98TRƯỜNG THCS CẦU GIẤY KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

Năm học 2019 - 2020

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: tiếng Anh
SỐ 1 Thời gian: 90 phút
(Vòng 1)

Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2

Điểm thi thống nhất Số phách
(Họ tên và chữ ký) (Họ tên và chữ ký)

Bằng số:…………….

Bằng chữ: …………...

(Đề thi gồm 7 trang)

PART I. LISTENING
Question 21-25.
Choose the correct letter A, B or C
21. What is the subject of Professor Norris’s seminar next week?
A. History B. China C. The students’ next essay
22. What is Alex’s course about?
A. How wild boar were re-introduced in the UK
B. How animals breed in different environments
C. How foreign species of animals affect environments
23. What was most responsible for reducing the numbers of UK wild boar until they totally
disappeared in the thirteenth century?
A. Disease B. Too much hunting C. A royal order for their
extermination
24. What was the main problem with farming wild boar in the UK in the 1970s?
A. It did not make much money B. The animals kept escaping. C. Hunters killed the animals
25. Why is the number of boar now probably more than 800?
A. More and more boar have escaped from farms.
B. The escaped and released boar have bred
C. The Forestry Commission has released more boar to ensure healthy bloodlines
Question 26-30.
Complete the summary below on the wild boars of the Forest of Dean. Write NO MORE
THAN TWO WORDS from the listening for each answer.
The Wild Boars of the Forest of Dean
The Wild Boars of the Forest of Dean are now officially wild animals and the local (26)
………………… is responsible for them.
Many locals say the high numbers of boars is not a problem. It’s reported that the (27)
………………… will move the young away when they meet humans. Males are more
aggressive, but only dogs have been chased.
The Forestry Commission now regularly kills boars to control numbers, but animal rights
activists attempt to disrupt the (28) ……………………… doing this.
The forest cannot be closed on cull days and activists patrol the (29) ………………………
where they know the culls take place to protect the animals. The forest rangers are upset,
saying the boars create an imbalance in the forest. The rangers now try and kill the wild boars
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PART II. LEXICO – GRAMMAR

Question 1. Give the correct form of the word.
1. The school pays for heating and the maintenance . of the buildings. (MAINTAIN)
2. The service was held in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war. (REMEMBER)
3. She …exemplified……………… each of the points she was making with an amusing
anecdote. (EXAMPLE)
4. The ……downpour……………… was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to
the car. (POUR)
5. I really believe that it would be a major mistake to  …decriminalize.
any drugs that are currently illegal. (CRIME)
6. It would be hard to find words to tell you about my impressions. The Scottish landscapes
are simply indescribable… (DESCRIBE)
7. Completing the task seemed .unattainable. at first, but in the end, it turned out that it was
much easier than we had expected. (ATTAIN)
8. If only we hadn’t forgotten to take the mosquito …repellent., we wouldn’t have suffered from
so severe bites. (REPEL)
9. Many charities are working to support the needs of …underprivileged…………………..
children in poorer countries. (PRIVILEGE)
10. The school that Mary goes to has a number of extracurricular. activities that take place at
the end of the school day. (CURRICULUM)
Question 2. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence by circling A,
B, C or D
1. In Britain the………….. are all painted red.
A. letter boxes B. letters’ boxes C. letters boxes D. letter’s boxes
2. Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, …………. made up of plasma.
A. one another B. the ọther C. other ones D. the others
3 The flat was so clean that we could hardly find a ……………… of dust.
A. blade B. speck C. scrap D. spell
4. You should handle him with kid …………… or you will make him very upset.
A. hands B. arms C. gloves D. towels
5. The woman accused of shoplifting was found not guilty and was …………………. .
A. excused B. liberated C. acquitted D. interned
6. He is a(n) …………….authority on the subject.
A. qualified B. expert C. eminent D. quality
7. I felt a bit ……………..and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.
A. out of sorts B. on the mend C. over the worst D. under the fevers
8. Jonathan has had a broken heart ever since David gave him the……………….
A. knee B. nose C. shoulder D. elbow
9. He is a tough politician – he knows how to ……………..the storm.
A. run down B. keep up C. ride out D. push back
10. He’s got plenty of ……………. experience as he’s worked in that field already.
A. first-hand B. second-hand C. primary D. tertiary
11. You are under no obligation to help as assistance is purely ……………. .
A. free B. voluntary C. charitable D. donated
12. I should be in Italy now but my holiday plan fell ………. when the travel company went
bankrupt.
A. down B. off C. through D. away
13. Bill Gates is probably the best known and most successful …………….. in computer
software.
A. pioneer B. navigator C. generator D. volunteer
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 14. When I joined the army I found it hard to ………….. the orders from my superiors.
A. carry out B. carry off C. take on D. take over
15. The life …………………. . of individuals in developed countries increases dramatically
recently.
A. expectation B. expectancy C. exception D. exertion
16. I will go for a run tonight if the  ……..….…. moves me.
A. feeling B. mood C. spirit D. mind
17. Their research into the causes of cancer promises to break new…………….. in the field.
A. earth B. ground C. soil D. land
18. Finding the gorillas alive had been ………………. his widest dreams.
A. past B. beyond C. beneath D. without
19. The development of the sport of skateboarding can be ……………..back to the early 1890s.
A. dated B. traced C. followed D. pushed
20. I can’t ………………. every time I go into the boxing ring. All I can do is do my best.
A. pull a rabbit out of the hat B. put my foot in it
C. pull my socks up D. throw in the towel
Question 3. Choose a verb in column A with a particle in column B to replace the words
in bold in each of the sentences below. Use the correct tense form of the verb.
A B
back let go die send down up away on for
ring turn look run get in away out down over

