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NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
(Đề thi có 8 trang) Ngày thi: .../01/2021
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BÀI THI ..............................................................
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Phần I. TRẮC NGHIỆM (30 điểm)

 NGHE (10 điểm)
Part 1. Listen and tick the box.
You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice.
There is one question for each conversation. For each question, choose the right answer (A, B or C).
Here is an example:
Example: Which is the girl’s horse?

A  B C
1. How many children went on the school trip?

A B C
2. Which campsite did Josh stay at last year?

A B C
3. How much is the skirt?

A B C
4. What’s the weather like now?

A B C
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5. What will the girl cook?

A B C

Your answers:
1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
Part 2: You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students. Listen and choose the best answer A, B,
or C. You will hear the recording TWICE.
1. Why is tonight’s disco special?
A. It’s the last week of the course.
B. It starts earlier than usual.
C. It’s Sam birthday.
2. Where will the football match take place?
A. at Henry’s College
B. at the sports centre
C. in a park
3. After the football match, the students will _______.
A. go to a pizza restaurant
B. have a party at the college
C. celebrate on the beach
4. The train to Thornton leaves at _______.
A. 12.15
B. 12.45
C. 1.20
5. What should the students bring to the picnic?
A. drinks
B. bread rolls
C. glasses
Your answers:
1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
NGỮ ÂM
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the other words. (5 pts)
1. A. swarm B. swear C. swim D. sword
2. A.headaches B. wishes C. finishes D. Alice's
3. A. thirteen B. thanks C. think D. father
4. A. pub B. club C. climb D. sob
5. A. promise B. devise C. surprise D. realise

Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______5. ________

TỪ VỰNG
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to complete each of the
following sentences. (5 pts.)
1. I can't ______ my mind now.
A. take up B. come up C. do up D. make up
2. The children felt ______ when their mother was coming back home.
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A. excitement B. excited C. excitedly D. exciting
3. I think we should ask the school headmaster to provide free textbooks for students from ______
families.
A. low-esteemed B. low-income C. highly appreciated D. well- organized
4. After arriving home, they usually ______ their uniforms.
A. take out B. put out C. take off D. put off
5. The first thing you should do when you lose your bank card is to call your bank and ask them
to close your _____.
A. account B. house C. loan D. debt
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______5. ________
NGỮ PHÁP VÀ TÌNH HUỐNG GIAO TIẾP
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to complete each of the
following sentences. (10 pts.)
1. They received ______ advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so a good B. such a good C. so good an D. such good
2. ______ at school yesterday when we were informed that there was no class due to a sudden power
cut.
A. We have hardly arrived B. Hardly had we arrived
C. Hardly we had arrived D. We had arrived hardly
3. She never let you cook the meals, ______?
A. didn’t she B. doesn’t she C. did she D. does she
4. Nam: “In my opinion, computer is one of the most wonderful inventions.”
Lan: “_______”.
A. There is no doubt about it. B. Yes. Congratulations!
C. You shouldn’t have said that. D. Pardon?
5. Maria: “Oh no! I can’t find my credit card!”
Tim: “ ______.”
A. Thank you for letting me know
B. Don’t worry. They will be back very soon
C. It is a nice surprise. You should be glad about it
D. Chill out. Try to remember when you last used it
6. I don’t object ______ lending you my pen, but wouldn’t it be better if you had a pen ______ your own?
A. for/ of B. to/ of C. to/ with D. of/ of
7. In the Lowlands, there was a gradual rise in the number of both males and females who were literate.
______, the literacy rate in the Midlands declined steadily.
A. Similarly B. In contrast C. In addition D. Especially
8. There are two rooms in the beach house, ______ serves as a sitting room.
A. the smaller one B. the smaller of them
C. the smaller of which D. the smallest of which
9: The teacher entered the room while the students________theirplan for the excursion.
A. discuss B. were discussing C. discussed D. are discussing
10: The residents of the village are living a happy life _______they lack modem facilities.
A because of B.although C. therefore D.despite

Your answers:
1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
6. _______ 7. _______8. _______ 9. _______10. ________

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Phần II. TỰ LUẬN (70 điểm)
1. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5 pts)
Your answers:
1. Though “Tom Sawyer” (write) ______ for children, it 1. ________________________
appeals to many adult readers, too.
2. (finish) ______ his work, John helped his wife do the 2. ________________________
housework.
3. If you had bought the fish at the market, you (save) ______ 3. ________________________
me a lot of money.
4. I waved to Karen but failed (attract) ______ her 4. ________________________
attention.
5. I’d rather (stay) ______ at home with my family members 5. ________________________
last night but I couldn’t.

2. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. (5 pts)
Your answers:
1. John, who wished he hadn't come to the party, looked 1. ________________________
(anxiety) ______ at his watch.
2. It is well-known that life (expect) ______ is longer in Japan 2. ________________________
than in most other countries
3. My main desire is to see people less (material) ______, less 3. ________________________
selfish, less violent and more loving than they are now.
4. People won't have to live under the threat of terrorism but all 4. ________________________
live together (harmony) ______.
5. Most of the people on board of the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 5. ________________________
still remain (miss) ______, and officials are yet to confirm
that they've found the fuselage of the plane.

3. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (10 pts)
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But pollution problem is ______(1) complicated as it is serious. It
is complicated ______(2) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, exhaust
______(3) automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But automobiles ______ (4)
transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material ______(5) pollutes the air
and water, but factories give employment to a large ______(6) of people. Too much fertilizer or
pesticide can ruin soil, but fertilizers and pesticide ______ (7) important aids to the growing of crops.
Thus, to end ______ (8) greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to ______ (9) using
many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can ______
(10) gradually reduced in several ways.
Your answers:
1. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________
2. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________
3. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________
4. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________
5. _____________________________ 10. ____________________________

4. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in
the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (10 pts)

Line 1 Being independent are being able to take care of yourself, and not having to
2 rely on anyone else. That is which many young people strive for. However, the
3 ability to living independently does not develop naturally: you need a number of
4 life skills to stop relying on your parents and older siblings. Among that skills, time
5 management is probable the most important one. With good time-management
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 6 skills, you can build your confidence and self-esteem. These skills will also help
7 you make daily tasks, including your responsibilities at school and at home. If you
8 can use your time wisely, you will not feel very stressed when exams dates are
9 approaching. You can act more independently and responsibly, get worse grades at
10 school and have more time on your family and friends.
11 Time-management skills cannot be developed in one day. Moreover, when you
12 have them, they can help you become independently.
0. Line 1 are  is
Your answers: 1. Line ... ___________________________________________
2. Line ... ___________________________________________
3. Line ... ___________________________________________
4. Line ... ___________________________________________
5. Line ... ___________________________________________
6. Line ... ___________________________________________
7. Line ... ___________________________________________
8. Line ... ___________________________________________
9. Line ... ___________________________________________
10. Line ... ___________________________________________

5. Read the following passage and complete the table below and find the synonyms. (5pts)

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY SOURCES

The future for petroleum use at the moment looks rather uncertain, despite enjoying the major
benefit of a very advanced infrastructure already in place. The downsides from the environmental point
of view are patently obvious: harm to public health through carbon dioxide emissions in exhaust fumes,
which are linked to respiratory problems, and to precious ecosystems from oil spills and seepage. But
the most significant weakness is that oil is a finite resource.
The picture for natural gas is similarly mixed. While its main strength lies in its being a relatively
clean fuel involving little processing and being easily transportable via pipelines, natural gas requires
compression or low temperatures if it is to be used for cars or other vehicles. Thus, it has not previously
been a serious contender to provide private transportation. There are now signs, however, that this
obstacle may have been overcome.
Yet there is another problem with natural gas. It may produce less carbon dioxide than other fossil
fuels, but the major stumbling block to its use is that the methane released lives for a long time in the
atmosphere. In addition, as it is a non-renewable energy source like petroleum, in coming years natural
gas will not be in use. But in the short term at least, the situation looks rosy.
Ethanol, despite the drawback of a shortage of commercial outlets, heralds a new dawn for the
energy market. But, before we consider ethanol in depth, let us look at hydrogen. It is perhaps the most
attractive of all renewable fuels. Its greatest appeal is that it is readily available everywhere in the form
of water (H20). Solar energy is used to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen and then recombine it,
with water being the waste by-product in the form of steam in vehicles. Perhaps its main drawback is
making the hydrogen production units small enough to fit cars. But once this happens, the future of
hydrogen is bright indeed.
Complete the table below, using no more than TWO words from the text.
Types of fuel Main advantage Main disadvantage Future
Very advanced
Petroleum (1) _____________________ Uncertain
infrastructure
Natural Gas Relatively clean Produces (2) Rosy

