Đề thi học sinh giỏi văn hóa môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2020-2021 - PGD&ĐT Cam Lộ (Có file nghe)

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1. PHẦN ĐỀ VÀ BÀI LÀM CỦA THÍ SINH Điểm Điểm Mã phách Họ, tên chữ ký (bằng số) (bằng chữ) Chủ tịch HĐCT ghi Giám khảo 1: Giám khảo 2: SECTION 1: LISTENING COMPRENHENSION (5 pts) Part 1: You will hear a woman asking for information about a festival. Listen and complete the questions. Write your answers in the space provided. You will hear the recording TWICE. SUMMER FESTIVAL Type of Festival: Food and (1) ______ Runs from: Friday to (2) ______ Opens at: 11.00 am Gates close at:(3) ______ Take bus number:(4) ______ Try: (5) ______  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2. You will hear a radio interview with the manager of a summer activity course. For each question, choose the correct answer. Write your answers in the space provided. You will hear the recording TWICE. Number (0) has been done for you as an example.. 0. This year, the course will run for ______. A. six weeks B. seven weeks C. eight weeks 1. The problem last year was that ______. A. few people wanted to attend B. there were too few workers C. there was nothing to do on rainy days 2. This year, for the first time, children will ______. A. do creative activities B. do new outdoor sports C. organise events 3. Molly doesn’t think children will come for six weeks because ______. A. it’s too expensive B. they will do the same activities again and again C. their parents will want to spend time with them HSG9.CL 1 2020-2021
2. 4. The course isn’t open to teenagers because ______. A. Molly thinks they aren’t interested in the activities which are available B. Molly thinks they should spend time with young people of a similar age C. Molly’s staff think that teenagers are difficult to please 5. It’s important that parents of children attending the course ______. A. pay the full amount immediately B. choose the activities the child wants to do when they apply C. inform Molly about any food the child cannot eat  Write your answers here: 0. B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 3. You will hear a man called Steve and a woman called Caroline talking about summer jobs. Decide if each sentence is TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Write T if these statements are TRUE and F if they are FALSE. Write your answers in the space provided. Number (0) has been done for you as an example. You will hear the recording TWICE. 0. Steve hasn’t arranged any work for the summer yet.  The answer is T. 1. Caroline’s work will allow her to have free time during the day. 2. Caroline’s work will be located in a city. 3. Caroline found out about the job from the internet. 4. Caroline says that work at music festivals is badly paid. 5. Caroline does not have to pay for her accommodation.  Write your answers here: 0. T 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 4. You are going to hear a conversation between Eddie and Bridget about someone that Eddie is going to interview for a magazine. Listen and complete each question with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. Write your answers in the space provided. You will hear the recording TWICE. MAGAZINE INTERVIEW Name: Tom (1) ______ Occupation:(2) ______ Has written:(3) ______ Crossed Gobi desert in: (4) ______ Title of latest book: “Has Anyone Seen (5) ______?” Has won: “Travel Book of (6) ______” award Date of interview: Friday, (7) ______ HSG9.CL 2 2020-2021
3. Contact number:(8) ______ (call to arrange time) Place of interview:(9) ______, Summertown See his:(10) ______ for more information  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SECTION 2: USE OF LANGUAGE (5 pts) Part 1. Choose the answers (A, B, C or D) that would best complete the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. The police stated that the accident ______ soon. A. will be investigated B. had investigated C. is being investigatedD. would be investigated 2. Children usually avoid swearing in front of adults, ______. A. so in order not to annoy or shock them B. so not to annoy or shock them C. so as not to annoy or shock them D. so not annoying or shocking them 3. When Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in 1852, over 300,000 ______ were sold in a year. A. books B. editions C. volumesD. copies 4. I thought you said Laura was going away the next Sunday, ______? A. wasn’t sheB. didn’t youC. didn’t ID. wasn’t it 5. Today, jeans are ______ not only practical but also fashionable. A. regardedB. considered C. thought D. called 6. Michael and his friend were badly injured in the last match, so ______ can play today. A. both of themB. either one of themC. neither of themD. not any of them 7. Unfortunately, we cannot ______ to go on holiday twice a year. We just don’t earn enough. A. devoteB. provideC. spareD. afford 8. – John: “I didn’t pass my driving test.” – Daisy: “______!” A. So poorB. Congratulations C. That was nice of itD. Better luck next time 9. They say this bad weather is going to last ______ three or four days. A. one B. other C. another D. others 10. The student’s hard work was ______ with the success in his examination. A. rewarded B. gifted C. awarded D. presented 11. Not until ______ home ______ that he had taken someone else’s bike. A. did he get / he realisedB. he got / did he realise HSG9.CL 3 2020-2021
