Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True T, False F, No information NI Bill Gates is a very important person in the computer industry.. From this, Bill learned that
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(Th i gian 120 phút ời gian 120 phút )
A PHONETICS Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that
of the others
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
06 Joe seemed to be in a good mood, he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us
07 “Who has brothers and sisters?” “Everyone Virginia who’s an only child.”
08 He is the manager of the factory He’s it
09 Florida, the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year
10 _ my experience, very few people really understand the problem
11 When she died, she gave _ all her money to a charity for cats
12 I don't want much sugar in my coffee Just _, please
13 He's left his book at home; he's always so
14 'I'm very to you for putting in so much hard work,' the boss said
15 Steel _ with chromium to produce a noncorrosive substance known as stainless steel
A is combined B that is combined C combining D when combined
16 She looked very when I told her the good news
17 We wish you both- health and longevity
A long life B happy life C easy life D exciting life
18 We arranged the meeting, but came
19 Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population _
20 Our school has managed to collect a lot of books to _ to the children in a village school
21 I am pleased to _ the winner of the final competition It's Group B
22 Family members who live apart try to get together Tet
23 The whole family usually tries to get together at Christmas.
24 I always get to work before else
25 Her first novel has been _ acclaimed as a masterpiece
A nation B national C international D internationally
26 Buy me a dozen of eggs on the way back, ?
Đ SỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH Ố
Trang 2A will you B may you C do you D can you
27 We insist that a meeting as soon as possible
28 It is believed that there is a _ between two crimes
29 My uncle was ill last summer but fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery
30 That man, _ family is very poor, is standing in front of the hotel to ask for money
C GUIDED CLOZE TEST Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage.
Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is the book which will (31) _ you in the fight for survival that (32) _ many of our endangered animals and show how they struggle on the edge of extinction As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the (33) _ of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to help animals (34) _ from the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s animals close-up and explore their habitats You will also discover the terrible results of human (35) _ for land, flesh and skins
Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts Did you know that polar bears cover their black noses with their (36) _ so they can hunt their prey in the snow without being seen, for example? Or that for each orang-utan which is captured, one has to die?
This superb (37) _ has so (38) _ Britain's leading wildlife charity that it has been chosen as Book of the Year, a title awarded to books which are considered to have made a major contribution to wildlife conservation You will find Animal Watch at a special low (39) _ price
at all good bookshops, but hurry while (40) _ last
D VERB FORMS Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
Dear Winnie,
Thank you for your letter which I received this morning You asked me what we (41 do) when the landslide occurred I (42 not remember) things too clearly now but I think I (43 watch) TV and my sister (44 do) her homework at the time Suddenly all the lights (45 go out) and I (46 frighten) I remember (47 call out) to my parents, who (48 talk) quietly in the next room The next minute we (49 hear) a loud noise and the whole building began to shake
It was a terrible experience and I never want (50 go) through anything like it again
We are all safe now but we were very lucky
Love,
Anna
E WORD FORMS
51 My brother often does experiments about electricity for PLEASE
52 The charged me 50,000 VND for each room DECORATE
53 After taking an aspirin, her headache APPEAR
54 If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very girl IMAGINE
Trang 355 Tell me some between these two pictures SIMILAR
F READING COMPREHENSION
1 Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True (T), False (F), No information (NI)
Bill Gates is a very important person in the computer industry He has been chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation for several years He is also the richest person in the United States How did he do it?
He learned a lot from his parents While Bill was going to school, his father went to college, got a degree, and became a successful lawyer From this, Bill learned that you have to work hard if you want something His mother was a very busy teacher, but she also enjoyed going to parties From this, he learned something else: If you want to work hard and play hard, you have to make a schedule
When Bill was young, he spent a lot oi time alone While most of his friends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and finished it when he was 8 years old
Bill’s childhood was not air work, however He used to play a lot of sports - swimming, water-skiing, tennis He was very serious about sports He loved winning and he hated losing When Bill got older, he spent more and more time working - and playing - on a computer
Before he was 20, Bill developed the world’s first computer language for the personal computer Once when he was thinking about the future, he realized something important He thought that every home was going to have a computer, ^md every computer would need software - his software He said, ‘I’m going to 'make my first million dollars on software by the time I’m 25.’ And he did!
