SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
NAM ĐỊNH
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023
Môn: TIẾNG ANH – Lớp: 9 THCS
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Đề thi gồm: 8 trang
Điểm bài thi
Bằng số: .............................
Bằng chữ: ........................... .
Họ, tên và chữ ký 2 giám khảo
SỐ PHÁCH
Giám khảo 1: ..................................
Giám khảo 2: ..................................
Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.
PART A. LISTENING (4.0 POINTS)
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu:
- Nội dung phần nghe gồm 03 phần, mỗi thí sinh được nghe 2 lần, đĩa CD tự chạy 2 lần.
- Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
- Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh (bằng Tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
I. Listen and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) according to what
you hear. Write your answers in the spaces provided. (1.0 point)
True/ False
Question 1. There is a concert on Saturday night at in the Candie Gardens.
________
Question 2. The woman says that Hauteville House was the home of a famous writer
________
Question 3. The guided walk in St Peter Port starts at 2.00 and lasts 1.5 hours.
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Question 4. Tennerfest is a festival to celebrate sports.
________
Question 5. The man went the island of Jersey last year..
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II. You will hear a man called Dan Pearman, talking on the radio about Pedal Power, a UK charity
which sends bicycles to people in developing countries. Listen and circle the correct letter A, B, or C
for each of the following questions. (1.0 point)
Question 1. In 1993 Dan Pearman went to Ecuador__________.
A. as a tourist guide
B. as part of his studies
C. as a voluntary work
Question 2. Dan’s neighbour was successful in business because he __________.
A. employed carpenters from the area
B. was the most skilled craftsman in the town
C. found it easy to reach customers.
Question 3. Dan says the charity relies on ___________.
A. getting enough bicycles to send regularly.
B. Finding new areas which need bicycles.
C. charging for the bicycles it sends abroad.
Question 4. What does Dan say about the town of Rivas?
A. It has received the greatest number of bikes.
B. Its economy has been totally transformed
C. It has almost as many bikes as Amsterdam
Question 5. What problem did the charity face in August 2000?
A. It couldn’t meet its overheads
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B. It had to delay sending the bikes
C. It was criticized in the British media.
III. You will hear a conversation between two students, Maddie and John, who are planning a biology
experiment. Listen and fill in each blank with ONE WORD ONLY. (2 points)
Experiment Planning Form
Experimental hypothesis
That human activity (1)_________ on crabs at the beach
Variables
Visitor numbers
overall number of visitors
Time of day
changes in number of people and (2)_________ level
(3)_________ rubbish
left by visitors to the beach
Constants:
 (4) _________ rubbish
 boat pollution
Available beaches and usage levels:
Main town beach
high use
Beach over the hill
Little use
Sandy Point
No use; (5) _________
Experimental methods
Count crab holes:
 over a set time (6) _________
 in a defined area of sand
 the same (7) _________ from the sea
Equipments: (3 of each)
 measuring (8) _________, balls of string, small posts
 mobile phones to check that we start and stop at the same time
 stop watches for timing
 (9) _________to see night
Observations:
 Initial time period: one hour/ day and night
 Total observation period: 20 hours over a (10) _________
PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (6.0 POINTS)
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences (2pt)
Question 1. _______ my mother's encouragement, I wouldn't have made such a daring decision.
A. In spite of
B. Providing
C. But for
D. Due to
Question 2. He wasn't attending the lecture properly and missed most of _______ .
A. what the teacher said
B. which the teacher said
C. things said by the teacher
D. that the teacher said
Question 3. Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming.
A. must have forgotten
B. must forget
C. may forget
D. can't have forgotten
Question 4. The children ________ to the zoo
A. Were enjoyed taken
B. enjoyed being taken
C. Were enjoyed taking
D. enjoyed taking.
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Question 5. In order to keep our school clean, littering is strictly _______.
A. restricted
B. promoted
C. prohibited
D. encouraged
Question 6. “The inflation rate in Venezuela is five times _______ my country,” he said.
A. as much as
B. more than
C. as many as that in
D. as high as that in
Question 7. Pollutants in this over are increasing _______. Something must be done about it immediately.
A. chillingly
B. utterly
C. rigorously
D. alarmingly
Question 8. From 1949 onward, the artist Georgia O’keeffe made New Mexico _______.
A. her permanent residence was
B. her permanent residence
C. permanent residence for her
D. where her permanent residence
Question 9. When his alarm went off, he shut it off and slept for_______15 minutes.
