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Page 1/5 UBND THÀNH PHỐ BẮC NINH PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ PART I: LISTENING (4.0 POINTS) I. Listen to the recording and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS/ NUMBER for each answer (2.0 points) The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmosphere Rattan Lai: Claims that 13% of CO 2 in the atmosphere could be absorbed by agricultural soils Erosion is more likely in soil that is (1) ________ Lai found soil in Africa that was (2) ________ It was suggested that carbon from soil was entering the atmosphere Soil and carbon: Plants turn CO 2 from the air into sugars and other (3) ________ Some CO 2 moves from the (4) _______ of plants to microbes in the soil Carbon was lost from the soil when agriculture was invented Regenerative agriculture: Uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and (5) ________ E.g. through year-round planting and increasing the (6) ________ of plants that are grown California study: Taking place on a big (7) ________ farm Uses compost made from waste from agriculture and (8) ________ Australia study: Aims to increase soil carbon by (9) _______ that are always green Future developments may include: Reducing the amount of fertilizer used in farming Giving farmers (10) ________ for carbon storage, as well as their produce II. You will hear a psychologist being interviewed about friendship, choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear. (1.0 point) 1. From three to five years old, children __________ A. are happy to play alone. B. prefer to be with their family. C. have rather selfish relationships. D. have little idea of ownership. 2. From age five to eight or ten, children __________ A. change their friends more often. B. decide who they want to be friends with. C. admire people who don’t keep to rules. D. learn to be tolerant of their friends. 3. According to Sarah Browns, adolescents __________ A. may be closer to their friends than to their parents. B. develop an interest in friends of the opposite sex. C. choose friends with similar personalities to themselves. D. want friends who are dependable. 4. Young married people __________ A. tend to focus on their children. B. often lose touch with their friends. C. make close friends less easily. D. have fewer friends than single people. 5. In middle or old age people generally prefer__________ A. to stay in touch with old friends. B. to see younger friends more often. C. to have friends who live nearby. D. to spend more time with their friends III. Listen to the news about Britain and decide weather they are True or False (1.0 point) 1. Keira Knightley and Princess Diana share a distant ancestor. 2. The film is set in the 1700s. 3. In the film Keira Knightley plays the mistress of an aristocrat. 4. Keira Knightley was 23 when Princess Diana died. 5. In the 18th Century divorce was seen as an acceptable action by most people.
Page 2/5 PART TWO: PHONETICS (1.0 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. (0.4 point) 1. A. cousin B. basin C. surprising D. amusing 2. A. exercised B. laughed C. injured D. breathed II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.6 point) 1. A. advocate B. nonsense C. neglect D. rubbish 2. A. discriminate B. intellectual C. hesitation D. universal 3. A. impression B. remember C. character D. attention PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6.0 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. (1.0 point) 1. Frankly, you’re completely wrong and you haven’t got a ______ to stand on. A. foot B. leg C. podium D. platform 2. I don’t suppose you’ll go, but ______ go, let me know. A. should B. ought you to C. should you D. ought you 3. Why did you have to ______ the fact that Dennis has lost his job? A. bring up B. brush up C. take up D. turn up 4. I passed all my exams - I'm _________! A. out of this world B. the sky's the limit C. over the moon D. once in a blue moon 5. Mai is talking to Mark about sharing the chores. Mai: “From my point of view, all family members should share the chores equally.” Mark: “______.” A. It’s a breathtaking view B. You lied to me C. But you're right D. There’s no doubt about it 6. Could you show me how to get a good rate of for my money? A. interest B. debt C. bargain D. credit 7. Windmills are a common ______ in this part of the country. A. view B. look C. sight D. scenery 8. Teachers in modern classrooms are _________ because their main task is to set goals and organise the learning process accordingly. A. decision-makers B. facilitators C. facilities D. directions 9. Peter and Jimmy have just watched a movie Peter: “That movie was so awful!” Jimmy: “ ”! A. That’s life B. You can say that again C. It was a breeze D. I beg your pardon 10. Don’t look so worried! You should take the boss’s remarks with a of salt. A. teaspoon B. dose C. pinch D. grain II. Give the correct tense/ form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete the sentences. (1.0 point) 1. Peter, together with his family members, (visit) ______ Ha Long Bay twice this year. 2. It is necessary that everyone (be) ________ calm in times of danger. 3. I (know) _______ the answer, I would tell you right away. 4+5. I (inform)____________that they postponed (deliver)_________ our furniture. 6+7. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom (drive)_________ at 50 miles at that time. He shouldn’t (be)__________driving so fast.. 8. Only yesterday I (realize)__________ what was going on. 9. People always (blame)________their circumstances for what they are. 10. Her belongings (destroy)__________ in a fire.
