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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI NAM ĐỊNH NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Môn: TIẾNG ANH - Lớp: 9 THCS
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm: 08 trang)
Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.
PART A. LISTENING (4/20 points)
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu: -
Nội dung phần nghe gồm 03 phần, mỗi thí sinh được nghe 2 lần, đĩa CD tự chạy 2 lần. -
Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. -
Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh (bằng Tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: Listen to Steve Penfold talking about his volunteer time in Trinidad and decide
whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) according to what you hear. (1.0 point)
1.……………….. Steve Penfold did voluntary service after university.
2.……………….. Steve Penfold had to pay for his accommodation.
3.……………….. At first, the charity organization wanted to send Steve to Tobago.
4.……………….. In Trinidad, there are several different ethnic groups.
5.……………….. Steve says that some language terms in Trinidad are not connected to the English language.
Part 2: You will hear Mr. Gold talking about his experience of kicking his habit. Listen
and choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D. (1.0 point)
1. Mr. Gold had problem because he ________.
A. sat around al the time B. smoked too much
C. couldn't touch his toes
D. wanted to become an actor
2. Mr. Gold used to travel across London to ________. A. do exercises B. smoke cigarettes C. get cigarettes D. buy fruit
3. What did Mr. Gold have difficulty with in the past?
A. catching frequent colds
B. going to sleep at night
C. getting up in the morning D. giving up smoking
4. On first July, Mr. Gold was able to go through ________ without smoking. A. 24 hours B. 48 hours C. a hundred hours D. five hundred hours
5. What were the worst side effects he experienced? A. bad backache B. bad headache C. single cold D. single cough
Part 3: You will hear the introduction to a lecture about consumer habits. (2.0 points)
Questions 1-4: Complete the notes with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. SPENDING MONEY Point 1 Three age groups: • Young people • Families
• (1) …………………………………………………………………………………………… Point 2
Male and female (2) ……………………………………………………………… Three age groups: Trang 1/8
• Young people aged (3) ……………………………………………………… • Families aged from 30-35
• Mature adults (4) ……………………………………………………………….…
Questions 5-7: Select THREE correct options from the list (A-G)
What do families spend their money on?
A. Clothes, music, and entertainment
B. Furniture and kitchen equipment C. Cars and outings D. Electronic equipment E. Gardening tools F. Cars and traveling
G. Food, toys, and outings
5............................
6............................
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Questions 8-10: Answer the following questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
8. What do men spend twice as much as women on?
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9. What do women spend most on?
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10. Which group spends most on eating in restaurants?
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PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (6/20 points)
Part 1. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions. (1.0 point)
1. _______ al the demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike. A. Even if B. Not until C. No sooner D. Only if
2. I’m sorry. James isn’t in at the moment. Can I _______ a message? A. leave B. write C. send D. do
3. I don’t see any point _______ arriving early at the theater if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock. A. on B. at C. in D. of
4. Give me a word _______ with letter “s”. A. beginning B. begins C. began D. begin
5. They’ve faxed me I should stay til they _______ a replacement. Wel , last time it took two weeks. A. found B. wil find C. find D. had found
6. Mary: “Could you pass that book over to me, please?” Peter: “_______”
A. Yes, of course B. No, why not?
C. Actual y, I’m busy D. Yes, go ahead.
7. You mustn’t enter that room. It’s _______. A. refused B. prevented C. excluded D. prohibited
8. His sister suggested that _______ jeans and T-shirt when he went for the interview. A. him not wear B. he didn’t wear C. he mustn’t wear D. he not wear
9. Many people and organizations have been making every possible effort in order to save _______ species. Trang 2/8 A. dangerous B. endangered C. fearful D. threatening
10. To get a passport, you must send in your birth _______ and two recent photos. A. license B. paper C. certificate D. card
Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided. (2.0 points) RUNNING FOR HEALTH
If you want to improve your overal level of fitness, running is one of the best sports to
choose. It can increase the (1. STRONG) ........................................................................ of your bones, it is
good for your heart, and it can help with weight (2. LOSE) ........................................................................ You wil
soon begin to see a (3. SIGNIFY) ........................................................................ improvement in your general
health and if you are the sort of person who enjoys a chal enge, then you could consider
making the (4. DECIDE) ........................................................................ to run a marathon - a race of approximately 42 kilometers.
