PHÒNG GD&ĐT HẠ HÒA ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

LẦN 2 - NĂM HỌC: 2021 – 2022

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.

Name: ……………………………………………..
School:…………………………………..

SECTION 1: LISTENING (20 points)

Part 1: You will hear part of a radio interview, with a woman called Mary, who is talking
about her gardening business. Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each of the
following questions.
1. When did Mary first become interested in gardening?
A. as a child B. when she got married C. when she bought a house
2. When did she decide to start her business?
A. after she lost her job
B. after she read an article in a magazine
C. after she spoke with a friend
3. What caused her most problems at the beginning?
A. the weather B. customers' comments C. finding customers
4. She gets most of her new customers ________.
A. by advertising.
B. from old customers who recommend her to others.
C. by knocking on doors.
5. In the future she plans to ________.
A. keep the business small. B. take on employees. C. go back to working in an
office.
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: Listen to the recording twice. Complete the form below. Write no more than two
words or a number for each answer.
Name: Sanjay (1) …………………………..
Age: 27
Occupation: office worker

Other expeditions:
• has crossed (2) …………………………..
• has climbed Mount Elbrus
Special skills:
• has done a (3) …………………………..course
• can speak five
Qualifications:
• degree in (4) …………………………..
Free-time activities:
• likes fishing
• spend time at (5) …………………………..
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.

SECTION 2: PHONETICS (10 points)

III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by
writing your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered box. (6 points)
1. A. expectation B. exclusion C. expert D. exhale
2. A. awry B. jeopardy C. ally D. lullaby
3. A. survive B. burden C. purchase D. surfboard
Write your answers here:
1. 2 3.
IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by writing
your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered box. (4 points)
1. A. access B. bungee C. greenhouse D. parade
2. A. represent B. recommend C. conspicuous D. interact
Write your answers here:
1. 2.
SECTION 3: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (70 points)
V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences by writing your answer (A,
B, C or D) in the numbered box. (60 points)
1. He took to his studies like a _____ to water.
A. swan B. duck C. fish D. crab
2. The film _____ Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen.
A. features B. performs C. acts D. stars
3. The old house was _____ furnished and we had to buy almost everything new.
A. thinly B. rarely C. sparsely thưa thớt D. mildly
4. The panda has been on the _____ of extinction for many years.
A. verge B. edge C. border D. point
5. He’s a very distinguished writer in the _____ of ancient history.
A. area B. section C. field D. place
6. We all feel that his jokes about immigrants were in very poor _____.
A. condition B. feeling C. view D. taste
7. It can be difficult for parents to _____ control over unruly children.
A. exert dùng B. extort C. extract D. extend
8. The suspect was unable to _____ for his movements on the evening of May 6.
A. recount B. explain C. swear D. account
9. Writing rhymes for birthday cards is really easy. It’s money for old _____.
A. rubbish B. boot C. bread D. rope
10. He muttered something under his_____, but I didn’t catch what he said.
A. breath B. voice C. chin D. mouth
11. We took a lot of _____ to choose the right person for the job.
A. labor B. effort C. trouble D. energy
12. How many people do you think this hall would _____?
A. fit B. load C. occupy D. hold
13. At the universities of Oxford and Cambridge the _____ of teachers to students is very high.
A. number B. ratio C. proportion D. percentage
14. The exam was much easier than we had expected. in fact, it was a piece of _____.
A. cake B. bread C. pie D. candy
15. If you’re at a (n) _____ end tomorrow, please give me a hand with the garden.
A. open B. empty C. free D. loose
16. His greediness was _____ to his often going hungry as a child.
A. brought up B. put back C. put down D. set down
17. You really can't trust Jane. One day she's your best friend, and the next day she can _____ you
in the back.
A. cut B. hit C. stab D. punch
18. She was attracted by the _____ of fashion modeling as a job and hadn't realized what hard
work it was.
A. glarmour B. splendour C. charm D. grace
19. It is important for international business executives to have _____ with other cultures.
A. empathy B. apathy C. telepathy D. sympathy
20. The aircraft experienced severe _______ during the final approach, but the pilot kept his
cool and landed it safely.
A. instability B. wavering C. turbulence D. unsteadiness
21. Does that name _________ to you?
A. ring a bell B. break the ice C. foot the bill D. fall into place
22. The parcel I sent you______________ by now.
A. is supposed to arrive B. should arrive C. should have arrived D. would arrive
23.__________ through a telescope, Venus appears to go through changes in sizes and shapes.
A. It is seen B. When seen C. It has seen D. Seeing
24. You are under no obligation ______ to accept this offer.
A. indeed B. eventually C. apart D. whatsoever
25. I'm my brother is.
A. nothing near as ambitious as B. nowhere like so ambitious as
C. nowhere near as ambitious as D. nothing as ambitious as
26. ________ what is the most important point of an issue will allow you to make a better
decision.
A. Understanding B. Understand C. Understood D. To understand
27. Peter put his mistake________ to lack of concentration.
A. down B. through C. up D. over
28. The number of people traveling by air has been growing _______.
A. by leaps and bounds B. from time to time
C. slow but sure D. by hook or by crook
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
29. Sports and festivals form an integral part of every human society.
A. Informative B. delighted C. exciting D. essential
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
30. There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having
trouble.
A. adequate B. unsatisfactory C. abundant D. dominant
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
VI. Identify the mistake in each sentence by writing your answer (A, B, C or D) in the
numbered box. (10 points
1. I would like to bring to your attention my total dissatisfaction of the services you provided.
A B C D
2. On any given weekend, especially holiday weekends, the number of highway deaths are
unpredictable.
A B C D
3. She wore a dress to the party that was more attractive than the other girls.
A B C D
4. The making of leather goods from animal skins is one of the soonest accomplishments.
A B C D
5. Though they are in the smallest carnivores, weasels will attack animals that are twice their
size.
A B C D
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION 4: READING (60 points)

