UBND QUẬN THỦ ĐỨC KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP QUẬN

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KHÓA NGÀY: 21/9/2019

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

Đề thi có 04 trang
PART ONE: LISTENING (20 pts)
Section I: Listen to the recording and write down the missing words on your answer sheet. (10 pts)
I tried that new Mexican restaurant last weekend. It’s (1)___________ near the post office. What a great
(2)___________! You can sit inside and watch everyone go by. It has very nice (3)___________ and lighting. The
menu has some great choices, too. They have the usual Mexican food you find everywhere, and they also have some
different (4)___________ that I’ve never tried before. The food was really delicious, but you might need a
(5)___________ card to eat there. It cost over $100 (6)___________ the two of us—a lot more than I (7)___________.
I’ll (8)___________ go there again, though. The (9)___________ who waited on us was really nice and quick, too, so
we thought she (10)___________ a good tip.
Section II: Listen to the recording. For questions 11-15 choose the option (A, B, C or D) which best completes
the blank space or best answer the questions. (5 pts)
11. What will the group have when they meet at the airport?
A. breakfast B. coffee C. lunch D. supper
12. The group will be met at Munich Airport by ___________.
A. an employee at the National Theater B. a theater manager
C. a tour operator D. Germany company
13. How much will they pay per night for a double room at the hotel?
A. 110 euros B. 120 euros C. 115 euros D. 150 euros
14. What kind of restaurant will they go to on Tuesday evening?
A. meat-oriented local restaurant B. an Italian restaurant
C. a Lebanese restaurant D. a typical restaurant of the region
15. Who will they meet on Wednesday afternoon?
A. an actor B. a descriptor C. a playwright D. a theater director
Section III: Listen to the recording. Give brief answers to the questions. (5 pts)
16. According to the manager, why do most people like about the job of kitchen assistant?
17. What kinds of jewelry does the manager ask his staff to leave at home?
18. How many tables free for the afternoon are there?
19. What are only kitchen staff who are 18 or older allowed to use?
20. What special system is there in the kitchen, compared with some other kitchens?
PART TWO: USE OF ENGLISH (20 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentences. (15 pts)
1. We need guaranteed financial ______ before we can even start the design work.
A. agreement B. backing C. analysis D. plans
2. Four million motorists will drink and drive over the festival period despite high-profile campaigns ______ them
against, new research suggests.
A. tempting B. inspiring C. resisting D. urging
3. have had some summer jobs but I have never been ______ employed.
A. ever B. occasionally C. rarely D. permanently
4. People under stress eat less than usual in their main meals, including their vegetable ______, but shift their
preference to high-fat, high-sugar snacks instead.
A. intake B. influx C. emission D. immersion
5. The ______ of the family following the divorce was a great shock to the children.
A. break-down B. break-in C. break-up D. break-out
6. I read the contract again and again __________ avoiding making spelling mistakes.
A. in view of B. in terms of C. with a view to D. by means of
7. More than 400,000 cases of asthma are caused by working conditions, ______ to high levels of dust or traffic
pollution, and asbestos still kill over 4,000 people a year.
A. detection B. expression C. expansion D. exposure
8. It turned out that we _________ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.
A. hadn't B. should have C. mustn't have D. needn't have
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9. I wasn’t regretful to ______ for Matt in the audition, I believe one day his acting talent will be recognized.
A. stratch his back B. go to bat C. knock his socks off D. lend him a hand
10. It is very easy for the undereducated to be ______ by slick-talking salesmen.
A. put aside B. put up C. taken in D. taken away
11. My sister‟s confidence in her ability to play the piano was badly ______ by her last music teacher.
A. subsided B. weakened C. undermined D. loosened
12. ________, the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A. By and large B. All together C. To a degree D. Virtually
13. If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable ______, because it seems too good tobe true.
A. suspicion B. doubt C. reservation D. disbelief
14. His assistant did all the donkey work, but eventually he was the one who ______ the project.
A. got credit for B. brought home C. took over D. got control of
15. Nam: “ You are a great dancer, Huong.” Huong: “_________”
A. There’s no doubt about it. B. You shouldn’t have said that.
C. You must be kidding. D. Yes. Congratulations.
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that is incorrect (5 pts)
16. Everybody in class has to choose a topic of your own to write an essay of 500 words.
A B C D
17. Most people on crowded trains try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contract, and apologize if
A B C
hands touch by a mistake.
D
18. Jane has no idea what the professor is talking about, the knowledge of this astronomy course is well
A B C
above her mind.
D
19. Let’s get down to brass tacks so that everyone has a good grasp on the project overall before we
A B
split up to do our separable parts.
C D
20. I still can’t understand why you spent so much money on a basic pencil skirt as it’s a dime a dozen
A B C
and can be found in almost clothing stores.
D
PART THREE:WORD FORMS (15 pts)
A. Fill in the blank with the appropriate from the word given in brackets. (5 pts)
1. They have just emailed us the information about the ____________ events. (come)
2. She's intentionally selfish and always behaves ____________. (thought)
3. Atlantis was an island located in the Caribbean whose ____________ used fantastical ships and even aircraft. (habit)
4. He won the SEAGAMES Championship for the third ____________ year. (success)
5. They spend most of their time ____________ their own sport interests. (pursuit)

