Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 QUẢNG BÌNH 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 SỞ GD VÀ ĐT QUẢNG BÌNH ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC SỐ BÁO DANH:…………… KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9, 12 CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Khóa ngày 05 tháng 12 năm 2023 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 THCS Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề gồm có 10 trang. Lưu ý: • Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi. • Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển. SECTION ONE: LISTENING Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu • Bài nghe gồm 3 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. • Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to the recording and choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (5 pts) 1. How many tickets in total are available? A. 500 B. 400 C. 200 D. 1000 2. Which of the following will NOT be available at the picnic? A. a barbecue B. drinks C. games D. a movie 3. How often will the drills be held? A. three times a year B. four times a year C. twice a year D. once each year 4. How will the students know if the school is closed tomorrow? A. It will be announce on the local TV station. B. Their parents will be called. C. The students can listen to the radio. D. The can read on the school board. 5. According to the introduction, what is one of the requirements of the writing class? A. The students have to write a very long essay a week. B. The students have to write an essay on a different topic a week. C. The students have to practise their writing skill every day. D. The students have to describe their writing process. Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to the recording and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). (5 pts)
2 6. Most plastic is made from oil, which is a finite resource. 7. Turng's research focuses on making plastic out of corn and soybeans. 8. Special composting facilities can currently diminish plastic waste by decomposing it. 9. The first plant-based plastics were created over 100 years ago. 10. Turng is working on bioplastics that are stronger than petroleum-based plastics. Part 3. For questions 11-20, you will hear a talk on a TV programme. Listen and complete each sentence with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. (10pts) The strap was a long piece of leather made especially for (11) _______ children's palms. Today, children who misbehave at school seldom even get a (12) _______. In the fifties, Yvonne was strapped for coming to school in (13) _______ in Yvonne thought the way she was disciplined at schools was (14) _______ and unfair. The members of the organisation P.O.P.P.I. all had (15) _______ In 1979, because of P.O.P.P.I. (16) _______ made the strap illegal. Yvonne describes her children as (17) _______ and irresponsible. Yvonne does not think her children understand (18) _______ they are. She is now sorry that the government changed (19) _______. She believes that there would be less (20) _______ if the strap was still used. SECTION TWO: PHONETICS AND LEXICO - GRAMMAR Part 1. For questions 21-23, pick up the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (3pts) 21. A. stone B. zone C. glove D. phone 22. A. ancestor B. innocent C. musician D. recycle 23. A. solution B. reception C. protection D. suggestion Part 2. For questions 24-25, choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. (2pts) 24. A. tobacco B. buffalo C. mechanic D. deposit 25. A. concern B. athlete C. charter D. hygiene Part 3. For questions 26-35, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions. (10pts) 26. It's silly of him to spend a lot of money buying _______.
3 A. a thick wooden old table B. a thick old wooden table C. an old wooden thick table D. a wooden thick old table 27. I think you should book a jazz band for your birthday party, _______? A. do I B. don’t I C. should you D. shouldn’t you 28. The more make-up she puts on, _______. A. she looks less attractive B. less attractive does she look C. the less attractive she looks D. the less she looks attractive 29. I am very sorry, our shop is now out of _______. A. stock B. order C. date D. question 30. However _______ about the results, the children still talk merrily. A. disappointed are they B. disappointing they are C. disappointment D. disappointed they are 31. I don’t know French, but I’ll _______. A. get Tom to translate it B. have it translate C. have Tom to translate it D. make it translate 32. The color is wonderful and the jacket fits like a _____ but it's the price that puts me off buying it. A. suit B. sock C. glove D. shirt 33. Jim Carrey went from rags to _______. He was once living in a van, but eventually became one of the highest-paid comedians in the world. A. riches B. wealth C. luxury D. fortunes 34. Although you don’t like using credit cards, they come _______ if you run out of cash. A. in handy B. into effect C. into power D. to light 35. Her close grandmother has a _______ for a bargain. A. big nose B. good eye C. fast foot D. good sense Part 4. For questions 36- 40, supply the correct form of each word given in brackets. (5pts) 36. All this she heard, even understood, but she was _______. (SPEAK) 37. The book doesn’t say much about prices, but it is very _______ about everything else. (INFORM) 38. Good friends can enrich the quality of our lives _______. (MEASURE) 39. Police asked _______ if they had witnessed the accident. (PASS) 40. The noise ______ as the plane got farther away. (LESS) Part 5. For questions 41- 45, put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms. (5 pts)
4 41. It is urgent that this letter (post) _______ immediately. 42. They were soaked to the skin. They (take) _______ their umbrellas. 43. (Identify) _______ the causes of global warming, scientists have worked out some solutions to reduce its effects. 44. I would d rather you (not/use) _______ my computer while I’m out. 45. I don’t know why you (always/make) ______ noise in our class. I cannot concentrate on the lesson. Part 6. For questions 46-50, complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each one ONCE only. There is an extra one that you do not need to use. (5pts) clam up come across hold out put on take down call for 46. When the police started asking questions, the suspect________. 47. My younger brother prefers ________ a cap to a hat. 48. We don't ________ much hope that the price will fall. 49. My sister ________ several old friends at the conference yesterday. 50. The workmen ________ the scaffolding around the building now. SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION Part 1. For questions 51-60, read the following passage and choose the answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap. (10pts) Recent research (51) ________ that some everyday things decrease intelligence, and the results are guaranteed to (52) _________. Reality TV has been under fire for a while. An Austrian study has revealed that watching reality shows actually makes you stupider. It’s (53) ________ to say that many people had suspected this was the case. For the (54) _________ of the study, which involved two groups, one group of participants watched a reality show and then did a knowledge test. Those who had watched the show (55) _________ worse results than those who had not. Food, too, can be a culprit. A Californian study showed that we need to be (56) ________ when it comes to sugar. Not only is it bad for our teeth and waistlines, (57) ________ continued consumption slows the brain, and hinders memory and learning. Chewing gum, too, has come in for (58) _________. In Wales, scientists discovered that it (59) _________ short-term memory. Participants had to look at a group of items and then recall the items and the order in which they saw them. The group that had chewed gum before the test was not able to (60) ________ the task as well as those who had not. 51. A. comments B. indicates C. remarks D. observes 52. A. refuse B. bother C. offend D. shock