DE THI HSG TIENG ANH LOP 9

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THI KHẢO SÁT CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI Môn thi: Tiếng Anh lớp 9 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

PART I: LISTENING (15 pts)
I. Listen to part of passage. Choose the best answer for each question below. (5 pts)
1. How many percents do graduate schools in the United States increase in applications from international students this year?
A. seven percents B. eight percents C. nine percents D. ten percents
2. When is the increase the same as?
A. two years ago B. three years ago C. four years ago D. five years ago
3. Which countries showed the biggest increases in applications to enter master’s and doctoral programs this fall?
A. China B. China, Mexico
C. Mexico and Brazil D. China, Mexico and Brazil
4. Which is the top area of study for international students?
A. Engineering B. Business C. Physical D. Earth sciences
5. Who made the survey?
A. South Korea B. The Council of Graduate Schools
C. India D. Brazil
II. You`ll hear a conversation between two people. Listen and fill in the blanks (10 pts)
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Some …(1)… in the Netherlands are spending …(2)… hundred thirty thousand dollars on a …(3)…. The people are scientists at the University of Maastricht. They want to …(4)… that they can make a hamburger that tastes good and does not require an animal to be …(5)….
Researcher Mark Post and his team have been growing muscle-tissue cells in a laboratory with muscle taken from a …(6)….
MARK POST: “We have committed ourselves to make a couple of thousand of these small tissues and then assemble them …(7)… a hamburger.” Several teams around the world are trying to …(8)… meat without killing animals. So far the Dutch team appears to have …(9)… the most progress.
Mr. Post says he wants to show that the world’s growing demand for meat could be …(10)… more efficiently and with less harm to the environment.
PART II: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5 pts)
A. regime B. passenger C. geology D. engine
A. priority B. enquiry C. sacrifice D. Valentine
A. banquet B. handkerchief C. husband D. concord
A. drought B. sought C. wrought D. nought
A. resign B. resound C. resonant D. resource
1…………. 2……….. 3…………. 4…………. 5………….
II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. (5 pts)
A. original B. comprehensive C. complementary D. illustration
A. electrician B. Japanese C. possibility D. comfortable
A. inspiration B. experience C. communicate D. embroidery
A. commentator B. economic C. banyan D. businessman
A. disadvantage B. documentary C. exploration D. communicate
1…………. 2……….. 3…………. 4…………. 5………….
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
Don`t go too fast! I can`t…………. up with you.
A. go B. walk C. run D. keep
He is a specialist…………. modern Vietnamese literature.
A. of B. at C. for D. in
David has not seen Linda for fifteen years and has………….of her address.
A. no idea B. nothing C. no thought D. no mind
The population of the world is growing at an alarming…………….
A. rate B. measure C. step D. cost
Miss Trang is wearing a………….dress.
A. beautiful blue new B. new beautiful blue
C. blue beautiful new D. beautiful new blue
"How about going fishing this Sunday?" - "……………"
That`s a good idea. B. Never mind.
C. Yes, I am fishing. D. That`s my pleasure.
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