SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ

HÀ NỘI NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

Môn: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 24 tháng 3 năm 2022
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm: 09 trang)

Điểm Giám khảo PHÁCH

Bằng số Bằng chữ Họ và tên Chữ ký
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Lưu ý:
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi và không được sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
- Giám thị coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.
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PART I. LISTENING (3.0 pts)
Section 1: You will hear part of a radio interview with a psychologist about friendship. For questions
1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D), which best fits according to what you hear. (1.0 pt)
1. According to the presenter, _____.
A. we have to adjust our friendships as our lives change.
B. new books are being written to teach people how to manage friendships.
C. it’s almost impossible to keep childhood friends for life.
D. the most important friends are childhood friends.
2. The danger of a trophy friend is that _____.
A. he or she will inhibit your social life.
B. you may develop unrealistic expectations.
C. he or she will push you to be a higher achiever.
D. he or she will expect you to become more popular.
3. A sisterly friend _____.
A. can be relied on but may be too involved in your life.
B. will resent other close friendships in your life.
C. will be as close to your family as she is to you.
D. will want to go out on dates with you and your new partner.
4. According to Barbara, a good friend _____.
A. probably needs to be someone that you see very often.
B. tends to ask for your help slightly more than you would like but you tolerate it.
C. doesn’t expend too much of your time or energy.
D. never puts you in a serious mood.
5. When making new friends _____.
A. try to be as funny as you can.
B. don’t mention serious issues before you have got to know them well.
C. be sensitive to their need for space.
D. spend as much time with them as you can.

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Section 2: You will hear a guide talking to a group of tourists in a visit to a castle (2.0 pts)
Question 6-10: Fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS or A NUMBER.
- Before Queen Elizabeth 1 visited the castle in (6) ____________, a new building was constructed for her.

- In 1982, the castle was sold to an entertainment (7) _________________.

- When you go inside, you will find that in the stage rooms there’re life like moving wax models (8)
_________________of different periods in the past.

- In every room, there’re (9) _________________giving information about what the room was used for.

- At the end of the visit, the group will have afternoon (10) _________________in the conservatory.

Questions 11-15: Label the plan below. Write the correct letter A-H, next to Questions 11-15.

11. Starting point for walking the walls ……………………

12. Bow and arrow display ……………………
13. Hunting birds display ……………………
14. Traditional dancing ……………………
15. Shop ……………………

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PART II. PHONETICS (2.0 pts)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others by circling
A, B, C or D. (1.0 pt)
1. A. handicraft B. lacquerware C. dangerous D. asset
2. A. smooth B. south C. maths D. strength
3. A. doubtful B. debt C. climbing D. substitute
4. A. beige B. leisure C. neighbour D. vein
5. A. exotic B. execrable C. exhausted D. exhibitor
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is different from that of the others by circling A, B, C
or D. (1.0 pt)
1. A. nationwide B. adolescence C. empathize D. opportunity
2. A. underpass B. flyover C. infamous D. undercooked
3. A. administrative B. loudspeaker C. compartment D. onlooker
4. A. onion B. shallot C. breathtaking D. simplify
5. A. spacewalk B. avocado C. bargain D. meteorite
PART III. VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR (4.0 pts)
I. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (1.5 pts)
1. Thanks to the workshop, we could gain ______ experience of management.
A. hands-free B. hands-on C. handy D. hands
2. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention ______.
A. limit B. duration C. period D. span
3. You will probably have to _______ a seat in advance on the plane for your next business trip.
A. preserve B. conserve C. reserve D. persevere
4. I'm feeling a bit ______ the weather now - I think I'm getting a cold.
A. in B. under C. on D. at
5. She sang ______ and won the first prize in The Voice Singing Contest.
A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beauty D. more beautiful
6. Using laptops, tablets, and cellphones in the classroom keeps students ______.
A. engage B. engages C. to engage D. engaged
7. In ______ to them, it wasn't their fault that the party went so badly.
A. fairness B. justice C. recognition D. sympathy
8. The number of inhabitants on the planet ______ arriving at unsustainable levels as it confronts
deficiency of assets like water, fuel, and food.
A. is B. are C. have been D. had been
9. We are looking for self-motivated people who can _____ the initiative.
A. do B. take C. get D. make
10. The entire city was _____ electricity last night. It was chaotic.
A. no B. almost no C. hardly any D. without
11. ______ account should you leave the building without notifying a member of staff.
A. Of little B. Of no C. Not on any D. Not on your
12. The expedition will be very expensive, to say _______ the danger.
A. nothing of B. few of C. short of D. not so much of
13. She works very hard and finds it difficult to ______ when she gets home.
A. give in B. switch off C. let out D. wind up
14. ______, we couldn’t make out the gist of the passage.
A. Carefully as Jack explained B. As Jack carefully explained
C. Due to Jack’s carefully explanations D. Though carefully explained by Jack
15. _____ we address the various issues prudently and seriously, we are surely doomed for disaster.
A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though