Experienced runners and sports (5. INSTRUCT) ........................................................................ say you
should make a point of having a physical check-up with your doctor before you start training.
Another (6. RECOMMEND) ........................................................................ is that anyone who has an old back,
knee or ankle (7. INJURE) ........................................................................ should take extra care. You should
never use running shoes which hurt your feet or which feel (8. COMFORT)
........................................................................ after a long run. It is a good idea to start by running slowly for
about twenty minutes three times a week and (9. GRADUAL) ........................................................................
increase the number of kilometers you run. You should find running long (10. DISTANT)
........................................................................ gets progressively easier, and after a time, you may feel that even a marathon will be possible!
Part 3: Fill in each space provided in each sentence below with the correct form of
one of phrasal verbs given. Each phrasal verb can be used ONCE only. (1.6 points) go down put out look up put up with look down on do with take after turn up
1. The price of gas has ........................................................................to $1 a gal on.
2. I left the job because I couldn’t ........................................................................ my boss a moment longer.
3. My purse has just ........................................................................ behind the sofa even though I thought I’d lost it for good.
4. Excuse me! Would you mind ........................................................................your cigarette? Smoking isn’t al owed in here.
5. She plays the piano beautiful y. She ........................................................................ her father who used to be a concert pianist.
6. When I was in New York, I ........................................................................several old friends I hadn’t seen for years.
7. Smal boys often ........................................................................ little girls and refuse to play with them.
8. I am hot and tired. I could ........................................................................ a shower.
Part 4. Read the following text which contains 7 errors. Underline the errors and write
the corrections in the corresponding numbers on the right. (1.4 points) A load of rubbish
In the UK, people are final y start to listen to the message 0.  starting
about recycling. British families now recycles about 22% of their 1.  ………………………………
waste. Only five years ago, the figure was 10%. That's a good
2.  ………………………………
news to the environment- but there's a lot more to do. Some other 3.  ………………………………
European countries, as Germany and Hol and, have already
4.  ………………………………
recycled about 60% of their waste and that's the goal for the UK. Trang 3/8
Households in England produce 25 mil ions tons of waste a
5.  ………………………………
year. More than half of these is garden waste, paper, cardboard 6.  ………………………………
and kitchen waste - which people could be recycled. They could 7.  ………………………………
also recycle plastic, wood, glass and aluminum cans. In fact, if
everybody in the UK recycled al of their drink cans, there would
be 14 mil ion fewer bins of waste each year.
PART C. READING (5/20 points)
Part 1. Read the text below then circle one answer (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space. (1.0 point)
One possible approach to reduce the volume of traffic in cities is to make it more
expensive for people to use their cars by (1) ______ charges of parking and bringing in
tougher fines for anyone who (2)______ the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay
for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, known as "road pricing",
is already being introduced in a (3)______of cities, using a special electronic card fixed to the windscreen of the car.
Another way of (4) ______with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the outskirts
of the city, and strictly control the number of vehicles al owed into the centre. Drivers and
their passengers then use a special bus service for the (5)______ stage of their journey. 1. A. enlarging B. increasing C. growing D. developing 2. A. breaks B. refuses C. crosses D. cracks 3. A. quantity B. number C. total D. sum 4. A. doing B. handling C. dealing D. solving 5. A. late B. end C. complete D. final
Part 2. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write the words in the
spaces provided. (1.0 point).
When the day comes give yourself plenty of time to do everything: have breakfast but
don't drink too much; go to the toilet; arrive on time, but not too (1) ........................................... or you wil
find yourself getting more and more nervous while you wait to start. Try not to talk about the exam before you go in.
In the exam, calm yourself (2) ........................................... by breathing deeply and thinking
positively. Read the exam questions careful y and underline al of the key instruction words
that indicate how the questions should (3) ........................................... answered. If possible start with
the ones you can do easily to give you confidence. Remember (4)........................................... you've
learnt from practising questions and doing mock exams previously and plan your use of time.
Don't panic if everyone around you seems to start writing furiously straight away and don't
be tempted to fol ow their example.
