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K thi chn hc sinh gii tnh Lp 9 THCS nm hc 2009 2010

Mn thi : Ting Anh Thi gian lm bi: 150 pht Ngy thi: 28/3/2010 ( thi gm 04 trang)

Hc sinh lm bi vo t giy thi, khng lm bi vo Phn trc nghim: Ch cn vit phng n chn A hoc B, C, D... Phn t lun : Vit y theo yu cu ca bi. (Th sinh khng c s dng bt c ti liu g)
A. LISTENING (10 points)

Hng dn phn thi Nghe hiu: - Th sinh c nghe 2 ln. M u v kt thc phn nghe c tn hiu nhc. - Mi hng dn cho th sinh (bng ting Anh) c trong bi nghe.
Listen to three important inventions and fill each blank with a number or a word. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Two Americans made the first jeans in________ Women saw the picture of jeans in a ________ The first television picture transmitted on 25 October, 1925 was a ________ Felix Hofman invented the drug Aspirin at the age of ________ In 1969 Aspirin was taken to the ________ by the Apollo astronauts.

B. phonetics (5 points) Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. A. powder A. signature A. reasonable A. consist A. manufacture B. beauty B. excellent B. enjoyable B. design B. tomorrow C. harvest C. semester C. avoidable C. fashion C. development D. immediately D. necessary D. traditional D. collect D. employment

C. grammar vocabulary I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (10 points). 11. He has just taken an examination ________ Chemistry. A. on B. about C. for D. in 12. Could you lend me some money? Im very ________ of cash at the moment. A. short B. scare C. low D. down 13. It is no use ________ what has been done. A. to regret B. regretting C. regretted D. regret 14. To his way of thinking, London is a dull place ________ A. to live in it B. to live C. to live there D. to live in 15. I had no difficulty ________ to her English. A. listen B. to listening C. listening D. to listen 16. I dont believe ________ he says. A. however B. whenever C. whatever D. wherever 17. Neptune is about thirty times as far from the Sun ________ A. like the Earth is B. such as the Earth C. where is the Earth D. as is the Earth 18. The population of the world is growing at a dangerous ________. A. step B. rate C. measure D. costs 19. His parents never allow him ________. A. smoking B. smoked C. to smoke D. smoke 20. Her English was so ________ as she used to be in an English speaking country. A. definite B. fluent C. wide D. international

II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences (10points). 21. The cost of the (CARRY)________ must be paid by the buyer. 22. Unfortunately, you will be at a/an (ADVANTAGE)________ if you cant drive. 23. We were very (EXCITE)________ about the football match last night. 24. Don't worry about the volcano. It's been ________ for years. (ACT) 25. The water and land around the (CHEMISTRY)________ factory are seriously polluted. 26. I was too (SHAME) ________ to tell the teacher about my stupid mistakes. 27. We like the beauty of the city and the (FRIEND) ________ of the people. 28. My father gave up smoking because he knows it is very (HARM) ________ . 29. The tour guide always tries to make his guests feel (COMFORT) ________ 30. Exercising daily will help you to work (EFFECT) ________. III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correction (5 points). 31. You'll have to work hard to catch up for the rest of the class as they started studying before you. A B C D 32. In some countries children are put under great pressure by their parents getting good exam results. A B C D 33. The study of these animals are truly fascinating, and many books have been written about them. A B C D 34. She was waiting nervous in the waiting room for the interview. A B C D 35. Ha Long Bay, where we visited some days ago, is one of the most famous places in our country. A B C D IV. Match each sentence in column A with its suitable response in column B. Use each response once only (5 points). 1. Would you recommend a place for sightseeing? 2.Shall I take you to the station? 3.I'm feeling hot. 4.Would you mind closing the front door? 5.Will she go to the meeting with us this afternoon? A. It's very good of you to offer but I'm expecting my cousin. B. No, of course not. C. Yes, I'm sure. D. I'd love to. That's very kind of you. E. I think you should take your coat off then. F. How about Ha Long Bay? G. Yes, I hope so. H. In about half an hour's time.

