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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Đề gồm 05 trang)

A. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I. Listen to five dialogues and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). Write “T” or

“F” in the numbered box.

1. Mary is going to high school. 2. Betty has recently lost her job.

3. Jerry’s new girlfriend asked him to change. 4. David has just got married.

5. Karen has got a big promotion at work.

Your answers:

1..........................

2........................

3...........................

4..........................

5..........................

II. Listen and complete the sentences below with ONE word/ number. Write your answer in the

numbered box.

A young lady who was on (1)______ in Brighton went into a bank to collect some money which had

been (2)______ there for her from the town in which she lived.

The clerk in the Brighton bank did not know her, so he said: “What proof have you got that you are

(3)______ the lady who should collect the money?”

The young lady looked (4)______ for a few moments and said: “I don’t think I’ve (5)______ any proof

with me,” but then she (6)______ looked happy again. She opened her bag, took a photograph of (7) ______

out of it and showed it to the clerk. “Here’s (8) ______,” she said.

The clerk looked at the photograph (9) ______ and then looked at the young lady. “Yes, that’s you,” he

said, and paid the money to her without any more (10) ______.

1..........................

2........................

3...........................

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7........................

8...........................

9..........................

10........................

B. PHONETICS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the

following questions. Write your answers in the column on the right.

1. A. decreased

B. confused

C. supposed

D. surprised

2. A. eventually B. depletion

C. competitive

D. regretful

3. A pressure B. stressful

C. compass

D. assist

4. A. ethane

B. breathing

C. thoughtful

D. healthy

5. A. vacant B. wholesale

C. engage

D. stagnant

1.…………………

2.…………………

3.…………………

4.…………………

5.…………………

II. Choose the word whose stress is different from that of the rest in each of the following questions. Write

your answers in the column on the right.

1. A. enthusiast

B. preferential

C. participant

D. particular

2. A. preference

B. attraction

C. advantage

D. infinitive

3. A. determine

B. argument

C. counterpart

D. marvelous

4. A. sensitive B. compliment

C. vertical D. assurance

5. A visible

B. solution

C. surrounding

D. arrival

1. ................................

2. ................................

3. ................................

4. ................................

5. ................................

C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. Write your answers in the table below.

1. “Today’s my 20th birthday.” - “______”

A. Take care! B. Many happy returns!

C. Have a good time!

D. I don’t understand.

2. The people in my class, _________ are very friendly.

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A. most of international students

B. the most international students

C. almost international students

D. mostly international students

3. John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”

Mary: “_______.”

A. Of course not. You bet!

B. Well, that’s very surprising.

C. There’s no doubt about it.

D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.

4. The information that Sonia gave me was ________ so I can’t reveal anything.

A. residential

B. co-operative

C. confidential

D. occupational

5. There is __________ in my house.

A. an old square wooden table

B. a square wooden old table

C. a square old wooden table

D. an old wooden square table

6. Would you please leave us details of your address _______ forwarding any of your mail to come?

A. for the purpose of

B. as a consequence of C. for the sake of

D. by means of

7. Cigarette smoking has been ______ breast as well as lung cancer.

A. concerned to

B. originated from

C. caused by

D. associated with

8. "I'm ________ to listen to your pathetic excuses," she said.

A. sick and tired

B. in no mood

C. having enough

D. sick to death

9. It is __________ impossible to tell the twins apart.

A. virtually

B. realistically

C. closely

D. extremely

10. You should have __________your composition carefully before you handed it in.

A. looked in

B. thought of

C. gone over

D. seen through

11. He showed his __________for the TV program by switching it off.

A. distaste

B. discontent

C. annoyance

D. boredom

12. __________any further information, please contact us at our office in Green Street.

A. Were you to require

B. Should you require C. Required

D. Had you required

13. _______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.

A. That we refer to

B. What do we refer to

C. To which we refer

D. What we refer to

14. They’d never realized ______ kind person their neighbor was until they asked for her help.

A. so

B. such a

C. how

D. what a

15. Sue admitted that she could not concentrate on her work _______ due to this irritating noise.

A. in all

B. the bit least

C. in the least

D. at the least

16. In the ___of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times.

A. requirement

B. assistance

C. demands D. interests

1. ............

2. ............

3. ............

4. ............

5. ............

6. ............

7. ............

8. ............

9. ............

10. ..........

11. ..........

12. ..........

13. ..........

14. ..........

15. ..........

16. ..........

II. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct tenses/forms. Write your answers in the column on the right.

