Tài liệu Bồi dưỡng Anh văn HSg lớp 9 kiến thức chung cho mọi học sinh

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the others (0,5 pts).
1. A. carol
2. A. sound
3. A. headache
4. A. ploughs

B. habit
B. southern
B. character
B. contacts

C. graze
C. drought
C. stomach
C. stops

D. match
D. mountain
D. challenging
D. talks

II.
Read the passage carefully, and then choose the best option of
words to answer the questions:
Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process. If youdo very little
reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge toyour comprehension,
your reading will be of very little use. Once we reach acertain age, or once our
formal schooling is completed, many of us become sorestricted in our choice of
reading that we rarely read any new type of readingexperience. We tend to read only
books in our professional or business field, oronly inspirational books, or only our

favorite newspapers every morning, oronly one magazine for which we have
developed a preference. And the troublestarts here. You should neither read only for
entertainment nor only forinformation but you should also read for intellectual growth,
for mentalstimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for wisdom, and
forbroader outlook and mature understanding. What kind of books should youread to
continue your intellectual growth, to gain a background for opinion andfor judgment?
The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little orno acquaintance
with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning,books that will help you
explore new areas of knowledge and experience,books that will make the world and
people more understandable to you. Sadly,more and more people today are giving
up the printed word in favor of beingentertained and informed by watching TV, a
popular entertainment ,devicepresent at almost homes. More and more children are
being subjected to TVprogramming, perhaps as a babysitter. More than two hours of
TV time per dayare now a part of children development, generating physiological
and mentalproblems that are of growing concern among experts.
1. Reading ________.A. completely stops when we finish our schooling B. is an
endless process C. is of little use D. should be done a little
2. According to the text, ________.A. new type of reading experience often
interests most of us. B. we should only read for entertainmentC. reading for
intellectual growth is necessaryD. we should not read for mental stimulation
3. What kind of books is recommended? A. Books in fields you have little or no
acquaintance with B. Books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and
experience C. Books that will open for you new horizons of learning D. All are correct
4. We can learn from the text that today ________.A. people spend more time
watching TV than reading books B. more and more people enjoy reading C. most
babysitters prefer watching TV D. most children spend less than 2 hours a day
watching TV
5. The writer ____.A. does not approve of reading process B. advisesus to read as
little as possibleC. prefers watching TV to reading D. appreciates reading

III/Đọc đoạn văn và hoàn thành bằng những từ đã cho phía dưới.(2ms)


On January 17,1995,a strong earthquake (1) ............... below Awaji Island across the
bay from Kobe .It was the most deadly earthquake to hit Japan since 1923 .The
quake(2).............buidings and bridges to collapse and fires (3)........ out throughout the
city . In on , about 5000 people died and more than 21000 people were injured
(4)..............than 30000buildings were damaged by the
quake and resulting fires.
1: a. strike
b.truck
c.has truck
d.trikes
2: a.made
b.helped
c.caused
d.had
3: a.broke
b. found
c.caught
d.taken
4: a. much
b. many
c.more
d.most