SỞ GD&ĐT……… KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 201…-201…

KÌ THI HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC:…. ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
SECTION A: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three.
1. A. houses B. classes C. sentences D. faces
2. A. math B. cloth C. breathe D. thunder
3. A. addition B. nation C. attention D. question
4. A. naked B. sacred C. hatred D. helped
5. A. mausoleum B. laugh C. cause D. faucet
II. Identify the word whose main stress is different from that of the other three.
1. A. invention B. agreement C. arrangement D. demonstrate
2. A. interactive B. limitation C. communicate D. documentary
3. A. tolerate B. volunteer C. afternoon D. lemonade
4. A. ceremonious B. gratitude C. modernize D. centigrade
5. A. accomplish B. economic C. mechanic D. psychology
SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
1. He wants to pay the bill himself, but I won’t hear ________ it.
A. for B. from C. with D. of
2. - “Please take this seat.” - “No, I insist on ________.”
A. that you take it B. your taking it C. you take it D. you to take it
3. It won’t ________ matter if you arrive a few minutes late.
A. greatly B. largely C. grandly D. considerably
4. ________ I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months.
A. So much as B. As far as C. Much more than D. Except that
5. - “Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow?” - “_________.”
A. I hope that tomorrow is glad B. I am sorry. I have an extra class tomorrow
C. Hope to see a lot of fun tomorrow D. All right, you are so generous
6. ________ black cats are bad luck is considered a superstition rather than a fact.
A. The B. Although C. It is that D. That
7. If he hadn’t stayed up late last night, he ________ tired now.
A. wouldn’t have been B. would have been C. wouldn’t be D. would be
8. The woman said, “This carpet was made ________, so it is expensive.”
A. by hand B. by hands C. by our hands D. by the hand
9. All three TV channels provide extensive _________ of sporting events.
A. vision B. coverage C. broadcast D. network
10. The interviewer asked the writer what he thought the ________ to his success was.
A. key B. ground C. basis D. reason
II. Supply the correct word form to complete the following sentences.
1. As she was so dissatisfied with her present job, she decided to leave. SATISFACTION
2. He took the job to be financially independent. FINANCE
3. The inheritance will make him a rich man. INHERIT
4. Most of the area has been electrified. ELECTRIC
5. John decisively refused our suggestion. DECIDE
III. Some of the lines in the following passage are correct, and some have a word which should not be there.
The school dance
I went to my first school dance last Saturday night and it was a disaster! If only that I’d thought about
what I was going to wear a bit more carefully. Although being my best friend Jenny had told me it wasn’t that
kind of event, I’d decided to have look really grown-up and wear a dress and high-heeled
shoes. When I got there, I looked totally ridiculous and some people started laughing.
Despite of this slight setback, I thought I’d hit the dance floor. If I could have survive that, I could
survive anything. But even though that went wrong! One of my heels snapped – even if though my shoes
were brand new – and I had to carry them to the side of the room. It was very embarrassing! Still, despite the
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disastrous start was, Craig Fielding came up to me and asked me if I wanted to go out with him next
Saturday. Of course I said no, but he is cute! We’ll see what happens!
SECTION C: READING
I. Fill each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
Some hundred years ago there was no equality between men and women because people then (1)
considered women to be the weaker sex. This prejudice (2) against women had its origin in the dawn of
mankind’s (3) history when men lived in caves and went hunting for food. The task of food gathering and
hunting needed great (4) strength of body. Therefore, the best place for women was not in the forest, but at
home (5) where they could satisfactorily do their job, namely (6) feeding their children and looking after
them. Things have changed much since those early days. In the modern life of the 20th century, more (7)
brains are needed, not more strength of the muscle. It’s a consequence that women play an increasingly (8)
important role in the (9) modern society. They have proved repeatedly they are equal and often superior to
men in (10) almost every field.
II. Read the passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each blank.
Learning to make a perfect pizza
According to the European Pizza-Makers’ Association, making a pizza is not a straightforward skill to
learn. The ingredients seem very simple: flour, yeast, water, and a bit of salt. (1) However, water and flour
can easily turn into a rather unappetizing gluey mix, and anyone who has eaten a poor quality pizza will know
how bad it can make your stomach feel.