4. C. he got / he realisedD. he got / he did realised 12. If you ______ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess now. A. listen B. will listen C. had listened D. listened 13. It is _____ knowledge that you have to drink more fluids when you have flu. A. common B. popular C. widespread D. updated 14. ______ Titanic, a British steamer, sank in ______ North Atlantic after hitting ______ iceberg. A. The /  / a B. The / the / an C.  / a / a D. The / a / the 15. We couldn’t get past because there was a ______ car ______ our way. A. broken-down / in B. broken-up / in C. broken-up / on D. broken-down / on  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Part 2. Identify the mistake in each sentence by choosing A, B, C or D, and then correct it. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. (A) In the 1920’s cinema (B) became an important art form (C) and one of the ten largest (D) industry in the United States. 2. Our trainees (A) found the product (B) demonstration at this meeting (C) difficult to understand than in (D) previous years. 3. It is (A) really annoyed to (B) talk to so stubborn (C) a person (D) like him. 4. Students (A) who study (B) abroad often have to (C) confront cultural shock and (D) homesick. 5. (A) What I told her a few days ago (B) were not the solutions (C) to (D) most of her problems.  Write your answers here: 1. Mistake: 2. Mistake: Correction: Correction: 3. Mistake: 4. Mistake: Correction: Correction: 5. Mistake: Correction: Part 3. Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS to form a word that fits in the space. Write your answers in the space provided. HSG9.CL 4 2020-2021
5. Every weekend in Britain thousands of walkers head off into the countryside with the necessary (1) ______ (EQUIP) to enjoy their hiking. One thing they will not leave behind because it is considered an absolute (2) ______ (NECESSARY) is their Ordnance Survey Map. These maps are (3) ______ (VALUE) to the hiker as they are very (4) ______ (INFORM), with up-to-date details about every part of the country. The Ordnance Survey (5) ______ (BEGIN) in the eighteenth century and was (6) ______ (ORIGIN) intended to provide the army of the time with maps. Before this, most maps were inaccurate and (7) ______ (RELY). Better maps were thought to be important because the country felt (8) ______ (THREAT) by invasion from abroad or (9) ______ (REBEL) at home. The organization is still wholly owned by the Government, but it was recently (10) ______ (GIVE) trading fund status, which allows it to reinvest any profits.  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 4. Fill in each space with a suitable preposition. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. Daisy invited a lot of people to her birthday party but only a few turned ______. 2. Can you give me the recipe ______ tomato soup? 3. I was just ______ to go out when you telephoned. 4. You can find details of all our products ______ our website. 5. In the 18th century jean cloth was made completely ______ cotton.  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION (5 pts) Part 1. Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. The age of the car started on the 12th August 1908, when the first Model T Ford rolled off (1) ______ world’s first assembly line. From the beginning, demand was high and orders came in from all (2) ______ the world. Henry Ford quickly realized that the company (3) ______ have to expand quickly to meet demand. As a result, he introduced the idea of ‘the mass production line’. However, the company still (4) ______ problems meeting the orders so he (5) ______ to open another branch in Kansas City. Two years later, the company (6) ______ producing cars on a moving assembly line. An official history of Ford says ‘In October 1913 mass production of the automobile began’. Before this, Ford had only been able to organize men and components in order to improve the efficiency of the Model, but the moving assembly line improved the speed of chassis assembly (7) ______ 12 hours to only 1 hour 33 minutes. In 1914 Ford (8) ______ 308,162 cars in his factories, (9) ______ was more than all the other manufacturers combined. The age of the car had definitely arrived and the car would become the most (10) ______ means of transport in the 20th century. HSG9.CL 5 2020-2021
6.  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 2. Read the text below and choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space. Write your answers in the space provided. Have you ever noticed how compulsive shoppers are never in a (1) ______ when they are hunting for something to buy? Now, I don’t want to be unkind to these people, but it has always struck me that this sort of person must, in (2) ______ ways, be able to put up with the most incredible boredom. I, myself, am an extremely reluctant shopper. I only have to (3) ______ a glimpse of the window of a large department store as I quickly move past in a taxi and I am immediately held by a desire to be a million miles away. To be honest, I think it has something to do with the fact that I was once wrongly accused of shoplifting. It goes without saying that I was completely innocent of the charge of stealing anything, but the experience left me with the feeling that I wanted to sue the manager (4) ______ wrongful arrest. I dread to think what might have happened if I had actually been wrongly convicted. Even now I sometimes have nightmares about (5) ______ in vain to ruthless detectives that I was not a shop- lifter. 