Tuyển tập 353 đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 6,7,8,9,10,11,12 (có đáp án)

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
THANH OAI
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 07 trang)
Chú ý:
- Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển.
SECTION 1. LISTENING:
Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (2,0 points)
Time stands still in London
Time stood still in London on May 27. Big Ben, the 147-year-old clock that is
famous around the world, ___1___ stopped for ___2___ minutes. The clock’s minute
hand froze at 10.20 PM and then started moving again at 11.50 PM. ___3___ are baffled
and cannot explain why the clock stopped. It is usually very reliable and rarely loses even
one second.
Big Ben is well known for both its ___4___ and its hourly chimes. It miraculously
___5___ the bombing attacks on London during World War II. It even managed to keep
time to within one and a half seconds of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). However, it
hasn’t always been so ___6___: snow caused the clock to ring in the New Year ten
minutes late in ___7___.
Many people ___8___ believe Big Ben is either the name of the clock itself or of
the clock tower. In fact, it is neither. Big Ben is the name of the 13-ton bell that ___9___
on every hour. It was ___10___ after Sir Benjamin Hall, who ordered the clock’s
construction. The official name for the tower that houses Big Ben is St. Stephen’s Tower.
Write your answers here:
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SECTION 2. PHONETICS:
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in
each group. (1,0pts)
1. A. parachute B. mechanic C. Christmas D. scheme
2. A. southern B. northern C. mouths D. months
3. A. shadow B. vanish C. Danish D. Spanish
4. A. have B. many C. shadow D. thank
5. A. exhibition B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exist
Write your answers here:
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