SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
NINH BÌNH
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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 điển.
SECTION 1. LISTENING:
I. Part 1: Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (20 points)
Time stands still in London
Time stood still in London on May 27. Big Ben, the 147-year-old clock that is famous
around the world, ___1___ stopped for ___2___ minutes. The clock’s minute hand froze at 10.20
PM and then started moving again at 11.50 PM. ___3___ are baffled and cannot explain why the
clock stopped. It is usually very reliable and rarely loses even one second.
Big Ben is well known for both its ___4___ and its hourly chimes. It miraculously
___5___ the bombing attacks on London during World War II. It even managed to keep time to
within one and a half seconds of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). However, it 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
II. Part 2: Listen to a biologist, Paul Hart who tells about his trip across Africa. For each
question, choose the correct answer A, B, or C (10 points)

4. A. preference B. disappointed C. unpolluted D. documentary
5. A. recommend B. spectator C. individual D. unexpected
Write your answers here:
1. …………… 2. ………………. 3. …………… 4. ……………… 5. ………………
SECTION 3 . LEXICO- GRAMMAR:
V. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (30 pts)
1. I can't make ________ what is happening.
A. away B. over C. out D. on
2. A ________ is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the bank robber.
A. prize B. reward C. notice D. repayment
3. This dish ________. Is it spicy?
A. smells well B. is smelling good C. is smelled well D. smells good
4. Who was the first American person ________ on the moon?
A. walking B. who walked C. walked D. to walk
5. She is one of the few people ________.
A. to whom I look up B. I look up
C. who look up to D. to who I look up
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.

VII. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (10pts)
1. The university has ________ the use of dictionaries during language examinations. (author)
2. It is very difficult to find Mrs. Burton's shop, for it was ________ from all others in the street.
(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
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

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.
5. How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?
A. two B. three C. four D. five
Write your answers here:
1 …………… 2 3 4 5
XI. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word
in each space. (20 pts)
Speech is one of the most important (1) ________ of communicating. It consists of far
more than just making noises. To talk and also to be (2) ________ by other people, we have to
speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ________ that 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)

XIII. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if
neccessary. (20 pts)
1. We / be / close friends/ because / we / have / many things/ common.

2. Passover/ celebrate/ every country/ world/?

3. We/ decide/ go/ short walk/ before/ sit down/ lunch.

4. After/ walk/ three hours/ we/ stop/ let/ others/ catch/ up/ us.

5. There/ be/ more/ and/ challenges/ school children today/ early age.

6. Take/ tests / another challenge/ school children.

7. It/ wrong/ you/ not/ give/ her/ chance/ talk.

8. He/ suggest/ use/ gas/ instead/ burn/ coal/ for/ cook.

9. Jack London/ bear/ January 13th/ 1876/ San Francisco/ California.

10. Solar panels/ install / roof/ house/ energy/ sun.____The end____
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

4. leadership 5. Conservationists
VIII. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (10pts = 5 x 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
IX. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(20 pts = 10 x 2)
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C
6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. C
X. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts = 5x 2)
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.