ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG ANH 9 NĂM 2022-2023 SỐ 2

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. bush B. rush C. pull D. lunar
2. A. bought B. sought C. drought D. fought
3. A. killed B. cured C. crashed D. waived
4. A. thunder B. prefer C. grocer D. louder
5. A. tells B. talks C. stays D. steals

II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
6. A. advice B. beauty C. picture D. postcard
7. A. prepare B. practice C. prevent D. provide
8. A. famous B. curious C. anxious D. delicious
9. A. vacation B. colleague C. pupil D. teacher
10. A. theatre B. career C. cinema D. gallery

III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence.
11. The school was closed for a month because of serious ________ of fever.
A. outcome B. outburst C. outset D. outbreak
12. The campaign raised far more than the ________ of $20.000.
A. aim B. object C. goal D. target
13. We have a ________ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.
A. cruel B. pessimistic C. grim D. fierce
14. Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the ________ of their picnics to spoil the appearance of the
countryside.
A. rest B. remainder C. remains D. rester
15. An almost ________ line of traffic was moving at a snail’s pace through the town.
A. continuous B. constant C. continual D. stopping
16. Medieval travelers’ tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always ________.
A. credible B. creditable C. credulous D. imaginable
17. Don’t be late for the interview, ________ people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. unless B. otherwise C. if not D. or so
18. My friends have just moved to a new flat in a residential area on the ______ of Paris.
A. suburbs B. outside C. outskirts D. side
19. You are being thoroughly ________ in refusing to allow this ceremony to take place.
A. unrequited B. unrepresentative C. unreliable D. unreasonable
20. “But so”, I told him, “you are my own ________.”
A. heart and heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone

IV. Complete these sentences with proper prepositions or adverbs.

21. Don't use pencils. Please write the letter ________ ink.
22. My father made ________ his mind to settle in the South.
23. Minh couldn’t start his motor engine. I think it ran ________ fuel.
24. Time is off now. Please hand ________ your papers.
25. We invited 40 people to the party but only 23 turned ________
26. That fish of yours has been in the fridge for weeks. It must have gone________ by now.
27. He needed a model, someone to look ________.

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28. Uncle Tom is an idiot, but I only have to put ________ him once a year.
29. I don’t like to make friends with the person who always runs ________ his old friends.
30. These two men’s farms are adjacent ________ each other.

V. Use the word in capitals at the end of these sentences to form a word that fits in the blank space.
31. How much does _________ of this club cost? MEMBER
32. She is extremely _________ about the history of art. KNOW
33. Traveling in big cities is becoming more and more _________ every day. TROUBLE
34. He is completely _________! Not only is he lazy but he is dishonest too. EMPLOY
35. His boss told him off because he had behaved _________. RESPONSIBLE
36. He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later _________ when QUALIFY
a medical check proved that he had been taking drugs.
37. Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of ORGANISE
______ their diet.
38. The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so _________. One minute he goes CONSIST
mad when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you
are!
39. It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed as one of the DANGER
_________ species.
40. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was completely _________. RECONGNISE

VI. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle letter A,
B, C or D next to the answer you choose.
If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has
become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little (41) _____ it is here to stay,
and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (42) _____ even environmental ones. It’s not
really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (43) _____ – it’s the way society choose to use
and (44) _____ them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable
natural (45) _____. We (46) _____ well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and,
sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (47) _____ of our annual consumption is in the (48)
_____ of packaging, and this (49) _____ about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (50) _____.
Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (51) _____ is
growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (52) _____ than
coal and one (53) _____ of ‘recovery’ strongly (54) _____ by the plastic manufacturers is the (55) _____
of waste plastic into a fuel.
41. A. evidence B. concern C. doubt D. likelihood
42. A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits
43. A. poison B. disaster C. disadvantage D. evil
44. A. dispose B. store C. endanger D. abuse
45. A. resources B. processes C. products D. fuels
46. A. remove B. import C. consign D. consume
47. A. portion B. amount C. proportion D. rate
48. A. way B. kind C form D. type
49. A. takes B. makes C. carries D. constitutes
50. A. refuse B. goods C. requirements D. rubble
51. A. manufacture B. plant C. factory D. industry

