ĐỀ THI SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG Môn thi: Tiếng Anh lớp 9 năm học 2016 -2017 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

PART I: LISTENING
I. Listen to part of passage. Choose the best answer for each question below. (1 pt)
1. How many percents do graduate schools in the United States increase in applications from international students this year?
A. seven percents B. eight percents C. nine percents D. ten percents
2. When is the increase the same as?
A. two years ago B. three years ago C. four years ago D. five years ago
3. Which countries showed the biggest increases in applications to enter master’s and doctoral programs this fall?
A. China B. China, Mexico
C. Mexico and Brazil D. China, Mexico and Brazil
4. Which is the top area of study for international students?
A. Engineering B. Business C. Physical D. Earth sciences
5. Who made the survey?
A. South Korea B. The Council of Graduate Schools
C. India D. Brazil
II. Listen a conversation between two people. Listen and fill in the blanks (2 pts)
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Some(1)…….… in the Netherlands are spending(2)…………… hundred thirty thousand dollars on a(3)……………..…. The people are scientists at the University of Maastricht. They want to (4)………….. that they can make a hamburger that tastes good and does not require an animal to be (5)………………….
Researcher Mark Post and his team have been growing muscle-tissue cells in a laboratory with muscle taken from a(6)……………………
MARK POST: “We have committed ourselves to make a couple of thousand of these small tissues and then assemble them(7)……………… a hamburger.” Several teams around the world are trying to (8)…………….. meat without killing animals. So far the Dutch team appears to have (9)………… the most progress.
Mr. Post says he wants to show that the world’s growing demand for meat could be(10)…………………… more efficiently and with less harm to the environment.

PART II: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Question 1: Phonetics
A- Choose the word whose underlined part is differently from that of the others (1pt)
1. A- death B- cream C- ready D- peasant
2. A- used B- worked C- watched D- practiced
3. A- chemistry B- prepare C- receive D- degree
4. A- heir B- honesty C- historic D- exhibition
B- Choose the word whose main stress partern is placed differently from the others.(0,5pt)
1. A. background B. career C. secondary D. private
2.A. design B. prefer C.mention D. inspire
Question 2: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. (2,5pts)
1. Hoa prefers colorful dances in Thailand..........shadow puppet shows in Indonesia.
A.to B. than C.as D.for
2. Do you know when .............. ?
A. did Thomas Edison born B. was Thomas Edison born
C. Thomas Edison was born D. born was Thomas Edison
3. When I was a child, .............. the violin.
A. I was playing B. I am playing C.I have played D.I played
4. Should all motorcyclists be ................to wear helmets ?
A.interested B. dangerous C.impressed D. compulsory
5. Sarah didn’t hear the phone. She .................
A. sleeps B. slept C. used to sleep D.was sleeping
6. - Can’t we do something about the situation? – Something..............right now.
A.is doing B.is done C.is being done D. has been done
7. We rarely see each other anymore.
A. sometimes B.occasionally C.frequently D.seldom
8. She got ..............as soon as the clock went.................
A.over/on B. up/out C.up/off D.on/off
9. Vietnam is a rice-..........country.
A.export B.exported C.exporting D.exports
10. Let’s go swimming