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II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions. (0.2 pt)
1. Nature challenges humans in many ways, through disease, weather, and famine.
A. catastrophe B. excess of food
C. a drastic food shortage D. draught
2. Students will find all academic assignments via the class blog their teachers create to post
assignments.
A. by means of B. in terms of C. by the way D. in search of
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions. (0.2 pt)
1. Environment pollution is a hot potato nowadays, and it affects everyone's life.
A. something that is hotly debated B. something that is common
C. something that is not serious D. something that is easy to solve and uncontroversial
2. He holds egalitarian views and believes that everybody should be treated equally.
A. impartial B. prioritised C. biased D. fair
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (0.8 pt)
When people enjoy whatever they are doing, they report some characteristic feelings that
distinguish the (1) ___________ (PLEASURE) moment from the rest of life. The same types of feelings
are reported in the context of playing chess, climbing mountains, playing with babies, reading a book
or writing a poem. They are the same for young and old, male and female, American or Japanese, rich
or poor. In other words, the nature of enjoyment seems to be (2) __________ (UNIVERSE). We call
this state of (3) ______________ (CONSCIOUS) a flow experience, because many people report that
when what they are doing is especially enjoyable, it feels like being carried away by a current, like being
in a flow.
At present, (4) ____________ (LAMENT) few students would recognize the idea that learning
can be like that. But if educators invested a fraction of the energy on (5) _______________
(STIMULUS) the students’ enjoyment of learning that they now spend in trying to transmit information,
we could achieve much better results. Once students’ motivation is engaged, once they can be (6)
______________ (POWER) to take control of their own learning and provided with clear (7)
____________ (FEED) on their efforts, then they are on their way to a lifetime of self-propelled (8)
________________ (ACQUIRE) of knowledge.
V. Complete each sentence using a verb from A in the correct form and a particle from B. You use
each verb and particle once ONLY (0.8 pt)

A B

turn put fly go start pull read back together from over up off on
get between
1. With an effort, Mary stopped crying and _________ herself _________ before the performance.
2. Simon presents his story in a typically heroic manner, so I have to _________ _________ the lines.
3. After working all week, you deserve _________ your feet _________.
4. I was worried that they wouldn't like each other, but in fact now they are _________ _________ like
a house on fire.
5. She realized she was in the wrong and promised _________ _________ a new leaf.
6. You can always count on a reliable person like him. He never ________ ________ on his word.
7. He's extremely irritable! He often _________ _________ the handle at the slightest thing.
8. She moved to a strange place where she had to make new friends and _________ a new life
_________ scratch.
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VI. Think of one word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. (0.5 pt)
1. ___________
- The bay has become a popular _______ for young international travellers.
- Whenever I asked him, he answered the question on the _______.
- The weather forecast was _______ on - it rained all day!
2. ___________
- Can you speak up a bit? You see my father is ______ of hearing.
- He'd had a ______ time since the doctors told him he had stomach cancer. His psyche couldn't return
to normal.
- Come on! No ______ feelings. I admit I made a mistake, but it wasn't intentional. Stop making such
a fuss about it.
3. ___________
- At the party, Jasmine immediately got involved in small ______ about fashion and men.
- She quickly became the ______ of the town when she got pregnant. Old women wondered who the
father of the child was.
- The dealer spent hours trying to ______ her into buying the model, but Linda kept changing her
mind.
4. ___________
- Following the earthquake, a large-scale rescue ______ was launched.
- There are several reactors of the type in ______ at the moment.
- The patient underwent a four-hour heart ______.
5. ___________
- I kept my camera ______ in case I saw something that I wanted to capture on film.
- Healthcare should be ______ to all people, regardless of financial status.
- The resort is easily ______ by road, rail, and air.
PART IV. READING (5.0 pts)
I. Read and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (2.0 pts)
If you decided to go camping, where do you think you would go? Perhaps you would head (1)
_____ the mountains or go trekking through thick forest land? And what would your holiday (2) _____
include? Maybe a tent, a sleeping bag and some matches to start a fire?
Well, think again, because the latest holiday trend is (3) _____ different from that traditional
image. Combining the words 'glamorous' and camping, the latest fashion is 'glamping' and when it
comes to (4) _____ away from it all, 'glampers' do it in style. Although they want to experience all the
(5) _____ excitement of spending time in the (6) _____ outdoors, they stay in luxurious eco lodges, each
with its own (7) _____ chef! or they might choose a(n) (8) _____ eco-dome style tent, (9) _____
decorated with traditional woven tapestries and including a heated spa pool.
Of course, such an experience doesn't come cheap. In fact, with prices ranging from $400 to
$2000 a night, they can be (10) _____ expensive!
1. A. off B. onto C. for D. out
2. A. checklist B. check-in C. checkout D. checking
3. A. terminally B. famously C. largely D. vastly
4. A. getting B. going C. running D. hiking
5. A. low-season B. far-flung C. all-inclusive D. action-packed

