ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 9 Thời gian làm bài:60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) A. LISTENING:(2ms) You are going to listen to the reading about Simon’s exercise for health. Listen carefully and check () the correct answers. 1. What did he do recently? A.He didn’t take the doctor’s advice. B. He went on a walking holiday in the Himalayas. C. He went shopping with his sister. 2. How long did the people have to walk each day? A. For 4 to 6 hours. B. For 6 hours. C. For 7 hours. 3. How was Simon affter the trip? A. He became a fitter and healthier man. B. He was very tired. C. He felt hungry. 4. What did they have to do on the trip? A. They carried all the luggage, equipment, prepared the meals. B. They carried their own luggage, equipment, cooked their food and put up the tents. C. They didn’t carry anything. B. PHONETICS:(2ms) pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words. 1. a-seat b-great c-seaside d-beach 2. a-this b-mother c-think d-that 3. a-nephew b-few c-new d-sew 4. a-looked b-suggested c-minded d-decided 5. a-corn b-cat c-cease d-cut 6. a-cure b-during c-pure d-cut 7. a-hour b-him c-house d-hat 8.a-garland b-garlic c-garage d-garden C. GRAMMAR I/ Choose the best answer (2ms). 1. I’ve been this city for a long time. I…… here sixteen years ago. a- have come b- was coming c- came d- had come 2. It’svery kind………. you to say so! a- in b- to c- of d- for 3. It seems difficult for us……… abroad at the moment. a- go b- to go c- went d- gone 4. He comes from England so he isn’t used to………on the right. a- drive b- drove c- driven d- driving 5. This test must be done …………… a- care b- carefully c- careful d. None is correct. 6. He ………… write to her. a- used not to b- is used to c- used to d- All are correct 7. “ Will you visit your old teacher?” he ask me. a- -> He asked me if he would visit my old teacher? b- -> He asked me if I would visit my old teacher. c- -> He asked me if you would visit your old teacher. d- -> He asked me if I would visit your old teacher. 8. Computer science must …… . a- be teach b- taught c- be taught d- teach. II. Put the verb in the brackets into their suitable form. (2ms) 1. There (be) ……… no rain here for two months. 2. If he (study) ……….hard, he (not fall) ………….this exam. 3. When we came, the house (build)……… 4. Last Saturday while Sandy (clean)……… Out attic, she (find)……… Her grandmother’s wedding dress. 5. I wish I (know)…………. how to swim 6. Your books should (take)………. care of. III. Complete these sentences with the guided words (2ms) 1. build/ Hanoi/ a long time ago. 2. I’ve/ my homework/ haft an hour. 3. She /her room/ every morning. 4. blew/ his hat/down/the bridge. D. READING COMPREHENSION. I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the list (2ms) smallest different map far an summer seasons what If you look at the (1)……… of the world, you will see that Australia is the (2)………… continent and the largest island on the map. Australia is also (3)………… English – speaking country. Australia is very far from Britain and it has a (4) …………. climate, the hottest (5)……… month in this country is June and the coldest winter month is January. It is cold in the south of Australia and hot in the north. New Zealand is not far from Australia, but it is very (6)……… from Britain. When it is the middle of the night in Britain, it is the next day in New Zealand. The (7) ………… in New Zealand are also different to (8) ………. they are in Britain. II. Read the following passage carefully and find suitable words to fill in the blanks. (4ms) We are all destroying the (1)………. The seas and the rivers are too (2)……… . to swim in. There is so much ( 3)……….in the air that it is unhealthy to (4)…… in many of the world’s cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that policemen have to wear oxygen masks. We have cut down so many (5)…… that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. (6)……a result, farmers in parts of Africa can not grow enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is so little rice. Moreover, we don’t take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many of them to survive. However, it isn’t so (7)………. to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. Join us now. Save the Earth. This is too (8)…………. to ignore. E. WRITING I/ Rewrite each sentence so that the meaning stay the same the previous ones. (2ms) 1. She cried very much because of the sad play. -> The sad play……………………………………… 2. He wrote this story last spring. -> He has…………………………………………… 3. None was as tall as Peter in this class. -> Peter was………………………………………… 4. Mary often stays at home on Sundays. -> Mary is used……………………………………… II/ write a passage about your school. (from 100 to 150 words) (2ms) ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……… ANSWERS KEY A. LISTENING I/ 0.5 mark for each correct answer. 1.B 2.A 3.B 4.B B. PHONETICS: 0.25 mark for each correct choice. 1.b 2.c 3.d 4.a b 5.c 6.d 7.a 8.c C. GRAMMAR I/ 0.25 mark for each correct choice 1.c 2.c 3.b 4.d 5.b 6.c 7.b 8.c II/ 0.25 mark for each correct answer. 1. There has been no rain here for two months. 2. If he studied hard, he wouldn’t fall this exam. 3. When we came, the house was being built. 4. Last Saturday, while Sandy was cleaning out the attic, she found her grandmother’s wedding dress. 5. I wish I knew how to swim. 6. Your books should be taken care of. III/ 0.5 mark for each correct sentence. 1. People have built Hanoi for a long time ago. 2. I’ve done my homework for half an hour. 3. She cleans her room every morning. 4. The wind blew his hat down the bridge. D. READING COMPREHENSION I/ 0.25 mark for each correct word. 1. map 2. smallest 3. an 4. different 5. summer 6. far 7. seasons 8. what II/ 0.25 mark for each correct word. 1. earth 2. dirty 3. smoke 4. live 5. trees 6. As 7. simple 8.important E. WRITING I/ 0.5 mark for each correct sentence. 1. The sad play made her cried very much. 2. He has written this story since last Spring. 3. Peter was the tallest person in this class. 4. Mary is used to staying at home on Sundays. II/ 2 marks for an excellence writing. . ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 9 Thời gian làm bài:60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) A. LISTENING:(2ms) You are going