ĐẾ SỐ 5 HSG ANH 9 (HUYỆN)

A. LISTENING
Part 1: You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her life
in Berlin, the capital of Germany. For each question, circle the correct answer. (0.5 point)
1. How long has Britta lived in Berlin?
A. four years B. six years C. twenty years
2. What does Britta say about living in Berlin?
A. She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise.
B. She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn.
C. She likes living in a big, busy city.
3. The area of Berlin where Britta lives is __________
A. a rather expensive place to live
B. a good place to eat out
C. a long way from the city centre
4. Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going __________
A. to the park with her
B. to the shop with his parents
C. to a gallery with her
5. Britta has a lot of friends who __________
A. live near her B. work with her C. are still in England Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5 point)
1. Loans that are used to buy a home are known as mortgages.
2. A deposit can be worth about a tenth of the price of a home.
3. One of the mistakes banks made was they gave out loans to candidates with good credit
report.
4. One result of the crisis is that a lot of mortgages went unpaid.
5. The speaker feels that banks alone are responsible for the crisis.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Part 3: You will hear a woman talking to a man about joining a drama club. Complete the
note below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
(1.0 point)
MIDBURY DRAMA CLUB
Background
Example: Answer
 Club started in __1957__
 prize recently won by (1) ____________ section
 usually performs (2) ____________ plays
Meetings
 next auditions will be on Tuesday, (3) ____________
 help is needed with publicity and (4) ____________
 rehearsals take place in the (5) ____________hall
 nearest car park for rehearsals in Road opposite th
Ashburton e
(6)____________
Costs
 annual membership fee is £ (7)____________
 extra payment for (8)____________
Contact
 secretary’s name is Sarah (9) ____________
 secretary’s phone number is (10) ____________
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

B . PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the
rest by writing your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered box. (0.6 point)
1. A. highlands B. celebrations C. generous D. towards
2. A. conservation B. consequential C. conscientious D. consideration
3. A. learned B. wretched C. figured D. contributed
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3.

II. Choose the letter A, B, C or D next to the word whose main stress is placed differently
from the others. (0.4 point)
2. A. understand B. engineer C. benefit D. Japanese
4. A. environmental B. conservatively C. approximately D. considerable
Write your answers here:
1. 2.

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C. VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR
I. Choose A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences. (7.0 points)
1. Did you meet anybody _____ at Tim’s birthday party yesterday?
A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. interestingly
2. Van is now living with the Parker family _____ a farm 100 km outside Columbus, Ohio.
A. in B. on C. at D. from
3. Women love _____ ao dai because it makes them much more charming.
A. worn B. wear C. to wear D. wearing
4. In the afternoon, as soon as he completes _____ homework, he feeds the chickens and
collects _____ eggs.
A. his/their B. Ø/its C. his/Ø D. Ø/their
5. I find it very difficult to practise _____ English with native speakers.
A. to speak B. speak C. speaking D. spoke
6. Everyone can communicate with their friends and relatives by means of e-mail or _____.
A. chatting B. chating C. chat D. to chat
7. Internet users sometimes have to suffer various risks such as spam or electronic junk mail,
and personal information leaking.
A. usual B. complicated C. diverse D. difficult
8. When the tracks leave the place, the ground is coped _____ trash and a few minutes later
there is smell and flies.
A. for B. of C. in D. with
9. Tet is _____ time for _____ families to clean and decorate their homes, and enjoy special
food.
A. a/Ø B. Ø/Ø C. Ø/the D. the/the
10. He examined the parcel _____, as he had no idea what it could be.
A. suspicion B. suspect C. suspicious D. suspiciously
11. She may need some help _____ she’s new.
A. because B. as C. when D. although
12. _____ every part of the world has experienced an earthquake in recent years.
A. Most B. Almost C. Each D. Nearby
13. He didn’t know anyone at the wedding _____ than the bridge and groom.
A. other B. except C. rather D. apart
14. When Bill saw my new car, he was _____ with envy.
A. blue B. green C. yellow D. white
15. He was holding a tiny bird in the _____ of his hand.
A. thumb B. hole C. chin D.
palm
16. During tough negotiations, such as the ones we have witnessed over the last week or so,
neither side wants to _____.
A. give in B. get by C. take in D. come on
17. He denied _____ the glass window of our classroom.
A. breaking B. to break C. break D. having broken
18. Time was running out, so the committee had to make a _____ decision.

