Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2017-2018 - Phòng GD&ĐT Krông Pắc (Có đáp án)

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PHềNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
NĂM HỌC 2017-2018
MễN: TIẾNG ANH

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 MễN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 9 
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 ( Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi này)
I.Phonetics
A. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1-	A. information	B. inspiration	C. wander	D. exploration
2-	A. newspapers	B. magazines	C. controls	D. adults
3-	A. access	B. interactive	C. costly	D. crier
4-	A. symbol	B. sightseer	C. sure	D. soil
5-	A. bear	B. climb	C. embroider	D. symbol
B. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6-	A. separation	B. relaxation	C. Vietnamese	D. symbolism
7-	A. disadvantage	B.communicate	C. documentary	D. exploration
8-	A. advertise	B. deposit	C. candidate	D. institute
9-	A. practical	B. designer	C. minority	D. occasion
10-	A. pagoda	B. material	C. religion	D. correspond
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II. Choose the word or phrase which best complete each sentence .Write the letter A, 
B, C, or D in the box below to indicate your choice. (20 ms)
1. Peter ____________ in that bank for three years. Then he ______________ to a new branch.
	A. worked / was transferred	B. has worked / transferred
	C. works / transfer	D. has been working / was
2. The _______________ tell us what is happening in our city, in our country, and in the world.
	A. communication	B. advertisements	C. media	D. forecasts
3. Internet users say that the Internet offers a wide variety of choices in ___________________ 
	A. entertain	B. entertaining	C. entertainingly	D. entertainment
4. 	I fell and hurt myself ___________________ I was playing tennis.
	A. while	B. during	C. if	D. because
5. Keep ______________ your mother for a valuable gold ring until she says yes.
	A. asking	B. to ask	C. and ask	D. ask
6. Ba really wants to buy new tables and chairs. _____________, new furniture costs too much.
	A. However	B. But	C. Therefore	D. So
7. Japan has a very big _________________ that makes cars.
	A. agriculture	B. business	C. industry	D. tourism
8. What we heard at the meeting ______________ .
	A. encouraged	B. was encouraged	C. was encouraging	D. encouraging
9. In homes, presents __________________ round the Christmas tree on Christmas day.
	A. place	B. is placing	C. placed	D. are placed
10.	If the TV is always on in your house, you will not reduce the _______of electricity you use
	A. number	B. amount	C. much	D. plenty
11.	I failed my exam. I worked really hard for it. I’m so _________________________ .
	A. disappointment	B. disappoint	C. disappointed	D. disappointing
12. Everyone has read the latest news on the website, __________________________ ?
	A. hasn’t he	B. haven’t they	C. don’t they	D. doesn’t he
13. Do you think too much time is spent ___________________ the Internet ?
	A. to use	B. for use	C. to using	D. using
14. What does “mother tongue” mean ?
	A. your mother’s language	B. body language
	C. your native language	D. foreign language
15.	He is one of the best fashion ______________________ I have known.
	A. design	B. designers	C. designer	D. designing
16.	The Parkers have just gone out ________________ hamburgers.
	A. to	B. for	C. with	D. since
17.	He finds his new shirt very _____________________ . It will be his favorite one.
	A. comfortable	B. comfortably	C. uncomfortable	D. uncomfortably
18. Her house is ____________ situated near the beach. She can go swimming every morning.
	A. convenience	B. convenient	C. conveniently	D. inconveniently
19. They have __________________ this problem in many discussions.
	A. talked	B. rose	C. mentioned	D. spoke
20.	The material that ____________________ from cotton is usually strong and hard-wearing.
	A. is made	B. makes	C. is making	D. made
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III. Supply the correct form of the words in capital letters at the end of each sentence.
I can't believe you, what you say is quite __________. 	LOGIC 
The garden is ____________ with trees and flowers. 	BEAUTY
Everyone has their __________ which are hardly recognized by themselves. LIMIT
The police are interested in the sudden _________ of the valuable painting. APPEAR
Thousands of people have been made ____________ by the war. 	HOME
You should go on a diet. You're a bit ____________. 	WEIGH
To Huu is a famous__________ . His __________ are interesting. 	POETRY
There is an ___________ match between Vietnam and Lebanon on VTV3. 	NATION
The ____________between this computer and the others is good. 	INTERACT
Libraries are helpful in _____________ children’s love for books. 	DEVELOP
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IV. Each of the lines in the following passage has a mistake. Find and correct it .
