Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2017-2018 - Tỉnh Hải Dương

A. LISTENING
I. You will hear five short conversations (twice for each). There is one question for each conversation. Choose the right answer A, B, C or D. (5 points)
1. What has the boy lost?
A. a map
B. a camera
C. a wallet
2. What time does the race begin?
A. a quarter to two
B. half past two
C. a quarter past three
3. Which musical instrument does the boy play now?
A. the trumpet
B. the piano
C. the drum
4. What will the weather be like tomorrow afternoon?
A. showery
B. windy
C. bright sunny
5. What is the subject of James Wilson’s book?
A. Computers
B. Photography
C. Cookery
II. You will hear a radio announcer talking about Plymouth Sea Life Centre.
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. You will hear the information twice. (5 points)	(NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)
PLYMOUTH SEA LIFE CENTRE
COST
Adults 3.70 pounds, children 2.00 pounds.
Special prices for over (6) _________ and school groups.
OPENING TIMES
Every day except 25 and 26 December.
FOR CHILDREN - (special quiz)
Animals are fed every hour from (7) __________ a.m.
Slide and (8) __________ shows from 10.00 am.
GROUPS
Guided tours available - ask at the (9) ______________ desk.
NEW ATTRACTION
Walk through the big tunnel made of (10) _____________.
REFRESHMENTS
Family area sells snacks, cold drinks, ice creams.
FOR MORE INFORMATION TELEPHONE 01743 564219
III. You will hear the conversation between Clare and Mark. Fill in the missing information in the numbered space. You will hear the conversation twice. (5 points) (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)
11. Clare has got a _______________ on Friday. Mark is helping her.
12. He looks at her _____________ from today.
13. He explains she doesn’t need to _______________, just the important words.
14. She can ____________________, too.
15. Pictures help you _______________ facts.
IV. You will hear a tour of London between a tour guide and the tourists. For each question, choose the right answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the conversation twice. (5 points)
16. How long does the tour take?
A. 2 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5 hours
17. What can you see at Madame Tussaud’s ?
A. maps of London
B. models of famous people
C. famous shops
D. a bridge
18. What is Oxford Street famous for?
A. drinking tea
B. eating
C. shopping
D. relaxing
19. Where does the Queen live?
A. Buckingham Palace
B. the Tower of London
C. Tower Bridge
D. the Houses of Parliament
20. Where can you see great views of London?
A. Oxford Street
B. the Houses of Parliament
C. London Eye
D. Big Ben
B. GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY-LANGUAGE FUNCTION
I. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank. (10 points)
21. Peter: “I’m sorry. I broke the vase.” ~ Mary: “Oh, __________. It wasn’t very expensive.”
A. that’s all right
B. great
C. I can’t believe
D. thank you
22. The doctors are examining the dog ___________ the child for rabies, which is a dangerous disease ___________ immediate treatment.
A. bitting_required
B. bitten_required
C. bitten_requiring
D. bitting_requiring
23. Peter: “If you ask me, action movies are great.” ~ Margaret: “__________”
A. You can say that again.
B. Never mind!
C. That’s that.
D. Sure, it’s my pleasure.
24. Daisy: “I had a really good weekend at my uncle’s.” ~ Tim: “__________.”
A. Oh, that’s very nice of you
B. Congratulations
C. It’s pleasure
D. Oh, I’m glad to hear that
25. There are __________ as many houses in this area as there used to be.
A. double
B. twice
C. much
D. a lot
26. Susan: “Do you want to watch this or the news?”
 Kate: “Oh, ___________ . It’s up to you.”
A. I agree
B. I couldn’t agree more
C. Don’t mention it
D. I am easy
27. Only if you do what you tell others ___________ as they are told.
A. will they do
B. they will do
C. they won’t do
D. won’t they
28. Jane: “ Do you have a minute, Dr Smith?” ~ Dr. Smith: “__________”
A. Well, I’m not sure when.
B. Good, I hope so.
C. Sure. What’s the problem?
D. Sorry, I haven’t got it here.
29. I’d rather _______ to the party with my parents because there was nothing interesting there.
A. not be invited
B. not have been invited
C. hadn’t been invited
D. haven’t been invited
30. The boy _______ long hair was talking to the woman who was __________ red.
A. with_in
B. of_at
C. in_with
D. at_of
31. Analysts suggested the country ____________ its infrastructure to get foreign investment.
A. improve
B. to improve
C. improves
D. improving
32. John wasn’t at school last week. He __________.
A. must have been ill
B. must be ill
C. must have ill
D. must to be ill
33. For peace to exist in the region there needs to be a much improved _________ between all the parties concerned.
A. knowledge
B. quiet
C. understanding
D. confidence
34. Since the 1990s, riding bicycles ________ in China.
A. becomes increasingly widespread
B. become increasingly widely spread
C. has become increasingly widespread
D. has increased and become spread widely
35. ___________, black smoke was pouring out of the chimney.
