Đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 Global Success - Đề 2 (Có file nghe và đáp án)

 10.15 - 10.45: Tour of the famous Brighton Lanes Famous for (9) and 
 Boutiques 
11 am - 12.30 pm: Coffee break. Refreshments are available inside the Palace Café.
 or in the (10) café.
11.30 - 12.30: Guided tour of the palace.
12.45 - 2 pm: lunch at Donatello Restaurant.
 Two-course lunch (11) £ 
 Three-course lunch (12) £ 
 Coffee /tea included
2pm - 3 p m: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
 Guided tour optional- free of charge.
3pm - 5 pm: Free time on Brighton seafront.
 Recommended sights: Brighton Pier (13) and artists’ 
studios.
5.10 - 6 p m: Grand Hotel for (14) 
 Depart from Pool Valley (15) .
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 points)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question. 
16. There are over 2,000 varieties of snakes, ________are harmless to humans.
 A. mostly theyB. most of themC. most of whichD. which most
17. Smoke jumpers are ________descend into remote areas by parachute to fight forest fires.
 A. firefightersB. when firefightersC. who, as firefightersD. firefighters who
18. It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin ________the "Maple Leaf Rag," perhaps the best 
known of all ragtime tunes. Giaoa nde thitienganh.in fo
 A. wroteB. the writer ofC. who wroteD. writing
19. In geometry, a tangent is a straight line ________a curve at only one point.
 A. it touchesB. whose touchingC. its touchingD. that touches
20. The size and shape of a nail depends primarily on the function ________intended.
 A. which it isB. for which it isC. which it is forD. for which is
21. A keystone species is a species of plant or animal ________absence has a major effect on an 
ecologial system.
 A. that itsB. itsC. whoseD. with its
22. Seals appear clumsy on the land, ________are able to move short distances faster than most 
people can run.
 A. but theyB. which theyC. theyD. which 38. Watching TV shows in English is definitely very to improve USE
 your listening skills. 
 39. The Internet is probably one of the best ever. INVENT
 40. The boat was 16 feet in . LONG
 41. Both and fluency are important when speaking a foreign ACCURATE
 language. 
 42. You shouldn't have said that! It was a totally remark. APPROPRIATE
 43. Since the earliest times, civilisations have understood the of IMPORTANT
 time. 
 44. Doing puzzles keeps our brains fit and . HEALTH
 45. As well as gaining , by doing puzzles we give our brains a SATISFY
 good workout. 
Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.
46. The notebook lists every opportunities for handicapped workers in the area. 
47. In the end, she quit the job because it was too bored. 
48. Every candidate under considering for a federal job must undergo a thorough medical 
examination. 
49. When I was a child, summers would be warmer and winters colder than now. 
50. It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words. 
Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Fill in each of the sentences with correct prepositions.
51. Our teacher is really intolerant anyone who has a different point of view to her 
own.
52. So what grounds are you claiming compensation?
53. Yes, but respect, you did miss the last meeting, didn't you?
54. Joey came a very interesting book the other day.
55. Mary will not be able to come; she has come with a flu.
SECTION III: READING (6.0 points)
Part 1. Questions 56 – 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. 
 The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being 
an employee? The schools teach a (56) ________ many things of value to the future accountant, 
doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach 
the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few 
students bother (57) ________it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in Egg producers claim that their product has been portrayed unfairly. They cite scientific studies 
to back up their claim. And, in fact, studies on the relationship between eggs and human 
cholesterol levels have brought mixed results. It may be that it is not the type of egg that is the 
main determinant of cholesterol but the person who is eating the eggs. Some people may be more 
sensitive to cholesterol derived from food than other people. In fact, there is evidence that certain 
dietary fats stimulate the body's production of blood cholesterol. Consequently, while it still 
makes sense to limit one's intake of eggs, even designer eggs, it seems that doing this without 
regulating dietary fat will probably not help reduce the blood cholesterol level.
