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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS VÒNG TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2019-2020
Ngày thi: 15 tháng 4 năm 2020
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
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ĐIỂM BÀI THI CHỮ KÝ CỦA GIÁM KHẢO Mã Phách
Bằng số Bằng chữ Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 (Do HĐ chấm thi ghi)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề thi gồm có 10 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi này)
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I. LISTENING (4/20 points)
Part 1: You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B or
C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.
Extract One:
You will hear Professor Clarke giving a lecture about mental health for psychology
students.
1. Professor Clarke suggests that
A. those who hide their mental health problems are very brave but misguided.
B. society is generally quite sympathetic to mental health problems now.
C. those who ask for help with their problems are exhibiting great courage.
2. What is said about the celebrity who revealed their mental health issues?
A. they should have revealed their problems sooner.
B. they did not fit the assumed profile of a mental health sufferer.
C. they only discovered their problems recently.
Extract Two
You will hear a skiing gold medalist called Julia Braithwaith being interviewed on a radio
talk show.
3. What does Julia suggest about snow sports facilities in her country?
A. The weather is not conducive to maintaining them.
B. The government has a responsibility to build new facilities immediately.
C. New facilities should be provided if there is a demand for them.
4. What did Julia find most difficult in her own journey to success?
A. the lack of facilities in her country
B. the problem of getting adequate funding
C. long periods of separation from her family

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Extract Three
You will hear a reporter called Inga giving a radio update on an industrial relations
dispute.
5. What does Inga say about the talks?
A. The chance of a successful outcome has reduced.
B. A resolution is looking likely before midnight.
C. They ended at midnight and strike action is due to begin.
6. What is the main outstanding area of dispute?
A. employee benefits
B. pay rates
C. working hours

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Part 2: You will hear a critic called Dan Fallon talking on a radio show about a film called
The Man from Snowy River. For questions 7-15, complete the sentences with a word or
short phrase (NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS).
Australia's biggest (7) ___________________ was The Man from Snowy River until the
release of a popular 1986 film.
The Hollywood star Kirk Douglas has an unusual (8) ___________________ in The Man
from Snowy River.
Fallon praises the (9) ___________________ between Burlinson and his co-star Thornton
and is complimentary of the quality of the acting in general in the film.
Fallon suggests that the great cinematography of the film shows the (10)
___________________ in a very positive light.
On the death of his father, Craig must relocate to (11) ___________________ in search of
work.
Craig's origins are a disadvantage to him in his new workplace where he has to deal with (12)
___________________ from some of the other ranch hands.
Craig's financial situation and his (13) ___________________ make it unlikely that Jessica's
father will approve of him.
Fallon suggests that although the storyline has a romantic flavour to it, it really centres on the
lead character’s (14) ___________________.
Fallon suggests that using a big Hollywood actor in one of the leading parts did not prevent
this Australian film from remaining (15) ___________________.

Your answers:

7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15.

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Part 3: You will hear a woman called Phoebe who is training to be a teacher talking to her
tutor called Tony about research she has done in the school.
Questions 16-20: What did Phoebe find difficult about the different research techniques she
used? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-G, next to questions
16-20.

Difficulties Research techniques

A. Obtaining permission 16. Observing lessons
B. Deciding on a suitable focus 17. Interviewing teachers
C. Concentrating while gathering data 18. Interviewing pupils
D. Working collaboratively 19. Using questionnaires
E. Processing data she had gathered 20. Taking photographs
F. Finding a suitable time to conduct the
research
G. Getting hold of suitable equipment
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5/20 points)
Part 1: (2 points)
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C
or D) in the numbered boxes.
21. We can’t employ anyone who is behind ______with respect to technology.
A. the scenes B. bars C. schedule D. the times
22. His hard work at university laid the ______ for a successful career.
A. foundations B. head C. handle D. trick
23. George was a mechanic by ______ but by no stretch of the imagination could he be called
a hard-working man.
A. job B. sense C. profession D. career
24. I decided to ______ the book at him this time and phoned the police to report a stolen car.
A. read B. throw C. take D. go
25. Never ______ have I seen him so upset about anything.
A. since B. until C. then D. before
26. No sooner had he told me the subject was closed ______ my mother came in.
A. than B. that C. while D. when
27. He began to give chase, but ______ fast fliers are they that despite all his efforts to keep
up, it eventually eluded him.
A. very B. such C. most D. far
28. My heart ______ in dismay as I considered possible reasons for the power cut.
A. sank B. slumped C. dived D. collapsed
29. There was even a rumor that he ______ have been vaguely royal by birth, but that I
cannot attest to.
A. was B. should C. may D. will
30. Although she looks with contempt on my lowly position with the company, I bear no
______ towards her.
A. denial B. scorn C. animosity D. dislike
Your answers:
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

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Part 2: (1 point)
The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct
forms in the numbered boxes. (0) has been done as an example.

