Tiêu đề 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
2 12. In feedback almost all employees said that volunteering improved their ______________. A. chances of promotion B. job satisfaction. C. relationships with colleagues. 13. Last year some staff helped unemployed people with their ______________. A. interacy skill. B. job applications. C. communication skills. 14. This year the company will start a new volunteer project with a local ______________, A. school B. park C. charity 15. Where will the Digital Inclusion Day be held? A. at the company’s training facility B. at a college C. in a community center 16. What should staff do if they want to take part in the Digital Inclusion Day? A. fill in a form B. attend a training workshop C. get permission from manager Question 17 and 18 Choose TWO letter A-E What TWO things are mentioned about the participants on the last Digital Inclusion Day? A. They were all over 70 B. They never used their computer C. Their phones were mostly old-fashioned D. They only used their phones for making calls. E. They initially showed little interest. Question 19 and 20 Choose TWO letter A-E What TWO activities on the last Digital Inclusion Day did participants describe as useful? A. learning to use tables B. communicating with family C. shopping online D. playing online games E. sending emails Part 3. Questions 21-25. (10 pts) You will hear five people talking about shopping for clothes. For questions 21-25, choose from the list A-F what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. A. I often buy clothes I don’t need. Speaker 1: (21) ___________ B. I admit I spend too much on clothes. Speaker 2: (22) ___________ C. I plan in advance the clothes I need to buy. Speaker 3: (23) ___________
3 D. I tend to become bored with clothes I buy. Speaker 4: (24) ___________ E. I dislike wasting time on shopping. Speaker 5: (25) ___________ F. I am uncertain about what suits me. SECTION B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR Part 1: (15 pts) Choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. If I had listened to my parents, I ______________ in so much trouble now. A. wouldn’t have been B. won’t be C. wouldn’t be D. would be 2. In my small house there are two rooms, ______________ is used as the living-room. A. the larger of which B. the large one C. the largest one D. the largest of which 3. Only in the last few years ______________ to use laptops in place of bulky desktops. A. have begun people B. have people begun C. when people begun D. people have begun 4. It is essential that Alice ______________ Tom of the meeting tomorrow. A. will remind B. reminds C. reminded D. remind 5. ______________ that my headache had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better. A. For B. Despite C. Since D. Now 6. You think she is coming to the meeting tonight, ______________? A. don’t you B. won’t you C. isn’t she D. doesn’t she 7. Those books I ordered should ______________ by now. A. be delivering B. have delivered C. have been delivered D. deliver 8. This is the ______________ timetable for the conference. It may change later. A. conditional B. indefinite C. provisional D. permanent 9. The speech was ______________ by the music coming from the next room. We couldn’t hear a word she said. A. broken out B. drowned out C. pulled out D. dropped out 10. When his parents are away, his oldest brother ______________. He manages everything in the family. A. draws a blank B. is in the same boat C. calls the shots D. knocks it off 11. Sheila swore that she would ______________ after she figured out that I had started the rumor about her. A. fight shy of me B. get even with me C. lie heavy on me D. run afoul of me Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
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