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Trường: .......................... Môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

Năm học 2016 - 2017 Thời gian làm bài...............
Mã đề........................

Họ và tên học sinh: ...................................................

Lớp / Số báo danh: ...................................................

Bài kiểm tra gồm 140 câu (Từ question 1 đến question 140)
Listen to the recording, choose the option (A, B, C or D) which best completes the
blank space or best answers the question.
1. Owen's lectures start ________.
A. in a week's time B. in two weeks' time C. that day D. the next day
2. Owen says he's feeling ________ about starting his course.
A. very excited B. extremely worried C. really happy D. a bit anxious
3. Owen describes fresher's week as ________.
A. just like any other week B. nothing like he had imagined
C. not like living in the real world D. better than he imagined it to be
4. Owen flatmates are all ________.
A. studying the same things B. studying chemistry
C. boys D. from the same place
5. What is Owen keen to try?
A. five-a-side outdoor football B. lots of outdoor sports
C. an indoor football game called futsal D. lots of indoor sports

Listen to two people talking about reserving tennis courts. Give brief answers to the
questions.
6. What is the first way to reserve a tennis court?
_ __
7. Why are the tennis courts quite busy?
_ __
8. When do the courts tend to be the busiest?
_ __
9. What can one with membership borrow?
_ __
10. Where are the lockers?
_ __

Listen to the recording carefully and write down the missing words on your answer sheet.
In 1947, my mother, Deborah, was a (11)________ years old student at New York
University, studying English (12)________. My father, Joseph was an art teacher. On
(13)________, he often painted all day and then went out for a meal. One Saturday, he chose a
(14)________ restaurant called the Milky Way.
The Milky Way happened to be my mother's (15)________ restaurant, and that Saturday,
she went there for dinner, carrying a (16)________ copy of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.
The restaurant was crowded, and she was given the last table. Reading her book, she quickly lost
(17)________ with what was going on around her. When the waitress came over and asked her if
she would mind (18)________ her table with someone else, she agreed without even looking up
from her book.
“A (19)________ life for poor, dear Pip”, my father said when he saw the (20)________
cover of Great Expectations. My mother looked up at him, and to this day she says she saw
something familiar in his eyes.

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

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21. The first bridge ________ with electric lights was the Brooklyn Bridge.
A. being built B. for building C. to be built D. to build
22. It's high time Michael ________ more responsible for his work.
A. to be B. was C. were D. is
23. I'm not trying to be too hard on you, but you ________ me for permission to use my camera.
A. might have asked B. must have asked C. needn't have asked D. could have asked
24. He has no trouble ________ with customers.
A. dealing B. for dealing C. to be dealing D. to deal
25. I'll go and get more food ________ more guests to come than we expect.
A. if there have B. should there be C. if there be D. were there
26. They don't ________ the grammar point before.
A. look as though they study B. sound as if to study
C. appear like they were studying D. seem to have studied
27. When the archaeologist picked up the map, it ________ to dust in his hands.
A. decomposed B. disintegrated C. dissolved D. crumbled
28. Many celebrities resent their private lives being held up to public ________.
A. observation B. deliberation C. investigation D. scrutiny
29. The film was long and ________ dull, and I almost feel asleep.
A. rightly B. deadly C. highly D. deeply
30. The prospect of bankruptcy loomed ________ in his mind.
A. large B. hard C. enormous D. heavy
31. In such circumstances, I am not ________ to working long hours.
A. contributed B. reluctant C. averse D. obliged
32. Our favorite player Nadal once again ________ his arch rival Federer in the last Australian
Open final.
A. lost to B. defeated by C. triumphed D. beat with
33. A gang of thieves broke into the gallery and ________ painting worth $5,000,000.
A. came in for B. made off with C. got away from D. ran out of
34. A rescue team was ________ to help with the search.
A. put out B. brought in C. looked for D. broken into
35. Lucie ________ as a nice girl.
A. looks upon B. takes up C. comes across D. falls under
36. The athlete is now ________ his last attempt to break the world record.
A. at B. in C. on D. for
37. She fell ________ her knees and prayed for the health of her son.
A. to B. with C. from D. down
38. Marco Polo's account of his travels has been ________ to historians.
A. priceless B. deplorable C. immaterial D. unpalatable
39. A: “Why would he bother to lie about it?” _ B: “________”
A. Search me! B. There's no doubt about it
C. Not so fast! D. Liars bother him!
40. A: “________” _ B: “Better luck next time!”
A. I couldn't make it this time.
B. I've got to do it now!
C. I couldn't see how you'd failed the test.
D. Finally, I was lucky to manage it.
41. The goalkeeper ________ at the ball floating into the net.
A. must have looked B. couldn't but look
C. would rather have looked D. did nothing but look
42. Would you mind if I gave you the decision tomorrow? I'd like to ________.
A. pass the buck B. read between the lines
C. take it to heart D. sleep on it
43. You should always have alternative plans to ________.
A. bring about B. fall back on C. take to D. feel up to

