Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 HOÀI NHƠN - BÌNH ĐỊNH 2024-2025.docx ✅

4 17. Despite the economists' forecast of ______________, the economy is well on the way to recovery. A. gloom and doom B. high and dry C. ups and downs D. hue and cry 18. I've never actually studied Greek, but I lived in Athens for six months and managed to ______________ a few words and phrases here and there. A. make do with B. drop out of C. look over D. pick up 19. After the hurricane, all that was left of our house was a pile of ______________. A. rabble B. rubble C. ramble D. rumble 20. If there happened to be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and white ones, then the advantages of the ______________ might well spread in time to the hard-up. A. well-heeled B. big-hearted C. open-handed D. tight-fisted Part 2. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences. (1,0 pt) 1. Gold is ______________ more precious than iron. In fact, there is no really comparison. (COMPARE) 2. She is extremely ______________ about art. (KNOW) 3. This book ______________ as a series of lectures about shipwrecks, which were given two decades ago. (ORIGIN) 4. My grandmother often suffers from constant ______________. (SLEEP) 5. Is it possible to ______________ between a hobby or an interest? (DISTINCT) 6. This has been an unusually ______________ remark for you. (COMPLIMENT) 7. Ants and bees are described as ______________ insects. (INDUSTRY) 8. The victims of the mistaken bombing are just the latest ______________ of an increasingly bloody war. (CASUAL) 9. We'd concentrate and be self-disciplined to have ______________ skill. (COGNITION) 10. He said he had no intention of hurting me, but I'm sure he hit me ______________. (PURPOSE) Part 3. There are eleven mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct. The first one has been done for you as example (Number 0). Write your answers to the spaces below. (1,0 pt) 0. significant => significantly Eating in the industrialized world has changed quite significant in recent decades and it continues to be deeply affected by two apparent contradictory trends. The first is the growing tendency to consume that is known as fast food. In the modern era, when spare time is a rare commodity and convenience is the more desirable quality in any product, fast food chains flourish, frozen and ready-made foods in the supermarket are consumed in alarming quantities, and people are growing fatter and falling victim of heart disease more