Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 TP HƯNG YÊN 2024-2025.docx ✅

2 4. Does Toby enjoy his job? A. Yes B. No C. He doesn’t mention D. He liked at first but now not. 5. When Toby began working, he was surprised to spend so much time ____________. A. talking to other people B. sitting at the office C. studying about architecture D. designing building 6. Young people often don’t choose engineering because they think ____________. A. it’s hard to get a job B. it’s probably boring C. it’s not very well-paid D. it’s a difficult job 7. What is a disadvantage of the job for Toby? A. He finds it difficult to take holidays B. He can’t organize his spare time C. He works too many hours D. He cannot deal with a lot of emergency cases 8. How many weeks off a year does Toby have? A. four B. five C. six D. seven 9. Which subject below did he study well at school? A. literature B. math C. music D. drawing 10. When he was a student, what job did he want to have? A. doctor B. architect C. teacher D. engineer PART B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0 POINTS) I. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (1.5 points) 1. I don’t think he’s ever been there, ____________? A. do I B. has he C. have I D. hasn’t he 2. We have an intention ____________ studying abroad. A. in B. on C. at D. of 3. Paul has just sold his ____________ car and intends to buy a new one. A. black old Japanese C. old black Japanese B. Japanese old black D. old Japanese black 4. Since the appearance of karaoke recorder, they ____________. A. have widely used C. were widely used B. are widely used D. have been widely used 5. Jack always offers ____________ my bags when I go shopping, but I always refuse ____________. A. to carry/ to help C. carrying/ helping

4 III. Choose the word(s) which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (0.2 point) 1. Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region. A. restrain B. stay unchanged C. remain unstable D. fluctuate 2. There are several different kinds of faults in reading which are usually more exaggerated with foreign learners. A. overestimated B. understated C. overemphasized D. undertaken IV. Supply the appropriate form of the words in CAPITAL to complete each sentence. Write them on your answer sheet. (2.0 points) 1. My hometown is a ____________ centre, with many traditional festivals and activities. (CULTURE) 2. We should ____________ over efforts to find out the truth. (INTENSE) 3. Has she given a ____________ excuse for her behavior? (SATISFY) 4. Many people move to the city as they enjoy the ____________ and convenient life there. (PLEASE) 5. My sister’s success is ____________ due to her hard work. (LARGE) 6. There should be more ____________ activities to attract more new students. (CURRICULAR) 7. In the exam we had to write on ____________ essay. (DESCRIBE) 8. The engineering sector achieved significant ____________ last year. (GROW) 9. Children normally feel a lot of ____________ about their first day at school. (ANXIOUS) 10. In cold weather, for example, blood vessels in the nose get smaller to stop heat escaping. ____________, this also allows the cold virus to attack the nose or throat more easily. (FORTUNATE) PART C: READING (5.0 POINTS) I. Choose the word that best fits the numbered blank in the following passage. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (2.0 points) WHAT IS A RAIN FOREST? A rain forest is a place where there (1) ____________ lots of rain. One kind of rain forests is (2) ____________ a temperate rain forest. You can find temperate rain forests where the weather is cool and mild, and very wet. There is a temperate rain forest (3) ____________ near the Northwest coast of the United States. Just (4) ____________ kinds of evergreen trees grow there. (5) ____________ of the world’s rain forests are tropical rain forests with many kinds of trees. Tropical rain forests grow in warm places near Earth’s (6) ____________. The equator is an imaginary line that goes (7) ____________ the middle of the planet. There are tropical rain forests in Central and South