Đề thi thử học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề số 46 - Năm học 2019-2020

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1. SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH ___ NĂM HỌC . ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 46 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points) Part 1: Questions from 1 to 6. (1.2 points -0.2/ each) Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct letter from A, B or C for each of the following questions. 1. The most famous view in this park is ___. A. the largest waterfall worldwide. B. the longest river in the world. C. the biggest sub-tropical rainforest in the world. 2. According to the tour guide, what is best to do on top of the mountain? A. having a picnic B. taking photos C. strolling about 3. What did the tour guide recommend for more experienced walkers? A. the mountain trail B. the Bush Track C. the Creek Circuit 4. What is mentioned about the transport in the park? A. Bicycles can be hired. B. Trams are available for tourists. C. It is included in the bill. 5. Which activity is provided for adults all year round? A. abseiling B. bungee jumping C. paragliding 6. What should the visitors do before they go to the restaurant? A. make bookings B. inquire about availability C. collect the meal ticket at the reception Part 2: Questions from 7 to 15. (1 point - 0.2/ each) Listen to the recording twice. Complete the notes below. Write no more than two words or numbers for each answer. REVISION NOTE Example • Problem with: the brochure • Company name: (7) . Hotel Chains - Letters of the (8) . should be bigger. - The information of the (9) . should be removed. - Change the description under the top photo to reception - Use the picture with the (10) . of the hotel. - The (11) . should be in red print. - Translate into (12) . • Deadline: by the end of (13) . • Address: No. 9 Green Drive, (14) ., NY21300 • Telephone number: (15) . SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 points) Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to best complete the following sentences. Page 1
2. 16. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop ___lunch. A. for having B. to have C. having D. having had 17. It is interesting to take ___ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing. A. over B. on C. in D. up 18. Jack made me ___ him next week. A. promise calling B. to promise calling C. to promise to call D. promise to call 19. “I passed the TOEFL test, Mom.” -“ ___.” A. All right B. Thank you C. Well done D. Good luck 20. Parts of the country are suffering water ___ after the unusually dry summer. A. shortage B. supply C. thirst D. hunger 21. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it ___ warmer. A. was B. were C. has been D. had been 22. My supervisor is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I ___ last week. A. must have done B. can have done C. may have done D. should have done 23. Jogging every day will___ you good. A. do B. keep C. help D. make 24. ___you, I’d think twice about that decision. I could be a bad move. A. Were I B. Should I be C. If I am D. If I had been 25. They are having their house ___ by a construction company. A. to paint B. being painted C. painted D. painting 26. Stay out of this problem and do not interfere, please! It’s none of your ___! A. work B. job C. business D. action 27. Not only ___ to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again. A. she refused B. did she refuse C. she did refuse D. when she refused 28. The judge ___ the pedestrian for the accident. A. accused B. charged C. sued D. blamed 29. She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was ___. A. out of work B. out of order C. off chance D. off work 30. We should participate in the movement ___ to conserve the natural environment. A. to organize B. organizing C. which organized D. organized 31. –“Would you like another coffee?” – “___.” A. Willingly B. Very kind of your par C. I’d love one D. It’s a pleasure 32. I can’t ___ what he’s doing; it’s so dark down her. A. see through B. make out C. look into D. show up 33. I haven’t ___ any name for puppy. What do you think I should call him. A. got round to B. made up C. come up with D. taken up on 34. Please ___ your luggage and leave now. I can’t stand your presence any more. A. throw off B. pack up C. fit in D. pile up 35. My mother asked me ___ A. which tertiary institution did I choose B. which tertiary institution I choose C. which tertiary institution I would choose D. which tertiary institution will I choose Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45. (2 points - 0.2/ each) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence. 36. ., there are black holes in space. (theory) 37. Many students are suffering severe financial (hard) 38. Don’t try to do things too quickly. Set yourself a . target. (really) 39. His . arrival surprised all of his friends and family. (expect) Page 2
3. 40. The principal said some . words to the pupils before the exam. (courage) 41. There are a lot of . articles in this newspaper. Why not read it? (news) 42. Children who grow up in time of war are more likely to be . (adjust) than others. 43. The introduction of insecticides in the 20th Century . (revolution) agriculture across the world. 44. The damage caused by the terrible storm two days ago was . (estimate) by the government. The real figures go up every minute. 45. Stop sitting there looking so bored and .get up and find (enthusiasm) something to do! I don't want you sitting around the house like this all summer. Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50. (1 point - 0.2/ each) Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them. 46. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar with driving a car. 47. An octopus has three heart to pump blood throughout their body. 48. Alike light waves, microwaves may be reflected and concentrated elements. 49. Neither of the man arresting as terrorist would reveal information about his group. 50. Fertilize farmland is one of the biggest natural resources in the Central States. Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55. (1 point - 0.2/ each) Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. 51. Nga is very modest, always playing . her success. 52. Peter is not a modest boy since he often shows . his prizes. 53. . all means stay the night if it's too difficult to get home. 54. She ran in a marathon last week but dropped . after ten kilometers. 55. Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am busy . work at the moment. SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS) Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each) Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. Why did you decide to read, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnight’s (56) - ___ ? Common sense (57) ___ that the answers to these questions depend on “readability”- whether the (58) ___ matter is interesting, and the argument clear and the (59) ___ attractive. But psychologists are trying to (60) ___ why people read – and often don’t read certain things, for example technical information. They also have examined so much the writing as the readers. Even the most technically confident people often (61) ___ instructions for the video or home computer in favor of hands- on experience. And people frequently take little notice of consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts. Psychologists researching reading (62) ___ to assume that both beginners and competent readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish. There are (63) ___ among them about the role of eyes, memory and brain during the process. Some people believe that fluent readers take in very letter or word they see; other (64) ___ that reader rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another. But they have always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension (65) ___, then reading stops. 56. A. time B. period C. term D. gap 57. A. transmits B. suggests C. informs D. advises 58. A. content B. text C. subject D. topic 59. A. information B. pattern C. layout D. assembly Page 3
