Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 THCS - Năm học 2010-2011

UBND TỉNH BắC NINH
Đề CHíNH THứC
Sở GIáO DụC Và ĐàO TạO
Đề THI CHọN HọC SINH GIỏI CấP TỉNH
NĂM HọC 2010 - 2011
MÔN THI : TIếNG ANH – LớP 9 – THCS
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi 22 tháng 3 năm 2011
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* Ghi chú: Đề thi gồm 05 trang. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi. 
PART I. Pronunciation, Vocabulary and GRAMMAR (9.0 pts)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others’ (0.5 pt)
1.	A. practical	B. pattern	C. fashion	D. tradition
2. 	A. impressed	B. closed	C. wished	D. stopped
3.	A. machine	B. cheap	C. teacher	D. children
4.	A. forget	B. stormy	C. orchestra	D. normally
5.	A. enough	B. courage	C. encounter	D. nourish 
II. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle A, B, C or D.(1.5 pts)
1. The weather has turned _____ .
 A. coldy and windily
B. coldly and windy
C. cold and windy 
D. cold and windily
2. It was not easy to understand her _____ to the situation.
A. feelings 
B. conduct 
C. outlook 
D. reaction
3. He was pleased to have the _____ to hear such a fine musician play his favorite piece of music.
A. occasion
B. possibility
C. opportunity
D. fate
4. Be quiet! It’s rude to _____ people when they are speaking.
A. interfere 
B. interrupt 
C. prevent 
D. introduce
5. I wish you’d stop chatting and _____ with some work.
A. get down 
B. get on 
C. come on 
D. come back
6. He won $ 200.000, _____ he gave his parents.
A. half of which 
B. half of that
C. half of them
D. half of it
7. The bus company has _____ the fare by 50%.
A. raised
B. arisen
C. rose
D. risen
8. You have read this book, _____ ?
A. do you
B. don’t you
C. have you
D. haven’t you
9. There was no _____ in waiting longer than half an hour so we left.
A. good
B. point
C. worth
D. use
10. If we built more hospitals, we could _____ better care of people.
A. get
B. do
C. give 
D. take
11. Twenty-five dollars _____ too much to pay for that shirt.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. have been
12. The kidnappers have been caught, and the child is no longer _____ danger.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. of
13. Jim’s parents wouldn’t _____ him go to the demonstration.
A. agree
B. allow
C. permit
D. let
14. Tony always goes to work _____ his car.
A. on
B. by
C. in
D. with
15. My watch stopped some days ago. I must have it _____ .
A. repaired
B. repair
C. repairing
D. repairs
III. Choose the best word or phrase with the same meaning as the underlined part. (1.0 pt)
1. What would happen if the water resources were made dirty?
A. run out
B. restricted
C. polluted
D. destroyed
2. Most people who live in apartments are urban dwellers.
A. of a village 
B. of a city 
C. wealthy 
D. famous
3. He was proud of his son’s accomplishment.
A. first attempt 
B. endurance 
C. determination
D. achievement 
4. They extended the road for ten more miles.
A. lengthened 
B. repaired 
C. planned
D. constructed
5. It is risky to climb to the top of that tree.
A. unusual
B. normal
C. dangerous
D. brave
IV. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline and correct them. Write the correct one in the numbered blanks on the right. (0) has been done as an example: (2.0pt)
 The other day, when I was in London, I ran in an old friend of mine who
had been at university with me. Although we hadn’t seen one another for
ages and lost touch, it was just like old times, and he told me all his new.
He moved to London after leaving from university, and started to train as an accountant. He left after a few months because he hadn’t found it very
interesting, and he didn’t feel like spending the rest of this life in an office.
His parents were very helpful- they didn’t try to make him to carry on training as a chattered accountant, and said they will continue to support him despite of the fact that he didn’t have a job to go to. He soon found work do what he really wanted-writing for a TV show. After the first series, the producer let him to have his own TV show even though he was 
relatively young, and it turned out to be a great success.
0. into
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10..