B. Put the words givenin the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage.
There are two extra words that you cannot use. (10 pts)
solve achieve accomplish manage prior mentality
certain plan consume deserve effect need
People usually complain that they never have enough time to accomplish tasks. The hours and minutes seem to
slip away before many (1) _____________ chores get done. According to time (2) _____________ experts, the main
reason for this is that most people fail to set (3) _____________ about what to do first. They get tied down by trivial;
time- (4) _____________ matters and never complete the important ones.
One simple (5) __________ often used by those at the top is to keep lists of tasks to be (6) __________ daily.
These lists order jobs from most essential to least essential and are checked regularly through the day to access progress.
Not only is this an effective way to imagine time, but also it serves to give individuals a much- (7) _____________
sense of satisfaction over their (8) _____________. People who do not keep lists often face the end of the work with
(9) _____________ over the significance of their accomplishments, which over time can contribute to serious problems
in (10) _________ and physical health.
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PART FOUR: GUIDED CLOZE TESTS (10pts)
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
People are (1) ____ that space tourism could be a $700m industry by 2020. Thousands of paying passengers a
year could be flown as far (2) ____ zero gravity and back, for the most thrilling (3) ____ of their lives. Tickets are on
sale now at a (4) ____ $200,000, from the billionaire Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic company had big
plans for its six-passenger spacecraft.
In the meantime, a growing (5) ____ of other business people are joining the space race, (6) ____ for the first
time that there might actually be some money to be made. Virgin Galactic has already (7) ____ around $45m in deposits
from people wanting to travel into sub-orbital space. Why are they so (8) ____ to do this? One common reason given is
that people want to feel the (9) ____ of zero gravity, and many also say that they would like to (10) ____ the curve of
the Earth from above.
1. A. predicting B. imaging C. believing D. intending
2. A. so B. than C. as D. from
3. A. lift B. sail C. flight D. drive
4. A. pure B. mere C. bare D. pale
5. A. amount B. sum C. figure D. number
6. A. advised B. influenced C. convinced D. impressed
7. A. taken B. kept C. borne D. held
8. A. irresponsible B. impatient C. irritated D. impossible
9. A. causes B. events C. issues D. effects
10. A. view B. look C. gaze D. watch
PART FIVE: READING COMPREHENSION (5 pts)
Choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.
An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such
quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air pollution requires a very flexible
definition that permits continuous change. When the first air pollution laws were established in England in the
fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to compounds that could be seen or smelled - a far cry from the
extensive list of harmful substances known today. As technology has developed and knowledge of the health aspects
of various chemicals has increased, the list of air pollutants has lengthened. In the future, even water vapor might be
considered an air pollutant under certain conditions.
Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides, are
found in nature. As the Earth developed, the concentration of these pollutants was altered by various chemical
reactions; they became components in biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an air purification scheme by allowing
the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On a global basis, nature's output of these compounds dwarfs
that resulting from human activities.
However, human production usually occurs in a localized area, such as a city. In such a region, human output
may be dominant and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the cycles. The result is an
increased concentration of noxious chemicals in the air. The concentrations at which the adverse effects appear will be
greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have in the absence of human activities. The actual
concentration need not be large for a substance to be a pollutant; in fact, the numerical value tells us little until we
know how much of an increase this represents over the concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For
example, sulfur dioxide has detectable health effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its
natural level. Carbon monoxide, however, has a natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level
reaches about 15 ppm.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The economic impact of air pollution.
B. What constitutes an air pollutant.
C. How much harm air pollutants can cause.
D. The effects of compounds added to the atmosphere.
2. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _______.
A. water vapor is an air pollutant in localized areas
B. most air pollutants today can be seen or smelled
C. the definition of air pollution will continue to change
D. a substance becomes an air pollutant only in cities
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3. For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in controlling air pollution?
A. They function as part of a purification process.
B. They occur in greater quantities than other pollutants.
C. They are less harmful to living beings than other pollutants.
D. They have existed since the Earth developed.
4. According to the passage, human-generated air pollution in localized regions_______.
A. can be dwarfed by nature's output of pollutants
B. can overwhelm the natural system that removes pollutants
C. will damage areas outside of the localized regions
D. will react harmfully with natural pollutants
5. According to the passage, the numerical value of the concentration level of a substance is only useful if _______.
A. the other substances in the area are known
B. it is in a localized area
C. the natural level is also known
D. it can be calculated quickly

PART SIX: OPEN CLOZE TEST (10pts)

Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to make a meaningful passage.
When we first moved onto our houseboat on the River Crouch, there (1) ______ a big storm. The lights swung
backwards and forwards (2) ______ though we were at sea, but in (3) ______ of the bad weather, not a single cup fell
off the shelves. In fact, in the four years (4) ______ we moved from our small house in the town nearby, (5) ______
anything has been broken.
The boat is huge: 20 meters long and 4 meters wide. (6) ______ to my dad, it is about four times the size of the
house we had before. The kitchen (7) ______ up about half of the main living space and it is not separated (8) ______
the rest of it, so that whoever is cooking doesn’t feel left (9) ____. Our friends often (10) ______ round to see us after
we have been to school. In the living area, there is even room for a ping-pong table.

