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1 UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 11 trang) ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 9 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) PART ONE: LISTENING (4.0 POINTS) 1. Listen to the conversation carefully and complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer in the spaces given. You will listen twice. (2.0 pts.) TOM'S COMPUTER MAINTENANCE Customer Information Form Date: Sunday, 12th May Reason for call: computer problem What happened: the screen (1) _______________ Troubleshooting checklist: (✓) Restarted computer (✓) The computer is (2) ______________ - not running on battery Activity when the problem occurred: (3) ______________ Possible diagnosis: a virus Anti-virus programme: (4) ______________ Appointment Location: (5) ______________ Time scheduled for visit: (6) ______________ Street address: (7) ______________ Crescent, 2F3 Customer name: Sandra (8) ______________ Name on buzzer: the same as above Fee: (9) _____________ for the first hour's work, then £40 per hour Estimated time for job: less than (10) _____________ II. You will hear the news about Japan's Mt. Fuji. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the following questions. You will listen twice. (1.0 pt.) 1. What is Japan experiencing? A. A tourist boom after COVID-19 B. An extreme weather event
2 C. The COVID-19 pandemic D. An economic crisis 2. Why do many Japanese people hope to climb Mt. Fuji once in their lives? A. Because it is the highest place in Japan. B. It is rumoured that climbing Mt. Fuji brings them wealth. C. Because it is a very beautiful place in Japan. D. Because it is sacred. 3. What is being caused by the increasing number of Mt. Fuji climbers? A. Forest fires B. Landslides C. Environmental damage D. Volcanic ash 4. What do local officials fear? A. The climbing cost will get higher and higher B. The mountain will soon lose its beauty C. The number of climbers will soon go down D. People all want to climb the mountain 5. Who are "bullet climbers"? A. Those who attempt to go up and down the mountain in a day B. Those who carry guns while climbing the mountain C. Those who attempt to save Mt. Fuji from destruction D. Those who cause altitude sickness and hypothermia III. You will hear a radio program. Listen and decide whether these following statements are True (T) or False (F). You will listen twice. (1.0 pt.) 1. When his father left, Matt lived with five other members of his family. 2. Matt's mother encouraged her sons to be creative. 3. As a child, Matt loved to pretend to be someone else. 4. His first success came when he met Ben Affleck. 5. Matt doesn't devote all his time and energy to acting. PART TWO: PHONETICS (0.5 POINT) I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.2 pt.) 1. A. sculpture B. closure C. structure D. failure 2. A cussed B. ragged C. crooked D. docked II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
3 primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.3 pt.) 1. A. character B. guitarist C. astronaut D. bachelor 2. A. survive B. consent C. access D. appear 3. A. therapeutic B. conscientious C. fanaticism D. orthographic PART THREE: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5.5 POINTS) I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers (A, B, C, or D) on the answer sheet. (2.0 pts.) 1. I don't usually like staying at hotels but last summer we spent a few days at ____________ very nice hotel by __________ sea. A. a/no article B. a/the C. the/a D. no article / the 2. I can't find the tickets. I seem ___________ them. A. to have lost B. to lose C. losing D. to be lost 3. I bumped into Patrick at the supermarket. He was asking ____________ you. A. by B. after C. on D. around 4. Niamin is talking to Barry in the living room. Niamin: "Would you mind turning down the TV please?" Barry: "__________” A. Sorry. I didn't know I was disturbing you. B. Sure. Here you are. C. What! You must be kidding! D. No, I don't like it very much. 5. I __________ doubt whether he will actually carry out his threats. A. seriously B. deeply C. absolutely D. severely 6. __________ the patients' disabilities, we still try to enable them to be as independent as possible. A. But for B. Given C. Albeit D. Inasmuch as 7. She never ___________ her ambition of winning an Olympic gold medal. A. realised B. got C. possessed D. deserved 8. The team won the championship four years ___________. A. running B. passing C. following D. rotating 9. ___________, it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort. A. None of us wanted to go in the first place B. Staff meetings are often boring and have no apparent point to them C. Since the results were far more satisfactory than anyone had expected D. Seeing that we couldn't solve anything in the end 10. Beneath the streets of a modern city _____________ of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and tunnels required
4 to satisfy the needs of its inhabitants. A. exists the network B. the existing network C. the network's existence D. where exists 11. After you have finished the ____________, restart the computer to get it acquainted to the new program. A. installation B. install C. installment D. installing 12. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but he ___________ to the occasion wonderfully. A. came B. rose C. fell D. turned 13. Shirley and Bruce are talking about the environment. Shirley: "Our environment is getting more and more polluted. Do you think so?" Bruce: " ___________. It's really worrying." A. I'll think about that B. I don't agree C. I don't think so D. I can't agree more 14. The musical comedy Oklahoma did much to expand the potential of the musical stage, and it encouraged others to attempt ___________. A. original themes B. to original themes C. that were original themes D. how original themes 15. Your argument ___________ that it does not matter who rules - that things will remain as they are, whoever is in power. A. articulates B. presupposes C. settles D. erupts 16. This is a very busy office and in your new position, you will have to be able to think on your _________. A. toes B. legs C. knees D. feet 17. He ___________ his innocence and said that the allegations were "ridiculous". A. persevered B. maintained C. remained D. sustained 18. ____________ have at least four hours of hazardous materials response training is mandated by federal law. A. All police officers B. All police officers must C. That all police officers D. For all police officers 19. According to the ____________ of the contract, tenants must give six months' notice if they intend to leave. A. laws B. rules C. terms D. details 20. It was costing us a thousand pounds a week to ____________ a medium-sized ad in a daily paper, so we decided to spend the money on other forms of advertising. A. mark B. engage C. place D. hand II. Give the correct tense or form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete the