PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

HUYỆN AN LÃO NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021

ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm 8 trang. Tổng điểm 100)

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Bằng số: ……….................. GT 1: …………..………….. GT 1: …………..…………..

Bằng chữ: ……..…............. GT 2: …………..………….. GT 2: …………..…………..

Số phách: …………………..

A. LISTENING (20 pts)

I. Listen to the recording and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the following
questions from 1 to 5. You will listen to the recording twice (5pt).
1. Where is Arches National Park situated?
A. South of the city of Moab B. Northern desert of Utah
C. Southern desert of Utah D. North of the city of Moab
2. When can people visit Arches National Park?
A. In summer B. In winter C. Any time of year D. On rainy days
3. How can people get to some farther arches?
A. By bike B. By car C. By plane D. By train
4. What is NOT mentioned as necessary things we should bring along with when hiking in
Arches National Park ?
A. hiking shoes B. books C. GPS D. detailed map
5. According to the narrator, why should we bring a detailed map along with a compass and/or
a GPS when hiking in this park?
A. To discover farther places in the park.
B. To let other people know your position.
C. To know where you are and find the way easily.
D. To find out new places in the park.

II. Listen to the recording, for each question fill in the missing information in spaces.You
will listen TWICE (10pt)
NASA is looking for people to go to Mars, and never come back. This appealing career is for
people who want a permanent change of scenery and planet. It is part of (1) an ambitious new
project to colonize Mars called the Hundred Years Starship. (2) Settlers would travel to the
Red Planet and live there forever. NASA says it would be too expensive to bring humans back
to Earth. The space agency can afford, however, to send supplies to the (3) astronaut pioneers.
NASA has started the project with a modest $ (4) 1.6 million, but hopes to attract investment
from space-loving billionaires. (5) Goggle founder Larry Page told NASA he’d be interested if
they could get the cost of a one-way ticket down from $10 billion to $2 billion.
The journey to Mars could take just four months. Settling on the planet (6) would be
extremely hazardous, especially the freezing temperatures and carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Many scientists think colonizing (7) space is essential. Stephen Hawking believes we must
move to other planets to survive (8) as a species. He said: “Once we spread out into space and
establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.” Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Paul
Davies call it a “(9) desirable goal” and part of our desire to explore saying: “It would require
not only major international cooperation, but a return to the (10) exploration spirit and risk-
taking character of the great period of Earth exploration, from Columbus to Amundsen.”
1.An ambitious 2 Settlers would 3 Astronaut 4 1.6 million 5 Goggle
pioneers. founder
6 would be 7 space is 8 as a species 9 desirable 10 exploration
extremely essential goal spirit

III. Listen and check your understanding by choosing TRUE or FALSE for each
statement. You will hear the recording twice (5.0 points).
The statements T F
1. There are three customers eating together. X
2. The two customers order the same starter. X
3. Both customers order the Thai chicken for their main course. X
4. The customers order soft drinks. X
5. Both customers order a dessert. X

B. PHONOLOGY (10 pts)

I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of others in each
group. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right (5 points).
1. A. preview B. preference C. precious D.preparation A
2. A. attended B. sacred C. played D.beloved C
3. A. count B. southern C. round D.flour B
4. A. preserve B. surname C. circle D. surprise D
5. A. breathe B. though C. healthy D.bathe C

II. Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each
group (5 points).
1. A. disaster B. encounter C. determine D. government
2. A. habitat B. reference C. requirement D. candidate
3. A. interview B. computer C. equipment D. Atlantic
4. A. enroll B. summer C. hobby D. favor
5. A. activity B. community C. participate D. citizenship

C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40 pts)

