SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH

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ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 48 Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
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SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points)

Part 1: Questions from 1 to 6. (1.2 points -0.2/ each)
Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct letter from A, B or C for each of the
following questions.
1. What is the purpose of the talk?
A. to welcome its new members
B. to commemorate its 10th anniversary
C. to celebrate the award it received recently
2. What’s the audience of this speech?
A. journalists B. local residents C. school children
3. Why is the speaker most proud of the skating rink?
A. Because two world champions have been trained there.
B. Because people in this area are fitter than the rest of the country.
C. Because they have encouraged local school children to participate more in sports.
4. The complex has recently opened a new venue for
A. the unemployed. B. mothers with babies. C. pensioners
5. What does the complex plan to do next year?
A. extend opening hours B. expand the space C. sell fitness equipment
6. What does the complex encourage people to do?
A. become a coach B. be on the committee C. work as volunteers
Part 2: Questions from 7 to 15. (1.8 point - 0.2/ each)
Listen to the recording twice. Complete the notes below. Write no more than two words or numbers for
each answer.
HOTEL RESERVATION
Example
Location: north from the coast

Four-bed room available in (7) ……………………..

Room price:
• in high season: (8) € ……………………..
• cheaper if you booked (9) …………………….. in advance
Meal included in price: (10) ……………………..
Must bring your own: (11) ……………………..
Hotel facilities:
• a lounge with a variety of books
• (12) …………………….. room
• (13) ……………………..
Activities available:
• collect (14) ……………………..

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 • hire (15) ……………………..
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 points)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to best complete the following sentences.
16. Had the drought not lowered the reservoir the ancient village__________
A. wouldn't be discovered B. wouldn't have been discovered
C. can't have been discovered D. can't be discovered
17. It was not good to walk outside in ___________.
A. such a fearful cold B. such fear coldness C. such fearful cold D. so fearful a cold
18. Mary: “Do you think it will rain?” Jenny: “Oh! ________”
A. I don’t hope. B. I hope not. C. I don’t hope so D. It’s hopeless
19. It is believed _____________ causes insomnia.
A. too much caffeine which B. that too much caffeine
C. it in too much caffeine D. too much caffeine that
20. The train accident _____________ the other train’s departure by a few hours.
A. sent back B. called off C. delayed D. retained
21. ____________ to the national park before, Sue was amazed to see the geyser.
A. Being not B. Not having been C. Have not been D. Having not been
22. In America, when a woman and a man are introduced, shaking hands is up to a woman.
A. depends on B. replies on C. waits on D. congratulates on
23. A few diseases are still_________ in the world.
A. treatable B. untreatable C. treated D. untreated
24. That beautiful girl died of an________ morphine.
A. overweight B. overhear C. overdo D. overdose
25. He ____________ me to believe that they had left the district.
A. made B. led C. assured D. confirmed
26. He was completely___________ by her tale of hardship.
A. taken away B. taken down C. taken in D. taken up
27. Uncle Ho’s desire was that our country might______ other countries in the world.
A. be fed up with B. make use of C. keep pace with D. take grand for
28. Sarah is a young girl with________ and a straight nose.
A. almond-shaped eyes B. almond-eyed shape
C. eyes shaped almond D. almond-shape eyed
29. You shouldn't ___________ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.
A. have talked B. talk C. have be talked D. talked
30. Don’t bother me while I___________.
A. am working B. was working C. will work D. will have completed
31. Oh, no! My wallet has been ____________
A. robbed B. picked C. stolen D. theft
32. - “Shall I put the books on the floor?” “No, I want to keep the_______
A. tidy room B. room tidily C. room is tidy D. room tidy
33. His parents have always wanted Phillip to set a good ________ to his younger brothers both
at school and at home.
A. form B. model C. pattern D. guidance

