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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC: 2022 – 2023 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài thi: 150 phút Ngày thi: 23/3/2023 (Đề thi có 10 trang) I. LISTENING. (3.0 pts) Part 1. You will hear a woman talking on the radio about a singing course she attended. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. SINGING FOR BEGINNERS Place: Brownstoke College. Course details:  The maximum number of students per course is (1) _______________.  All classes start with exercises that help students to (2) _______________.  During the three days, about 20 (3) _______________ are learned in many different styles.  Accommodation in Brownstoke college is very (4) _______________.  There’s a very good lunch, especially (5) _______________.  Date the next course finishes: (6) _______________, 26th September. (Adapted from Cambridge English – PET) Part 2. You will hear a talk about the project on the wildlife found in city gardens in Britain. For each question, choose the best answer. WILDLIFE IN CITY GARDENS 1. What led the group to choose their topic? A. They were concerned about the decline of one species. B. They were interested in the effects of city growth. C. They wanted to investigate a recent phenomenon. 2. The exact proportion of land devoted to private gardens was confirmed by _______________. A. consulting some official documents. B. taking large-scale photos. C. discussions with town surveyors. 3. The group asked garden owners to _______________.
2 A. take part in formal interviews B. keep a record of animals they saw C. get in contact when they saw a rare species 4. The group made their observations in gardens _______________. A. which had a large number of animal species B. which they considered to be representative C. which had stable populations of rare animals 5. The group did extensive reading on _______________. A. wildlife problems in rural areas B. urban animal populations C. current gardening practices 6. The speaker focuses on three animal species because _______________. A. a lot of data has been obtained about them B. the group were most interested in them C. they best indicated general trends (Adapted from IELTS Listening practice tests) II. SUPPLY the appropriate forms of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (1.5 pts) More recent trends in reporting have seen a significant increase in stories that have little to do with distributing essential information. The general public is a hungry animal, seeking more and more personal details about celebrities of any description. We read the news for different reasons and different newspapers cater for these. However, the tactics used by journalists to discover details about people, in order to feed the public’s constant (1. hungry) _______________ for scandal, may cross legal and ethical lines. In recent years many big stories – especially political ones – have been built upon ‘leaks’ passed on from interested parties. Sensitive information has reached the press in the form of personal emails, personal and official papers that have (2. convenience) _______________ gone astray, or anonymous phone calls. In general, the public has turned a blind eye to the sources of many stories that have hit the headlines as long as the stories themselves have been (3. mouth) _______________ juicy. But there has long been a suspicion that journalists were not playing by the rules. In 2011 this exploded into a scandal that damaged some powerful people at the top of the news industry and brought one newspaper to its knees. This happened when it emerged that some journalists had been obtaining personal details about people in the news by hacking into their phones: the ultimate (4. invade) _______________ of privacy. Public reaction to the (5. allege) _______________ was at first not too fierce as those involved were politicians and famous people, but then revelations that the phones of crime victims and their families may also have been hacked caused an enormous public (6. cry) _______________ and the withdrawal of