PART SEVEN: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20pts)

Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it. Use the word in
the brackets without making any change to it.
1. You can ring this number whenever there is any difficulty.
Should _________________________________________________________________________ .
2. As Mike earned more money, he bought more clothes.
 The ___________________________________________________________________________ .
3. It’s not worth living to make her change her mind.
 There’s ________________________________________________________________________ .
4. It was such a beautiful creature that everyone stopped to have a look.
 So ____________________________________________________________________________ .
5. The snowstorm damaged the fruit crops seriously.
 The snowstorm did ______________________________________________________________ .
6. People think that Carnival is the best festival of the year. (considered)
 Carnival _______________________________________________________________________ .
7. Tom feels nothing but contempt for people who have bad manners. (look)
 Tom doesn’t ____________________________________________________________________ .
8. Don’t conclude that learning English is easy. (come)
 Don’t _________________________________________________________________________ .
9. She’ll probably win first prize. (stands)
 She ___________________________________________________________________________ .
10. He was finally able to adjust himself to the new working condition. (swing)
 He ____________________________________________________________________________ .

THE END OF THE TEST

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 UBND QUẬN THỦ ĐỨC HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP QUẬN LỚP 9
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KHÓA NGÀY: 21/9/2019
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Gồm có 02 trang.

PART ONE: LISTENING (20 pts)

SECTION I:
1. downtown 6. for
2. location 7. expected
3. decor 8. probably
4. dishes 9. server
5. credit 10. deserved
SECTION II:
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. D
SECTION III:
16. (Because they have so)many different things to do
17. rings and bracelets
18. Only a few
19. (the) meat slicer
20. (a very efficient)air conditioning(system)

PART TWO: USE OF ENGLISH (20 pts)

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentences. (15 pts)
1. B. backing 9. B. go to bat
2. D. urging 10. C. taken in
3. D. permanently 11. C. undermined
4. A. intake 12. A. By and large
5. C. break-up 13. C. reservation
6. C. with a view to 14. A. got credit for
7. D. exposure 15. C. You must be kidding.
8. D. needn't have
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that is incorrect (5 pts)
16. C
17. D
18. D
19. D
20. D

PART THREE:WORD FORMS (15 pts)

A. Fill in the blank with the appropriate from the word given in brackets. (5 pts)
1. forthcoming
2. thoughtlessly
3. inhabitants
4. successive
5. pursuing

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 B. Put the words givenin the correct blanks. (10 pts)
1. planned 6. accomplished
2. management 7. deserved
3. priorities 8. achievements
4. consuming 9. uncertainty
5. solution 10. mental
PART FOUR: GUIDED CLOZE TESTS (10 pts)
1. A 6. C
2. C 7. A
3. C 8. B
4. B 9. D
5. D 10. A
PART FIVE: READING COMPREHENSION (5 pts)
1. B. What constitutes an air pollutant.
2. C. the definition of air pollution will continue to change
3. A. They function as part of a purification process.
4. B. can overwhelm the natural system that removes pollutants
5. C. the natural level is also known
PART SIX: OPEN CLOZE TEST (10pts)
1. was 6. According
2. as 7. takes
3. spite 8. from
4. since 9. out
5. hardly 10. come/pop

PART SEVEN: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20pts)

1. You can ring this number whenever there is any difficulty.

Should – there be any difficulty, you can ring this number.
2. As Mike earned more money, he bought more clothes.
 The – more money Mike earned, the more clothes he bought.
3. It’s not worth living to make her change her mind.
 There’s – no need to make her change her mind.
4. It was such a beautiful creature that everyone stopped to have a look.
 So – beautiful was the creature that everyone stopped to have a look.
5. The snowstorm damaged the fruit crops seriously.
 The snowstorm did – serious damage to the fruit crops.
6. People think that Carnival is the best festival of the year. (considered)
 Carnival – is considered to be the best festival of the year.
7. Tom feels nothing but contempt for people who have bad manners. (look)
 Tom doesn’t – look up to people who have bad manners.
8. Don’t conclude that learning English is easy. (come)
 Don’t – come to the conclusion that learning English is easy.
9. She’ll probably win first prize. (stands)
 She – stands a good chance of winning first prize.
10. He was finally able to adjust himself to the new working condition. (swing)
 He – finally got into the swing of the new working condition.

THE END

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