Đề tiếng anh 9 HSG

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ĐỀ THI HSG ANH VĂN 9
Năm học: 2012-2013

I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words.
Why do people drive on the left in (1) ……………. and on the right in other countries?
The reason for this goes to the days when people travelled by horse. Most people are (2) ………………….., and thus the left is the natural side to drive on if you are on horseback and need right hand to (3) ………………….. the sword in case of trouble. So why didn’t the rest of the world do the same? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte. He insisted that his armies travel on the right, and as he (4) …………… through Europe, he imposed this rule wherever he went.
The questions suggests that only the British drive on the left, but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world, (5) ……………….. are about 50 that drive on the left, including Japan. However, most of them are former British colonies.
1. A. France B. English C. American D. Britain
2. A. left-handed B. right-handed C. sensible D. thrusted
3. A. slash B. thrust C. ride D. hold
4. A. conquered B. visited C. decreed D. dated back to
5. A. they B. those C. there D. here

II. READING:
Read the passage and then answer the questions.
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Australian city of Salzburg, was neither the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family where his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremly early, Mozart began learning to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the age at which he also first appeared in public. From the age of six, when his father took him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been caculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short life – he died at the age of 35 – traveling. As Mozart matured, he countinued to tour and give concert. Mozart also wrote a lot of operas. His first opera, Mitridate, RE di Ponto, was performed in Milan when he was 14, and it was the first of many successes in the theatre.
How rich was Mozart’s family?
…………………………………………………………………
When did he take the first step into the world of music as a compose?
…………………………………………………………………
What did he do on his first tour to some major European countries?
…………………………………………………………………
Why is it possible to name Mozart “ A traveling compose”?
…………………………………………………………………
What expression in the passage mean “ an exceptionally clever child”?
………………………………………………………………………

ANSWER KEY

I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words.
1. D 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. C
II. Reading
His family was moderately properous.
He took the first step into the world of music as a compose in 1761 when he was five.
He toured the courts musical centers of some major Eupean countries.
Because he spent almost a third of his short life traveling.
Child prodigy.



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