Tổng hợp 200 câu thi thử IOE quốc gia 9 (2015 2016)

Tổng hợp các câu thi thử IOE quốc gia 9 2015-2016
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= yourself
If we leave now, we can travel half the ________ before stopping for lunch.
= distance
Certain courses are compulsory; others are e_______.
= elective

Television came into ___ and became a competitor with the motion pictures.
= use
Timor Leste is one of the countries of the Association of South East Asian _______.
= Nations
At the end of the concert, the ________ gave the young pianist a standing applause.
= audience
Despite the threat of war, people ____ about their business as usual.
= went
The new power station produces vast amounts of ______.
= energy
One of the robbers was _________ by the witnesses as of medium height and about 25.
= described
I see a lot of people and vehicles ____ are heading into the city.
= that
__ you can give a reasonable explanation for your bad behavior last night. I’ll forgive you.
= If
Remember not to cross the street against the red l____.
= light
The Statue of Liberty, standing on an island in the harbor, ______ everyone who comes to
New York by sea.
= greets
Vietnamese people believe that the first person through the door on New Year’s Day brings
______ good or bad luck.
= either
Margaret is a good ______ who can type 60 words per minute.
= typist
What percentage of waste paper is recycled every year? A____ – sixty percent.
= About
Everyone has the right to good medical care __________ of their ability to pay.
= regardless

They were _______ of crimes against humanity.
= accused
The dove is ________ of peace.
= symbolic
Receptionist: ’’Hello, can I help you?’’ – Tourist: ’’I want to book in _______ a plane ticket.’’
= advance
The film was so boring that she felt ______.
= asleep
In 1869, John Wesley River became the _____ to explore the Grand Canyon.

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= first
23. Taking all the costs ____ account, they estimated the price.

= into
24. I hope we won’t lose _____ with each other when the course finishes.

= touch
25. In the United States, people _____ each other with a handshake in a formal introduction.

= greet
26. The authorities were either unaware of the problem or turned a _____ eye to it.

= blind
27. The government is expected to ____ steps against the unemployment.

= take

28. This region is the ____ of many species of wild flower.

= home
29. They got excited because the _____ of the match was 3 – 0.

= score
30. Without ____________, natural resources will be used up within a hundred years.

= conservation
31. Industry is facing a serious labour ________.

= shortage
32. His mother asked him to ___ the table for the evening meal.

= lay
33. A turtle differs ____ all other reptiles in that its body is encased in a protective shell of its

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= from
Although the storm passed us by, we could hear the th_____ and see the lighting in the
distance.
= thunder
She embroidered flowers on the _______ covers.
= cushion
She was the child of a broken ________.
= marriage
The Pacific Ocean is on _______ deeper than the Atlantic Ocean.
= average
Language, the ___ we express ourselves, is a vital part of learning.
= way
The fields were devastated by the _________.
= hurricane
To _____ their nests, tailorbirds use their bills as needles.
= build
They met again after a ___ of twenty years.
= gap
If there weren’t the sun, there would be no ____ on the Earth.
= life
Despite living in the same street, we hardly ____ see each other.
= ever

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44. A gesture is an action that sends a message from one person to another without using _____.
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= words
Don’t let him get under your ____.
= skin
In Britain, drivers usually stop if you’re waiting to cross at a pedestrian _____ing.
= crossing
A newspaper is a publication containing ____, information and advertising.
= news
We have to study hard at school, _______, we must pay attention to physical exercise.
= besides

She was less enthusiastic _____ going to France.
= about
One story has dominated the _____ this week.
= media
There will be floods and landslides if it rains so heavily all day ____.
= long
He was walking along the ____ when he was attacked.
= road
Ba said ’’Why don’t we stop eating chicken to avoid being infected with bird ___?’’
= flu
It would be _________ for me to finish the work by this weekend.
= difficult
He stole money from his parents to feed his _________.
= addiction
However, we should / find out alternative / economically and try to / use energy resources /
sources of power.
= However, we should / use energy resources / economically and try to / find out
alternative / sources of power.
Scientists have tried / to find out / if there are any creatures / to send some spacecraft / on
other planets.
= Scientists have tried / to send some spacecraft / to find out / if there are any
creatures / on other planets.
Although she is / lively / with students, she is / serious / and confidential.
= Although she is / serious / with students, she is / lively / and confidential.
Did you mean hitting him on _______ or did it happen accidentally?
= purpose
As time goes ………………, they seem to love each other deeply.
( on / ahead / by / along )
Unless you return the money immediately, you risk being …………….. with theft and
getting into serious trouble.

