D. dissolve
D. return
D. channel
D. reproduce

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. Write your
answer A, B, C or D on your answer sheet (0,5)
1. A. advice B. beauty C. picture D. postcard
2. A. recognize B. relax C. realize D. relatively
3. A. scissors B. object C. wardrobe D. transmit
4. A. paper B. tonight C. lecture D. story
5. A. remain B. convenient C. volunteer D. memorable

Part II: Vocabulary and Grammar
I. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write your answer
A, B, C or D on the answer sheet (1, 5)
1. I cant understand the French visitors. I wish I .French.
A. know B. have known C. knew D. will know
2. The church .about 100 years ago.
A. was built B. is built C. has been built D. will be built
3. The teacher said: This homeworkcarefully
A. has to do B. has to be done C. had to do D. had to be done
4. Dont worry, everything is control.
A. in B. under C. on D. upon
5. I was really tired, I couldnt sleep.
A. Therefore B. Because of C. Even though D. So
6. The child hurt himself badly when he fell.the bedroom window.
A. out from B. out of C. down D. over
7. The nurse was on .in the hospital last night.
A. work B. alarm C. duty D. service

9. I’m afraid there is going to be another…………of the currency soon. (Value)

10. Did you really have to behave with such …….to the little girl?. (Severe)

III. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Identify your
answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (1, 0)
1. We have such many things to do that we have no time to go out.
A B C D
2. There’s no point to talk to such a conservative minded person.
A B C D
3. Film can only be developed in a room that is totally darkness.
A B C D
4. I think that’s an interesting thought, isn’t that?.
A B C D
5. She wishes she is the most beautiful girl in the world.
A B C D
6. Although most known for her prose works, Maya Angelo also punished several
A B C
collections of poetry.
D
7. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation
A B C D
8. Why so many students graduate weak at reading and math are questions continuing to
A B C D

disturb educators.
9. What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems
A B C D
10. Although
apples do not grow during the cold season, apple trees must have such season

a tower in the …………….(8) of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The
……………(9)lights of this type to ……… (10)in Britain were in London, on the junction
between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925
1. A. outside B. out C. out of D. outdoors
2. A. resembled B. looked C. showed D. seemed
3. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite
4. A. forbade B. avoided C. discouraged D. disappointed
5. A. New B. Recent C. Modern D. late
6. A. methods B. systems C. means D. ways
7. A. worked B. operated C. turned D. held
8. A. heart B. focus C. halfway D. middle
9. A. original B. primary C. first D. early
10. A. show B. appear C. happen D. become
III. Read the following passage indicates the correct answer. Write your answer A, B, C
or D on your answer sheet (0, 5)
They call New York “the Big Apple”. Maybe it isn’t exactly like an apple, but it is
certainly very big. There are too many people, that’s the problem. The streets are always full
of cars and trucks, and you can never find a place to park.
If you have enough money, you can take a taxi. New York cabs are yellow. They
look all the same. But the drivers are very different. Some were born and raised in New
York, but many are newcomers to the United States. A few drive slowly, but most go very
fast. Cab driving is a difficult job. It can be dangerous, too. Thieves often try to steal the
drivers’ money. Drivers sometimes get hurt.
If you don’t want to take a taxi, you can go by bus or you can take the subway. The

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subway is quick, and it’s cheap, but parts of it are old and dirty. Lights don’t always work
and there are often fires on the track. On some subway lines, there are new, clean, silver
trains. But you can’t see the color of the old trains easily. There is too much dirt and too
much graffiti, inside and outside.

II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

Write your answers on the answer sheet (1, 0)
1. She started working in this company 5 years ago.
→ She has
2. “Have you done your homework?” asked the teacher.
→ The teacher asked ?
3. The exercise was so easy that all students could do it.
→ It was such
4. They didn’t go out because it rained heavily.
→ Because of
5. I didn’t go to bed early, so I didn’t wake up at 5 am
→ If
6. It is thought that the accident was caused by human error
→ The accident is
7. John said that he was sorry he had not attended the meeting.

