PHÒNG GD&ĐT GIÁ RAI KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP THỊ XÃ NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Gồm 08 trang) Môn: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi:
Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Part 1: LISTENING
I. Listen to the passage and complete the sentences. Write the answers in the spaces provided. You'll hear the passage twice. (2 points)
Most kids say they don’t like school. They say their subjects are boring or there’s too much homework. In fact, school is one of the (1)_________ times of a person’s life. Think about it. The hours are short – usually just six hours a day. You have the opportunity to learn lots of really (2)_________stuff. You get to do science experiments, learn a musical instrument and play sports. On top of that, you get loads of (3)________. Oh, I nearly forgot, you also get to see and play with your friends five days a week. What is there not to like? OK, school (4)_________ are not the best in the world but you can bring your own lunch. And yes, exams are (5)_________, but if you study, you’ll do well in them. I’d love to go back to school. If I had another chance, I’d try my best in every subject
Your answers:
1. ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
II. Listen to the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D. Write the answers in the spaces provided. You'll hear the passage twice. (2 points)
1. How does Suzanne go to work?
A. By car B. By Skytrain C. By metro D. By motorbike 2. How long does it take Suzanne to go to work every day?
A. Two hours B. Five hours C. Half an hour D. Three hours 3. What is the most serious problem in Bangkok?
A. Pollution B. Bad weather C. Traffic jams D. Crime 4. In the evening, the traffic is________________ .
A. better B. worse C. the same D. noisy 5. Why is traffic so bad in Bangkok?
A. People move around by boat. C. There isn't a Skytrain or metro.
B. There aren't enough roads. D. People travel to work by car.
1. ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
Part 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Complete the each of the sentences below. For questions 1-10, write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided. (3 points)
1. She speaks English as ...as I do.
A. good B. better C. very good D. well
2. When I came home last night, my mother ... dinner.
A. is cooking B. was cooking C. cooked D.
cooks
3. Would you mind if I _________ your dictionary?
A. use B. using C. to use D.
used
4. Peter: I enjoy listening to pop music. - Marry: _________ .
A. I don’t, either B. I am, too C. Neither do I D. So do I
5. The table__________ of wood is more expensive than the plastic one.
A. made B. to make C. making D. makes
6. I didn’t study hard enough for the examination. I wish I______ harder.
A. had studied B. studied C. have studied D. could
study
7. He ________ stay up late when he was young.
A. used B. was used to C. used to D.
used to be
8. Donald Trump __________ as the president of the USA.
A. is chosen B. chooses C. chose D.
chosen
9. He __________ in Hanoi for two years but now he is living in Ho Chi Minh City.
A. lived B. lives C. has live D.
was living
10. John likes Vietnamese songs very much__________ he doesn’t speak Vietnamese well.
A. but B. so C. although D.
because
11. He is looking forward ………you.
A. to see B. seeing C. to seeing D. of seeing
12. My father advised me …………. part in outdoor activities.
A. take B. to take C. taking D.
took
13. He suggests ………. paper bags instead of plastic bags.
A. used B. using C. to use D.
use
14. You will fail the final exam_________ you study harder.
A. if B. but C. because D. unless
15. The teacher made a deep ___________ on the students by singing a very beautiful English song when he fisrt came to the class.
A. action B. symbol C. achievement D.
impression Your answers:
1………. 2………. 3………. 4……… 5………. 6………. 7………. 8……….
9………. 10………. 11………
. 12……… 13…….. 14…….. 15……..
II. Read the passage about Phong and choose the best option. For questions 1-10, write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided. (2 points)
As a child, Phong always dreamt of going (1)_________to study. (2) _______
he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college. Phong was very happy that his dream finally (3) ________ true.
When he first arrived in the country, Phong's English was not very good and sometimes he did not (4) _________ what other people said. He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with the new teaching and learning method. He felt (5) ________ in this new place, and missed all his buddies in Viet Nam. The food there was so different (6) _________ what his mum used to cook for him. And for the first time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending (7) __________. But Phong was young and enthusiastic. He learnt to (8) _________ to this new environment. After two years, Phong is now very (9) __________ in English and has achieved the top academic award at his school. He has a lot of friends from different countries. He is even good (10) __________being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part- time job at a restaurant.
1. A. travelling B. abroad C. up D. foreign
2. A. At B. During C. After D.While
3. A. come B. become C. turned D. came
4. A. understand B.like C. care D. consider
5. A. happy B. interested C. desperate D. lonely
6. A. from B. for C. as D. about
7. A. freely B. careful C. carefully D. carelessly
8. A. discover B. explore C. adapt D. adjust
9. A. bad B. good C. smooth D. fluent
1 A. at B. than C. of D. that
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Your answers:
1. ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
6. ……… 7. ……… 8. ……… 9. ……… 10. ………
III. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning to the pervious one. (2 points)
1. Their trip lasted for three days.
-They had...
2. The last time I watched this film was in 2014.
- I haven’t ………...………...
3. Although Lan took a taxi, she arrived late for the meeting.
- In spite of...
4. My father spent 3 hours repairing my bike.
- It ………...………..…………...………...
