Tiêu đề 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) ______ 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) ______ According to Kloza, the prices of gas tend to increase when refineries have to shut down (3) ______ or switch to (4)______ that produce less smog in the summer. To show their concern about the environment, the U.S pledged in Paris to reduce greenhouse (5) ______ and address climate change. Amy Myers Jaffe, the executive director of energy and sustainability, is doubtful about pickup (6) ______ as the choices will be a big factor that members of the (7) ______ generation make. It is suspected that they will continue to embrace things like (8) ______ 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) ______ 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) ______ or even falls, the reduction in world oil production and the increase in prices are inevitable. II. Listen to a conversation about the New Year's Party. Then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 points) 1. When will the New Year’s Party be held? A. December 29 th B. December 30 th C. December 31 st D. December 9 th 2. The best place for holding the party is_________. A. the restaurant B. the common room C. the stadium D. Tulip Garden 3. How much does everyone should pay? A. £15 B. £50 C. £15.50 D. $15 4. How many days should they choose the menu in advance? A. a week B. three days C. seven working days D. six days 5. How much deposit should they pay in advance? A. $70 B. £80 C. £90 D. £70 B. PHONOLOGY I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 points) 1. A. chanteuse B. cholera C. chenille D. champagne 2. A. preparation B. preponderance C. preference D. presbytery 3. A. northern B. bathe C. thereabouts D. thiamine 4. A. drought B. sought C. wrought D. nought 5. A. resilient B. resultative C. resonant D. response
3 II. Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each group. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 points) 1. A. memorandum B. magnificent C. oxymoron D. confidential 2. A. synecdoche B. meteorite C. encomium D. community 3. A. fatigue B. humane C. igloo D. bedaub 4. A. majority B. extravagant C. legitimate D. carpetbagger 5. A. hypersensitive B. reconveyance C. preferentially D. interpretative C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (10 points) 1. English is still the main ______ of instruction in Nigeria. A. method B. solution C. result D. medium 2. ______ its clarity of style, the book is not easy reading. A. In all B. Of all C. In pursuance of D. For all 3. He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the ______ of alcohol. A. power B. influence C. effect D. force 4. ______ more points to discuss, the meeting has now come to an end. A. On account of B. Regardless of C. Not having D. There being no 5. She has lived in a _____ since 2008. A. five-floors building B. five-floor building C. five-floor buildings D. five-floors buildings 6. He was still under his father's ______. A. finger B. hand C. thumb D. fingertip 7. She had to take out a bridging _____ until she could sell her house.
4 A. loan B. finance C. capital D. debt 8. Very little was said about his failure, _____? A. wasn't it B. was it C. was there D. wasn't he 9. If you're on a diet, you should ______ honey for sugar in your tea. A. change B. substitute C. replace D. convert 10. “Why don't you invite Paula to come with us?” “______.” A. No idea B. There's an idea C. Not idea D. Negative idea 11. They said they could order it for me because they didn’t have my size in______. A. shop B. hold C. store D. stock 12. “When will you be informed of the test result?” “Not until Monday, so I'll be ____ all weekend”. A. at needles and pins B. on pins and needles C. on needles and pins D. at pins and needles 13. Susan was alone in the house when the fire _____. A. broke in B. broke out C. broke off D. broke up 14. I can’t possibly lend you any money. It is quite out of the ______. A. order B. question C. practice D. place 15. I didn’t think he’d _______such a pathetic lie, but he believed every word of it. A. take up B. fall out C. take in D. fall for 16. Before you send them any money, make sure the company really exists, or the whole thing could be a _____. A. deceit B. lack C. joke D. con 17. “Look, we're doing our best to fix it.” “Well, you could have ______ me.” A. lied B. fooled C. tricked D. cheated 18. I wouldn’t say he was brilliant at his job, but he’s quite ______.