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ỦY BAN NHÂN DÂN QUẬN 5 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA TUYỂN HSG – NH: 2014-2015
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC MÔN TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 9
Thời gian : 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
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Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Giám khảo I Giám khảo II Số phách:
STT :
LISTENING (15 points)
Section I. Listen to the recording carefully and write down the missing word on your answer sheet.
(5 pts)
Nicola: The motorbike I’m sitting on is very special one. Special because it’s been all the way
around the world. It belongs to Luke Saunders, who has just (1)________________to
England after a (2)_________________motorcycle journey. Luke, what led you to leave
your job and make this trip?
Luke: I worked in a car factory on an (3)__________________line. All I had to do was to put four
nuts on the bolts that hold the (4)__________________on. It’s done by
(5)________________now, and a good thing too! The job was so (6)________________
that I didn’t have to think at all. I bought this Triumph (7)_________________bike second-
hand, fitted two panniers on the back and just set off for (8)__________________.
Nicola: What did you do for money?
Luke: I had a bit of money to start with, but of course it didn’t (9)_________________long and I
had to find work where I could. I’ve done so many different things – picked
(10)_________________, washed up, worked as a mechanic.
Section II. Listen to the recording carefully, then choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to fill
in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
11. The thing happened to his father _________________ago.
A. many years B. a few weeks C. some days D. a few months
12. His father was born in __________________.

A. Franco, Italy B. Sicily C. Ramaca D. England
13. When his father was 18, he went with a _________________to work on a farm.
A. friend B. co-worker C. brother D. nephew
14. The other men hit his father with a ____________________.
A. tractor B. long stick C. bike D. van
15. His father had to stay in hospital for ___________________.
A. two weeks B. six months C. one day D. one year
Section III. Listen to the recording carefully, then, on your answer sheet, write a short answers to
each of the questions about the recording. (5 pts)
16. What shop did the men break into?
17. What were the men armed with?
18. Where did the police chase them when several shots were fired?
19. How old was the Dalmatian bitch?
20. How many breeds of dog were there at the Cruft’s Dog Show?
USE OF ENGLISH (15 pts)
21. Jeff: “Pardon me, Dr. Jonathan.” – Dr. Jonathan: “__________________”
A. Yes, what I can do for you? B. Yes, why do you want me?
C. Yes, I guess I am. D. Yes, you’re false.
22. Bob didn’t mention _________________about his progress report at work but I’m sure he is.
A. concerning B. being concerned C. to concern D. to be concerned
23. Are you sure you told me? I can’t recall __________________about it.
A. having told B. having been told C. to have told D. to have been told
24. I didn’t realize ___________________to get tickets.
A. how difficult it was B. how difficult was it
C. it was how difficult D. how was difficult it
25. “____________________” – “Yes, please.”
A. Could you please clean up the living room? B. Raise your hand if you know the answer
C. Would you like some more wine? D. Do you mind being away from home for so long?
26. Men have ___________________fatal accidents as women do for every mile they drive.
A. twice more B. twice as many C. as twice many D. as twice

27. __________________nights without sleep make any new parent feel ready to quit.
A. Lonely B. Sleepless C. Successive D. Tired
28. Theoretically, no country can allow the listed animal in without an export _______________.
A. permit B. permission C. permitting D. permissiveness
29. Our first attempt didn’t work, and __________________.
A. our second didn’t work too B. our second didn’t, neither
C. our second neither D. neither did our second
30. When I joined the club, I found it difficult to __________________instruction from my coach,
but I soon got used to it.
A. call B. carry C. follow D. conduct
31. Had we known they were going to build a road right there, we _________________the house.
A. would have never bought B. would never buy
C. would never have bought D. never would buy
32. At school the other kids always ___________________my name.
A. told jokes at B. made jokes about C. said funny of D. spoke kidding on
33. ________________the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. Entered B. When entered C. Entering into D. On entering
34. The necklace was worthless because it turned out to be a(n)__________________after all.
A. non-genuine B. fake C. artificial D. fraud
35. People think alcohol serves to __________________feelings which the individual cannot
manage, or wishes to avoid.
A. die B. dead C. deaden D. dying
36. I want to study in a school with good prospects for __________________.
A. salary B. approval C. development D. promotion
37. A lot of small towns in the area are definitely __________________visiting.
A. valuable B. pricey C. worth D. costly
38. The ___________________of elephants for their ivory tusks has been prohibited recently.
A. roaming B. taming C. poaching D. chasing
39. “I suppose your friend doesn’t understand you.” – “___________________, she does.”
A. So far B. On the contrary C. Therefore D. On the whole