UNEMPLOYMENT
We understand an (0) unemploy person to be someone who has not got a job, who is not
employed. However, there are many people in Britain who are of working age, which is
between 16 and 65 for men and 16 and 60 for women, and are not working, but yet official
are not counted as unemployed. These people including those who simply stay at home,
students without a part-time job and those who retire early.
The numbers in the working population tend fluctuating. Of the 29 million people of working
age, just over 1 million are unemployed. Therefore, almost 28 million people are employed.
The government is doing its best to reduce long-term unemployment through its working
families tax credit and skills training schemes. It can claim some credit in bringing down
long-term unemployment, but it is probably economic growth that has done the most to bring
down the level of joblessness. A UK economy grew by 2.4% in 2001, which does not sound
like much, but was top of the G7 league table.
If we have the same number of people in the working population and unemployment rises,
then obviously employment must be falling. But so the working population figure rises – if,
for example, more school leavers join the labor force – then it is possible that both the number
of employed people and the numbers of unemployed people will rise.

Your answers:
0. unemploy  unemployed 31. 32.

33. 34. 35.

Part 3: (2 points)
Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals in brackets to form a word that fits in
the gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
A SMALL DAUGHTER
When my small daughter behaves more (36, INTELLIGENCE) ___________ than is
necessary, it usually involves some sort of (37, EXPEND) ___________ on my part and I
have to be wary of her (38, INTEND) ___________. But if she behaves (39, CHILD)
___________, it is because I have refused a request or favor and I feel like (40, MURDER)
___________ her. In comparison with my (41, AMBITIOUS) __________, hers may be very
simple ones whose fulfillment gives her just as much (42, PLEASE) ___________, and she
will make a great (43, SCENIC) ___________ about it if the importance of them is (44,
INTERPRET) ___________. And if she is in the bedroom or kitchen and all I hear is a (45,
DIE) ___________ hush, I know she’s up to no good.

Your answers:

36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

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III. READING (6/20 points)
Part 1: (1 point)
Read the following passage and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best
according to the article. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered boxes.
CITIZENS 2050
Can you imagine what our lives will be like in the year 2050? Perhaps, you will be
flying off for a holiday on the moon, or maybe you will be taking your dog for a walk in
virtual reality. We recently carried out a survey of 1,000 people from different countries to
find out what they think life will be like in the future. The results clearly demonstrate both our
hopes and fears.
The survey suggests that friendship - one of the most important human relationships -
will have changed dramatically. People will make friends through the Internet. What is more,
a large number of people will even come across their future husbands or wives in this way!
Computers will have become absolutely essential by 2050. Even now, some people describe
them as their best friend! Others, however, say that we will become much more isolated from
each other because we will have little real human contact.
Education will have changed a lot too. As more and more children will be using
computers in schools, certain abilities, such as mental arithmetic, won't be necessary since
there will be computer programs for most calculations. Even writing by hand will have
become a thing of the past.
According to the survey, home life will be better. Most people believe that by 2050
robots will be doing the housework and we will be eating ready-made food. A lot of people
think that we might only cook for fun in the future.
Space exploration will become increasingly popular. Fifty per cent of the people we
talked to believe that man will regularly visit Mars. They also believe that travel on our own
planet will probably change. Almost everyone thinks that there will be no cars in the city
centres. Some even think that environmentally-friendly electric or solar-powered cars will
have replaced the cars we use nowadays.
Pollution is something that seems to worry many people. Some fear that it will
continue to get worse, and that our planet will become impossible to live on. Others even
foresee that one day we'll have to pay for clean air just like we do now for clean water.
On the other hand, people seem to be quite optimistic about the benefits of genetic
engineering, as they think scientists will use it to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS. If
scientists manage to find a cure for these, we'll have a much healthier society.
Some people worry about the future, while others are full of hope and enthusiasm. No
matter how dark or bright it may seem, it is up to us to look after our planet and try to make it
a better place to live.
46. Many people believe that in 2050 _____.
A. we will find partners through computers. B. we will never leave our homes.
C. we will not have any friends. D. we will not pay for computers.
47. The article suggests that in 2050 _____.
A. students will write with typewriters.
B. fifty per cent of people will have travelled to Mars.
C. everyone will learn to cook.
D. lessons will be very different.
48. As far as cars are concerned, some people believe that _____.
A. we will not have any.
B. they won't run on petrol.
C. they will be even more harmful to the environment.
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 D. people won't be able to afford them.
49. Some people believe that pollution will have _____.
A. become an even bigger problem.
B. killed everyone on the planet.
C. disappeared.
D. made our planet a better place to live.
50. Many people think that by 2050 _____.
A. scientists will have replaced doctors. B. people will have stopped dying.
C. there will be a cure for cancer and AIDS. D. people won't get diseases.

