Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 CỤM NAM ĐÀN - NGHỆ AN 2025-2026 - HS.docx ✅

UBND PHƯỜNG ... (Đề gồm 16 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2025 - 2026 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 170 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points) Part 1: You will hear an expert snowboarder called Brad Mitchell talking about the sport of extreme snowboarding. For questions 1-5, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 1. It is advisable to bring a lot of things when you go snowboarding in case you need them. 2. You can see signs telling you there are rocks, or trees around in ski resorts. 3. Sometimes you can try going down a slope by yourself. 4. Mitchell would rather go to the top by helicopter though it’s costly. 5. Performing a series of sudden jumps when descending is easy to new snowboarders. Part 2: You will hear an explorer called Richard Livingstone talking about a trip he made in the rainforest of South America. For questions 6-20, complete the text below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided. I’d set off, with my friend Matthew Price, to sail down a little-known river in the rainforest, in a homemade boat. Our (6) ___________ idea was to go all the way by boat, carrying it past any rough bits, but the river was much rockier and faster-flowing than we’d thought, which meant we were only (7) ___________ a few kilometers each day. Then, suddenly, we realized that, as the river was about to go over a waterfall, we could go no further by boat. As it was only a homemade thing, we decided to (8) ___________ it, and walk to the nearest road. As far as we knew, there were no villages or trading posts along the way and, on our map, it looked like a 100-kilometre walk. And that walk, through thick rainforest with 25 kilos on our backs, was difficult. We walked for six days, it was hot and we were (9) ___________ through, before we came to any sign of civilization. There were times when we really wondered if we’d ever get out of that jungle alive. Then, on the seventh day, we suddenly came across a path – not an animal trail, but a man-made one, so we knew there must be people living there. It was going roughly in the right direction, so we followed it and, (10) ___________, we came to a deserted camp in a hollow. Deserted, but (11) ___________. There was digging equipment wrapped in plastic, alongside two water-filled holes. Obviously, someone had been digging in (12) ___________ at some time or another. Nearby, on a rough wooden table, were some (13) ___________ and a few other supplies, and whoever was camping there must’ve been intending to return soon because there was a large pot full of thick soup. We couldn’t identify either the strange-looking pieces of meat or the (14) ___________ it seemed to be made from, but we were in a desperate state. Over the previous seven