Đề số 7

Kỳ thi : Chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp tỉnh

Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
SECTION A: LISTENING (4 points)
Section 1.
Questions 1-4: Listen and select the correct answer from the choices given. Write A, B, C,
or D on your answer sheet.
1. Where is Mr. Garcia living?
A. Private accommodation B. With friends
C. Self-catering university accommodation D.Catered university accommodation
2. Why doesn’t he like his accommodation?
A. The food is not good. B. The meals are at inconvenient times.
C. He doesn’t like his cohabitants. D. It’s on the university campus.
3. Where are Mr. Garcia and his friends from?
A. Costa Rica, Spain, Bolivia B. Ecuador, Spain, Mexico
C. Mexico, Columbia, Spain D. Spain, Brazil, Argentina
4. What kind of place are they hoping to find?
A. A house with a garden next to the university
B. A flat or a house next to the university
C. A house not too near to the university
D. A flat or a house not too near to the university

Questions 5-7: Listen and complete the details below using NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS.
Name: Manuel Garcia
Current address: (5) ___________________
Telephone number: 0453672348
Email address: (6) ___________________
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Smoker? No
Budgeted monthly rent: (7) ___________________

Questions 8-10: Listen and select the correct answer from the choices given. Write A, B, C,
or D on your answer sheet.
8. Why can Mr. Garcia expect a small reduction in rent?
A. The salesman like him. B. There is no contract.
C. July is a good month to move in. D. He and his friends will stay all year.
9. How much is the accommodation agency’s fee for Mr. Garcia?
A. ½ month’s rent B. 1 month’s rent C. 1 ½ month’s rent D. There’s no
fee
10. Which items does Mr. Garcia consider necessary?
A. Kitchen utensils, washing machine, Internet connection
B. Washing machine, Internet connection, TV
C. DVD player, TV, Internet connection
D. Shower, TV, washing machine
Section 2.
Questions 11-14: Listen and complete the sentences below using NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER.
11. “Canadian Clean Air Day” will be held on __________.
12. Air pollution may be responsible for __________ deaths every year in Canada.
13. The sector most responsible for smog- producing pollutants is __________.
14. Scientists now know that even __________ of pollutants can be harmful.

Questions 15-20: Listen and complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS.
Reducing Air Pollution
Individual action
 Respond to the (15) __________ Challenge.
 Walk, cycle or car- pool to work.
 Use public transit.
 (16) _____________________.
 (17) _____________________ your domestic equipment.
Government action
 Emission reduction in the (18) _____________________ region of US and Canada.
 Move towards (19) _____________________ (e.g. less Sulphur in gasoline & diesel).
 Reduction of pollutants from (20) _____________________ and power plants.

SECTION B. PHONETICS (1 point)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. orchid B. massive C. exotic D. stir
2. A. emergency B. prefer C. versatile D. operate
3. A. punctual B. fluent C. marinate D. drain
4. A. maple B. staple C. massive D. breathtaking
5. A. persuasion B. extension C. confusion D. explosion

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. versatile B. operate C. common D. variety
2. A. dominated B. architecture C. parabolic D. empathy
3. A. magnificence B. stimulating C. imperial D. simplicity
4. A. habitable B. business C. consequently D. externally
5. A. affordable B. ingredient C. destination D. derivative

SECTION C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (5.5 points)

I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence. (2 pts)
1. It says in the program that the show ______ at 7:30.
A. starts B. has started C. will start D. started
2. Two students ______ at a bus-stop were kidnapped yesterday.
A. wait B. waited C. waiting D. were waiting
3. ______ anything suspicious arise, please phone me immediately.
A. Should B. If C. Would D. Could
4. Most American people don’t object ______ them by their first names.
A. that I call B. that I am called C. for calling D. to my calling
5. In my opinion, young ______ must be punished, but education is the best cure.
A. crime B. criminals C. crimes D. criminality
6. A cooperative program between two companies building a famous ancient city into a(n)
______ city has proceeded smoothly since it started in September last year.
A. friendly ecology B. ecology-friendly C. friendly-ecological D. ecological-friendly
7. Mr. Henry was given a medal in _______ of his service to his country.
A. gratitude B. knowledge C. recognition D. response
8. Jane: “It was really kind of you to give me a lift home.” Peter: “______”
A. Oh, don’t mention it. B. I’m not pleased.
I was coming past your house anyway.
C. Oh, don’t do that. I was coming past your D. As a matter of fact, you’re pretty nice.
house anyway.
9. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in the following sentence.
I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money from me.
A. making me B. praising me too C.making me feel D. elevating me
impatient much worse
10. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in the following sentence.
I think we ought to give him a free hand and let him carry out the scheme as he thinks best
without any interference from us.
A. permit B. support C. control D. forbid
11. You need to be more ______ if you want to become a novelist.
A. imaginary B. imagination C. imaginative D. imaginatively
12. A person who is concerned only ______ his own interests cannot be a true friend.
A. about B. in C. for D. with
13. Patient: “Excuse me! Could you tell me when Dr. Smith has office hours?”
Nurse: “______.”
A. Yes, I could B. Not really C. By no means D. When he’s not
busy
14. “______ bad weather we are having this summer!”, said the woman.
A. What a B. How C. How this D. What
15. The reporters thought that the football coach would be depressed by his dismissal, but he just
_____.
A. ran it down B. called it off C. laughed it off D. turned it down

