Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 VĨNH PHÚC 2024-2025.docx ✅

2 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________ Question 7: Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. 7. What is the purpose of the Rest House? A. a place for the poor to stay B. a meeting place for pilgrims C. an architectural feature Questions 8-10: Complete the flow chart below by writing NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. How running water is provided Water taken from the 8. ____________ by bullocks. Water channelled into the 9. ____________ Water piped to the 10. ____________ Section 2 Questions 11-15 Listen to the recording and choose the correct letter, A, B, or C to complete the sentences or answer the questions that follow. 11. Dartfield House school used to be ____________. A. a tourist information centre B. a private home C. a local council building 12. What is planned with regard to the lower school? A. All buildings on the main site will be improved. B. The lower school site will be used for new homes. C. Additional school buildings will be constructed on the lower school site. 13. The catering has been changed because of ____________. A. long queuing times B. changes to the school timetable C. dissatisfaction with the menus 14. Parents are asked to ____________. A. help their children to decide in advance which serving point to use
3 B. make sure their children have enough money for food C. advise their children on healthy food to eat 15. What does the speaker say about the existing canteen? A. Food will still be served there. B. Only staff will have access to it. C. Pupils can take their food into it. Section 3 Questions 16-25 You will listen to part of a radio talk for young people about animals communicating with each other. For questions 16-25, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided. Bees do a (16) ____________ to communicate where to find food. Although parrots seem to speak, they are only (17) ____________ the human sounds. Primates can communicate a few (18) ____________ using simple sounds. Monkeys have not been observed to use any kind of (19) ____________. Although dolphins can make vowel sounds, they cannot accurately imitate our (20) ____________. Amazingly, dolphins demonstrate (21) ____________ of when phrases should be used. The sounds made by whales contain (22) ____________ than human speech. The songs of the bottle-nosed whale have many of the (23) ____________ of human speech. The unique grammatical nature of human language arose due to life in (24) ____________. Indeed, a young child needs enough (25) ____________ with other people to develop speech. PART B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR Section 1: Choose the correct option marked A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. 1. Mike would prefer to pursue his studies ____________ to look for a job. A. rather than starting B. to starting C. rather than start D. than to start 2. ____________ more carefully, he would not have had the accident yesterday. A. If Peter driven B. If had Peter driven C. Had Peter driven D. Unless Peter had driven 3. According to the fire chief, it still isn't clear where the fire ____________ but he believes that it might have started in the storeroom.