( accused / charged / blamed / pointed )
Everybody wore a ………….... on Halloween.
( cloth / mark / mask / towel )
Mrs.Green, ………………., helps us to find books.
( is a librarian / the librarian / is the librarian / is librarian )

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( valued / cost / priced / worth )
Everyone in our class hopes ………………. a good job in the future.
( for / at / to / by )
He lost all his money on gambling, ………………….. really annoyed his wife.

( that / what / which / of which )
One of the robbers was described by the witnesses ……………….. tall and about 25.
( like / by / as / in )
Not having seen her son go home after 6.p.m. made her have ……………….. in her stomach.
( aches / pains / butterflies / worries )
The spaceship flew ………….. the planet many times before landing.
( round / rounding / around / about )
The man living in the south east of France, reported that he saw ……………. device from his
garden.
( a plate-like / a liking-plate / a plate-alike / a plate-liked )
The judge found him ………………. Of theft and sent him to prison.
( evil / innocent / guilty / wicked )
I didn’t want to / discuss it / I hung up as / over / the telephone.
= I hung up as / I didn’t want to / discuss it / over / the telephone.
In 1964, a farmer claimed he saw ……………………. object in one of his field.
( a shaping-egg / a shaped-egg / an egg-shaped / an egg-shaping )
The new manager is …………… easy-going. He is always very serious about the work.
( by no means / by means of / by all means / is the mean time )
He finally succeeds in having the boys ……………… with him to set up the project.
( join / worked / going / to stay )
We enjoy the hams and coffee at this …………….. restaurant.
( family-owning / family-owned / owning-family / owned-family )
It is a great pity that you aren’t concerned much about the ……………… of species around
us.

( passing away / turning out / dying out / fading away )
78. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is one of the famous _______ of the world.
= wonders
79. I am telling you this for ____ that you would make a mistake.
= fear

80. We shall have to stop soon _____se the car is almost out of petrol.
= because
81. We had grown ____ of the house and didn’t want to leave.
= fond
82. A red car has just _____ up in front of our house. Are we expecting anyone?
= drawn
83. I am afraid that these regulations have to be complied ____.
= with
84. _____ shirts are those without flowers, stripes or pictures on it.
= Plain
85. Thousands of people died in the ________.
= disaster

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86. Germany was defeated by Brazil in the final. Germany was the ______-up in the 2002 World Cup.
= runner
87. I ______ the train which I usually catch, and I had to travel on the next one, which was a slow train.
= missed
88. Workers were kept in the ____ about the plans to sell the company.
= dark
89. Tornadoes are storms with very strong turning _____ and dark clouds.
= winds
90. The Minister was shouted ____ by protestors who were angry at the government’s proposals.
= down
91. Hunger and poverty are worldwide problems to which _________ must be found.
= solutions
92. It’s a matter of life and death. As a consequence, we will give it serious _____________.

= consideration
93. If you study at the Brighton Language Center, you can live in a _________ on campus.
= dormitory
94. I couldn’t hide my _________ to go back home.
= eagerness
95. I am so grateful to my teacher who always gives me lots of encouragement to _______ my
knowledge.
= improve
96. Their diet _________ largely of vegetables.
= consisted
97. I am afraid that these regulations have to be complied ____.
= with
98. Many people disapprove of using _______ power.
= nuclear
99. Wild animals are tamed before they are brought __ the circus.
= to
100. We had grown ____ of the house and didn’t want to leave.
= fond
101. Man may damage their land with too many ___________ and pesticides.
= fertilizers
102. Workers were kept in the ____ about the plans to sell the company.
= dark
103. In _________, the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.
= breathing
104. Despite living in the same street, we hardly ____ see each other.
= ever
105. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, the political, economic, cultural, com_______ and tourist center
of the country.
= commercial
106. If you don’t know the language, you may have to ___ sign language.

