Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh 9 - Năm học 2018-2019

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THẠCH HÀ
Ngày 28 tháng 9 năm 2018
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
 NĂM HỌC 2018 – 2019.
 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9
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Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
Điểm của toàn bài thi
Các giám khảo
Số phách
(Bằng số)
(Bằng chữ)
(Ký và ghi rõ họ tên)
(Do Trưởng Ban chấm thi ghi)
Giám khảo 1: 
Giám khảo 2: 
A. PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1.
A. fox
B. exactly
C. existence
D. exhaust
2.
A. honest
B. hang
C. honour
D. vehicle
3.
A. charity
B. choke
C. purchase
D. parachute
4.
A. advise
B. promise
C. release
D. tense
5.
A. pleasure
B. sound
C. same
D. best
Your answers: 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
II. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the. 
1.
A. occasional
B. industrial
C. information
D. variety
2.
A. assistant
B. decision
C. redundant
D. management
3.
A. essential
B. average
C. promotion
D. deliver
4.
A. compulsory
B. education
C. technology
D. intelligent
5.
A. accessible
B. important
C. apprehension
D. alternative
Your answers:
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
III. Choose the most suitable word or phrase. 
1. My sister is busy _________ a letter
A. in writing
B. at writing
C. writing
D. to write
2. He recommended that I _________there early
A. be
B. was
C. were
D. would be
3. He said that he __________ badly sick since he returned from abroad.
A. had been
B. has been
C. was
D. would be
4. She is __________ her brother.
A. twice as old as
B. twice older than
C. as old as twice
D. more twice older than
5. The smaller the room is, the _________ furniture it needs.
A. fewer	B. smaller 	C. more 	D. less
6. I find the time of English meals very strange. I’m not used _________ dinner at 5 pm.
A. to have 	B. to having 	C. having 	D.have
7. He spent the entire night thinking and in the end _________ a brilliant idea.	
A. came up to
B. put up with
C. came up with
D. put through to
8. Mary: “Peter failed in the final examination last term.” - Nancy: “__________”
A. Really?
B. Sorry to hear that.
C. What’s wrong?
D. I can’t believe it.
9. He is the man who won’t __________ his promise
A. ruin
B. destroy
C. hurt
D. break
10. It’s a __________ nice a day __________ we should do something
A. either .. or
B. neither  nor
C. so . that
D. such .. that
11. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I __________ last week.
A. should do
 B. should have done 
C. must have done 
D. might have done
12. __________ the students here are serious about studying.
A. Most
B. Most of
C. Almost of
D. Almost
13. Listen carefully. I'm going to give you __________ advice.
A. some
B. a few
C. few
D. little
14. Call an ambulance. There's been __________ 
A. accident	
B. an accident	
C. some accident 
D. any accident
15. __________ the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished. 
A. Until
B. In
C. On
D. By	
Your answers:
1. 
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IV. Complete sentences using the correct form of the words.
1.
Don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you. Remember, it’s (CONFIDE) ________.
2.
We have (APOLOGY) __________ to our teacher for being late for the meeting. 
3.
The recent hurricane caused (WIDE) __________ damage.
4.
How are you getting on with your (CORRESPOND) __________ course in Russian?
5.
But how could you do it? Really, Ophelia, I feel quite (SHAME) __________ of you!
6.
The government should take action to help the (EMPLOY) ______ find jobs. 
7.
(LITERATE) _____ was one of the three problems facing Vietnamese government after the August Revolution. 
8.
Is it possible to (DISTINCT) _______ between a hobby and an interest? 
9.
Sam works as a (TELEPHONE) __________ in an office in the town centre. 
10.
I'll always remember that journey - it was an (FORGET) __________ experience. 
Your answers:
1. 
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10.
V. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick () by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided
N0
Your answer
The text
0
_____or______
I had a wonderful experience or last weekend and I 
00
____________
would like to tell you about it. Once a month I spend a 
1
_____________
weekend away with two friends. We usually prefer sleep in 
2
_____________
our tents, but sometimes when we feel like to having 
3
_____________
a real rest, we book a room in a hotel. On Thursday evening, 
4
_____________
I suggested them that we should go on a ‘mystery weekend’
5
_____________
and they agreed with at once. On Saturday morning, we got into 
6
_____________
my father’s car, one which I had borrowed for the weekend.
