PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THCS CẤP HUYỆN

VŨNG LIÊM NĂM HỌC: 2019 – 2020

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

( Đề thi gồm có 07 trang) Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Chữ ký Chữ ký Tổng điểm Tổng điểm Số phách

Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 (Bằng số) (Bằng chữ)

Số thứ tự

Điểm từng phần:

PART I:………………... Hướng dẫn thi Nghe hiểu:
PART II:……………….
 Thí sinh có 3 phút để nghiên cứu các câu hỏi
PART III:……………...
 Bài nghe gồm 2 phần (section), mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần
PART IV:………………  Bắt đầu mỗi phần đều có thông báo (bằng tiếng Anh)
Cộng:…..........................  Kết thúc phần thi nghe là đoạn nhạc

PART ONE: LISTENING ( 4 points)

SECTION A: Questions 1-5. You will hear a woman talking about a tour of a castle. Write NO
MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer. You will hear the recording
twice. Write your answers in the numbered spaces.

Castle Tour
Time of first tour: 10 a.m.
Tour takes: (1) ___________________minutes.
Price of a family ticket : (2) £___________________.
Ticket includes: soft drink or (3) __________________.
Name of gardens: (4) _________________.
What to see in the gardens: 800-year-old (5 )
________________.

SECTION B: Questions 6 - 10. You will hear an interview with a woman called Rachel who is
talking about the shows she puts on for children. For each question, choose the correct answer.
You will hear the recording twice. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.

6. Before her children were born, Rachel worked as _____________.

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 A. an art teacher B. a painter C. an actor

7.Who first thought of doing a show at a party?

A. Rachel’s husband B. Rachel’s children C. Rachel’s parents

8. Rachel’s neighbor, Lena, helps by _______________.

A. making some dolls for the show

B. performing in the shows

C. writing the music for the shows

9. How do Rachel’s daughters help her?

A. They show new dolls to their school friends.

B. They think of ideas for new stories.

C. They give her their opinions on her new plays.

10. Rachel thinks her shows are successful because ______________.

A. She enjoys doing them so much

B. She does a show daily
C. They are suitable for all ages
Write your answers here:

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART TWO: READING ( 6 points)

SECTION A: Questions 1-5. Read the passage and choose the best answers. Write your answers
in the numbered boxes. ( 2 points)

Unlike life in the countryside which is often considered to be simple and traditional, life in
the city is modern and complicated. People, from different regions, move to the cities in the hope
of having a better life for them and their children. The inhabitants in city work as secretaries,
businessmen, teachers, government workers, factory workers and street vendors or construction
workers.
The high cost of living requires city dwellers, especially someone with low income, to work
harder or to take a part-time job. For many people, an ordinary day starts as usual by getting up in
the early morning to do exercise in public parks, preparing for a full day of working and studying,
then travelling along crowded boulevards or narrow streets filled with motor scooters and returning
home after a busy day. They usually live in large houses, or high-rise apartment blocks or even in a
small rental room equipped with modern facilities, like the Internet, telephone, television, and so
on. Industrialization and modernization as well as global integration have big impact on lifestyle
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in the cities. The most noticeable impact is the Western style of clothes. The “ao dai”- Vietnamese
traditional clothes are no longer regularly worn in Vietnamese women’s daily life. In stead, jeans,
T-shirts and fashionable clothes are widely preferred.
1. The most important reason why people move to the city is that _________.
A. to look for a better life B. to take part-time job
C. to look for a complicated life D. to have busy day
2. According to the passage, the city life can offer city dwellers all of the following things
EXCEPT __________.
A. the Internet B. a variety of jobs in different fields
C. friendly communication with neighbors D. modern facilities
3. We can infer from the passage that ___________.
A. people do morning exercise in public parks because they have much free time
B. there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in the city
C. people leave the countryside because life there is simple
D. most of the urban dwellers have low income
4. Industrialization and modernization may lead to _________.
A. the fact that women no longer wear ao dai
B. the disappearance of Western life clothes
C. global integration
D. some changes in lifestyles
5. The word “ impact” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. force B. situation C. affect D. action

Write your answers ( A, B, C or D) here:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Section B:Questions 1-10. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the
blank space in the following passage. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.(2 points)
CAMPING
Although some groups of people have always lived outdoors in tents, camping as we know
it today only began to be (1) _________ about 50 years ago. The increase in the use (2) _________
cars and improvements in camping equipment have allowed more people (3) ____________ longer
distances into the countryside and to stay there in greater comfort.
Many campers like to be (4) __________ themselves in quiet areas, so they (5) __________
their tent and food and walk or cycle into the forests or the mountains. Others, preferring to be near
people, drive to a public or privately-owned campsite which has up-to-date facilities, (6) ________
hot showers and swimming pools.
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 Whether campers are alone in the mountains (7) ___________ on a busy site, they should
remember to (8) _________ the area clean and tidy. In the forests, they must (9)__________ any
fires and keep food hidden to avoid (10) ___________ wild animals.