1. She adopted a fifteen-years-old Sikkimese boy to travel with her.
	A. adopted	B. fifteen-years-old	C. to travel	D. with
2. The city of Lufkin, Texas, has had much than ten million employees working for it without pay. 
	A. city	B. has had 	C. much	D. working
3. The noise on the roof of the trailer woke Bill and Fred up very quick.
	A. The 	B. of	C. woke 	D. quick
4. One day a lady saw a mouse to run across her kitchen floor.
	A. One 	B. saw	C. to run 	D. kitchen
5. He doesn't much like the work, but he enjoyed the relationships with the other workers.
	A. much 	B. but	C. enjoyed 	D. with
6. The Transport Department organizes road safety campaigns every year in order that reduce traffic accidents. 
	A. Transport	B. safety	C. in order that 	D. accidents
7. He is such famous that he has a great many fans. 
	A. is	B. such 	C. has 	D. fans
8. Most of the building in this town are rather unattractive, but this church is an exception.
	A. of	B. building 	C. rather	D. but
9. I always make a point of checking that all the windows are shut after I go out.
	A. make	B. checking 	C. all	D. after
10. If the destruction of the forest continues at the same rate, there would be nothing left by the year 2025.
	A. If	B. continues 	C. would	D. left
11. It is certainly that Coca-Cola will be drunk far into the twenty-first century.
	A. certainly 	B. drunk	C. into D. twenty-first
12. Franklin played an importance role in the early history of the United States.
	A. an	B. importance 	C. early	D. the
13. In some countries in Europe, teachers are allowed giving children some homework only at weekends.
	A. in 	B. are	C. giving D. homework
14. Is driving a car more dangerous than to fly in a modern plane?
	A. driving	b. dangerous 	C. than	D. to fly
15. You wanted me to tell you about what I was doing here and how was my life.
	A. to tell 	B. about	C. was doing 	D. was
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V. Read the passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each space
The tourist industry is (1) ___________ to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people traveled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ____________ to 400 million every year.
(3) __________large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) _________old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ___________
But at a time when we have (6) __________ freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7)___________ causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) _________ called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) _____________ you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ______________ you go on holiday.
A. regarded 	B. considered 	C. seen	D. figured
A. had risen 	 B. rose 	C. has risen	 D. were rising
A. The 	 B. Those 	 C. These	 D. Such
A. by 	 B. with 	C. under	 D. beneath
A. disposed 	B. littered 	 C. thrown away	D. launched
A. greater 	B. bigger 	 C. larger	 D. better
A. apart from 	 B. instead of 	C. without	 D. hardly
A. guidance 	 B. guide	 C. direction	 D. instruction
A. where 	 B. what 	 C. when	D. how
A. before 	 B. when 	 C. as soon as	 D. after 
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VI. Read the passage and decide which is the best answer. 
A Young Businessman
Although he is only twelve, James Harries has his own antiques business and a flower shop. “He has a good eye for a bargain,” say his mother. “He was only 8 when he bought that for 5p.” she points to a china statuette worth $4,000. “James gets most of his stock of antiques from jumble sales. Last year he bought a necklace for 10p which turned out to be valuable. He sold it for $8,000.”
James didn’t get on at school so his parents hired a private tutor. “Other children think I’m strange because I earn my own living and I don’t want to join in their games.”
James explains the success of his flower shop: “My prices have risen less than those of my competitors this year. Also I’ve got a special offer for wedding parties. I give them a Rolls-Royce for the day if they spend more than $100 on flowers. My employees don’t particularly like working for a 12-year-old, but I pay their wages so they can’t complain!” With his high income, James could afford many luxuries, but he prefers to save his money. “I put aside as much as I can. I have a lot of plans for the future and I will need to be rich to carry them out.”
What does James Harries trade in?
A. Antiques and flowers.	B. Antiques.	C. A flower shop.	D. Flowers.
The necklace he bought last year _______ 
A. was worthless.	B. cost him a lot of money	
C. brought him a lot of money.	D. was worth 10p.
James is different from other children because he _______
A. didn’t get on at school.	B. he had a private tutor.
C. makes money and supports himself.	 D. he is strange.
His employees don’t like working with him because _______ 
A. he pays their wages. 	B. he is too young. 
C. they can’t complain. 	 	D. he is 12 years older
Which of the following is NOT true about James?
A. He spends a lot of money on many luxuries.
B. He had a tutor because he didn’t do well at school.
C. He earns a lot of money.	
D. He saves money for his future plans.
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VII. Read the paragraphs below and fill in each gap with only one appropriate word.