7
_____________
Noone else knew for how long the drive would be. I was
8
_____________
the only one who knew it where we were going. I had been
9
_____________
busy on the telephone that morning making all the hotel 
10
_____________
arrangements. Where do you think I took them off?
11
_____________
To the Bond Marina Hotel, on the banks of the River Dart,
12
_____________
where a boat was got ready to take us all on a trip up
13
_____________
the river. It was such a lovely day that we sat on the seats
14
_____________
on deck and enjoyed ourselves the sunshine. When we got
15
_____________
home on Sunday, everyone wanted another ‘mystery weekend’.
VI. Fill in the blank with one suitable preposition
1. The house was __1___ fire, but the blaze was soon brought ____2___ control.	
2. As I am the deputy. I’m ____3___ charge ____4___ the office while the manage is away.
3. Don’t give me any money ___5____ it. You can have it ___6____ nothing.
4. It’s a good idea ___7____ theory, but I don’t think it’will work ___8____ practice.
5. She was concentrating so hard ___9____ her book that she didn’t hear me come ___10___ the room.
Your answers:
1. 
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9. 
10.
B. READING
I. Read the article and choose the correct answer
30 DAYS ON THE MINIMUM WAGE
Could you change your life in just 30 days? That’s the question documentary maker Morgan Spurlock asked when he filmed his new TV series, 30 Days. Martin Grady reviews the first program of the series, 30 Days on the Minimum Wage*.
Spurlock, who is most famous for Supersize Me, his movie about the dangers of eating junk food, became frustrated that few people know about poverty in America. He and his fiancée, Alex, decided to film an experiment. They’d give up their jobs for a month and try to live on the minimum wage. The resulting documentary, which was filmed reality-show-style using a handheld camera, contains a powerful social message about the growing gap between the rich and poor in the US. 
The couple travel to Columbus, Ohio, one of the poorest cities in the US. The only apartment that they can afford to rent is filthy, in a dangerous area, and has no furniture. The heat doesn’t work very well, so they’re often cold. Alex begins working as a dishwasher, while Morgan does construction work with no safety equipment. Neither of them earns more than the minimum wage.
It’s difficult to watch Morgan and Alex struggling in such terrible conditions. A charity gives them some furniture for free, but they have to live without reliable heat, TV, or telephone. They’re exhausted all the time and begin to argue about money. The couple interview people in the same situation and listen to their stories. It’s difficult to imagine, but these people have lived on the minimum wage for decades and many have children.
When Alex gets sick and Morgan badly injures his wrist, they go to a free clinic but can’t see a doctor because of long lines. People there say that without free medical care they’d die.
After 30 days, Morgan and Alex have spent over $1,000 more than they have earned, mostly because of the medical expenses. They are shocked. They can go back to their comfortable life in New York, but what if they couldn’t? How would they continue to survive?
*At the time of Morgan and Alex’s experiment, minimum wage in the US was $5.15 an hour.
1. 30 Days on the Minimum Wage is _____.
 A. a TV series 	`	B. a TV documentary 	 C. a drama series 
2.	Supersize Me was about _____.
A. how eating too much junk food can be bad for you B. poverty in the US 
C. the popularity of junk food 
3.	Morgan Spurlock is _____.
A. single 	B. married 	C. engaged 
4. The purpose of the experiment was to discover if Morgan
and Alex could _____.
 A. give up their jobs 	B. make a movie together 	C. live on very little money 
5. Morgan and Alex interviewed people _____.
A. and told them their life story B. who were living in the same way 
C. in the same apartment building 
6. Morgan and Alex rented their apartment because _____.
A. it was the only one they could find B. it was cheap 	C. it was in a good building 
 7. Morgan and Alex _____ $5.15 per hour.
A. both earned more than 	B. earned exactly 	 C. didn’t earn more than 
8. The couple had to live with _____.
A. no furniture 	B. a poor heating system 	 C. very little food 
9. During the experiment, Morgan and Alex _____.
A. got along very well 	B. argued about junk food 	C. sometimes disagreed about money 
10.	 Morgan and Alex weren’t able to see a doctor at the free clinic because _____.
A. they hadn’t applied for free medical care B. there were too many people waiting 
C. they didn’t have insurance 
Your answers:
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
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10.
