Bộ 10 đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh 9 năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 1)

Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45.

Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.

Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50.

Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.

Her hair would be long when she was young.

We took part in a six-hours journey to the eastern coast.

Different kinds of newspapers are arranging on the shelves.

Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55.

Fill in each of the sentences with correct prepositions.

He's Italian? For some reason I was _{……………..…………..} the impression that he was Spanish.

We've put a lot of effort _{……………..…………..} this project.

After his father died, Nelson came _{……………..…………..} a fortune. 

I was born in London but I was brought _{……………..…………..} in Madrid.

Part 1. Questions 56 – 65

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.

ROBOTS

      Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs (56) ________ the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (57) ________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too?

      For a long time the only people who really (58) ________ the problem their attention were amateur inventors. And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot (59) ________ one task endlessly (60) ________ it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn’t run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do several different (61) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (62) ________ all the diffenrent shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (63) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to (64) ________ the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will (65) ________ the machine.

Part 2. Questions 66 – 75

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question

Archimedes' Principle is a law of physics that states that when an object is totally or partially immersed in a fluid, it experiences an upthrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. The principle is most frequently applied to the behaviourof objects in water, and helps to explain floating and sinking, and why objects seem lighter inwater. It also applies to balloons. The key word in the principle is “upthrust”, which refers to the force acting upward to reduce the apparent weight of the object whenit is under water. If, for example, a metal block with a volume of 100 cm3 is dipped in water,  it displaces an equal  volumeof water, which has a weight of approximately 1 N (3.5 oz). The block therefore seems to weigh about 1 N less.

An object will float if its average density is less than that of water. If it is totally submerged, the weight of the water it displaces (and hence the upthrust on it) is greater than its own weight, and it is forced upward and out of the water, until the weightof the water displaced by the submerged part is exactly equal to the weight ofthe floating object. Thus a block of wood with a density six tenths that of water will float with six tenths of its volume under water, since at that point the weight of fluid displaced is the same as the block’s own weight. If a dense material is made into a suitable shape, it will float because of Archimedes’ principle. A ship floats, whereas a block of iron of the same mass sinks.

It is also because of Archimedes’ principle thatships float lower in the water when they are heavily loaded (more water must be displaced to give the necessary upthrust). In addition, they cannot be so heavily loaded if they are to sail in fresh water as they can if they are to sail in the sea, since fresh water is less dense than sea water, and so more water must be displaced to give the necessary upthrust. This means the ship is lower in the water, which can be dangerous in rough weather.

Part 3: Questions 76 – 85

Read the text and fill in one word which best fits each gap.

      Watching Television and going for a walk are the most popular leisure (76) _{……………..…………..} in Britain. But although longer holidays and shorter working hours have given people more free (77) _{……………..…………..}, women generally have less free time (78) _{……………..…………..} men, because they spend time (79) _{……………..…………..} domestic work, shopping and childcare. Surveys showed that more men (80) _{……………..…………..} newspapers than women, and (81) _{……………..…………..}  slightly higher proportion of adult read Sunday newspapers than read (82) _{……………..…………..} morning national newspaper. More people are taking holidays abroad (83) _{……………..…………..} 1971 only 36 percent of (84) _{……………..…………..} in Britain had been abroad on holiday; but by 1983 this proportion had (85) _{……………..…………..} to 62 percent, nearly fifteen million people.

but by 1983 this proportion had (85) _{……………..…………..} to 62 percent, nearly fifteen million people.

SECTION IV: WRITING

Part 1: Questions from 86 to 90. 

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.

Everyone thinks I picked all the flowers in the garden.

They were never aware at any moment that something was wrong.

The heavy rain prevented everybody from going out.

Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.

It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.

The students’ riotous behaviors should have been severely punished.

Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe.

What has this experience taught you?

Part 2: Questions from 91 to 92

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.

The two theories appear to be completely different. (common)

I can’t describe people as well as you can. (better)

We couldn’t possibly sell this painting. (question)

The police now think he invented the story to protect his girlfriend. (have)

The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime. (red-handed)

Johnson was quite surprised when he won the election and became President. (aback)