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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 had got into trouble with the police. When he had finished his stay in the home, he (5) ......................................various bands and then he formed his own. Between 1925 and 1928 he made about 60 records. These records made him one (6) ........................................the first solo stars in the history of pop music. When he died, he had (7) .................... making records and he had been touring all over the (8) for more than forty years, and he (9) ..................................... just as popular (10).he had been before. He even had a number one pop record - What A Wonderful World in the 1960s. 
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VIII. Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same.
1. Because of driving too fast, he caused a serious accident.
đ As he .
2. The test was too difficult for us to finish in two hours.
đ I wish ..
3. We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness.
đ If he ....
4. I’m quite happy to look after the baby for you.
đI don’t.....................................................................................................................................
5. Please don’t interrupt me when I’m talking.
đI’d rather......
6. It took Nam an hour to drive from his home village to Hanoi last week. 
đNam spent..
7.Nobody remained on the ship after the captain had left it.
đ The captain ...........................................................
8. The colorful T-shirt is too expensive for me to buy.
đIt’s such ...
9. Do you have a postman deliver the newspaper every day?
đ Do you have the .......?
10. They couldn’t move any further because of the thick fog .
→ The thick fog .
IX. Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but use the words given. 
1. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them. (intention)
đ I have . to either of them
2. I find driving on the left in England very strange. (accustomed)
đ I am .. on the left in England.
3.She could hardly absorb all the new information.	 (difficulty)
đShe ..all the new information.
4. You should book your ticket beforehand if you want to get a good seat. ( advance)
đ Your tickets ..
5. Why didn’t you finish the work last night. (were) 
đ If . last night.
6. They repaired my motorbike for half an hour yesterday.	 (repair)
đIt .yesterday.
7. It’s about seven years since Lan started to learn Korean language. (learning)
đ Lan.
8.People think that our ancestors built this city. (thought)
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9.They first introduced the new style of jeans in 2000, didn’t they? (was) 
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10. John only understood very little of what the teacher said. ( hardly )
đ John could .........................................................................................................................
X. Use given words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. (10 ms)
1. Please/ not go out / until / rain / stop.
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2. I / look forward / start / work / you.
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3. One / our task / be / keep / streets / clean 
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4. The noise / the traffic / prevented / me / go to sleep.
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5.It/difficult/me/eat American food/when/ be /New York.
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6. I/can’t stand/see/him/come late every day.
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7. Never / her life / she / see / such / tall building.
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8. The air/ full/ dust/ because/ roads/ repair.
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9. Technology / mean / student / get degree / without / be on campus.
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10.The teacher/ reminded me/ do/ homework/ before/ go/ bed.
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Part 1. Read the passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each space (20ms)
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Part 2. Read the passage and decide which is the best answer. (10 ms)
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Part 3. Read the paragraphs below and fill in each gap with only one appropriate word.(20ms)
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IV. WRITING ( 50 marks)
Part 1. Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same.(40)
1. As he drove too fast, he caused a serious accident.
2. I wish the test were easy enough for us to finish in two hours.
3. I he were careful, we would finish the work
4. I don’t mind looking after the baby for you.
5.I’d rather you didn’t interrupt me when I’m talking.
6. Nam spent an hour driving from his home village to Hanoi last week
7.The captain was the last person to leave the ship/ that left the ship
8.It’s such an expensive colorful T-shirt that I can’t/don’t buy it.
9.Do you have the newspaper delivered every day?
10.The thick fog prevented us from moving.
Part 2. Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but use the words given. (10 ms)
1.I have no intention of apologizing to
2.I am not accustomed to driving.
3.She had difficulty in absorbing
4. Your ticket should be booked in advance if you want to get a good seat. 
5.If I were you I would have finished the work last night.
6.It took them half an hour repairing my bike last night.
7.Lan has been learning Korean language for seven years. 
8.Our ancestors are thought to have built this city.
9.The new style of jeans was first introduced in 2000, wasn’t it
10. John could hardly understand what the teacher said
X. Use given words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. (10 ms)
1. Please don’t go out until the rain stops.
2. I look forward to starting working with you.
3.One of our tasks is keeping the streets clean.
4.The noise of the traffic prevented me from going to sleep.
5..It was difficult for me to eat American food when I was in New York.
6.I can’t stand seeing him coming late everyday.
7. Never in her life has she seen such a tall building.
8.The air is full of dust because the roads are being repaired.
9.Technology (now) means (the) student (s) can get a degree without being on campus.
10.The teacher reminded me of/about doing my homework before going to bed.