Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 TP. Hồ Chí Minh năm học 2012 - 2013

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PART TWO: USE OF ENGLISH (40pts)

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence. (20pts)

1. The more important an exam is, ________________________.

A. the more you'll get nervous B. the more nervous will you get

C. the most nervous you'll be D. the more nervous you'll get

2. I wish they ___________________less noise; I'm trying to concentrate.

A. are making B. could make C. would be making D. had made

3. There's no point ___________________him for money; he won't lend you any.

A. asking B. to ask C. for asking D. in having asked

4. I'm sorry I __________________your name again.

A. forget B. have forgot C. forgot D. am forgetting

5. There ____________________________.

A. came our new teacher B. is our new teacher coming

C. is coming our new teacher D. our new teacher comes

6. I don't want to be hard on you, but you _________________me before using my laptop.

A. must have asked B. might have asked

C. needn't have asked D. may as well ask

7. Hardly ____________________time to go to the cinema these days.

A. should I find B. that I can find C. when I can find D. can I find

8. I met ___________________man in the conference.

A. a tall American interesting B. an interesting tall American

C. so tall an American interesting D. an American tall interesting

9. The whole place has been __________________in such a way to provide the disabled with easy access to all the facilities.

A. laid out B. put up C. set about D. arranged for

10. The doctor has been ___________________to deal with an emergency.

A. cut out B. sent with C. called away D. told off

11. She watched _________________fascination when he was sketching.

A. in B. from C. with D. on

12. What is your response ____________________this forum?

A. of B. with C. to D. about

13. A person's ____________________with determine what they believe is right or wrong.

A. psychology B. civics C. ethics D. identification

14. It's possible to get a speeding ticket if you _________________the speed limit.

A. pass B. overcome C. extend D. exceed

15. The threat of failing an exam provides the ___________________to work harder.

A. go-ahead B. incentive C. inspiration D. vitality

16. It is ____________________cold outside. Do not go out, please.

A. bitterly B. scorching C. frozen D. ice

17. I did some ___________________around the house before I turned on the TV.

A. pins and needles B. ups and downs

C. ins and outs D. odds and ends

18. It takes me a long time to save enough money for a nice vacation, so such trips are __________________for me.

A. few and far between B. up and about

C. big shots D. hot air

19. Yu Na: "I'll take part in the beauty contest." Father: "______________________"

A. It is really kid's stuff! B. I'm sorry about that contestant.

C. You'll do nothing of the kind. D. I can't say it worries me!

20. Lucas: "_______________________" Sarah: "Isn't my pigeon."

A. That's a nice dove. B. Mike is in deep trouble.

C. What's the matter with you? D. What's the symbol of peace?

WORD FORMS

Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank. (20pts)

1. He's a university student majoring in ____________. (climate)

2. The teacher gave us a(n) _____________ lesson on conservation. (introduce)

3. To be completely fair, we need a(n) _______________ person. (interest)

4. The inauguration ceremony was given _____________ coverage. (world)

5. After working really hard for the examination, he deserved a(n) _____________ holiday. (earn)

6. Such important work needs _______________. (exact)

7. The article I read the other day was quite ______________. That's why I keep it for later reference. (inform)

8. _______________ enough, no-one else has applied for the job. (Amaze)

9. Please check the ______________ of the language lab on that day. (avail)

10. The tendency now is to ______________ our cell phone ring tones. (person)

PART THREE: CLOZE TESTS (75pts)

Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) for each blank space.

PASSAGE A (15pts)

Every year about seventeen million animals are used in laboratory (1)___________________. But in many countries today, a difficult question is being asked: Do we have the (2)__________________to use animals this way?

The case for using animals in research

The use of animals in medical research has many practical (3)___________________. Animal research has enabled researchers to develop (4)___________________for many diseases, such as heart disease and depression. It wouldn't have been possible, years ago, to develop vaccines for diseases like smallpox and polio (5)__________________animal research. Every drug anyone takes today was (6)__________________first on animals. Future medical research is (7)________________ on the use of animals. Which is more important: the life of a rat or (8)____________________of a three-year-old child?

