Bộ 10 đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 9 có đầy đủ đáp án (Đề 6)

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

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

In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar with driving a car.

Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

Nga is very modest, always playing _{………………….} her success.

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

      Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember part events, anticipate future ones, make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing.

      Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun’s position in the sky, and the speed of the dance tells how far the food source is from the hive. Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode the dance is innate and shows no special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food source, each time moving the food 25 percent father from the previous site, foraging honeybees began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site.

      Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees compared two pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One pair might contain, say, five chips and three chips, the other four chips and three chips. Allowed to choose which pair they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose the one with the higher total, showing some sort of summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and do simple sums.

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

                                                           KANGAROOS

The kangaroo is (76) …………………………. of the Australia’s most iconic animals. Kangaroos of different types live in all areas of Australia, from cold climate areas and desert plains (77) …………………………. tropical rainforests and beaches.

          Kangaroos are herbivorous, eating a range of plants and, (78) …………………………. some cases, fungi. Different kangaroo species inhabit different habitats. Some, for example, make nests on the ground while tree-kangaroo live above the ground. Larger (79) …………………………. of kangaroo tend to shelter under trees or in caves.

          Most kangaroos are distinguished from (80) …………………………. animals by the way they hop on their strong back legs. A kangaroo’s tail is used to balance while hopping and as a fifth climb when moving slowly.

Kangaroos have long (81) …………………………. important to the survival of Australia’s indigenous people, (82) …………………………. have hunted them for tens of thousands of years, using (83) …………………………. the meat and the skins. When Europeans arrived in Australia in the late eighteenth century, they too hunted kangaroos for survival. Kangaroos continue to be used as a resource, but only (84) …………………………. strict government controls. Nowadays only the four most abundant species of kangaroo may be commercially harvested for export, and then only by licensed hunters in accordance (85) …………………………. an approved management plan.

SECTION IV. WRITITNG

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

Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early.

But for his _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

Melissa’s father was very busy, but he still played with her.

Busy _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

They cancelled the flight because of the heavy rain.

So heavily _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

He isn’t present at the meeting, and I’m not either.

Neither he _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.

It’s _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

Ann said to me “Will you do English test tomorrow?”

Ann asked me _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.

The Statue of Liberty _{.........................................................................................................................................................................}

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.

Many people think Steve stole the money. (believed)

Steve _{…………………………………………….………………………………..} the money.

I don’t understand one word of this document.(head)  

I can’t _{…………………………………………….………………………………..} this document.

Erika didn’t mention her illness at all. (reference)      

Erika _{…………………………………………….………………………………..} her illness.

Jack really likes football and never misses a match. (crazy)

 Jack _{…………………………………………….………………………………..} football and never misses a match.

Despite knowing this place very well, I got lost. (though)

I got lost _{…………………………………………….………………………………..} very well.

Were Jack not so affluent a man, she would not be dating with him. (but)

_{…………………………………………….………………………………..}, she would not be dating with him.    

I don’t mind whether we go to the seaside or not this year. (difference)

It doesn’t _{…………………………………………………………..} whether we go to the seaside or not this year.

I would prefer you not to phone me at work. (rather)

 I _{…………………………………………….…………….………………………………..} at work.

He is determined to campaign for his son’s freedom. (intention)

He has _{…………………………………………….………………………………..} for his son’s freedom.

The film is similar to Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a number of ways (resemblance)

The film _{…………………………..……………………….………………………………..} Shakespear's Hamlet.