1. A. dash B. run C. race D. hurry 2. A. any B. the C. some D. few 3. A. see B. catch C. notice D. look 4. A. of B. with C. for D. on 5. A. protesting B. expressing C. opposing D. arguing  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 3. You are going to read a text about Michael Marks, one of the founders of the famous British store, Marks and Spencer’s. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the space provided. THE BIRTH OF THE PENNY BAZAAR From the open market in Leeds, Michael Marks moved to its covered market hall, which had the advantage of giving protection against the weather and of being open for trading throughout the week. Here he soon introduced an innovation which was to be of fundamental importance to the development of his business. He divided his stall into two sections, and placed all those items costing a penny in one section and all those costing more in the other, where the prices were individually marked. Above the penny section hung a board with the words: ‘Don’t Ask the Price. It’s a Penny.’ This proved to be one of the most successful advertising slogans ever invented. It was not only striking and simple and easily understood; it also answered a genuine popular need. Michael Marks’s customers came from the working-class, then largely illiterate, and were keen to satisfy their domestic needs at a low price; the combination of open display, easy inspection, and a fixed price made shopping easy and convenient for them. ‘Don’t Ask the Price. It’s a Penny’ quickly proved so popular HSG9.CL 6 2020-2021
7. that Michael Marks adopted the principle of the fixed price on all his stalls and from that moment on sold nothing that cost more than a penny. The success of this new way of selling was extremely important for the development of the business. It proved not only to be convenient to the customer, it was also extremely convenient to the stall owner. Michael Marks never kept any accounts, and conducted his business operation by mental arithmetic; adopting a single fixed price of a penny made his calculations much simpler. This element of operational simplicity was to become a central feature of the business. It was, in fact, a revolution: Michael Marks had discovered and put into practice two simple ideas - self-selection and self-service - which were to become cardinal principles in selling in the second half of the twentieth century. In shops at this time, which were often small and dark, it was still usual to keep goods in drawers under the counter or on shelves behind it. You had to ask for everything before you even saw if it was there. However, many people are shy of going into shops; sometimes they even avoid it, in case they show their ignorance, or for fear that shopkeepers, or shop assistants, might look down on them or exploit them. This did not happen when people came to shop with Michael Marks. They could walk around Michael’s penny bazaar without being pushed to buy. They were at ease. The adoption of fixed prices had also another far-reaching effect. It meant that Michael Marks had to search for as wide a variety of goods as possible, and of as high a quality as possible, that could be sold for a penny; as a result he had to accept that the profit on each item would be low, and make up for this by selling as many items as possible. 1. According to the text _____. A. the open air market was not a successful place B. the open air market was not open every day C. more people came to the open air market D. selling at a fixed price was only possible indoors 2. What was the reason for Marks’s success? A. His goods were much better than anyone else’s. B. He was never rude to customers. C. He made all his calculations in his head. D. He made shopping easy. 3. Michael Marks is portrayed as a man who _____. A. was very bad at doing arithmetic B. revolutionised selling methods C. didn’t understand working-class people D. read a lot about business methods 4. According to the text, why did some people not like buying in shops? A. Prices were often too high in shops. B. They didn’t like discussing what they would buy. C. They didn’t feel at ease with the shop assistants. D. In the market they could buy a greater range of goods. 5. Where is this text from? A. A training manual for shop assistants B. An advertisement for Marks and Spencer’s products C. A book about the history of Leeds D. A book about business methods  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. HSG9.CL 7 2020-2021
8. Part 4. Read the text about some English villages. Then look at the sentences below and decide if each sentence is true or false. Write T if these statements are TRUE and F if they are FALSE. Write your answers in the space provided. EXPLORE THE VILLAGES AROUND HARTBRIDGE Many visitors come to Hartbridge to see the wonderful art galleries and museums, the beautiful buildings and the fantastic parks. Few people go outside the city, and so they miss out on experiencing the scenery and the fascinating history of this beautiful area. This brochure will tell you what you can see if you take a short bus ride out of the city. Camberwell The historic village of Camberwell was once the home of the wealthy Hugo family. They lived in a huge country house, Camberwell Court, and owned all the land in the area. The family sold their house in the 1940s, and it is now open to the public. You can spend a whole day walking around the house and gardens. There is a small exhibition about the family, a children’s play area, a gift shop and a restaurant. But the village