= use
107. Television came into ___ and became a competitor with the motion pictures.
= use
108. They cannot swim in this part of the lake because it is highly ________.
= polluted

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The ____ of British currency is the pound sterling: 1 pound = 100 pence.
= unit
110. Each company is fighting to _______ it own commercial interests.
= protect
111. Johnson has a talent ___ painting.
= for
112. A variety of other factors will be taken into _______.
= account
113. Nine planets revolve around the sun. They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune and _____.
= Pluto
114. The _______ was an excellent piece of journalism.
= article
115. Starting a compost heap in your back yard is a great way to help ____ the environment.
= save
116. Metals ______ when they are heated.
= expand
117. Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the ___.

= sea
118. On Easter Sunday, families often come together for a dinner of ham or ____ with fresh spring
vegetables.
= lamb
119. He claimed that his u_________ had caused him to become a criminal.
= upbringing
120. He works better when he is _______ for time.
= pressed
121. We may win, we may lose – It’s just the ……………… of the draw.
( strike / odds / chance / luck )
122. We couldn’t afford that house because it ………………….
( was over my head / paid through the nose / cost an arm and a leg / blew my own trumpet )
123. Don’t leave your ……………. in the rest room.
( possession / belongings / properties / owns )
124. The Olympic _____ is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter
sporting event.
= Games
125. The development of laser use is a major ____________.
= breakthrough
126. It had never _______ my mind that I’d win a prize.
= crossed
127. English has for more than a century and a half called a _____ language.
= world
128. No one is to leave this building _______ police permission.
= without
129. We have to study hard at school, _______, we must pay attention to physical exercise.
= besides
130. Who will take over the __________ of the club?
= leadership
131. ____ women are involved in politics in Britain than in other countries.

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In a small town in Germany there ____ lived a poor shoemaker.
= once
We apologized for the ____ departure of the flight.
= late
Graham Bell / who / once was a teacher / ran a school for / the deaf in Massachusetts.
= Graham Bell / once was a teacher / who / ran a school for / the deaf in Massachusetts.

135. Motor vehicles, factories and / so much air pollution / that it may hang in the / other sources
create / air like dirty fog.
= Motor vehicles, factories and / other sources create / so much air pollution / that it may
hang in the / air like dirty fog.
136. Dolphins which / are sometimes caught and / often swim in schools / with other fish / killed in
fishing nets.
= Dolphins which / often swim in schools / with other fish / are sometimes caught and / killed
in fishing nets.
137. The books / according to / the difficulty / are graded / of the language
= . The books / are graded / according to / the difficulty / of the language.
138. When the starter gave the ……………. All the competitors in the race began to run round the
track.

( signal / warning / shot / show )
139. Forecasts ………… the economy are often misleading.
( about / of / on / to )
140. A UFO might be an aircraft, a weather ………….. or a meteor.
( ball / round ball / fire ball / balloon )
141. They were _______ of crimes against humanity.
= accused
142. He attracted / publicity with / his speech about / a lot of bad / unmarried mothers.
= He attracted / a lot of bad / publicity with / his speech about / unmarried mothers.
143. The invention of the computer has had a great …………… on our life.
( affect / change / impact / burden )
144. He promised her an Oxford dictionary, but disappointingly he ………… on his word.
( turned over / stood up / went back / sat down )
145. The next stage in the development of television is ……………… TV.
( cooperative / interactive / expensive / convenient )
146. UFO …………… might be from people’s imagination.
( showing / viewing / watching / sightings )
147. Make (a) decision on st = decide to do st
148. The view / of mountain / from the top / was breathtaking.
= The view / from the top / of mountain / was breathtaking.
149. I have to use the public telephone because mine is out of _____.
= order
150. Sunday mornings were nice. I enjoyed them all the ____ because Sue used to come round to
breakfast.
= more
151. The _____ show lasts three hours.
= whole

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152.