Medical research is also a(n) (9)____________________way of using unwanted animals. Last year, over twelve million animals had to be killed in animal (10)_________________because nobody wanted them as pets.

The case against using animals in research

The fact that humans benefit cannot be used to (11)___________________using animals in research any more than experimenting on other humans. Animals (12)____________________a lot during these experiments. They are forced to live in small cages, and they may be unable to move. Much of the research that is (13)____________________out is unnecessary anyway.

Animals have the same rights as humans do to be able to move freely and not to have pain or fear forced on them. Researchers must find other ways of doing their research, using cell (14)____________________and computer modeling. There should be no animals in research laboratories (15)__________________.

1. A. assignments B. trials C. experiments D. inspections

2. A. law B. way C. equality D. right

3. A. revenues B. benefices C. benefits D. advances

4. A. treatments B. solutions C. treats D. symptoms

5. A. because of B. let alone C. thanks to D. without

6. A. tested B. assigned C. conducted D. imposed

7. A. rested B. originated C. relevant D. dependent

8. A. this B. which C. that D. one

9. A. embarrassing B. sickening C. expedient D. satisfactory

10. A. cages B. shelters C. gatherings D. houses

11. A. justify B. satisfy C. popularize D. reason

12. A. suffer B. tolerate C. bear D. torture

13. A. done B. undertaken C. carried D. passed

14. A. transform B. format C. pattern D. culture

15. A. at least B. in the least C. all the same D. in all

Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.

PASSAGE B (30pts)

As technology develops, robots are programmed to do more amazing things. Here are some of the most important (1) ______ in which they help humans.

Robots are being installed in many hospitals around the world. They have already been used for a variety of operations (2) __________ heart surgery. (3) ___________ to surgeons, the work robots can do is more accurate than the work humans can do. Robots can also help people with (4) ____________. For example, robotic arms have been used by people with missing limbs for many years. Now a new robotic arm has been (5) ___________ which is controlled by thought. For the first time (6) ______, somebody with a false robotic arm just needs to think about a movement like (7) ___________ up a book, and the Neuro-Controlled Bionic Arm will do it. The arm has already been successful, but doctors are (8) ________ developing it. They predict that (9) ____________ faster and stronger version will be (10) ____________ in a few years' time.

In South Korea, the robot Olympics takes place every year. It (11) _________ together groups around the world who are (12) ____________ with robots. At the event, children as young as six build and program robotic creations that can do all kinds of things such as run or kick a football. Robot Wars is (13) ___________ form of entertainment for robot lovers. It's as TV show that (14) ___________ remote-controlled robot vehicles taking part in games. The most popular game is when teams of people cause the vehicles to fight each other (15) ___________ only one robot survives. Other games include robot races and robot football.

PASSAGE C (30pts)

The potential of computers for increasing the control of organizations or society (16) _________ their members and for invading the privacy of those members has (17) ____________ considerable concern.

The privacy issue has been (18) _________ most insistently with (19) _________ to the creation and maintenance of data files that assemble (20) ____________ about persons from a multitude of sources. Files of this kind would be highly valuable for many kinds of economic and social research, but they are bought at too high a (21) _______ if they endanger human freedom or seriously enhance the opportunities of blackmailers. (22) ______________ such dangers should not be ignored, it should be noted that the lack of comprehensive data files has never (23) ___________ been the limiting barrier to the suppression of human freedom.
Making the computer the villain in the (24) _____________ of privacy or encroachment on civil liberties simply diverts attention from the real dangers. Computer data banks can and must be given the highest (25) _____________ of protection from abuse. But we must be careful, also, that we do not employ crude methods of protection as to deprive our society (26) _____ important data it needs to understand its own social process and to analyze its problems.

Perhaps the most important questions of all about the computer is (27) ______ it has done and will do to man's view of himself and his place in the universe. The (28) _______ heated attacks on the computer are not focused on its possible economic effects, its presumed destruction of job (29) ___________, or its threat to privacy and liberty, but upon the claim that it causes people to be viewed, and to view (30) _____________ as machines.