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→ John apologized………………………………………………………………………
8. As soon as they arrived on the beach, it started to rain.
→ No sooner………………………………………………………………………………
9. The children themselves are not in any way to blame for the disaster.
→ In no way
10. In order to be highly paid, they work much harder.
→ They work much harder, so……………………………………………………
III. Write a paragraph about 100→ 120 words with the topic “What should you do to
improve your English?” (1,0d)

The end



6

Phòng Giáo dục &
đào tạo Tiên Lữ
Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện
Năm học 2013 - 2014
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh lớp 9

Hớng dẫn chấm bài thi HSG môn Anh văn lớp 9
năm học 2013 - 2014
(Gồm có 2 trang)
Part I: Phonetics
I. 0,5 đ. Mỗi câu đúng đợc 0,1 đ
1. A 2.D 3. C 4. A 5. B

II. 0,5 đ. Mỗi câu đúng đợc 0,1 đ
1. A 2.B 3. D 4. B 5. C

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. C 5.C
6. B
7. B 8. D
9. C
10. B

III. 0,5đ. Mỗi từ đúng đợc 0,1đ
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. A 5. A 7
Part IV: Writing
I. 0,5®. Mçi c©u ®óng ®−îc 0,1®
1. George told Mary he had seen the film three times

2. I wish I hadn’t given Dennis my phone number.
3. The last time I phoned her was when I left for Paris
4. She reminded me of her grandmother.
5. The visitors were beaten by our team. SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
NINH BÌNH
––––––––––
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 07 trang)

Chú ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ đi
ển.

SECTION 1. LISTENING:
I. Part 1: Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (20 points)


A. clearing paths through the forest
B. finding somewhere safe to camp
C. carrying heavy equipment
4. Whom was Paul angry towards to the end of the trip?
A. the local guide B. some of the team C. fisherman
5. Where was Paul asked to go on another trip?
A. Australia B. London C. Africa

Write your answers here:
1 …………… 2 3

4

5 SECTION 2. PHONETICS:
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each
group. (10pts)
1. A. parachute B. mechanic C. Christmas D. scheme
2. A. southern B. northern C. mouths D. months
3. A. shadow B. vanish C. Danish D. Spanish
4. A. have B. many C. shadow D. thank
5. A. exhibition B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exist
Write your answers here:
1 …………… 2 3

4


6. I live in Dalat, ________ is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam.
A. in which B. that C. which D. where
7. Neither the students nor the teacher ________ come.
A. has B have C. is D. are
8. On the way to the town, they stop ________a rest.
A. taking B. to take C. to have D. having
9. It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth ________.
A. filling B. to fill C. filled D. being filled
10. The roof was damaged and water ________ from the ceiling in wet weather.
A. spilled B. dripped C. drained D. dropped
11. ________little we may like it, old age comes to most of us.
A. In spite of B. So C. As D. However
12. The newspaper did not mention the ________ of the damage caused by the fire.
A. range B. amount C quantity D. extent
13. The judge ________ him fifty dollars for parking his car illegally.
A. charged B. fined C. punished D. prohibited
14. You can take a taxi ________ you don't mind waiting.
A. except B. unless C. provided D. apart
15. They live in a large ________ house on the edge of London.
A. detached B. single C. separated D. divided

Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

11 ………… 12

13


(distinguish)
3. He is very generous. Everyone admires his ________. (selfish)
4. ________ skill is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job. (lead)
5. ________ are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforests are being destroyed. (Conserve)

Write your answers here:
1 …………… 2 3

4

5 VIII. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (10pts)
1. What tune (play) ________ when we came in?
2. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ________ her seat belt, she (not
hurt) ________ so badly.
3. If you don't hurry, all the tickets (sell) ________ by the time we (get) ________ there.
Write your answers here:
1 …………… 2 3