II. Complete the passage by filling a suitable word into each gap:
Most ___1___ the addicts are men. They come home ___2___ work, eat their meal quickly and then spend the evening ___3___ their computers. Some of them make programs, ___4___ most of them just play games. Some wives say the computer is killing their marriage. Their husbands play until three___5___ four o'clock ___6___ the morning and all weekend. People call these lonely wives "computer widows".
 	When television became popular ___7___ the 1950s, doctors said it caused "television neck", "TV eyes" and other new illnesses. Now it is the home computer. People say it causes headaches, backaches and makes their eyes tired. But worst ___8___ all, it is addictive. That means it is ___9___ drinking, smoking or taking drugs. Some people can't stop ___10___ it.
Your answers:
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10.
III. Read the passage and choose the best answer to complete it.
An unlucky day
	Helen packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house to ____1____ to the station. There was no one ____2____ waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as if a bus had just left. Helen looked at her watch anxiously; it was already two o’clock. Her train left at two thirty, and since it would ____3____ at least twenty minutes to reach the station, she did not have much time to ____4____ even if a bus came along at once.
	Just then a taxi came slowly down the road. Helen knew that the ____5____ to the station was at least two dollars, which was more than she could ____6____ but she quickly made her ____7____ that it would be well ____8____ the extra expense in order to be sure of catching the train. So she stopped the taxi and got in. she told the driver that she had to catch the train which left at half past two. The man nodded and said that he would take a short ____9____ to get her to the station in good time.
	All went well until, just as they were coming out of a side street into the ____10____ that lead to the station, the taxi ran ____11____ a car. There was a loud crash and Helen was thrown ____12____ so violently that she hit her head on the front seat. Both drivers got out and began ____13____ each other. Helen got out as ____14____ to ask them to stop quarrelling, but ____15____ took any notice of her at all.
1. A. go on bus	B. get the bus	C. drive taxi 	D. catch the bus
2. A. else	B. other	C. person	D. more
3. A. be	B. take	C. waste	D. lose
4. A. spend	B. wait for	C. spare	D. go
5. A. cost	B. expense	C. fare	D. money
6. A. pay	B. afford	C. give	D. have
7. A. decision	B. mind	C. head	D. own
8. A. cheap	B. done	C. for	D. worth
9. A. time	B. way	C. cut	D. road
10. A. main road	B. main side street	C. alley	D. train
11. A. off	B. up	C. for	D. into
12. A. forward	B. over	C. up	D. hard
13. A. shouting	B. to shout at	C. to shout for	D. shouting to
14. A. well	B. soon	C. much	D. if	
15. A. none	B. no one	C. neither	D. both of them
	Your answers:
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C. WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them.
1.
“Haven’t you got any cheaper television?”
-> “Are these ............................................................................................................?”
2.
I would prefer you not to smoke in here.
-> I’d rather .................................................................................................................
3.
 I wish I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to him.
-> I regret ........................................................................................................................
4.
I didn’t arrive in time to see her.
-> I wasn’t early ...........................................................................................................
5.
It is pointless to have that old typewriter repaired.
-> That old typewriter is ..............................................................................................
6.
The value of Sterling has fallen slightly in the past week. 
-> There has .......................................................................................................................
7.
This event will always be remembered for the rest of our life.
-> Never ............................................................................................................................
8.
We couldn’t answer those two difficult questions.
-> Those two .....................................................................................................................
9.
The last time my eyes were tested was in 2001
-> I have ............................................................................................................................
10.
I like giving presents more than I like being given presents
-> I prefer ......................................................................................................................
II. Rewrite the following sentence with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first one. Do not chance the form of the words in the capital letters.
1.
It was unkind of you to talk to her like that. 
SHOULDN’T
2.