1. A. famous B. popular C. favorite D. current

2. A. of B. in C. at D. for
3. A. travel B. travelling C. travelled D. to travel
4. A. on B. by C. at D. of
5. A. take B. make C. pick D. do
6. A. such B. like C. as D. just
7. A. and B. as C. but D. or
8. A. remain B. stay C. leave D. let
9. A. put in B. put out C. put down D. put on
10. A. attracting B. working C. caring D. meeting
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section C: Questions 1- 10. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space. Use only ONE word for each space. For each question, write the word in the numbered
boxes. (2 points)
Football
Many people enjoy the thrill of football. Also known as soccer, this game is played all (1)
______ the world today. (2) ______ did this game come from? Games similar (3) ______ football
were played in ancient China, Greece, and Rome, but (4) ______ football began in Britain.
In the Middle Ages (500-1400 AD), different British towns played against each other in
football. There were few rules. Players (5) ______ allowed to carry the ball, as well as kick, punch,
and bite their opponents! Scotland’s King James I outlawed the game in 1424. Queen Elizabeth I
of England later did the same. However, people did not stop(6) ______ football.
In 1815, England’s (7) ______ Eton College made rules for the spot. Later, these became
the Cambridge Rules, and were adopted (8) ______ most of England’s universities and (9) ______
in 1848. The Cambridge Rules did not allow players to hurt each other or to touch the ball ( 10)
______ their hands. This was the beginning of modern football.

Write your answer here:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART THREE: PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4 points)

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Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers
(A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes:

1. Choose the word with a different pronunciation of the underlined part.

A. watched B. reduced C. coughed D. raised
2. Choose the word with a different pronunciation of the underlined part.
A. behave B. facility C. face D. occasion
3. Choose a word which has different position of stress from the rest.
A. craftsman B. publish C. remind D. surface
4. Choose a word which has different position of stress from the rest.
A. neighborhood B. assignment C. emotion D. supportive
5. I’m not old enough to ___________in this election.
A. commit B. protest C. vote D. admit
6. I must go to the dentist and ___________ .
A. get my teeth to take care of B. take care of my teeth
C. my teeth be taken care of D. get my teeth taken care of
7. Ann is taking extra lessons to ___________ what she missed while she was sick.
A. take back B. get on well with C. keep up with D. look forward to
8. She gets ___________when she has to walk to the supermarket.
A. tire B. tiring C. tired D. tiredly
9. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city ___________.
A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers
10. Pressure ___________ children to get into top schools has reached a crisis point.
A. at B. under C. on D. with
11. When I was younger, I ___________ to smoke or drink.
A. never used B. didn’t used C. not used D. wasn’t used
12. Nobody is ready, ___________?
A. is he B. isn’t he C. are they D. aren’t they
13. Don’t ___________ singing. You are very talented.
A. pass down B. think over C. grow up D. give up
14. “ Does Jack know about your project.” – “ Yes. I told him ___________ to do.”
A. what was I planning B. what I have planned
C. what did I plan D. what I was planning
15. I tried ___________, but I missed it.
A. catch B. catching C. catch up D. to catch
16. In order to buy his house, he had to obtain a large ________ from his bank
A. loan B. finance C. capital D. debt

Write your answers here:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

PART FOUR: USE OF LANGUAGE ( 6 points)

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SECTION A: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. You must use between two to five words. Do not change the
word given. Here is an example: ( 2 points)
Example:
It is said that gardening is very good exercise. (supposed)
Gardening…is supposed to be…very good exercise.
1.Volleball doesn’t really interest me. ( in )
I am not__________________________________________________ volleyball.
2. She carried on playing despite her injury. (spite)
She carried ___________________________________________________ her injury.
3. I played chess almost everyday when I was young. ( used)
I __________________________________________almost everyday when I was young.
4. My mother lives a long way from the supermarket. (near)
There isn’t________________________________________________ my mother’s house.
5.I really hope you find a solution to the problem. ( succeed)
I really hope you ____________________________________________ to the problem.
SECTION B: Read the text below. Use the words in the brackets to form one new word that fits
in the numbered space in the text. There is an example. There is an example at the beginning
(0).(1 point)
Egypt and South America

There is still no adequate (0) ________(EXPLAIN) why, several thousand years ago,
cultures in both Egypt and South America saw the (1) _________(INTRODUCE) of pyramids.
Was it coincidence? Many (2) ________(SCIENCE) believe that it was, and state that there is no
possibility at all that people from two distance continents traded information on (3)
________(BUILD) techniques. However, some revolutionary theories in recent years, based on the
discovery that the two cultures also share key myths, legends and beliefs, suggest that the (4)
_________(APPEAR) of pyramids on opposite sides of the world was no coincidence at all. One
researcher working on this, Crystal Davis, said: “The importance of finding out the truth here
cannot be exaggerated. It could changed our whole (5)___________ (UNDERSTAND) of the
history of the world.”
Write your answers here:
0. explanation 3.
1. 4.
2. 5.
SECTION C:The text below contains 5 unnecessary words. For questions 1 to 5, UNDERLINE
the unnecessary words and WRITE them in the boxes below. There is an example at the
beginning (0). (1.0 points)
CARTOON FILMS

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1 Cartoon films have very few limits . If you can be draw some thing, you can make it
2 move on the cinema screen. The use of new ideas and advanced computer programs means
3 that cartoons are becoming exciting again for people of all ages. By the end of in the
4 1970s, the cinema world had being decided that cartoons were only for children. But soon
5 afterwards, one or two the directors had some original new ideas. They proved that it was
6 possible to make films in which both adults and children could to share the fun. However,
7 not every cartoon film was successful. The Black Cauldron, for example, failed, mainly
8 because it was too frightening for children and too childish for an adults. Directors learnt
9 from this mistake, and the film companies began to make large amounts of money again.
0. be ( line 1) 3.
1. 4.
2. 5.

SECTION D: Write a 100-120 word paragraph about advantages and disadvantages of mobile phone.
(2 points)
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( NB: You may continue your writing on the back page if you need more space)
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