Đề luyện HSG 9

PRACTICE
A. PRONUNCIATION:
I. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part:
convenient together today modern ..........................
tool moon soon cook ..........................
chemistry champ church champion ..........................
cough though rough tough ..........................
hour honour host honest ..........................
though thought within than ..........................
fear tear bear hear ..........................
food good soon too ..........................
cure tutor sure pure ..........................
invention question information protection ..........................
II. Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
person enough picture people ..........................
rainfall children religion different ..........................
extreme generous lonely clothing ..........................
friendly extra along orphanage ..........................
method quiet major electric ..........................
produce towel advent flower ..........................
interactive experience commercial linguistics ..........................
temperature acquaintance distinguish describe ..........................
generous humorous precious mysterious ..........................
reputation description suggestion pollution ..........................
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES: Choose the right word or phrase in the brackets and fill in the blank to complete the sentences.
My village is about 120 kilometers ............................................... ( in / at / to / for ) the west of HCMC.
I would rather she ............................................... ( did / do / will do / to do ) the work again.
We ............................................... ( came / arrived / went / reached ) the nearest village before sunset.
If only I ............................................... ( were / am / can be / would be ) in the countryside right now.
He can’t earn money ............................................... ( unless / until / if / without ) he has no job.
Do you ....................................... ( want / object / mind / disapprove ) my turning the television on now?
Nobody phoned while I was out,....................................( didn’t we? / did we? / did they? / didn’t they? )
A ............................................... ( sailor / pen pal / writer / designer ) is a person whose job is to decide how to make things or decide their shape or appearance.
It’s very crowded here. I wish ............................................... ( there were a few people / there weren’t so many people / there is no one / there was somebody here ).
Quiet, please. The headmaster would like to ............................................... ( talk / say / tell / mention ) a few words.
Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ............................................... ( very perfect / perfective / perfectively / perfectly ).
............................................... ( Campus / Hall / Institute / Dormitory ) is a large building in a college or university where students live.
Can you tell me how many chapters this book ............................................... ( consists of ? / consists ? / comprises of ? / includes ? )
............................................... ( All of films / All of the films / Of all films / Of all the films ) you have watched , which film impresses you most ?
The mother divided the cake into four equal pieces. The children were ............................................... (pleased with / pleased about / happy at / happy on ) the equal division.
We think that with our solidarity we can ............................................... ( overcome / pass / get by / do ) this difficulty.
What aspect of learning English ............................................... ( you find to be difficult? / do you find to be difficult? / you find difficult? / do you find difficult? )
She thinks chatting on the internet is ............................................... ( time-consumed / times-consumed / time-consuming / times-consuming ).
The woman seldom writes poems or stories, ............................................... ( does she? / doesn’t she? / does he? / doesn’t he?
I’ll go on holiday ............................................... ( as soon as / how / until / as ) I can.
C. READING:
I. Put the sentences in logical order to build a dialogue:
A. Oh, I see. And I have a question for you. Do you know when the color television was invented?
B. It was invented by Peter Carl Goldmark.
C. He was American.
D. Your color television looks very nice. Is it new?
E. What’s his nationality?
F. I know this question. In 1950, wasn’t it?
G. Yes. My father has just bought it.
H. I’m sorry. I don’t know.
I. You’re right. And who invented it?











 II. Complete the passage below by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets:
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the (1)(refuse) ...................................... of the inhabitants of No. 13 to have any form of communication with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise (2)(pollute) ............................................... Every evening, the (3)(think) ............................................ neighbors used to