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 A. brief B. snap C. sharp D. short
19. Thank you for your valuable _____ to our seminar last weekend.
A. contribution B. enrichment C. participation D. investment
20. My sister has several English friends, _____ is a doctor.
A. one of them B. of them one C. one of whom D. of whom one
21. The patient _____ to listen to his doctor's advice.
A. refused B. prevented C. lacked D. resigned
22. If only he ______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.
A. has B. would have C. had D. should have
23. _____ I remember, there used to be a big tree in the middle of the school.
A. As far as B. So much as C. As well as D. Much more than
24. My little brother caught a cold last week and hasn’t _____ it yet.
A. got through B. got over C. got out D. got off 25. The
football team won partly because they had been well trained by their ______.
A. teacher B. coach C. instructor D. director
26. Jack, as well as his two sisters, hardly ever went out in the evening, _____?
A. did he B. didn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they
27. Do you know the name of the restaurant _____ we had dinner last night?
A. that B. where C. which D. at which
28. Nobody knew he was coming. He arrived_____.
A. expected B. unexpected C. expectedly D. unexpectedly
29. It is a great _____ that the exhibition was cancelled at the last minutes.
A. pity B. sorrow C. complaint D. sadness
30. It’s not worth _____ to him because he will never listen.
A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. that you talk
31. After the meal, they started _____ into the village for about 30 minutes to visit their uncle.
A. walking B. to walk C. walk D. all are correct
32. _____ from her intelligence, she is always polite to everyone.
A. Not only B. Apart C. Except D. As well
33. I estimate that this diamond ring is _____ about $10.000.
A. valued B. precious C. worth D. priced
34. I am _____ my older brother is.
A. nowhere near as ambitious as B. nothing near as ambitious
C. nowhere like so ambitious as D. nothing as ambitious as
35. I’m reading a / an _____ interesting book about China at the moment.
A. really B. absolutely C. completely D. entirely
II. Identify the error in the following sentences by circling A, B, C, or D. (1.0 point)
1. There are too many people in Britain today who is ready to complain rather than enjoy
A B C D their
holidays.
2. How do you differ the real painting from the fake one? A B C D
3. The two children began to argue fierce about who had damaged the bicycle.
A B C D
4. Being successful, a business traveler must be able to maintain contact with the office, no

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 A B C matter what the time or place.
D
5. Try the new system a few times and you’ll become familiar to it.
A B C D
D. READING
I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D in the numbered box to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (0.5 point)
Teenagers have their own TV channels, websites and magazines. So what about books?
Last year one publisher, Martins, started publishing a series called Waves. We spoke to the
director Julia Smith. She explained, “Teenage fiction has been published since 1970s but
publishers have never been particularly successful in getting teenagers to buy and read books.
Now they’re realizing that teenagers aren’t just older children but they are not adults either and
often aren’t interested in adult fiction. For this series we’re looking for new writers who write
especially for teenagers.”
Athene Gorr’s novel was published in the series last year and is selling well. Its title is
The Purple Ring. She says, “The important thing is to persuade teenagers to pick up your book.
I’m a new writer so, although I’ve got an unusual name which people might remember, nobody
knows it yet! But my book has a fantastic cover which makes people want to look inside. Then
they realize what a brilliant story it is!”
And what do teenagers themselves think about the series? We talked to Sophie Clark,
aged 15. She said, “I’ve read a few books in the Waves series. They say they are for 14 – 19
year olds and I agree with that. We’re not interested in the same things as people in their
twenties and thirties. I like them and I think they look really good, too. The only thing is that
because bookshops put them in the children’s section, lots of teenagers won’t find them so they
may not do very well. And it’s a shame there’s no non-fiction in the series as I think lots of
teenagers, especially boys, might buy that.” 1. What is the writer trying to do?
A. persuade authors to write more teenage fiction
B. explain why teenage fiction is easier to write than adult fiction
C. give information about new series of books
D. compare different series of teenage fiction
2. Julia Smith says publishers now recognize that teenagers_______ A. can enjoy the same
kind of stories as adults.
B. are neither children nor adults.
C. grow up more quickly nowadays.
D. are more interested in reading nowadays.
3. Athene Gorr thinks teenagers were attracted to her book because of________
A. her name B. the story C. its title D. its cover
4. What does the word them in line 13 refer to?
A. books for children B. books for adults
C. books in Waves series D. non-fiction for teenagers
5. What does Sophie Clarke say about the books in the Waves series? A.
They shouldn’t be kept with children’s books.
B. She would prefer to read adult fiction.
C. They will be bought by lots of teenagers.
D. She isn’t keen on the design.

