Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo
LONG AN

ĐỀ THI THỬ
Kỳ Thi HSG Lớp 9 Cấp Tỉnh
Năm học : 2010 - 2011
Ngày thi : ……………
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh
Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể phát đề)

I / LISTENING ( 4 POINTS)
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks .Each blank should contain only one word
I’m Faith Lapidus. And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we talk about (1)…………..– the
leading cause of (2) ………….worldwide.
Barack Obama completed his first routine (3)…………………. as President of the United
States last week. Doctors (4)……………. that Mister Obama is in excellent health. They say
all (5)………….. suggests that he will remain so during his presidency.
The ( 6) ……………gave the president suggestions so that he can stay healthy. One is for
him to continue with ( 7)…………….. to stop smoking. Mister Obama has spoken publicly
about those efforts in the past. The new report shows his battle against smoking is (8)
…………...
II / GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 5 POINTS)
A. Write the correct FORM/ TENSE of the verbs in each bracket. ( 2 points )
Although some groups of people (1. always live)________________ outdoors in tents,
camping as we (2. know)________________ it today (3. begin)________________ to be popular
about 50 years ago. The increase in the use of cars and improvements in camping equipment (4.
allow)____________ more people to travel longer distances into the countryside and (5. stay)
________________ there in greater comfort.
Many campers like (6. be)_________________ themselves in quiet areas, so they take their tent
and food and walk or cycle into the forests or the mountains. Others, (7. prefer)_______________ to
be near people, (8. drive)_________________ to a public or privately-owned campsite which (9.

carry on our work without computers. For example, (3)…………… are necessary in a university
library. All the (4)……………….. normally found in a library is now (5)………………. in
computers. This is very (6)………………… for students because they can (7)……………….
messages and receive information (8)………………. having to leave their computers. Access (9)
…………… a computer has now (10)……………… students’ need.
1. A. do B. make C. have D. play
2. A. easy B. difficult C. exciting D. important
3. A. books B. things C. computers D. messages
4. A. information B. work C. life D. event
5. A. kept B. stored C. put D. made
6. A. difficult B. comfortable C. suitable D. convenient
7. A. receive B. send C. give D. write
8. A. and B. but C. without D. not
9. A. to B. in C. of D. with
10. A. became B. becomes C. becoming D. become
B. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (2 points )
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts
causes more deaths than road accidents. The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution
was caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000
premature deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria and Switzerland. This is much
higher than the 9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents.
In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of
bronchitis in children, and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart disease made worse by the
pollution. They calculated that the cost of dealing with all this was 27 billion Euros per year. A lot of
money goes into making cars safer, but not as much is spent solving air pollution.
1. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Pollution and road accidents B. Bad effects of car exhausts
C. the necessity of making cars safer D. The toll of road accidents
2. According to the passage,
A. air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents.

Football ………………………………………………………………………
B. Tet is the most important holiday in our country. Write a letter to your pen pal to tell him/ her
about it. You should use the following information in your letter ( 4 points )
- Time of the holiday
- Activities people do before Tet
- Activities people do during Tet
- The things you enjoy most about the holiday
-…..
Begin and end your letter as follows:
Dear Lan,
.......................................................
.......................................................
.......................................................
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Love,
Thanh
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