Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9 THỌ XUÂN - THANH HOÁ 2024-2025.docx ✅

2 12. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the obstacles to Julia’s success? A. Insufficient infrastructure B. Inappropriate coaching system C. Lack of self-discipline 13. Julia and Darren agree that _______________. A. the coaching policy was a key ingredient in their success B. there is a lack of experienced foreign coaches C. there will be a huge funding increase for both their sports now 14. Why does Darren think that most of his colleagues are not fortunate enough? A. They don’t train to become professionals. B. They don’t attain sponsorship for their training. C. They don’t have a chance to work with full-time professionals. 15. Darren suggests that his motivation to succeed was _______________. A. to remove some of the obstacles to future success B. so as not to have to work part-time C. in order to get corporate sponsorship Part 4: You will hear a conversation between Adam and Carol. Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER from the dialogue for each answer.(5points) 16. Who didn’t sleep well last night? 17. What time did Adam’s son return to bed ? 18. What time does Adam usually leave home? 19. What did Adam forget at home ? 20. What did Adam borrow money to buy? PART B: PHONETICS (5 pts) I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (3 points) 21. A. youths B. clothes C. months D. paths 22. A. dessert B. possessive C. scissors D. Russia 23. A. feather B. leather C. feature D. measure II. Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (2points) 24. A. ambitious B. visionary C. creative D. impressive
3 25. A. admirable B. advisable C. reliable D. desirable PART C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (30 pts) I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes. (10 pts) 26. She told us _______________ story that we all forgot about the time. A. such interesting a B. such the interesting C. so an interesting D. so interesting a 27. I am not able to go anywhere this weekend because I am up to my _______________ in work. A. eyes B. ears C. head D. face 28. We regret to tell you that the materials you ordered are _______________, A. out of work B. out of stock C. out of practice D. out of reach 29. To protect _____ hackers, security experts advised longer passwords _______________ combinations of upper and lowercase letters, as well as numbers. A. on - between B. against - with C. about - with D. from - to 30. You must be Jane’s father, _______________? A. mustn’t you B. can’t you C. don’t you D. aren’t you 31. Those men are paid by _______________. A. the hour B. every hour C. hour D. an hour 32. The entire city was _______________ electricity last night – it was chaotic. A. no B. almost no C. hardly any D. without 33. There is a rumour that the National Bank is going to _______________ the company I am working for. A. take on B. take out of C. take off D. take over 34. It is important that everyone _______________ aware of the protection of the environment. A. is B. are C. be D. were 35. I am not able to go anywhere this weekend because I am up to my _______________ in work. A. neck B. nose C. waist D. ankle II. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets (5ps) 36. Tom was pleased (admit) _______________ to the college. 37. He (go) _______________ to the last meeting but he didn’t. 38. Congress has decreed that the gasoline tax (abolish) _______________. 39. I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I (write) _______________ for over two hours. 40. We couldn’t risk (leave) _______________ him alone.
4 III. Fill each gap of the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (5 pts) 41. These children look miserable because they are _______________. (PARENT) 42. I had only a day to visit all the tourist _______________. (ATTRACT) 43. With the help of the computer, checking information has become less _______________. (LABOR) 44. Dr. Smith, a famous _______________, has just published a book about murder. (CRIME) 45. The habitants in our village enjoy good health and _______________. (LONG) Question IV: The following passage contains 5 errors. Identify and correct them (find and write the word(s), lines containing the errors on your answer sheet) (5 pts) (Questions 46-50) Once a location is established as a main tourist destination, the effects on the local community are profound. When mountain-farmers, for example, can make more money in a few weeks working as porters for foreign trekkers than they can in a year working in their fields, it is not surprising that many of whom give up their farm-work, which is thus left to other members of the family. In some hill-regions, this has led to a serious decline in farm input and a change in the local diet, because there is insufficient labour to maintain terraces and irrigational systems and tend to crops. The result has been that many people in these regions have turned up outside supplies of rice and other foods. PART D. READING (30 points) I. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (10pts) Some famous places are disappointing: dirty, cramped, and a bit of a cliché. But there are others (51) _______________, even though you've seen every television program ever made about them, are every (52) _______________ as wonderful as you'd imagined. The Grand Canyon is one of these and so, despite being next door to a main road, is Stonehenge. Another is Venice which, in its entirety, (53) _______________ a great work of art, each decaying aspect revealing an (54) _______________ glimpse of water or startling architecture, each individual building or piazza (55) _______________ an exquisite sense of proportion. I return to Venice every two years in the course of my work and on each of these occasions I have found something new to (56) _______________ at. Alarm cries about how (57) _______________ this can last are sounded every now and then each time the water levels rise. But the fact that this city is (58) _______________ into the sea seems to add to its romantic atmosphere. Far more serious is the depopulation, for it seems that just about every week another family leaves. Since 1945 more than half the population of Venice has moved to the mainland. The rich (59) _______________ the great palazzos along the Grand Canal and visit every once in a while, but leave the windows dark for the rest of the time. Mass tourism threatens (60) _______________ very structure of the city. It is a sad victim of its own success.