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PART 1: LISTENING
Section 1: You will listen to a telephone conversation between a man named Carl and his friend Bella.
Listen and choose the correct option to complete the statements from 1 to 5. You will hear the recording TWICE
1. When she first moved to Canada, Bella had_________.
A. a great time B. an OK time C. a hard time
2. At first, Bella found it difficult to understand Canadians because_________.
A. they use some different words B. they pronounce words differently
C. they pronounce words differently and use different words 3. Bella thinks she is_________.
A. shy B. confident C. clever
4. Bella joined a mountaineering group because_________.
A. she loves climbing B. she wanted to make friends C. she wanted to see Canada 5. Bella went climbing in the Rocky Mountains_________.
A. last week B. last month C. last year
Section 2: You will hear five people talking about friendship. For questions from 1-5, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says is the most important to them in a friendship. Use each letter only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. You will hear the recording TWICE
A. frequent contact 1. Speaker 1: ________
B. mutual trust 2. Speaker 2:_________
C. shared interest 3. Speaker 3:_________
D. good manners 4. Speaker 4:_________
E. emotional support 5. Speaker 5:_________
F. similar personalities G. a sense of humor
H. some experience of school
Section 3: Listen to a talk about citizen journalism. Complete the notes below with one word in each gap. You will hear the recording TWICE
SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2015 – 2016 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề (Đề thi gồm: 06 trang)
Citizen journalism = ordinary people involved in collecting, (1.) ________, reporting and disseminating news and (2.) ________.
(3.) _______ people are using modern technology to create media. For instance, taking a photo and putting it (4.) _________ in seconds.
(5.) _______ journalism is not being pushed aside. People still want news from (6.) _________ sources.
Professional news (7.) ________ collect public (8.) _________ which are often a valuable and insightful (9.) _________ to standard news coverage.
Most examples of citizen journalism are read on a professional news website, already (10.) _________, proofread and checked by professional journalists.
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PART 2: LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Section 1: Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences
1. She went in search of a new agent, without _______ help she would never have made it.A. whom B. whose C. that D. which
2. _______ returned home that I realised just how much I missed seeing my brother.
A. It wasn’t until I B. It was only by C. The reason why I D. It’s only by 3. Tom: “Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night.” Mary: “________”
A. Never say never! B. Never mind! C. Oops I did it! D. You’re welcome!
4. All successful applicants are required _______ a week-long training programme before commencing their new role.
A. to attend B. attending C. to be attending D. attend 5. Come on! We must hurry. We have ________time!
A. a few B. a little C. little D. few 6. We must carry _______ a thorough investigation into the causes of the riot.
A. on B. out C. off D. up 7. Jane: “Do you still play golf every weekend?”
Jack: “No, I’m far too busy these days. I can only play _______.”
A. from time to when B. from when to time C. now and then D. then and now 8. His name is Archibald, but everyone calls him Archie _______.
A. for short B. in brief C. for brief D. in short 9. Either player could have won the match. It was _______.
A. stick or carrot B. touch and go C. odds and ends D. here or there 10. Please _______ in mind that our price includes unlimited technical assistance and a three-year guarantee.
A. carry B. have C. bear D. get 11. Nobody wants to be the first to make a sacrifice, _______?
A. does she or he B. does anybody C. do we D. do they 12. I had once met Penelope Cruz. She had _______ hair.
A. long black beautiful B. black long beautiful C. beautiful black long D. beautiful long black 13. Jack: “Do you think my English is improving?” Jill: “Yes, it’s getting _______.”
A. each time better B. always better C. better and better D. all the time better 14. Yvonne has gone away. She’ll be back _______ a week.
A. inside of B. in C. by D. until 15. I would like to _______ your attention to paragraph 3.2 of the chairman’s report.
A. attract B. drag C. pull D. call
16. I took two big books with me on holiday,
Moby Dick
andWar and Peace
, but I didn’t read _______.A. neither of them B. either of them C. either one or other D. neither one or other 17. What’s that bird holding in its _______?
A. beak B. paw C. scales D. fins 18. They often give out free _______, which you can try before you buy the item.
A. samples B. bargains C. brands D. examples 19. I’m afraid the price is too _______ and no one will want to buy the product.
A. enormous B. tall C. big D. high 20. The man _______ to talk to wasn’t there.
A. who wanted B. that wanted C. I wanted D. which I wanted
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Section 2: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space at the same line
CASABLANCA
Casablanca is most known as the title of a classic film from 1942 (1.) ______________
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. But what about the city where this romance was set?