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6. A. wild B. far C. great D. wide
7. A. open-topped B. world-class C. self-catering D. wrinkle-free
8. A. elegant B. innovative C. regional D. vibrant
9. A. amusingly B. richly C. glitteringly D. foolishly
10. A. luxuriously B. costly C. exclusively D. exorbitantly
II. Read the passage carefully and then fill ONE suitable word in each gap. (2.0 pts)
Much has been heard recently about possible health hazard, including memory loss and brain
tumour, from the use of mobile phones. With the possible half a billion mobile phones in (1)
____________ (throughout the world, in Britain alone, one person in four owns one, (2) ____________
is worrying enough even if, so far, no concrete evidence has come to (3) ____________. One study by
Dr. Alan Preece and his team at Bristol University has shown, however, in a report in the International
Journal of Radiation Biology, that tests on volunteers demonstrated no effect on (4) ____________
short-term memory or attention span. Subjects were exposed to microwave radiation for (5)
____________ to thirty minutes, but the one noticeable was positive rather than negative; the subjects
reacted more rapidly in one test (6) ____________ a visual choice. One explanation of this is that
following the transmissions, a warming of the blood led to increase blood flow. For the experiment,
places were chosen where the signal was good and the microwave dose light, and then where the signal
was poor and the dose (7) ____________ higher. The subjects were tested for recall and mental alertness
(8) ____________ exposure to microwaves characteristic of analogue phones, digital phones or no
phones at all, without knowing (9) __________ they were exposed to. It is, of course, early days yet and
the sample may not be large (10) ____________ to generalize from. More research needs to be done.
III. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. (1.0 pt)
Some Facts and Theories about Flu
A. The flu, more properly known as influenza, takes its name from the fact that it is so easily
transmitted from person to person (influenza is the Italian word for ‘influence’). Usually, contamination
occurs through direct contact with secretions from an infected person. Its spread is also possible from
contaminated airborne particles, such as those that occur when someone coughs or sneezes. However,
it should be made clear that the risk is not great from simply being in the same room as an infected
person, since the flu virus, unlike other respiratory viruses, does not dissolve in the air. Within 4-6 hours
of someone catching the flu, the virus multiplies in infected cells and the cells burst, spreading the virus
to other cells nearby.
B. The spread continues for up to 72 hours, the exact length of time depending on the body’s
immune system response and the strength of the particular strain of flu. The range of human responses
to the flu virus has been of interest to scientists for many years. This is because the effect can vary from
no infection to a rapid and deadly spread of the virus to many people. One area of study that has received
particular attention is the immune system response of the individual. Where a person’s immune system
is healthy, the virus is attacked as it enters the body, usually in the respiratory tract. This lessens the
severity of the illness. In contrast, people with compromised immune systems (typical in the young,
where it is not fully developed, or in the old and the sick, where it is not working efficiently), often
suffer the worst effects.
C. One of the body’s responses to flu is the creation of antibodies which recognise and destroy that
particular strain of flu virus. What fascinates most researchers in the field is that the human body seems
capable of storing these antibodies over a whole lifetime in case of future attack from the same or similar
strains of flu. It was while researching these antibodies that scientists turned their attention back to what
was possibly the worst ever flu pandemic in the world. The actual number of deaths is disputed, but the
outbreak in 1918 killed between 20 and 50 million people. It is also estimated that one-fifth of the
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 D. Through tests done on some of the survivors of the 1918 outbreak, it was discovered that, 90
years later, they still possessed the antibodies to that strain of flu, and some of them were actually still
producing the antibodies. Work is now focused on why these people survived in the first place, with one
theory being that they had actually been exposed to an earlier, similar strain, therefore developing
immunity to the 1918 strain. It is hoped that, in the near future, we might be able to isolate the antibodies
and use them to vaccinate people against further outbreaks.
E. Yet vaccination against the flu is an imprecise measure. At best, the vaccine protects us from the
variations of flu that doctors expect that year. If their predictions are wrong in any particular year, being
vaccinated will not prevent us from becoming infected. This is further complicated by the fact that there
are two main types of flu, known as influenza A and influenza B. Influenza B causes less concern as its
effects are usually less serious. Influenza A, however, has the power to change its genetic make-up.
Although these genetic changes are rare, they create entirely new strains of flu against which we have
no protection. It has been suggested that this is what had happened immediately prior to the 1918
outbreak, with research indicating that a genetic shift had taken place in China.
F. In 2005, another genetic shift in an influenza A virus was recorded, giving rise to the H5N1
strain, otherwise known as avian flu, or bird flu. Typical of such new strains, we have no way of fighting
it and many people who are infected with it die. Perhaps more worrying is that it is a strain only
previously found in birds but which changed its genetic make-up in a way that allowed it to be
transmitted to humans. Most of the fear surrounding this virus is that it will change again, developing
the ability to pass from human to human. If that change does happen, scientists and doctors can
reasonably expect a death rate comparable to that which occurred in 1918 and, given that we can now
travel more quickly and more easily between countries, infecting many more people than was previously
possible, it could be several times worse.