I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence (10 points)
1. The plane would have landed easily _________the thick fog.
A. unless B. but for C. because of D. due to
But for: Nếu như không
2. This shopping center gets_________crowded with shoppers at the weekend.
A. always more B. more and more C. from more to more D. crowded and more
3. The larger a drop of water is, __________freezing temperature is.
A. the higher its B. the highest C. higher then its D. its higher
4. No one knows her name, ……………… ?
A. is he B. don’t they C. isn’t he D. do they
5. The man to ................. our teacher is talking is the headmaster of our school.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
6. After several years, the group was ………………………Each one has particular activities
A. disbanded B. disappeared C. abandonded D. disapproved
Disbanded: tan rã
7. Employees can not be discriminated ………………….race
A. on grounds of B. for reason of C. with good cause D. a matter of
Discriminated: Phân biệt đối xử
8. Give him time. He is sure to ………………..our way of thinking in the end
A. come against B. come in for C. come round to D. come up with
Come round to: Chấp nhận
9. Have you thought what the ………………might be if you did not win your case in court?
A. implications B. connotations C. results D. application
10. When my children ……………….their toys, I donated them to a charity
A. outlasted B. outnumbered C. outgrew D. outwore
Outgrew: lớn lên
11. To …………….our check- in, we decided to not carry any hand luggage
A. rush B. expedite C. increase D. speed
Expedite: tiến hành
12. Thanks to the Internet, we can communicate with foreigners ……………..
A. effortlessly B. consistently C. unnecessarily D. continuously
13. Those who don not take any exercise at all are ………….to falling ill
A. prepared B. ready C. waiting D. prone
Prone: Dễ có khả năng
14. The girl was very …………..to follow the stranger to his house when he told her that her
mother was waiting for her
A. easy B. gullible C. childlike D. immature
Guillible: dễ tin
15. She screamed and ran away when she saw the mad dog ……………..her
A. coming to B. coming up C. coming at D. coming into
16. The new film ………………the latest in animation techniques
A. exposes B. features C. displays D. performs
17. “…………………. Is it your student card?” - “Let me see. Yes, it is mine”
A. Excuse me B. Pardon C. Hello D. Oh
18. “Do you know Linh, a fair-haired girl in class 9A?” – “Yes, she is my ……………
neighbor. What’s up?”
A. indoor B. inside C. next-door D. front-door
19. “Do you know anything about the Earth, Lan?” – “Yes, the Earth ………….around the
Sun at about 67,000 miles per hour (about 107,000 kilometers per hour)
A. travels B. travelling C. is travelling D. to travel
20. “Why don’t you …………..the French Club?” – “ I am not confident in my French”
A. be B. join C. take D. participate

II. Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
1. On my way home yesterday I (see) two young women (quarrel).
2. I think it (rain) soon. We’d better (go) back home quickly.
3. It’s time we (wake) him up. He (sleep) for over 10 hours.
4. By the time my father (return) next month, I (finish) this course.
5. When we finally (arrive) at the party, most of them (leave).
6. My sister usually (take) her motorbike to the garage (repair).
7. I’m sorry, but your food (still prepare). It (be) ready in five minutes.
8. (Not have) anything to do, she (cycle) round the city for a change.
9. He suggested (eat) out instead of (cook) at home as usual.
10. She's busy (write) a report, so (not disturb) her.

1. saw/quarreling 6. Takes/to repair

2. will rain/go 7. Is still prepared/ will be
3. to wake/ slept 8. Not having / cycled
4. returns/ will have finished 9. Eating/cooking
5. arrived/had left 10. Writing/ don’t disturb

III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (5 points)

1. We think of ourselves as living in a time of (CONTINUE)…………………..technological
change and development
2. The weather is so (CHANGE)……………..that I do not know what to wear
3. New Zealand had three major (INTERNATION)………………………….airports:
Auckland, Willington and Chrischurch.
4. The teachers gave students wrong test papers, which caused a lot of (CONFUSE)………….
5. Einstein’s (BRILLIANT)…………………………..was unnoticed at school
6. The flats were built in the 1980s, but they were all (MODERN)………………..in the 1990s
7. I feel much better since I decided to stop eating (PROCESS)…………………food
8. Duong showed a lot of (MATURE)…………………….in the way she handled the
problem with Chau
9. It is difficult to (ARRANGE)………………………a day which is convenient for everyone
10. We should rely more on (NEW)……………………………source of energy

1. continuous 6. modernized
2. changeable 7. processed
3. international 8. maturity
4. confusable 9. rearrange
5. brilliance 10. renewable

IV. Fill each gap in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or an adverb
particle (10 points).
1. The students were angry at being treated as children.
2. We can only guess at her reason for leaving her job.
3. He said he broke the vase by accident but I know he did it in purpose.
4. The police succeeded in bringing the strike under control.
5. The temperature here rarely falls to zero in winter.
6. Jane is very good at Maths but she’s ignorant at history.
7. At first we didn’t like him, but now all of us regard him as our best friend.
8. Tom and Bill have nothing in common. In fact, there’s no comparison to them.
9. Some animals look for food at night, and sleep at the day.
10. We can’t do anything about the situation now. It’s out of our control.

