SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (Lớp 9)

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

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SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 POINTS)

Part I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. (10 points)
1. One problem for teacher is that each student has his/ her own ________ needs.
A. separate B. divided C. individual D. distinctive
2. I was ________ in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone.
A. submerged B. distracted C. gripped D. engrossed
3. If we hurry, we might get there ________ to catch the early train.
A. right B. in time C. on time D. before time
4. To get a passport, you must send in your birth ________ and two photos.
A. certificate B. licence C. paper D. card
5. She tries to set ________ an hour a week for practice.
A. about B. down C. aside D. in
6. ________ stay the night if it’s too difficult to get home.
A. At all costs B. By all means C. In all D. On the whole
7. Robert and his wife ________ to my house for tea yesterday evening.
A. came round B. came about C. came down D. came away
8. Each of the guests ________ a bunch of flowers.
A. are given B. is given C. were given D. give
9. To everyone’s surprise, Mr Brown ________ at the Trade Union meeting.
A. turned in B. turned over C. turned up D. turned round
10. Everyone burst out laughing. There was a lot of ________.
A. laughs B. laughter C. laughings D. laugh

Part II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 points)
1. I (meet) ____met____ John before I (be) ___had been_____ a fortnight in Paris.
2. The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (go) ____had gone____ out and they (sit)
____sat____ in the dark.
3. What tune (play) ___were being played_____ when we (come) ____came____ in?
4. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ____had been wearing____ her seat belt,
she (not hurt) ____wouldn’t have been hurt____ so badly.
5. Coming into the room he (see) ____saw____ Mary where he (leave) _____had left___ her.
Part III. Give the correct form of the words to complete each sentence. (10 points)
1. We go to the restaurant for ____vegetarians____ whenever we're tired of eating meat. (vegetable)
2. Don’t worry. I ‘ll be waiting for you at the ____enterance____ to the pagoda . (enter)
3. The old theater of our city is being enlarged and ____modernized____. (modern)
4. Advertisements account for three-fourths of the ____incomes____ of the newspaper. (come)
5. What is the ____opposite____ of the adjective “solid”. ( oppose)
6. ____consumers____ should complain if they are not satisfied with the service they recieve. (Consume)
7. If your work is ________ you won’t get a raise. (satisfy)
8. ____conservationists____ are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforest are being destroyed.
(Conserve)
9. The athletes take part in the Olympic Games in the true spirit of ____sportsmanship____. (sport)
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10. You can never be sure what he is going to do. He is so ____unpredictable____. (predict)
SECTION THREE: READING (30 POINTS)
Part I. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (5 points)
People have been playing with marbles for thousands of years. The first marbles were probably either
river stones that happened to be naturally round enough to roll or, more likely, rounded globs of clay that
were baked hardness. Such very old clay marbles have been found in both Greek and Roman ruins, and
quartz spheres have been dated at around 6000 B.C. Harder and more durable marbles tend to inspire
different kinds of games than soft clay marbles, which crack very easily. So with the advent of hand rounded
and polished marbles made of agate or some other rugged, igneous rock, the ‘golden age’ of marbles and
marble play flowered. Stone marbles began to appear in the early 1800s in what is now the southern part of
Germany. Shortly after, handmade glass marbles appeared in the same part of Europe. For the next 120
years, marbles and marble playing-there were literally hundred of games - flourished in both Europe and
America. Marble players developed their own vocabulary for different sizes and materials of marbles, as
well as for the many kinds of games to be played and the way marbles were used in the games. For example,
if you were going to play a game of Ring-Taw, one of the most popular and enduring marbles games, you
would lag for the first shot, and then knuckle down from the baulk, trying your best to get a mib or two with
your opponent’s immie.
1. The author makes the point in the passage that playing with marbles __________.
A. has been going on since ancient times C. is losing popularity
B. is a relatively recent phenomenon D. is a very expensive pastime
2. According to the passage, which of the following was the least used substance for making marbles?
A. agate B. glass C. rock D. clay
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the use of marbles became very popular in Europe and America
__________.
A. in the 18th century C. in 6000 B.C
B. in the 1970s D. after glass marbles were developed
4. We can infer from the passage that marble playing __________.
A. is a game only for children C. is played according to one set of rules
B. has many variations in games D. uses only one kind of marble
5. We can conclude from lines 11-12 of the passage that the terminology of marble playing is __________.
A. specialized C. easy to understand
B. used only by children D. derived from an ancient language
Part II. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (15 points)
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1) _______ to be successful ?
Having some one around who always (2) _______ the worst isn’t really a lot of (3) _______ we all know
someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says,b “It looks (4) _______ rain.” But if you catch
yourself thinking such things, it’s important to do something (5) _______ it. You can change your view of
life, (6) _______ to psychologists, it only takes a little effort, and you’ll find life more rewarding as a (7)
_______ . Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence, but it’s also a more positive way
of looking at life and all it has to (8) _______ . Optimists are more (9) _______ to start new projects and
generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10) _______ to the world. Some people
are brought up to (11) _______ too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when
anything (12) _______ wrong. Most optimists, on the (13) _______ hand, have been brought up not to
(14) _______ failure as the end of the world-they just (15) _______ with their lives.
1. A. counted B. expected C. felt D. waited
2. A. worries B. cares C. fears D. doubts
3. A. musement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun
4. A. so B. to C. for D. like
5. A. with B. against C. about D. over
6. A. judging B. according C. concerning D. following
7. A. result B. reason C. purpose D. product
8. A. supply B. suggest C. offer D. propose
9. A. possible B. likely C. hopeful D. welcome
10. A. opinion B. attitude C. view D. position
11. A. trust B. believe C. depend D. hope
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12. A. goes B. falls C. comes D. turns
13. A. opposite B. next C. other D. far
14. A. regard B. respect C. suppose D. think
15. A. get up B. get on C. get out D. get over
Part III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (10 points)
Travelling to all corners of the world is (1) ___getting____ easier and easier. We live (2) ____in___ a
global village, but how well do we know and understand each other ? Here is (3) ___a____ simple test.
Imagine you have arranged a meeting at 4 p.m . What time should you expect your foreign business
colleagues to arrive? If they are German, they ‘ll be exactly (4) ___on____ time. If they are American, they
‘ll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are Bristish, they be 15 minutes (5) ___late____, and you should
allow up to an hour for the Indians. Therefore, these are some small advice in (6) ___order____ not to
behave badly abroad. In France you shouldn’t sit down in a cafard untill you are shaken hands with everyone
you know.In Afghanistan you ‘d better spend at last 5 minutes (7) ___saying____ hello. In Pakistan you
mustn’t wink. It is offensive. In the Middle East you must never use the left hand for greeting, eating,
drinking or smoking. Also, you should care not to admire (8) ___anything____ in your host’s home. They
will feel that they have to give it to you.In Russia you must your hosts drink for drink or they will think you
are unfriendly. In Thailand you should clasp your hands (9) ___together____ and lower your head and your
eyes when you greet someone. In America you should eat your hamburger with both hands and as quickly
as (10) ___possible____. You shouldn’t try to have a conversation until it is eaten.

