Bộ 10 đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 9 có lời giải chi tiết (Đề 2)

Where did he meet Claudia?

What advice does Markus give Pete about meeting Claudia's parents?

What is one thing Markus does NOT say about greeting Claudia?

Markus' final suggestion for Pete is that he should:

SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR 

Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36.

Choose the best answer to each question.

Tom. "I'm sorry. I won't be able to come". - Mary. “_______”.

_______ air essential is to man, so is water to fish.

If you had taken my advice, you _______ in such difficulties now.

One's fingerprints are _______ other person.

Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming.

_______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.

I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _______.

Jane. “It's going to rain”.              Mary. “_______”.

A good friend is _______ will stand by you when you are in trouble.

_______, we tried our best to complete it.

The ______ will be chaired by Mr. Sheldon, one of the most innovative directors in the company.

The customer returned his order saying its switch was defective, and the online store agreed to ______ the full amount to his account.

His neighbors found his ______ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.

Steven is always ______ about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.

Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.

The dress Arid wore _______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.

Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a better- paying job.

Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape.

Shakespeare, a(n) ______writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.

I had the ________ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.

Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (56) ______ as a development of making calls.

In fact, there is (57) ______ theory that the earliest languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken

Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (58) ______ history.

The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (59) ______ on histories of the land and spirits to the next generation.

A study of intellectually (60) ______ children showed

that they could recall more (61) ______ after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as story.

Researchers also report that people score better on a standard intelligence (62) ______ after listening to Mozart.

The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (63) ______ by findings

that rats (64) _______ up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, known as a maze.

Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental (65) ______ benefit from listening to music.

The passage is mainly about the

According to the passage, films using sound effects were screened

The word 'screenings' in is closest in meaning to

Which of the following is not mentioned as a producer o! sound to accompany movies?

It can be inferred that

According to the passage, gramophones were ineffective because they

The word 'sequence' is closest in meaning to

The phrase 'these signals' refers to

According to the passage, sound-on-film guaranteed synchronization because the recording was

Short feature films produced as early as 1922 _______