SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO AN GIANG

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP

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TỈNH KHỐI THCS

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

Năm học: 2013 – 2014

Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi.

Khóa ngày: 15/03/2014

(Đề thi có 07 trang)

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Không kể thời gian phát đề)

ĐIỂM

ĐIỂM

CHỮ KÝ

CHỮ KÝ

SỐ PHÁCH

skirts

skirts

dresses

dresses

On sale
50% off
On sale
25% off
Regular



prices
II-Listen to a conversation between Mr. Palmer and an estate agent. Fill in the blanks with
missing word(s). The recording will be spoken twice. (2.0pts)
Estate Agent (E): Well, Mr. Palmer. This is the semi-detached house that I told you about…
Number 26, Richmond Road. The owners are away, but I've got a key.
Mr. Palmer (P): Hmm… when was it built?


E: It was built in __________(1)
P: Who built it?
E.: I'm not really sure. Is it __________(2)?
P: No, not really. Is that a new roof? It looks new.
E: It is ___________(3) new. It was put on last year.
E: You can see that it's in very good ___________(4). The previous owner was a builder.


9._____________

10.____________

PART B: PHONETICS AND GRAMMAR
I-Circle the word (A, B, C, or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
those of the other group (0.5pt)
1. A. cool

B. blood

C. fool

D. tool

2. A. champagne

B. exchange

C. change

D. reach

3. A. swing

B. sweet

C. sword



B. important

C. delicious

D. beautiful

3. A. calendar

B. longevity

C. scientist

D. constancy

4. A. distribute

B. intelligence

C. calculate

D. consumption

5. A. potential

B. convenient

C. available

D. fertilizer

A. either

B. neither

C. not only

D. both

5. I have on black cat ____________name is Blacky.
A. which

B. that

C. whose

D. where

6. Yesterday afternoon, while David ___________in the garden, it suddenly began to rain.
A. sat

B. was sitting

C. had sat

D. has sat

7. –“ Have a nice weekend !” -“ ________”
A. Do you have any plans ?

B. I’m going to take it easy.


D. too


IV. There is ONE mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it. (1.0pt)
1. She has been to Da Nang for one month and now she used to the hot weather there.
2. He can't speak English without to make mistakes.
3. Some designers has printed lines of poetry on the Aodai.
4. Liverpool is an industry city in the North of England.
5. If I were a bird, I will be a white pigeon.
Your answer:
Mistake

Correction

1. _______________

=>

__________________

2. _______________

=>

__________________

3. _______________

=>

don’t think I’m good enough to
(1) ____________________
win.
Really? There was some information about it in our club
B. I didn’t see it. Is the
magazine.
(2) ____________________
competition on all afternoon?
Just from 2.30 till 5 p.m. They give out prizes at 6 p.m.
C. Hi, you’re calling early!
(3) ____________________
The prizes are better this time. The top prize is a D. Do the winners get CDs like

Jack:
Andrew:
Jack:
Andrew:

skateboard.
(4) ____________________
You’re much better than you were last year.
(5) ____________________
Great! See you then.

Jack:
Andrew:

last year?
E. I wasn’t very good then.
F. I didn’t know that was today.

6._____________

7._____________

8._____________

9._____________

10.____________

III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given words in capital. (2.0pts)
1. They are old enough to be____________ of their parents.

DEPEND

2. The small garden ___________ their flat.

BEAUTY

3. They enjoyed very____________ moment in the countryside.

PEACE

4. The story is about an _______________ trip

EXCITE

5. The road is being ____________________.

WIDE

PAIN

10. My teacher always gives me lots of __________better my knowledge.

COURAGE

Your answer :
1._____________

2._____________

3._____________

4._____________

5._____________

6._____________

7._____________

8._____________


9._____________

10.____________

IV-Read the passage and circle the best answer(A, B, C or D ) which best fits each space.
(2.0pts)


3.

A. Gusts

B. Blows

C. Hits

D. Clouds

4.

A. hurt

B. damage

C. injury

D. destruction

5.

A. let down

B. cut down

C. blown down

D. fallen down


9.

A. like

B. as

C. likely

D. unlike

10.

A. warnings

B. treats

C. news

D. signs

V-Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (2.0 pts)
If you live in a city, you probably see many people, hear the (1)............of traffic, and smell
the pollution (2).........cars and factories.
We are entering a new time in (3) ......history of the world. Before this, most (4) ..... ..... were
farmers. They lived in the country. Now many people are (5) .....the farms and moving into the
cities. They are looking for better jobs. The cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are very
crowded. People are driving more cars, burning more fuel, (6).......more water, eating more food,



clouds.
Enveloped by an ocean of air consisting of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, the planet is
the only one in our solar system known to harbor life. Circling the Sun at an average distance of
149 million kilometers (93 millions miles), Earth is the third planet from the sun and the fifth
largest planet the solar system.
Its rapid spin and molten nicked-iron core give rise to an extensive magnetic field which,
coupled with the atmosphere, shields us from nearly all of the harmful radiation coming from the
sun and other stars. Most meteors burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere before they can strike the
surface. The planet’s active geological processes have left no evidence of the ancient pelting it
almost certainly received soon after it was formed. The Earth has singe natural satellite-the
Moon.
1. The main idea of the passage is that……………………
A. there are life-supporting characteristics on Earth
B. Earth is predominantly water
C. Earth has no common characteristics with other planets
D. Earth is the only planet with a moon
2. The word “distinguishing” as it is used in the passage means……………
A. devastating in nature


B. elevating in nature
C. characteristics like all other planets
D. characteristics that set it apart from other planets
3. It’s probable that the next paragraph would discuss………………
A. people on planets

B. the solar system as a whole

C. the Earth’s natural satellite-the Moon