40. A week in the countryside will __________________.
A. make you well B. make you good C. do you good D. do you well
41. Going to the dentist _______________a painful experience.
A. doesn’t need meaning B. needs not necessarily mean
C. needs not mean necessarily D. doesn’t necessarily mean
42. The rapid _________________of cities can cause social and economic problems.
A. expansion B. shrinking C. stretch D. extension
43. The chemistry book ___________________was a little expensive.
A. I bought B. that I bought it C. I bought that D. what I bought
44. Row after row of orange trees __________________to the horizon.
A. stretched B. lengthened C. prolonged D. lasted
45. Be careful! Don’t _________________your drink on the table.
A. spill B. spread C. flood D. flow
46. _________________of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. Instead B. In place C. On behalf D. On account
47. Now, don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you. Remember, it is _________________.
A. carefree B. confident C. confidential D. irreplaceable
48. Please don’t disturb me __________________there is something urgent.
A. if B. or C. otherwise D. unless
49. So little ______________with each other that the neighbors could not settle their differences.
A. they agreed B. agreed did they C. did they agree D. they did agree
50. You must put your name and address on this side of the form, and then sign on the
_______________side.
A. back B. opposite C. other D. under
WORD FORMS (10 pts)
51. And finally comes the __________________penalty shootout. Which team will win? (decide)
52. Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to ___________________
between the two. (different)
53. She would try to do something special, something ___________________. (stand)
54. It was impossible not to feel sympathy for the family’s ___________________. (fortune)

55. He is considered to be one of the most famous ___________________of all times. (invent)
56. She thought of taking a day off work, but resisted the ___________________. (tempt)
57. Haley was ____________________because of a knee injury in the last match. (hospital)
58. We like our staff to show their ___________________rather than wear a uniform. (individual)
59. For years, King’s death remained ____________________. (explain)
60. As the day of the exam approached, he became _________________nervous. (understand)
OPEN CLOZE (15 pts)
Twice a year, all the clocks in the United States are changed by one hour. In the spring,
clocks are moved (61)____________________an hour. This is called daylight savings time. In the
fall, clocks are set back an hour to (62)____________________time. People remember how to
change their clocks by remembering this saying: Spring forward, (63)___________________back. It
seems Benjamin Franklin was the first person to propose the (64)__________________of daylight
savings time, back in the 1790s. At the time, people thought he was joking. They couldn’t believe he
was (65)________________. Many years later, during World War I, people realized
(66)__________________innovative an idea he’d had. In the spring and summer, the sun
(67)__________________earlier. By moving the clock ahead, people can take
(68)__________________of the extra daylight and save energy. Energy is an important
(69)__________________, of course, especially during wartime. The United States operated
(70)__________________daylight savings time during World War I and again during World War II.
After that, some (71)____________________of the country observed daylight savings time and some
didn’t. Beginning and ending dates (72)___________________from place to place. This confusion
ended in 1966, when the Congress (73)__________________the Uniform Time Act, standardizing
the process and (74)__________________daylight savings time a federal law. Since
(75)__________________, some lawmakers have proposed that the United States go to year-round
daylight savings time.
GUIDED CLOZE (15 pts)
Joan Chen is a famous actress, and she is famous both in China and in the United States.
Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film studio came to
her school and (76)____________________her to study at the studio. She was happy about this
(77)___________________, but mainly she liked the (78)___________________of getting out