1. Are you O.K, Jane? You look as if you (faint).

2. The classroom is still very dirty. I don’t think it (clean).

3. (Lie) on the beach on a sunny day is pleasant.

4. It is important that natural resources (use) as economically as possible.

5. He (be) hungry, I am sure he’d have eaten it.

1. …………………

2. …………………

3. …………………

4. …………………

5. …………………

III. Choose the word or phrase that is SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following

questions. Write your answers in the table below.

1. Golf wear has become a very lucrative business for both the manufacturers and golf stars.

A. loss-making

B. profitable

C. expensive

D. critical

2. The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof disease.

A. irreparable

B. vexatious

C. dangerous

D. disabling

1. ……………

2. ……………

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IV. Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the

following questions. Write your answers in the table below.

1. He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.

A. rudeness

B. measurement

C. encouragement

D. politeness

2. That the genetic differences make one race superior to another is nothing but a tall story.

A. cynical

B. believable

C. unbelievable

D. exaggeration

1.

2.

V. Choose the underlined part that is not accurate and correct it. Write your answers in the table below.

1. Digital clocks, however precise, they (A) can not be perfectly (B) accurate because the (C) earth’s rotation

changes slightly (D) over years.

2. One of the features (A) of London is the number (B) of big stores, most of them (C) are to be found (D) in

or near the West End.

3. Mary did (A) a great contribution to (B) science through (C) her discovery of radium, although it (D)

proved fatal to her.

4. Having finished (A) his term paper before the deadline (B), it was delivered (C) to (D) the professor

before the class.

5. The Olympic torch (A) burning (B) throughout (C) the Games and it is then extinguished at the closing

ceremony (D).

1. ..............................................................................

4 ...............................................................................

2. ..............................................................................

5. ..............................................................................

3. ..............................................................................

D. READING

I. Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks. Write your answers in the

table below.

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says “please” and “thank you” in the right

places is (1)___ miracle of science, but recognizing the words that make up normal, continuous human

speech is another (2)______ .

Not until now have computer been programmed to (3)______ to a range of spoken commands. Until

recently it was thought that computers would have to be programmed to the accent and speech habits of each

user, and only then would be able to respond (4)_____ to their master’s or mistress’s voice. Now rapid

progress is being made (5)______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.

The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of the 1980s, was claimed to (6)______ a

spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make

informed guesses as to (7)______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with

grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence. On the (8)______ of

this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another.

Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9)______ data.

Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a

computer been able to match a human’s ability to make sense of a three-dimemsional scene (10)______

identifying all objects in it.

(From “Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant, Grammar” by Milada Broukal)

1. A. no

B. not

C. nothing

D. none

1. ………….

2. A. problem

B. topic

C. matter

D. theme

2. ………….

3. A. talk

B. answer

C. communicate

D. react

3. ………….

4. A. truly

B. completely

C. accurately

D. right

4. ………….

5. A. with

B. for

C. within

D. as

5. ………….

6. A. know

B. recognize

C. master

D. realize

6. ………….

7. A. which

B. what

C. how

D. that

7. ………….

8. A. foundation

B. principle

C. ground

D. basis

8. ………….

9. A. visual

B. noticeable

C. seen

D. visible

9. ………….

10. A. from

B. by

C. of

D. Without

10. ………….

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II. Read the following passage and choose the best options to answer the questions or complete the sentences.

Write your answers in the table below.

The

United

States

Department

of

Education

describes

"giftedness"

as

exceptionally

advanced

performance or the potential for outstanding performance in intellectual, creative leadership, artistic, or

specific academic fields. Children who demonstrate outstanding talents come from all social, cultural, and

economic groups.

Educators believe that gifted students require special education services because their learning needs

differ significantly from those of the general population. They learn more rapidly and are able to understand

more abstract and complex ideas. They are also able to transform existing knowledge into new and useful

forms, and to create new knowledge recognized for its originality, complexity, and elegance. Special

education services and facilities for gifted children may enhance these abilities. In addition, some gifted

learners may require special counseling services to address social or emotional adjustment issues that are

complicated by their exceptional abilities.

Many regular elementary and secondary schools in the United States offer special programs designed

specifically to meet the needs of gifted students. Some schools provide specialized education programs to gifted

children exclusively. These schools offer advanced education in mathematics, science, technology, the arts, or other

academic disciplines. Many school districts rely on intelligence tests to identify gifted students. However, most

guidelines for determining giftedness recommend the use of a combination of standardized test scores, rating

systems developed by individual schools, classroom observation records, and performance assessments.