A. Heavy
B. Thick
C. Full
D. Unpleasant
36. He ___________ about his company’s collapse by his reckless spending.
A. thought
B. brought
C. written
D. caused
37. I need some advice _________.
A. on which computer to buy
B. which computer to buy
C. about computer to buy
D. about which computer to buy
38. National leaders from all over the world are expected to attend the ________ meeting.
A. peak
B. summit
C. top
D. apex
39. Don’t _________ your tounge __________. It’s rude.
A. put_out
B. cut_down
C. put_up
D. put_off
40. John never got bad marks, ___________?
A. did John
B. didn’t John
C. did he
D. didn’t he
II. Use the correct form of the word given at the end of each sentence below. (5 points)
41. I don’t care if you had too much to drink. Your behaviour last night was ________. (DEFEND)
42. I have told you on __________ occasions not to leave the safe unlocked. (NUMBER)
43. I’m afraid that your report is full of __________. (ACCURATE)
44. There has been a lot of opposition to ___________ working practices. (MODERN)
45. Robbey is one of the best ___________ on football matches for local radio. (COMMENT)
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. (5 points)
46. Tom said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he would not be able to attend the concert. A B C D
47. Many bridges in England were covered with wooden roofs to protect it from snow.
 A B C D
48. The pollution of the sea can be the result of careless or dumping of waste.
 A B C D
49. The letter was sent by special delivery must be important.
 A B C D
50. Insufficent protein in the diet may cause a lack of energy, stunted growth, and lowering 
 A B C D
resistance to disease.
C. READING
I. Read the following pieces of information and choose the best answer that has the closet meaning to the information in the box. (5 points)
51.
BRIGHTON’S TRAVEL AGENCY
OUR NEW ENTRANCE IS
BETWEEN THE BANK AND THE 
LIBRARY
A. The travel agency is no longer open.
B. The travel agency has moved its entrance.
C. The entrance to the bank is through the library.
52. 
Need to relax after our journey- car broke down (fixed now!). At this hotel until 16th then staying overnight with Anna on the way home.
Kaye and Brian
A. Kaye and Brian found their drive to the hotel stressful.
B. Kaye and Brian’s car needs to be repaired before they leave.
C. Kaye and Brian will drive straight back after their hotel stay.
53.
 MESSAGE
 Dave,
Julie called. She needs you to give her tennis racket back. She has a match on Saturday. She will call round on Friday.
A. Julie wants Dave to have her tennis racket.
B. Julie will go to Dave’s house on Friday.
C. Julie wants Dave to call.
54.
 CITY GYM
MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF EVERYBODY, THERE IS A 20- MINUTE LIMIT ON THE USE OF EQUIPMENT AT PEAK TIMES.
A. You can only use gym equipment for 20 minutes.
B. You must stop using your equipment after 20 min at peak times.
C. You have to wait for 20 minutes before using any gym equipment.
55.
THE PIZZE PLACE
Between 12 and 2 pm, minimum
charge £3 per person.
A. You can buy a meal for only £3 at lunch time.
B. A charge of £3 is added to each bill at lunch time.
C. Each customer will have to pay at least £3 at lunch time.
II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank. (10 points)
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of (56)_________ speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today (57)_______ around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman (58)______ of 1066.
	Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not (59)______ even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. (60)________, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary (61)________. Thus small enclaves of English speakers became establish work and grew in (62)________ parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
	Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored (63)________ computer systems worldwide is in English. Two (64)________ of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there (65)________ more than 700 million English users in the world.
56.
A. a few
B. few
C. some
D. a lot
57.
A. hailed
B. frequented
C. emerged
D. engaged
58.
A. invader
B. invasion
C. invade
D. invasive
59.
A. experienced
B. conferred
C. stretched
D. extended
60.
A. Therefore
B. However
C. So
D. but
61.
A. work
B. job
C. employment
D. career
62.
A. various
B. variety
C. varying
D. varied
63.
A. in
B. on
C. into
D. onto
64.
A. third
B. thirds
C. threes
D. three
65.
A. have been
B. has been
C. is
D. are
III. Read the following passage and choose the option that indicates the correct answer to each of the following questions. (10 points)
My lawyer, Mr. Turner, is the only man I know who has seen a ghost. He is a quiet even-tempered man whose life is spent in dealing with facts. He is the last person in the world to give way to fantasy. He has a wife and two children of whom he is proud, takes a modest holiday abroad every year and spends his Sundays gardening. He is knowledgeable about art and architecture, though he doesn’t pretend to be an expert by any means. It is, therefore, all the more surprising that he should be so insistent about the ghost. It happened, so he says, like this:
He was travelling from London to the north of England by train. It was a misty November evening and the train was half empty. In fact, for the first part of the journey Mr. Turner had the carriage to himself and sat dozing over a newspaper. However, at the first stop a passenger jumped in, slamming the door behind him. He seemed out of his breath as if he had been running. He was a striking looking young man with dark, bushy hair and bright intelligent eyes. He was dressed rather oddly in a long waistcoat with silver buttons, tight trousers and embroidered waistcoat. Mr. Turner didn’t pay much attention to this because people wear all sorts of extravagant clothes these days and he had long grown accustomed to them.
Presently, the two men got into conversation, as people do on long journeys. Mr. Turner was interested to discover that the young man was very knowledgeable about art – in particular portraits. His name, he said, was Joseph Hart, and he was on his way to visit an exhibition. It seemed that he worked in a famous London Art Gallery – a picture restorer, perhaps, thought Mr. Turner, he seemed to know a great deal about varnishes and paints, and even more about the subjects of certain portraits. When Mr. Turner asked his opinion of the portrait of a famous judge by an artist he admired, his companion laughed and said: “He’s only a reproduction – a good one I agree but you can’t talk to a reproduction”. He spoke as though the person in the portrait were still living.
After a while the carriage got hot and steamy and Mr. Turner dropped off. He woke up just as the train was drawing up at a junction with a grinding of brakes. His companion had disappeared.
A few days later, having returned to London, Mr. Turner found himself near the Art Gallery. Moved by some impulse, he went in and inquired for Joseph Hart. The attendant directed him to a room devoted to early nineteenth century portraits of well-known men. There was no one in the room and Mr. Turner looked around him. Without knowing quite how he had got there, he found himself standing in front of a full-length portrait of a young dark man in tight trousers and an embroidered waistcoat. The eyes smiled at him with a hint of amusement. The name-plate at the foot of the picture read: Joseph Hart, Gentleman, 1800-1835.
66. What kind of person was Mr. Turner?
	A. Imaginative 	B. Fantastic	C. Sensible 	D. Insensitive
67. Although he was a lawyer, Mr. Turner_________.
	A. pretended to know a lot about art. 	B. knew something about art
	C. pretended to take interest in art.	D. intended to learn more about art.
68. When the passenger entered Mr. Turner’s department, ________.
	A. he was panting 	B. he was running
	C. the train was just training	D. the carriage was half-empty.
69. The passenger’s clothes didn’t seem strange to Mr. Turner because ________.
A. he was used to wearing strange clothes. 	B. he liked people who wore strange clothes
C. everyone he knew wore strange clothes. 	D. he had seen a lot of people in strange clothes
61. Mr. Turner thought the young man might _______.
	A. be an art dealer 	B. be an art expert 
	C. renew old pictures 	D. paint reproductions of old pictures
62. Why wouldn’t the young man give an opinion on the portrait of the judge?
	A. The judge wasn’t alive. 	B. The judge was still alive. 
	C. The picture was a copy. 	D. He hadn’t seen it.
63. When did Mr. Turner first realize that the passenger had gone?
	A. When the train started. 	B. After the train had stopped.
	C. Just before the train stopped. 	D. When the train was leaving the station.
64. Why did Mr. Turner go into the Art Gallery?
	A. He was walking past there. 	B. He had never been there before.
	C. He has planned to do so 	D. He suddenly decided to. 	
65. In the part of the Gallery that Mr. Turner was directed to, ________.
A. there were a lot of pictures of unknown people 	
	B. there were a lot of nineteenth century people
	C. no one else was looking at the pictures 	
	D. he only saw one portrait
66. When Mr. Turner looked the portrait of Joseph Hart, _______.
	A. he smiled at it 	B. he thought it smiled at him
C. he didn’t recognize it 	D. he was amused
IV. Read the following passage and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Put a tick in the right box (5 points)
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
True
False
76. The passage is mainly about why the Beatles split up after 7 years.
77. The first songs of Beatles were written by themselves.
78. The Beatles had a long stable career.
79. They stopped doing live performances because they were afraid of being hurt by fans.
80. Some songs of the Beatles now are still famous as they used to be.
D. WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given as the beginnings. (5 points)
81. Our present financial problems will soon be a thing in the past.
	We ________________________________________________________________
82. This will be my student’s first performance in Canada.
	This will be the first time _______________________________________________
83. You are very tired today because you didn’t go to bed when I told you to.
	You wouldn’t ________________________________________________________
84. “What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend.
	John congratulated ____________________________________________________
85. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it.
	On ________________________________________________________________
II. (10 points)
You are going to spend a three-day walking in the mountain next Friday. Write an e-mail (of about 60- 80 words) to your English friend, John:
	-	Invite John to come.
	-	Say where John should meet you.
	-	Tell him what to bring
You must sign your name as Nguyen Thanh Binh
III. (15 points)
Write a paragraph of about 140-160 words on the following topic:
Self-study is a very important factor that helps students get success in their study.