Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (vòng 1) thời gian làm bài : 120 phút (thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi này)

m«n thi: tiÕng anh (vßng 1)
thêi gian lµm bµi : 120 phót
	 (ThÝ sinh lµm bµi trªn ®Ò thi nµy)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (40 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D (15 points)
1. Tam go fishing with his brother when he was young.
	A. used to	B. is used to	C. has used to	D. was used to
2. I don't know what to do this evening. What about . . to the movies?
 	A. go	 	B. to go	 	C. going	D. goes
3. I don't like doing the . . , especially cleaning the windows.	
 	A. homework B. housework 	C. job	D. occupation.
4. My favorite . . is Literature. 
 	A. play	 B. game	 	C. subject	 	D. activity
5. My mother is very . . at cooking.
 	A. well	 	 B. good	 	C. popular	 	D. famous
6. She. . a letter when the telephone rang.
	A. writes	 B. wrote	C. has written	D. was writing
7. He has just got an interesting . . in a textile company.
	A. work	B. job	C. occupation	D. employment
8. William suggested . . at home for a change.
	A. staying	B. to stay	C. stay	D. stayed
9. The . . of waste paper can save a great amount of wood pulp.
	A. recycle	B. recyclable	C. recyclement	D. recycling
10. Mrs Nga forgot to . . the faucet when she left for work.
	A. turn off	B. turn on	C. turn up	D. turn down 
11. This book is different ..................... the one I had.
	A. with	B. to	C. from	D. at
12. What will happen if the pollution ....................... on.
	A. puts	B. goes	C, keeps	D. takes
13. I’m afraid this article is ........................ date.
	A. over	B. pass	C. behind	D. out of
14. I had to get up early, .................... I would miss the train.
	A. otherwise	B. if not	C. but	D. so that
15. Most young people want to .......................... more about environmental problems.
	A. look up	B. find out	C. deal with	D. make out 
Part 2: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses. (10 points)
The holiday of a lifetime
If you want a truly(1) ........................................................... holiday , book with us now! We (MEMORY)
can offer you a (2) ..................................................... service that no other company can. 	(person)
Our expert staff will provide you with useful (3) .................................................... about all 	(inform)
of the (4) ................................ ................... buildings and areas that you can visit. On some (history)
excursions, for a small (5) ................................................. change, we can even provide (add)
you with your own individual guide. A trip with us will give you an insight 
into the (6) ................................................................. of the region. We try to make sure (cultural)
that nothing is (7) ............................................................ in order to make your trip a 	 (miss)
(8) .................................................... one that you will talk about for ages. We have (marvel)
something to offer both those (9) ..................................................... for a peaceful time 	 (look)
taking it easy, and more (10) ............................................... people looking for the (energy)
adventure of a lifetime. 
Part 3: Complete the gaps in the newspaper article below with a suitable form of the verb in brackets. Choose from the following active or passive forms: present simple, present continuous, past simple, present perfect, past perfect and modals. (15 points)
VOLUNTEERING
Two and a half years ago, Anita Kapur (0) left (leave) university with high hopes and a degree in the History of Art. She then (1) ......................................(spend) the next two years applying in vain for jobs. ‘I soon (2) ............................................ (realise) that I 
(3) ........................................ (study) something more practical, like computing or accountancy,’ admits Anita. ‘I (4) ........................................... (have) no work experience, and there (5) ........................................... (always be) a lot of competition for jobs in the art world.’ Last summer, Anita (6) ........................................... (see) an advertisement for volunteers to help organise an arts festival in her home town. She 
(7) ......................................... (apply) and (8)........................................ (accept). Since then, Anita (9) ........................................... (find) a job as an administrator in a London gallery. ‘I definitely (10) ........................................... (not get) this job, if I (11) ......................................... (not gain) such useful experience doing the voluntary job at the arts festival,’ she says. Anita’s experience is far from unique, but it is not only job-seekers who (12) ............................................. (benefit) from volunteering. If businesses 
(13) ............................................ (see) to be doing something for the community, it 
(14) ............................................ (enhance) their public image. For this reason, more and more companies nowadays (15) .................................... (encourage) their employees to volunteer, either partly or wholly in the company’s time. 