66. What is the main purpose of the passage?
 A. To introduce the idea that dietary fat increases the blood cholesterol level.
 B. To inform people about the relationship between eggs and cholesterol.
 C. To persuade people that eggs are unhealthy and should not be eaten
 D. To convince people to eat 'designer' eggs and egg substitutes.
67. According to the passage, which of the following is a cause of heart diseases?
 A. mineralsB. cholesterolC. canola oilD. vitamins
68. Which of the following could best replace the word 'somewhat'?
 A. in factB. a littleC. indefinitelyD. a lot
69. What has been the cause for changes in the sale of eggs?
 A. increasing priceB. decreased production
 C. dietary changes in hensD. concerns about cholesterol
70. According to the passage, one yolk contains approximately what fraction of the suggested 
daily limit for human consumption of cholesterol?
 A. 3/4B. 2/3C. 1/2D. 1/3
71. The word 'portrayed' could best be replaced by which of the following?
 A. studiedB. destroyedC. testedD. described
72. What is the meaning of 'back up'?
 A. reverseB. advanceC. blockD. support
73. What is meant by the phrase 'mixed results'?
 A. The results are blended.B. The results are a composite of things.
 C. The results are inconclusive.D. The results are mingled together.
74. According to the passage, egg substitutes cannot be used to make any of following types of 
eggs EXCEPT?
 A. boiledB. poachedC. scrambledD. fried
75. According to the author, which of the following may reduce blood cholesterol?
 A. reducing egg intake but not fat intakeB. increasing egg intake and fat intake
 C. decreasing egg intake and fat intakeD. increasing egg intake but not fat intake  The suspect could on his boots.
93. The best solution was thought of by Sally. (came) 
 Sally solution.
94. You should consider the fact that he hasn’t spoken French for years. (allowances) 
 You should speaking French for years.
95. House prices have risen sharply this year. (increase)
 There has this year.
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SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points) (You will hear twice for each part)
PART 1. You will hear a man called Ian talking on the radio about difficult neighbors. For 
each question, choose the correct answer.
1. Why couldn't Isabel sleep?
 A. Her flat-mate was too noisy. 
 B. The phone kept ringing
 C. The downstairs neighbor was shouting.
2. Isabel was angry because ________.
 A. this had happened many times before. 
 B. the man was shouting at her 
 C. people were phoning her late at night.
3. What happened when Isabel approached the man?
 A. He hit her. B. He reluctantly apologized C. He wasn't at all sorry
4. Why did Isabel move?
 A. The men followed her home from work 
 B. Nobody would do anything about the man. 
 C. The renting agency asked her to.
5. According to research ________.
 A. one in ten people argue with their neighbors. 
 B. one in ten people are disturbed by noise. 
 C. one in ten people are forced to move home.
6. According to Lisa Dorn ________. 19. In geometry, a tangent is a straight line ________a curve at only one point.
 A. it touchesB. whose touchingC. its touchingD. that touches
20. The size and shape of a nail depends primarily on the function ________intended.
 A. which it isB. for which it isC. which it is forD. for which is
21. A keystone species is a species of plant or animal ________absence has a major effect on an 
ecologial system.
 A. that itsB. itsC. whoseD. with its
22. Seals appear clumsy on the land, ________are able to move short distances faster than most 
people can run.
 A. but theyB. which theyC. theyD. which
23. Most folk songs are ballads ________have simple words and tell simple stories.
 A. whatB. althoughC. whoD. that
24. ________added to a liquid, antifreeze lowers the freezing temperature of that liquid.
 A. ThatB. As isC. It isD. When
25. ________ through a prism, a beam of white light breaks into all the colors of the rainbow.
 A. When shinesB. It shinesC. It is shoneD. When shone
26. Well- ___________child often behaves quite differently from one who did not get good 
schooling.
 A. educationB. educatedC. educateD. educating
27. When my grandfather was alive, he ________ morning exercises.
 A. used to doB. use to doC. used to doingD. wasn't used to do
28. There is no __________ explanation for what happened.
 A. scientificallyB. scientistC. scienceD. scientific
29. –“I’ve passed my driving test.” –“_____________.”
