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 KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
Môn: Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
SECTION A: LISTENING (20 points)
Part 1: Listen to the recording and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or a NUMBER for each answer. (10 points)
A BALANCED DIET
A balanced diet will give you enough vitamins for normal daily living. Vitamins in food can be lost through (1) …………………..
What are vitamins?
The dictionary tells us they are “ food factors (2) …………………..in small quantities to maintain life” 
Types of vitamins
(a) Fat soluble vitamins are stored by the body
(b) Water soluble vitamins – not stored, so you need a (3) …………………..
Getting enough vitamins
Eat  (4) …………………..of foods .You need to ensure that you eat at least (5) ..…… servings of fruit and vegetables daily
Buy plenty of vegetables, make sure that they are fresh and store them in (6) …..………
Healthy Diet Pyramid
At the top of in the smallest area are the things which we should really be trying (7) … as much as possible. Things like sugar, salt, butter…
On the middle of the pyramid, we find the things that we can  eat in (8) ….., such as milk, lean meat, fish, nuts, eggs…
(9) ………………are the things that you can eat lots of, (10) …………..they are really good for you. 
Part 2: Choose the best answer to the question. (10 points) 
When did Amy have lessons with a piano teacher?
At the age of four
When she started secondary school
After getting advice from her school music teacher
How did Amy feel at her first big public event?
Excited because she was wearing a wonderful costume
Nervous because it was her first time on stage
Surprised because the audience was very big
What does Amy say about playing jazz with the school band?
She was better at it than the rest of the players
She puts a lot of efforts into learning about it
She enjoyed it as soon as she started
Amy gives piano lessons so that she can..
Help people who couldn’t normally afford them
Encourage lots of young people to play the piano
Improve her own playing technique
Why does Amy love music so much?
It communicates to everyone whether they speak English or not
She meets people she likes through playing it
It brings together people of different ages
Your answers: 
1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 
SECTION B: PHONETICS (10 points)
Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. (5 points)
1. A. too       B. food           C. soon          D. blood
2. A. acupuncture             B. future    C. mature  D. figure
3. A. cursed        B. started   C. learned  D. returned
4. A. power      B. sweep    C. cowboy  D. mow
5. A. advise       B. promise   C. release  D. tense
Your answers: 
1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 
Part 2: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (5 points)
1. A. muscle   B. travel   C. special  D. disease
2. A. invent     B. produce   C. visit          D. machine
3.A. computer  B. important   C. benefit  D. alternative
4. A. memory  B. digestive   C. musician  D. emotion
5. A. disadvantaged B. traditional  C. priority  D. immediate
Your answers: 
1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 

SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (80 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
1. He spent the entire night thinking and in the end _________ a brilliant idea. 
A. came up to B. put up with C. came up with D. put through to
2. He recommended that I _________there early
       A. be    B. was      C. were    D. would be
3. She is __________ her brother.
A. twice as old as          B. twice older than
 C. as old as twice     D. more twice older than
4. Your son hardly cleans the bathroom, ______?
A. doesn’t he   B. isn’t he       C. does he    D. is he 
5. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I __________ last week.
A. should do     B. should have done      C. must have done    D.might have done
6. Listen carefully. I'm going to give you __________ advice.
A. some B. a few C. few D. little
7. __________ the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished. 
A. Until B. In C. On D. By 
8. The US president Barack Obama ______ an official visit to Vietnam in May 2016, which is of  great significance to the comprehensive bilateral partnership. 
delivered   B. paid    C. offered   D. gave
9. John has finally found a new job after being ______ for three months. 
out of work   B. out of mind   C. out of order   D. out of reach
10.Students can gain _______ benefits form learning to work together.
 A. considerate  B. considering  C. consideration  D. considerable
11. ______ , we would be rich by now. 
       A. If we invest in the telecommunications industry 
       B. Unless we had investment in the telecommunications industry 
       C. Did we invest in the telecommunications industry 
       D. Had we invested in the telecommunications industry 
12. We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to ______ our party tonight. 
A. make place for   B. take up room to    C. give place to   D. make room for
13. ___________at his lessons, he couldn’t catch up with his classmates
A. Hardly as he worked   B. Hard as he worked
C. Hard as he does    D. Hard as he was 
14 - Lan: "Would you mind if I closed the door? It’s too cold outside"  
     - Hoa: "______." 
  A. No, I don’t like              B. No, never mind    
  C. I’d rather you didn’t. It’s stuffy      D. Why not do it?
15. Lan :  “I think it’s a good idea to have three or four generations living under one roof. They can help one another.”       
    - Nam: “_______. Many old-aged parents like to lead independent life in a nursing home”
     A. I can’t agree with you more                  B. It’s nice to hear that
     C. I don’t think so    D. There is no doubt about it
Your answers: 
1.  6.  11. 
2.  7.  12. 
3.  8.  13. 
4.  9.  14. 
5.  10.  15. 