D. READING I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each space (10 points). Man has always depended on plants (41) ________ food and many other useful products. For this reason, farming is one of the world's most important industries. At first, (42) ________ man did not know how to plant seeds and raise crops. He (43) ________wild fruits and vegetables where he found them. Then man discovered how to grow his own food. He (44) ________seeds and waited for the crop to grow. For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his food supply. He could settle down and set up shelters in the places (45) ________ he grew food. As populations began to increase, the (46) ________for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were insufficient in (47) ________ the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals. Scientists studied and (48) ________ with plants. They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to grow bigger and better crops. Now one man, (49) ________ a wide knowledge of

plants and the help of machines, can cultivate hundreds of acres. He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or (50) ________ of his community. 36. A. about B. with C. for D. to 37. A. early B. initial C. primary D. original 38. A. collected B. gathered C. assembled D. amassed 39. A. brought up B. raised C. grew D. planted 40. A. which B. where C. that D. when 41. A. demand B. request C. requirement D. necessity 42. A. taking B. getting C. meeting D. achieving 43. A. practiced B. tried on C. tested D. experimented 44. A. on B. in C. at D. with 45. A. situation B. condition C. climate D. weather II. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word (10 points) It is very important to eat well, especially (51)________ you're students. If you are at school, you may go home (52) ________ lunch, and have a cooked meal of meat or fish and vegetables. Or perhaps you take some food with you to school, and eat it in the lunch (53) ________. A chicken and lettuce sandwich, with some fresh fruit would be a light (54) ________ healthy lunch. Many people around the world eat plain, boiled rice two or three (55) ________ a day. Students do not often eat well when they are revising for an (56) ________, they eat chocolate and drink (57) ________of black coffee. And by the (58) ________, doctors say everybody should start the day (59) ________a healthy breakfast. It is (60) ________good for you to drink a lot of water right through the day. III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (10 points) According to the World Health Organization (WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts causes more deaths than road accidents. The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution was caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000 premature deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria and Switzerland. This is much higher than the 9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents. In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of bronchitis in children, and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart disease made worse by the pollution. They calculated that the cost of dealing with all this was 27 billion Euros per year. A lot of money goes into making cars safer, but not as much is spent solving air pollution. 61. What is the main idea of the text? A. Pollution and road accidents B. Bad effects of car exhausts C. the necessity of making cars safer D. The toll of road accidents 62. According to the passage, A. air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents. B. road accidents cause more deaths than car fumes. C. long term exposure to pollution is harmless. D. car fumes cause one third of premature deaths. 63. Which of the following is not true? A. Car exhausts cause bronchitis and heart disease. B. Car fumes cause one third of all harmful air pollution. C. Each year road accidents cause 9,947 deaths. D. More people died as a result of air pollution than road accidents. 64. The money spent solving air pollution is A. 27 billion Euros per year B. not able to calculate C. more than making cars safer D. less than to make car safer 65. Which of the following is not mentioned as the bad effect of air pollution? A. Causing illness in children B. Causing premature deaths

C. Causing road accidents D. Causing heart diseases E. WRITING I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (5 points). 66. "Don't forget to do your assignment, Jack. said Jacks mother. - Jacks mother ................................................................................................................................. 67. I suggest you take part in the competition. - If I 68. It was so late that they couldn't do anything about this. - It was 69. Although I can't speak Chinese, I decide to settle in Shanghai. - In spite .. 70. It is difficult for me to understand his dialect. - I find .. II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage. (10 points) 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. Jack London/ famous/ American writer// He/ bear/ January 13th/1876/ San Francisco/ California// family/ poor/ he/ have/ leave/ school/ make money// He/ work/ hard/ different jobs// Later/ he/ return/ school/ he/ not/ stay/ long// 1897/he/ go/ Alaska/ find/ gold/ There/ he/ find/ ideas/ books / stories// He/ come/ home/ start/ write// writings/ successful/ he/ become/ rich/ famous/ twenties// poor health/ he/ die/1916/ age/ 40//