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Lack of (3)
Ethanol None given Signals a new dawn
_______________________
Hydrogen production units
Hydrogen (4) _______________ (5) _________________
for cars not small enough
6. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (5 pts)
Views of intelligence across cultures
Richard Nesbitt of the University of Michigan concludes that East Asian and Western cultures
have developed cognitive styles that differ in fundamental ways, including how intelligence is
understood. People in Western cultures tend to view intelligence as a means for individuals to devise
categories and engage in rational debate, whereas Eastern cultures see it as a way for members of a
community to recognize contradiction and complexity and to play their social roles successfully. This
view is supported by Sternberg and Shih-Ying, from the University of Taiwan, whose research shows
that Chinese conceptions of intelligence emphasize understanding and relating to others, and knowing
when to show or not show one's intelligence.
The distinction between East Asia and the West is just one of many distinctions that separate
different ways of thinking about intelligence. Robert Serpell spent a number of years studying concepts
of intelligence in rural African communities. He found that people in many African communities,
especially in those where Western-style schooling is still uncommon, tend to blur the distinction
between intelligence and social competence.
In another study in the same community, Sternberg and Grogorenko have found that children
who score highly on a test of knowledge about medicinal herbs, a test of practical intelligence, often
score poorly on tests of academic intelligence. This suggests that practical and academic intelligence can
develop independently of each other. It also tends to support a number of other studies which suggest
that people who are unable to solve complex problems in the abstract can often solve them when they
are presented in a familiar context. Ashley Maynard, for instance, now professor of psychology at the
University of Hawaii, conducted studies of cognitive development among children in a Mayan village in
Mexico using toy looms, spools of thread, and other materials drawn from the local environment. The
research suggested that the children's development could be validly compared to the progression
described by Western theories of development, but only by using materials and experimental designs
based on their own culture.
Look at the researchers in 1-5 and the list of findings. Match each researcher with ONE correct finding.
Write the answers in the numbered spaces.
Researchers List of findings
1. Ashley Maynard A. There is a clear relationship between intelligence and
relationships with others in Chinese culture.
2. Richard Nesbitt B. The difference between intelligence and social competence
is not distinct in many African communities.
3. Sternberg and Grogorenko C. Children frequently scoring well in practical tests score less
well in academic tests.
4. Sternberg and Shih-Ying D. In experiments to measure cognitive development, there is a
link between the materials used and the test results.
5. Robert Serpell E. The way cognition is viewed in East Asian cultures differs
fundamentally from those in Western cultures
Your answers: 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______

7. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning
with the given words. (10 pts)
1. Follow the instructions carefully and you won’t have any problems.
 As long as ______________________________________________________________ .
2. “I’m sorry, I gave you the wrong number” said Paul to Susan.
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 Paul apologized___________________________________________________________ .
3. The people who were at the meeting will say nothing to the press.
 Nobody who______________________________________________________________.
4. Because he didn’t study hard, he failed the exam.
 Had _____________________________________________________________________.
5. Is smoking permitted in Vietnamese cinemas?
 Are we __________________________________________________________________.
6. People think that Pig Slaughter Festival in Bac Ninh will be abolished in the future.
 The Pig Slaughter Festival _______________________________________________________
7. Much of the damage was caused because there was no timely leadership.
 It was the _____________________________________________________________________
8. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
 Despite my ___________________________________________________________________
9. Selena really has no idea of the difficulty of finding a parking place.
 Little ________________________________________________________________________
10 To our surprise, the student passed the exam with flying colors.
 The student ___________________________________________________________________
8. Combine each pair of sentences, beginning with the given words. (5 pts)
1. That teacher explained the theory clearly. Nevertheless, the students found it hard to understand it.
 Despite that _____________________________________________________________________
2. I did not dare to turn on the television. I was afraid of waking the baby up.
 I ______________________________________________________________________________
3. Our foods contain thousands of different chemicals. Only a few of them are essential to our health.
 Our food _______________________________________________________________________
4. Everyone in the village visits the pagoda. All of them notice the beauty of its architecture.
 No one in ______________________________________________________________________
5. He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
 Suspected ______________________________________________________________________
9. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE AND FIVE words,
including the words given. (5 pts)
1. Dickens’ last novel was unfinished when he died. (WITHOUT)
 Dicken died _______________________________________________ his last novel.
2. Don’t forget to contact me if you come to London. ( TOUCH)
 Don’t forget to ______________________________________ if you come to London.
3. John didn’t listen to what his doctor told him. (NOTICE)
 John took ______________________________________________ his doctor’s advice.
4. I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me. ( THANKFUL)
 I’d like to say ________________________ am for everything you have done for me.
5. He had a very traditional upbringing, didn’t he? ( TRADITIONALLY)
 He _________________________________________________________, wasn’t he?
10. Paragraph writing (10 pts): Write a paragraph (about 120-150 words) to express your opinions
about the following statement.
“School extra activities are beneficial to students’ life.” Do you agree with this statement?
Write a paragraph of about 100-120 words to state your viewpoint.
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