Part 2:  Complete sentences using the correct form of the words. (20 points)
1. The ____ need assistance from the whole society. (POVERTY)
2. Such a kind man would never ____ hurt his friend’s feelings. (INTEND)
3. Because of a car ______, she didn’t get to the airport in time for her flights. (BREAK)
4.The recent hurricane caused (WIDE) __________ damage.
5.Don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you. Remember, it’s ________.(CONFIDE)
6. Until now, the high cost of schooling has __________ or prevented poor parents from having their children, especially girls,educated (COURAGE)
7. He was very sad because he was told that his best friend got a(n) ___disease.(CURE)
8. We stood and watched the dancers’ grateful ___(MOVE)
9. She was _________ knowledgeable about the history of China. (EXTREME) 
10. Many people were buried __________ after the earthquake. (LIVE)
Your answers: 
1.  6. 
2.  7. 
3.  8. 
4.  9. 
5.  10. 

Part 3: Answer questions from 1 to 15 (15 points)
Question 1-10: Insert a suitable word in each blank (the first letter is given to guide you)
1. Although the weather is not so good, the match will go a______.
2. Even if you are rich, you should save some  money for a r______ day.
3. We're in good time; there's no n__________ to hurry
4. True gender e____________can be achieved when both men and women reach a balance between work and family
5. If they are not careful with their accounts, their business will go b_______.
6.It is t____believed that you are healthy when there is a balance between yin and yang
7. The first episode of the film is going to be a___ next Sunday
8. There are important things to do to develop a country. Most people agree that the first p___________is revolutionizing education
9. After taking part in public activities in their community, they realized that they had been ignorant or n____________before
10. This kind of car is very e_______, so we do not have to spend too much money on buying petrol or diesel
Your answers: 
1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 
6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 



Question 11- 15: Write one word which can be used in both two sentences.
11.You must be joking saying you believe Elizabeth. She was lying to us through her _____
    Decay has set in because she hasn’t taken enough care of her _____over the years
12. A big hospital is going to be _______ in this village
      Mary ______it hard to drive on the right a few months ago,but now she is used to it
13. The villagers were advised to keep a close _____on the water level in the river during the rainy season.
   If you don’t want to gain additional weight, it’s good to _____what you eat.
14. I don’t think this hat will _____well with your outfit. It’s a bit too extravagant
      Let’s take a short break. I can’t ___on working any more
15. Going on a vacation and forgetting about work for some time will do you _____
    It’s no ____ talking to Jerry. He always dismisses our opinions and makes fun of our ideas
Your answers:
 11.  12.  13.  14.  15. 

Part 4: There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it. (10 points) 
1. Because the torrential rains that had devastated the area, the governor sent the National Guard to assist in the clean-up operation.
2. One of the most important things in life is a good health.
3. The city has spent a big amount of money on crime prevention.
4. Comparing with other countries, Libya spends a high percentage of income on education.
5. People are now enjoying a higher level of living.
6. In the United Kingdom women see their doctor on the average five times a year.
7. Although Mark has been cooking for many years, he still doesn’t know to prepare French foods in the traditional manner.
8. When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher advertise in the newspaper, we learned that all the dishwashers had been sold.
9. After rising the flag to commemorate the holiday, the mayor gave a long speech.
10. This time tomorrow I will lie on the beach, enjoying the sunshine.

 MISTAKE CORRECTION  MISTAKE CORRECTION
1.   6.  
2.   7.  
3.   8.  
4.   9.  
5.   10.  

Part 5: Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (20 points)
1.Her father pays her fees, otherwise she (1) ……… (be) here.
2. He (2)………………………….(work)  all day yesterday.
3.Oh, you must (3) …………… (drop) it on the way to come here.
4. We’ve got everything. Nothing seems (4)………………………… (forget) 
5. Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She (5) ……… (run) all the way here for half an hour.
6. The first man (6)………………..( sit) on the park bench looked at the (7)……….(jog) woman.
7.The car broke down. But for that we (8) ………………… (be) in time.
8. For more than two hundred years, human (9)............................(gradually change) the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution.
9. Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim (10)........................( see) monsters in the sea.
Your answers: 
1.  6. 
2.  7. 
3.  8. 
4.  9. 
5.  10. 

SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (40 POINTS)
Part 1: Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the following paragraph. (20 points)
THE FLYING WING: AEROPLANE OF THE FUTURE
 What will the areoplane of the future look like? An increasing number of journey are beeing made (1)_______air, and the airlines are therefore demanding a new kind of plane to help them cope with increasing passenger (2)____. (3)____of the revolutionary new designs being developed is a “flying wing”, (4)___ is short but very wide, in contrast to most planes, which are long and narrow. It will be capable of carrying 600- 800 passengers. It will be built of an extremely light   (5)___, and together with the unusual design, this will improve performance. The new aeroplane will be quieter and more comfortable (6)_____the existing planes. It will also (7)___ less to operate, and will (8)___ help to keep fares at affordable levels
  Computers will play (9)_____important role in this plane. They would be used during the flight as (10) ____as on ground: ground crews will simply plug their laptop computers into the flight computers to check all functions
Your answers: 
1.  6. 
2.  7. 
3.  8. 
4.  9. 
5.  10. 
Part 2:  Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in spaces in the following passage. (10 points)   
       Although women now (1)____almost half of all workers in the US, nearly 80 percent of them are employed in low-paying clerical, sales, service, or factory jobs. Approximately a third of all women workers have clerical jobs, which pay(2)____average $12,000 or less. Partly as a result, women make only seventy-five cents for every dollar (3)___by men. (4)_____, men routinely make more money even    when education, experience, and responsibilties are (5)___
      The gap in male-female earning had great significance because more than 16 percent of US households are (6)____by women. Low-paying jobs keep many of these households in poverty. Women’s groups such as National Organization for Women have demanded that equal opportunities and equal pay (7)____to women. According to women’s (8)___Maggie McAnany, “It is imperative that the government help to change the situation (of employment for women). We cannot wait for the companies to (9)__ themselves. Change must come (10)______the law.”
1. A. made of  B. make up  C. take up  D. take in
2. A. on  B. at  C. in  D. for
3.A. earns  B. earning   C. to earn  D. earned
4. A. Although  B. Whatever  C. Moreover D. Contrary
5. A. equally  B. equality  C. equal  D. equalizing
6. A. headed  B. hosted  C. carried  D. licensed
7. A. are giving  B. are given  C. is giving  D. be given
8. A. action  B. activity  C. activist  D. active
9. A. restore  B. regain  C. regard  D. reform
10. A. for  B. through  C. at  D. along
Your answers: 
1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
Part 3:  Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 points)
        It is very difficult to succeed in the music business; nine out of ten bands that release a first record fail to produce a second. Surviving in the music industry requires luck and patience, but most of all it requires an intricate knowledge of how a record company functions. The process begins when a representative of a company’s Artist and Repertoire (A &R) department visits bars and night clubs, scouting for young, talented bands. After the representative identifies a promising band, he or she will work to negotiate a contract with that band. The signing of this recording contract is a slow process. A company will spend a long time investigating the band itself as well as current trends in popular music. During this period, it is important that a band reciprocate with an investigation of its own, learning as much as possible about the record company and making personal connections within the different departments that will handle their recordings. Once a band has signed the contract and, has finished recording an album, the Publicity and Promotions department takes over. This department decides whether or not to mass produce and market the band’s album. Most bands fail to make personal contacts in this second department, thus losing their voice in the important final process of producing and marketing their album. This loss of nice often contributes to the band’s failure as a recording group.
1. Which word can be best replaced for ‘release’?   
            A. distribute         B. pay for          C. overturn              D. itemize
2.  Which word can be best replaced for ‘takes over’? 
            A. takes charge           B. take pleasure  C. take advice      D. takes blame
3.  What will a recording company investigate once they have identified a band at a bar or a night club?
           A. the Publicity Promotions          
 B. the band itself and current trends in popular music
           C. the singers’ personal relationship     
 D. the signing of this recording contract
4. According to the passage, the initial contact between a band and a recording company is made by____
           A. the band’s manager.                        B. a band member.
           C. an A&R representative.               D. the Publicity Promotions department.
5. The author mentions that a band’s success is dependent on all of the following factors EXCEPT
          A. having patience.                                           
B. making personal contacts with people in the company.
          C. understanding how a record company functions .
D. playing music that sounds like music of famous bands.
6.  According to the passage, the Publicity and Promotions department _______
          A. has the final decision in producing an album.              
B. handles the recording arrangements for the band.
          C. sends representatives to look for new talented bands.     
D. visits bars and night clubs.
7.   It can be inferred from the passage that_______
          A. the music industry is full of opportunities for young band. 
          B. the A& R department has a large staff.
          C. most bands do not fully understand how record companies operate.  
          D. the cost of recording an album is very expensive.
8.  The phrase ‘this period’ refers to……..
          A. waiting for the signing of a recording contract            
B. scouting for young, talented bands
          C. waiting to represent the A & R department           
D. preparing to have the second album
9.  Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to ‘handle’? 
          A. touch    B. control                    C. manipulate   D. protect
10.  Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?
          A. Nine out of ten bands fail to produce a second record.
          B. It is important for a band to have an intricate knowledge of how a recording company functions. 
          C. Making personal connections will help the band in the final decisions about the promotion of their album.
          D. The main factors in a band’s success are luck and patience.
Your answers: 
1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 

