Bộ 10 đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 9 có đáp án (Đề 6)

Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50. (1 points - 0.2/ each)

Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.

The effects of cigarette smoking has been proven to be extremely harmful.

Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55. (1 point - 0.2/ each)

Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS)

Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.

Desperate to go to school

          Truancy has become a  serious problem in many schools in recent years. In an attempt to tackle this problem one school introduced a new scheme to  (56) ________ students to attend as many classes as possible. Pupils who  (57) ________ a 100% attendance record throughout the whole academic year were rewarded with an all inclusive weekend school  (58)  ________ to an activity centre where they would be able to have a go at outdoor activities such as climbing, abseiling and white water rafting.

          One student was so (59) ________ to qualify for this free weekend away that he even went to school with a broken wrist. He hurt his wrist when he fell  (60) ________ his bike on the way to school but he was so worried about (61) ________ his  100%  attendance that he didn’t  (62) ________ his teachers or parents until the school day had finished. He  (63) ________ admitted to his mother what had happened when she (64) ________ that he was having difficulty eating his dinner and asked him what was wrong. She took him to hospital that night, where they put his arm in plaster and he was able to go back to school the 5 next day. Fortunately, he was fully  (65) ________ from his accident in time to go on the trip.

Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question

The languages spoken by early Europeans are still shrouded in mystery. There is no linguistic continuity between the languages of Old Europe (a term sometimes used for Europe between 7,000 and 3,000 B.C.) and the languages of the modern world, and we cannot yet translate the Old European script. Scholars have deciphered other ancient languages, such as Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian, which used the cuneiform script, because of the fortuitous discovery of bilingual inscriptions. When cuneiform tablets were first discovered in the 18^th century, scholars could not decipher them. Then inscriptions found in Iran at the end of the 18^th century provided a link: these inscriptions were written in cuneiform and in two other ancient languages, Old Persian and New Elamite – languages that had already been deciphered. It took several decades, but scholars eventually translated the ancient cuneiform script via the more familiar Old Persian language.

Similarly, the hieroglyphic writing of the Egyptians remained a mystery until French troops unearthed the famous Rosetta stone in the late 18^th century. The stone carried the same message written in ancient Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Egyptian hieratic, a simplified form of hieroglyphs. The Rosetta stone thwarted scholars’ efforts for several decades until the early 19^th century when several key hieroglyphic phrases were decoded using the Greek inscriptions. Unfortunately, we have no Old European Rosetta stone to chart correspondences between Old European script and the languages that replaced it.

The incursions of Indo-European tribes into Old Europe from the late 5^th to the early 3^rd millennia B.C. caused a linguistic and cultural discontinuity. These incursions disrupted the Old European sedentary farming lifestyle that had existed for 3,000 years. As the Indo-Europeans encroached on Old Europe from the east, the continent underwent upheavals. These severely affected the Balkans, where the Old European cultures abundantly employed script. The Old European way of life deteriorated rapidly, although pockets of Old European cultural remained for several millennia. The new peoples spoke completely different languages belonging to the Indo-European linguistic family. The Old European language or languages, and the script used to write them, declined and eventually vanished.

Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each).

Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap.

Thieves in the safari park

          Visitors to Hampton safari park have (76) _{……………………}warned not to enter the monkey enclosure if they have roof cases on their cars as the monkeys (77) _{……………………}likely to open them and steal the contents. The animals appear to have worked out a way (78) _{……………………}unlocking the cases by jumping on them; they even seem to (79) _{……………………}working together in groups to do it. One family said they knew they couldn’t get out of the car and so could only watch in horror (80) _{……………………}the monkeys ran  (81) _{……………………}with all their holiday clothes and disappeared up trees with everything from bikinis to shoes. One young monkey  (82) _{……………………}seen holding onto a child’s teddy bear. Keepers at the safari park said the monkeys had broken into  (83)  _{……………………}than ten roof cases since the beginning of the summer holidays. (84) _{……………………}a result they have now set up an alternative route for cars with luggage on the roof  (85) _{……………………}they can avoid the thieving monkeys.

with luggage on the roof (85) _{……………………}they can avoid the thieving monkeys.

SECTION IV. WRITITNG (4 POINTS)

Part 1: Questions 86 – 95. (2 point- 0.2/ each)

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence

printed before it.

Jack may be very intelligent, but he should be careful about this.

Laura completely ignored me this morning. (shoulder)

-> Laura gave …………………………………….. this morning.

My sister remained very calm when she heard the bad news. (head)

-> My sister ……………….. when she heard the bad news.

Everyone thought that Helen had missed the train. (have)

-> Helen ………………….. the train.