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1 PHÒNG GD&ĐT TAM DƯƠNG ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 12 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) SECTION A. LISTENING Part I. You are going to hear a conversation between a woman and the secretary of a cycling club. For questions 1-10, listen and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. SOUTH CITY CYCLING CLUB Membership  Full membership costs $260; this covers cycling and 1. ______races______ all over Australia.  Recreational membership costs $108.  Cost of membership includes the club fee and 2. ______insurance______.  The club kit is made by a company called 3. ______Jerizz______. Training rides  Chance to improve cycling skills and fitness.  Level B: speed about 4. _______25_____ kph.  Weekly sessions: Tuesday at 5.30 am, meet at the 5. ______stadium______. Thursday at 5.30 am, meet at the entrance to the 6. ______park______. Further information  Rides are about an hour and a half.  Members often have a 7. ______coffee______ together afterwards.  There is not always a 8. ______leader______ with the group in these rides.  Check and print the 9. ______route______ on the website beforehand.  Bikes must have 10. ______lights______. TRANSCRIPT JIM: Hello, South City Cycling Club. WOMAN: Oh, hi. Er … I want to find out about joining the club. JIM: Right. I can help you there. I’m the club secretary and my name’s Jim Hunter WOMAN: Oh, hi Jim. JIM: So, are you interested in membership for yourself?
2 WOMAN: That’s right. JIM: OK. Well there are basically two types of adult membership. If you’re pretty serious about cycling, there’s the Full membership. That costs 260 dollars and that covers you not just for ordinary cycling but also for races both here in the city and also in other parts of Australia. WOMAN: Right. Well, I’m not really up to that standard. I was more interested in just joining a group to do some cycling in my free time. JIM: Sure. That’s why most people join. So, in that case you’d be better with the Recreational membership. That’s 108 dollars if you’re over 19, and 95 dollars if you’re under. WOMAN: I’m 25. JIM: OK. It’s paid quarterly, and you can upgrade it later to the Full membership if you want to, of course. Now both types of membership include the club fee of 20 dollars. They also provide insurance in case you have an accident, though we hope you won’t need that, of course. WOMAN: No. OK, well, I’ll go with the Recreational membership, I think. And that allows me to join in the club activities, and so on? JIM: That’s right. And once you’re a member of the club, you’re also permitted to wear our kit when you’re out cycling. It’s green and white. WOMAN: Yes, I’ve seen cyclists wearing it. So, can I buy that at the club? JIM: No, it’s made to order by a company in Brisbane. You can find them online: they’re called Jerriz. That’s J-E-R-R-I-Z. You can use your membership number to put in an order on their website. WOMAN: OK. Now, can you tell me a bit about the rides I can do? JIM: Sure. So we have training rides pretty well every morning, and they’re a really good way of improving your cycling skills as well as your general level of fitness, but they’re different levels. Level A is pretty fast – you’re looking at about 30 or 35 kilometres an hour. If you can do about 25 kilometres an hour, you’d probably be level B, and then level C are the novices, who stay at about 15 kilometres per hour. WOMAN: Right. Well I reckon I’d be level B. So, when are the sessions for that level? JIM: There are a couple each week. They’re both early morning sessions. There’s one on Tuesdays, and for that one you meet at 5.30 am, and the meeting point’s the stadium – do you know where that is? WOMAN: Yes, it’s quite near my home, in fact. OK, and how about the other one? JIM: That’s on Thursdays. It starts at the same time, but they meet at the main gate to the park. WOMAN: Is that the one just past the shopping mall? JIM: That’s it. WOMAN: So how long are the rides? JIM: They’re about an hour and a half. So, if you have a job it’s easy to fit in before you go to work. And the members often go somewhere for coffee afterwards, so it’s quite a social event.
3 WOMAN: OK. That sounds good. I’ve only just moved to the city so I don’t actually know many people yet. JIM: Well, it’s a great way to meet people. WOMAN: And does each ride have a leader? JIM: Sometimes, but not always. But you don’t really need one; the group members on the ride support one another, anyway. WOMAN: How would we know where to go? JIM: If you check the club website, you’ll see that the route for each ride is clearly marked. So you can just print that out and take it along with you. It’s similar from one week to another, but it’s not always exactly the same. WOMAN: And what do I need to bring? JIM: Well, bring a bottle of water, and your phone. You shouldn’t use if while you’re cycling, buy have it with you. WOMAN: Right. JIM: And in winter, it’s well before sunrise when we set out, so you need to make sure your bike’s got lights. WOMAN: That’s OK. Well, thanks Jim. I’d definitely like to join. So what’s the best way of going about it? JIM: You can … Part II. Listen to a conversation between a professor and a student. For questions 11 to 15, choose the correct answer from A, B or C. 11. Students entering the design competition have to ____________. A. produce an energy-efficient design B. adapt an existing energy-saving appliance C. develop a new use for current technology 12. John chose a dishwasher because he wanted to make dishwashers ____________. A. more appealing B. more common C. more economical 13. The stone in John’s “Rockpool” design is used ____________. A. for decoration B. to switch it on C. to stop water escaping 14. In the holding chamber, the carbon dioxide ____________. A. changes back to a gas B. dries the dishes C. is allowed to cool 15. At the end of the cleaning process, the carbon dioxide ____________.
4 A. is released into the air B. is disposed of with the waste C. is collected ready to be re-used TRANSCRIPT JOHN: Erm … hello Professor, I’m John Wishart. I’m working on my entry for the Global Design Competition. My tutor said you might be able to help me with it. PROFESSOR:  Ah, yes, I got a copy of your drawings. Come in and tell me about it. What sort of competition is it? JOHN: Well, it’s an international design competition and we have to come up with a new design for a typical domestic kitchen appliance. PROFESSOR: I see, and are there any special conditions? Does it have to save energy for example? JOHN: Actually that was the focus in last year’s competition. This year’s different. We have to adopt an innovative approach to existing technology, using it in a way that hasn’t been thought of before. PROFESSOR: I see, that sounds tricky. And what kitchen appliance have you chosen? JOHN: Well, they’re an everyday kitchen appliance in most Australian houses but they’re all pretty boring and almost identical to each other. I think some people will be prepared to pay a little extra for something that looks different. PROFESSOR: That’s a nice idea. I see you’ve called your design ‘the Rockpool’; why is that? JOHN: Basically because it looks like the rock pools you find on a beach. The top is made of glass so that you can look down into it. PROFESSOR: And there’s a stone at the bottom. Is that just for decoration? JOHN: Actually it does have a function. Instead of pushing a button, you turn the stone. PROFESSOR: So it’s really just a novel way of starting the dishwasher. JOHN: That’s right. PROFESSOR: It’s a really nice design, but what makes it innovative? JOHN: Well, I decided to make a dishwasher that uses carbon dioxide. PROFESSOR: In place of water and detergent? How will you manage that? JOHN: The idea is to pressurize the carbon dioxide so that it becomes a liquid. The fluid is then released into the dishwasher where it cleans the dishes all by itself. PROFESSOR: Sounds like a brilliant idea! Your system will totally do away with the need for strong detergents. So what happens once the dishes are clean? JOHN: Well, to allow them to dry, the liquid carbon dioxide and the waste materials all go to an area called the holding chamber. That’s where the liquid is depressurised and so it reverts to a gas. Then the oil and grease are separated out and sent to the waste system.