Gifted children may study a specially modified curriculum or may progress through academic subjects

at an accelerated pace. Acceleration involves adapting education programs so that students may progress

through particular subject material quicker than usual. These modifications may take place within the regular

classroom setting or they may involve changing the child's placement in school. Some gifted children gain

early entrance to kindergarten, skip grades, enter college earlier than usual, or take specific courses with

older children. Ideal programs for gifted students consider the individual needs of children and offer multiple

options for services. These programs generally involve both advanced course materials and acceleration.

1. Gifted children come from _______.

A. homogenous race

B. different backgrounds

C. specific economic groups D. different careers

2. Among the various qualities, gifted children are believed to be able to learn fast and _______.

A. apply knowledge creatively

B. create new learning methods

C. find out new knowledge

D. behave themselves wel

3. the word "existing" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. up-to-date

B. fashionable

C. permanent

D. present

4. The word "enhance" in paragraph 2 can be replaced with _______.

A. turn up

B. further improve

C. encourage

D. strongly implant

5. Special services are provided to some problematic gifted children to _______.

A. help them cope with social and emotional difficulties

B. make them forget about social and emotional problems

C. concentrate on their studies and their school

D. help them accomplish their academic objectives

6. The word "disciplines" in paragraph 3 mostly means _______.

A. violations B. penalties C. rules D. subjects

7. Giftedness can be measured by means of _______.

A. class observations B. specialized assessments

C. psychology specialists D. recorded observations

8. Some gifted learners’ exceptional abilities may_______.

A. deprive them of certain opportunities B. bring them great success

C. help them solve difficult problems D. cause certain trouble for them

9. In order to help gifted children, some schools _______.

A. provide them with coaching B. give them exclusive programs

D. provide them with international programs C. isolate them from the rest

10. Giftedness is described to include exceptionally advanced performance in _______.

A. academic area B. leadership ability

C. various fields

D. intellectual fields

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

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E. WRITING

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do not

change the word given.

1. No one has explained why our flight is delayed. (reason)

No one has told......................................................................................to our flight.

2. They are letting David out of hospital next week. (released)

David ..........................................................................................................................................................

3. Tim looks nothing like his father. (take)

Tim ..............................................................................................................................................................

4. I was really pleased that I managed to pass the exam. (succeeded)

I was really pleased that I ............................................................................................................................

5. My brother is not into scuba-diving. (tea)

Scuba-diving is not .......................................................................................................................................

II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. Use the

words given at the beginning of the sentences.

1. It was wrong of you to scare your little brother like that.

You oughtn’t ....................................................................................................................................................

2. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.

I object .............................................................................................................................................................

3. It was an impressive building but it wasn’t to my taste.

Impressive ........................................................................................................................................................

4. I would prefer you to type this report for me.

I would rather ..................................................................................................................................................

5. “Can you remember to buy some vegetables, Mary?” Peter said

Peter reminded ................................................................................................................................................

III. Rearrange the words or phrases given to make meaningful sentences.

1. it/,/ Because/ were/ the/ streets/ rained/ flooded/ heavily.

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2. careful /he /wouldn't /If /so /more/,/ make /were /mistakes /he /many.

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3. of /busy/ In/ time/ her/ she/ spite/ project/ schedule/,/to/the/ahead /complete/ of/ managed.

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4. first /that /The /he /delicious /recommended /serves /restaurant /food.

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5. improve/ To /going/ his/,/ regularly/ he/ started/ to/ the/ health/ gym.

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6. I /available/ when /I /had /that /wish /it/ house /was /bought /still.

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7. finishes/ he/ his/ ,/ he /plans/ Once/ to/ Europe/ travel /next /to /summer/ exams.

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8. The/ happily /are /anniversary /their /celebrating /wedding /grandparents.

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9. performance/ Her/ than/ the/ in/ was/ year/ much/ last /better/ competition.

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10. denied /The /man /shop/ arrested/ gold /jewelry/stealing /the/some/from.

IV. Use the cues given to make complete sentences

1. July 20

th

1969/ two Americans/ land/ moon/ spaceship/ name/ Apollo.

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2. It/such/interesting/ show/ that/ million/viewers/ watched/ it.

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3. I/very/interested/his articles/ global warming/ the Times.

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4. On/ arrive/ home/ I/realise/I/leave/book/room.

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5. I/not go/bed/as/late/you/so/I/able/get up/early/morning.

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