1. If you don’t allow me to enter, I’ll break down the door. ____let in_____________
2. The line was so bad when I telephoned him that I couldn’t understand what he said.
_____ring up___________
3. I regard him as the greatest living novelist. _____look on him____________
4. He disparages his own garden but he likes other people to praise it. ___run
down______________
5. There is something wrong with the television set; we’d better summon an electrician.
______send in___________
6. The factory normally makes clocks and watches but during the last war it produced precision
instruments for aeroplanes. _____turn out___________
7. I examined the accounts carefully several times but couldn’t find the mistakes.
_________look over_______
8. The government has not supported plans to increase taxes. ___back up______________
9. The police caught one thief but the other escaped. ______get away___________
10. It was several minutes before the applause became quieter. ___died down_______
Question 4. Think of ONE word only which can be used appropriately in all three
sentences.
1. - Harry has already spent two ……terms………… at the college.
- The talk was difficult for me to appreciate because the speaker used technical
terms……………… I hadn’t heard before.
- Joe must make sure he understands all the ……terms……… laid down in the agreement.
2. - The place is really convenient. There's a supermarket and an under- ground station round
the …corner……
- Jack Finnan scored a header after a ……………… 3 minutes before the end of the match.
- A good waiter knows that a pair in love usually takes a ………………table to get some sort
of privacy.
3. - The official listened to the whole story, but it was difficult to tell whether he believed it
because his …express…… did not change at all.
- “Yours faithfully” is a polite ……………… which can be used to close a formal letter.
- Her technique isn’t perfect but she puts great ……………… into her piano playing.

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4. - The car is packed with lots of additional features and comes ……complete…… with a
stereo system and GPS.
- I can see you’ re a ………………novice here. Let me break you in and show you around.
- The exercise may take you up to one hour to ……………… so don't get impatient too
quickly.
5. - The mayor has been reelected as he is held in ……high………… esteem among the city
dwellers for his zero-tolerance policy on crime.
- It’s ……high………… time you stopped moaning and got down to work.
- Is it wrong that I have ……high………… hope for my child? I just want her to succeed.
PART III. READING.
Question 1. Read the passage and fill in the gap with ONE word.
Conversations are such common, everyday events that we easily take them for granted and
assume that they require no special skills. Yet at some time or (1) ……other…………….., most
of us have problems talking with other people. You may (2) ………find………..…… yourself
unable to get a (3) …word……….. in edgeways, and feel foolish and inadequate. Sometimes,
you have to interrupt rudely, and are (4) ……constantly……… feeling that, to other people, you
must seem unpleasantly aggressive. Or having been desperate to speak, you do not know how
to stop and risk (5) …being………. considered boring.
Everyone sometimes finds it difficult to strike (6) ……up…………. conversations. The
importance of being able to start conversations is obvious. To have relationships, you have to
meet people and get to know them. To get to know them, you have to talk to them. At some (7)
……point…………….. , there has to be an opening line, but how do you know what to say?
Conversations often begin when one person remarks, “Beautiful weather, isn’t it?” or asks some
other clinched questions. Conversation openers are rarely original but this does not matter. (8)
………What……… does matter is that these openers are recognized (9) ……as…………. what
they are – attempts at starting a conversation. The words are unimportant, the fact that they
have been (100 spoken………… is.
Question 2. Read the following passage and circle the best answer.
William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in
North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina’s school until the age of
fifteen, where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist.
However, within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his Father’s, Porter
moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster’s
Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch
life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three
years, and during this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived
from his habit of calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat. In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He
worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First National Bank.
In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the “Rolling Stone”, a venture that failed within a
year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First National
Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled
funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child in
Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife’s continued ill-health, however she died six
months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in
Ohio. At the age of thirty five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his
home, his wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O.
Henry, the pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in
jail, and after re-gaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300
stories and gained fame as America’s favorite short Story writer. Porter married again in 1907,
but after months of poor health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O.
Henry’s stories have been translated all over the world.
1. Why did the author write the passage?
A. because of his fame as America’s favorite short story writer
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B. to outline the career of a famous American
C. because it is a tragic story of a gifted writer
D. to outline the influences on O. Henry’s writing
2. According to the passage, Porter’s Father was _____.
A. responsible for his move to La Salle County in Texas
B. the person who gave him a life-long love of books          
C. a medical doctor
D. a licensed pharmacist
3. The word “allegedly” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to ____________.
A. supposedly                 B. reportedly C. wrongly                          D. mistakenly
4. Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. Both of Porter’s wives died before he died
B. Porter left school at 15 to become a pharmacist
C. Porter wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post called “Rolling Stone”                      
D. The first recorded use of his pseudonym was in Austin                                       
5. The word “venture” in paragraph 2 is closet in meaning to ____________.
A. challenging experience B. bold initiative C. speculative action D. sorry experience
6. Porter lost all of the following when he went to prison EXCEPT his __________
A. home B. wife C. job D. books
7. According to the author, how many stories did Porter write while in prison for three years?
A. more than 300 B. 35 C. at least 12 D. over 20
8. The author implies which of the following is true?
A. Porter would probably have written less stories if he had not been in prison for three years.
B. Porter was in poor health throughout his life.
C. O. Henry is as popular in many other countries as he is in America.
D. Porter’s wife might have lived longer if he had not left her in Austin when he fled.
9. Where in the passage does the author mention a habit of Porter that was to become very
useful for him later?
A. the first half of paragraph one B. the second half of paragraph one
C. the first half of paragraph two D. the second half of paragraph two
10. What is the passage primarily about?
A. The life and career of William Sydney Porter. B. The way to adopt a nickname.
C. O.Henry’s influence on American literature. D. The adventures of O.Henry.

