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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS

NĂM HỌC: 2012-2013

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:

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

(Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần. Mở đầu mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh

đọc kỹ hướng dẫn và câu hỏi trước khi nghe).

I. Part 1: Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (20 points)

Time stands still in London

Time stood still in London on May 27. Big Ben, the 147-year-old clock that is ___1___

around the world, mysteriously 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 reliable: ___6___

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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II. Part 2: Listen to a biologist, Paul Hart who tells about his trip across Africa. For each question,

choose the correct answer A, B, or C (10 points)

1. Why did Paul choose the part of Africa where he visited?

A. It is good for walking

B. It will soon change

C. He had been there before

HSG tØnh M«n: TiÕng Anh Líp 9 – N¨m häc 2012 – 2013

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