Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 DIỄN CHÂU - NGHỆ AN V2 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO DIỄN CHÂU ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm 14 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH THI TỈNH LỚP 9 VÒNG 2 NĂM HỌC 2023 – 2024 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION A. LISTENING Part 1: (20 pts) Questions 1-10. Complete the note below South City Cycling Club Name of club secretary: (0) Jim Hunter Membership Full membership costs £ 260; this covers cycling and (1) ______________ all over Australia Recreational membership costs £ 108 Cost of membership includes the club fee and (2) ______________. The club kit made by a company called (3) ______________. Training rides Chance to improve cycling skills and fitness Level B: speed about (4) ______________ kph Weekly sessions - Tuesdays at 5.30 am, meet at the (5) ______________. - Thursdays at 5.30 am, meet at the entrance to the (6) ______________. Further information Rides are about an hour and a half Members often have (7) ______________ together afterwards. There is not always a (8) ______________ with the group on the these rides. Check and print the (9) ______________ on the website beforehand Bikes must have (10 ______________. Part 2. Questions 11-20. (20 pts) Questions 11-16 Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C Information on company volunteering projects 11. How much time for volunteering does the company allow per employee? A. two hours per week B. one day per month C. 8 hours per year


4 exchanges. 12. Elizabeth has worked with her colleague on a project for a long time and they feel a little tired. Laurie: “Then, let’s call it a day, shall we?” - Elizabeth: “______________” A. All right. See you later. B. I think we have. Is there anything else to discuss? C. I’d love to, and I’ve got a pretty tight schedule today. D. I’m sorry I can’t. Maybe we can finish it tomorrow. 13. - Esme: "Do you have a minute?" - Kailyn: "______________." A. Well, that makes sense B. Yes, but please be brief C. That's just great. Thanks D. Sorry, I left my watch home Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the words CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words in the following question. 14. The opposition party dismissed the government’s proposal out of hand. A. without thinking B. with some hesitation C. with reluctance D. without further consideration Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following question. 15. She was said to be hasty on the way home yesterday. A. firm B. quick C. sluggish D. unhealthy Part 2. (10 pts) Read the passage below, which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. RAIN MAKING When it rains, it doesn’t always pour. During a typical storm, a comparatively small number of the locking up moisture in each cloud reaches the ground like rain. So the idea that human intervention- a rain dance, perhaps - might encourage the sky to give out a little additional water has been around in prehistoric times. More recently, would-be rain-makers have attempted direct intervention, by lobbying various chemicals out of aeroplanes in the effort to bring more rain from clouds, a practice knowing as “cloud seeding”. Yet such techniques, which was first developed in the 1940s, are notoriously difficult to evaluate. It is hard to ascertain, for example, how much rain would have fallen anyway. So, though much anecdotal evidence of the advantages of cloud seeding, which has led to its adoption in more than 40 countries around the world, as far as scientists are concerned, results are still inconclusive. That could be about to change. For the past three years, researchers have been carrying on the most extensive and rigorous evaluation of a