SECTION FOUR: WRITING (20 POINTS)

Part I. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before
them. (10 points)
1. My brother studies now harder than he used to.
My brother didn’t use to study as hard as he does now
2. Please don’t ask me that question.
I’d rather you didn’t ask me that question
3. I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
I haven’t seen Bob since I was in HCM city
4. John only understood very little what the teacher said.
John could hardly understand what teacher said
5. Tom will be twenty next week.
It’s Tom’s twentieth birthday next week
6. She is fond of her nephew although he behaves terribly.
She is fond of her nephew in in spite of his terrible behaviour
7. He prefers reading books to watching TV.
He would rather read books than watch TV
8. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the bus.
If he had hurried he wouldn’t have missed the bus
9. The train takes longer than the plane.
The plane does not take as long as time the train
10. I don’t suppose you have change for 2 pounds, do you?
Do you happen to have change for 2 pounds?
Part II. Use the promps provided to write full sentences to make a complete letter. (10 points)
Dear Sir / Madam,
1. I / like / express / concern / increasing number / karaoke bars / city.
2. There be / lot / reason / I object / places.
3. Firstly, / owners / take / much money / those / come / sing.
4. Secondly, / they cause / much noise / neighborhood.
5. Thirdly, / there / number / pupils / play truant / just / go / those places / sing.
6. Last / least / these bars / do harm / appearance / city / because / their / ugly flashing lights.
7. I want / say / I / not / old fashioned person.
8. I hope / authority / take / matter / careful consideration.
9. I / not mean / ban them / but / there should / effective way / control / this kind / entertainment places.
10. I / look / see / city council / do / this master.
Yours truly, Thomas Cruise.

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