SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9

NĂM HỌC: 2018 - 2019

ĐỀ THI SÔ 22 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề thi gồm có 06 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Ngày thi: ……………………………
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SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 POINTS) (You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1: Questions from 1 to 10. (2.0 points -0.2/ each)
You will hear an interview with a man called Tim Jones, who organizes an international summer
course for young musicians. Choose a correct answer for each question.
1. What does Tim enjoy most about his job?
A. sorting out all the details
B. getting to know the musicians
C. listening to lots of good music
2. Young musicians who want to do the course ________.
A. need to fill in an online form.
B. have to perform to a very high level.
C. must be able to speak English very well.
3. Tim says that the teachers on the course ________.
A. usually enjoy themselves. B. are always complaining.
C. are extremely well-paid.
4. Tim likes to hold the course in a place which ________.
A. is specially designed for musicians.B. is convenient for public transport.
C. is a long way from a big city.
5. What does Tim say about musical instruments?
A. Students cannot bring expensive ones.B. Students sometimes lose them.
C. Students keep them in a special place.
6. What does Tim say about the concert tour after the course?
A. It has to make a lot of money. B. it needs to be carefully planned. C. It’s difficult to sell tickets.
Part 2: Questions from 11 to 15. (1.0 point - 0.2/ each)
Listen to the recording. Complete the notes below. Write one word or a number for each answer.
FAMILY EXCURSIONS
Cruise on a lake
Example
Travel on an old......... steamship .........
Can take photos of the (7) …………………………….. that surround the lake
Farm visit
Children can help feed the sheep
Visit can include a 40-minute ride on a (8) ……………………………..
Visitors can walk in the farm’s (9) …………………………….. by the lake
(10) …………………………….. is available at extra cost
Cycling trips
Cyclists explore the Back Road
A (11) …………………………….. is provided
Only suitable for cyclists who have some (12) ……………………………..
- Bikes can be hired from Ratchesons (near the Cruise Ship Terminal)
Cyclists need:
- a repair kit
- food and drink
- a (13) …………………………….. (can be hired)
There are no (14) …………………………….. or accommodation in the area
Cost
Total cost for whole family of cruise and farm visit: (15) $ ……………………………..

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SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question.
16. Several rare species are dying ________ owing to human beings’ deforestation.
A. away B. down C. out D. up
17. This morning traffic was ________by an accident outside the town hall.
A. held out B. held up C. held off D. held in
18. Sally looks so sad, for two days ago not a word ________since the exam started .
A. had she written B. she had written C. has she written D. she wrote
19. My watch was ________. I will get it fixed tomorrow.
A. out of order B. out of reach C. out of work D. out of the blue
20. I don’t see any ________in arriving early at the theatre if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock.
A. reason B. point C. aim D. cause
21. I will back you up in whatever you do.
A. support you B. help you C. sue you D. disturb you
22. The girl who found the ring received a generous ________of $5.
A. cash B. allowance C. reward D. prize
23. Don’t ask me anything about that couple. I like ________the husband ________the wife.
A. either / or B. both / and C. neither / nor D. not only / but also
24. The football match was so dull that most of the ________left at half time.
A. spectator s B. viewers C. audience D. lookers
25. I would have saved myself a lot of time over the years ________then what I know today.
A. If I knew B. I had known C. had I known D. only had I known
26. She is a famous ________. She tries her best to protect rare animals from extinction.
A. environment B. environmental C. environmentalist D. environmentally
27. On ________ he had won, he jumped for joy.
A. he was told B. having told C. telling D. being told
28. Don’t take any ________of Mike – he’s always rude to everyone.
A. notice B. view C. attention D. sight
29. Before you sign the contract, ________in mind that you won’t be able to change anything later.
A. hold B. bear C. retain D. reserve
30. ________can be defined as communication include handshakes, holding hands, kissing, back slapping,
a pat on the shoulder, and brushing an arm.
A. Touches B. Eye contact C. Facial expressions D. Wink
31. Housing construction and ________have rapidly changed the face of this town. It has become more and
more beautiful.
A. overpopulation B. deforestation C. modernization D. environmental pollution
32. No sooner ________the corner than the wheel came off.
A. the van had turned B. the van turned C. had the van turned D. did the van turn
33. By the end of this year my father, ________in this company for 12 years.
A. has worked B. will have been working
C. has been working D. will work
34. The more we learn, ________.
A. we become wise B. we become wiser
C. wiser we become D. the wiser we become
35. “I heard your grandfather ________at someone this morning.”
“They are our neighbors’ children. He doesn’t allow ________ the garden to prevent the fruits from
________.”
A. shout / to enter / to steal B. shouting / entering / being stolen
C. shouting / entering / stealing D. to shout / entering / being stolen

