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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH NINH BÌNH ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 09/03/2021 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề thi gồm 04 phần trong 09 trang) PART A. LISTENING (4.0 points) I. Listen and decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) 1. Sasha is currently unemployed. 2. Jim understands now why Sasha had problems in her previous apartment. 3. The problem with the television is that Sasha has sometimes forgotten to turn the TV off. 4. Sasha forgot that Jim used the lights in the apartment as an anti-crime measure. 5. Jim has complained about the type of music she listens to. II. Listen to the information about the ‘‘Best job in the world’’ competition, then fill in each blank with ONE word. (2.0 points) Once again the organization which promotes Australia, (1)……………….Australia, is advertising the best job in the world. But this year, they have six jobs going, all for six months, with a great salary and (2)…………….spending money. If you think one of these is your dream job, you have to make a 30-second video (3)………….why you are the best person for the role. But - be (4)…………. Thousands of people will be competing for each (5)……………… The job of 'outback adventurer' is for someone with a passion for outdoor life, and in the Northern Territory there are plenty of (6)…………….spaces. The job is for someone to find out the best (7)…………..and jobs for young people on working holidays. You’d be getting close to wildlife, sleeping under the stars in a bush (8)………………….and flying over stunningly beautiful landscape in a hot air balloon. Your duties will include getting to know about (9)………………..culture and eating traditional bushfoods, (10)……………including the famous witchery grubs - insect larva. III. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, or C to answer the questions below. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) 1. What would be the best title for this lecture? A. Important Keys to Recycling Paper.
2 B. Technological Advances Improve Recycling C. Steps to Improving Recycling 2. According to the lecture, paper materials that are difficult to recycle include: A. copy paper B. document shred C. food wrappers 3. According to the lecturer, where can a TV take power from to operate? A. a recycled can B. a recycled paper C. a recycled bottle 4. According to the lecture, the demand for recyclable materials in the manufacturing of new products is sometimes sluggish because: A. some governments are unwilling to support expensive recycling methods. B. there is a lack of advanced technology to process the materials. C. businesses do not invest enough money into research. 5. Which is NOT one of the main keys to recycling as mentioned in the lecture? A. government regulation of waste B. better technology C. more demand for recycled materials PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (3.0 points) I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) 1. He is a specialist…………. modern Vietnamese literature. A. of B. at C. for D. in 2. That’s a nice coat, and the color……………. you well. A. matches B. fits C. suits D. agrees 3. - “……………………………………….”. - Never mind, better luck next time A. I have broken your precious vase. B. I have a lot on my mind. C. I couldn’t keep my mind on work. D. I didn’t get the vacant position. 4. Illiteracy has been ………. in almost every province in Vietnam. A. abolished B. demolished C. eradicated D. destroyed 5. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic ………..
3 A. expedition B. excursion C. voyage D. migration 6. My letter ............ have come yesterday, but it didn’t. A. must B. should C. ought D. can 7. …………… objective primary education is to provide students with basic knowledge of the country's history, ………geography and traditions. A. The / Ø B. An / the C. Ø / a D. The / the 8. The poor child was in floods of ………… because his bike had been stolen. A. weeping B. crying C. tears D. unhappiness 9. It’s vital that our children’s handwriting should be ................... A. legible B. legitimate C. literate D. illiterate 10. You’ll have to……………. a better idea than that if you want to win. A. come in for B. get down to C. bring out D. come up with II. Read the passage and use the correct forms of the words given. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) (1. Interpret) …………. the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know and we rely as much on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say. Facial expression and tone of voice are obvious ways of showing our view to something, and it may well be that we (2. conscious) …………….. express views that we are trying to hide. The art of being tactful lies in picking up these signals, (3. realize)…………… what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are, in fact, reluctant to answer our question, and so we stop pressing them. Body (4. move) ……………, in general, may also indicate feelings, and (5. interview) …………..often pay particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down. However, it is not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to know relates to the candidate’s character traits, and similar (6. stable) ……………. . This raises the awkward question of whether job candidates should be asked to complete (7. psychologist) ……………. tests, and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (8. rely)………… results. For many people, being asked to take part in such a test would be an (9. object) …………. intrusion into their private lives. After all, a (10. prospect) ……………..employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred meters, or expect his or her family doctor to provide confidential medical information. Quite apart from this problem, can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a conscientious employee or a valuable colleague?
4 III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) Man has always depended on plants for food and many other useful products. With this reason, farming is one of the world’s most important industry. At first, early man did not know how to plant seeds and rise crops. He gathered wild fruits and vegetables he found. Then man discovered how to grow his own food. He planted seeds and waited for the crops to grow. For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his food supply. He could settle down and set up shelters in the places that he grew food. As populations began to increase, the demand for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were sufficient in meeting the demand, so that man cultivated more and more land and invented modern machines to do his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and another farm animals. Scientists studied and experimented with plants. They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to grow bigger but better crops. Now one man, with a wide knowledge of plants and the help of machines, can cultivate hundred of acres. He can grow plants which did not originally grow in the soil or climate of his community. PART C. READING (6.0 points) I. Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with only ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points) Few people now question the reality of global warming and (1).…………. effects on the world's climate. Many scientists (2).…………. the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is (3).…………….. risk from the force of the wind, rain and sun. (4).……….. to them, global warming is making extreme weather events; such as hurricanes and droughts, even (5) ………….. severe and causing sea levels all around the world to rise. Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take (6).…………… to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide, (7).…………. is given off by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in (8).…………… of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power stations. Some scientists, however, believe that even if we (9). ………… releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is (10).…………… stay. II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to answer or complete each sentence. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points) It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and