I have never tasted such good food before.
EVER
3.
The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended
IF
4.
Do you object to working on Sunday? 
AGAINST
5.
If you are under age, you can not watch certain films
OLD
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
III. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences
1. Jane / had / him / check / ticket / before / got on / train.
-> ......................................................................................................................................................
2. I / saw / Mary / walk / her mother / the concert hall.
-> ......................................................................................................................................................
3. The football fans / gathering / the stadium / since / I / arrive.
-> ......................................................................................................................................................
4. We / be / very tired / last night / because / we / play / football / afternoon.
-> ......................................................................................................................................................
5. The match / would / been / great fun / if it / not rain yesterday.
-> ......................................................................................................................................................
IV. Write a passage: 
Many people suppose that living in a city has a lot of disadvantages. Write a passage about 180 - 200 words to tell about your idea.
The end!
PHÒNG GD&ĐT THẠCH HÀ
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐỂM
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2018 – 2019.
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9
Tổng: 20 điểm, cụ thể như sau:
A. PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (8.5 Điểm)
I. 0.5 Điểm (5 X 0,1)
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
II. 0.5 Điểm (5 X 0,1)
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C
III. 3 Điểm (15 X 0,2)
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. D
IV. 2 Điểm (10 X 0,2)
1. confidential
2. apologised/ apologized
3. widespread
4. ashamed
5. correspondence
6. unemployed
7. illiteracy
8. distinguish 
9. telephonist 
10. unforgettable
V. 1.5 Điểm (15 X 0,1)
1. prefer
2. to
3. 
4. them
5. with
6. one
7. for
8. it
9. 
10. off
11. 
12. got/ was
13. 
14. ourselves
15. 
VI. 1 Điểm (10 X 0,1)
1. on
2. under
3. in
4. of
5. for
6. for
7. in
8. in
9. on
10. into
B. READING (5.5 Điểm)
I. . 2 Điểm (10 X 0,2)
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. B
II. 2 Điểm (10 X 0,2)
1. of 
2. from 
3. on
4. but
5. or 
6. in
7. in
8. of 
9. like 
10. doing
III. 1.5 Điểm (15 X 0,1)
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. D
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. C/ B
1.
-> “Are these the cheapest TV that you have got?”
2.
-> I’d rather you didn’t smoke in here.
3.
-> I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to him.
4.
-> I wasn’t early enough to see her.
5.
-> That old typewriter is not worth being repaired.
6.
-> There has been a slight fall/ decrease/ drop in the value of Sterling in the past week.
7.
-> Never will we forget this event for the rest of our life
8.
-> Those two questions were too difficult for us to answer/ sothat.
 /couldn’t be answered
9.
-> I have not had my eyes tested since 2001
10.
-> I prefer giving presents to being given
C. WRITING (6 Điểm)
I. 2 Điểm (10 X 0,2)
II. 1 Điểm (5 X 0,2)
1.
You should not have talked to her like that.
2.
This is the best food I've ever tasted.
3.
If a famous film star had not attended the party, it wouldn't have been a success.
- If a famous film star had not attended, the party wouldn't have been a success.
- If it hadn’t been for the attendance of a famous film star, the party wouldn’t have succeed/ been successful.
4.
Are you against working on Sunday? 
5.
If you are not old enough, you cannot watch certain films.	
III. 1 Điểm (5 X 0,2)
1. Jane had him check her ticket before she got on the train.
2. I saw Mary walking with her mother into the concert hall.
3. The football fans have been gathering into the stadium since I arrived.
4. We were very tired last night because we had played football in the afternoon.
5. The match would have been great fun if it had not rained yesterday.
IV. 2 Điểm 
* Nội dung , ý tưởng: 1.0 điểm : 
* Kỹ thuật và ngôn ngữ : 1.0 điểm : 
 - Viết được đoạn văn dài khoảng 180 – 200 từ;
 - Có bố cục rõ ràng, câu văn mạch lạc, viết đúng ngữ pháp, dùng từ phong phú , chính xác.
* Tùy mức độ thí sinh viết được, giám khảo dựa vào thang điểm để quyết định.
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