Title ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 VĨNH PHÚC 2024-2025.docx ✅

1 SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 14 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) PART A: LISTENING (Each recording will be played TWICE) Section 1 Questions 1-10 You will hear an extract from an audio guide to the Taj Mahal. While you listen, complete the tasks below. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. Questions 1-2: Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. 1. Who is buried in the tomb of the Taj Mahal? A. the emperor Shahjahan B. the wife of Shahjahan C. the emperor and his wife 2. Where did the white marble come from? A. India B. China C. Persia Questions 3-6: Label the plan below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
2 3. ______ (The) Main Gateway ______ 4. ______(the) (16/sixteen) flower beds ______ 5. ______ (a/the) (raised) pond ______ 6. ______ (a/the) Mosque ______ TRANSCRIPT Welcome to our audio tour of the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is the most popular tourist attraction in India. It's also one of the most spectacular buildings of the world and is considered as a symbol of love. But how many people realize that it was actually built as a tomb or burial place for the emperor's wife? The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to commemorate his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal when she died and although this was not his original intention, for he had planned to build a black marble tomb for himself, they both lie side by side in the tomb today. (1) Emperor Shah Jahan's two greatest passions were architecture and jewellery, and both are represented here in all their splendor. The most skilled architects and craftsmen came from across India and countries as far away as Persia and Turkey. Much of the structure was built in white marble that was carried by a thousand elephants all the way from the Indian region of Rajasthan, some 300 kilometres away (2). Crystal and Jade came from China, sapphires from Sri Lanka and turquoise from Tibet. But there's a lot more to the Taj Mahal than just the tomb. So let's have a look at the overall plan before we take a walk through the magnificent gardens. Your tour begins here at the point marked with an X on the plan. This is known as the Main Gateway (3). Walk through the gate and you come into an elaborate garden. There are two marble canals studded with fountains which cross in the centre of the garden, dividing it into four equal squares. Each of these four quarters is then subdivided into flower beds. So there are sixteen flower beds altogether. (4) The tomb stands majestically at the north end, not in the centre as you might have expected. Instead, at the centre of the garden, halfway between the tomb and the gateway, there's a raised pond which provides a reflection of the Taj Mahal (5). It's a magnificent sight. On either side of the tomb, there are buildings made of red sandstone. The one to the west, to the left on our plan, is a mosque. It faces towards Mecca and is used for prayer. On the east side of the Taj is a building known as the Rest House. It's like the twin of the Mosque, but because it faces away from Mecca, it was never used for prayer. (6) Question 7: Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. 7. What is the purpose of the Rest House? A. a place for the poor to stay B. a meeting place for pilgrims C. an architectural feature