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ĐỀ THI HSG MÔN TIẾNG ANH 9
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Bài thi có 6 trang)

SECTION I. LISTENING (4pts)
Task 1. Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for each question
below (2pts).
01. What does having a long face represent?
A. The face is not short
B. The face is narrow but long
C. Represents happiness
D. Represents unhappiness
02. What happened at work that caused the long face?
A. He got a promotion
B. A different person got a promotion
C. He got a raise
D. He lost his job
03. What topic are they talking about?
A. Fun classes at school C. Stress from work
B. Being busy at work D. Drinking and partying
04. What do they plan on drinking?
A. Coke C. Beer
B. Whiskey D. Water

Task 2. Listen to the dialogue then answer the questions (2pts).
01. What is Mark doing right now?

02. What day of the week is it?

B. ethnic
C. clothing
D. these
05. A. carrot
B. ceiling
C. cereal
D. circle
06. A.
kingdoms
B. nations
C. plants
D. lends
1.2. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern from
the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B,
C or D. (0,4 pt)
Ex: A. notice B. depend C. climate D. separate
Answer: B
01. A. comic
B. police
C. fashion
D. cotton
02. A. remote
B. amount
C. purpose
D. museum
03.A. entertainment
B. information
C. education
D. television
04. A. enormous

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A. isn’t it B. hadn’t you C. wouldn’t you D. won’t you
07. When the Queen gets up in the morning, seven people her.
A. look at B. look after C. look into D. look for
08. His classmates studied singing, acrobatics, gymnastics martial
arts.
A. but B. or C. and D.
because
2.2. Give the correct form of each verb in bracket to complete the
following sentences (1pt)
01. If you (be)……(a)………… in my position now, what (you
do)……(b)……….?
(a) ……………………… ……. (b) ……………… …………….

02. John (do) ……(c)……… the test again at the moment because he (not
pass) ………(d)…… it the first time.
(c) ……………………………. (d)
………………………………
03. When I (pass) ……(e… her house the other day, I saw her (water)
……(f)…….the trees in the garden.
(e) ……………………………. (f) ……………………………
04. Tom (finish) ……(g)………… this course when his father (return)
………(h)…… next month.
(g) ……………………………. (h) ……………………………
05. She (read) …(i)… the book for over three days, and she
(read)…(k)…… more than two hundred pages.
(i) ……………………………. (k) ……………………………
2.3 Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition (0,4pt).
01. It is very cold here night.
02. I wish you'd stop complaining your job. Try to


SECTION III. READING: (6pts)
3. Read the passage below and choose the best option (A, B, C or
D) for each space. Circle your option (2,5pts)
UNICEF means the United Nations Children's Fund. It serves children
in (1) ________ all over the world. It helps children of (2) ________ races,
nationalities, religions and political systems in more than 140 worldwide
countries. The (3) ________ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for
children and their mothers. UNICEF (4) ________ both long-term assistance
and emergency.
UNICEF was (5) ________ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to
children who suffered during World War two in Europe. It began (6)
________ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United
Nations in 1953 (7) ________ the need for its services around the world.
UNICEF's primary concern is to help governments of developing countries
improve the (8) ________ of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF's
main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (9) ________ it also
has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF
won the Nobel Peace Prize (10) ________ its work helping children and
building brighter future.
01. A. communities B. organizations C. groups D. society
02. A. every B. all C. some D. few

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03. A. view B. purpose C. opinion D.
intention
04. A. receives B. gets C. takes D. gives
05. A. found B. produced C. created D.
built up
06. A. like B. with C. for D. as

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6 …………
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8
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5. Read the passage and then answer the questions below. (1pt)
Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve
understanding between people of different countries. He showed Esperanto
to his friends to find out what they thought about it. Later in the same year
he went to study at a university in Moscow. He wanted to improve

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Esperanto. Zamenhof's friends then worked hard to spread the new
language. They try to persuade schools throughout the world to teach it.
However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more
people use English as a foreign language.
Questions:
01. Why did Zamenhof invent Esperanto?

02. What did he do in Moscow?

03. Who helped him to spread Esperanto?

04. Do most people today speak Esperanto? Why or why not?

SECTION IV. WRITING: (4pts)
6. Read the first sentence, and then complete the second sentence
with the same meaning. (2pts)
01. “Close the office door but do not lock it”, the manager said to me.

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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM + BIỂU ĐIỂM
KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
LỚP 9 MÔN TIẾNG ANH – NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015
Đề chính thức:
I. Các chú ý khi chấm thi:
1. Bài chấm theo thang điểm 20 điểm (chi tiết đến 0,1 điểm)
2. Điểm toàn bài thi bằng điểm tổng cộng các điểm từng phần, điểm toàn bài
không làm tròn.
3. Học sinh giải đúng bằng các cách khác thì cho điểm tương đương theo
biểu điểm chấm của từng nội dung.
II. Đáp án và cách cho điểm.
SECTION I. LISTENING (4pts)
Task 1. Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for each question
below (2pts).
(0,5pt for each correct answer)
1. Represents unhappiness 3. Stress from work
2. A different person got a promotion 4. Beer
Task 2. Listen to the dialogue then answer the questions (2pts).
(0,5pt for each correct answer)
1. Watching TV 3. Planning on going to Starbucks
2. Saturday 4. In 30 minutes

1. speech 2. hopeless 3. musicians 4. entrance
2.5. Each of the following sentences has 4 underlined parts (A, B,
C and D). One of these parts contains an error. For each sentence, circle
the part that contains error (0,4pt) (0,1pt for each correct answer)
1. D 2. A 3. C. 4. C
SECTION III. READING: (6pts)
3. Read the passage below and choose the best option (A, B, C or
D) for each space. Circle your option (2,5pts) (0,25pt for each correct
answer)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
B
B
D
C
D
A
D
C
C
4. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each

argument that living in the countryside is better than living in the city
(or living in the city is better than living in the countryside). (2pts)

- Form: 0,5 pt
- Ideas: 1 pt
- Vocabulary and structure: 0,5 pt The end