Tài liệu DE THI ANH VAN ( TINH PHU THO)lop9

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PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
rest by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D ( 1 point ):

1. A. thank B. complain C. insert D. ban
2. A. massage B. carriage C. voyage D. dosage
3. A. leaf B. of C. deaf D. wife
4. A. lays B. stays C. says D. plays
5. A. too B. food C. soon D. good
6. A. ghost B. home C. honest D. hour
7. A. thorn B. themselves C. thunder D. through
8. A. sun B. success C. sure D. sort
9. A. beloved B. helped C. wicked D. naked
10. A. chooses B. horses C. rises D. houses
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
II. Choose the one word or phrase marked A,B,C and D that best completes the
sentence. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D.
( 2 points)
1. I didn’t want____play risky sports.
A. my kids to B. that they C. my kids should D. that my kids
1. Diana ____rehearsing for her first performance tomorrow at six, like every day.
A. is going to B. can C. is D. will be
2. Sheila has____values different from ours.
A. another B. others C. each other D. other
3. She doesn't like _____ television.
A. watching B. looking C. watch D. see
5. What you are telling us____be true. It sounds too improbable.
A. can't B. mustn't C. must not D. ought

6. Couldn't you go a little faster? I'm _____ a hurry.
A. of B. on C. at D. in
7. Doris is ____ doing any housework.
A. disable of B. incapable of C. uncapable of D. disabled to
8. Maud_____to lose weight, so she finally went on a diet.
A. wanted long B. has long wanted C. had long wanted D. long wanted
9. Will you do me a favour if _____ you?
A. we all would like B. somebody wants it C. I ask D. I want
10. "Some sugar?" "_____"
A. No, no me! B. No, I don't. C. Thanks, I'd like. D. Yes, please
11. Can you deliver this letter …… hand.
A. with B. to C. in D. by
12. ……… flowers are made by hand and by machine.
A. Natural B. Artificial C. Tropical D. Beautiful
13. Hardly ever ……. get a good job these days without a good education.
A. people might B. do people C. people can D. have people
14. “ Do you have any pets ? ”
“ Yes, I have ……. kittens.”
A. two small black
B. small two black
C. black small two
D. two black small
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15. She asked me ……….. .
A. what day it was
B. it was what day
C. what day was it
D. what was the day
16. You look ………. you were tired.
A. like B. although C. until D. as if

17. Internet is very time consuming and ……. .
A. costful B. costly C. cost D. costing
18. Lan is poor now, if she ……. rich, she …… travel around the world.
A. were / would B. became / would C. is / can D. is / will
19. He speaks ……… good English that it is a pleasure to talk with him.
A. so B. such C. such a D. very
20. Only when you grow up ……… the truth.
A. you will know B. will you know C. do you know D. you know
III. Give the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets ( 0.5 p ):
1.Can’t you see that I’m busy (write) ……. ?
2.I lit the fire at 7.00 and it (burn) ……. brightly when Jack came in at 8.00.
3.The money (steal) …… in the robbery was never found.
4.English is essential in this job. All the telephonists speak it. If they (not know) …….
English, they (not understand) ….. half the callers.
5.At this time next month, they (work) ……. in Ho Chi Minh City.
6.I (work) ……… very hard lately.
7.She locked the door so as (not disturb) ……… .
8.The city now (crowd) …….. with people who (seek) ……… employment.
Your answer here:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Identify
your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D. (1 p ):
1. He gave me some very valuable advices on buying a new house.
A B C D
2. I was shock when I got the news that I didn’t know what to say.
A B C D
3. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returns from his work.

A B C D
4. Despite of the roadblock, the police allowed us to enter the restricted area to
A B C
search for our friends
D
.5. My family often go to the seaside on Sundays so I get used to enjoy pure air there.
A B C D
6. Each of her children wishes he did not ignore the advice that she gave him.
A B C D
7. Here’s the computer program about whom I told you.
A B C D
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8. The more he tried to help her, the lesser she seemed to appreciate it.
A B C D
9. That manufacturer is not only rising his prices but also decreasing the production of
A B C D
his product.
10. Number of students attending this English course at our school is increasing.
A B C D
V. Complete the following paragragh by filling in each numbered gap with an
appropriate form of the word in block capitals (1 p ) :
The clothes we wear can be a form of communication. Clothes,
like a ……… (1) language, give out a message. This can be very
simple, for example, when we wear clothing for keeping warm, or
perhaps to attend a ………… (2) ceremony, announce our ………(3)
views or just look sexy, it isn’t always this simple, however
…………. (4), as with speech, our reasons for making any
statement have a ……….. (5) to be double or multiple. The man
who buys an expensive coat may simultaneously want it to offer
………..(6) from bad weather, and magically surround him with the