Page 3/5 III. The passage below contains 10 errors. Find and correct them. (2.0 points) Lin e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 In some cultures, when you are invited to have meal at someone’s house, you might consider rude if you don’t say how nice the food is. In Britain, for example, it’s normal for someone complimenting the cook on the tastiness of the meal. You can say something like, “That was delicious. Do, please, write down the receipt for me!”. In other culture, however, people tend not to be so full of enthusiasm for the meal. You might be regarded of being rude, as the cook might associate your praise with surprise. He or she might think “So, they’re shocking that I can cook well”. If you’re not sure how to react, the best advice is to wait and look how other people at the table react. If that doesn’t help, be careful about which you say! I would suggest that one solution should been to say, “That was delicious, but then I knew it would be!” Line Error Correction Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 5 Line 5 Line 6 Line 8 Line 9 Line 10 Line 11 IV. Give the correct form of the word in each bracket and write your answers on the answer sheet (2.0 points). 1. Friend’s family has suffered from his ______. EXPEND 2. The water from the stream should be ______ before you drink it. PURE 3. John told everyone that he worked for a large company, but the company is ________. EXIST 4. Jim is very disorganized and not very_______. BUSINESS 5. The principal said some_______ words to the pupils before the exam. COURAGE 6. Although we were in danger, Ann seemed quite________ . CONCERN 7. Some parents feel dismayed because of their children’s_________ . BEHAVE 8. My sister has good _________ skills. She can relate to teenagers very well. PERSON 9. These young people are ________supporters of the new plan of our city. ENTHUSIASM 10. My uncle is in his forties. He is a well-built ________man AGE PART FOUR: READING (5.0 POINTS) I. Read the text below and choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. (2.0 points) When in Britain, you must never complain. Complaining is very un-British. If you are (1)_______waiting half an hour in a shop, if a bus (2) ________is rude to you, if a waiter brings your food ice-cold, you keep your mouth shut. The stiff upper lip is the British way. Other nationalities might make a (3) , protest loudly or call for the manager, but not the British. Remember also that British ears are simply not tuned to complaints. A friend of mine was a regular(4) _______ at a famous and expensive London restaurant. Every day at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. the (5)_______ manager would come out (as he had been doing for the last 37 years), go from table to table and (6) _______“Did you enjoy your meal?”. For 37 years, hundreds of thousands of properly (7) ________up British people had replied to him: “Very much indeed.” The man would smile, say “Thank you very much,” and progress to the next table.
Page 4/5 One day, however, the lunch was so (8) that my friend (Dutch mother, Albanian father) decided to tell him the naked truth. So, when the antiquated manager appeared at his table as usual and asked, “Did you enjoy your meal, sir?” my friend replied: “(9) , not at all. It was appalling.” To which the manager gave his (10) , obsequious smile, said: “Thank you very much, sir,” and moved on, quite satisfied. 1. A. made B. kept C. stayed D. held 2. A. conductor B. attendance C. assistant D. steward 3. A. discussion B. argument C. quarrel D. fuss 4. A. supporter B. purchaser C. customer D. guest 5. A. mature B. elderly C. outdated D. vintage 6. A. inquire B. query C. request D. probe 7. A. raised B. grown C. educated D. brought 8. A. offensive B. painful C. abominable D. harrowing 9. A. sincerely B. largely C. bluntly D. frankly 10. A. customary B. average C. commonplace D. daily II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. (1.0 point) Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet and is fifth in order of distance from the sun. It is well placed for observation for several months in every year and on average is the brightest of the planets apart from Venus, though for relatively brief periods Mars may outshine it. Jupiter’s less than 10-hour rotation period gives it the shortest day in the solar system insofar as the principal planets are concerned. There are no true seasons on Jupiter because the axial inclination to the perpendicular of the orbital plane is only just over 3 0 - less than that for any other planet. The most famous mark on Jupiter is the Great Red Spot. It has shown variations in both intensity and color, and at times it has been invisible, but it always returns after a few years. At its greatest extent it may be 40,000 kilometers long an 14,000 kilometers wide, so its surface area is greater than that of Earth. Though the latitude of the Red Spot varies little, it drifts about in longitude. Over the past century the total longitudinal drift has amounted to approximately 1200 0 . The latitude is generally very close to -22 0 . It was once thought that the Red Spot might be a solid or semisolid body floating in Jupiter’s outer gas. However, the Pioneer and Voyager results have refuted that idea and proven the Red Spot to be a phenomenon of Jovian meteorology. Its longevity may well be due to its exceptional size, but there are signs that it is decreasing in size, and it may not be permanent. Several smaller red spots have been seen occasionally but have not lasted. 1. According to the passage, Jupiter has the shortest day among the principal planets because A. its rotation period is shorter than 10 hours B. the axial inclination is only just over 3 0 C. it is on the average the brightest of all the planets D. There is the interference of the Great Red Spot 2. The author’s tone in this passage is A. argumentative B. supportive C. enthusiastic D. neutral 3. According to the passage, Mars outshine Jupiter A. on a regular basis B. from time to time C. every several months D. less often than any other planet 4. This passage would be of most interest to A. students of anthropology B. geologists C. mathematicians D. amateur astronomers 5. It can be inferred from this passage that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot A. will become brighter with time B. will one day vanish C. will continue expanding D. is made of floating gases