UBND HUYỆN YÊN LẠC PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ___________________ ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9 (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút không kể thời gian giao đề) A. LISTENING: (You will listen to the recording twice ) You will listen to the conversation between a student, Angela Tung and Bob Wills who is the student adviser at a language school. Complete the form. Write no more than three words or a number for each answer on the answer sheet. REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LEAVE Name Angela Tung Student number (0) H5712 Address (1) ……………… street Course (2) ……………………… Teacher’s name (3) ……………………… I wish to request leave in term (4) ……………………… Dates of leave (5) ……………………… To (6) ………………… Look at the questions from 7 to 10. Now listen to more of the conversation and answer the questions. Write the answer on the answer sheet. 7. Why does Angela want to take a leave ? 8. Where are Angela going ? 9. Who is going with Angela ? 10. When will Angela go home in her own country ? B. PHONETICS; II. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below. Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet. 1. A. food B. look C. took D. good 2. A. watches B. faces C. places D. lakes 3. A. nature B. change C. chance D. basic 4. A. humor B. flour C. rumor D. honor 5. A. delayed B. bathed C. damaged D. hoped III. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group. 1. A. comprise B. cotton C. comment D. campus 2. A. dormitory B. dynamite C. decorate D. disappear 3. A. exist B. extensive C. energy D. environment 4. A. persuade B. purpose C. publish D. picnic 5. A. locate B. linguistics C. logical D. lecturer C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: IV. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or D). 1. All the rooms in this hotel are ………… and that would make it too expensive to stay in. A. air-condition B. air-conditioners C. air-conditioningD. air-conditioned 2. She ……………her father in his loving of gardening. A. takes after B. looks after C. follows after D. stands by 3. The bus conductor told him to get off because he couldn’t pay the …………… . A. journey B. fare C. bill D. travel 4. I’m very fond of Graham Green’s novels. He’s my …………. Modern author. A. likely B. favored C. popular D. favorite 5. You can rely ………… him. He always keeps his promise. A. in B. for C. on D. with 6. I ………… the heat because I’d been living there for a long time. A. used to B. was used to C. get used to D. use to 7. The purpose of the exam was to …………. The students’knowledge of the subject. A. try B. inspect C. prove D. test 8. Jane ………… spending the afternoon at the swimming pool. A. urged B. encouraged C. suggested D. persuaded 9. They were ……………. For the accident. A. blamed B. faulted C. accused D. charged 10. The sky is …………… I don’t think it will rain. A. tiny B. clean C. clear D. cloudy V. Write the correct tenses or forms of the verbs in the brackets in the following sentences. 1. He would never miss (go) …………. To such a good party. 2. At this time next week, they (sit) …………… in the train. 3. By the end of 2010, this area (be) ……………… an industrial centre. 4. The match (play) ………………. Well by both teams last Sunday. 5. If we don’t hurry, the Sun (rise) ……………before we (reach) …………. The top. 6. I wish I (be) ……………. a teacher soon. 7. You (succeed) ……………if you (do) …………… as what I told you. 8. Your teacher told me (help) …………… you with your homework. VI. Write the correct form of the words in the brackets of the passage below. The world most (1.fame) ………………clock is Big Ben (2. stand) ………… next to the House of Parliament in London. Big ben is the name of the bell which chimes every hour. The bell (3. be) ………… named after Sir Benjarmin Hall, the man who was given the task of (4. haul) …………… the bell up the clock tower. The clock has four (5. face) ………… and keeps (6. accuracy) ………… time. It can be adjusted by the (7. remove) …………… or (8. add) …………. of coins in a stray attached to the clock’s pendulum. One (9. interest) ……………. Thing about the clock is that the light shines above the belfry at night. It (10. meaning) …………… that the House of Common is still session. D. READING: VIII. Write ONE most suitable word to fill in the gaps in the following passage. Albert Einstein was (1) ………… in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He graduated (2) ……………the university of Zurich in Switzerland in 1905. In 1905, he also did some of his most famous work in (3) ………… . In 1919, he (4) …………. the Nobel Prize for physics. (5) …………… 1919 and 1929 he lived in Germany and traveled a lot to talk to (6) …………. Scientists. Then in 1933, he had to (7) ……………. Germany because (8) ………… Hitler and Nazi party. He moved to the USA. From 1933 until his (9) …………… he lived in Princeton, New Jersey. He (10) ………… on April 18 th , 1955. IX. Write the sentence beginning with the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the original one. 1. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before. - This ……………………………………………………………………………… 2. It isn’t necessary for you to finish by Saturday. - You ……………………………………………………………………………… 3. It was such rotten meat that I couldn’t eat. - The meat was not ………………………………………………………………… 4. “Please wake me up at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning”, Peter said to his mother. - Peter ……………………………………………………………………………… 5. She started working as a secretary five years ago. - She ………………………………………………………………………………… 6. They think the owner of the house is abroad. - The owner …………………………………………………………………………. 7. What a pity you failed your driving test. - I wish ……………………………………………………………………………… 8. The mechanic serviced my car last week. - I ……………………………………………………………………………………. 9. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money. - If ………………………………………………………………………………… 10. She knows a lot about it than I do. - I ……………………………………………………………………………………. E. WRITING: X. Nowadays, people throw trash on to the ground near your house. What makes you worried is no one is responsible for taking it away. As the consequence, the environment is polluted seriously. You think that the local authorities should prohibait and fine heavily anyone throwing waste here and require the city environmental company to clean up the area. Write a complaint letter (about 120-150 words) to the head of the local authority about this problem and make suggestions on how to protect the environment. __________ THE END __________ . & ĐÀO TẠO ___________________ ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9 (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút không kể thời gian giao đề) A. LISTENING: (You will listen. …………. the Nobel Prize for physics. (5) …………… 191 9 and 192 9 he lived in Germany and traveled a lot to talk to (6) …………. Scientists. Then in 1 93 3, he had to (7) ……………. Germany because (8) …………. (1) ………… in 18 79 in Ulm, Germany. He graduated (2) ……………the university of Zurich in Switzerland in 190 5. In 190 5, he also did some of his most famous work in (3) ………… . In 191 9, he (4) ………….