16. He likes to ____ a nap for an hour when he arrives home from work.
A. do B. get C. make D. take
17. If people breathe in deeply, their ____ can expand to twice their normal size.
A. hearts B. kidneys C. lungs D. stomachs
18. “Look at those dark clouds!“ - “Yes, it ____ in some minutes.”
A. will rain B. is going to rain C. rains D. is raining
19. The articles _______________ by John Smith are widely read everyday
A. writing B. to write C. is written D. written
20. If he had told me the reason yesterday, I _______________ sad now.
A. were B. wouldn’t be C. wouldn’t have been D. will be
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

II. Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALs at the end of the lines to form a
word that fits in the gab in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (2 pts)
EXAMPLE: (0) SIGHTS
Weight
One of the most amazing (0)............. at the Olympics is seeing weightlifters SEE
straining every muscle to lift weights heavier than the weightlifter themselves
are. It’s a truly (1) ................... experience. Hellen Jewell explains why she AWE
feels such (2) ............. for the sport. I got into it at school when a teacher started ENTHUSE
a club. I just love the sense of (3) ............................. you get when you beat ARCHIVE
your own record, or better still, a (4) ........................ in a match. At first I was a COMPETE
bit (5)....................... with the weights above my head. But I practised regularly STABLE
and found I (6) ............................. improved. Nowadays I spend an hour or so at STEADY
the gym every day. I know that repeating the same exercise may feel a bit
(7).................. at times. But it still brings enormous benefits. I concentrate BORE
particularly on exercises that (8) ..................my muscles but I also often do STRONG
some (9) ................... work on my flexibility. My couch says that’s important in ADD
that it lessens the (10) ................ of injury. My arm, of course, is to make it to LIKELY
the next Olympics

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III.Replace the underlined phrasal verb in each sentence with a one-word verb (1pt)
1. You will soon pick up health when you get to the seaside.
2. He has laid aside some money so that he will be comfortable in his old age.
3. He told me that he would bring out a new album the next month.
4. We looked over the house again before we decided we would rent it.
5. The council has failed to deal with the problem of homelessness in the city.
6. Andrew Carnegie helped to set up about 3000 public library all over the United States,
Canada, Britain, and others.
7. My old school has been pulled down to make room for a new and larger one.
8. Did you find out whether there are any seats left for the show?
9. I wonder who first came up with the idea of a supermarket.
10. As I kept my feet wet, I went down with a terrible cold last week.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. The following passage contains 5 errors. Identify and correct them (0.5pt)
The big majority in students who make well in the Cambridge Proficiency
Examination have learnt to use a good monolingual dictionary effectively. Such
dictionaries provide information, not just about the meanings of words but about their
pronunciation and grammar as well. A student who studies how to use a dictionary
effectively will be possible to work independently for much of the time, and will gain
considerable insight into the workings of the English language. He or she will be able to
confirm the meanings of the words in a text which contextual clues are insufficient,
pronounce words accurately by studying the phonetic transcriptions, and use words
accurately both when speaking or writing. Make sure you make room for at least one good
monolingual dictionary on your bookshelf- and then make sure you use it on a regular
basis!
Your answers:

No Line Mistake Correction

0 1 in of
1
2
3
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SECTION D. READING COMPREHENSION (5points)

I. Fill ONE suitable word into each numbered blank (3 pts)

 Neil Armstrong was (1) ______ on 5 August 1930, in Ohio, United States. He was (2) ______ in
flying from an early age. When he was only eight years old, he (3) ______ his first model plane. When he
was ten years old, he got a part-time job mowing grass so that he could have (4) ______ money to
purchase newer and bigger planes.
When Armstrong was a high school student, he continued to (5) ______ up different part-time
work. He wanted to earn more money (6) ______ was needed to pay for his flying lessons. On his
(7)______ birthday in 1946, Armstrong was (8)______ exhilarated on learning that he had gained his
pilot’s license.
The (9) ______ year, 1947, Armstrong finished high school and went to Purdue University to
study aeronautical engineering. (10)______, before he could finish his university studies, he was called
up by the Navy to fight in the Korean War.
In 1952, Armstrong returned to the USA to (11) ______ his studies at Purdue. He graduated from
the university in 1955 and worked (12) ______ a research pilot, testing new aircraft.
In 1962, Armstrong was selected by National Aeronautics and (13)______ Administration
(NASA) to be an astronaut. He and several others had to go (14)______an intensive program of training
to prepare (15) ______ for America’s first mission to land on the moon. He is still famous for his saying
“It’s only a small step of ours, but it is a giant leap of the human”.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to complete the following passage by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (1 pt)
Why did you decide to read and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to
understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnight's time?
Common sense (1)__________ that the answers to these questions depend on “readability"
whether the (2)__________ matter is interesting, the argument clear and the layout
attractive. But psychologists are discovering that to (3)__________ why people read - and
often don't read -technical information, they have to examine so much the writing as the reader.
Even the most technically confident people often (4)__________ instructions for the video
on home computer in favor of hands-on experience. And people frequently (5)__________ little
consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts a
Psychologists researching reading (6)__________ to assume that both beginners and competent
readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish. There are arguments among
them about the (7)__________ of eyes, memory and brain during the process. Some believe that
fluent readers take (8)__________ every letter or word they see: others (9)__________ that
readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another. But they have
always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension
(10)__________ then reading stops.
1. A. suggests B. transmits C. advises D. informs
2. A. subject B. topic C. content D. text
3. A. ensure B. determine C. value D. rate
4. A. miss B. omit C. pass D. ignore
5. A. get B. pay C. take D. make
6. A. tend B. undertake C. lead D. consent
7. A. role B. concern C. share D. relation
8. A. up B. over C. out D. in
9. A. insist B. direct C. urge D. press
10. A. sets B. occurs C. issues D. establishes

