ĐÁP ÁN KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
BẬC PTCS CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
NĂM HỌC: 2007-2008
Đề chính thức Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Khoá ngày: 25-03-2008 Thời gian: 150 phút
PART ONE: LISTENING (20 points)
A. Listen to Patti and Alice talking. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE
in your Answer Sheet, write True or False for each statement:
1. Alice is interested in looking for a new job. F
2. They will work in New York if they can get the job. T
3. Patti is now independent of her parents. T
4. Alice is a type of an adventurous girl. F
5. Patti has been working at the office longer than Alice has. F
B. Listen to a conversation between three people. Choose the option (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the
blank space in each statement or that best answer each question:
1. What kind of park is it ?
A. It’s a theme park. B. It’s an entertainment park.
C. It’s a park for camping. D. It’s a national park.
2. Which of the following is NOT true _________________?
A. People walk to the park. B. People get to the park by bicycle.
C. People go to the park in their car. D. People take a shuttle bus to the park.
3. The atmosphere at the park is ___________________.
A. exciting B. polluted C. quiet D. noisy
4. In order to go camping there, people have to __________________.
A. go in small groups B. reserve before hand
C. bring their food D. pay money
5. It is difficult to ask people to be careful about ___________________.
A. keeping their own food B. protecting the environment
C. making a fire D. littering
PART TWO: MULTIPLE-CHOICE (30 points)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence:

A. could B. would C. might D. should
16. The young teacher sometimes lets the class go __________________control.
A. in B. out of C. throughout D. under
17. He is an efficient worker who always finishes his work ahead ________________schedule.
A. on B. in C. of D. for
18. He takes ___________________his father in many ways.
A. on B. up C. in D. after
19. The boy came __________________a cold walking in the rain for too long.
A. down with B. up with C. up against D. along with
20. The student sitting ________________the last row doesn’t seem to be paying attention.
A. on B. at C. in D. of
21. Most people __________________to pay their bills by check nowadays.
A. require B. used C. practice D. tend
22. He doesn’t take much exercise, __________________from walking the dog.
A. alone B. apart C. except D. besides
23. When I questioned him, he finally _________________stealing my pen.
A. admitted B. accused C. accepted D. confessed
24. As long as we __________________to the footpath, we won’t get lost.
A. keep B. stay C. follow D. remain
25. How much water does that tank __________________?
A. include B. keep C. consist D. contain
26. He is staying at my house _____________________.
A. all in all B. all at once C. for the time being D. in advance
27. The twins are so alike that I can hardly _____________________.
A. see them both B. tell them apart C. go for them D. work them out
28. I really want to help you, but I’ve got _________________organizing the school play.
A. my head over heels B. up to my ears C. my nose choked D. my hands full
29. Could I just do it right now? - _______________________
A. Yes, you could. B. Why not? Go ahead.
C. Not for me. D. Yes, let’s.

When we think of a shark, we picture a (1)___________________, savage predator. Such
ideas might have been (2)______________________in our minds by movies that we have seen on
television and in cinemas. The most (3)______________________of these shows will probably be
“Jaws”. But this description is true only of a (4)______________________of the species. The idea that
all sharks kill and eat humans is a myth. Every year, more people are (5)_____________________by
lightning than by sharks.
Some (6)______________________, like the Great White shark and the Tiger shark, have
a(n) (7)______________________for attacking humans. Great White sharks feed mainly
(8)______________________ seals and porpoises. Some experts believe that the Great White shark
attacks humans (9)______________________a person while swimming looks very much like a seal
when (10)_____________________from below. The shark usually kills its
(11)____________________with one huge bite.
Sharks have very large and sharp teeth. These are used for cutting their food into shreds. A
shark may have up to three thousand teeth in its mouth (12)_____________________. These are
arranged in several (13)___________________. Only the front teeth are actively used for feeding. The
remaining teeth serve as (14)______________________teeth. To (15)____________________that a
shark may use more than twenty thousand teeth in its life.
1. A. swim-fast B. fast-swim C. fast-swimming D. swimming-fast
2. A. Happened B. Implanted C. occurred D. existed
3. A. important B. serious C. famous D. notorious
4. A. minority B. quantity C. member D. amount
5. A. eaten B. chased C. attacked D. damaged
6. A. sorts B. aspects C. species D. races
7. A. fame B. reputation C. calling D. instinct
8. A. with B. by C. in D. on
9. A. if B. since C. when D. so that
10. A. observed B. looked C. noticed D. witnessed
11. A. prey B. food C. enemy D. predator
12. A. at times B. at any one time C. any time D. at some time
13. A. rows B. queues C. layers D. groups

From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact
with a hospital teacher – and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children
interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by
parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do
maths or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.
Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining
the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The
position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as ‘the library
lady’ or just ‘the helper’.
Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several
parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school,
children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can.
Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety
about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.
1. The writer of this article points out that ________________________________
A. not enough is known about hospital teaching.
B. every child in hospital receives some teaching.
C. hospital teaching is of poor quality.
D. many children pass through hospital each year.
2. The words ‘Little wonder’ in line 6 is closest in meaning to
A. It’s hardly surprising B. It’s ironical
C. It’s likely D. It’s common
3. This latest survey found that hospital teaching is provided _______________________
A. for the whole of the usual school day.
B. for a small proportion of children.
C. in every children’s hospital in the country.
D. by full-time teachers.
4. It seems that the children interviewed in hospital _________________________
A. like having maths lessons regularly.
B. wanted to play games most of the time.

Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it.
In the last five sentences, you have to use the word in bold, and you mustn’t change the word in
any way:
1. The police towed away my car.
I had my car towed away by the police.
2. Her parents moved to Hanoi ten years ago.
It is ten years since her parents lived in Hanoi.
3. He can’t have known anything about the murder, I suppose.
I’m absolutely certain that he didn’t know anything about the murder.
4. There are more tourists in the city this year than ever before.
Never before have there been as/so many tourists in the city as this year.
5. Are you fed up with having nothing to do?
Don’t you wish you had something to do?
6. We could just see him in the crowd. (make)
We could just make him out in the crowd.
7. The area is so polluted that it is hard to live there. (pollution)
Such is the pollution of the area that it is hard to live there.
8. Why were you so impatient in such a situation? (supposed)
You are supposed to have been patient in such a situation.
9. He is likely to arrive late again. (probably)
He will probably arrive late again.
10. I don’t mind if you leave now. (objection)
I have no objection to you/your leaving now.
THE END OF THE TEST