II. READING: (35 points)
	Part 1: Look at the text in each question. What does it say? Choose the correct explanation – A, B or C (10 points)
1.
A. You can buy a film ticket one hour before the film begins. 
B. You can buy tickets for live performances half an hour before the show starts. 
C. You must buy your tickets half an hour before the film begins.
2. 
What does Helga want Ravi to do?
A. go to a meeting tonight and make notes to tell her tomorrow
B. take her notes to the meeting tonight and talk about them
C. make some notes to take to a meeting
tomorrow
3 
A. If you want to go to the town museum you must join the History Club.
B. Entrance is free to the History Club if you go to the town museum.
C. By joining the History Club, you can get in free to the town museum.
4 
A.	When you book your holiday you must take out travel insurance. 
B. Travel insurance documents will be sent to all travellers with their booking form. 
C. When you book your holiday you must prove you have your own travel insurance.
5 
What is Jean-Paul going to do this evening?
A. meet Leonie at the theatre
B. have supper with Leonie before the theatre
C. see Leonie before he goes to the theatre
6 
A. Both glass and plastic bottles are welcome for recycling here. 
B. In the past, it was possible to leave plastic as well as glass bottles. 
C. It is acceptable to exchange your glass bottles for plastic ones.
7 
A. If you have visited this port before, you don’t have to register again.
B. As soon as you enter this port, you must visit the harbour office.
C. Before you sail out of this port, you must revisit the harbour office.
8. 
A. Information is given about what this meat-free product contains.
B. You will find suggested recipes for this vegetable product below. 
C. Vegetarians should read the ingredients before cooking this product.
9. 
 Staff are requested not to boil
 water in kettles, but use the
 hot drinks machine provided.
A. You can get a hot drink from the machine or boil a kettle.
B. A kettle is provided for making hot drinks.
C. Use the hot drinks machine rather than
boiling a kettle.
10. Mark,
 See you at the conservation
 talk on Saturday. Can you
 give Sue a ring and arrange
 to give her a lift there?
 Thanks, Tina
Tina wants Mark to 
A. to phone her on Saturday to arrange to see him
B. phone Sue and take her to the talk.
C. take her to the talk on Saturday
Part 2: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (10 points)
George Holmes has (1)  a lottery ticket once a week for as long as he can (2)  , but he won’t be doing that any more. He (3)  to dream about what he would do if he ever (4)  a big prize but he never really (5) this to happen. However, on Saturday George (6)  the news that would change his life forever – he had become a millionaire! In (7)  , his lucky ticket had rewarded him with £3.7 million. The first thing he did was to (8)  some flowers delivered for his wife – one thousand red roses, to be exact. George (9)  that the money won’t change his life completely but he has (10)  his wife to fly to the Caribbean with him, on their first holiday abroad for more than ten years. 
1.A 
paid 
B 
spent 
C 
earned 
D 
bought 
2.A 
remind 
B 
know 
C 
remember 
D 
believe 
3.A 
had 
B 
used 
C 
needed 
D 
must 
4.A 
won 
B 
put 
C 
ordered 
D 
kept 
5.A 
thought 
B 
felt 
C 
expected 
D 
imagined 
6.A 
replied 
B 
sent 
C 
handled 
D 
received 
7.A 
turn 
B 
fact 
C 
case 
D 
time 
8.A 
set 
B 
book 
C 
get 
D 
make 
9.A 
tells 
B 
insists 
C 
speaks 
D 
refuses 
 10.A 
argued 
 B 
blamed 
 C 
offered 
 D 
persuaded 
Part 3: Put ONE suitable word in each space(15 points)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, who (1) .................................................................born in 1990 and (2) ...................................... in 1971, was a very famous jazz musician. He used to be known as “ Satchmo” and this nickname stayed with him all his (3) .................................................................. . As a child in New Orleans, he learnt to (4) .................................................................the trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who (5) .................................................................got into trouble with the police. When he had finished his stay in the home, he (6) .................................................................various bands and then he formed his own. Between 1925 (7) .................................................................1928 he made about 60 records. These records made him one (8) .................................................................the first solo stars in the history of pop (9) .................................................................. When he died, he had (10) ............................................................... making records and he had been touring all over the (11) .................................................................for more than forty years, and he (12) ................................................................. just as popular (13) ................................................................. he had been before. He even (14) ................................................................. a number one pop record - What A Wonderful World – (15) ................................................................ the 1960s. 