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Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence.
(2 points - 0.2/ each)
36. It is really quite …………………………….. that we should have been at the same college ORDINARY
without having met before.
37. The judge told him it was …………………………….. to drink and drive, and banned him for RESPONSIBLE
a year.
38. She has one of the biggest …………………………….. in Britain. COLLECT
39. All the …………………………….. of the flats upstairs are expected to move out before the OCCUPY
end of this month.
40. This dictionary will …………………………….. you to understand English words. ABLE
41. Interviews are an imperfect method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet BE
human …………………………….. like to examine each other in this way.
42. They greeted each other with such …………………………….. that we thought they must be FAMILIAR
brother and sister.
43. He was not a particular good teacher, but his students loved him because he had PERSON
such a lively ……………………………...
44. Those books are necessary for your thesis. They are really ……………………………. INFORM
45. She is one of the greatest …………………………….. to appear in this theatre. PERFORM
Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50. Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and
correct them. (1 points - 0.2/ each)
46. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called.
47. Nuclear powers production in the US is controlled by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
48. Professor Duncan teaches both anthropology as well as sociology each fall.
49. All of we students must have an identification card in order to check books out of the library.
50. Rudolph Nureyev has become one of the greatest dancer that the ballet world has ever known.
Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55. (1 point - 0.2/ each)
Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition
51. I grew …………………………….. in Glasgow but moved to London after I graduated from University.
52. Are you still upset …………………………….. what I said to you yesterday?
53. Her anxiety …………………………….. speaking in public caused her to lose the job.
54. She did a translation …………………………….. English of some ancient Chinese poems.
55. The relationship …………………………….. the two friends was very strong.
SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS)
Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
Have you ever stopped (56) ________ why people give each (57) ________ eggs at Easter? - The
Christian festival of Easter celebrates the return of Christ from the dead, but the festival is actually name
(58) ________ the goddess of the sun, Eostre, whose name is taken from the East where she (59)
________. In very ancient times, Easter was a celebration that winter was (60) ________ and that a new
life was about to begin. The rabbit , (61) ________ to the number of young it produces, it the symbol of
life. In some parts of the world, the rabbit leaves large (62) ________ of eggs (another symbol of new life )
in the garden and children have to find as many as they can . This is very ( 63) ________ Christmas when
Santa Claus leave presents for individual children. At Easter children have to be independent and (64)
________after themselves . In this (65) ________ the hunt for Easter eggs presents the need for young
people to go out in to the world and make their own fortune .
56. A. to wonder B. wondering C. wonder D. wander
57. A. else B. person C. others D. other
58. A. for B. after C. about D. with
59. A. rises B. sets C. goes D. raises
60. A. finish B. conclusion C. up D. over
61. A. as B. since C. due D. because
62. A. numbers B. sums C. amount D. totals
63. A. like B. unlike C. similar D. different
64. A. take B. get C. look D. carry