Your answers:
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Part 2: (2 points)
You are going to read a newspaper article which women talk about their attitudes toward
cars. For questions 51-60, choose from the women (A-D). Write your answer (A, B, C or D)
in the numbered boxes.
Which woman ...
51. ………………… uses her car to get to work?
52. ………………… has only had a driving license for a few years?
53. ………………… has a prejudice against a particular kind of car?
54. ………………… feels safety considerations are paramount when buying a car?
55. ………………… didn’t want to be responsible for the car at first?
56. ………………… acknowledges that she knows little about cars?
57. ………………… uses other means of transport because of rising costs?
58. ………………… needs a large car?
59. ………………… is an enthusiastic driver?
60. ………………… wishes she didn’t need to rely on a car?
Women Drivers
What do women think about the cars they drive? We talked to four women about their
views.
A. Megan Fields
Megan Fields lives in rural Hertfordshire, just outside a small village. In recent years
the bus service in the village has improved, and there is also a good link now to the
nearest town. Consequently, she uses a car mainly to commute to her office almost
forty miles away. Megan works normal office hours, Mondays to Fridays, and this
means she has to make a round trip of very nearly eighty miles a day in the enervating
rush-hour traffic. However, since the latest increases in the price of fuel, she and her
husband feel they have to think more carefully about car maintenance costs.
Megan was forced to purchase a new car only a short while ago: she was recently
involved in a collision with a lorry. It was an unequal contest, and Megan’s car was a
write-off. Fortunately, nobody was badly hurt, but Megan was shaken by the
experience. She promised herself that her next car would have more robust bodywork
in case anything like that ever happens again. Since their old car had been on its last
legs anyway, she and her husband had been looking at the options available on the
market even before the crash, and they had narrowed the choice down to three or four
models. Before they made their final decision, they took a number of other factors into
consideration. They wanted a car that would be fuel-efficient and that would produce
as few harmful emissions as possible. Megan left the choice of car to her husband; she
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 claims she is ignorant of the technical issues involved and has no desire to learn. She
stresses that she would rather be able to manage without a car at all. However, given
their circumstances, doing without a car does not appear to be a viable option.
B. Vera Aziz
Vera is one of the growing numbers of people who have purchased an SUV – a sports
utility vehicle. In her view, there is something very reassuring about the height of the
vehicle, which places the driver and passengers above the majority of other road users.
Though she has no statistics to back up her opinion, she is convinced that this means
she would be far better off in an accident. There is another practical factor at work in
her choice of vehicle: her SUV seats eight people quite comfortably, and she needs this
room since she regularly ferries her two daughters and their four friends to and from
ballet classes.
Vera says that a car is an absolute necessity for her. Public transport in the part of
Surrey where she lives in woefully inadequate and there is no school bus, so when the
weather is bad she has to drive the children to their school nearby. About once a
fortnight she and her husband go up to London for the day and they need the car to get
them to the local train station. Otherwise, she admits, the car stays in the garage most
of the time. When asked about what influenced her choice of vehicle, she is
unequivocal: safety was the crucial point, and she imagines that this is the case for the
vast majority of women.
C. Sue Henderson
The new charges for drivers entering inner London, coupled with exorbitant parking
fees throughout the capital, means that the situation has changed for Sue. She says she
would far rather take the train to the city instead of driving in from Faversham in Kent,
so these days she mostly uses the car to stock up with groceries from the local
supermarket on Friday evenings. But there has been another more radical change in her
driving habits over the past few months. Some good neighbors of hers, who only used
their car very occasionally, were thinking of buying a new one, and Sue suggested that
instead of going to the expense and trouble this would involve, they should just use
hers whenever they wanted to. Sue says that some careful planning is required to make
this arrangement work smoothly, but it has resulted in considerable savings for
everyone concerned. She also makes the point that a scheme like this works best if
people are relaxed about the car and don’t insist on a spotlessly clean high-
performance model. Sue’s present car is fairly old, large and sturdy – one of the
Scandinavian models that offer their owners a sense of security. She is rather
dismissive of SUVs, which she doesn’t consider particularly safe. This is because she
read somewhere that they can roll over quite easily. Furthermore, they are a danger to
cyclists because SUV drivers tend not to notice them. Sue also has strong opinions
about the jokey stereotype of the bad woman driver, which she regards as absolute
nonsense. She is similarly dismissive of the idea that men are natural born drivers,
claiming that statistics prove the opposite, and that men cause far more accidents than
women, especially serious ones.
D. Heather Adams
Four years ago Heather Adams’s husband injured his leg in an accident which left him
unable to drive. Heather herself then reluctantly took charge of the car, not only
driving it but also making sure it was serviced regularly and generally looking after it.
The Adams’s children are still very young, so Heather is the only one in the family
who uses the car now. In fact, she only passed her driving test three and a half years
ago, so she had little practical experience with vehicles of any kind until then. Their
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 present car is the only one she has ever driven, apart from the car at the driving school
when she was learning to drive. She says she never expected to get such enormous
pleasure from sitting behind the wheel, and believes that learning to drive gave her a
sense of independence and confidence that she lacked when she was younger. She
regards a car as an essential part of her life where she lives in unreliable and not
convenient for her needs.
Her husband has clearly influenced her views on road safety. He believes it is
important to be able to put your foot down and accelerate away from trouble. Heather
agrees and clearly relishes driving a car with a powerful engine. For her, this would be
a prime consideration if she were to buy another car.