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44. A strange man rushed into the room, his arm ________. I was really scared.
A. bled B. bleeding C. was bleeding D. has been bleeding
45. We are doing ________ our kitchen today and we could do ________ more paint.
A. without/with B. over/out C. away/up D. up/with
46. I really don't like the ________ of all the buildings and houses in the area.
A. uniformity B. identity C. equality D. conformity
47. You thought I did wrong but the result ________ my action.
A. proved B. approved C. justified D. agreed
48. Tommy has a garden which is __________ his brother's
A. as two-time as large B. double as large
C. semi-larger than D. twice as large as
49. Every effort and attempt ________ for the success of the whole project.
A. has to be made B. have made C. have been made D. has to make
50. ________ during the whole party.
A. She didn't give me smile B. Without a smile did she give me
C. With no smiles she gave me D. She gave me as little smile as possible
51. My father ________ when he found out that I'd damaged the car.
A. hit the roof B. saw pink elephants
C. made his blood boil D. brought the house down
52. The weather is going to change soon - I can feel it in my ________.
A. teeth B. legs C. bones D. skin
53. The children's interest in playing the game soon ________.
A. tottered B. flagged C. stumbled D. thawed
54. What do you ________ as the main issues affecting the situation?
A. deceive B. conceive C. receive D. perceive
55. Some people feel that television should give less ________ to sport.

A. concern B. involvement C. coverage D. programs

Identify the mistake in each sentence

56. I would have attended a meeting at your school last week, but I had to make a speech at
A B C
another meeting.
D
57. We are supposed to read all of chapter seventh and answer the questions for tomorrow's
A B C D
class.
58. Both the girls are trying to win the scholarship, and Yun seems to be the one to get
A B C
the highest score.
D
59. Because it comprises only of a relatively short strand of DNA protected by a shell of protein,
A B C
a virus cannot eat or reproduce by itself.
D
60. Realistic novels, in trying to present life as it actually is, have written many works that are
A B C
notable for their artistry of style.
D

Give the correct form of the words in the brackets in each of the following sentences.
61. Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to ________ between the
two. (differ)
62. She though of having another bar of chocolate, but resisted the ________. (tempt)
63. Some ________ believe that the nuclear family has already been a thing of the past.(social)
64. The little boy was ________ taken care of by his parents. (neglect)

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65. Ironically, some scientific ________ can sometimes be misleading. (break)
66. The teacher is now interested in the ________ of his students' English. (good)
67. The ________ campaign seems to be achieving some encouraging results. (smoke)
68. I'm afraid your bike is ________ damaged. (repair)
69. Children who grow up in time of war are more likely to be ________ than others. (adjust)
70. Do not ________ if your child gets into trouble at school. (reaction)

Complete the passage with the words given in the box

comprise appear demand origin design basic
danger take locate know spectacle vary

The Everglades National Park is (71)________ on the southern tip of Florida, in the USA,
and covers a vast wetland quite unlike any other in the world. It has been (72)________ a World
Heritage Site.

The Everglades is (73)________ a huge area of shallow, slow-moving water that
(74)________ an enormous area - over 6,000 square kilometers. Visitors can therefore easily
explore the Everglades by boat, kayak, or canoe, but it is easy to get lost or ground the boat in
shallow water, so great care needs to be taken. There is a huge variety of plants, including the
famous mangrove trees that grow out of the water and many (75)________of rare orchid.

The area boasts many rare and (76)________ species, such as the American crocodile,
Florida panther, and West Indian manatee. The Everglades are (77)________ for alligators, which,
despite their fearsome (78)________, are normally wary of people. It is also possible to see
(79)________ flocks of water birds feeding in the shallows and on mud flats.
The Everglades used to cover an area twice the size of the present national park, but in the
course of the 20th century much of the (80)________ land was drained and given over to
agriculture.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

It's tourism of a different kind that is (81)________ problems in Europe. Construction on the
Mediterranean (82)________ has been spiralling out of control for years. Beach resorts form an
(83)________ unbroken line from Gibraltar to Greece and natural (84)________ have disappeared
under kilometres of concrete. And so we pollute the sea, the (85)________ - and the air. Low-cost
air travel is booming, in (86)________ of (or perhaps helped by) economic problems in so many
countries. Many Europeans consider that low-cost (87)________ are ideal, allowing them to take
several short holidays over the (88)________ of a year. Yet curiously, short flights actually have a
much bigger (89)________ on climate change than long-haul flights. So, are there alternative,
(90)________ damaging ways of seeing the word? Rail travel, for example, is a much
(91)________ way of getting (92)________. And many places have been experimenting
(93)________ low-impact tourism such as ecotourism. It's time to ask (94)________ some difficult
questions. Have we, perhaps, been destroying the very places we value as (95)________ ‘escapes'?

