Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 QUẢNG NAM 2021 2022.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH QUẢNG NAM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 10 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH THCS NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022 Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 19/4/2022 SECTION I: LISTENING (4.0 pts) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU  Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần.  Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.  Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1. Listen to the conversation between a student and a job advisor and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. (1.0 pt) Student is studying 1. .................................... Student is in the 2. .................................. year of the course. Position Available Where Problem 3. .................................. In the Sport Centre Evening lectures Cleaner In the Child Care Centre 4. .................................. Clerical Assistant 5. ................................. Evening lectures Part 2. You will hear an interview with a man called O’Toole, who works as a teacher trainer. Listen to the conversation carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. (1.0 pt) 6. Why are many teachers leaving the profession, according to Mike? A. They don’t feel it is financially rewarding any more. B. They are not being given the respect they once were. C. They are investing too much in it without getting enough back. D. They find the subject matter they have to teach too difficult. 7. Mike believes that without radical changes _______ A. education in the UK will begin to get worse. B. UK schools will lose their ability to compete with one another. C. the UK will soon no longer be a leader in education. D. the educational system in the UK can be transformed.
2 8. The main failing of the UK education system is _______ A. the inability of students to use computers. B. the resistance within schools to the introduction of technology. C. the failure of the government to invest in hardware for schools. D. the lack of training for teachers in the use of technology in the classroom. 9. Why is teacher training failing teachers, according to Mike? A. It is not helping them to keep pace with developments. B. It does not use technology in its training classrooms. C. It uses hardware and software that are out of date. D. It is suffering from a lack of trainers with specialist knowledge. 10. Teachers can only benefit from technology if _______ A. they cease to see it as a threat. B. they can combine it with traditional methods. C. they are allowed to use it in their own way. D. they are willing to research its possibilities on their own. Part 3. You will hear a lecture about the history of April Fools’ Day. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. (2.0 pts) 11. April Fools’ Day is for people who love magic tricks. 12. A TV program in the UK broadcast that spaghetti grew on trees on April 4 th , 1957. 13. Hundreds of people fell for the spaghetti-growing-on-trees prank. 14. People know for a fact that April Fools’ Day originated in France. 15. People who continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1 st after the change were called “April Fools.” SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (6.0 pts) Part 1. For questions 16 – 27, choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following questions. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. (2.4 pts) 16. Most roads in the city have been planted with flowering trees since I last _______ it. A. would visit B. visit C. visited D. had visited 17. They have been put in charge _______ distributing these pamphlets. A. of B. for C. on D. with 18. I feel it must be too late to apologize to my piano teacher, but at least I've got it off my _______. A. chest B. heart C. stomach D. soul 19. Children usually _______ a flu much more quickly than adults.
3 A. pick at B. pick on C. pick up D. pick out 20. On her trip to Wuhan (China) where the first coronavirus cases were detected 3 years ago, she saw a _______ painting at a local museum. A. stylised ancient leather B. ancient stylised leather C. leather stylised ancient D. stylised leather ancient 21. Bill will not be allowed to go to the zoo _______. A. once he had stopped crying B. as soon as he stopped crying C. by the time he stops crying D. until he stops crying 22. _______ from the disease, she’s more aware of the importance of taking regular exercise. A. Having recovered B. Recover C. To recover D. Being recovered 23. _______ Beth was clever, he couldn’t figure out the answer to this question. A. Despite B. Since C. In view of D. Though 24. The more time you spend on social media, _______ you feel. A. the most isolated B. more isolated C. the more isolated D. as isolated as 25. Most people agree that the older _______ of the movie is better than the newer one. A. masterpiece B. critic C. screen D. version 26. Woodley and Leonard are at the airport. - Woodley: “Thank you for giving me a lift to their airport.” - Leonard: “Don’t mention it. _______” A. You’re better now. B. Be confident. C. It’s the least I can do. D. Have you heard their story? 27. Mark and Dave are talking about the vaccination programme. - Mark: “If vaccinated, people will be less prone to the virus.” - Dave: “_______. They can be reinfected with it.” A. You bet B. Actually, you can be wrong C. Sorry to hear that D. I couldn’t agree with you more Part 2. For questions 28 - 35, read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITAL at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. (1.6 pt) For many people, unintentionally hearing a mobile phone conversation causes more (28) _______ and frustration than the general background noise of people talking to each other. Scientists from the university of San Diego recently carried out an interesting study with a group of (29) _______ to investigate this phenomenon in a controlled way. The participants were asked to ANNOY VOLUNTARY
4 solve a series of anagram puzzles while, (30) _______ to them, reseachers conducted a scripted conversation in the background, either between two people in the room or between someone on a phone and a caller not in the room. Overwhelmed subjects found the one-sided phone conversation more (31) _______ and distracting than the two-sided interaction. One of the (32) _______ Dr Rosa Vessel, suggested that two-way conversations are less distracting because they are easier to follow. The content of a phone conversation is (33) _______,  she said. ‘Not knowing where its heading is distracting.’ What are the (34) _______ of the research? One might be that we should not (35) _______ how distracting overheard phone conversations can be for drivers. KNOW MEMORY RESEARCH PREDICT IMPLY ESTIMATE Part 3 (0.8 pt): a. For questions 36 - 37, choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. 36. Tourism has played a pivotal role in promoting economic development. A. thriving B. insignificant C. crucial D. prosperous 37. The disease has sickened more than 38 million people worldwide and weakened the global economy. A. wrecked B. improved C. refused D. complicated b. For questions 38 - 39, choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. 38. Unsurprisingly, many teenagers are ignorant of the problem of light pollution. A. oblivious B. aware C. indifferent D. cynical 39. The most amazing thing about this year’s Oscar winning film is that it was made on a shoestring budget. A. at low cost B. with little effort C. with excitement D. with lots of money Part 4. For questions 40 - 45, read the text below. There are 6 mistakes in the passage. Write the mistakes and correct them in the space provided in the column on the right. Write your answers in the Answer Sheets. (1.2 pt) Line 1 RAIN MAKING When it rains, it doesn't always pour. During a typical storm, a comparatively small