Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 QUẢNG NAM 2022-2023.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH QUẢNG NAM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 11 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH THCS NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 19/4/2023 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. • Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1. A man wants to find out a language course. Listen to the conversation between the man and the woman, then complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (2.0 pts) • Name of the course: (1) _____________ • Length of the course: (2) _____________ • His proficiency level: (3) _____________ • Start date of the course: (4) _____________ LANGUAGE CENTRE CLIENT INFORMATION CARD Name: Richard (5) _____________ Email address: (6) _____________ @hotmail.com Date of birth: (7) _____________ 1980 Reason for studying: (8) _____________ Specific learning needs: (9) _____________ Place of previous study: (10) _____________ Part 2. You will hear an interview with an international concert pianist called Karen Hong. Listen to the conversation carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, or C for each question. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (1.0 pt) 11. Why does Karen keep practising pieces of music she knows well? A. To keep her confidence levels high. B. To warm up before playing difficult new places. C. To make small improvements to her performance of them.
2 12. What does Karen say about her mother? A. She still tries to have an influence over Karen. B. She shows her emotions much more than Karen's father. C. She could have been a competent pianist herself. 13. Karen says that after winning a big competition, she began _____________. A. to lose interest in music. B. to take offence easily. C. to doubt her talent. 14. What does Karen say about pop music? A. It is suitable for people of all ages. B. It makes little impression on her. C. It affects teenagers' behaviour in different ways. 15. Karen believes that when dealing with young children who play music, _____________. A. praise should only be given where it is justified. B. pushing them too hard will demotivate them. C. it's a mistake to make them nervous about the end result. Part 3. You will hear a talk about one of the seven natural wonders. Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (1.0 pt) 16. Cairns’ airport is at the top of five busiest ones in the country. 17. Great Adventures is the name of a travel agency. 18. Green Island is 6000 years old. 19. It takes 45 minutes to fly to Green Island from Cairns. 20. You are allowed to go to the pontoon once in your lifetime. SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (6.0 pts) Part 1. For questions 21 – 32, choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (2.4 pts) 21. Tim _____________ a description of the five-coloured sticky rice since he got home after school, and he hasn’t finished it yet. A. has written B. has been writing C. had written D. had been writing 22. My daughter would like to have _____________ sports shoes to run in the park. A. grey medium comfortable B. medium comfortable grey C. comfortable grey medium D. comfortable medium grey
3 23. _____________, my uncle felt so unhappy and lonely. A. In spite of he was rich B. Rich as was he C. Rich though he was D. Although the fact that he was rich 24. There are _____________ that not only governments but also individuals should join hand to tackle. A. too numerous environmental problems B. such a lot of environmental problems C. so fewer environmental problems D. such many environmental problems 25. Most scientists believe that the day when robots become part of our lives will come _____________. A. sooner or later B. more or less C. from time to time D. later than never 26. They couldn’t help _____________ when they heard the little boy _____________ a romantic song. A. laugh - sing B. to laugh - to sing C. laughing - to sing D. laughing - singing 27. All candidates applying for the Fulbright scholarship will be equally treated _____________ of their gender or nationality. A. regardless B. regard C. regarding D. regards 28. Just think, in _____________ two months it will be summer again. A. others B. other C. another D. the others 29. We expect the talent show judges to be completely _____________ and not to show any preference towards contestants they have a personal connection to. A. impartial B. solitary C. reliable D. constant 30. The local authorities need to _____________ down on illegal parking, in my opinion. A. hit B. force C. move D. crack 31. Jim and Nancy are discussing about the differences between men and women. Jim: Men spend more time gossiping about sports figures and media personalities than women. Nancy: _____________. A. Don’t mention it. B. I can’t agree with you more. C. Absolutely. I am not with you there. D. I don’t think so. I can’t agree with you more. 32. John and Cathy are talking about his English test result. John: My English test was not as good as I expected. Cathy: Never mind. _____________ A. Good Heavens! B. Good luck! C. Better job next time! D. It’s not okay! Part 2. For questions 33 - 40, 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 on the Answer Sheet. (1.6 pts) ENGLISH TODAY
4 People in Britain today still pay a great deal of attention to the notion of class. According to recent research by (33. LANGUAGE) _____________, British people attach more (34. SIGNIFICANT) _____________ to accent and choice of words than anything else, even wealth, when assessing other people’s social status. However, a new style of English (35. PRONOUNCE) _____________ which has been adopted by people from all levels of society may soon make it impossible to judge somebody according to their (36. SPEAK) _____________. The new standard English is known as Estuary English (EE). This way of speaking is very popular with the young in particular, who are keen to disguise their social (37. ORIGINATE) _____________. The most characteristic feature of EE is the tendency to (38. WEAK) _____________ consonants, particularly l and t sounds so that the word what is heard as wha. Some vowels are not voiced clearly so that the words full, fall and fool sound virtually the same. EE speech is a (39. CONTROVERSY) _____________ subject in England. Some people welcome it as a sign that Britain is moving towards a class-free society, but others consider it a lazy, ignorant way of speaking, and schools have been told to (40. COURAGE) _____________ their pupils to speak more correctly. Part 3 (0.8 pts): a. For questions 41 - 42, choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 41. Some ants can tolerate temperatures that would kill other species. A. get around to B. come down with C. make up for D. put up with 42. Jack didn’t bat an eye when he realized he failed the exam again. A. didn’t want to see B. didn’t show surprise C. didn’t care D. wasn’t happy b. For questions 43 - 44, choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 43. The villagers don’t refuse to settle down in this area due to its immaculate water supply. A. plentiful B. nonpoisonous C. threatened D. abundant 44. Changing the battery has resurrected the computer's efficiency. A. encouraged B. ruined C. revived D. stimulated Part 4. For questions 45 - 50, 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 on the Answer Sheet. (1.2 pts) Time Is Short, But There Is A Clear Path Forward If temperatures are to be kept to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, deep, rapid, and