A. other
B. others
C. another
D. the others
Question 10. “A bat can hear from a long distance.” - “_______.”
A. You bet!
B. Yes, good hearer
C. No, you can be so sure
D. You know a bat well
II. Give the correct form of the words in the capital letters. Write your answers in the blanks (1.0p)
Question 1. Television can make things more _________ because it brings both
(MEMORY)
sounds and pictures.
Question 2. In the last NY fashion week, there was a huge lack of _________.
(ORIGIN)
All the designers used the same patterns for their clothes.
Question 3. The coach's lack of ________affected the relationship between the
(LEADER)
players of the team.
Question 4. I tried to tell her about the awful day I’d had, but she wasn’t very
(SYMPATHY)
_________.
Question 5. Now surely our _________ government must go.
(CREDIT)
Question 6. John turned up on the wrong day because of a
(UNDERSTAND)
Question 7. We go to the restaurant for _________whenever we ‘re tired of
(VEGETABLE)
eating meat
Question 8. The music in the festival was so loud. It was _________!
(DEAF)
Question 9. But not all _________ are valid in reference to pedagogy
(IMPLY)
Question 10. Nowadays there are lots of _________species of animals in the
(DANGER)
world, for example, the panda.
III. Fill in each space provided in each sentence below with the correct form of one phrasal verb
given. Each phrasal verb can be used ONCE only. Write your answers in the blanks. (2.0 points)
turn out
make for
let off
close down
set off
come up with
drop out
cut off
put off
go down
Question 1. The banks have _________ a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.
Question 2. I have seen a lot of people burst into tears when they_________ their friends and family
Question 3. The water company will have to _________water supplies while repairs to the pipes
are carried out.
Question 4. At the end of the film, it _________ that John was a good guy.
Question 5. If it's raining tomorrow, we shall have top _________the match till Sunday.
Question 6. No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had_________on her
maiden voyage
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Question 7. He was caught shop - lifting but since this was his first offence he was_________with a
warning.
Question 8. She ran in a marathon last week but _________ after ten kilometers.
Question 9. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have_________ any solution.
Question 10. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man_________the exit as quickly as possible.
IV. Each of the following sentences has 1 mistake that needs correction. Write the mistake and its
correction in the provided box. There is an example at the beginning (0) (1.0 point)
0. He collided with a car because he was driving too fastly.
Question 1. He experimented with ways of transmitting speech over a long distant with his assistant.
Question 2. The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people don't notice them.
Question 3. Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing
songs.
Question 4. All of the mammals, dolphins are undoubtedly among the friendly to human.
Question 5. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research.
Your answer:
Sentences
0
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Mistake
fastly
Correction
fast
PART C. READING (5.0 POINTS)
I. Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the blanks. (2.0 point)
The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. (1) _________ other insects which live alone, the
honey bee lives as a member of a community. These bees live (2) _________ in what is known as a bee
colony. The head of the colony is called the (3) _________ bee. She is larger than the rest of the bees. Her
main task in the colony is to (4) _________ eggs. Most of the other bees are the worker bees. These
bees collect nectar and pollen (5) _________ flowers. The nectar that is carried by the worker bees is
deposited on the hive and then converted into honey. The worker bees also help look (6) _________ the
young bees. as soon as the eggs are hatched, the worker bees feed the young bees (7) _________ pollen
and nectar. The third (8) _________ of bee found in the colony is the drone or male bee. The main task of
such a bee is to mate with a new queen. The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this
period, she would have laid more than (9) _________ a million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new
queen would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take (10) _________ the 'duties' of the old
queen when the latter dies.
II. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each
of the blanks. There is an example at the beginning. (2.0 points)
If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become
a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little (1) ______ it is here to stay, and the
truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2) ______ even environmental ones. It’s not really
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the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3) ______ – it’s the way society choose to use and abuse
them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – nonrenewable natural (4) ______. We import well over three million tons of the stuff in Britain each year and,
sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high proportion of our annual consumption is in the (5) ______
of packaging, and this (6) ______ about seven per cent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it
could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (7) ______ is growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (8) ______ than coal
and one (9) ______ of ‘recovery’ strongly favored by the plastic manufacturers is the (10) ______ of waste
plastic into a fuel.