III. Tet is the most important holiday in our country. Write a letter to your pen pal to tell him/ her about it. You should use the following information in your letter (10 points). - Time of the holiday - Acivities people do before Tet - Acivities people do during Tet - The things you enjoy most about the holiday - Begin and end your letter as follows: Dear Lan, ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... Love, Thanh

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K thi chn hc sinh gii tnh Lp 9 THCS nm hc 2009 2010

Mn thi : Ting Anh Ngy thi: 28/3/2010

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F. LISTENING (10 points) Tng 10 im, mi cu ng cho 2 im 1 2 1973 magazine G. phonetics (5 points) Tng 5 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 6 7 D C 3 boy 8 A 4 29 9 C 5 Moon 10 A

H. grammar vocabulary Tng 10 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 D A B D C C D B C B II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences (10points). Tng 10 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 21 CARRIAGE 26 CHEMICAL 22 DISADVANTAGE 27 FRIENDLINESS 23 EXCITED 28 HARMFUL 24 INACTIVE 29 COMFORTABLE 25 ASHAMED 30 EFFECTIVELY III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correction (5 points). Tng 5 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 31 32 33 34 35 B D B B A A B C D IV. Match each sentence in column A with its suitable response in column B. Use each response once only (5 points). Tng 5 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 36 37 38 39 40 F A E B C I. READING I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each space (10 points). Tng 10 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 41 C 42 A 43 B 44 D 45 B 46 A 47 C 48 D 49 D 50 C

II. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word (10 points) Tng 10 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 51 52 53 54 55 when for time but times 56 57 58 59 60 examination/ exam lots way with also

III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (10 points) Tng 5 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im 61 62 63 64 65 B A B D C J.WRITING I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (5 points). Tng 5 im, mi cu ng cho 1 im Possible answer: 81. Jacks mother reminded him to do his assignment. 82. If I were you I would take part in the competition. 83. It was too late for them to do anything about this. 84. In spite of not being able to speak Chinese, I decide to settle in Shanghai. 85. I find it difficult to understand his dialect. II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage. (10 points) Tng 10 im, gi biu im

71. Jack Londonwas a famousAmerican writer. 1 point 72. He wasborn (0.5 point) on January 13, 1876 in SanFrancisco, California.(0.5 point) 73. His family was very poor, (0.5 point) and he had to leave school to make money.(0.5 point)
74. He worked hard in different jobs. 1 point 75. Later, he returned to school (0.5 point) where he didn't stay long.(0.5 point) 76. In 1897, he went to Alaska (0.5 point) to find gold.(0.5 point) 77. There he found ideas (0.5 point) for his books and stories.(0,5 point) 78. He came back home (0.5 point) and started to write. (0.5 point) 79. His writings were successful,(0.5 point) and he became (0.5 point)rich and famous in his twenties Or: His writings were so successful that he became rich and famous in his twenties 80. In poor health, he died in 1916 at the age of 40. (1 point)
III. Tet is the most important holiday in our country. Write a letter to your pen pal to tell him/ her about it. You should use the following information in your letter (10 points). Tng 10 im

Bi vit cn ph hp v hnh thc ca mt l th (informal letter), ngn ng (language) v ni dung (content). Gi phn cho im chi tit nh sau:
1. Form: - Form of the letter: informal letter (1p) 2. Content: (4p) + Introduction (0.5p) + activities before Tet (1 p) + activities during Tet (1 p) + The thing enjoyed most (1 p) + Closing (0.5 p) 3. Language: (5p) + Appropriate vocabulary (2p) + Correct grammar (2p) + Punctuating/ Spelling (1p)

Ch : Tng s im l 100, sau qui v thang im 10, v lm trn n s thp phn th nht.