Đề thị chọn học sinh giỏi cấp thành phố (TP HCM) lớp 9 THCS năm học 2013-2014 Mã A720928

SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ LỚP 9 – THCS TP HỒ CHÍ MINH KHÓA NGÀY: 19/03/2014 – NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Đề này gồm 4 trang PART ONE. LISTENING (25 pts) Recording One: Listen to the recording carefully, then write down the missing word(s) in each blank in your Answer Sheet.

The Hindenburg was the last in a series of ______ which had been developed over 40 years in both Europe and the United States. They were designed to carry passengers and in (2)______ over long distances. The Hindenburg could carry 50 passengers (3)______ in 25 luxury cabins with all the amenities of a first class hotel. All the cabins had hot and cold water and electric (5)______. There was a dining-room, a bar and a (4)______ with a dance floor and a baby grand piano. The Hindenburg had been built to compete with the great luxury trans-Atlantic liners. It was (6)______ metres long with a diameter of 41 metres. It could (7)______ at a speed of 125 km/h and was able to cross the (8)______ in less than half the time of a liner. By 1937 it had carried 1000 passengers safely and had even (9)______ circus animals and and cars. Its sister ship, the Graf Zeppenlin, had (10)______ one and a half million kilometres and it had carried 13,100 passengers without incident. Recording Two: Listen to the recording carefully, then decide whether each of the statements is True or False. Write TRUE or FALSE in your Answer Sheet. 11. The lady interviewed is a physicist. 12. In the future, people will food as medicine. 13. A.I. stands for Artificial Intelligence. 14. Robots in the future are logical but not emotional. 15. Robots will be like people, so they won’t be able to work in any kinds of weather. Recording Three: Listen to the recording carefully, then write short answer to each question about the recording. 16. Where should the device go on the user’s body? 17. What, besides touching the screen, can the user do to operate the device? 18. What should people use to listen to the music better? 19. How can people operate the new revolutionary computer? 20. Why is the screen bigger? PART TWO. USE OF ENGLISH A. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence. (20 pts) 1. Learning in this center, you can benefit a lot from our updated teaching ______. A. solution B. method C. treatment D. mode 2. I’d rather that they ______ so many mistakes in the last test. A. didn’t make B. couldn’t make C. weren’t be making D. hadn’t made 3. They’ve suggested many solutions, ______ are feasible, in my opinion. A. neither of which B. none of them C. none of which D. not any of them 4. We ______ had they asked us to. A. could have helped B. would help C. must have helped D. needn’t have helped 5. An ______ can tell people their future by reading their constellation. A. archeologist B. astronaut C. astronomer D. astrologer 6. The hotel was really filthy, and I’m not ______. A. exaggerating B. lying C. amplifying D. boasting 7. I’m not accustomed ______ in public. A. to speaking B. to speaking C. speaking D. with speaking 8. He gave her ______ ring in the wedding ceremony. A. such big beautiful diamond B. a beautiful big diamond C. so beautiful a diamond big D. a big diamond beautiful 9. His evidence doesn’t ______. A. fall for B. add up C. figure out D. set in 10. I’m worn out. I could ______ a cup of tea. A. put up with B. call for C. do with D. come in for 11. I was caught parking on a double yellow line and had to pay a parking ______. A. fine B. charge C. fee D. cost 12. What was your reaction ______ what he said? A. of B. with C. to D. on 13. I’m not surprised he became an author. Even as a child he had a ______ imagination. A. large B. fertile C. bright D. clean 14. Lucie is honest; and I mean “honest” in the broadest ______ of the word. A. meaning B. value C. idea D. sense 15. Angela’s work was praised for its ______ attention to detail. A. meticulous B. significant C. subtle D. …