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II. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the
numbered box. (2.0 points)
The story of blue jeans goes back a long way. Even (1) _________ Levi Strauss started
manufacturing them in San Francisco in 1850, sixteenth-century sailors in Genoa were making
trousers out (2) ______ a cloth which they named “gene”, after their city. Jeans were thought to
be excellent work clothes, as the material didn't wear out easily and was strong (3) ______ to
allow people to carry tools in their pockets. Then in the 1950s jeans took on a new image when
teenagers started to wear (4) ______ as a fashion statement.
The jeans of today have changed very (5) ______ from their original design. Cotton is
still used and most jeans are still blue, (6) ______ they were in the beginning when they were
dyed using indigo. Back pockets have remained a common feature, too, as (7) ______ the metal
pins used to strengthen the jeans at certain points.
The last decades, however, have seen variations in style. In the 1970s, wide-legged
“bell-bottoms” were popular, and then more recently jeans with rips in the knees became
fashionable. (8) ____ have also been times when it has been trendy for the colour of the jeans to
look faded. Designer jeans have always been popular, but of course they tend to be expensive.
Arguably, lesser-known brands can be (9) ____ as good quality and bought at (10) ______
more reasonable prices. Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. Read the following passage and decide which answer best fits each space given. Write
your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered box. (2.0 points)
According to a recent study, personality could determine how likely you are to be (1)
______ in an accident. In fact, it could be the most important factor behind around a quarter of
all mishaps.
The (2) ________ have found that there are three key personality traits that may make
some people more accident prone than others. Firstly, (3)________levels of aggressiveness or
selfishness may (4) _______ people more at risk of having accidents as individuals with these
characteristics are often highly competitive and therefore more likely to not follow instructions
and to (5)________ rules. It also seems that those who have very open personalities may also
have more accidents as these (6) ________ of people can be dreamy and (7) _________
concentration. Finally, people who aren't very dependable or (8) ______may also be more at
risk. Not everyone, however, agrees with the study's (9) ______. A spokesperson for an
accident prevention organisation said: "We must accept responsibility for our actions and
educate people to prevent accidents (10) ______ blaming our personalities."
1. A. situated B. involved C. occupied D. connected
2. A. investigators B. inventors C. explorers D. researchers
3. A. steep B. wide C. high D. top
4. A. put B. bring C. carry D. make
5. A. refuse B. ignore C. reject D. deny
6. A. portions B. kinds C. forms D. variables
7. A. lose B. need C. lack D. miss
8. A. responsible B. acceptable C. appropriate D. suitable
9. A. solutions B. discoveries C. findings D. answers
10. A. other than B. apart from C. more than D. instead of