Casablanca (Spanish for white house), or Casa as it is known by those who live there, is the largest city in Morocco with a (2.) _______________ of approximately 5 million and is the country’s (3.) _______________ capital. Rabat is the political capital.
Casablanca is situated in the west of Morocco on the Atlantic coast and boasts one of the world’s largest artificial ports, a port which was very (4.) _______________ during the Second World War. At that time there was also a large American airbase (5.) ___________
in Casablanca and in 1943 it was in Casablanca that a significant conference took place where world (6.) _______________ met to discuss the progress of the war.
Casablanca was (7.) _______________ under the control of the French from 1910 until 1956 when Morocco gained (8.) _______________. French influence on the city is (9.) _______________ in the city layout and architecture. French is also the second language after Arabic. The city now has a growing (10.) _______________ industry, although it is not as popular as other Moroccan cities like Marrakesh and Fez.
1. STAR
2. POPULATE 3. ECONOMY
4. STRATEGY 5. SITUATE
6. LEAD 7. FORMAL 8. DEPEND 9. EVIDENCE 10. TOUR
Section 3: The passage below contains five mistakes in five different lines. Write down the mistakes and the line numbers in which they appear and correct them
Lines Many religious and philosophy traditions have spoken of the benefits of living in
the present moment but, until recently, there has not been much scientific evidences to support this advice. Now, a study by psychologists in the USA have shown that if we learn to live in the now we can be happier. Apparently, the problem is what we spend nearly half of our time thinking about something others than what we are doing.
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PART 3: READING
Section 1: You are going to read a magazine article from which five sentences have been removed.
Choose the most suitable sentences from the list A-G for each part (1-5) of the article. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
FIGHTING THE TREND
1. __________Computer games range from the highly educational and creative, to games of skill, to ones with violent- sounding titles such as World of Warcraft, artfully designed to lure teenagers and alarm parents. It always amazes me to hear the parents of a nine or ten-year-old saying “He’s up playing computer games”. And when you ask which games he likes, they do not know. Would these people, if asked who was babysitting, say “Oh, some guy from the park”?
2. __________
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Walk past, discuss what the game is about while you get on with making dinner. Encourage sharing with other children. Any game using two controllers is better than a lonely one.
Enforce screen breaks for the sake of the eyes and nerves. Give warning- let a level be finished-but enforce it.
3. __________
If you have a teenager who spends a lot of time online, you probably need software that records every site visited, and time spent; you may want one of the filter programmes that cut out dodgy sites.
4.__________
This, during teenage years, can be a problem but it is always worth persevering. If a parent or relative is around for long enough, slow to leap to judgement or hysteria, and willing to listen (leaning on the kitchen worktop while one of you has a late-night-pizza, in the car, wherever) then important issues will eventually come up.
5.__________
So is an alternative, sociable, physical pastime. We all know that a healthy, small child gets more fun out of a sociable kitchen than out of a toy, and relishes a rough-and-tumble game with dad more than a television programme. We need to extend that common sense into older ages, too.
SENTENCES
A. Probably the best guarantee against damage or confusion is the normal communication you have with your child.
B. Enforce screen breaks for the sake of the eyes and nerves.
C. When children get to the age for games consoles, try to know what they are playing.
D. Indeed, personal happiness and reasonable self-esteem are the best weapons against any kind of computer brain invasion.
E. As a parent, ensure that your children only use the computer for educational purposes.
F. As with television, keep the computer gaming area in one of the shared parts of the house.
G. It’s self-evident that parental responsibility has to be applied to the Internet, just as it must be for every other kind of encounter.
Section 2: Read the text below and decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits each space MUSIC ON YOUR MIND
You know the feeling-you’re listening to music and suddenly your whole (1.) __________ changes from sad to happy. This mind-altering power of music is amazing, and Internet music sites are using sophisticated ways of (2.)__________us in touch with new artists. They search our downloaded sites or online listening habits (3.) __________patterns, and the results are often surprising-would you believe that AC/DC fans may well enjoy Beethoven?
Musicians have been (4.) __________unforgettable music for centuries, using accepted ideas about the emotional appeal of certain combinations of musical sounds. It’s (5.) __________knowledge that major chords sound upbeat (6.) __________minor chords sound mournful-in tests, even children as young as three connect music in major keys to happy faces. Scientists investigating the subject have been (7.) __________various experiments such as scanning the brains of people while they listen to music. One thing they (8.) __________across is that music triggers activity in the motor region of the brain, which could explain why we often need to (9.)__________our feet to music. The (10.) __________for medicine and business are exciting.
