Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 TP ĐÀ NẴNG 2023-2024.docx ✅

4 happening. And that’s not surprising when over half of all Brits and Americans celebrate Valentine’s in some way. For most of these romantic people, Valentine’s Day means spending money. British people spend much (3) _____________ than Americans. The average Brit spends £28.45, while the average American spends $221.34 (approximately £170.81). Interestingly, in the UK, all three adult generations are likely to buy something for Valentine’s (around 68-69% of them). But in the USA, millennials spend slightly more than Generation X, and both spend almost a (4) _____________ more than baby-boomers. Across all generations, on both sides of the Atlantic, men spend (5) _____________ money than women. Today Valentine’s is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, France, Denmark, Italy and Australia as well as the USA and England. But it’s the USA (6) _____________ the celebration really became mass market, (7) _____________ of a woman called Esther Howland. She became known as the ‘mother of Valentine’s’ after she created a successful business making and selling greeting cards in the 1840s. She got the idea (8) _____________ valentine cards from Europe that were (9) _____________ with lace and flowers and were very expensive. Then, in the early 1900s, two things happened that meant valentine cards became really popular: cheap printed cards were made by the (10) _____________ cards company, Hallmark, and the price of postage stamps fell. IV. Complete each sentence with a suitable word, beginning with the letter given. Write your answers in the box provided. 1. I finally persuaded my mum to t _ _ _ me shopping yesterday. 2. Climate change is a global problem. Every country in the world is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 3. She’s a s _ _ _ _ _ vegetarian and refuses to eat any poultry or fish. 4. The lights are a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - they come on when you enter the room, and go off when you leave. 5. The college offers a challenging and s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ environment in which to study. V. Match a word in A with a word in B to make a phrasal verb to complete the sentence. Change the form of phrasal verbs when necessary. A B cheer off take over leave out turn on pack at