V. Give the correct form of the words in bold in the same line. Write your answers on the numbered blanks. (0) has been done as an example. (2.0 pt)
 The most effective way of learning a language is by living in the country concerned, but parents should think (1) _____________ before they send their children abroad. Although some (2) ____________ arrange visits for children as young as ten, the (3) ____________ of them won’t be ready to stay away from home and deal with (4) ____________ differences until they are in their teens. Even they will need a basic (5) ___________ of the language and some experience of foreign travel before they go.
 Exchange visits are a good way for (6) ______________ to improve their language skills. It is a good idea for them to exchange (7) _________ before the visits. Host families should not feel any (8) ______________ to provide an extensive program of (9) _____________ . It is more important to make the guest feel welcome. Travel can (10) ____________ the mind, and exchange visits give young people experience of a different way of life as well as a different language.
0. EFFECT
1. CARE
2. ORGANIZE
3. MAJOR
4. CULTURE
5. KNOW
6. TEENS
7. CORRESPOND 
8. OBLIGE
9. ENTERTAIN
10. BROAD
VI. Supply the correct form of the VERBS in bracket. (2.0 pt)
 I (1- walk) ______________ along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the North of England (2- look) ______________ for somewhere (3- make) _______________ a phone call. My car (4- break) ______________ down outside the town and I wanted to contact the A. A. The street (5- run) ______________ parallel to the sea and (6- join) _____________ to it by a number of narrow side streets. Low grey clouds (7- drift) ______________ off across the sky and there was a cold damp wind (8- blow) _______________off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet when I (9- cross) ________________one of the side streets. It (10- rain)_______________ for a long time.
PART II. READING (6.0 pts)
I. Choose the word A, B, C or D that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. (2.0 pts)
 Are you one of the thousands of people who eagerly follow every new (1) _____ that appears? Or are you one of those who go to the shops and just buy (2) _____ they can find in their size that (3)_____ them? Or perhaps you order from a mail-order catalogue, and then have to send everything back because nothing fits? Whatever kind of shopper you are, one thing is certain. Every one finds clothes important. (4)_____ a recent survey, people spend more time (5) _____ buying clothes or thinking about buying them, or looking at them in shop windows, than they do on most other products, apart from food. And the reason is obvious. Clothes are an important part of our appearance. At work, you may need to impress a customer, or persuade the boss that you know what you are doing, and clothes certainly help. Well dressed people, so they say, get on in the world. And as far as attracting the opposite sex is concerned, clothes also play a vital role. (6)_____ a friend who has been wearing the same old jacket or the same old dress suddenly appears in the (7)_____ fashion, you can be sure that romance is in the air. And apart from work and romance, there are the (8) _____ of sport, music and leisure on the way we dress. So excuse me while I (9) _____ on my tracksuit and training shoes. I’m just dashing off (10) _____ some fast window-shopping.
1
A. appearance
B. fashion
C. uniform
D. dress
2
A. whatever
B. whoever
C. whichever
D. however
3
A. matches
B. suits 
C. takes
D. couples
4
A. On account of
B. Because of
C. According to
D. Due to
5
A. but
B. either
C. or
D. nor
6
A. If
B. Because
C. Although
D. Unless
7
A. last
B. minute
C. latest
D. complete
8
A. affects
B. benefits
C. conveniences
D. influences
9
A. have
B. dress
C. wear
D. put
10
A. in
B. for
C. to
D. toward
II. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the best answers. (1.0 pt)
 After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Havard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollments in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollment. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000 and the trend of lower-enrollment rates is expected to continue.
 There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not graduate a plush job on Wall Street or in other financial districts of major American Cities. many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degree in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the questions “Is an MBA” degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?”. The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands. 
1. What is the main focus of this passage?
A. Jobs on Wall Street.
B. Types of graduate degrees.
C. Changes in enrollment for MBA schools.
D. How schools are changing to reflect the economy.
2. The phrase “trend of” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. reluctance of	B. drawback to	C. movement toward	D. extraction from
3. Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street?
