Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 THANH HOÁ 2019-2020.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH Năm học: 2019 - 2020 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề thi gồm có 08 trang PART A: LISTENING (15 pts) Question I. Listen to the passage. Choose the best answer for each question below. You will listen twice. (5 pts) 1. How many percents do graduate schools in the United States increase in applications from international students this year? A. nineteen percents B. ninety percents C. nine percents D. one ninth percents 2. When are the increases the same as? A. two years ago B. seven years ago C. eleven years ago D. twenty- two years ago 3. Which countries showed the biggest increases in applications to enter master’s and doctoral programs this fall? A. China B. China, Mexico C. Mexico and Brazil D. China, Mexico and Brazil 4. Which is the top area of study for international students? A. Engine B. Business C. Engineering D. Engineer 5. Who made the survey? A. South Korea B. The Council of Graduate Schools C. India D. Brazil Question II. Listen to the passage about jeans. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). You will listen twice. (5 pts) 1. The word jeans comes from a kind of material that was made in Asia. 2. The 1960s’ fashions were embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. 3. More and more people started wearing jeans because they became cheaper 1970s. 4. Jeans at last became low fashion clothing in the 1980s. 5. The sale of jeans stopped growing because the worldwide economic situation got worse in the 1990s. Question III. Listen and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. You will listen twice. (5 pts) Good morning. I hope you all had a good sleep. We are now (1) _____________ for Wanaka. We
2 arrive at the first destination, Puzzling World at 9.30. The first puzzling (2) _____________ which welcomes you is the leaning Tower. When you get inside the spacious café, you will find yourself among various wooden puzzles and games. The Illusion Room is a must-see as there’s nothing else like it in the world. Puzzling World is possibly the most photographed attraction in New Zealand. At 12.30 we (3) _____________ for Lake Wanaka, New Zealand’s (4) _____________ largest lake. This “natural paradise” has something for everyone. Adventure lovers may follow the biking and walking (5) _____________ through the park. PART B: PHONETICS (5 pts) Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. (3 pts) 1. A. sensitive B. benefit C. pretty D. remedy 2. A. exhibition B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exist 3. A. food B. school C. tool D. good Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. (2 pts) 1. A. intermediate B. documentary C. psychedelic D. communicate 2. A. exhibition B. precaution C. position D. selection PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts) 1. Let’s go somewhere for a drink, _____________? A. shall we B. won’t we C. will we D. shan’t we 2. When we get to the park, there will be several places _____________ we can have lunch. A. when B. what C. where D. which 3. In spite _____________, he did not get the highest grade in the final exam. A. of his intelligence B. his intelligence C. he was intelligent D. of he was intelligent 4. The water supply of Hanoi was _____________ off because the main underground pipeline supplying water from Da River in Hoa Binh to Hanoi burst. A. held B. paid C. handed D. cut 5. He took a lot of interest _____________ our work and he promised to help us _____________ any troubles. A. for / from B. about / at C. in / with D. for / on 6. The greatest _____________ between fresh water and seawater lies in its concentration of salt.