VII. Read the following passage and write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered
box to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 1 to 10. (20 points)
LOST LUGGAGE
You get off your plane and make your way to the Baggage Reclaim area, where you locate the
carousel for your flight and wait patiently for your luggage. After quite some time spent
waiting, there is no ( 1) … of your bags and you begin to consider the possibility that they may
have gone ( 2) … . What should you do?
Firstly, don’t panic. The most likely ( 3) … is that your bags simply didn’t make it onto the
flight, perhaps because they were mislaid at the departure airport, or perhaps because the
aircraft had already exceeded its weight allowance. If they ( 4) … to appear on the carousel,
report the loss before you leave the baggage hall and go through customs. ( 5) … your luggage
should be no problem, provided you’ve kept ( 6) … of your baggage checks – those little
barcodes stuck to the back of your tickets at check-in.
Go to the handling agent’s desk and complete a Properly Irregularity Report (PIR) form, which
describes the checked bag and its ( 7) … . Make sure you mention all items of value, because if
the bag is never found your insurance company may compare the articles on your claim form
with those on the PIR. Then ask the baggage-services manager for a contact telephone number
and confirm that your bags will be forwarded to your final ( 8) …
Most bags ( 9) … up within a day or two, but if yours never show (and it may be weeks before
the airline accepts that they are permanently lost), you can claim (10) … from the airline.
1. A. indication B. sign C. mark D. notice
2. A. absent B. misplaced C. lost D. missing
3. A. understanding B. example C. clarification D. explanation
4. A. lack B. avoid C. omit D. fail
5. A. Reinstating B. Recovering C. Retaining D. Retracing
6. A. control B. hand C. property D. hold
7. A. inside B. contents C. packing D. filling
8. A. destiny B. terminus C. destination D. termination
9. A. come B. turn C. bring D. put
10. A. reparation B. refund C. compensation D. amendment
Write your answers here:
 1 __________ 2___________ 3___________ 4 ___________ 5 ___________
6 __________ 7___________ 8___________ 9 ___________ 10___________
VIII. Read the following passage and write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered
box to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (20 points)
In the 20th century, magazines have been a major growth area of popular publishing. Specialist
magazines cater to every imaginable field and activity. In The United Kingdom, over 12,000
periodicals, magazines, bulletins, annuals, trade journals, and academic journals are published
on a regular basis. There are some 40 women’s magazines and over 60 dealing with particular
sport games, hobbies, and pastimes. Although some US magazines, such as The Saturday
Evening Post, has succumbed to the competition of television, many continue to have
enormous international circulations, The Reader’s Digest over 16 million, The National
Geographic over 10 million. For many people, magazines have been the most valuable and
widely used form of continuing education, providing information about history, geography,
literature, science, and the arts, as well as guidance on gardening, cooking, home decorating,
financial management, psychology, even marriage and family life.
Until the rise of television, magazines were the most available form of cheap and convenient
entertainment in the English-speaking world. Radio served a similar function, but it was more
limited in what it could do. Magazines and television, however, both address the more
powerful visual sense. During the third quarter of the 20 th century, coincident with a dramatic
rise in the popularity of television, many general interests, especially illustrated magazines
went out of business. The shift in attention of a mass audience from reading such magazines to
watching television has been a major factor in this decline, but it is an implicit tribute from
television to the older genre that its programs are generally organized in a single format and
content.
1. The passage mainly discussed _____.
A. the decline of international circulation
B. the growth and decline of magazines in 20th century
C. the rise and fall of radio business
D. magazines and continuing education
2. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
A. television B. entertainment
C. radio D. publishing
3. From the passage, it can be inferred that _____.
A. almost all magazines are printed in English
B. movies have replaced magazines
C. home decorating magazines are dramatic
D. the author is fond of magazines
4. According to the passage, which of the following magazines is no longer printed?
A. The Saturday Evening Post B. The Nation
C. The Reader’s Digest D. The National Geographic
5. The word “circulation” in paragraph 1 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
A. The number of international magazines
B. The number of sold copies of a magazine
C. The number of blood banks selling magazines
D. The number of readers of a magazine
6. The passage implies that magazines _____.
A. have a limited range of subjects B. put television out of business
C. influence television programs D. are less virtual than radio
7. Which of the following does the author describe as limited in what it could do?
A. movies B. television C. magazines D. radio
8. The word “succumbed” in paragraph 1 means _____.
A. set up for B. taken up by
C. given in to D. brought up to
9. The phrase “every imaginable field” in paragraph 1 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
A. All images in a camera’s field of vision
B. All imaginary fields in stories and poems
C. All professions that one can think of
D. All trade journals about farming and psychology
10. What does the author say about mass audiences?
A. They got information about gardening and psychology from radio.
B. They have shifted their attention from magazines to television.
C. They have gone out of business.
D. They have little influence on communications in the 20th century.
Write your answers here:
1 __________ 2___________ 3___________ 4 ___________ 5 ___________
6 __________ 7___________ 8___________ 9 ___________ 10___________