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34. You may feel sure the casting will be done perfectly, just ________ your trust in me and
you will see I'm right.
A. lay B. forward C. grant D. allow
35. The instructor warned the students______ swimming alone in the pool.
A. not B. from C. about D. out of
Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45. (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence.
36. My mother always complains about my ……………..………... (tidy)
37. We were defeated because we were ………………….……... (number)
38. My mother is very …………………….….. about Chinese history. (know)
39. She's suffered a good deal of ………………………….. over the years. (fortune)
40. These measures are intended to help the ……………………….……... (advantage)
41. His ……………….………….. arrival surprised all his friends and family. (expect)
42. Since I am an ……………….………….. driver, I think you should drive. (experience)
43. ……………………..………….. are fighting against the hunting of whales. (environment)
44. This is the latest ……………….………….. on birth control of the government. (pronounce)
45. In ……………….………….. with the rules of the competition, the team was disqualified. (accord)
Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50. (1 point - 0.2/ each)
Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.
46. I'm boring and I wonder if you can tell me what to do for fun.
47. Her absent from work without any permission made the boss so angry that he threatened to sack her.
48. Even on the most careful prepared trip, problems will sometimes develop.
49. When collected in large numbers, money for charity could be of great use.
50. The Concord could fly across the Atlantic without refueling and carrying 11 tons of freight.
Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55. (1 point - 0.2/ each)
Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
51. One major disadvantage ……….………….. the area is the lack of public transport.
52. He resigned …………………….. the company in order to take a more challenging job.
53. It must be kept …………………….. mind that we shall have to be present before eight tomorrow.
54. The year-end party was ………………….. of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food.
55. The police have been looking into Harris's possible involvement …………a series of robberies.
SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS)
Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS OUR LIFE?
Without transportation, our modern society could not (56) ______. We would have no metal,
no coal and no oil nor would we have any (57) ______ made from these materials. (58) ______
we would have to spend most of our time (59) ______ food and food would be (60) ______ to
the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhood.
Transportation also (61) ______ our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a
doctor to the (62) ______ of a sick person, even if the patients’ lives on an isolated farm. It can
take police to the (63) ______ of a crime within a moments of being noticed. Transportation
(64) ______ teams of athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of
(65) ______ transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, families and
earthquakes.
56. A. establish B. exist C. take place D. happen
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57. A. producers B. production C. products D. productivity
58. A. Even B. Besides C. Although D. However
59. A. rising B. taking C. buying D. raising
60. A. connected B. focused C. limited D. related
61. A. influences B. makes C. affects D. effects
62. A. way B. part C. body D. side
63. A. scene B. place C. location D. site
64. A. brings B. fetches C. enables D. gets
65. A. disasters B. accidents C. problems D. wars
Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
PANDEMIC
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the population
would grow too quickly, and there would not be enough food or other resources. So in a way,
diseases are nature's way of keeping the Earth in balance. But sometimes they spread very
quickly and kill large numbers of people. For example, in 1918, an outbreak of the flu spread
across the world, killing over 25 million people in only six months. Such terrible outbreaks of a
disease are called pandemics.
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to
fight. In 1918, a new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu
virus, and so it spread very quickly and killed large numbers of people. While there have been
many different pandemic diseases throughout history, all of them have a few things in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily. Second, while
they may kill many people, they generally do not kill people very quickly. A good example of
this would be the Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease. In
addition, it is deadly. About 70-80% of all the people who get the Marburg virus die from the
disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become a pandemic because most people die
within three days of getting the disease. This means that the virus does not have enough time to
spread to a large number of people. The flu virus of 1918, on the other hand, generally took
about a week to ten days to kill its victims, so it had more time to spread.
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them less common.
Doctors carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics. For example,
in 2002 and 2003, doctors carefully watched SARS. Their health warnings may have prevented
SARS from becoming a pandemic.
66. This passage is mainly about ________.
A. how to prevent pandemic diseases. B. pandemic diseases.
C. pandemic diseases throughout history. D. why pandemics happen.
67. According to paragraph 1, how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They prevent pandemics. B. They help control the population.
C. They help the world grow quickly. D. They kill too many people.
68. Based on the information in the passage the term pandemics can best be explained as
________.
A. diseases with no cure
C. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
B. a deadly kind of flu
D. new diseases like SARS or the Marburg virus
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69. According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. Changes in a disease that the body cannot fight
B. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of diseases
C. Population growth that the world cannot support
D. The failure to make new medicines
70. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT
that ________.
A. it involved a new kind of flu virus B. it killed over 25 million people
C. it was the last pandemic in history D. it took a little over a week to kill its victims
71. The word it in the passage refers to ____.
A. disease B. flu virus C. pandemics D. bodies
72. Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They spread from people to people very slowly.
B. They may kill many people very quickly.
C. They do not kill people very quickly.
D. They kill all the victims.
73. According to paragraph 3, why hasn't Marburg virus become a pandemic?
A. It is not a deadly disease.
B. It does not spread from person to person easily.
C. Doctors have prevented it from becoming a pandemic.
D. It kills people too quickly.
74. The word monitor in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
A. fight B. prevent C. watch D. avoid
75. The author mentions SARS in order to ________.
A. give an example of a highly dangerous disease.
B. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic.
C. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic.
D. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon.
Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each).
Read the text and think of one word which best fits each gap.
Mickey Mantle was one of (76) ……………….…….. greatest baseball players of all times. He
played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to (77)
……………….…….. professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular (78)

