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

Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45. (2 points - 0.2/ each)

Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence.

All members of our team played _{…………………………….}, so we lost the game. (success)

We were shocked by the ……………………………. of the staff of that firm.  (friend)

I am afraid you have been …………………………….. She no longer works for us. (inform)

The animals appeared _{…………………………….} when the flames surrounded them. (control)

Despite many …………………………. advances, Many schools aren’t equipped with computers.(technique)

Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50. (1 point - 0.2/ each)

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

New sources of energy have been looking for as the number of fossil fuels continues to decrease.

The science of medicine, which progress has been rapid lately, is the most important of all sciences.

Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55. (1 point - 0.2/ each)

Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

The company offered assurances that it does not experiment _{…………………….} animals.

I feel very thankful to my old friend _{…………………….} giving me this appointment

They revealed that he had supplied terrorist organization _{…………………….} weapons.

Resumption of the talks is indicative _{…………………}an improving relationship between the countries.

SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS)

Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)

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

THE DANGERS OF DIETING

Thanks to our modern lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the (56) ________ of overweight people is at a new high. As people frantically search for a solution (57) ________this problem, they often try some of the popular fad diets being offered. Many people see fad diets (58) ________harmless ways of losing weight, and they are grateful to have them. Unfortunately, not only don’t fad diets usually (59) ________the trick, they can actually be dangerous for your health.

Although permanent weight loss is the (60) ________, few are able to achieve it. Experts estimate that 95 percent of dieters return to their starting weight, or even (61) ________weight. While the reckless use of fad diets can bring some (62) ________results, long-term results are very rare. (63) ________, people who are fed up with the difficulties of changing their eating habits often turn to fad diets. (64) ________ being moderate, fad diets involve extreme dietary changes. They advise eating only one type of food, or they prohibit other types of foods entirely. This results in a situation (65) ________a person’s body doesn’t get all the vitamins and other things that it needs to stay healthy.

Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)

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

      The ocean bottom- a region nearly 2.5 times greater than total land area of the Earth- is a vast frontier  that  even today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago , the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,6000 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth’s surface, deep-ocean bottom is a hostile environment to humans , in some ways as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.

      Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments for over a century, the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation’s Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil gas industry, the Dad’s drill ship , the Glomar  Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.

      The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15 –year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world . The Glomar Challenger’s core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will problem look like millions of years in the future. Today , largely on the strength of  evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’s voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.

      The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger  have also yielded information critical to understanding the world’s past climates . Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion and the intense chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns and causes of past climatic change-information that may be used to predict future climates

Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each).

Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap.

When did it all start?

        Back in my grandparents’ days, it was assumed that the key factor in marketing a product was (76) _{………………..……} quality; everything was made to be durable. And just (77) _{………………..……} all other consumers at that time, my grandparents valued this and, believe it or (78) _{………………..……}, they still own the same kitchen appliances they bought nearly forty years (79) _{………………..……}. But fast forward forty years, things (80) _{………………..……} changed and marketing has almost nothing to do with the product. It is the customer (81) _{………………..……} has become the driving force (82)_{………………..……}all business strategies. Technological developments and economic growth have played a vital role in transforming all aspects of (83) _{………………..……} lives including industries. The irony of it (84) _{………………..……} is that the goal of manufacturers is not to make something that lasts for years to come and this is (85) _{………………..……} business is today.

that lasts for years to come and this is (85) _{………………..……} business is today.

SECTION IV. WRITITNG (4 points)

Part 1: Questions 86 – 90. (1 point- 0.2/ each)

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

I am sure he didn’t know that his mother was seriously ill.

That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there.

I’m having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week.

It is extremely difficult for them to cut down on smoking.

I have seldom heard such a talented singer.

It was such an interesting film that no one wanted to leave the cinema.

The architect has drawn some plans for an extension to the house.

Dick could not pass the examination because the questions were too difficult.

Part 2: Questions 91 – 95. (1 point - 0.2/ each)

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.

Tom was once a very rich man. (deal)

It was Anna’s first promotion. (been)

They suspended Jack for the next two matches. (banned)

“I didn’t make fun of lan after the party” Joe said. (denied)

I met your sister by chance at the airport last week. (ran)

I enjoyed myself at your bithday party last night. (fun)

We decided that we wouldn’t go with him to the airport after all. (see)