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E. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. (1.0 point)
1. The storm totally destroyed the fence of the garden.
 The garden .............................................................................................................................
2. Philip’s inability to make decisions dates from his accident.
 Ever ......................................................................................................................................
3. It was an impressive building but it wasn’t my taste.
 Impressive ............................................................................................................................
4. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
 Rather ..................................................................................................................................
5. It is a waste of time looking at that website.
 There ....................................................................................................................................
II. For each of the sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence, using the word given in bold. (1.0point)
1. Mrs. Scott is proud of her cooking. ...................................................................... TAKES
 Mrs. Scott .............................................................................................................................
2. Apparently, Sheila wasn’t listening to me. ........................................................... APPEAR
 Sheila ................................................................................................................................... 3.
The garden is too small for us to build a swimming pool. ...................................... ROOM
 There is .................................................................................................................................
4. I can’t imagine what Rod is planning to buy me for Christmas. ...................
FAINTEST
 I don’t have .......................................................................................................................... 5.
The website wouldn’t allow me to access certain pages. ...................................... DENIED
 The website ………………………………………………………………………………….

III. Write a paragraph (about 150 words) about the benefits of having a smartphone. (2.0
points)
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

ĐẾ SỐ 14 HSG ANH 9 (HUYỆN)

A. LISTENING
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A
Part 1: You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her
life in Berlin, the capital of Germany. For each question, circle the correct answer.
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. youth 2. comedy 3. 12th March 4. lights 5. community
6. sports centre 7. 180 8. costumes/ 9. Sawdicott 10.
costume hire 07955240063
Part 3: You will hear a woman talking to a man about joining a drama club. Complete the
note below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer.

B . PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest
C D C
by writing your answer A, B, C, or
D in the numbered box. (0.5 point)
II. C Choose the letter
A A, B, C or D next to the word whose main stress is placed differently from
the others. (0.5 point)

C. VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR
I. Choose A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences. (7.0 points)
1. B. 6. A 11. A, 16. A 21. A 26. B 31. A, B
2. B 7. C B 17. A, 22. C 27. D 32. B
8. D 9. 12. B D 23. A 28. D 33. C
3. C,D A. 13. A 18. B 24. C 29. A 34. A
4. A 10. D 14. B 19. A 25. C 30. B 35. A

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 5. C 15. D 20. C
II. Identify the error in the following sentences by circling A, B, C, or D. (1.0 point)
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. D

D. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each of the
questions below. Write your answer in the numbered box. (5 points)
1.C 2. B 3.D 4. C 5. A
II. Read the passage below and fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write
your answer in the numbered box. (10 points)
1. before 2. of 3. enough 4. them 5. little
6. as 7. have 8.There 9. just 10. much

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III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the
following passage. Write your answer in the numbered box. (10 points)
1.B 2. D 3.C 4. A 5. B
6. B 7.C 8.A 9.C 10.D

E. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it. (1.0point)
1. The garden had/got its fence totally destroyed by / in the storm.
2. Ever since | Philip had his/an accident |, he |has been unable | to make decisions.
| Philip’s accident | | hasn’t been able |
Ever since | he had his / an accident|, Philip | has been unable | to make decisions.
| his accident | | hasn’t been able |
3. Impressive |as |the building |was |, it wasn’t to my taste.
| though | | might be |
Impressive |as | it |was |, the building wasn’t to my
taste. | though | | might be |
4. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
5. There is no point in looking at that website.

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 II. For each of the sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to
the original sentence, using the word given in bold. This word must not be altered in any
way.
(1.0 point)
1. Mrs. Scott takes (a) pride in her cooking. / in being a good cook.
2. Sheila didn’t / did not appear to be listening to me.
3. There is no room in the garden for a swimming pool to be built/ for us to build a
swimming pool.
There is no room for a swimming pool to be built/ for us to build a swimming pool in the
garden. 4. I don’t/ do not have the faintest idea what Rod is planning to buy me for
Christmas.
5. The website denied my access to certain pages.

III. Write a paragraph (from 120 to 150 words) about the benefits of having a
smartphone. (2.0 points)

- 2 pts: structure (introduction, development, closing)

- 10 pts: content (logical ideas, reasons and examples, sentence structures, number of
words) - 8 pts: correct grammar, vocabulary and spelling.

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