PART IV. PHONETICS

Question 1. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the others in each group.
1. A. resist B. terrace C. devastate D. preparation
2. A. limb B. virile C. cacti D. facsimile
3. .A bronchitis B. chore C. chambermaid D. charity
4. A. debris B. cactus C. analysis D. basic
5. A. explosion B. precision C. expansion D. conclusion
Question 2. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. footprint B. downtown C. beehive D. nomad
2. A. excel B. rescue C. resist D. canal
3. A. profitable B. allergic C. wasabi D. superb
4. A. aeroplane B. thermometer C. supermarket D. legendary
5. A. horizontal B. permanently C. electronic D. underwater
PART V. WRITING.
Question 1. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning, using the
words in brackets.

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1. This mix-up is not my fault. (blame)
- ________________________________________________________________.
2. The business is hardly making a profit at the moment. (even)
- _________________________________________________________________.
3. He is famous for his vast knowledge of primitive religion. (authority)
- _________________________________________________________________.
4. I am looking for a job which is commensurate with my abilities. on____I am looking for a job
on a level with my abilities.____________________________________________________.
5. The house is dirty because no one bothers to keep it clean. (trouble)
- The house is dirty because no one takes the trouble to keep it clean.
__________________________________________________________________.
6. We never buy things in small quantities as we would make profit.
- With______________________________________________________________.
7. The demand for tickets was so great that people queued day and night.
- Such _____________________________________________________________.
8. Tom only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early.
- But for ___his father’s decision to retire early,__Tom only took over the family
business.______________________________________________________.
9. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
- Rather than ________________________________________________________.
10. Press photographers are banned from taking photographs backstage.
- On _______________________________________________________________.

Question 2. Finish the second sentence in such a way that is similar to the original one.
1. He has an obsession about the dishonesty of lawyers. (bee)
- He __has a bee in his bonnet about the dishonesty of lawyers.
2. My mother rarely breaks a promise of any kind. (goes)
- My mother rarely goes back on a promise of any kind.
3. Darius soon recovered after the operation on his knee and was able to rejoin the team.
(made)
- After the operation on his knee, Darius made a quick recovery__ and was able to rejoin the
team.
4. If her father hadn’t died suddenly, she could have gone on her study at college. (it)
- It was her father’s _death that made it impossible for her to go on her study at college.
5. I don’t know how he is going to accept the fact that he has lost his job. (terms)
- I don’t know _how he’s going to come to terms with the fact__ his job.

Question 3. Some people hold that it is the television that alienates the relationship of family
members.
To what extend do you agree or disagree?

In about 250 words, write an essay to assert your point of view on this topic.

___In this day and age, the television plays an immense role in our ever-changing society as a
vast source of entertainment and updated information. However, some people hold that it is the
main culprit of family alienation. From my perspective, I wholeheartedly disagree with this
opinion for the following reasons
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_ Firstly, _it is proven that all forms of entertainment serve the same purpose of bringing
relaxation to its viewers. The matter lies in how much time the onr would spend on them. If
viewers know how to allocate time between watching television and family, then
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