Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 NGHỆ AN BẢNG A 2023 2024.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NGHỆ AN ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm có 15 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG A Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points) Part 1. (30 pts) You will hear a talk. For questions 1-15, listen and complete the text below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER in the spaces provided. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. MOTHER'S DAY Mother's Day - the day when we pay special tribute to mothers, motherhood and (1) ____________ in general as well as to the positive contributions that they make to society through their personal sacrifice and love and of course, for putting up with us during those (2) ____________. How did Mother's Day come about? It had its beginning to the efforts of Julia Ward Howe, who was a (3) _____________ and the author of a song you might have heard of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". After the Civil War, how focused her activities are the (4) _____________ and women's suffrage. In 1870, she wrote her Mother's Day Proclamation asking women from the world to join for world peace. In (5) ___________, she asked that Mother's Day be celebrated on 2nd June, however, her efforts were unsuccessful. Mother's Day may have never (6) _____________ if it hadn't been for the work of Anne Jarvis and her daughter Anna. In 1868, Anne Jarvis created a committee to establish a Mother's Friendship Day to reunite families that had been divided during the Civil War. Anne wanted to expand this into an (7) ______________ for mothers but she died in 1905 before the celebration became popular, her daughter Anna would continue to work for her mother's efforts. On (8) ____________, Anna held a memorial to her mother and afterwards (9) ____________ a campaign to make Mother's Day a recognized holiday. She finally succeeded in making it nationally recognized in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring the first National Mother's Day. By the 1920s, Anna Jarvis became embittered by the commercialization of the holiday, she railed against the practice of purchasing (10) _____________ which she saw as a sign of being too lazy to write the more personal letter. She was even once arrested in 1948 for disturbing the peace during her protest against the commercialization of the holiday. She and her sister spent the family (11) ______________ campaigning against what the holiday had become. Sadly, both died in poverty as a result. Anna Jarvis never credited Julia Howard Howe's (12) _____________ to establish Mother's Day as a national holiday, claiming that the creation of the holiday was entirely hers. In most countries Mother's Day is a recent observance (13) _____________ the holiday as it has evolved in the United States as adopted by other countries and cultures.
2 The holiday has different meanings is associated with different (14) ____________ or legendary events and is celebrated on different dates but one thing remains the same and that's what the holiday is meant to honour the mothers whose love and sacrifice (15) _____________ the ideals of mother. Part 2. (10 pts) You will hear two psychology students called Luke and Susie discussing their assignment on sleep and dream. Listen and do the tasks that follow. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. Questions 16-19: Choose the correct answer A, B or C. Assignment on sleep and dreams 16. Luke read that one reason why we often forget dreams is that ___________. A. our memories cannot cope with too much information B. we might otherwise be confused about what is real C. we do not think they are important 17. What do Luke and Susie agree about dreams predicting the future? A. It may just be due to chance. B. It only happens with certain types of events. C. It happens more often than some people think. 18. Susie says that a study on pre-school children having a short nap in the day __________. A. had controversial results B. used faulty research methodology C. failed to reach any clear conclusions 19. In their last assignment, both students had problems with __________. A. statistical analysis B. making an action plan C. self-assessment Questions 20-25: Complete the flow chart below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. Assignment plan Decide on research question: Is there a relationship between hours of sleep and number of dreams? ↓ Decide on sample: Twelve students from the (20) _____________ department ↓ Decide on methodology: Self-reporting
3 ↓ Decide on procedure: Answers on (21) ______________ ↓ Check ethical guidelines for working with (22) ________________ Ensure that risk is assessed and (23) ______________ is kept to a minimum ↓ Analyse the results Calculate the correlation and make a (24) ______________ ↓ (25) _____________ the research Part 3. (10 pts) For questions 26-30, listen and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 26. The class have already talked about at least three of the physical effects sport has on the human body. 27. There are no real benefits associated with doing individual sport. 28. Swimmers or tennis players are responsible for their own achievements. 29. Collaborating with other members is essential for a team to be successful. 30. It doesn't matter which sport you choose, as long as you're good at it. SECTION B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1. (12 pts) Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 1. She has asked me to ________ her sincere thanks to you for everything you have done to help her. A. report B. transfer C. confide D. convey 2. _________ I see Tom and Jerry, I always feel interested because the cartoon is so exciting. A. Whatever frequency B. However many C. No matter how many times D. No matter what times 3. You are not allowed to drive ________ the influence ________ alcohol. A. under/of B. in/of C. under/by D. by/in 4. It was ________ that he was kept in hospital for nearly a month. A. so a serious accident B. so serious an accident C. such serious an accident D. a such serious accident 5. When the delay was announced, we realized that we ________ enough time to catch our connecting flight.
4 A. wouldn't have B. won't have C. hadn't had D. weren't having 6. As soon as it started to rain we turned round and _________ home. A. made out B. made for C. made off D. made over 7. Many countries face some serious problems of land use, _________ result from population growth and the demands of modern technological living. A. of most which B. which most C. most which D. most of which 8. Don't worry! It's __________ natural to feel annoyed when people let you down. A. utterly B. fully C. perfectly D. highly 9. Many people claim that insults or negative comments are _________, but in reality, many of them are upset by such things. A. like water off a duck's back B. great minds think alike C. Jacks-of-all-trades D. beggar on horseback 10. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the words CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold words in the following question. The psychology of girls at puberty will have many changes leading to different personalities, thoughts and habits. A. in infancy B. in youth C. in the lees of life D. in adolescence 11. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the words OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold words in the following question. Many of us fret about ways in which modern technology distances us from understanding and keeping our customs and traditions. A. no worry about B. feel like C. are unconcerned about D. get involved in 12. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete the following exchange. Lily and Joanna are discussing a new subject that they have at school. - Lily: "The subject is so hard. There is a lot of information to remember." - Joanna: " _________. The information is logically ordered and it is not that difficult to learn." A. I couldn't agree with you more B. I beg to differ C. I'm with you D. Let's drop it Part 2. (8 pts) Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. Line Eating in the industrialized world has changed quite significantly in recent decades and