“In Italy, 70 percent of pizza makers could improve on their product, not to mention all the pizza
makers around the world who (2) provide uneatable meals,” says Antonio Primiceri, the association’s
founder. He has now started a pizza school in an attempt to save the reputation of this traditional dish. As
part of an (3) intensive course, the students at Mr. Primiceri’s school are taught to avoid common mistakes,
produce a good basic mixture, add a tasty topping, and cook the pizza properly. “Test the finished pizza by
breaking the crust,” advises Mr. Primiceri. “If the soft (4) part inside the pizza is white, clean and dry, it’s a
good pizza. If it is not like this, the pizza will upset your stomach. You will feel (5) uncomfortably full and also
thirsty.”
1. A. However B. Despite C. Although D. Conversely
2. A. submit B. give C. provide D. deal
3. A. extensive B. extreme C. intentional D. intensive
4. A. spot B. part C. side D. slice
5. A. discouragingly B. tightly C. uncomfortably D. heavily
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has
been no corresponding increase in wisdom. But agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define “wisdom”
and consider means of promoting it.
There are several factors that contribute to wisdom. Of there I should put first a sense of proportion:
the capacity to take account of all the important factors in a problem and to attach to each its due weight.
This has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity of the special
knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for example, that you are engaged in research
in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mind. You have no time to
consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed
(let us say) as modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in
Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa. This has the entirely unintended result of making the food
supply inadequate and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest
populations. To take an even more dramatic example, which is in everybody's mind at the present time; you
study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands
of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race.
Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every
such increase augments our capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity for evil,
if our purposes are unwise.
1. Disagreement arises when people try to decide ______.
A. how much more wisdom we have now than before B. what wisdom is and how to develop it

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 C. if there is a great increase of wisdom in our age D. whether wisdom can be developed or not
2. According to the author, “wisdom” is the ability to ______.
A. carefully consider the bad effects of any kind of research work
B. give each important problem some careful consideration
C. acquire a great deal of complex and special knowledge
D. give suitable consideration to all the possible elements in a problem
3. Lowering the infant death-rate may ______.
A. prove to be helpful everywhere in the world B. give rise to an increase in population in Europe
C. cause food shortages in Asia and Africa D. raise the living standard of the people in Africa
4. The author uses the examples in the passage to illustrate his point that ______.
A. it's extremely difficult to consider all the important elements in problem
B. success in medical research has its negative effects
C. scientists may unknowingly cause destruction to the human race
D. it's unwise to be totally absorbed in research in scientific medicine
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It is unwise to place the results of scientific research in the hands of a powerful mad man.
B. The more knowledge one has, the wiser one becomes.
C. Any increase of knowledge could lead to disastrous results without the guidance of wisdom.
D. Wisdom increases in proportion to one's age.
SECTION D: WRITING
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one.
1. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it.
 On account of his mother’s being there, they said nothing about it
2. “You stole my best cassette, Michael,” said Mrs. White.
 Mrs. White accused Michael of stealing/having stolen her best cassette.
3. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of ₤10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted.
 Had his aunt not died and left/given him (a legacy of) ₤ 10.000 he would not have been able to buy the
house he wanted.
4. The house seemed to have been unoccupied for several months.
 It looked as if/ as though the house had been unoccupied for several months.
5. You pay ₤ 20 a month for a period of one year.
 You pay in twelve successive monthly installments/ instalments of ₤20.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do
not change the word given. You must use between two and five words.
1. You must do exactly what the teacher tells you. (carry)
 You must carry out the teacher’s instructions exactly.
2. They decided to advertise their house on the internet. (put)
 They decided to put an advert/advertisement for their house on the Internet.
3. I didn’t want to have an argument, so I changed the subject. (mood)
 I wasn’t in the mood for an argument, so I changed the subject.
4. John never takes any notice of what his children say. (attention)
 John never pays any attention to what his children say.
5. “I had Evan and Christie over for dinner last night,” said Liz. (before)
 Liz said that the night before she had had Evan and Christie over for dinner.
III. Write an essay (about 180 words) about the benefits of self-study.
- Layout and length
- Grammar, structures and vocabulary.
- Content
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