Your answers:

51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

Part 3: (1 point)
Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
WILDLIFE
Stefan’s (61) ___________ hobby was filming wildlife and one month he decided to film the
babies of ant-eater chats, small birds that build their nests in large, underground holes that
have been (62) ___________ by other creatures. He managed to crawl into the hole happily
enough but he had scarcely begun filming the babies when a large snake appeared. In a(n)
(63) ___________ such as this it is essential, (64) ___________ all else, to remain calm and
so, not wishing to share the hole with a large, and (65) ___________ poisonous snake, he
rapidly took off.
61. A. superior B. head C. lead D. chief
62. A. disowned B. abandoned C. abdicated D. discarded
63. A. alarm B. shock C. crisis D. panic
64. A. up B. above C. beyond D. over
65. A. doubtless B. questionably C. doubtfully D. incredibly

Your answers:

61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

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Part 4: (2 points)

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in
each gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
LEARNING TO GET ON WITH PEOPLE
In order to get on with other children, children must have a standard of give and take. To
some extent they can learn this from their parents, but they must also learn that they cannot be
friends with everyone and that some personal characteristics are more appealing than (66)
___________. There will be children and adults with (67) ___________ they cannot get
along, so they must learn to deal with them (68) ___________ excessive friction. They must
also learn how (69) ___________ they should be willing to compromise in order to make (70)
___________ acceptable to others, so they need to know when to draw the line and say, “This
far, but no further.” They must also recognise that they have the choice of going along with
the majority or standing (71) ___________ without rancor or bitterness.
In learning these social skills children acquire civilized manners and the ability to live in a
community in which everyone is (72) ___________ to a large extent on everyone else. They
may encounter others who are not quite so civilized, and they must be prepared to meet them
(73) ___________ understanding and resolution. In each case they must rely on their own
course of behavior, according to the particular circumstances. They must realise that there is a
time to stand (74) ___________ ground, a time to compromise, and even a time when it is
better to run (75) ___________.

Your answers:

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

IV. WRITING: (5/20 points)

Part 1: (2 points)
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. You must use between three and eight
words, including the word given.

76. If the referee hadn’t intervened promptly, a fight would have developed on the pitch.
(prompt)
 But …………………………………….……, a fight would have developed on the pitch.
77. Only a miracle will save them now. (short)
 Nothing ……………………………………………………………………………………..
78. It was your fault, not mine. (in)
 You .......................................................................................................................................
79. Are you suggesting that I can’t do this? (doubts)
 Are you …………………………………………………………….…………… to do this?
80. Noel doesn’t feel very well today. (color)
 Noel ………………………………………………………………………………….. today.

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Part 2: (3 points)
Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to
travel to or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why
someone should learn a foreign language.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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