qualities of an …………(7) film star. ………… (8), people rarely
succeed in satisfying both these requirements at once. Even ………
(9) both these could actually be made by one single coat, this
…………(10) item of clothing may not be available, and if it is, we
may not be able to afford it.
1. SPEAK
2. GRADUATE
3. POLITICS
4. FORTUNE
5. TEND
6. PROTECT
7. NATION
8. NATURE
9. SUPPOSE
10. IDEA
Write your answers here:
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
READING
A. Read the following passage and choose the best answer by circling the
corresponding letter A,B,C or D (0.5 p).
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are
young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others
study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language, in film, on
television, in the office, or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that.
Most people must work hard to learn another language
Learning another language! Learning English! Why do all these people want to learn
English?. Is it difficult to answer that question?. Many boys and girls learn English at
school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and
Mathematics…and English (In England, or America, or Australia, many boys and girls

study their own language, which is English, and Mathematics, .and another language,
perhaps French, or German, or Spanish)
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn
English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at the college
or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or
magazines in English.
1 According to the writer, ……………..
A only adults learn English
B no children like learning English
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C English is only useful to teenagers
D. English is popular in much of the world
2 Many people learn English by ……….
A. watching videos only
B. hearing the language in the office
C. working hard on their lessons
D.talking with the film stars
3 Many boys and girls learn English because ………….
A. English can give them a job
B. It is included in their study courses
C. their parents make them
D. they have to learn their own language
4 In America or Australia many school children study …………….
A. such foreign languages as French, German, and Spanish
B. English as a foreign language
C. English and Mathematics only
D. their own language and no foreign language
5 Many adults learn English because …………
A. their work is useful
B. they want to go abroad

C. most of their books are in English
D. it helps them in their work
B. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each numbered
gap by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D(1 p)..
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life.
Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (1) ....? Do I leave and start work
or begin a training (2)... ?
The decision is yours, but it may be (3) ....remembering two things: there is more
unemployment (4) ..........those who haven’t been to university, and people who have the
right (5) ... will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (6)
....into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (7) ... you
to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8) .... you
earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9) .... possibility.
This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (10) .... practical work
experience.
1. A. after B. later C. then D. past
2. A. school B. class C. course D. term
3. A. worth B. necessary C. important D. useful
4. A. between B. among C. with D. through
5. A. notes B. papers C. arts D. skills
6. A. straight B. just C. direct D. rather
7. A. make B. help C. let D. give
8. A. where B. while C. when D. what
9. A. also B. again C. another D. always
10. A. getting B. making C. taking D. doing
C. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in
each space ( 1 p ) :
The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people think
so, and go to the country (1) ………… the summer holidays though they can not live there
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all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village (2) ………… that they can go
there whenever they can find the time.
English villagers are not all alike, but (3) ……. some ways they are not very
different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of
(4) ……… can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard,
(5) ………. people are buried.
The village green (6) ………. a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are
(7) ……….. round it . Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages (8) ……….
water brought through pipes into each (9) ………. .
Most villages are so close to some small town that people can go there to buy (10)
……….. they can’t find in the village shops.
Write your answers :
1. ………….... 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. …………….
6. …………… 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………...
WRITING
A. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as
the first sentence (1 p). :
1. They have just opened a new super market in our town.
 A new super market ………………………………………..……….…
2. I can’t go to the party tonight night because I am very busy.
 If …………………………………………………………………..….…
3. This morning we met a man. He is my uncle.
 The man ………………………………………….….……..……….…
4. “ Do you live in this flat with your parents?” Nam asked me
 Nam asked me ……………………………………………….…….…
5. It rained hard this morning but we went to school early.
 Although …………………………………………………….…….…
6. I don’t like people treating me that way.
 I don’t like …………………………………………………….……….…
7. This lecture bores me.

 I am ………………………………………………………….………….…
8. If you run a lot, you’ll be fitter.
 The more ……………………………………………….……………….…
9. Could you deliver the goods to my home?
 Could I have …. ………………………………………………………… ?
10. The boys had to stop playing soccer because it started to rain heavily.
 Because of ……………………………………………..……………….…
B. Build complete sentences with the given words ( 0.5 p ):
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