III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. (1 pt)
These stories of killer bees in the news in recent years have attracted a lot of attention as
the bees have made their way from South America. Killer bees are reputed to be extremely
aggressive in nature, although experts that their aggression may have been somewhat inflated.
 The killer bee is a combination of the very mild European strain of honeybee and the
considerably more aggressive African bee, which was created when the African strain was
imported into Brazil in 1955. The African bees were brought into Brazil because their aggression
was considered an advantage: they were far more productive than their European counterparts in
that they spent a higher percentage of their time working and continued working longer in
inclement weather than did the European bees.
These killer bees have been known to attack humans and animals, and some fatalities
have occurred. Experts point out, however, that the mixed breed known as the killer bee is
actually not at all as aggressive as the pure African bee. They also point out that the attacks have
a chemical cause. A killer bee stings only when it has been disturbed; it is not aggressive by
nature. However, after a disturbed bee stings and flies away; it leaves its stinger embedded in the
victim. In the vicera attached to the embedded stinger is the chemical isoamyl acetate, which has
an odor that attracts other bees. As other bees approach the victim of the original sting, the
victim tends to panic, thus disturbing other bees and causing them to sting. The new stings create
more of the chemical isoamyl acetate which attracts more bees and increases the panic level of
the victim. Killer bees tend to travel in large clusters or swarms and thus respond in large
numbers to the production of isoamyl acetate.
1. The subject of the paragraph before paragraph 1 was mostly likely_________.
A. the creation of the killer bee B. the chemical nature of killer bees attacks
C. stories in the media about killer bees D. ways of producing honey
2. The word "inflated" in paragraph 1 means_________.
A. aired B. exaggerated C. blown D. burst
3. Why were African bees considered beneficial?
A. They spent their time traveling.
B. They were productive, even in inclement weather.
C. They produced an unusual type of honey.
D. They didn't work hard in inclement weather.
4. The word 'their' in paragraph 2 refers to_________.
A. the European bees' B. the African bees'
C. the killer bees' D. the honey bees'
5. It is stated in the passage that killer bees_________.
A. are less aggressive than African bees B. never attacks animals
C. are more deadly than African bees D. always attack African bees
6. The pronoun 'They' in paragraph 3 refers to_________.
A. humans and animals B. fatalities C. experts D. killer bees
7. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage as a contributing factor in an attack by killer bees?
A. Panic by the victims B. The odor of isoamyl acetate
C. Disturbance of the bees D. Inclement weather
8. In which paragraph does the author describe the size of the groups in which killer bees move?
A. Paragraph 3 B. Paragraph 2C. Paragraph 2 and 3 D. Paragraph 1
9. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of killer bees?
A. attack humans and animals
B. are aggressive by nature
C. travel in large clusters
D. are a combination of European honeybee and African bee
10. The main idea of this passage is that killer bee_________.
A. are not purebred
B. have been moving unexpectedly
C. have been in the news a lot recently
D. are not as aggressive as their reputation suggests
SECTION E – WRITING ( 4.5 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed before it. (1pt)
1. What I saw in the football match surprised me .
→ I_____________________________________________________________________.
2. His second attempt on the world record was successful.
→ He broke_____________________________________________________________.
3. They were all arrested because of his incompetence.
→ Had_________________________________________________________________.
4. “That’s a lovely new dress, Jean”, said her mother.
→ Jean’s mother complimented ______________________________________.
5. I don’t really like her even though I admire her achievements.
→ Much________________________________________________________________.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given (1pt).
1. Where did you find out about Disneyland Resort?
GET
→ Where________________________________________________________________?
2. The class will probably be over by four o’clock today.
LIKELY
→ The class ____________________________ finished by four o’clock today.
3. I’ll never manage to finish my essay on time.
POSSIBLY
→ I_____________________________ my essay done on time.
4. They’re going to publish a guidebook to different beauty spots in Viet Nam.
BRING
→ They’re_______________________________________________________________?
5. I’m looking forward to the weekend.
THINKING
→ I’m __________________________________________________________________
III. Writing a paragraph (2.5pts)
“Should students have extra classes after school?” Why or why not? Write a paragraph of
about 180-200 words to express your viewpoint.
KEY + FILE LISTENING
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