III. WRITING: (25 points)
Part 1: Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same. (10 points) 
	Example: He wrote the letter in two hours.
 It took him two hours to write the letter. 
1. I am sorry I don’t have time to come and help you with your homework.
 I wish ____________________________________________________________.
2. Let’s visit the museum this afternoon.. 
 Why don’t _________________________________________________________.
3. The school keeper cleans the classrooms every day.
 The classrooms ____________________________________________________.
4. “Why don’t we go out for a while?” 
 He suggested _____________________________________________________.
5. He forgot his umbrella, so he got wet.
 He got ___________________________________________________________.
6. At the weekend I get up later than during the week.
 During the week I __________________________________________________
7. The college where I study is quite near my apartment.
 The college _______________________________________________________
8. Yesterday morning my friend Marco arrived before I finished breakfast.
 Yesterday morning I was ____________________________________________ 
9. Marco told me not to forget my tennis racket.
 Marco said: “ ______________________________________________________.’
10. We play tennis every Wednesday afternoon.
 We play tennis once _________________________________________________
tocopiable
Part 2: 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 (ü). If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word. (15 points)
I’m really a keen on going to the cinema, so I’ve got lots of favourite	 	1.________
films. But the best one as I’ve seen lately is called Pressure. In some	2.________
ways, I suppose that you could regard it as a detective film but it’s	3.________
different from most films of that one kind because the characters are 	4.________
they such unusual people. The detective in it, for example, is a computer 5. _______
expert who solves crimes on her computer using information given to 	6.________
her by her assistants, who go out and interview to people. The case in	7.________ the film concerns about the wife of a millionaire, who has gone missing.	8.________
Sometimes the plot gets a bit complicated but it isn’t too hard to keep	9.________
up with it. There are a lot of strange characters in it, such as a man	10._______
who always wears two hats on, and some of the scenes really made me	11. ______
laugh. Also there is a big surprise at the end but I won’t say you what	12. ______
that is in the case you go to see it. It’s very well acted and I also like	13._______ the music in it. But what do I really like about the film is that it’s so	14. ______
original – I’ve never seen another film quite like that.	15._______	 
 - THE END -
®Ò thi häc sinh giái tØnh
LíP 9 THCS n¨m häc 2005-2006
m«n thi: tiÕng anh (vßng 1)
H¦íNG DÉN CHÊM
I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (40 points) 	 
Part 1: (15 points)
Q#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Key
A
C
B
C
B
D
B
A
D
A
C
C
D
A
B
Part 2: (10 points)
	1. memorial	2. personal	3. information	4. historic
	5. additional	6. culture	7. missing	8. marvellous
	9. looking	 10. energetic
Part 3: (15 points) 
1. spent	2. realised	3. should have studied	4. had
	5. is always/has always been	6. saw	7.applied	8. was accepted	9. has found	 10. wouldn’t have got	11.hadn’tgained	12. benefit	13. are seen	14. enhances	15. are encouraging
II. READING: (35 points) 
Part 1: (10 points)
Q #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Key
B
A
C
C
A
B
B
A
C
B
Part 2 (10 points)
Q #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Key
D
C
B
A
C
D
B
C
B
D
Part 3: (15 points) 
1. was	2. died	3. life	4. play	5. had
6. joined	7. and	8. of	9. music	10. been
11. world	12. was	13. as	14. had	15. in
IV. WRITING: (25 points)
Part 1: (10 points)
