Tiêu đề ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 HẢI PHÒNG 2023 2024.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HẢI PHÒNG (Đề thi gồm 11 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ CẤP THCS ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2023 – 2024 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 22/3/2024 Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời và không sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì. Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm. A. LISTENING COMPREHENSION I. Listen to a piece of news from a newspaper about low gas prices in 2016 and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS taken from the recording for each answer. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10 points) Crude oil (1) ___has plummeted___ to the lowest price in nearly a decade. Accordingly, the average U.S. household has saved an estimated $700 this year and drivers can expect more savings in 2016. Thanks to lower prices, Brady can do volunteer more easily and help out (2) ___with grandkids___ According to Kloza, the prices of gas tend to increase when refineries have to shut down (3) ___for maintenace___ or switch to (4)___gasoline blends___ that produce less smog in the summer. To show their concern about the environment, the U.S pledged in Paris to reduce greenhouse (5) ___gas emissions___ and address climate change. Amy Myers Jaffe, the executive director of energy and sustainability, is doubtful about pickup (6) ___in demands___ as the choices will be a big factor that members of the (7) ___huge milennial___ generation make. It is suspected that they will continue to embrace things like (8) ___carpooling___ or and more efficient hybrid and electric cars. Myers Jaffe says that the trend of sharing or renting cars at weekends will have a negative impact on the (9) ___oil industry___ and positive on climate solutions.
2 Low prices can make the big oil states like Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia less stable and if one of those countries experiences (10) ___significant upheaval___ or even falls, the reduction in world oil production and the increase in prices are inevitable. TRANSCRIPT Gas prices are under $2 a gallon across much of the country. That's because crude oil has plummeted to the lowest price in nearly a decade. The average U.S. household has saved an estimated $700 this year because of lower gas prices. And drivers can expect more savings in 2016. Recently, Sharlene Brown was filling up her minivan at a Philadelphia gas station. When prices are down, Brown says, she drives more. "It changes where I go, who I pick up because a lot of times I pick up and do errands for the church," she says. Lower prices make it easier for her to volunteer more and help out with grandkids. So what's her wish for the price of gas in 2016? "Hopefully it'll go down some more," Brown says. That's likely to happen, says Tom Kloza, head of energy analysis with the Oil Price Information Service. "I wouldn't be surprised to see a year where we might see gasoline prices nationally average between, let's say, $1.85 and $2.75, which will be very similar to this year," he says. Kloza says the variation will depend on refinery operations near you. Gas prices tend to go up when refineries have to shut down for maintenance or switch to gasoline blends that produce less smog in the summer. In addition to lower prices prompting people to drive more, Kloza says there's evidence consumers are again starting to buy bigger cars that use more gas. "I would hope that people might make good choices and buy vehicles recognizing that somewhere in the life of that vehicle we're going to see high gas prices again," he says. Beyond what it costs the individual driver there are environmental concerns. The U.S. is among countries that pledged in Paris to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change.