……………….…….. in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity,

and confidence of America at that time. Mantle was a fast and powerful (79) ……………….…….. who
could bat both right-handed (80) ……………….…….. left-handed. He won game after game, one World
Series championship (81) ……………….…….. another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, (82)
……………….…….. this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him. Perhaps it was because

he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His
career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale
version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a
person who wins without seeming to try, (83) ……………….…….. talent appears to come from an inner
grace. That was Mickey Mantle. But (84) ……………….…….. many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a
private life full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain (85) ……………….……..
injuries. He lived to fulfil his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death. Mickey
Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
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SECTION IV. WRITITNG (4 points)
Part 1: Questions 86 – 95. (2 points- 0.2/ each)
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.
86. I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test.
 It came ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
 Had it not ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
88. “Shall I help you do the dishes, Carlo?” said Robert.
 Robert offered ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................
89. "That's a lovely new dress, Jean" said her mother.
 Jean's mother complemented .......................................................................................................................................................................
90. You may be disqualified if you don’t obey the regulations.
 Failure ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
91. “Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house,” she said.
 She flatly ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
92. She wore a hearing-aid, even though she could hear the phone ring perfectly well.
 She wasn’t so ................................................................................................................................................................................................................
93. “Why can’t you do your work more carefully?” Helen’s boss said to her.
 Helen’s boss criticized ........................................................................................................................................................................................
94. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home.
 Only .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
95. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
 No sooner ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 2: Questions 96 – 105. (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given. Do not change the word given.
96. People don’t want to buy cars with large engines any more. (call)
@ There is ………………………………………………………………..….……..cars with large engines.
97. You’d feel better if you had a quiet holiday. (do)
 A quiet holiday ………………………………………………………………..….……..
98. The shop was closed for a week while they decorated it. (done)
 While it ………………………………………………………………..….…….. the shop was closed for a week.
99. I should have concentrated more during the lesson. (attention)
 I now wish ………………………………………………………………..….…….. during the lesson
100. Sue got the builders to repair and decorate her house this summer. (up)
 Sue ……………………………………………………………..….…….. by the builders this summer.
101. We've postponed the lunch until next week. (off)
 The lunch …………………………………………………………..…….. until next week.
102. The police think he invented the story. (have)
 He is …………………………………………………………..…... up the story
103. She is often driven to the supermarket by her neighbour. (lift)
 Her neighbour often …………………………………………………..….…….. to the supermarket.
104. He is not sure whether to go or not (minds)
 He is ………………………………………………………………..…….. whether to go or not.

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105. I'm sure he didn't understand what I was saying to him. (misunderstood)
 He ………………………………………………………………..…..what I was saying to him.

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