 A. It’s nice of you to say so.B. Do you?
 C. Congratulations!D. That’s a good idea.
30. We ______ them before the reception yesterday
 A. haven't metB. hadn't metC. didn't meetD. wouldn't meet
31. I could not _____ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me. 
 A. make off B. take in C. get along D. hold on
 Take in = Understand:Hiểu
32. Some sociologists believe that the _____ family is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. 
 A. basic B. closed C. immediate D. nuclear 
 - Nuclear family: Gia đình hạt nhân (gia đình gồm có 2 thế hệ: bố mẹ và con cái)
 - extended family gia đình đa thế hệ 50. It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words. to learn
Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Fill in each of the sentences with correct prepositions.
51. Our teacher is really intolerant of anyone who has a different point of view to her own.
52. So on what grounds are you claiming compensation?
53. Yes, but with respect, you did miss the last meeting, didn't you?
54. Joey came across a very interesting book the other day.
55. Mary will not be able to come; she has come down with a flu.
SECTION III: READING (6.0 points)
Part 1. Questions 56 – 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. 
 The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being 
an employee? The schools teach a (56) ________ many things of value to the future accountant, 
doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach 
the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few 
students bother (57) ________it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in 
writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability 
to communicate, with people and to (58) ________your own thoughts and ideas to them so they 
will (59) ________understand what you are driving at and be persuaded. 
 Of course, skill in expression is not enough (60) ________itself. You must have something to 
say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (61) ________your ability to make 
other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
 Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can (62) ________teach. The foundations 
for skill in expression have to be (63) ________early: an interest in and an ear (64) 
________language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and 
above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (65) ________your 
school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
56. A. largeB. greatC. farD. lots
57. A. learningB. to learnC. with learningD. learn
58. A. interpretB. give outC. transferD. present
59. A. bothB. notC. as wellD. either
60. A. onB. forC. byD. in
61. A. on mostB. most onC. much onD. on much
62. A. quiteB. hardlyC. trulyD. really
63. A. liedB. laidC. lainD. lay
64. A. byB. inC. forD. of 70. According to the passage, one yolk contains approximately what fraction of the suggested 
daily limit for human consumption of cholesterol?
 A. 3/4B. 2/3C. 1/2D. 1/3
71. The word 'portrayed' could best be replaced by which of the following?
 A. studiedB. destroyedC. testedD. described
72. What is the meaning of 'back up'?
 A. reverseB. advanceC. blockD. support
73. What is meant by the phrase 'mixed results'?
 A. The results are blended.B. The results are a composite of things.
 C. The results are inconclusive.D. The results are mingled together.
74. According to the passage, egg substitutes cannot be used to make any of following types of 
eggs EXCEPT?
 A. boiledB. poachedC. scrambledD. fried
75. According to the author, which of the following may reduce blood cholesterol?
 A. reducing egg intake but not fat intakeB. increasing egg intake and fat intake
 C. decreasing egg intake and fat intakeD. increasing egg intake but not fat intake
Part 3: Questions 76 – 85 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the text and fill in one word which best fits each gap.
 Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away. “You never know when 
you might need it” was (76) one of her favorite sayings. She lived (77) by herself in a large 
Victorian house across the road from us. Although I never went to her house, I knew it was full 
(78) of antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on. In every room, there were dozens of paintings 
so that her house was (79) like an art gallery. I remember my father (80) saying that she was a “ 
Staffordshire Darby” but I had (81) no idea what he meant. I (82) found out years later that the 
Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Staffordshire. We used to make up 
stories (83) about her. My sister Alice, (84) who was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby 
once had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (85) never saw him again!
Part 1:Questions from 86 to 90.(1 point- 0.2/ each)
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence 
printed before it. 
86. I am having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week. 
 If I hadn’t lost my passport last week, I wouldn’t be having so much trouble now.
87. She asked an assistant how much the Colombian coffee cost. 
 She asked, “How much does the Colombian coffee cost?”
88. Although it looks fierce, the dog has never bitten anyone.
 Fierce as/though it looks, the dog has never bitten anyone