Finally, after the exam, don't join in a discussion about what everyone else did,
(5) ........................................... you want to frighten yourself, and drain your self-confidence for the next exam.
Part 3. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions. (1.6 points)
It is estimated that over 99 percent of al species that ever existed have become extinct.
What causes extinction? When a species is no longer adapted to a changed environment, it
may die. The exact causes of a species' death vary from situation to situation. Rapid
ecological change may render an environment hostile to a species. For example,
temperatures may change and a species may not be able to adapt. Food resources may be
affected by environmental changes, which wil then cause problems for a species requiring
these resources. Other species may become better adapted to an environment, resulting in
competition and, eventually, in the death of a species. Trang 4/8
The fossil record reveals that extinction has occurred throughout the history of Earth.
Recent analyses have also revealed that on some occasions many species became extinct
at the same time - a mass extinction. One of the best-known examples of mass extinction
occurred 65 mil ion years ago with the demise of dinosaurs and many other forms of life.
Perhaps the largest mass extinction was the one that occurred 225 mil ion years ago, when
approximately 95 percent of al species died, mass extinctions can be caused by a relatively
rapid change in the environment and can be worsened by the close interrelationship of many
species. If, for example, something were to happen to destroy much of the plankton in the
oceans, then the oxygen content of Earth would drop, affecting even organisms not living in
the oceans. Such a change would probably lead to a mass extinction.
1. The word "it" in line 2 refers to______ A. environment B. species C. extinction D. 99 percent
2. The word "eventually" in line 7 is closest in meaning to ______ A. luckily B. firstly C. final y D. accidently
3. What does the author say in paragraph 1 regarding most species in Earth's history?
A. They have remained basical y unchanged from their original forms.
B. They have been able to adapt to ecological changes.
C. They have caused rapid change in the environment.
D. They are no longer in existence.
4. Which of the fol owing is NOT mentioned in paragraph 1 as resulting from rapid ecological change? A. Temperature changes
B. Availability of food resources
C. Introduction of new species
D. Competition among species
5. The word "demise" in line 4 of paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______ A. change B. recovery C. help D. death
6. Why is "plankton" mentioned in line 8 of paragraph 2?
A. To demonstrate the interdependence of different species
B. To emphasize the importance of mass extinction.
C. To il ustrate a comparison among organisms that live in the ocean
D. To point out that certain species could never become extinct.
7. According to paragraph 2, evidence from fossils suggests that ______
A. extinction of species has occurred from time to time throughout Earth's history.
B. extinctions on Earth have general y been massive.
C. there has been only one mass extinction in Earth's history.
D. dinosaurs became extinct much earlier than scientists originally believed.
8. According to the passage, it is believed that the largest extinction of a species occurred _______. A. 26 mil ion years ago B. 65 mil ion years ago
C. 225 mil ion years ago D. 250 mil ion years
Part 4: Read the following text and do the tasks below it. (1.4 points)
SLEEPY STUDENTS PERFORM WORSE
By Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer
A Sleep experts have long warned that Americans of al ages don't get enough shuteye.
Sleep is important for health, bringing a range of benefits that, as Shakespeare put it, “knits
up the raveled sleave of care.” Not getting enough is linked to a host of problems, from car
crashes as drivers doze off to crippled memory and inhibited creativity. Exactly how much
sleep correlates with school performance is hard to prove. So, Brown researchers set out to
test whether teachers could detect problems with attention and learning when children
stayed up late even if the teachers had no idea how much sleep their students usual y got.
B They recruited seventy four 6-to 12-year-olds from Rhode Island and southern
Massachusetts for the three-week study. For one week, the youngsters went to bed and
woke up at their usual times. They already were fairly good sleepers, getting nine to 9.5
hours of sleep a night. Another week they were assigned to spend no fewer than 10 hours in
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-graders were in bed no more than eight hours and the older children no more than 6.5
hours. In addition to parents' reports, the youngsters wore motion-detecting wrist monitors to ensure compliance.
C Teachers weren't told how much the children slept or which week they stayed up late,
but rated the students on a variety of performance measures each week. The teachers
reported significantly more academic problems during the week of sleep deprivation, the
study, which wil be published in the journal Sleep in December, concluded. Students who
got 8 hours of sleep or less a night were more forgetful, had the most trouble learning new
lessons, and have the most problems paying attention, reported Fal one, now at the Forest
Institute of Professional Psychology.
