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1 UBND THỊ XÃ HOÀI NHƠN PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm 14 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THỊ XÃ LỚP 9 – KHÓA NGÀY: 09/11/2024 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) I. LISTENING (3.0 points) Part 1. An announcer is giving weather reports. Decide if these statements true or false. You will listen TWICE. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet. (1.0 pt) 1. It’s going to be cloudy and cold in Dallas. 2. It will be very windy and dry in Miami. 3. Chicago will have heavy rain and snow. 4. Phoenix will be hot and dry. 5. It will be warm and windy in Honolulu. Part 2. Listen and complete these sentences by writing NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS in each gap. You will listen TWICE. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet. (2.0 pts) 1. Advanced civilization is heavily dependent on (1) ______________. 2. Currently, most of the energy we use is derived from (2) ______________. 3. Fossil fuels are a finite resource which is (3) ______________ running out. 4. Burning fossil fuels creates a large amount of (4) ______________. 5. Green energy includes technologies such as (5) ______________, wind, and hydropower. 6. Green energy sources cause very little (6) ______________. 7. Nuclear power is more (7) ______________ than green energy. 8. Nuclear power plants create a considerable amount of (8) ______________. 9. The major issues with nuclear power are (9) ______________ and nuclear waste. 10. Germany announced it would close down (10) ______________ of its nuclear plants. II. PHONOLOGY (1.0 point) Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 pt) 1. A. considered B. stayed C. picked D. received 2. A. prohibit B. co-exist C. frozen D. notify 3. A. rational B. devastate C. parade D. danger 4. A. Valentine B. determine C. examine D. heroine 5. A. muddy B. punctual C. studious D. culture
2 Part 2. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others. (0,5 pt) 1. A. disappearance B. sympathetic C. capacity D. conversation 2. A. argument B. achievement C. involvement D. confinement 3. A. completion B. behaviour C. material D. punishment 4. A. opinion B. comfortable C. powerful D. accurate 5. A. penalty B. habitat C. decision D. countryman III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0 points) Part 1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (2.0 pts) 1. She has asked me to ______________ her sincere thanks to you for everything you have done to help her. A. report B. transfer C. confide D. convey 2. ______________ I see Tom and Jerry, I always feel interested because the cartoon is so exciting. A. Whatever frequency B. However many times C. No matter how many times D. No matter what times 3. You are not allowed to drive ______________ the influence ______________ alcohol. A. under/of B. in/of C. under/by D. by/in 4. It was ______________ that he was kept in hospital for nearly a month. A. so a serious accident B. so serious an accident C. such serious an accident D. a such serious accident 5. When the delay was announced, we realized that we ______________ enough time to catch our connecting flight. A. wouldn't have B. won't have C. hadn't had D. weren't having 6. As soon as it started to rain we turned round and ______________ home. A. made out B. made for C. made off D. made over 7. Many countries face some serious problems of land use, ______________ result from population growth and the demands of modern technological living. A. of most which B. which most C. most which D. most of which 8. Don't worry! It's ______________ natural to feel annoyed when people let you down. A. utterly B. fully C. perfectly D. highly 9. Many people claim that insults or negative comments are ______________, but in reality, many of them are upset by such things. A. like water off a duck's back B. great minds think alike C. Jacks-of-all-trades D. beggar on horseback
3 10. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the words CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold words in the following question. The psychology of girls at puberty will have many changes leading to different personalities, thoughts, and habits. A. in infancy B. in youth C. in the lees of life D. in adolescence 11. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the words OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold words in the following question. Many of us fret about ways in which modern technology distances us from understanding and keeping our customs and traditions. A. no worry about B. unconcerned about C. feel like D. get involved in 12. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete the following exchange. Lily and Joanna are discussing a new subject that they have at school. - Lily: "The subject is so hard. There is a lot of information to remember." - Joanna: "______________. The information is logically ordered, and it is not that difficult to learn." A. I couldn't agree with you more B. I beg to differ C. I'm with you D. Let's drop it 13. Phuong Thao is a student in Ms Lan's writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments on her last essay. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. - Phuong Thao: "You must have found reading my essay very tiring." - Ms Lan: ______________. I enjoyed it." A. Not in the least B. Just in case C. At all costs D. You are welcome 14. There weren't many vegetarian dishes ______________, although there were several different kinds of cheese. A. like that B. as such C. such that D. such like 15. ______________ hundreds of people dead during the evacuation from the war-torn area in the Middle East. A. It is estimated to be B. There is estimated to be C. There are estimated to be D. It is estimated that 16. Children's ______________ skills, that is the brain-based skills required to carry out tasks, develop rapidly in the first few years of their lives. A. characteristic B. conscious C. emotional D. cognitive 17. Despite the economists' forecast of ______________, the economy is well on the way to recovery.
4 A. gloom and doom B. high and dry C. ups and downs D. hue and cry 18. I've never actually studied Greek, but I lived in Athens for six months and managed to ______________ a few words and phrases here and there. A. make do with B. drop out of C. look over D. pick up 19. After the hurricane, all that was left of our house was a pile of ______________. A. rabble B. rubble C. ramble D. rumble 20. If there happened to be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and white ones, then the advantages of the ______________ might well spread in time to the hard-up. A. well-heeled B. big-hearted C. open-handed D. tight-fisted Part 2. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences. (1,0 pt) 1. Gold is ______________ more precious than iron. In fact, there is no really comparison. (COMPARE) 2. She is extremely ______________ about art. (KNOW) 3. This book ______________ as a series of lectures about shipwrecks, which were given two decades ago. (ORIGIN) 4. My grandmother often suffers from constant ______________. (SLEEP) 5. Is it possible to ______________ between a hobby or an interest? (DISTINCT) 6. This has been an unusually ______________ remark for you. (COMPLIMENT) 7. Ants and bees are described as ______________ insects. (INDUSTRY) 8. The victims of the mistaken bombing are just the latest ______________ of an increasingly bloody war. (CASUAL) 9. We'd concentrate and be self-disciplined to have ______________ skill. (COGNITION) 10. He said he had no intention of hurting me, but I'm sure he hit me ______________. (PURPOSE) Part 3. There are eleven mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct. The first one has been done for you as example (Number 0). Write your answers to the spaces below. (1,0 pt) 0. significant => significantly Eating in the industrialized world has changed quite significant in recent decades and it continues to be deeply affected by two apparent contradictory trends. The first is the growing tendency to consume that is known as fast food. In the modern era, when spare time is a rare commodity and convenience is the more desirable quality in any product, fast food chains flourish, frozen and ready-made foods in the supermarket are consumed in alarming quantities, and people are growing fatter and falling victim of heart disease more than ever before.