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 52. A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
53. A. measure B. mechanism C. method D. medium
54. A. desired B. argued C. favored D. presented
55. A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement

VII. Read the following passage and fill the blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
New technologies, like all technologies, are morally neutral. (56) _______ their advent makes the
world a better place or not depends on the uses to which they are (57) _______. And that, (58) _______
turn, depends upon the decisions of many people, especially of politicians, managers, trade (59) _______
leaders, engineers and scientists. The new technologies, cheap, flexible, dependent on knowledge and
information as their main input, can (60) _______ human being from many of their current constraints for
example constraints of resources and geography. (61) _______ the new technologies could also (62)
_______ those with power to control their fellow citizens even more effectively than in the (63) _______
efficient dictatorships of the past. The new technological society will (64) _______ colossal demands on
our imagination and ingenuity and on the capacity (65) _______ our institutions to respond to new
challenges.

VIII. Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best answers each of the questions in the following
passage.
Several hundred million years ago, plants similar to modern ferns covered vast stretches of the
land. Some were as large as trees, with giant fronds bunched at the top of trunks as straight as pillars.
Others were the size of bushes and formed thickets of undergrowth. Still others lived in the shade of giant
club mosses and horsetails along the edges of swampy lagoons where giant amphibians swam.
A great number of these plants were true ferns, reproducing themselves without fruits or seeds.
Others had only the appearance of ferns. Their leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and produced
seeds. Although their “flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today completely extinct) ushered
in the era of flowering plants. Traces of these floras of the earliest times have been preserved in the form of
fossils. Such traces are most commonly found in shale and sandstone rocks wedged between coal beds.
Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness of ferns. The species that
grow there are no longer those of the Carboniferous period, but their variety and vast numbers, and the
great size of some, remind us of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom.
66. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Plant reproduction B. How to locate fossils
C. An ancient form of plant life D. Tropical plant life
67. The word “Others” refers to_________.
A. plants B. pillars C. trees D. fronds
68. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the plants described in the passage?
A. They once spread over large areas of land.
B. They varied greatly in size.
C. They coexisted with amphibians, mosses, and horsetails.
D. They clung to tree trunks and bushes for support.
69. The word “true” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. accurate B. genuine C. straight D. dependable
70. The author states that fossils of early plant life are usually found in rocks located between deposits of
_______.
A. coal B. shale C. sandstone D. corollas

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IX. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.
71. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
→ Scarcely___________________________________________________________.
72. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
→ Rather_____________________________________________________________.
73. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
→ There has_________________________________________________________.
74. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
→ Had it not_________________________________________________________.
75. Harriet was upset because she saw Peter with another woman.
→ It was_____________________________________________________________.
76. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
→ Without ___________________________________________________________.
77. It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
→ Sad ______________________________________________________________.
78. The students’ riotous behaviors should have been severely punished.
→ The students deserved _______________________________________________.
79. Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe.
→ No sooner ________________________________________________________.
80. What has this experience taught you?
→ What conclusions __________________________________________________?
81. I enjoy being the boss of a small company. (FISH)
→ _________________________________________________________________.
82. Follow this advice and you will find yourself in trouble. (WATER)
→ _________________________________________________________________.
83. Although he had his legs cut off after a serious accident, he competed in the Olympic Games and won a
medal. (PREVENT)
→ His legs being ____________________________________________________.
84. I daren’t turn on the television because the baby might wake up. (FEAR)
→ ________________________________________________________________.
85. The best solution was thought of by Sally. (CAME)
→ Sally ___________________________________________________________.