SECTION E: WRITING (50 points)
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (10 points)
1. The engineer wrote the letter as soon as he returned from his work.
  Hardly………………………………………………………………………….
2. The traffic was bad, but Peter arrived on time.
 However…………………………………………………………………………
3. It is said that they built the Great Pyramid of Giza over a 20-year period
The Great Pyramid of Giza ………………………………………………………
4. This Computer is so old that it’s not worth keeping.
 This is ……………………………………………………………………………
5.The motorcyclist rounded the corner at a quite unbelievable speed 
 The speed ……………………………………………………………………………

Part 2: Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means exactly the same as the given one. Using the given word in brackets. Do not change the word. (10 points)
1. He referred to his notes before answering the questions  ( LOOK)
…………………………………………………………………….................................
2. I am fed up with his behaviour ( ENOUGH)
…………………………………………………………………….................................
3. Everyone was surprised to see George leave the party early ( SURPRISE)
…………………………………………………………………….................................
4. There is no point in asking George to help. ( GOOD)
…………………………………………………………………….................................
5.It’s unusual for Carol to get angry with her staff ( HARDLY)
…………………………………………………………………….................................



Part 3: (30 points) 
 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology has made the world a better place to live.  In about 180- 200 words, write a paragraph to express your point of view.
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SECTION 1. LISTENING
I. Part 1. Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. (10 points)
LIBRARY INFORMATION
For registration, the man must take:
Two (1)__________
Two forms of I.D.e.g. driving licence, (2)_________
Cost to join per year (without current student card): (3) £__________
Number of items allowed: (members of public): (4)____________
Fines start at (5) £__________
II. Part 2:
You will hear a conversation between a man (Marco) and his wife (Sarah) about the film they’ve just seen at the cinema and decide whether each sentence is correct (T) or incorrect (F). (10 points)
1. Marco and Sarah agree that the city in the film was London.
2. Marco feels that the length of the film made it rather boring.
3. Sarah was upset about how some of the audience behaved during the film.
4. Sarah was disappointed with the way the main actor performed.
5. Marco thinks this film is the best the director has made.
SECTION 2: PHONETICS
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
1. A. notice B. post C. monument D. comb
2. A. river B. rivalry C. icon D. stripe
3. A. muscles B. needles C. routes D. wardens
4. A. sacred B. died C. naked D. wanted
5. A. catastrophe B. confidence C. recipe D. sesame
IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
1. A. readable B. satisfy C. evidence D. distinguish
2. A. relationship B. deliberate C. customer D. equipment
3. A. participate B. literature C. intimate D. powerful
4. A. baggy B. chairman C. dumping D. severe
5. A. antonym B. consequence C. opponent D. lunatic
SECTION 3. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
V. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. (40 points)
1. Your parents must be proud of your result at school". - "_______"
A. Sorry to hear that. B. I am glad you like it.
C. Thanks. It`s certainly encouraging. D. Of course
2. Is it necessary that I _____ here tomorrow?
A. am being B. will be C. be D. would be
3.When you use the Internet, you have so much information at your ______.
A. fingers B. hands C. thumbs D. fingertips
4. I read the contract again and again _______ avoiding making spelling mistakes
A. in terms of B. by means of C. with a view to D. in view of
5. Not until a monkey is several years old ________to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.
A. beginning B. does it begin C. and begin D. it begins
6. I must go to the dentist and ___________
A. get my teeth to take care of B. take care of my teeth
C. my teeth be taken care of D. get my teeth taken care of
7. He had travelled for 20 years and then he decided to return home.
A. farther away B. far and wide C. far from it D.farthest of all
8. “You should stop working too hard you’ll get sick.”
A. or else B. if C. in case D. whereas
9. He carried a(n) driving license.
A. artificial B. unfaithful C.untrue D. false
10. Despite playing under strength, the village team _____ beat the rivals.
A. could B. were able to