Every nation and every country has their own _______ and traditions.
= customs
153. Paper mills re_____ seventy percent of the waste paper.
= recycle
154. She went to a seaside resort because she was ____ on water-skiing very much.
= keen
155. There was an __________ shower which made me thoroughly wet as I didn’t have my umbrella.1
= unexpected
156. During the war, we lost _____ with many relatives.
= touch
Lose touch with: mất liên lạc >< Keep in touch: giữ liên lạc
157. They had never visited London be____ their first visit in 1987.
= before
158. They left early because they didn’t want to get _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the traffic.4
= caught
159. Long ago, a lot of people thought the moon was a ___.
= God
160. I’ve heard such a lot __ him that I’m looking forward to seeing him very much.
= of
161. Many young people go to the cities to search for jobs as few are _________ in the rural areas.
= available
162. Not as / in the village / single house / escaped / undamaged.
= Not as / single house / in the village / escaped / undamaged.
163. According to the best / space probes and / evidence gathered by / astronomers, Mars is an /
inhospitable planet.
= According to the best / evidence gathered by / space probes and / astronomers, Mars is

an / inhospitable planet.
164. A lot of efforts / have been made / to forecast earthquakes / to reduce / the loss of lives.
= A lot of efforts / to forecast earthquakes / have been made / to reduce the loss of lives.
165. What should be done to save endangered _______?
= species
166. Children should be disciplined when the need ______.
= arises
167. The car is old but reliable; so far it hasn’t let me ____.
= down
168. The forest is home to a wealth of ________.
= wildlife
169. Environmental pollution is a term that tells to all the ways by which ___ pollutes his
surroundings.
= man
170. It’s no use asking children to ____ quiet. They are always noisy.
= keep
171. From a ________ we can see the lit restaurant.
= distance
172. We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them _________ us.
= impressed
173. In farming, farmers often have to use weedkillers to do ____ with unwanted plants.
= away

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174. After a careful ______ of your academic records and work experience, we would like to invite
you to work full time for us.
= review

175. A dilemma is a situation in which a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ choice has to be made between two,
sometimes unpleasant, options.
= difficult
176. E-mail is an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ correspondence system.
= electronic
177. We are going to have _ _ _ _ _ TV soon, aren’t we?
= cable
178. What _ _ _ _ _ _ of learning English do you find difficult?
= aspect
179. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was an excellent piece of journalism.
= article
180. Sewage and fertilizers containing _ _ _ _ harmful elements contribute to pollution.
= many
181. Since oil is an irreplaceable natural resource we must do whatever we can in order to ________ it.
= conserve
182. During the past two days, I ………… ten chapters.
( read / have read / was reading / had read )
183. __________ history, the sea has served almost all the needs of man.
= Throughout
184. I feel cold. Could you switch off the electric ___?
= fan
185. The Games of 1896 were ____ in Athens and they were the first International Olympic Games.
= held
186. ___________ is a kind of film, television or radio program that gives facts and information about
a subject.
= Documentary
187. Las Vegas, Nevada, is the most famous ____ for gambling in the United States.
= city
188. _______ global solidarity, the world would not be better prepared for the influenza H1N1
pandemic.

= Without
189. 1967 saw / of programs / the advent / of the transmission / in color.
= 1967 saw / the advent / of the transmission / of programs / in color.
190. The reason why / my grandmother at the / railway station was that / our parents didn’t see / she
took a plane instead.
= The reason why / our parents didn’t see / my grandmother at the / railway station was that /
she took a plane instead.
191. Learning is / is the storage of information / to memory, which / closely related / in the brain.
= Learning is / closely related / to memory, which / is the storage of information / in the brain.
192. The film is a documentary / conditions many people / employment and bad / on the
disappointing / havae to face.
= The film is a documentary / on the disappointing / employment and bad / conditions many
people / have to face.
193. UFO ………………. might be from people’s imagination.
( showing / viewing / sightings / watching )

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194. We may win, we may lose – It’s just the ……… of the draw.
( strike / odds / chance / luck )
195. We couldn’t afford that house because it ……………
( was over my head / paid through the nose / cost an arm and a leg / blew my own trumpet )
Cost an arm and a leg: rất đắt ( to be very expensive )
196. Don’t leave your ………........ in the rest room.
( possession / belongings / properties / owns )
197. When the starter gave the ……………… all the competitors in the race began to run round the
track.
( signal / warning / shot / show )

198. Forecasts ………….. the economy are often misleading.
( about / of / on / to )
199. A UFO might be an aircraft, a weather …………. or a meteor.
( ball / round ball / fire ball / balloon )
200. He works better when he is _______ for time.
= pressed
Be pressed for time: thiếu thì giờ, thời gian eo hẹp

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