HSG tiếng anh lớp 9

A.Listening: (3ms)
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Summer means the end of another school year in….(1)…………….. May and June are graduation season.
Centuries of tradition ….(2)………………….the special caps and gowns that students and professors wear at commencement ceremonies. Top members of the class and invited guests …….(3)……………..speeches and advice. Finally the time comes for what everyone has been waiting for: one by one, the names of the students are called.
They go to the front and shake ….(4)………………. with school officials. They might receive their official diploma that day or maybe a few weeks later.
…..(5)………………..are always emotional events. But in May, at Fort Hays State University in Kansas, a graduate named Nola Ochs received special attention. Her major area of study was history. Nothing unusual about that. But Nola Ochs is ......(6)…………….That made her the world`s oldest graduate for the keepers of the Guinness World Records. Until now they have recognized a ninety-year-old journalism graduate from the University of Oklahoma in….(7)………………….
Nola Ochs` granddaughter graduated with her. One of the commencement speakers told the students to take a lesson from Nola Ochs and never stop trying.
That is good ….(8)……………… on which to end our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. We began in……(9)…………………with the process of applying to an American college or university. We talked about admissions tests, financial aid, online education, student……...(10)……………programs, programs for disabled students and a lot more.
All forty-three reports can be found online at voaspecialenglish.com. Many were based on questions from listeners. We invite you to continue writing us with your questions about the American education…..(11)………………. Our Foreign Student Series may be over for now, but we will still try to answer questions on future reports. Our e-mail address is [email protected].
Population experts at the Census Bureau say American colleges and universities will have an …..(12)…………………. eighteen million students this fall. Twenty years ago, there were thirteen million. Today there are not only more college-age Americans, but more going to …..(13)………………, including older people and women. At last…..(14)……………. from two years ago, fifty-six percent of undergraduates were women. And women were fifty-nine percent of graduate students.
And that`s the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I`m Steve Ember.


B. Reading : (11ms)
Part 1: Choose the word or the phrase ( A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence ( 1ms)

1.The company has issued a strong denial …….responsibility for the mistake.
A. of B. about C. with D. on
2. It’s an entertaining and ……documentary.
A. inform B. informed C. informative D. informal
3. The group posted the name of the men …….the internet.
A. in B. on C. at D. to
4. The article was an excellent piece of investigative ……..
A. journal B. journalism C. journalist D. journalists
5. We plan to impose limitations ……….the use of cars in the city.
A. on B. for C. with D. about
6. What is your opinion ……her latest novel?
A. of B. to C. with D. for
7. The body often responds to stress …….sick.
A. getting B. by getting C. with getting D. to get
8. I’m supposed to be here, …….?
A. am I B. am not I C. are I D. aren’t I
9. A child’s development is an ……..process.
A. interact B. interacted C. interaction D. interactive
10. I’m watching “ Science review”. Chas Merton has asked me to write a …….program for the Center City Daily News.
A. judgment B. value C. review D. paper
1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8
9
10

Part 2: Fill in each space with one appropriate word (1,0 m)

The shark is a meat-eating fish and one of the most feared animals of the sea. Scientists ……(1)…… about 259 species of fish as shark. These fish live in oceans throughout the world, but they are …..(2)…… common in warm seas. Sharks vary greatly in …….(3)…… and habits. Whale sharks , the largest kind of shark, may grow