5. The teacher had the students clean the schoolyard.
- The teacher…...
6. The river is so polluted that we cannot swim in it.
- It is such...
7. You cannot smoke in this room.
- You are ...
8. My father is too busy to have a day off at the weekend.
- My father.…...
9. They say that he invented the digital camera.
- It ……..………...……...
10. "You'd better do morning exercise", said my father.
- My father...
Part 3: READING
I. Read the passage and fill in each blank with only ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the spaces provided. (2 points)
I've been working with teenagers (1) _________ five years. I've spent time talking to them besides teaching them English. I remember once I asked them (2) _________ their parents or classmates had more influence on their success at school.
Some said their parents had the (3) _________ influence on their achievement. The (4) _________ given was that parents usually loved their (5) _________ unconditionally, and they definitely would do their best to help and support their children. For (6) _________, parents could do all the housework so that their children could have (7) _________ for studying.
However, some students revealed that their parents were (8) _________
busy to spend time with them. Therefore, it was difficult for parents to help their children. In this case, classmates or friends affected their success the (9) _________ because they talked to them more and they helped each other to deal (10) _________ any difficulty in studying.
Your answers:
1. ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
6. ……… 7. ……… 8. ……… 9. ……… 10. ………
II. Read the passage below and choose the correct answers. Write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided. (2 points)
Chu Van An High School is one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Viet Nam. Established in 1908 by the French, the school was located beside the West Lake,and was originally named after the location it was in. It is a very pleasant, spacious school with great views of the lake from the classroom windows.
In 1943, the school was moved to Ninh Binh, and was not moved back to Ha Noi until 1945. In that year, the school was renamed Chu Van An, after a famous Vietnamese Confucianism teacher of the Tran Dynasty. Professor Nguyen Gia Tuong became the first Vietnamese principal of the school. Many famous people like ex-Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Doctor Ton ThatTung, and poet Xuan Dieu used to be the school's students.
Today the school is still located in the same area, and has maintained its prestige, as well as its reputation as one of the top schools in Ha Noi. It is very difficult to be admitted to the school. Every year, there are around three thousand applicants but only about five hundred are admitted. Those applicants have to take an entrance examination conducted by the Department of Education and Training of Ha Noi.
1. The passage mainly discusses ____________.
A. Chu Van An, the teacher B. Chu Van An School in the future
C. Chu Van An School over time D. the difficulty of being admitted to Chu Van An School
2. All of the following are true about the school EXCEPT__________ . A. the school was originally named after the location it is in B. the school admits three thousand students every year C. the school has a view of the West Lake
D. the school is large
3. The word 'principal' is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. Teacher B. head teacher C. Founder D. Supporter
4. The word 'prestige' in the passage mostly means ___________.
A. Respect B. Fame C. Status D. Position
5. It can be understood from the passage that ___________.
A. students of the school are very smart B. the school fees are very high
C. only children from prestigious families can enter the school D. the teachers at the school earn a lot of money
Your answers:
1.……… 2……… 3. ……….. 4……… 5. ………
III. Use the words in the box to complete the following passage. There are more words than you need. Write the answer in the spaces provided. (1 point)
which carry because make take is the richest poor although
Brunei is one of the smallest counties in the world. Its population is only 250,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with (1) ………… longest name in the world). It is also the (2) ………… country in Asia and maybe one of the richest countries in the world (3) ………… it has a lot of oil and gas (4)... it exports to Japan. Every week huge tankers (5) ……..oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan.
Your answers:
1. ………….... 2………. 3. ………….... 4…………... 5…………...
Part 4: WRITING (4 points)
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PHÒNG GD&ĐT GIÁ RAI KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP THỊ XÃ NĂM HỌC 2019 - 20120
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Gồm có 02 trang)
Part 1: LISTENING
I. 2 points. Each correct answer gets 0.4 point.
1. best 2. useful 3. holidays 4. lunches 5. stressful
II. 2 points. Each correct answer gets 0.4 point.
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B
Part 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. 3 points. Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
D B D D A A C A A C C B B D D
II. 2 points. Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.
1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. A
III. 2 points. Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.
1. a three-day trip.
2. watched this film since 2014.
3. taking/ having taken / the fact that Lan had taken a taxi, she arrived late for the meeting.
4. took my father 3 hours to repair my bike.
5. had the schoolyard cleaned by the students.
6. a polluted river that we cannot swim in it.
7. not allowed to smoke in this room.
8. is so busy that he cannot have a day off at the weekend.
9. is said that he invented the digital camera.
10. advised me to do morning exercise.
Part 3: READING
I. 2 points. Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.
1. for
2. if/whether
3. most/biggest/greatest 4. reason
5. children/offsping
6. example/instance 7. time/opportunity 8. too
9. most 10. with
II. 2 points. Each correct answer gets 0.4 point.
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. A
III. 1 point. Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.
1. the 2. richest 3. because 4. which 5. carry
Part 4: WRITING (4 points)
The mark given to this part is based on the following scheme:
enough words 0.5
good spelling 1,0
exact grammar 1.0
coherence 0.5
good ideas 1,0
Total 4.0
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