Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 THÁI BÌNH 2022 2023.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THÁI BÌNH ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2022-2023 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) A. LISTENING COMPREHENSION I. Listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements about it are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers (T/F) in the column on the right. (2 points) STATEMENTS ANSWERS 1. The Pomodoro Technique is a system to help manage your time. 2. The technique was invented in 1918 3. Peter becomes a good student thanks to this technique. 4. Workers cannot use the technique. 5. The technique is easy to use. 6. You need to break down your tasks into smaller sessions. 7. When you are ready to start, you set the timer to 35 minutes. 8. One 25-minute session is called a 'pomodoro'. 9. You shouldn't stay in the same place during the break. 10. After each "pomodoro", you have a long break. II. Listen and fill in a blank with ONE word you hear from the recording. Write your answers in the table below. (2 points) Hello. I’m Stephen Mills. I will travel with you on the Tiger Tour to India, but I’m not your tour guide. I work as an (1) __________ and I’m going to take some photographs of tigers so that I can use them when I paint some pictures later. An (2) __________ guide will join the group when we arrive in India, but I’m leading the group until then. We leave London on the (3) __________ of November, arriving in India the following day. It’s a good time of year to visit the wildlife park where the tigers live. The rainy season finishes in October. And later in the year, the park gets more (4) __________ and the tigers become shy. We’ll spend ten days in the wildlife park. There are twenty other types of animal and three hundred types of bird to see as well as tigers. There are eighteen of us altogether and everything is organised for our (5) __________ by the tour company. For example, although we’re in the jungle, we
2 won’t have to sleep in (6) __________! The hotels where we’ll stay are all very comfortable. To be sure of seeing tigers, we’ll stay in two different parts of the wildlife park. We’ll spend three days in the north, where we’ll travel around in an open truck, and the rest of the time in the south, where we’ll travel around on (7) __________. That should be fun! On the way back to London, we have dinner and one night’s (8) __________ and breakfast in the Indian capital, Delhi. There you can either go sightseeing or go shopping, whichever you (9) __________. But please note that lunch is not provided on our day of (10) __________, as the plane leaves at two in the afternoon. Now, if there are any questions … B. PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (1 point) 1. A. gauge B. collage C. massage D. rouge 2. A. worthy B. mouths C. teethe D. cloth 3. A. kicked B. licked C. wicked D. picked 4. A. deter B. prefer C. infer D. wander 5. A. national B. dangerous C. natural D. financial II. Choose the word whose stress is different from that of the rest in each of the following questions. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (1 point) 1. A. kindergarten B. destination C. mausoleum D. interference 2. A. outburst B. outcome C. outdoors D. outbreak 3. A. precast B. prescient C. presto D. pretty 4. A. engineer B. newspaper C. magazine D. questionnaire 5. A. argumentative B. simultaneous C. characteristic D. agricultural C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (3.2 points) 1. It's a formal occasion, so we'll have to ________ to the nines - no jeans and pullovers. A. try on B. dress C. wear D. put on 2. The party was so good that it continued on into the _________ hours. A. many B. tiny C. early D. few 3. Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, _________ the low rainfall this year. A. in view of B. with a view to C. regardless of D. irrespective of
3 4. She looks exhausted She could ________ a long holiday, I suppose. A. do with B. pick up C. turn out D. go away 5. I wish you'd do the accounts. I don't have ________ for numbers. A. a mind B. a heart C. a head D. a nerve 6. A good leader should not be conservative, but rather ________ to new ideas. A. acceptable B. receptive C. permissive D. applicable 7. I came across an old friend while I was jogging in the park ________ day. A. another B. other C. others D. the other 8. The room we rented was ________ furnished with only a double bed, a cupboard and several chairs. A. lightly B. poorly C. sparsely D. thinly 9. _________, a bat sends out a series of signals, which bounce off any objects in its paths. A. Once flying B. While it is flying C. When in flying D. When they are flying 10. Students should take part in campaigns ________ the natural environment. A. organized to preserve B. which organize to conserve C. organized protecting D. that organizes to protect 11. Janet was searching for a _________ for her grandfather's 70th birthday. A. cheap clock white Japanese radio B. clock cheap white Japanese radio C. cheap white Japanese clock radio D. white Japanese clock cheap radio 12. Why she quit her job and moved to a quiet small village seems weird, ________? A. didn't she B. isn't it C. doesn't it D. doesn't she 13. When Mark saw the people in his new office, he realized that he knew ________. A. them all B. all them C. all of they D. they all 14. They told me about the places ________ they saw in the visit to New York. A. where B. which C. to which D. in where 15. Not having contained all the main points of the topic, ________ a low mark. A. my presentation was given B. the teacher gave me C. I was given D. I received 16. Many people read _______ New York Times newspaper to get informed with what is going on. A. a B. the C. an D. no article II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct forms. Write your answers in the table below. (1 point)
4 1. The giant redwood appears (flourish) _____________ some 100 million years ago in northern forests around the world. 2. I know you didn't want to upset me, but I'd sooner you (tell) _____________ me the whole truth yesterday. 3. Here (go) _____________ the song that used to be a favorite of mine. 4. Officials say that few patients (infect) _____________ with the virus owing to the effective vaccination they have had. 5. By the end of December this year, Frank (work) _____________ in this company for seven years, but he still needs more training and experience to get promoted. III. Choose the word or phrase that is SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word/ phrase in each of the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below (0.4 point) 1. There was undoubtedly a great deal of truth in what he said. A. certainly B. hardly C. surprisingly D. increasingly 2. The hospital grabbed the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred. A. touched B. caught C. dominated D. did IV. Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word/ phrase in each of the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (0.4 point) 1. Drivers are advised to get enough petrol because filling stations are few and far between on the highway. A. easy to find B. difficult to access C. unlikely to happen D. impossible to reach 2. His physical condition was not an impediment to his career as a pianist. He has won a lot of prestigious awards. A. an advantage B. a hindrance C. a shortcoming D. a disadvantage V. Choose the underlined part that is not accurate and correct it. Write your answers in the table below. (1 point) 1. Please verify all the information on the application form is accurate to the best of your knowledge. 2. We educate our children as well as we can, because an educational population is the key to the future.