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

Now is the time of ‘globalisation' moments. We are in the (96)________ of a world wide
change (97)________ cultures - a transformation of entertainment, business and politics. Popular
culture has crossed borders in (98)________ we have never seen before. (99)________ to social
scientists, our world is (100)________. How do people feel about globalisation? It depends to a
large (101)________ on where they live and how much money they've got. However, globalisation,
as one report has stated, ‘is a reality, (102)________ a choice”. Humans have always developed
commercial and cultural connections, but these days, computers, the (103)________, mobile
phones, (104)________ TV and cheaper air transport have accelerated and complicated these
connections. Nevertheless, the basic dynamic is the (105)________: Goods move. People move.
Ideas move. And (106)________ change. The difference now is the (107)________ and extent of
these changes. Television had 50 million users after thirteen years; the Internet had the same

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(108)________ after only five years. But now that more than one fifth of all the people in the word
speak at (109)________ some English, critics of (110)________ say that we are one big ‘McWorld'.

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space
Many people (111)________ themselves shy. In fact, forty percent of the people who took
part in a(n) (112)________ survey said they were shy - that's two out of (113)________ five people.
And there are studies to indicate that the tendency toward shyness may be (114)________. But just
because certain children are timid doesn't (115)________ that they are doomed to be shy forever.
There are things parents, teachers, and the children themselves can do to overcome this
(116)________- and even to prevent it.
Researchers have found that if parents gently (117)________ their shy children to try new
things, they can help these children become less afraid and less (118)________. Another way to
help shy children is to train them in social skills. For example, there are special training groups
(119)________ children are taught things like looking at other children while talking to them
,talking about other people's interests, and even smiling. These groups have been very successful in
giving shy children a place to feel safe and accepted, and in (120)________ their self-esteem.
111 A. consider B. describe C. identify D. regard
112 A. close B. immediate C. recent D. near
113 A. some B. each C. every D. all
114 A. inherited B. come into C. brought up D. handed in
115 A. point B. express C. realize D. constitute
116 A. capacity B. inspiration C. routine D. tendency
117 A. witness B. make C. push D. control
118 A. ridiculous B. confident C. inhibited D. credulous
119 A. which B. whose C. where D. when
120 A. making up B. building up C. putting up D. giving up

Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
Galaxies are the major building blocks of the universe. A galaxy is a giant family of many
millions of stars, and it is held together by its own gravitational field. Most of the material universe
is organized into galaxies of stars, together with gas and dust.
There are three main types of galaxy: spiral, elliptical, and irregular. The Milky Way is a
spiral galaxy, a flattish disc of stars with two spiral arms emerging from its central nucleus. About
one-quarter of all galaxies have this shape. Spiral galaxies are well supplied with the interstellar gas
in which new stars form; as the rotating spiral pattern sweeps around the galaxy it compresses gas
and dust, triggering the formation of bright young stars and in its arms. The elliptical galaxies have
a symmetrical elliptical or spheroidal shape with no obvious structure. Most of their member stars
are very old and since ellipticals are devoid of interstellar gas, no new stars are forming in them.
The biggest and brightest galaxies in the universe are ellipticals with masses of about 1013
times that of the Sun, these giants may frequently be sources of strong radio emission, in which case
they are called radio galaxies. About two-thirds of all galaxies are elliptical. Irregular galaxies
comprise about one-tenth of all galaxies and they come in many subclasses.
Measurement in space is quite different from measurement on Earth. Some terrestrial
distances can be expressed as intervals of time, the time to fly from one continent to another or the
time it takes to drive to work, for example. By comparison with these familiar yardsticks, the
distances to the galaxies are incomprehensibly large, but they too are made more manageable by
using a time calibration, in this case the distance that light travels in one year. On such a scale the
nearest giant spiral galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy, is two million light years away. The most distant
luminous objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away. Their light
was already halfway here before the Earth even formed. The light from the nearby Virgo galaxy set
out when reptiles still dominated the animal world.
121. What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?
A. Difference between irregular and spiral galaxies.
B. The Milky Way
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 D. Major categories of galaxies
122. The word ‘which' in line 7 refers to ________.
A. dust B. pattern C. galaxy D. gas
123. According to the passage, new stars are formed in spiral galaxies due to ________.
A. an explosion of gas B. the combining of old stars
C. the compression of gas and dust D. strong radio emissions
124. The word ‘symmetrical' in line 9 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. proportionally balanced B. steadily growing
C. typical large D. commonly seen
125. The word ‘obvious' in line 10 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. discovered B. understood C. apparent D. simplistic
126. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of elliptical galaxies?
A. They have a spherical shape.
B. They mostly contain old stars
C. They contain a high amount of interstellar gas.
D. They are the largest galaxies.
127. Which of the following characteristics of radio galaxies is mentioned in the passage?
A. They are not as bright as spiral galaxies.
B. They are a type of elliptical galaxy.
C. They are closely related to irregular galaxies.
D. They are usually to small to be seen with a telescope.
128. What percentage of galaxies is irregular?
A. 50% B. 75% C. 25% D. 10%
129. The word ‘they' in line 20 refers to ________.
A. yardsticks B. distances C. intervals D. galaxies
130. Why does the author mention the Virgo galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy in the fourth
paragraph?
A. To compare the ages of two relatively young galaxies