1. I wish I had time to come and help you with your homework.
	2. Why don’t we visit the museum this afternoon.?
3. The classrooms are cleaned every day.
4. He suggested going out for a while./ we should go out for a while.
5. He got wet because he forgot his umbrella.
6. During the week I get up earlier than at the weekend.
7. The college where I study is not far from my apartment.
8. Yesterday morning I was eating/having breakfast when my friend Marco arrived.
9. Marco said: “ Don’t forget your tennis racket.’
10. We play tennis once a week every Wednesday afternoon tocopiable
Part 2: (15 points)
	1. a	2. as 	3. ü	4. one 	 5. they 
	6. ü	7. to	8. about	9. ü	10. ü	
	11. on	12. you	13. the	14. do 	15. ü
 Ÿ Total score of Paper 1 : 100 points
UBND tØnh thõa thiªn huÕ ®Ò thi häc sinh giái tØnh 
 së gi¸o dôc-®µo t¹o LíP 9 THCS n¨m häc 2005-2006
 ®Ò chÝnh thøc 	 m«n thi: tiÕng anh (vßng 1)
	 thêi gian lµm bµi : 120 phót 
___________________________________________________________________________________
Häüi âäöng thi: Træåìng THCS Nguyãùn Tri Phæång - Huãú
 Hoü vaì tãn hoüc sinh: 
Säú baïo danh:
 Ngaìy sinh:
 Hoüc sinh træåìng:
 Hoü tãn vaì chæî kyï GIAÏM THË 1: Hoü,ü tãn vaì chæî kyï GIAÏM THË 2: 
Säú phaïch:
HÆÅÏNG DÁÙN THÊ SINH LAÌM BAÌI THI
(Giaïm thë hæåïng dáùn cho thê sinh træåïc giåì thi 5 phuït)
A. CÁÚU TAÛO ÂÃÖ THI: 	Âãö thi gäöm coï 3 pháön chênh:
I TÆÌ VÆÛNG (VOCABULARY) :	Gäöm coï 3 pháön (40 cáu) 
 NGÆÎ PHAÏP: (GRAMMAR) : 	
II. ÂOÜC HIÃØU (READING) : 	Gäöm coï 3 pháön (35 cáu)
III. VIÃÚT (WRITING) : 	Gäöm coï 2 pháön (25 cáu)
B. HÆÅÏNG DÁÙN THÊ SINH LAÌM BAÌI:
Ÿ	Thê sinh laìm toaìn bäü baìi thi trãn âãö thi , theo yãu cáöu cuía tæìng pháön. (Vd: âiãön vaìo khoaíng träúng; khoanh troìn A, B, C hoàûc D âäúi våïi caïc cáu tràõc nghiãûm choün læûa, ...)
Ÿ 	Âã ö thi gäöm coï 6 trang (khäng kãø trang phaïch). Thê sinh phaíi kiãøm tra säú tåì âãö thi træåïc khi laìm baìi.
Ÿ 	Thê sinh khäng âæåüc kyï tãn hoàûc duìng báút cæï dáúu hiãûu gç âãø âaïnh dáúu baìi thi ngoaìi viãûc laìm baìi theo yãu cáöu cuía âãö ra.
Ÿ	Thê sinh khäng âæåüc viãút bàòng mæûc âoí, buït chç, khäng viãút bàòng hai thæï mæûc trãn baìi laìm. Pháön viãút hoíng, ngoaìi caïch duìng thæåïc âãø gaûch cheïo, khäng âæåüc táøy xoïa bàòng báút kyì caïch gç khaïc (kãø caí buït xoïa maìu tràõng). Traïi våïi âiãöu naìy baìi laìm cuía thê sinh seî bë loaûi.
Ÿ 	Thê sinh phaíi laìm nhaïp træåïc, räöi ghi cheïp cáøn tháûn vaìo pháön baìi laìm trãn âãö thi. Giaïm thë seî khäng phaït giáúy laìm baìi thay thãú âãö vaì âãö thi do thê sinh laìm hoíng.
-------------------------------------------