B. Because he liked travelling a lot.	
C. Because he never travelled. 
D. Because he had good imagination.
5. What expression in the passage means “an exceptionally clever child” ?
A. A child normal	
B. A child clever	 
C. A child prodigy	
D. Child playing harpsichord. 
D. WRITING (25 points)
I. Rewrite the sentences in such another way so that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. (5 points)
1. She is proud of being such a good cook.
® She prides ..............................................................................................................................
2. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them.
® I have no.................................................................................................................................
3. The garage is servicing my car on Monday. 	 
® I am 
4.Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. 
®Only when ........................................................................................................................
5.Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
® Martin's poor ....................................................................................................................
6.I prefer Vietnamese food to English food. 
® I'd .....................................................................................................................................
7.I don't find it difficult to study late at night.
® I am used to......................................................................................................................
8. I could finish it on time because you helped me.	
® Without ..................................................................................................................................
9. I love walking in the rain, though it is not good for health.
® Walking .................................................................................................................................
10. His parents made him study hard for his exam.
® He was made ........................................................................................................................
II. Write a letter using the cues given( 10 pts)
Dear Julia,
1. I/ sorry/ it take/ so long/ reply/ letter.
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2. I/ just/ come back/ trip/ the north/ country.
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3. You/ be pleased/ know/ I come/ London/ next weekend.
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4. It seem/ long time/ since/ we last /see/ other
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5. I/ like/ meet you/ and / go out/ together.
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6. I wonder/ you like/ go/ see/ film/ play.
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7. There/ be/ new Harrison Ford film/ New Century cinema.
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8. Perhaps/ can go/ meal/ drink/ afterwards.
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9. Give/ ring later/ week/ arrange/ more definite
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10. I/ look forward/ hear/ you soon.
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Love,
Mary
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