ỦY BAN NHÂN DÂN QUẬN 5 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA TUYỂN HSG – NH: 2014-2015
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC MÔN TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 9
Thời gian : 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
Họ và tên học sinh: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Giám thò 1
Số báo danh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lớp: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giám thò 2
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Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Giám khảo I Giám khảo II Số phách:
STT :
LISTENING (15 points)
Section I. Listen to the recording carefully and write down the missing word on your answer sheet.
(5 pts)
Nicola: The motorbike I’m sitting on is very special one. Special because it’s been all the way
around the world. It belongs to Luke Saunders, who has just (1)________________to
England after a (2)_________________motorcycle journey. Luke, what led you to leave
your job and make this trip?
Luke: I worked in a car factory on an (3)__________________line. All I had to do was to put four
nuts on the bolts that hold the (4)__________________on. It’s done by
(5)________________now, and a good thing too! The job was so (6)________________
that I didn’t have to think at all. I bought this Triumph (7)_________________bike second-
hand, fitted two panniers on the back and just set off for (8)__________________.
Nicola: What did you do for money?
Luke: I had a bit of money to start with, but of course it didn’t (9)_________________long and I
had to find work where I could. I’ve done so many different things – picked
(10)_________________, washed up, worked as a mechanic.
Section II. Listen to the recording carefully, then choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to fill
in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
11. The thing happened to his father _________________ago.
A. many years B. a few weeks C. some days D. a few months
12. His father was born in __________________.

27. __________________nights without sleep make any new parent feel ready to quit.
A. Lonely B. Sleepless C. Successive D. Tired
28. Theoretically, no country can allow the listed animal in without an export _______________.
A. permit B. permission C. permitting D. permissiveness
29. Our first attempt didn’t work, and __________________.
A. our second didn’t work too B. our second didn’t, neither
C. our second neither D. neither did our second
30. When I joined the club, I found it difficult to __________________instruction from my coach,
but I soon got used to it.
A. call B. carry C. follow D. conduct
31. Had we known they were going to build a road right there, we _________________the house.
A. would have never bought B. would never buy
C. would never have bought D. never would buy
32. At school the other kids always ___________________my name.
A. told jokes at B. made jokes about C. said funny of D. spoke kidding on
33. ________________the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. Entered B. When entered C. Entering into D. On entering
34. The necklace was worthless because it turned out to be a(n)__________________after all.
A. non-genuine B. fake C. artificial D. fraud
35. People think alcohol serves to __________________feelings which the individual cannot
manage, or wishes to avoid.
A. die B. dead C. deaden D. dying
36. I want to study in a school with good prospects for __________________.
A. salary B. approval C. development D. promotion
37. A lot of small towns in the area are definitely __________________visiting.
A. valuable B. pricey C. worth D. costly
38. The ___________________of elephants for their ivory tusks has been prohibited recently.
A. roaming B. taming C. poaching D. chasing
39. “I suppose your friend doesn’t understand you.” – “___________________, she does.”
A. So far B. On the contrary C. Therefore D. On the whole

55. He is considered to be one of the most famous ___________________of all times. (invent)
56. She thought of taking a day off work, but resisted the ___________________. (tempt)
57. Haley was ____________________because of a knee injury in the last match. (hospital)
58. We like our staff to show their ___________________rather than wear a uniform. (individual)
59. For years, King’s death remained ____________________. (explain)
60. As the day of the exam approached, he became _________________nervous. (understand)
OPEN CLOZE (15 pts)
Twice a year, all the clocks in the United States are changed by one hour. In the spring,
clocks are moved (61)____________________an hour. This is called daylight savings time. In the
fall, clocks are set back an hour to (62)____________________time. People remember how to
change their clocks by remembering this saying: Spring forward, (63)___________________back. It
seems Benjamin Franklin was the first person to propose the (64)__________________of daylight
savings time, back in the 1790s. At the time, people thought he was joking. They couldn’t believe he
was (65)________________. Many years later, during World War I, people realized
(66)__________________innovative an idea he’d had. In the spring and summer, the sun
(67)__________________earlier. By moving the clock ahead, people can take
(68)__________________of the extra daylight and save energy. Energy is an important
(69)__________________, of course, especially during wartime. The United States operated
(70)__________________daylight savings time during World War I and again during World War II.
After that, some (71)____________________of the country observed daylight savings time and some
didn’t. Beginning and ending dates (72)___________________from place to place. This confusion
ended in 1966, when the Congress (73)__________________the Uniform Time Act, standardizing
the process and (74)__________________daylight savings time a federal law. Since
(75)__________________, some lawmakers have proposed that the United States go to year-round
daylight savings time.
GUIDED CLOZE (15 pts)
Joan Chen is a famous actress, and she is famous both in China and in the United States.
Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film studio came to
her school and (76)____________________her to study at the studio. She was happy about this
(77)___________________, but mainly she liked the (78)___________________of getting out

discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive
engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the
next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these
simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability.
On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful
voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work a simple calculator, and from
the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell,
all are powered by electricity. An electric current can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass of
molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a cup of coffee.
Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity is the
greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It
travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires and conductors that it can be supplied
instantly over vast distances.
To generate electricity, huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia they use
coal or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines
without polluting the atmosphere with smoke from coal.
Atomic power is used in several countries but there is always the fear of an accident. A
tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity.
The reactor leaked, which caused many deaths through radiation.
Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity without harmful effects to
the environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out of bays. Most importantly, they
hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do not use solar heaters for swimming pools but as yet
improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When this
happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by
trucks and cars that burn fossil fuels.
91. The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first paragraph
to…
A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy.
B. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity.
C. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy.

You must pay _________________________________________________________
103. The final date of the games is still undecided, according to the committee.
The committee has _____________________________________________________
104. Birth rates have fallen sharply recently.
There ________________________________________________________________
105. I only realized the full implications of what had happened some time later.
It wasn’t ______________________________________________________________
106. I found this film quite disappointing. (LET)
_____________________________________________________________________
107. It is roughly estimated that this species of turtles lay 28,000 eggs a year. (ROUGH)
_____________________________________________________________________
108. It’s unfair to blame him for all the mistakes. (PUT)
_____________________________________________________________________
109. At first I felt so tense, but her smile helped me to get back my confidence. (MELTED)
Her smile _____________________________________________________________
110. Most of your problems are caused by jealousy. (CAUSES)
It ___________________________________________________________________
THE END OF THE TEST