IX. Read the passage below and fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
Write your answer in the numbered box. (20 points)
People receive (1) _education_________ from infancy on. Education, then, is a very
broad, inclusive term. It is a (2) _________lifelong____ process, a process that starts long
before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's
(3)____entire_________ life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern
varies little (4)froom ______ one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at
school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar
textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, (5)
_______ they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually
been limited by the boundaries of the subject being (6) __________. For (7) ______, high
school students know that they are not (8) ____likely_____ to find out in their classes the truth
about political problems in their communities or (9) ___what______ the newest filmmakers
(10) _________ experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized
process of schooling.
Write your answers here:
1 __________ 2___________ 3___________ 4 ___________ 5 ___________
6 __________ 7___________ 8___________ 9 ___________ 10___________
SECTION 5: WRITING (40 points)
X. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it. (10 points)
1.I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
- Rather__than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye
________________________________________________.
2. There aren’t many other books which explain this problem so well.
- In few other books__would one see this problem
…….well__________________________________.
3. When the police caught him, he was climbing over the garden wall.
- The police caught___him when he was climbing over the
garden__________________________________.
4. It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
- Sad__as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this
year____________________________________________________.
5. “Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house,” she said.
- She flatly__refuse to sleep in ….._____________________________________________.
XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one, using
the words in bold given. Do not change the given word. (10 points)
1. I’m sure it wasn’t Jim who did it. (HAVE)
- It ___must be Jim who have
done____________________________________________________________ who did it.
2. He prefers cycling to walking. (PREFER)
- He would __________prefer to cycle
_______________________________________________ than walk.
3. Although the main actor performed well, the critics didn’t like the play. (GOOD)
- In spite _____of the good performance_____________________ by the main actor, the
critics didn’t like the play.
4. He owes his life to that surgeon. (INDEBTED)
- He ______is indeebted to that
surgeon_______________________________________________ for saving his life.
5. The fire at the oil depot has led to the imposition of stricter safety regulations. (IMPOSED)
- Stricter safety regulations ______________________________________ result of the fire at
the oil depot.

XII. Topic writing. (20 points)

Within 160 words, write a paragraph giving your opinions of what makes a person
successful in life.

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