ĐỀ HSG ANH 9 oo

Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each of the following questions.1pt 1.. ordinary SECTION C: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY Part 1: Choose the answer A, B, C or D which best fits the

SECTION A: LISTENING: (3 points)

Part I: Listen to the recording twice Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each of the following questions.1pt

1 Where did Doug and Diane first meet?

2 How did he know where she lived?

A He asked a friend for directions

B He followed her home

C He looked her up in the phone booth

3 Where does Doug invite her to go with him on Thursday?

4 What’s Diane’s response to his invitation on Thursday?

A She can’t go out because she has to study

B She is sorry, but she has another date

C She has to work that day, so she can’t go

5 How does Diane feel about Doug’s idea for Friday?

A She thinks if would be a great idea if she had the time

B She feels that it would be uninteresting outing

C She has done the activity before, so she’d rather not go

Part 2: Complete the form below Write no more than two word or a number for each answer 2pts

Areas dealt with : (1) ……… north suburbs

Depends on: the area availability of (3) ……… garage

Properties available: West Park Road

rent £ (4) ……… a month including (5) ………

Tithe Road rent £ 380 a month including (6) ……… rental

Viewing arrangements:meet at office on (7) ………at 5.00 pm

reference from (8) ………

Must: give (9) ………notice of moving in

give deposit of (10) ………

pay for contract

SECTION B: PHONETICS

Part 1 Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others (0,5 pt)

Part 2 Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others (0,5 point)

2 A dormitory B category C priority D ordinary

SECTION C: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

Part 1: Choose the answer A, B, C or D which best fits the space in each of the following

sentences.2pts

1 _ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listening

2 -“Do you mind if I take a seat?” - “ .”

3 As the two teams left the football ground, the 100,000 gave them a standing ovation

4 My parents lent me the money , I couldn’t have afforded the trip

5 It is interesting to take a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing

6 Jack made me him next week

A promise calling B to promise calling C to promise to call D promise to call

7 “I passed the TOEFL test, Mom.” - “ .”

8 The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop If only it warmer

9 - “Eric is really upset about losing his job.” - “ Well, once myself, I can understand.”

10 you, I’d think twice about that decision I could be a bad move

11 The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted a good answer

12 Not only to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again

13 The judge the pedestrian for the accident

14 She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was

15 We should participate in the movement to conserve the natural environment

16 His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view He is very

17 There is in my bedroom

18 “I am sorry I broke the vase” - “ .”

19 One’s fingerprints are other person.

20 He is very happy because he passed his exam with colors

Part 2 Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in the blanks (1 pt):

1 I couldn’t resist (laugh) … … at the way he answered my question

2 He refused (join) … … us on the trip to the mountains

3 It is raining We can’t do anything until it (stop) … …

4 He’s used to (ask) … … what to do at home

5 Everyone (hope) … … that I will pass the entrance exam to Doan Hung gifted secondary school

6 You’d better have your hair (cut) … …

7 Much progress (make) … … in study in this class this term

8 I think your garden needs (weed) … …, and you had better (have) … … it done tomorrow

9 Nigel felt sick from (eat) … … too many cakes

Part 3 Fill in each space in the following sentences with the most suitable prepositions 1pt

1 I'm afraid Tom's … … work But Jack's in Would you like to speak to him?

2 These fields have been… … the plough for centuries

3 At first I found the work very tiring, but … … a few weeks I got used to it

4 When I get home from work I like to relax… … the newspaper

5 I saw Tom at the bus stop this morning but couldn't speak to him because we were standing

… … a queue

6 He is always in a hurry He drives … … a tremendous speed

7 Write … … ink and put your name on the top of the page

8 Some styles never go… … fashion

9 He sits at his desk all day with his head in his hands It gets … … my nerves

10 The children hastily changed … … bathing things and jumped into the river with shouts

of delight

Part 4 Each of the following sentences has a mistake Underline and correct it (2 pt):

Correct

1 My teacher makes me to do all these exercises

2 I teach English here since I graduated from university

3 They are so naughty children that their mother can’t stand them

4 Jim said that he was playing the piano in the hall now

5 My mother is cooking something in the kitchen now It smells very well

6 I met Lan, one of my classmates at high school on the street yesterday, so we

stopped talking

7 I’m not used to drive in the left though I have been living in London

for 10 years ago

8 He spoke a few English, so we were able to communicate with him

9 I look forward to have the resolution to the problem I have mentioned

10 They are going to get their house to redecorate for the Christmas

Part 5 : Give the correct form of the word in capital letters given to complete the sentences (1 pt):

1 They are going to … … the town with more trees and parks BEAUTIFUL

2 My colleagues are very pleasant, but my boss is very … … FRIEND

3 He would get very angry if you … … with his ideas AGREE

4 She often makes a … … between English and French COMPARE

5 The bad result makes his parents … … BORE

6 They tried to win but their efforts are … … SUCCESS

7 Everyone admires her … … to help the poor READY

8 We must get rid of the … … which slows our development POOR

9 He cycles … … and had an acccident CARE

10 The country is very … … so travelling by road is difficult MOUNTAIN

SECTION D: READING.

Part 1 Read the passage then choose the correct word to fill in the blank (1 pt)

For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life Experts predict that before long

all schools and busineses and most families in the rich part of the world will (1) a

computer of some kind Among the general public, computer arouse strong feelings – people either love them (2) hate them The computer lovers talk about how useful computers

can be in business, in education and (3) the home Apart (4) all the games, you

can do accounts on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them, and in some places even (5) your shopping with them Computers they say, bring leisure, as many, as many (6) jobs are taken over by computerized robots The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but (7) They worry, too, that people (8) spend all the time talking to computers may forget (9) to talk to each other Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take (10)

from human beings altogether

Part 2: Read the text below and fill in each space with ONE suitable word 2pt

THE OLD WOMAN

There once was an old woman (1) ……….lived in a shoe This must have been very cramped and difficult (2) ……….living in a shoe is not very comfortable, I expect One day, she went out and there (3) ……….some children playing in the street nearby where she lived (4) ……….began shouting at her "You silly old woman, why do you live in a shoe?", they shouted, and other things like that They were very insulting (5) ……….the old woman

I don't know why the old woman had to live in a shoe, but she (6) ……… have been very poor, and it was not nice to (7)……… fun of the poor woman because she was so hard up that she had nowhere (8)……… to live But children can be very cruel sometimes (9)

……….this case wasn't an exception However, on this occasion the old woman didn't just

think their insults meekly, but became very angry and shouting "I will teach you a (10)

……….", she chased them with a cane

Part 3 Read the passage and answer the questions that follow (1pt)

Steve grew up in a children's home in Scotland Every week, the staff took a proportion of the children's pocket money to pay for holidays Little Steve developed a daring strategy to hang on

to what little money he had He laughs about it now "I used to swallow all my coins That got

them really furious, so they'd put me in a room on my own as a punishment After a few minutes

in there, I'd hit myself on the chest and cough the money back up."

Since then, Steve has turned into Steve Starr, a professional regurgitator who does up to four shows a day, and can demand fees of$500-$2,000 a show Everything Steve swallows comes back dry, except for the goldfish They swim about in his stomach in the water that he swallows for them first After ten minutes they resume their normal lives in a goldfish bowl "They never die", says Steve

Medical experts might have a few worries about Steve The sight and sound of him swallowing and bringing back a snooker ball sometimes causes even normally calm people to panic He also smokes a cigarette, retains the smoke in his stomach, then swallows some butane gas and mixes the two Next he swallows some Wl:lShing-up liquid, blows a huge bubble, brings up

the smoke and gas inside the bubble, cuts the bubble off, gets someone to set light to it, and bang!

Physically, Steve doesn't believe he is any different from the rest of the human race, who use their stomachs simply to digest food "It's all done by muscle control", he says "I imagine a little pair of hands in there doing everything, controlled by my brain I'm sure I could teach anyone to do what I do"

1.Why was Steve punished in the children's home?

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2 What does the sentence "Steve grew up in a children's home~ tell you about Steve's early

childhood?

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3 What does the sentence "They'd put me in a room on my own as a punishment" tell you

about the children's home?

……… …

4 Why does the bubble go bang when someone sets light to it?

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5.What, according to Steve, is the secret of his skill?

……… …

SECTION E: WRITING

Part 1 Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the original one Use the words or phrases given (2 pts):

1 My mother bought me a present on my birthday

 It's my mother

2 There was such a frightening atmosphere in that house that we had to leave immediately

 The atmosphere

3 He snatched up the fire extinguisher after he read the instruction

 Having

4 I did not realize what he had meant until I left home

 Not until

5 My parents never make me work hard

 I’m

6 It was her lack of confidence that surprised me.

 What I found

7 He is too inexperienced to undertake this demanding job  He is not

8 Mrs Mai is very proud of her son’s intelligence  Mrs Mai takes

9 You can try to get Hung to lend you his car but you won’t succeed  There’s no point

10 It is the first time we have listened to this kind of music  Never

Part 2: Write an essay about 180-200 words on the following topic: (3 pts) "Parents are the best teachers" Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer ………

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