of Camberwell is also worth a visit. There are some beautiful cottages with well kept gardens, and there is a small church which dates back to the eleventh century. To get to Camberwell, take Bus 46 from the Bus station. Buses leave every two hours. Hidcot Hidcot is an attractive village situated on the River Owell. Wildlife lovers should visit the Nature Park to the south of the village, where there are large numbers of rare birds and flowers. However, you will probably see plenty of wildlife from the bridge in the village centre! In Hidcot, you can take a two-hour river cruise – a great way to see the countryside and learn about the local wildlife from a guide. If you prefer to explore the river by yourself, it’s well worth walking one and a half miles along the river to the pub ‘The Boat’ which cannot be reached by road. Here, you can hire small boats and explore the river at your leisure. To get to Hidcot, take Bus 7A to Reeford. Hidcot is half way between Hartbridge and Reeford. Tatterbridge The beautiful village of Tatterbridge was home to the children’s writer Jane Potter, whose stories of Benjamin Bear are loved by adults and children around the world. Jane Potter’s home is now a museum and tea shop, and is well worth a visit just for its wonderful gardens. It also has a gift shop where you can buy souvenirs and books. Tatterbridge has a number of interesting shops including an excellent cake shop, and ‘Wendy’s Giftshop’ where you can find lots of unusual gifts made by hand by local artists. Lovers of Jane Potter’s books should also walk to the Green Valley woods, which have not changed since Jane Potter wrote her stories there one hundred years ago. To get to Tatterbridge, take Bus 4 from outside the cinema. It takes about 40 minutes to get there. Moordale This old industrial village is the highest village in the area. Here in the hills, coal was found in the late eighteenth century, and people came here in great numbers to take it out of the ground and transport it to the nearby towns. Many industries grew up in the area, including a paper factory and a cotton factory. The industries all closed down in the nineteenth century, and since then Moordale has gone back to being a quiet farming village. However, if you walk from the village centre up the steep hill to the north, you can still see the paths where horses used to carry the coal. There is a four mile walk around the village which has some amazing views, but walkers are must be careful as the path is steep in places and they could slip. To get to Moordale, take Bus 7A to Reeford, and then take the number 38 bus to Moordale. 1. It is unusual for visitors to visit the villages near Hartbridge. 2. The Hugo family allows people to visit their current home. 3. The leaflet advises visitors not to spend all day at Camberwell Court. 4. You can hire small boats from the bridge in Hidcot. HSG9.CL 8 2020-2021
9. 5. You can take the bus directly to ‘The Boat’ pub near Hidcot. 6. The leaflet says that the gardens are the best part of Jane Potter’s home. 7. Jane Potter wrote her books in the Green Valley woods. 8. You can visit the paper factory and the cotton factory in Moordale. 9. You will see horses on farms as you walk around Moordale. 10. You can get to all four villages directly from Hartbridge.  Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SECTION 4: WRITING (5 pts) Part 1. Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. 1. It really wasn’t easy for me to find a flat in Rome.  I had ___________________________________________________________________________. 2. When he drinks a lot, he gets very bad.  The more _______________________________________________________________________. 3. I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for months.  It’s ____________________________________________________________________________. 4. It’s quite pointless to complain about the situation.  There is ________________________________________________________________________. 5. She just came to see me when she had nothing to do.  Only when ______________________________________________________________________. Part 2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. 1. Chang prefers speaking English to writing it. (RATHER)  _______________________________________________________________________________. 2. Whatever happens, he won’t change his mind. (MATTER)  _______________________________________________________________________________. 3. It is a pity they didn’t tell me about this project earlier. (WISH)  _______________________________________________________________________________. 4. This food is so good that I’m going to have some more. (SUCH)  _______________________________________________________________________________. 5. When he was forty he finally got the job he wanted. (UNTIL)  _______________________________________________________________________________. HSG9.CL 9 2020-2021
10. Part 3. You see this notice in your school English-language magazine. Articles wanted! BEING HEALTHY Write an article about young people and healthy living. Is it important for young people to do sport and to keep fit? Why? What are some fun ways to stay healthy? The best articles answering these questions will be published next month. Write your article in about 120 words. Note: Don’t mention your personal information, such as your name or your school you are studying. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ -----THE END----- HSG9.CL 10 2020-2021