V. Identify one of the four underlined parts in each sentence that is incorrect (5 pts).
1. John lived in New York since 1960 to 1975, but he is now living in a suburb of London.
A B C D -> from
2. My little child can walk to school himself when he was only 6.
A B C D -> by himself
3. Do you know a girl dressed in blue dress over there?
A B C D -> x
4. Tom, together with his 4 friends, have been chosen to take part in the next English contest.
A B C D -> has been chosen
5. He doesn't never go home before he has finished his work.
A B C D -> goes
6. As soon as they will phone me, I'll contact you.
A B C D -> phone
7. She wishes she could speak English as fluent as her sister.
A B C D ->fluently
8. Although Tim had been studying exceptionally hard but he didn't pass the exams.
A B C D
9. The price of oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn't it?
A B C D ->didn’t it
10. In an essay writing in 1779, Judith S. Murray promoted the cause of women's education.
A B C D -> written
D. READING COMPREHENSION (15pts)
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions (5.0 pts)
The ability to conduct electricity is one of the key properties of a metal. Other solid
material such as silicon can conduct electricity but only effectively at certain temperatures.
Also, some substances such as salt (sodium chloride) can conduct when molten or when
dissolved in water. The ability of metals to conduct electricity is due to how their atoms bond
together. In order to bond together the metal atoms lose at least one of their outermost
electrons. This leaves the metal atoms with a positive charge and they are now strictly ions.
The lost electrons are free to move in what are known as a sea of electrons. Since the electrons
are negatively charged they attract the ions and this is what keeps the structure together.
An electric current is a flow of charge and since the electrons in the sea of electrons are
free to move they can be made to flow in one direction when a source of electrical energy such
as a battery is connected to the metal. Hence we have an electric current flowing through the
wire, and this is what makes metals such good conductors of electricity. The only other
common solid conducting material that pencil users are likely to encounter is graphite (what
the ‘lead’ of a pencil is made from). Graphite is a form of carbon and again the carbon atoms
bond in such a way that there is a sea of electrons that can be made to flow as an electric
current. Likewise, if we have an ionic substance like salt we can make the electrically charged
ions flow to create a current but only when those ions are free to move, either when the
substance is a liquid or dissolved in water. In its solid state an ionic substance like salt cannot
conduct electricity as its charged ions cannot flow.
Electrical insulators are substances that cannot conduct electricity well either, because
they contain no charged particles or any charged particles they might contain do not flow
easily. Water itself is a poor conductor or electricity as it does not contain a significant amount
of fully charged particles (the ends of a water molecule are partly charged but overall the
molecule is neutral). However, most water we encounter does contain dissolved charged
particles, so it will be more conductive than pure water. Many of the problems that occur when
touching electrical devices with wet hands result from the ever-present salt that is left on our
skin through perspiration and it dissolves in the water to make it more conductive.
1. Electrical conductivity is
A. one of the most important properties of metals
B. one of the key properties of most solid materials
C. impossible for any substance when it is dissolved in water
D. completely impossible for silicon
2. According to the passage, a metal can conduct electricity due to
A. the absence of free electrons B. its atoms with a positive charge
C. the way its atoms bond together D. the loss of one electron in the core of its atoms
3. The word “outermost” in paragraph 1 mostly means
A. the lightest. B. nearest to the inside.
C. furthest from the inside. D. the heaviest.
4. The atoms of a metal can bond together because
A. the lost electrons cannot move freely in the sea of electrons
B. electrons can flow in a single direction
C. they lose all of electrons
D. negatively charged electrons attract positive ions
5. Salt in its solid state is not able to conduct electricity because
A. it has free electrons B. its charged ions can flow easily
C. it cannot create any charge ions D. it charged ions are not free to move
6. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to
A. charged ions B. electric currents
C. charged particles D. electrical insulators
7. Water is a poor conductor because it contains
A. no positive or negative electric charge
B. only a small amount of fully charged particles
C. only a positive electric charge
D. only a negative electric charge
8. We can have problems when touching electrical devices with wet hands because
A. the eater itself is a good conductor of electricity
B. the water dissolves the salt on our skin and becomes more conductive
C. the water contains too many neutral molecules
D. the water containing no charged particles makes it more conductive
9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Pure water is much more conductive than most water we encounter every day.
B. Graphite is a common solid substance that can conduct electricity.
C. Salt can conduct electricity when it is molten or dissolved.