X. Read the text below and complete the tasks given.

COSMETICS IN ANCIENT PAST
A. Since cosmetics and perfumes are still in wide use today, it is interesting to compare the
attitudes, customs and beliefs related to them in ancient times to those of our own day and age. Cosmetics
and perfumes have been popular since the dawn of civilization; it is shown by the discovery of a great deal
of pertinent archaeological material, dating from the third millennium BC. Mosaics, glass perfume flasks,
stone vessels, ovens, cooking-pots, clay jars, etc., some inscribed by the hand of the artisan. Evidence also
appears in the Bible and other classical writings, where it is written that spices and perfumes were
prestigious products known throughout the ancient world and coveted by kings and princes. The written
and pictorial descriptions, as well as archaeological findings, all show how important body care and
aesthetic appearance were in the lives of the ancient people. The chain of evidence spans many centuries,
detailing the usage of cosmetics in various cultures from the earliest period of recorded history.
B. In antiquity, however, at least in the onset, cosmetics served in religious ceremonies and for
healing purposes. Cosmetics were also connected with cultic worship and witchcraft: to appease the

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various gods, fragrant ointments were applied to the statuary images and even to their attendants. From
this, in the course of time, developed the custom of personal use, to enhance the beauty of the face and the
body, and to conceal defects.
C. Perfumes and fragrant spices were precious commodities in antiquity, very much in demand,
and at times even exceeded silver and gold in value. Therefore they were luxury products, used mainly in
the temples and in the homes of the noble and wealthy. The Judean kings kept them in treasure houses (2
Kings 20:13). And the Queen of Sheba brought to Solomon “camels laden with spices, gold in great
quantity and precious stones.” (1 Kings 10:2, 10). However, within time, the use of cosmetics became the
custom of that period. The use of cosmetics became widespread among the lower classes as well as among
the wealthy; in the same way, they washed the body, so they used to care for the body with substances that
softened the skin and anoint it with fragrant oils and ointments.
D. Facial treatment was highly developed and women devoted many hours to it. They used to
spread various scented creams on the face and to apply makeup in vivid and contrasting colors. An
Egyptian papyrus from the 16th century BC contains detailed recipes to remove blemishes, wrinkles, and
other signs of age. Greek and Roman women would cover their faces in the evening with a “beauty mask”
to remove blemishes, which consisted mainly of flour mixed with fragrant spices, leaving it on their face
all night. The next morning they would wash it off with asses’ milk. The very common creams used by
women in the ancient Far East, particularly important in the hot climate and prevalent in that area of the
globe, were made up of oils and aromatic scents. Sometimes the oil in these creams was extracted from
olives, almonds, gourds, sesame, or from trees and plants; but, for those of limited means, scented animal
and fish fats were commonly used.
E. Women in the ancient past commonly put colors around their eyes. Besides beautification, its
purpose was also medicinal as covering the sensitive skin of the lids with colored ointments that prevented
dryness and eye diseases: the eye-paint repelled the little flies that transmitted eye inflammations. Egyptian
women colored the upper eyelid black and the lower one green and painted the space between the upper lid
and the eyebrow gray and blue. The women of Mesopotamia favored yellows and reds. The use of kohl for
painting the eyes is mentioned three times in the Bible, always with disapproval by the sages (2 Kings,
9:30; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40). In contrast, Job named one of his daughters “Keren Happukh”- “horn
of eye paint” (Job 42:14).
F. Great importance was attached to the care for hair in ancient times. Long hair was always
considered a symbol of beauty, and kings, nobles and dignitaries grew their hair long and kept it well-
groomed and cared for. Women devoted much time to the style of the hair; while no cutting, they would
apply much care to it by arranging it skillfully in plaits and “building it up” sometimes with the help of
wigs. Egyptian women generally wore their hair flowing down to their shoulders or even longer. In
Mesopotamia, women cherished long hair as a part of their beauty, and hair flowing down their backs in a
thick plait and tied with a ribbon is seen in art. Assyrian women wore their hair shorter, braiding and
binding it in a bun at the back. In Ancient Israel, brides would wear their hair long on the wedding day as a
sign of their virginity. Ordinary people and slaves, however, usually wore their hair short, mainly for
hygienic reasons, since they could not afford to invest in the kind of treatment that long hair required.
G. From the Bible and Egyptian and Assyrian sources, as well as the words of classical authors, it
appears that the centers of the trade-in aromatic resins and incense were located in the kingdoms of
southern Arabia, and even as far as India, where some of these precious aromatic plants were grown.
“Dealers from Sheba and Rammah dealt with you, offering the choicest spices…” (Ezekiel 27:22). The
Nabateans functioned as the important middlemen in this trade; Palestine also served as a very important
component, as the trade routes crisscrossed the country. It is known that the Egyptian Queen Hatsheput
(15th century BC) sent a royal expedition to the Land of Punt (Somalia) in order to bring back myrrh
seedlings to plant in her temple. In Assyrian records of tribute and spoils of war, perfumes and resins are
mentioned; the text from the time of Tukulti-Ninurta II (890-884 BC) refers to balls of myrrh as a part of