4. 60. A. rate B. value C. ensure D. determine 61. A. ignore B. pass C. miss D. omit 62. A. lead B. tend C. undertake D. consent 63. A. contests B. objections C. separations D. arguments 64. A. direct B. press C. insist D. urge 65. A. occurs B. establishes C. issues D. sets Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each) Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember part events, anticipate future ones, make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing. Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun’s position in the sky, and the speed of the dance tells how far the food source is from the hive. Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode the dance is innate and shows no special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food source, each time moving the food 25 percent father from the previous site, foraging honeybees began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site. Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees compared two pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One pair might contain, say, five chips and three chips, the other four chips and three chips. Allowed to choose which pair they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose the one with the higher total, showing some sort of summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and do simple sums. 66. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Observations that suggest consciousness in animal behavior. B. The use of food in studies of animal behavior. C. The role of instinct in animal behavior. D. Differences between the behavior of animals in their natural environments and in laboratory experiments. 67. Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have? A. Communicating emotions B. Remembering past experiences C. Selecting among choices D. Anticipating events to come 68. What is the purpose of the honeybee at a site? A. To determine the quality of food at a site B. To increase the speed of travel to food sources C. To identify the type of nectar that is available D. To communicate the location of food 69. The word “yet” is closest in meaning to ___. Page 4
5. A. however B. generally C. since D. so far 70. What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in paragraph 2? A. Bees are able to travel at greater speeds than scientists thought. B. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place their food. C. Changing the location of food caused bees to decrease their dance activity. D. The bees could travel 25% farther than scientists expected. 71. It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to ___. A. be an indicator of cognitive ability B. be related to food consumption C. correspond to levels of activity D. vary among individuals within a species 72. Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3? A. To provide that certain species demonstrate greater ability in tool use than other species. B. To provide an example of tool use among animals. C. To show that animals are very good at using objects in their habitat. D. To provide an example of the use of weapons among animals. 73. The word “rudimentary” in meaning to ___. A. technical B. basic C. superior D. original 74. The phrase “the one” refer to the ___. A. chimpanzee B. pair C. ability D. study 75. Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate chips that chimpanzees ___. A. prefer to work in pairs or groups B. have difficulty selecting when given choices C. lack abilities that other primates have D. exhibit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each). Read the text and think of one word which best fits each gap. KANGAROOS The kangaroo is (76) . of the Australia’s most iconic animals. Kangaroos of different types live in all areas of Australia, from cold climate areas and desert plains (77) . tropical rainforests and beaches. Kangaroos are herbivorous, eating a range of plants and, (78) . some cases, fungi. Different kangaroo species inhabit different habitats. Some, for example, make nests on the ground while tree-kangaroo live above the ground. Larger (79) . of kangaroo tend to shelter under trees or in caves. Most kangaroos are distinguished from (80) . animals by the way they hop on their strong back legs. A kangaroo’s tail is used to balance while hopping and as a fifth climb when moving slowly. Kangaroos have long (81) . important to the survival of Australia’s indigenous people, (82) . have hunted them for tens of thousands of years, using (83) . the meat and the skins. When Europeans arrived in Australia in the late eighteenth century, they too hunted kangaroos for survival. Kangaroos continue to be used as a resource, but only (84) . strict government controls. Nowadays only the four most abundant species of kangaroo may be commercially harvested for export, and then only by licensed hunters in accordance (85) . an approved management plan. SECTION IV. WRITITNG (4 points) Part 1: Questions 86 – 95. (2 points- 0.2/ each) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Page 5
6. 86. Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early.  But for his 87. Melissa’s father was very busy, but he still played with her.  Busy 88. They cancelled the flight because of the heavy rain.  So heavily 89. He isn’t present at the meeting, and I’m not either.  Neither he 90. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.  It’s 91. Ann said to me “Will you do English test tomorrow?”  Ann asked me 92. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.  The Statue of Liberty 93. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.  The man 94. A small church lies at the foot of the hill.  At the foot 95. He can’t afford to go to America this summer.  He doesn’t Part 2: Questions 96 – 105. (2 points - 0.2/ each) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. 96. Many people think Steve stole the money. (believed)  Steve . the money. 97. I don’t understand one word of this document.(head)  I can’t . this document. 98. Erika didn’t mention her illness at all. (reference)  Erika . her illness. 99. Jack really likes football and never misses a match. (crazy)  Jack . football and never misses a match. 100. Despite knowing this place very well, I got lost. (though)  I got lost . very well. 101. Were Jack not so affluent a man, she would not be dating with him. (but)  . , she would not be dating with him. 102. I don’t mind whether we go to the seaside or not this year. (difference)  It doesn’t whether we go to the seaside or not this year. 103. I would prefer you not to phone me at work. (rather)  I . . at work. 104. He is determined to campaign for his son’s freedom. (intention)  He has . for his son’s freedom. 105. The film is similar to Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a number of ways (resemblance)  The film . Shakespear's Hamlet. Page 6