1. A. mood B. atmosphere C. temper D. idea
2. A. placing B. putting C. making D. doing
3. A. looking out B. looking for C. looking up D. looking after
4. A. constructing B. forming C. inventing D. composing
5. A. great B. usual C. common D. wide
6. A. while B. during C. since D. so
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7. A. taking B. making C. doing D. having
8. A. came B. went C. brought D. took
9. A. tap B. bang C. hit D. strike
10. A. likelihood B. possibilities C. probabilities D. chance
Section 3: Read the following extract and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best answers/completes the questions
As many as one thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North America were building with adobe – sunbaked brick plastered with mud. Their homes looked remarkably like modern apartment houses. Some were four stories high and contained quarters for perhaps a thousand people, along with storerooms for grain and other goods. These buildings were usually put up against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defense against enemies. They were really villages in themselves, as later Spanish explorers must have realized since they called them “pueblos”, which is Spanish for towns.
The people of the pueblos raised what are called “the three sisters”- corn, beans, and squash. They made excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could hold water. The Southwest has always been a dry country, where water is scarce. The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water was so important that it played a major role in their religion. They developed elaborate ceremonies and religious rituals to bring rain.
The way of life of less–settled groups was simpler and more strongly influenced by nature. Small tribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They gathered seeds and hunted small animals such as rabbits and snakes. In the Far North the ancestors of today’s Inuit hunted seals, walruses, and the great whales. They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters called igloos built of blocks of packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordly caribou. The Cheyenne, Pawnee and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the grasslands between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. They hunted bison, commonly called the buffalo. Its meat was the chief food of these tribes, and its hide was used to make their clothing and the covering of their tents and tips.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The architecture of early America Indian buildings
B. The movement of American Indians across North America C. Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians
D. The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America
2. According to the passage, the Hopi and Zuni typically built their homes _________.
A. in valleys B. next to streams C. on open plains D. against cliffs 3. The word “They” refers to _________.
A. Goods B. Buildings C. Cliffs D. Enemies
4. It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were _________.
A. very small B. highly advanced C. difficult to defend D. quickly constructed 5. The author uses the phrase “the three sisters” to refer to_________.
A. Hopi women B. family members C. important crops D. rain ceremonies 6. Which of the following is true of the Shoshone and Ute?
A. They were not as settled as the Hopi and Zuni. B. They hunted caribou.
C. They built their homes with adobe. D. They did not have many religious ceremonies.
7. According to the passage, which of the following tribes lived in the grasslands?
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A. The Shoshone and Ute B. The Cheyenne
C. The Hopi and Zuni D. The Pawnee and Inuit 8. Which of the following animals was the most important to the Plains Indians?
A. The salmon B. The caribou C. The seal D. The buffalo 9. The author gives an explanation for all of the following words EXCEPT_________.
A. adobe B. pueblos C. caribou D. bison
10. The author groups North American Indians according to their _________.
A. tribes and geographical regions B. arts and crafts
C. rituals and ceremonies D. date of appearance on the continent
Section 4: Read the following extract and think of a word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word for each space
I fell into my first job by chance. I’d graduated (1.) _________ a reasonable degree, but I was at a loss to know what to do next. I had no money, but (2.) _________ this, I had unrealistic dreams of being able to travel the world. In the end what happened was a happy coincidence. An uncle of (3.) _________ had set up a language school in the Caribbean, and needed someone to help him run the office. I jumped at the chance, although at the time I had no idea that it would turn (4.) __________to be a real challenge. There were so many problems to deal with that I couldn’t cope, and there were times when I felt overwhelmed. The advantages included good money and fantastic weather, but finally the pressure became too great so I had to quit. However, working in a school helped me to realize (5.) __________ was what I really wanted to do, and now I am a teacher.
PART 4: WRITING
Section 1: Complete each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it
1. Uncle Timber fell down the stairs a few years ago and hasn’t felt right since.
Ever since___________________________________________________________.
2. It is not my fault that the glass broke.
You can’t blame me_________________________________________________.
3. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
No sooner___________________________________________________________.
4. People say that the exam this year is much easier than it was last year.
The exam this year_________________________________________________.
5. She’s always had a good relationship with her neighbours.
She’s always been on_______________________________________________.
Section 2: Write an essay of around 250 words on the following topic
Fashion designers in Vietnam have recently made various attempts to
modernize
the traditional ao dai. Its original shape has been constantly altered and new patterns such as suns, stars and stripes have been added.Some are positive about those changes, claiming that they have made the ao dai more fashionable. Others, however, consider the alterations made to this unique dress a blatant disregard of tradition.
What is your opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
END OF THE TEST