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65. A. day B. way C. habit D. time
Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question
Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train
carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and
had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of
the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?
The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to
cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the
United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then
when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands
of the West that familiar blue joint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky
or even hopeless.
Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle
to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully
convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo
grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually
preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses,
but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on
the ground. When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter.
Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the
fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the
melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing
in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
66. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A type of wild vegetation B. Western migration after Civil War
C. The raising of cattle D. The climate of the Western United States
67. What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?
A. Most history book include the story of the train.
B. The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period.
C. The driver of the train invented the story.
D. The story of the train may not be completed factual.
68. The word “they” in line 4 refers to _____.
A. plains B. skeletons C. oxen D. Americans
69. What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?
A. Many had settled there by the 1860’s.
B. It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.
C. It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.
D. It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.
70. The word “barren” in line 7 is closed in meaning to _____.
A. lonely B. uncomfortable C. infertile D. dangerous
71. The word “preferred” in line 8 is closed in meaning to _____.
A. favored B. available C. ordinary D. required
72. Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it.
B. It had to be imported into the United States.
C. It would probably not grow in the western United States.
D. It was difficult for cattle to digest.
73. Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?
A. Mesquite grass B. Blue joint grass C. Buffalo grass D. Grama grass
74. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?
A. They contain little moisture B. They have tough stems
C. They can be grown indoors D. They are not affected by dry weather
75. According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by_____.

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 A. eating only small quantities of grass.
B. continually moving from one grazing area to another.
C. naturally fertilizing the soil.
D. stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground.
Part 3: Questions 76 – 85.
Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each).
Over the last few years, there has been more interest in the subject of history, perhaps because
historical documentaries (76) …………………………….. television have attracted large viewing audiences. Historians
who often complain (77) …………………………….. lack of interest in their subject should be delighted at this
development, should (78) ……………………………..?
According to a survey, more people are applying for places at university, and the number of those
wanting to study history (79) …………………………….. increased. However, professors of history are (80)
…………………………….. particularly happy about this increase and have expressed concern about the quality of
their students. They claim that most of (81) …………………………….. first-year students have never read a history
book and do not have the skills to study the subject (82) …………………………….. depth. TV programmes make
students think that story studying is (83) …………………………….. simple as storytelling. Documentaries
oversimplify the subject and concentrate on personalities in an attempt to attract audiences.
On the other hand, traditional historians could learn (84) …………………………….. to tell a story from the
makers of such documentaries. Many historians do not have good narrative skills, which is (85)
…………………………….. so many history books are not popular with readers.
SECTION IV. WRITITNG (4 POINTS)
Part 1: Questions 86 – 90.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it. (1.5 point- 0.15/ each)
86. “Would you like to go to the concert with me tonight?” Peter said to Ann.
@ Peter invited .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87. He was annoyed because his son often came home late.
@ He objected .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
88. She dances beautifully and she sings sweetly, too.
@ Not only ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89. Thomas and David are very good friends.
@ Thomas and David get .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
90. Driving on the left is strange and difficult for Americans.
@ Americans aren't .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
91. It’s my opinion that you should take more exersise.
 If ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
92. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
@ At no time ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
93. You have ridden a horse before, haven’t you?
@ Have ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
94. I’m quite happy to look after the baby for you.
@ I don’t .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
95. Vietnamese women continue to wear the fashionable Ao dai.
@ The fashionable ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Part 2: Questions 91 – 92. 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. (1.5 point - 0.15/ each)
96. The bread was not fresh enough for him to eat. such
@ It …………………………………………………………………………………………. eat it.
97. Georgia hasn’t written to me recently. heard
@ I …………………………………………………………………………………………. for a while.
98. It’s Huong’s job to look after her little brother. responsible
@ Huong…………………………………………………………………………………………. her little brother.
99. Dinner will be served immediately upon our arrival at the hotel. soon
@ Dinner will be served ……………………………………………………………………………. the hotel.
100. Barbara couldn’t sing or dance. unable
@ Besides ………………………………………………………………………………, Barbara couldn’t dance either.
101. It was careless of you to leave without locking the door. ought
@ You …………………………………………………………………………………………. without locking the door.
102. I don’t personally care if they come or not. matter
@ It…………………………………………………………………………………………. whether they come or not.
103. There’s no point in asking George to help. worth
@ It’s…………………………………………………………………………………………. Gerge to help.
104. The last time I saw him was when I lived in London. since
@ I …………………………………………………………………………………………. I lived in London.
105. I don’t normally go into town by car. used
@ I …………………………………………………………………………………………. into town by car.
Part 3: Essay writing (1 point)
It is better to study English in an English-speaking country. To what extent do you agree with this view?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience. You
should write at least 200 words.
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