4

5 SECTION 4. READING:
IX. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(20 pts)
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

X. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of using
natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the United States,
usually several feet below the surface of the earth. Natural gas is most often found in places where
petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found. Often the natural gas must be removed
before the oil itself can be reached.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no value.
Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it and moving it
from place to place. Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for lighting, cooking and
heating. It has also been used for electric generators and hybrid cars recently. In many ways
natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be used for cooking without making the room hot. It is
cheap and can be moved easily from one place to another through long pipelines, some of which
are hundreds of miles in length.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. natural gas is useless
B. people once wasted natural gas
C. natural gas is moved in trucks
D. natural gas is found where there is no petroleum
2. This passage as a whole is about ________.
A. discovering natural gas B. finding petroleum
C. using natural gas and petroleum D. natural gas and its use
3. Which of the following is NOT true about natural gas?
A. It is not used for heating. B. It moves through pipes.
C. It is cheap. D. It can be stored.
4. According to the passage, the easiest way to move natural gas from one place to another is
________.
A. to liquidize it and move it through pipelines.
B. to liquidize it and move it by trucks.
C. through pipelines.
D. to store it in large tanks to move.


6 ………… 7 8 9 10 SECTION 5. WRITING:
XII. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it. (20 pts)
1. You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18
th
.
The final date
2. When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problem?
It's high time something .
3. They estimated the price, including all the costs.
Taking
4. Nothing was done about it.
Nobody
5. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon.
I am
6. I didn't see her again for ten years. Five years
7. Driving on the left feels strange to me.
I am not used
8. I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly.
If he didn't
9. Please don't make me annoyed by such silly questions.
I'd rather
10. People think that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in the pub.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
NINH BÌNH
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh
(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm: 02 trang)
SECTION I: LISTENING (30 points)
I. Part 1: Listen then choose the best answer A, B, or C to each question. (20pts = 10 x 2)
1. mysteriously

2. 90 3. Engineers 4. accuracy 5. survived
6. reliable 7. 1962 8. mistakenly 9. strikes 10. named
II. Part 2: Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer A, B, or C. (10 pts = 5 x 2)
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A
SECTION II. PHONETICS
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (10 pts = 5x2)
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A
IV. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. (10pts = 5x2)
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B
SECTION III. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
V. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (30 pts = 15 x 2)
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D
XI. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (20 pts = 10 x 2)
1. means/ways 2. understood 3. sounds/ sound 4. Learning 5. vocabulary
6. speak 7. express 8. main 9. way 10. show
SECTION 5. WRITING:
XII. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the sentence printed before it. (20 pts = 10 x 2)
1. The final date for you to submit articles / for articles to be submitted for the magazine is
June 18th.
2. It's high time something was/ were done about the city's traffic problem by the council.
3. Taking all the costs into account they estimated the price.
4. Nobody did anything about it.
5. I am not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon.
6. Five years (has passed) since I last saw her.
7. I am not used to driving on the left.
8. If he didn't speak so quickly, I could understand him.
9. I'd rather you didn't make me annoyed by such silly questions.
10. The prisoner is thought to have been recaptured while drinking in the pub.
XIII. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if
neccessary. (20 pts = 10 x 2)
1. We are close friends because we have many things in common.
2. Is Passover celebrated in every country in/ around/ all over the world?
3. We decided to go for a short walk before sitting down for lunch.
4. After walking for three hours we stopped to let (the) others catch up with us.
5. There are more and more challenges for school children today at the/ their early age.
6. Taking tests is another challenge for school children.
7. It is/ was wrong of you not to give her a chance to talk.
8. He suggests using gas instead of burning coal for cooking.
9. Jack London was born on January 13
th

hasn’t always been so ___6___: snow caused the clock to ring in the New Year ten
minutes late in ___7___.
Many people ___8___ believe Big Ben is either the name of the clock itself or of
the clock tower. In fact, it is neither. Big Ben is the name of the 13-ton bell that ___9___
on every hour. It was ___10___ after Sir Benjamin Hall, who ordered the clock’s
construction. The official name for the tower that houses Big Ben is St. Stephen’s Tower.