56 Bill Gates learned that you have to play hard for what you want!
57 He used to read a lot when he was young
58 He was happy to lose a game of tennis
59 He enjoyed playing games on the computer
60 He wasn’t making much money when he was 25 years old
2 There are ten redundant words in the following passage Find and odd them out.
There are have about 3,000 living languages in the world
today, but only six of them ones are major languages of the
world Two upper thirds of the world's population speak
those languages More over than 400 million people speak
English as their first or native language Another than 400
million speak it as a second language Nobody can knows
exactly how many do people speak it as a foreign language
Chinese is the only language with more speakers than the
English
This is that because of the huge population of Chinese It is
true that English is the best most widespread language on the
Earth It must is the language of business, technology, sport
and aviation
0 have
61 _
62 _
63 _
64 _
65 _
66 _
67 _
68 _
69 _
70 _
G SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
71 I regret speaking to him so rudely yesterday
→ I wish _
72 Without her help, I couldn’t have finished my theme in time
→ If there _
73 The plane took off before we arrived at the airport
→ By the time _
74 I would prefer you not to mention this matter to anyone else
→ I’d rather _
75 Minh laughed heartily when I told him the joke
→ The joke
H ESSAY WRITING
The benefits of remaining one’s national cultural identity
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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC Đ I TUY N HSG KH I 9 Năm h c 2017-2018 ỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 9 Năm học 2017-2018 ỂN HSG KHỐI 9 Năm học 2017-2018 ỐI 9 Năm học 2017-2018 ọc 2017-2018
Đ THI MÔN TI NG ANHỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH ẾNG ANH
(Th i gian 120 phút ời gian 120 phút )
A PHONETICS Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that
of the others
1 A nomination B priority C congratulate D occurrence
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
06 Joe seemed to be in a good mood, he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us
07 “Who has brothers and sisters?” “Everyone Virginia who’s an only child.”
08 He is the manager of the factory He’s it
09 Florida, the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year
10 _ my experience, very few people really understand the problem
11 When she died, she gave _ all her money to a charity for cats
12 I don't want much sugar in my coffee Just _, please
13 He's left his book at home; he's always so
A forgetful B forgettable C forgotten D forgetting
14 'I'm very to you for putting in so much hard work,' the boss said
15 Steel _ with chromium to produce a noncorrosive substance known as stainless steel
A is combined B that is combined C combining D when combined
16 She looked very when I told her the good news
17 We wish you both- health and longevity.
A long life B happy life C easy life D exciting life
18 We arranged the meeting, but came
19 Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population _
20 Our school has managed to collect a lot of books to to the children in a village school
21 I am pleased to _ the winner of the final competition It's Group B
22 Family members who live apart try to get together Tet
23 The whole family usually tries to get together at Christmas
24 I always get to work before else
A anyone B someone C everyone D no one
25 Her first novel has been _ acclaimed as a masterpiece
Đ SỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH Ố
Trang 5A nation B national C international D internationally
26 Buy me a dozen of eggs on the way back, ?
A will you B may you C do you D can you
27 We insist that a meeting as soon as possible
A be held B is held C were held D will be held
28 It is believed that there is a _ between two crimes
29 My uncle was ill last summer but fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery
30 That man, _ family is very poor, is standing in front of the hotel to ask for money
C GUIDED CLOZE TEST Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage.
Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is the book which will (31) _ you in the fight for survival that (32) _ many of our endangered animals and show how they struggle on the edge of extinction As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the (33) _ of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to help animals (34) _ from the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s animals close-up and explore their habitats You will also discover the terrible results of human (35) _ for land, flesh and skins
Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts Did you know that polar bears cover their black noses with their (36) _ so they can hunt their prey in the snow without being seen, for example? Or that for each orang-utan which is captured, one has to die?
This superb (37) _ has so (38) _ Britain's leading wildlife charity that it has been chosen as Book of the Year, a title awarded to books which are considered to have made a major contribution to wildlife conservation You will find Animal Watch at a special low (39) _ price
at all good bookshops, but hurry while (40) _ last
33 A satisfaction B enjoyment C virtue D value
35 A greed B interest C care D concern
D VERB FORMS Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
Dear Winnie,
Thank you for your letter which I received this morning You asked me what we (41 do)
_were we doing _ when the landslide occurred I (42 not remember) don’t remember _ things too clearly now but I think I (43 watch) _was watching _ TV and my sister (44 do) _was doing her homework at the time Suddenly all the lights (45 go out) went out _ and I (46 frighten) frighened/ was frightened _ I remember (47 call out) _calling out to my parents, who (48 talk) were talking _ quietly in the next room The next minute we (49 hear) _heard a loud noise and the whole building began to shake.
It was a terrible experience and I never want (50 go) _to go through anything like
it again We are all safe now but we were very lucky
Love,
Anna
E WORD FORMS
51 My brother often does experiments about electricity for pleasure PLEASE
52 The decorator_ charged me 50,000 VND for each room DECORATE
Trang 653 After taking an aspirin, her headache disappeared APPEAR
54 If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very _ imaginative _ girl IMAGINE
55 Tell me some similarities between these two pictures SIMILAR
F READING COMPREHENSION
1 Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True (T), False (F), No information (NI)
Bill Gates is a very important person in the computer industry He has been chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation for several years He is also the richest person in the United States How did he do it?
He learned a lot from his parents While Bill was going to school, his father went to college, got a degree, and became a successful lawyer From this, Bill learned that you have to work hard if you want something His mother was a very busy teacher, but she also enjoyed going to parties From this, he learned something else: If you want to work hard and play hard, you have to make a schedule
When Bill was young, he spent a lot oi time alone While most of his friends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and finished it when he was 8 years old
Bill’s childhood was not air work, however He used to play a lot of sports - swimming, water-skiing, tennis He was very serious about sports He loved winning and he hated losing When Bill got older, he spent more and more time working - and playing - on a computer
Before he was 20, Bill developed the world’s first computer language for the personal computer Once when he was thinking about the future, he realized something important He thought that every home was going to have a computer, ^md every computer would need software - his software He said, ‘I’m going to 'make my first million dollars on software by the time I’m 25.’ And he did!
56 Bill Gates learned that you have to play hard for what you want! F
60 He wasn’t making much money when he was 25 years old F
2 There are ten redundant words in the following passage Find and odd them out.
There are have about 3,000 living languages in the world
today, but only six of them ones are major languages of the
world Two upper thirds of the world's population speak
those languages More over than 400 million people speak
English as their first or native language Another than 400
million speak it as a second language Nobody can knows
exactly how many do people speak it as a foreign language.
Chinese is the only language with more speakers than the
English
This is that because of the huge population of Chinese It is
true that English is the best most widespread language on the
Earth It must is the language of business, technology, sport
and aviation
0 have
61 _
62 _
63 _
64 _
65 _
66 _
67 _
68 _
69 _
70 _
G SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
71 I regret speaking to him so rudely yesterday
→ I wish I hadn’t spoken to him so rudely yesterday.
72 Without her help, I couldn’t have finished my theme in time
→ If there hadn’t been her help, I couldn’t have finished my theme in time.
73 The plane took off before we arrived at the airport
→ By the time we arrived at the airport, the plane had taken off.
74 I would prefer you not to mention this matter to anyone else
→ I’d rather you didn’t mention this matter to anyone else.
75 Minh laughed heartily when I told him the joke
Trang 7→ The joke (that) I told Minh mad him laugh heartily.
H WRITING
The benefits of remaining one’s national cultural identity
Write a composition (about 120 – 150 words) to state your ideas
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