A. A centre for international affairs	B. A major financial centre
C. A shopping district	D. A neighborhood in New York
4. According to the passage, what are two causes of declining business school enrollments?
A. Lack of necessity for an MBA and an economic recession
B. Low salary and foreign competition
C. Fewer MBA schools and fewer entry- level jobs
D. Declining population and economic prosperity
5. The first paragraph is mainly concerned with which of the following?
A. Factors contributing to the decline in MBA students 
B. A current trend affecting the nation’s business schools
C. The differences between Princeton, Havard, and Standford 
D. Two decades of hard times for business schools 
III. Read the following passage. Choose from the sentences (A-G) below which best fits in each numbered gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). (1.0pt)
 Carnival is definitely not a spectator sport. It’s very difficult to get carried away by the atmosphere unless (0) ___G___ and by that I mean wearing a disguise of some kind, even if it’s nothing more than a mask or a funny hat. In fact, the number of people (1)_____ is usually fairly small, so you will almost certainly be conspicuous out of fancy dress. You are bound to regret not having gone to a bit of trouble when (2) _____ having the time of their lives. Ask a friend to lend you a costume if (3) _____. You may even find that (4) _____ . If all else fails, you can always improvise with old streets and clothes, after all, you don’t have to look spectacular, elegant or beautiful, but you should try to enter into the spirit of the festivities if (5)_____ .
A. you do not have one D. they are available for hire somewhere
B. who do not bother to dress up E. you want to enjoy them
C. who don’t want to make trouble F. you see every body else
G. you are taking part yourself 
IV. Fill in each numbered space with one suitable word. (2.0 pt)
 I’d like to talk about some of the problems that students face (1)________ they follow a course of study through the medium of English (2)__________English is not their mother tongue. The problems can be (3)_________ into three broad categories: psychological, cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly affect those (4)_________ come to study in Britain. I’ll comment only briefly on these two categories and then spend most of the time looking at linguistic difficulties apply to everyone. Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown: for (5)__________, whether one’s academic studies will be too difficult. Looking at the cultural problems, we can see that some of them are of a very practical nature, e.g arranging satisfactory accommodation. Others are less easy to define. (6)__________ largest category seems to be linguistic. Let’s look at this (7) __________ some detail. Most students, in their (8) __________ countries, will have little opportunity to practice using (9) __________. When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often have great (10) ________ in understanding.
PART III. WRITING: (5.0 pts)
I. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it. (2.0 pts)
1. He has never been on board a ship before.
This is the first ......
2. David finds it easy to make friends. 
David has ........
3. Finish eating first, then you can watch TV. 
You can’t watch TV......
4. In spite of her tiredness, she managed to finish her work.
Although .
5. No messages have come for me, have they? 
There have ...
6. When he drinks a lot, he gets very bad.
The more.......
7. I regret not buying any tickets for the concert. 
I wish ....
8. My advice to you is to go to the doctor’s.
If I......
9. A doctor is taking his temperature
He is having.......
10. I was not familiar with that kind of computer. 
It was a .....
II. Write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given in brackets and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. (1.0 pt)
1. He drove so carelessly that he had an accident last month. (such)
..
2. Dickens’s last novel was unfinished when he died. (without)
..
3. Mark is too young to see the horror film. (enough)
..
4. Everyone but Jane failed to produce the correct answer. (succeeded)
..
5. “How about going to the concert?” said John. (suggested)
..
III. Use the words provided to write meaningful sentences. Use can make any necessary changes if you wish (2.0 pts)
1. John/ only/ understand/ little/ what/ professor/ say/ last lecture.
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2. I/ not/ suppose/ you/ have/ change/ two pounds.
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3. harder/ he/ try/ worse/ he/ danced/ before/ large audience.
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4. Never/ my life/ I/ see/ such/ beautiful sunset.
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5. five-thousand dollar reward/ offered/ the capture/ escaped criminals.
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6. Peter/ not/ care/ if/ Tony/ leave/ stay.
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7. What/ he/ did/ come/ no surprise/ me.
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8. Though/ she/ very tired/ she/ agreed/ help/ son/ his homework.
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9. My mother/ always/ first one/ get up/ prepare/ breakfast/ us. 
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10. In order/ get/ scholarship/ students/ required/ write/ essay/ their future.
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