Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH THÀNH PHỐ 9 BẮC NINH 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 UBND THÀNH PHỐ BẮC NINH PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) PART I: LISTENING (4.0 POINTS)I. Listen to the recording and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS/ NUMBER for each answer (2.0 points) The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere Rattan Lai: Claims that 13% of CO2 in the atmosphere could be absorbed by agricultural soils Erosion is more likely in soil that is (1) ________ Lai found soil in Africa that was (2) ________ It was suggested that carbon from soil was entering the atmosphere Soil and carbon: Plants turn CO2 from the air into sugars and other (3) ________ Some CO2 moves from the (4) _______ of plants to microbes in the soil Carbon was lost from the soil when agriculture was invented Regenerative agriculture: Uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and (5) ________ E.g. through year-round planting and increasing the (6) ________ of plants that are grown California study: Taking place on a big (7) ________ farm Uses compost made from waste from agriculture and (8) ________ Australia study: Aims to increase soil carbon by (9) _______ that are always green Future developments may include: Reducing the amount of fertilizer used in farming Giving farmers (10) ________ for carbon storage, as well as their produce II. You will hear a psychologist being interviewed about friendship, choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear. (1.0 point) 1. From three to five years old, children __________ A. are happy to play alone. B. prefer to be with their family. C. have rather selfish relationships. D. have little idea of ownership. 2. From age five to eight or ten, children __________
2 A. change their friends more often. B. decide who they want to be friends with. C. admire people who don’t keep to rules. D. learn to be tolerant of their friends. 3. According to Sarah Browns, adolescents __________ A. may be closer to their friends than to their parents. B. develop an interest in friends of the opposite sex. C. choose friends with similar personalities to themselves. D. want friends who are dependable. 4. Young married people __________ A. tend to focus on their children. B. often lose touch with their friends. C. make close friends less easily. D. have fewer friends than single people. 5. In middle or old age people generally prefer__________ A. to stay in touch with old friends. B. to see younger friends more often. C. to have friends who live nearby. D. to spend more time with their friends III. Listen to the news about Britain and decide weather they are True or False (1.0 point) 1. Keira Knightley and Princess Diana share a distant ancestor. 2. The film is set in the 1700s. 3. In the film Keira Knightley plays the mistress of an aristocrat. 4. Keira Knightley was 23 when Princess Diana died. 5. In the 18th Century divorce was seen as an acceptable action by most people. PART TWO: PHONETICS (1.0 POINT) I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from theother three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.4 point) 1. A. cousin B. basin C. surprising D. amusing 2. A. exercised B. laughed C. injured D. breathed II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in theposition of primary stress in each of the followingquestions. (0.6 point) 1. A. advocate B. nonsense C. neglect D. rubbish 2. A. discriminate B. intellectual C. hesitation D. universal 3. A. impression B. remember C. character D. attention PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6.0 POINTS)
3 I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write youranswers (A, B, C, or D) on the answer sheet. (1.0 point) 1. Frankly, you’re completely wrong and you haven’t got a ______ to stand on. A. foot B. leg C. podium D. platform 2. I don’t suppose you’ll go, but ______ go, let me know. A. should B. ought you to C. should you D. ought you 3. Why did you have to _________ the fact that Dennis has lost his job? A. bring up B. brush up C. take up D. turn up 4. I passed all my exams - I'm _________! A. out of this world B. the sky's the limit C. over the moon D. once in a blue moon 5. Mai is talking to Mark about sharing the chores. Mai: “From my point of view, all family members should share the chores equally.” Mark: “_________.” A. It’s a breathtaking view B. You lied to me C. But you're right D. There’s no doubt about it 6. Could you show me how to get a good rate of _________ for my money? A. interest B. debt C. bargain D. credit 7. Windmills are a common ______ in this part of the country. A. view B. look C. sight D. scenery 8. Teachers in modern classrooms are _________ because their main task is to set goals and organisethe learning process accordingly. A. decision-makers B. facilitators C. facilities D. directions 9. Peter and Jimmy have just watched a movie. Peter:“That movie was so awful!” Jimmy:“ _________”! A. That’s life B.You can say that again C. It was a breeze D. I beg your pardon 10. Don’t look so worried!You should take the boss’s remarks with a _________ of salt. A. teaspoon B. dose C. pinch D. grain II. Give the correct tense/ form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete the sentences. (1.0 point) 1. Peter, together with his family members, (visit) ______ Ha Long Bay twice this year.
4 2. It is necessary that everyone (be) ________ calm in times of danger. 3. I (know) _______ the answer, I would tell you right away. 4+5. I (inform)____________that they postponed (deliver)_________ our furniture. 6+7. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom (drive)_________ at 50 miles at that time. He shouldn’t (be)__________driving so fast. 8. Only yesterday I (realize)__________ what was going on. 9. People always (blame)________their circumstances for what they are. 10. Her belongings (destroy)__________ in a fire. III. The passage below contains 10 errors. Find and correct them. (2.0 points) In some cultures, when you are invited to have meal at someone’s house, you might consider rude if you don’t say how nice the food is. In Britain, for example, it’s normal for someone complimenting the cook on the tastiness of the meal. You can say something like, “That was delicious. Do, please, write down the receipt for me!”. In other culture, however, people tend not to be so full of enthusiasm for the meal. You might be regarded of being rude, as the cook might associate your praise with surprise. He or she might think “So, they’re shocking that I can cook well”. If you’re not sure how to react, the best advice is to wait and look how other people at the table react. If that doesn’t help, be careful about which you say! I would suggest that one solution should been to say, “That was delicious, but then I knew it would be!” IV. Give the correct form of the word in each bracket and write your answers on the answer sheet (2.0 points). 1. Friend’s family has suffered from his ______. EXPEND 2. The water from the stream should be ______ before you drink it. PURE 3. John told everyone that he worked for a large company, but the company is ________. EXIST 4. Jim is very disorganized and not very_______. BUSINESS 5. The principal said some_______ words to the pupils before the exam. COURAGE 6. Although we were in danger, Ann seemed quite________ . CONCERN 7. Some parents feel dismayed because of their children’s_________. BEHAVE 8. My sister has good _________ skills. She can relate to teenagers very well. PERSON 9. These young people are ________supporters of the new plan of our city. ENTHUSIASM 10. My uncle is in his forties. He is a well-built ________man. AGE PART FOUR: READING (5.0 POINTS)