D. Some materials are more conductive than others.
10. Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
 A. Electrical Energy B. Electrical Devices
C. Electrical Insulators D. Electrical Conductivity
II. Read the passage and choose the correct word for each blank (5 points)
Gold is a measure of wealth which is recognized all over the world. For centuries it was
the foundation of the international monetary system and (1)……………..today, it remains one
of the most important components of a country's foreign currency reserves.
What (2) ……………..gold attractive is that it has a value of its own for both industrial
and ornamental purposes, unlike paper bank notes, which are worthless (3) ……………..
themselves. As a result, gold is bought as an (4) ……………..in times of financial uncertainty.
Until the 1930s, several European currencies were-based, on the Gold standard, which
meant that the value of a (5) ……………..of currency was fixed in terms of a stated quantity
of gold. People could freely (6) ……………..any bank notes they had for gold. In 1931, world-
wide financial problems caused the Gold standard to be dropped. Then, in 1935, the USA,
France and the UK (7)…………….. the price of gold at $35 an ounce, which remained the
price until 1971. Because the demand for gold (8) ……………..so fast, however, the price of
gold for ornamental and Industrial purposes was allowed to rise. Today one ounce of gold
costs $ 390 in London.
Gold for jewellery is mixed (9) ………..a metal alloy and the purity of the gold is
measured in carats. Most gold sold to the public has 40% gold and is called nine-carat gold.
Good investors can buy pure gold from dealers in the (10) ………..of gold bars or gold coins.
1. A. yet B. just C. now D. even
2. A. makes B. turns C. gives D. forms
3. A. on B. for C. to D. in
4. A. expense B. allowance C. investment D. interest
5. A. unit B. piece C. bit D. part
6. A. convert B. exchange C. alter D. refund
7. A. fixed B. attached C. laid D. stood
8. A. grew B. raised C. heightened D. gained
9. A. down B. by C. up D. with
10. A. sort B. fashion C. form D. type
III. Fill each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word (5 points)
In April 2002, Erich Ritter, a shark expert, was carrying (1) out research in the Bahamas when
part of his leg was bitten off by an adult shark that was pursuing a large fish. (2) There was
nothing unusual about the incident, (3) but for the fact that Ritter had claimed to know how to
prevent sharks from attacking him. He believed that sharks could sense fear, and that this
triggers the attack response. Dr Ritter, a yoga expert, had learnt (4) how to lower his heart rate,
believing that this could fool the sharks and they would (5) ……………………. see him as prey. When
he was attacked, he was actually standing bare-legged in water, surrounded by pieces of fish
which had (6) been thrown into the water to attract sharks. (7) Some shark experts were
unsurprised by the incident. They felt that something like this was bound to happen. He had
been risking his life for years because of his theories, although they had (8) not been proved. At
the time of the attack, Dr Ritter was (9) ……………………. filmed by a TV crew, so the whole horrific
incident was recorded. A documentary called Anatomy of a Shark Bitewas made a year (10)
…………………….. This showed footage of the attack as well as Dr Ritter diving with sharks again
for the first time since he had been bitten.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
E. WRITING (15 pts)
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one. (10
points)
1. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
=> Hardly ___________________________________________________________________
2. The noise level at the party was unbearable as the children showed such enthusiasm for the
games.
=> The children were so enthusiastic for the game that the noise level at the party was
unbearable.
3. I only found out the truth because I heard the two of them talking.
=> If I had heard the two of them talking, I could have found out the truth.
4. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
=> I object to people being criticizing me unfairly.
5. You must see it to believe it.
=> It must be seen to be believed
6. It is quite pointless to complain.
=> There is no point in complaining.
7. John didn’t begin to talk until he was seven.
=> It was not until he was seven that John began to talk.
8. It was such rotten meat that it had to be thrown away.
=> The meat was so rotten that it had to be thrown away.
9. I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements.
=> Much as I admire her achievements, I don’t really like her.
10. The weather forecast was inaccurate, so we didn’t take the right precaution.
=> Had _____________________________________________________________________

II. Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one, using
the word in the bracket at the end of each sentence. Do not change this word in any way.
(5 points)

1. Dick's school is making him sit his exams again. MADE

 Dick is being made to sit his exams again by his school.
2. John is not accustomed to sleeping after meals. HABIT
 John is not in the habit of sleeping after meals.
3. The service at the hotel wasn't as good as I expected. COME
 The service at the hotel didn’t come up to my expectation.
4. It's very kind of you to help me with the suitcase. APPRECIATE
 I appreciate your helping with the suitcase.
5. I didn’t agree with the idea. FAVOR
 I wasn’t in favor of the idea.

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