Question 1. A. evidence
B. concern
C. doubt
D. likelihood
Question 2. A. pleasures
B. benefits
C. savings
D. profits
Question 3. A. poison
B. disaster
C. disadvantage
D. evil
Question 4. A. resources
B. processes
C. products
D. fuels
Question 5. A. way
B. kind
C form
D. type
Question 6. A. takes
B. makes
C. carries
D. constitutes
Question 7. A. manufacture B. plant
C. factory
D. industry
Question 8. A. degree
B. value
C. demand
D. effect
Question 9. A. measure
B. mechanism
C. method
D. medium
Question 10. A. conversion B. melting
C. change
D. replacement
III. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions (1.0 point)
By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was still
only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth
of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh
meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it
also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible
because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern refrigerator, had been invented.
Making an efficient ice box was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the
knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The
commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken,
for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice
included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the
nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an
efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He
owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was
the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that
customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for
his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was
that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.
(TOEFL Readings 34 (yeuanhvan.com)
Question 1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
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A. The influence of ice on the diet
C. The development of refrigeration
B. The transportation of goods to market
D. Sources of ice in the 19th century
Question 2. According to the passage, when did the word "icebox" become part of the language of the US?
A. In 1803
B. Sometime before 1850
C. During the Civil War
D. Near the end of the nineteenth century
Question 3. The author mentions fish in line 5 because ________.
A. many fish dealers also sold ice
B. fish was shipped in refrigerated freight cars
C. fish dealers were among the early commercial users of ice
D. fish was not part of the ordinary person's diet before the invention of the icebox
Question 4. The word "rudimentary" in line 10 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. growing
B. undeveloped
C. necessary
D. uninteresting
Question 5. According to the passage, Moore's icebox allowed him to ________.
A. charge more for his butter
B. travel to market at night
C. manufacture butter more quickly
D. produce ice all year round
PART D. WRITING (5.0 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it as the example. Write your answers in the spaces provided. (1.0 pt)
0. It takes him at least three hours a day to chat on Facebook.
Everyday he spends at least three hours chatting on Facebook.
Question 1. That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.
 That takes me____________________________________________________________________.
Question 2. They only reimbursed us because we took legal advice.
 We wouldn't _____________________________________________________________________.
Question 3. House prices have risen dramatically this year.
 There has _____________________________________________________________________.
Question 4. As people use a lot of wood-pulp, many trees are cut down.
→ The more ______________________________________________________________________.
Question 5. “It was your fault to break my vase yesterday” said Jane to her brother.
→ Jane accused ____________________________________________________________________.
II. Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has
the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the words in brackets. You must use NO
MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each space. (1.0 point)
0. Rob’s teacher is very happy with him at the moment. (BOOK)
- Rob is ___in his teacher’s good books__ at the moment.
Question 1. The manager failed to persuade Karen to take the job. (SUCCEED)
 The manager __________________________________________Karen to take the job.
Question 2. The Mediterranean is warm, whereas the North Sea is much colder. (NOTHING)
 The North Sea is __________________________________________ the Mediterranean.
Question 3. I thought you wanted me to invite him. (IMPRESSION)
 I __________________________________________that you wanted me to invite him.
Question 4. Frank never pays any attention to my advice. (NOTICE)
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 Frank never __________________________________________my advice.
Question 5. Nick said we should reduce the amount of salt in our food. (CUT)
 We ________________________________________of salt in our food, according to Nick.
III. Rewrite the following sentence with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has
the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the words in brackets. (0) has been done
as an example. (1.0 point)
0. I never have enough money. (SHORT)
- I am always short of money.
Question 1. I find driving on the left in England very strange.
(ACUSTOMED)
 _________________________________________________________________________.
Question 2. It’s uncertain whether the band’s tour will take place.
(BALANCE)
 _________________________________________________________________________.
Question 3. You should think about the price before you decide whether to buy it or not.
(CONSIDERATION)
 _________________________________________________________________________.
Question 4. My mother never lets me make noise in the house.
(ALLOWED)
 _________________________________________________________________________.
Question 5. She was so beautiful that I couldn't stop looking at her.
(EYES)
 _________________________________________________________________________.
IV. Write an essay on the following topic (2.0 points)
“Facebook dominates the free-time for too many people especially the students. It can have
negative effect on their study and the physical development.” Do you agree or disagree?
Write an essay to express your opinion. Give reasons for you answer and include relevant examples from
your own knowledge or experience. Your writing must be between 150 and 180 words
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