(79)___________________school. Soon, (80)_________________, she discovered that she really
like acting. (81)__________________age 18, she won the Golden Rooster, China’s top film
(82)___________________. In the (83)____________________1970s, Joan’s parents, who were
doctors, moved to the United States. Joan (84)____________________them when she was 20 and
went to college there. Her parents hoped she would study medicine. (85)___________________, she
majored in film and later looked for (86)__________________as an actress. To work in the United
States, Joan had to start all over again. She told Hollywood agents that she was an actress in China,
but she only got some small (87)__________________in TV shows.
One day Joan went to speak to a director who was making a movie called Tai-Pan. The
interview didn’t go well. As she walked away, a man in a car (88)___________________her. The
man was Dino De Laurentiis, the film producer. He immediately (89)___________________her a
leading part. A year later, she starred in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and was
(90)__________________her way to worldwide fame.
76. A. chose B. collected C. gave D. let
77. A. case B. chance C. occasion D. condition
78. A. action B. fact C. idea D. opinion
79. A. away B. from C. of D. off
80. A. although B. but C. however D. moreover
81. A. From B. For C. With D. At
82. A. award B. gift C. present D. reward
83. A. ending B. final C. late D. last
84. A. followed B. pursued C. united D. joined
85. A. Although B. Instead C. Instead of D. Despite
86. A. career B. position C. job D. work
87. A. parts B. assignments C. tasks D. work
88. A. saw B. noticed C. identified D. realized
89. A. handed B. provided C. offered D. presented
90. A. for B. from C. in D. on
READING COMPREHENSION (10 pts)
Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this

discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive
engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the
next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these
simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability.
On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful
voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work a simple calculator, and from
the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell,
all are powered by electricity. An electric current can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass of
molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a cup of coffee.
Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity is the
greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It
travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires and conductors that it can be supplied
instantly over vast distances.
To generate electricity, huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia they use
coal or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines
without polluting the atmosphere with smoke from coal.
Atomic power is used in several countries but there is always the fear of an accident. A
tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity.
The reactor leaked, which caused many deaths through radiation.
Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity without harmful effects to
the environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out of bays. Most importantly, they
hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do not use solar heaters for swimming pools but as yet
improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When this
happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by
trucks and cars that burn fossil fuels.
91. The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first paragraph
to…
A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy.
B. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity.
C. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy.

D. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity.
92. Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms?
A. Gas B. Petrol C. Steam D. Hot wind
93. What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible?
A. It is cheap and easy to use B. It is used to drive motor engines
C. It can be adapted to various uses D. It can be made with ease
94. What do we call machines that make electricity?
A. Voltages B. Electric magnets
C. Generators or Turbines D. Pipes and radiators
95. The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are …
A. atomic power and water B. water and coal
C. sunlight and wind power D. wind and gas
96. The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to …
A. harmful effects B. the tides C. scientists D. new ways
97. Electric magnets are used in steel works to …
A. lift heavy weights up to ten tons B. test the steel for strength
C. heat the molten steel D. boil a jug of water
98. The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate electricity is
that they …
A. do not pollute the environment B. are more reliable
C. are more adaptable D. do not require attention
99. Which of the following power sources causes pollution by emitting harmful gases?
A. Sunlight B. Petrol C. Water D. Wind
100. The best title for this passage could be ….
A. Types of Power Plants B. Electricity: Harmful Effects on Our Life
C. How to Produce Electricity D. Why Electricity is So Remarkable
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 pts)
101. The colonel and the doctor did not get on well.
The colonel was not ____________________________________________________
102. You must concentrate on your work.

You must pay _________________________________________________________
103. The final date of the games is still undecided, according to the committee.
The committee has _____________________________________________________
104. Birth rates have fallen sharply recently.
There ________________________________________________________________
105. I only realized the full implications of what had happened some time later.
It wasn’t ______________________________________________________________
106. I found this film quite disappointing. (LET)
_____________________________________________________________________
107. It is roughly estimated that this species of turtles lay 28,000 eggs a year. (ROUGH)
_____________________________________________________________________
108. It’s unfair to blame him for all the mistakes. (PUT)
_____________________________________________________________________
109. At first I felt so tense, but her smile helped me to get back my confidence. (MELTED)
Her smile _____________________________________________________________
110. Most of your problems are caused by jealousy. (CAUSES)
It ___________________________________________________________________
THE END OF THE TEST