B. To explain why certain galaxies cannot be seen by a telescope
C. To emphasize the vast distances of the galaxies from Earth
D. To describe the effect that distance has on visibility

Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning, using the word given
131. I have two daughters; they do not go to primary school yet. (whom)
I have ______________________________________________________________________
132. He made a terrible mistake, which made his teacher angry. (anger)
His ________________________________________________________________________
133. You are to stay in this shelter by all means. (should)
The last ____________________________________________________________________
134. What would you do if Helen didn't keep her promise? (turn)
Supposing___________________________________________________________________
135. It's quite likely he'll join the Olympic swimming team. (picked)
Chances____________________________________________________________________
136. They've been getting along well with each other so far. (up)
They've been on______________________________________________________________
137. Jane is away on holiday, so you probably saw her twin brother in town yesterday. (gone)
You may____________________________________________________________________
138. Raising the standard of living of the poor is all he spends his time on. (people's)
He commits__________________________________________________________________
139. Were the children good while the baby-sitter was here? (themselves)
During_____________________________________________________________________
140. The papers report that the police got a lot of criticism from the public after the riots. (come)
The police___________________________________________________________________

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1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. (To book / reserve) in person
7. open to the public
8. the morning(s) and evening(s)
9. a tennis racquet/racket and balls
10. down the hall
11. twenty-one / 21
12. literature
13. Saturdays
14. neighborhood
15. favorite / favourite
16. used
17. touch
18. sharing
19. tragic
20. tattered
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
21. C
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. B
26. D
27. D
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. C
32. A
33. B
34. B
35. C
36. A
37. A
38. A
39. A
40. A
41. B
42. D
43. B
44. B
45. D
46. A
47. C
48. D
49. A
50. B
51. A

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52. C
53. B
54. D
55. C

Identify the mistake in each sentence

56. B
57. B
58. D
59. B
60. A

Give the correct form of the words in the brackets in each of the following sentences.
61. differentiate
62. temptation
63. sociologists
64. neglectfully / negligently
65. breakthroughs
66. betterment
67. non-smoking
68. irreparably
69. maladjusted
70. overreact

Complete the passage with the words given in the box

71. located
72. designated
73. basically
74. comprises
75. varieties
76. endangered
77. well-known
78. appearance
79. spectacular
80. original

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

81. causing
82. coast
83. almost
84. habitats
85. land
86. spite
87. flights
88. course
89. effect
90. less
91. greener
92. around
93. with
94. ourselves
95. holiday
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
96. middle
97. in

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98. ways
99. According
100. shrinking
101. extent
102. not
103. Internet
104. cable
105. same
106. cultures
107. speed
108. number
109. least
110. globalisation

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space
111. A
112. C
113. C
114. A
115. D
116. D
117. C
118. C
119. C
120. B

Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
121. D
122. D
123. C
124. A
125. C
126. C
127. B
128. D
129. B
130. C

Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning, using the word given
131. I have two daughter neither of whom go/have gone to primary school yet.
132. His (having made/making a) terrible mistake caused the/his teacher's anger.
133. The last thing you should do is (to) leave this shelter.
134. Supposing Helen were/was to turn her back on her promise, what would you do?
135. Chances are that he will be picked (out) for the Olympic swimming team.
136. They've been on good terms with each other up to now.

137. You may have seen Jane's twin brother in town yesterday because she has gone on holiday.
138. He commits himself to raising poor people's standard of living.
139. During the time they baby-sitter was here, did the children behave themselves?
140. The police are reported, by the papers, to have come in for a lot of criticism from the public
after the riots.

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