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1 PHÒNG GD&ĐT TÂN SƠN ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC MÔN VĂN HÓA LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề (Đề thi có 10 trang) SECTION 1: LISTENING (20 points) Phần nghe có 02 bài, mỗi bài được nghe 02 lần (giám thị chỉ mở 01 lần đĩa tự động phát 02 lần) Đầu mỗi đoạn có phần nhạc dạo 1 phút để thí sinh đọc yêu cầu của bài tập. Giữa 2 lần nghe có thời gian trống là 10 giây. Thời gian trống giữa 2 đoạn là 2 phút để thí sinh làm bài. Hết phần thi nghe có nhạc kết thúc. I. Listen to the conversation twice. Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each of the following questions. (10 points) 1. When did Abbie go to summer school in Germany? A. two years ago B. three weeks ago C. three years ago 2. Why don’t the teachers want people to mess about? A. They don’t want the students to have fun. B. The students need to pass tests. C. They work hard to prepare their lessons. 3. Why do the students have to pay to go to the summer school? A. so the teachers can be paid B. to buy things the school needs C. to pay for trips 4. What kind of teachers is Abbie looking for? A. People who are creative and enjoy a challenge. B. People who are serious and hardworking. C. Calm people who can work under pressure. 5. What are the lessons like? A. There are competitions to motivate students. B. There are lots of tests. C. The students watch a lot of DVDs. II. You will hear two teachers, Andrew and Katie, discussing the coming excursion of their language class. Fill in each blank with no more than two words or numbers. (10 points) School Excursion
2 Day: Wednesday Destination: (1) the _______________ Weather: (2) _______________ Arrival time: (3) _______________ am Activities Planned See: (4) _______________ Eat: Catered lunch Attend: (5) the _______________ SECTION 2: PHONETICS (10 points) III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. (6 points) 1. A. architect B. parachute C. choir D. psychology 2. A. fossil B. missile C. aisle D. nursery 3. A. naked B. sacred C. hatred D. picked IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (4 points) 1. A. vehicle B. disposal C. emission D. volcanic 2. A. successfully B. economy C. presentation D. accompany SECTION 3: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (60 points) V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences. Mark your answer on the answer sheet. (40 points) 1. As the two teams left the football ground, the 100,000 _____________ gave them a standing ovation. A. bystanders B. spectators C. viewers D. audiences 2. Jack made me _____________ him next week. A. promise calling B. to promise calling C. to promise to call D. promise to call 3. Some vegetables are grown without soil and under _____________ light. A. artificial B. false C. fake D. unreal 4. Mary attempted to _____________ herself with her new boss by volunteering to take on extra work. A. gratify B. please C. ingratiate D. commend 5. The co-pilot had to _____________ when the pilot suffered chest pains. A. hand over B. take on C. hand on D. take over 6. Evidence came up _____________ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months
3 old. A. what B. when C. which D. that 7. She _____________ in order to send her children to school. A. cut corners B. worked her fingers to the bone C. made a meal of it D. called it a day 8. She _____________ be ill. I have just seen her playing basket ball in the school yard A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t 9. Peter: “I’ll do the washing-up, shall I?” Susan: “_____________!” A. Kid’s stuff B. Ah, music to my ears C. Not at all D. It’s a great pleasure 10. - “ How lovely your pets are !” – “_____________” A. I love them, too. B. Thank you, it is nice of you to say so. C. Can you say that again . D. Really? They are. 11. I read the contract again and again _____________ avoiding making spelling mistakes. A. with a view to B. on account of C. by means of D. in terms of 12. _____________ will lead to the extinction of rare animals due to the loss of their habitats, and extreme floods and land erosion. A. Deforestation B. Conservation C. Depletion D. Protection 13. The fog was so thick that it was _____________ impossible to see your hand in front of your face. A. highly B. fully C. perfectly D. completely 14. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____________ in the broad daylight. A. to be robbed B. robbed C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed 15. I’m looking for a _____________ for my father’s birthday. A. cheap white Japanese clock radio B. white cheap Japanese clock radio C. Japanese cheap white clock radio D. Japanese white cheap clock radio 16. _____________, I would give a party. A. Were she to come to visit us B. She were to come to visit us C. If she comes to visit us D. Were she come to visit us 17. _____________ the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn. A. With reference B. Akin C. Prior to D. In addition to 18. _____________ life would be difficult without _____________ useful machines and gadgets we have today. A. x/ the B. The/ the C. x/ a D. The/ x
4 Choose the phrase CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined phrase in the following sentence. 19. I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money from me. A. making me impatient B. praising me too much C. making me feel worse D. elevating me Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentence. 20. Medical experts are predicting a massive rise in obesity-related illnesses. A. professors B. specialists C. acquaintances D. novices SECTION 4: READING (60 points) VI. Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the following passage in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points) One of the major (1. ENVIRONMENT) _____________ concerns in today's world is growing list of (2. DANGER) _____________ plants, animals and birds. The biggest threat of all wildlife is, of course, man, who must take action now to prevent the (3. APPEAR) _____________ of these species. Whales, tigers and elephants all require greater protection as hunters threaten to drive them to extinction. Similarly, more effective measures are suggested to stop global warming, which has led to the loss of important natural habitats. Fish too, are (4. INCREASE) _____________ at risk from high lever of the river and sea pollution, cause by oil spill and toxic effluent. Stricter government controls will help in the fight to save our wildlife and a greater public (5. AWARE) _____________ of the issues should be involved. VII. The passage below contains 05 mistakes, underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (10 points) Less than 40 years ago, tourism has been encouraged as an unquestionable good. With the arrival of package holidays and charter flights, tourism could at last be enjoyed by the masses. Yet one day, it seemed feasible that there will be no more tourists. There will be ‘adventurers’, ‘fieldwork assistants’, ‘volunteers’ and, of course, ‘travelers’. But the term ‘tourist’ will extinct. There might be those which quietly slip away to foreign lands for nothing other than pure pleasure, but it will be a secretive and frowned upon activity. No one will want to own up to being one of those. In fact, there are already a few countries prohibiting tourists from entering certain areas where the adversity effects of tourism have already struck. Tourists have been charged with bringing nothing with them but their money and wreaking havoc with the local environment. VIII. Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) that fits the blank in the following passage. (20 points) NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE