Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 ĐẮK LẮK 2022-2023.docx ✅

3 A. French influence the city B. the city where French influence C. where the city influences French D. where the French influence the city 27. You don’t look very happy! Are you having _____________ about sharing your flat? A. make-believe B. train of thought C. second thoughts D. a penny for your thoughts 28. The rescue service _____________ the emergency calmly and efficiently. A. claimed B. bent C. regained D. handled 29. He couldn’t have been in his right _____________ saying that he can fly. A. minds B. brains C. senses D. thoughts 30. Is that a natural or _____________ lake next to the village in the valley? A. fake B. unreal C. false D. artificial 31. She achieved what she did _____________ through her own efforts, since she got no help at all. A. entirely B. barely C. mostly D. roughly 32. I _____________ my little brother to tidy up my room. A. made B. had C. got D. let 33. All employees are completely kept _____________ about how bad the situation is. A. in the shade B. in the shadow C. in the dark D. in dull 34. The defendant refused to say anything in _____________ to the lawyer’s questions. A. account B. reply C. contact D. relation 35. We have _____________ fun going on camping trips that we go at least twice a year. A. such a lot B. so C. so little D. so much 36. Although Jeff was not the person who caused the problem, everybody_____________ him responsible for the consequences. A. led B. held C. kept D. took 37. Most of _____________ archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of material remains. A. these B. their C. which D. what 38. They cooked a _____________ meal for their children. A. delicious traditional Vietnamese B. Vietnamese delicious traditional C. traditional delicious Vietnamese D. delicious Vietnamese traditional 39. _____________ the storm, the ship would have reached its destination on time. A. In case of B. In spite of C. Because of D. But for 40. Slang can be defined as a set of lexical, grammatical, and phonological regularities used in _____________ speech.