Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 ĐỒNG THÁP 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 UBND THÀNH PHỐ CAO LÃNH PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỒNG THÁP ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm 10 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ, NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 17/12/2023 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề I. LISTENING (4.0 points) PART 1. Listen to the recording twice and write on your answer sheet with ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (1.0 point) MOVING COMPANY SERVICE REPORT Phone number: (1) _______________ USA Address : 509 Clark House, 1137 (2) _______________ drive in Seattle Packing day: Monday Date: 11th (3) _______________ Clean-up by: 5:00 p.m. Day: (4) _______________ About the Price: Rather expensive Storage Time: (5) _______________ PART 2. You will hear part of a tutorial between two students and their tutor. The students are doing a research project on computer use. Listen to the conversation carefully and mark the correct answer A, B, or C on your answer sheet. You will listen to the recording twice. (1.0 point) 1. Sami and Irene decided to do a survey about access to computer facilities because _______________ A. mostly no one had investigated this before. B. their tutor suggested this topic. C. this was a problem for many students. 2. Sami and Irene had problems with the reading for their project because _______________ A. the language was too technical. B. not much had been written about this topic. C. they could not locate the books in the library.
2 3. How did Sami and Irene get the key data in their survey after having an idea? A. From face-to-face interviews B. From observation of students C. From online questionnaires 4. How many access computer centres at the university did they go to get the data? A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 5. What proportion of students surveyed thought that a booking system would be the best solution? A. 45% B. 65% C. 77% PART 3. You will hear a teacher giving her students advice for exams. Listen carefully and complete the passage below. Write on your answer sheet NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each blank. (2.0 points) Advice for Exams - The audience are advised to (1) ___________ as she is talking. - Food can give you energy but eat sweets or drinking cola or sugar won't help you study but (2) ___________ will, for example apples. - Find a comfortable place, not 'too' comfortable, with (3) ___________ when studying. - Try and keep a positive mind and be relaxed. Have a break If you start (4) ___________ like going out for a stroll around the block. - Choose the (5) ___________ the things that will get you most points in an exam. - Learn the main ideas and don't worry too much about (6) ___________. - Make notes of (7) ___________ and read them, then cover them up and try to remember all the points. - Use past exam papers in the library to help you understand what kind of questions (8) ___________. - Take (9) ___________ while you are studying. Five-minutes is usually enough. - Drink a glass of water to (10) ___________. (Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org) II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (4.0 points) A. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
3 following sentences.(1,5 points) 1. I am supposed to submit the assignment by Friday, _________ ? A. aren't I B. did I C. don't I D. shall I 2. Yesterday I met my friend _________ gave me a cat on my birthday. A. that B. whom C. which D. whose 3. After graduating from school, I am going to ________ for a job in mobile marketing. A. shortlist B. recruit C. apply D. specialise 4. My favourite pastime is playing _______ guitar, but my best friend prefers playing _________ tennis. A. x/x B. the/x C. a/a D. a/the 5. After my father got a well-paid job at an international company, we moved to a ___________ neighbourhood. A. respect B. respectful C. respecting D. respectable 6. Hard-working and talented students should be given more opportunities _________ their skills. A. developing B. to develop C. developed D. develop 7. Some chemicals which ________ the air quality and cause health problems can be used for cleaning surfaces. A. affect B. dispose C. breathe D. promote 8. My parents _________ a lot of their time writing letters before they started using social media to connect with their relatives. A. spent B. had spent C. can spend D. spends 9. My plane _________ fifty minutes late so I missed a date with Dr. Watson last week. A. turned round B. carried on C. put out D. took off 10 . Many people believe that the novel will be a best seller when it ________. A. will be publised B. was publised C. is publised D. has published 11. After a hesitation took them six weeks, they decided to ________ on the business deal. A. speak of the devil B. feel under the weather C. cut corners D. see eye to eye 12. My best friend is upset because she has to ________ school next week. A. drop out of B. run out of C. talk back to D. come up with 13. John went to bed early last night _________ he was tired. A. although B. because C. but D. so that 14. Employers always want job _________ to be able to demonstrate their skills and qualities. A. employees B. workers C. staff D. applicants 15. I would be grateful for an opportunity to visit your company and discuss my application with you in
4 _______. A. privacy B. face C. individual D. person B. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (0.5 point) VISIT TO A FASHION SHOW I was really (1) ________________ (ENTHUSIASM) about my first visit to a fashion show. I had always loved fashion but had only ever seen models in advertisements on TV. Finally, I was going to see a real show! I got out my most fashionable clothes. I wanted to look as (2) ________________ (STYLE) as the models. I don't know if I was completely successful, but I never had much money to spend on clothes and I felt (3) _______________ (ATTRACT), which is the main thing. When we got there, it was fantastic! There were so many beautiful women! The show started and imagine my surprise when, completely (4) _________________ (EXPECT), the first model was wearing clothes just like I was! Everyone saw the (5) _________________ (SIMILAR) and a couple of people asked me who my stylist was! Amazing! C. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (✓) in the space provided on your answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided on your answer sheet. (1 point) WEDDING DISASTER 1. My wedding has been being arranged for months. I knew exactly what I wanted for that special day. I had the caterers to give me a menu and have got them to provide me with samples so that I could be sure we would have the best food. I also wanted to have us a string quartet play a classical music and I arranged that, too. My dress was being made especially and I had the dressmaker put silver thread in it. Finally, the big day when arrived. My dress was being delivered in the morning, but by at ten it still hadn't arrived. They called me and said it had been damaged! I was furious! I had my best friend quickly pop out and get a new dress. I got my lawyer that to call to get my money back. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.