D Sleep has long been a concern of educators. Potter-Burns Elementary School sends
notes to parents reminding them to make sure students get enough sleep prior to the
school's yearly achievement testing., Another school considers it important enough to
include the school's monthly newsletters. Definitely, there is an impact on students'
performance if they come to school tired. However, the findings will change physician
practice, said Dr Regina Benjamin, a family physician in Bayou La Batre, who reviewed the
data at the Thursday's AMA meeting. “I don't ask about sleep” when evaluating academical y
struggling students, she noted. “I'm going to start.”
E So how much sleep do kids need? Recommended amounts range from about ten to
eleven hours a night for young elementary students to 8.5 hours for teens. Lal one insists
that his own second -grader get ten hours a night, even when it meant dropping soccer
-season that practice did not start until 7:30- too late for her to fit in dinner and time to wind
down before she needed to be snoozing. "It's tough," he acknowledged. "But parents must
believe in the importance of sleep."
(Adapted from: http:// usatoday.com/news/health/2005-11-11-sleepy-stydentsx.htm)
Questions 1-4: The text has 5 paragraphs (A- E). Which paragraph contains each of
the following pieces of information?
1. The number of children included in the study. ………………..
2. Traffic accidents are sometimes caused by lack of sheep. ………………..
3. How two schools are trying to deal the problem. ………………..
4. How the effect of having less sleep was measured. ………………..
Questions 5-7: Do the following statements agree with the information given in the
Reading Passage? In given space, write: TRUE
if the information in the text agrees with the statement FALSE
if the information in the text contradicts the statement NOT GIVEN
if there is no information on this
5……………………… Some of the children in the study had previously shown signs of sleeping problems.
6……………………… Students with less sleep had problems with memory, remembering new material, and paying attention
7……………………… Fal one does not let his daughter play soccer.
PART D. WRITING (5/20 points)
Part 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the first sentence, using the cues as the beginning of each sentence. (0)
has been done as an example. (1.0 point)
0. It takes him at least three hours a day to chat on facebook.
 Everyday he spends ……at least three hours chatting on facebook……
1. The performance was so dreadful that we left before the interval.
 It was such……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
2. She was seriously il but she enjoyed life very much.
 Despite her……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
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 There has been …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. It has been reported that children today expend approximately 600 kcal a day.
 Children today ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
5. We didn’t discover the mistake until much later.
 Not ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................
Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
between three and five words, including the word given. (0) has been done as an example. (1.0 point)
0. My protests were ignored. (NOTICE)
 Nobody …………took notice of………… my protests.
1. You mustn’t miss this opportunity to visit Sydney. (ADVANTAGE)
 You must …………………………………………………………………….... this opportunity to visit Sydney.
2. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early. (SURPRISE)
 To……………………………………………………………………………………….………………………..…the party early.
3. Anne has decided to buy fewer clothes from now on (CUT)
 Anne has decided to …………………………………………………………………………….…….. from now on.
4. I don't know Leslie's reasons for his resigning. (IDEA)
 I …………………………………………………………………………….………………………………… Leslie resigned.
5. I always think about transport costs when job hunting (CONSIDERATION)
 I always ………………………………………………………………………………………….……..when job hunting.
Part 3. Write the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the words given in the brackets. The words must not be altered in any way. (0)
has been as an example. (1.0 point)
0. I never have enough money. (SHORT)
 I am always short of money.
1. “Honestly, I didn't steal the chocolate.” the boy said. (DENIED)
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..
2. It is impossible that someone stole your purse when we were in the restaurant. (MIGHT)
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..
3. I tried as hard as I could but I just couldn’t get the money. (MATTER)
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..
4. The ships were hardly visible through the thick fog. (MAKE)
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..
5. I bought it without thinking about it first. (SPUR)
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..
Part 4. (2.0 points) Write an essay to answer the following question:
Some language learners prefer to study with a teacher while some others would like
to study with their peers. Which way of learning do you choose?
Give reasons for your answer and include relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Your writing must be between 220 and 250 words.
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