Bộ 33 Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh 9 cấp tỉnh (Có đáp án)

ĐỀ SỐ 1
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 9 TỈNH HÀ TĨNH
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
(Đề thi có 10 trang)
● Thí sinh không sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
● Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các ô trống hoặc các ô cho sẵn.
● Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D.
● Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
Điểm của toàn bài thi
Cán bộ chấm thí
( Ký và ghi rõ họ tên)
Số phách
(Do Ban làm phách ghi)
(Bằng số)
( bằng chữ)



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LISTENING ( 3.0 Pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
● Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe hai lần, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần có tín hiệu.
● Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh ( bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: Listen to Greta, talking to Jayden, about school work. Choose the correct answer A, B, C for each of the following questions.Write your awnsers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. What school work is the most important to Greta at the moment?
A. art	B. music 	C. maths
2. What was Greta’s brother doing while she was doing her homework?
A. packing a suitcase	B. looking at maps	C. playing on the coputer
3. What did Greta want to find out about?
A. the rainforest	B. climate change	C. deserts
4. When is Greta taking part in the public speaking debate?
A. Wednesday afternoon	B. Thursday morning	C. Thursday afternoon
5. What would Greta like to be one day?
A. a farmer	B. a scientist	C. a photographer
Your answers
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Part 2: You will hear a part of a lecture about advertising. Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.Write your awnsers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
The important factor to consider
● The (6)_____________ customers must travel affects the possibility that they will buy the product.
Methods of communication
●(7)________________ are easier to remember if there is a sound played with them.
● Mandy’s Candy Store appeals to people’s (8) ____________ of smell to draw in customers.
● To an ad campagne for digital products, it is (9)______________ that is extremely important.
Effect on your product sales
● The customer’s (10) ________________ after he or she experiences the ad is most important.
Marketing strategies
● On (11) _______________ flights, it is wise for the advertisement to be displayed in the common languages of most passengers.
● Very few young people buy (12)_____________.
● The UNESCO website would be a good place to advertise for companies (13) _____________ to improve the environment.
● One good location to place ads for (14) __________________ is the swimming pool.
● A good scene for a water purification commercial would be (15) _____________.
Your answers
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Part 3: For questions 16-20, listen to a discussion between a teacher and Mrs Bromley, a student’s mother about her son Billy and decide whether these statements are true (T) or False (F). Write your awnsers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
16. The teacher asked to see Mrs Bromley to discuss why Billy performed poorly in his exams.
17. Billy has become more isolated from his parents since his brother left home.
18. The teacher says that children tend to act out scenes from the violent films they watch.
19. The teacher suggests that Billy should seek professional help.
20.The teacher feels optimistic about finding a solution.
Your answers
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SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND LEXICAL ITEMS ( 6.0 Pts)
Part 1: Choose the correct word and phrase to complete each sentence. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the numbered boxes.
1. Anyone __________ scholastic record is above average can apply for the scholarship.
A . who has	B. with	C. whose	D. has
2. ____________ that at the age of 15 he would be playing for his country.
A. Did he know little	B. Little did he know	C. Little he knew	D. A little he knew
3. How beautiful she is ! She is wearing a _______________.
A. pretty purple silk dress	B. purple pretty silk dress
C. dress silk pretty purple	D. silk pretty purple dress
4.Peter and his friend, Margaret are talking about her cooking.
Peter: What a fantastic cook you are, Margaret! Margaret: “ ___________”
A. It’s kind of you to say so	B. No, no, it’s true
C. Sorry, I don’t think so	D. I’d prefer it
5. It is necessary that a life-guard __________ the swimming pool while the children are taking their swimming lessons.
A. monitored	B. monitors	C. monitoring	D. monitor
6. It was found that he lacked the _________to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A. persuation	B. commitment	C. engagement	D. obligation
7. The doctor said that sweets should be eaten in ___________.
A. compulsion	B. restriction	C. moderation	D. qualification
8. Using bare toes, lift a towel from the floor 10 times with the painful foot, then 10 times with ______.
A. another	B. each other	C. the other	D. others
9. When he was a child, he loved taking things to ___________ - to see how they worked.
A. pieces	B. objects	C. components	D. bites
10. What he told me was a __________ of lies
A. load	B. mob	C. pack	D. flock
11. The new curriculum has been designed to ______ students’ learning by combining theory with hands-on practice.
A. alleviate	B. optimize	C. sharpen 	D.exaggerate 
12. My father is going to go up to the_________ when he found out I’ve lost the car keys.
	A. fence	B. wall C. rampart	D. mountain
13. If Jenkins fails to ________ the goods one more time, I’ll fire him.
A. distribute B. transport	C. convey	D. deliver
14. Shakespear’s plays have stood the ____________ of time because they are so well-written.
A. test	B. quiz	C. exam	D. road
15. The popular press often contains a lot more ________ than hard facts.
A. tolerance	B.influence	C. speculation	D. realism
16. There has been a(n) ________ of the disease in several villages in the south of the country.
A. breakout	B. outbreak	C. breakdown	D. breakup
17. When I started to study archaeology, I knew ______ no Latin, but within a year I could read it rather well.
A. barely	B. entirely	C. scarcely 	D.virtually 
18. What the company needs is a ___________ actor who can take on a variety of roles.
A. variable	B. changeable	C. diverse	D. versatile
19. Our hosts had prepared a ______ meal with seven courses to celebrate our arrival.
A. generous	B. lavish	C. spendthrift	D. profuse
20. A major problem in the construction of new buildings ______________________.
A. is that windows have been eliminated while air conditioning systems have not been perfected.
 B. is they have eliminated windows and still don’t have good air conditioning.
 C. is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners don’t work.
 D. is depend on the fact that while they have eliminated windows, they are not capable to 
produceefficient air conditioning systems.
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Part 2: Fill in each blank with suitable particle(s). Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
21. “ You set me _______!” said the mobster to the double agent as the police took him away.
22. The survivors of the Titanic were _________ sea for severeal days before being rescued.
23. The car’s in quite good condition but you can try it ______ before you make any decision to buy.
24. Everyone in the office is contributing money _____ his leaving present.
25. Mr. Nixon refused to answer the question ______ the grounds that the matter was confidential.
26. Most people would jump _______ the chance to spend a year in America.
27. Every New Year’s Eve they let _______ fireworks in the main square.
28. We’d just set _______ on our camping trip when we realised we’d forgotten the tent.
29. I am glad my sister got __________ all her exams last semester.
30. After a year of overindulging himself __________ drinking, he now suffers from nervous breakdown.
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Part 3: Use the word given in CAPITAL to form a word that fits in the text. Write your awnsers in the corresponding numbered space provided in the column on the right.
Until(31.COMPARE) ____________ recent times science and technology performed different and separate functions, the progress of one so often completely (32. RELATE) _________ to the progress of the other.
(33. HISTORY) _____________have established that, since the earliest time, the improvements inour way of life have resulted from empiricalapproach, that is a process of trial and error, by which equipment and tools are made to satisfy important needs. It is to this approach that we owe the evolution of technology. Our modern concept of science, both (34. PHILOSOPHY)_____________ and pragmatic in approach, stems from seventeenth century, when(35.EXTEND)__________ investigations into the natural laws governing the behavior of matter were (36. TAKE)_____.
It was this revolutionary style of thought which led to a science-based technology. Scientific knowledge was not in itself seen as a (37. PLACE)____________ for the earlier system of trial and error, but it did help the technical innovators to see which path of (38. EXPERIMENT)__________ might be more fruitful. With the industrialization of the nineteenth century, the bond between science and technology (39. STRONG)______. In our own time, the mutual( 40. RELY)_________ of one discipline upon the other has increased still further.
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SECTION III: READING (6.0pts)
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
	It is important to recognise that online learning has (1) _________ advantages and disadvantages. Although students’ grades appear to be unaffected by the mode of instruction, certain courses are more challenging to students who (2) _________ their studies