ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9

A. PRONUNCIATION
Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffrently from
those of others (1m)
1) A- colonial B- cooperation C- patriot D- period
2) A- encouraged B- filled C- joined D- helped
3) A- break B- deceive C-retreat D- succeed
4) A- contains B- crowds C- joins D- keeps
5) A- distant B- passenger C- traffic D- tram
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I> Tick the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (1m)
6) The salesman showed us __________ the washing machine.
A- for using B- the working C- how to use D- to work
7) She bought __________ a new computer.
A- to her son B- for her son C- her son with D- her son
8) __________ Jan arrives, we will have finished this exercise.
A- By the time B- Until C- Now that D- Since
9) Bats are fascinating __________.__________ have many interesting and
amazing qualities.
A- animals / Therefore, they B- animals / However, they
C- animals / They D- animals / Because they
10) He says he enjoys job as a baker but it has taken him over a year to
________ to working at night.
A- be used B- get used C- used D- getting used
II> Give nouns of those words (1m)
11) to believe
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12) boring
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13) to discover
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14) to treat

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15) tired
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III>Supply the correct tenses of verbs in brackets (2ms)
Jack London (16. bear) __________ in to a poor family, and he (17.
have) __________ to work during his school years. He (18.meet)
__________ many difficulties when he (19. try) __________ to become a
writer. In his famous novel “Martin Eden”, the poor young hero meets a rich
girl. He (20.be) __________ ashamed (21.tell) __________ her that he
(22.never, read) __________ any poems, and that he (23. never, even, hear)
__________ the names of some of the world’s greatest poets. With her help,
he (24.begin) __________ to read and study. Martin (25.become)
__________ famous, but the novel doesn’t end happily.
C. READING COMPREHENSION
Fill in each blank space with one most suitable word. (2ms)
We are all slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty to
swim in. There is so much smoke in the air (26) __________ it is unhealthy to
live in many of the world’s cities. In one well_known city, for (27) __________
, poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that policemen have to (28)
__________ oxygen masks .
We have cut down so (29) __________ trees that there are no vast of
wasteland all (30) __________ the world. As a result, farmers in part of
Africa can not grow (31) __________ to eat. In certain countries in Asia,
there is too (32) __________ rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of
the countryside. Wild (33) __________ are quickly disappearing. For
instance, tigers are rare in Indian now because we (34) __________ killed
too many for them to survive. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk (35)
__________ the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do
anything about it.
D. WRITING

I/ Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way
that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (1,5 ms)
36. I don’t like to be asked stupid questions.
I don’t like
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37. “What time does the delegation come?
The manager
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38. We couldon’t answer those two difficult questions.
Those two difficult questions were
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39. People say that Picasso has been one of the greatest painters of all time.
Picasso is said
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40. If I were you, I wouldn’t do like you.
I advised
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41. We felt bored with the match.
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42. Learning English is not easy.
It
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43. The play lasted four hours.

It was
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44. I can’t do the exercise because it is not easy.
It is such
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45. She should turn off the light before going to bed.
Her faher asked her
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II/ Composition:
Within 150 words, write about your opinions of reading book in spare time.
(1,5ms)
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