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the tribute brought to the Assyrian king by the Aramaean kings. The trade-in spices and perfumes are also
mentioned in the Bible as written in Genesis (37:25-26), “Camels carrying gum tragacanth and balm and
myrrh”.

QUESTIONS 86-92
The reading passage has 7 paragraphs A-G. Which paragraph contains the following information?
86. recipes to conceal facial defects caused by aging
87. perfumes were presented to conquerors in war
88. long hair of girls had special meanings in marriage
89. evidence exists in abundance showing cosmetics use in ancient times
90. protecting eyes from fly-transmitted diseases
91. from witchcraft to beautification
92. more expensive than gold

QUESTION 93-98
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage given? Write:
TRUE if the statement is true
FALSE if the statement is false
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

93. The written record for cosmetics and perfumes dates back to the third millennium BC.
94. Since perfumes and spices were luxury products, their use was exclusive to the noble and the wealthy.
95. In the ancient Far East, fish fats were used as a cream by a woman from poor households.
96. The teachings in the Bible were repeatedly against the use of kohl for painting the eyes.
97. Long hair as a symbol of beauty was worn solely by women of ancient cultures
98. The Egyptian Queen Hatsheput sent a royal expedition to Punt to establish a trade route for myrrh

X. Writing an essay.
“University education is one of the keys to one’s success”.
What do you think of that matter? Write an essay of about 280- 300 words to support your points.

____________THE END____________

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 SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 - THPT NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN HDC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ 019 Week 10 (Date ………/……… /2017)

I. (5pts) 1 point/correct answer. II. (5pts) 1 point/correct answer.

1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B

III. (10pts) 1 point/correct answer.

11. D 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. C

IV. (10pts) 1.5 point/correct answer.

21. in 23. of 25. up 27. up/up to 29. down
22. up 24. in 26. off 28. up with 30. to

V. (10pts) 1 point/correct answer.

31. membership 34. unemployable 37. disorganizing 39. endangered
32. knowledgeable 35. irresponsibly 38. inconsistent 40. unrecognizable
33. troublesome 36. disqualified

VI. (15pts) 1 point/correct answer.

41. C 42. B 43. D 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. C 49. D 50. A
51. D 52. B 53. C 54. C 55. A

VII. (10pts) 1 point/correct answer.

56. whether 58. in 60. free 62. enable 64. make
57. put 59. union 61. but 63. most 65. of

VIII. (10pts) 1 point/correct answer.

66. C 67. A 68. D 69. B 70. A

IX. (10pts) 2 points/correct answer.

81. → Scarcely had he been appointed to the post when the new editor fell ill.
82. → Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
83. → There has been a considerable fall in the value of sterling in the past week.
84. → Had it not been for the attendance of a famous film star the party would not have been a
success.
85. → It was because she saw Peter with another woman that Harriet was upset / that upset
Harriet.
1. Without absolute secrecy, the mission wouldn’t have succeeded.
X. 2. Sad as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
3. The students deserved severe punishment for their riotous behaviors.
4. No sooner had the thieves touched the safe than tear gas was released.
5. What conclusions have you drawn from this experience ?
6. I enjoy being a big fish in a small pond.
7. Follow this advice and you will find yourself in hot water.
8. His legs being cut off did not / could not prevent him from competing in the Olympic

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 Games and winning a medal.
9. I daren’t turn on the television for fear of waking the baby up.
10. Sally came up with the best solution.

________THE END________

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