Questions 1- 5: Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
Write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
_______ 1. The only way to catch flu is if someone coughs or sneezes near you.
_______ 2. You become aware of the symptoms of flu within 4-6 hours of infection.
_______ 3. The effect of a flu infection can depend on how strong the strain is.
_______ 4. Those who are more likely to suffer badly with the flu include very young or very old people.
_______ 5. Although antibodies last a lifetime, scientists have found they get weaker with age.

Questions 6-8: Classify the following statements as characterizing

A. something known by scientists to be true
B. something believed by scientists to be true
C. something known by scientists to be false
Write the correct letter A, B or C
_______6. Sharing a room with a flu sufferer presents a very high risk to your health.
_______7. One fifth of the people in the world caught the flu in 1918.
_______8. The H5N1 strain evolved in or before 2005.

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Questions 9-10: Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each
answer.
9. In which part of the body do antibodies normally attack the flu virus?
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10. What kind of transmission of the H5N1 strain are people afraid might become reality?
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PART V. WRITING (6.0 pts)
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that is similar to the original one. (2.0 pts)
1. People think that the company planned a new advertising campaign.
A new advertising campaign__________________________________________________________
2. “Is this the club of which you are a member now?” the receptionist said to Janet.
The receptionist asked Janet __________________________________________________________
3. His description of the incident was completely different from what really happened.
His description of the incident bore ____________________________________________________
4. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh.
The very _________________________________________________________________________
5. He hid the truth about the matter because he didn’t want to lose his high position.
He swept _________________________________________________________________________
II. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning using the words in the brackets.
Do not change the words given. (2.0 pts)
1. Kyle is far superior to his brother in terms of technical knowledge. (match)
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Finding the survivors is our number one priority. (utmost)
________________________________________________________________________________
3. The government is so powerful that it can control people’s lives. (power)
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Bob often mistrusts people when he first meets them. (tendency)
________________________________________________________________________________
5. Sally is disorganized, so she has no chance of getting that job. (could)
________________________________________________________________________________
III. Write an academic essay of about 200 words on the following question: (2.0 pts)
Some people think that the use of shopping plastic bags should be banned. Do you agree or disagree
with this view? In about 200 words, write an essay to state your viewpoint. Use reasons and examples
to support your opinions.

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