Write your answers here:
1 ……… 2 3

4 5

6 ………. 7 8

9 10 SECTION 2. PHONETICS:
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in
each group. (1,0pts)
1. A. parachute B. mechanic C. Christmas D. scheme
2. A. southern B. northern C. mouths D. months
3. A. shadow B. vanish C. Danish D. Spanish
4. A. have B. many C. shadow D. thank
5. A. exhibition B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exist
Write your answers here:
1 ……… 2 3

4


A. has B have C. is D. are
8. On the way to the town, they stop ________a rest.
A. taking B. to take C. to have D. having
9. It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth ________.
A. filling B. to fill C. filled D. being filled
10. The roof was damaged and water ________ from the ceiling in wet weather.
A. spilled B. dripped C. drained D. dropped
11. ________little we may like it, old age comes to most of us.
A. In spite of B. So C. As D. However
12. The newspaper did not mention the ________ of the damage caused by the fire.
A. range B. amount C quantity D. extent
13. The judge ________ him fifty dollars for parking his car illegally.
A. charged B. fined C. punished D. prohibited
14. You can take a taxi ________ you don't mind waiting.
A. except B. unless C. provided D. apart
15. They live in a large ________ house on the edge of London.
A. detached B. single C. separated D. divided
Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

11 ………… 12

13

14

15


(lead)
5. ________ are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforests are being destroyed.
(Conserve)

Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3

4

5 IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1,0pts)
1. What tune (play) ________ when we came in?
2. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ________ her seat belt,
she (not hurt) ________ so badly.
3. If you don't hurry, all the tickets (sell) ________ by the time we (get) ________ there.

Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2

3

4

5


1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10 II. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.(1,0
pts)
One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of
using natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the
United States, usually several feet below the surface of the earth. Natural gas is most often
found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found. Often the
natural gas must be removed before the oil itself can be reached.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no
value. Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it
and moving it from place to place. Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for
lighting, cooking and heating. It has also been used for electric generators and hybrid cars
recently. In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be used for cooking
without making the room hot. It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to
another through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
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A. natural gas is useless
B. people once wasted natural gas
C. natural gas is moved in trucks
D. natural gas is found where there is no petroleum
2. This passage as a whole is about ________.
A. discovering natural gas B. finding petroleum
C. using natural gas and petroleum D. natural gas and its use

everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible
if everyone made up their own language.
(4) ________ a language properly is very important. The basic (5) ________ of
English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (6) ________ it quite
well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ________ and the more
precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8) ________ thing we use in communicating what we want to say.
The (9) ________ we say the words is also important. Our tone of voice can express many
motions and (10) ________ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.

Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

SECTION 5. WRITING:
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it. (2,0 pts)
1. You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18
th
.
6

The final date
2. When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problem?
It's high time something .
3. They estimated the price, including all the costs.
Taking
4. Nothing was done about it.
Nobody

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____The end____
ĐÁP ÁN KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIÊNG ANH LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN
(Năm học 2013 - 2014)


1. authorized 2. indistinguishable
3. selflessness/
unselfishness
4. leadership 5. Conservationists
IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1,0pts = 5 x 0,2)

1. was being
played
2. had been wearing

3. wouldn’t have
been hurt
4. will have been
sold
5. get
SECTION IV. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(2,0 pts = 10 x 0,2)
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C
6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. C
II. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (1,0 pts =
5x 0,2)
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D
III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word in each space. (2,0 pts = 10 x 0,2)
1. means/ways 2. understood
3. sounds/
sound
4. Learning 5. vocabulary
6. speak 7. express 8. main 9. way 10. show
SECTION 5. WRITING: