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

About how many gallons of water did the man waste during his shower?

How much was their water bill last month?

The man doesn't have a lot of money because _______. 

The woman suggests that her brother _______________ to help them save money.

SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR

Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36.

Choose the best answer to each question.

You will have to ________ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.

________, after trying three times, he passed the examination.

This is the oldest building ________ the village.

________ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.

four o’clock Mr Hutchinson still had some ________ to do in the garden.

Very few scientists ________ with completely new answers to the world’s problems.

If you want to telephone him you will have to ________ the number in the book.

She began to feel nervous when the train pulled up at the ________ between Austria and Yugoslavia.

Students are expected to ________ their classes regularly.

He was pleased to have the ________ to hear such a fine musician play hit favorite piece of music.

We had a marvelous holiday: only the last two days were slightly ________ by the weather.

Ann is so ________ to succeed that I am sure nothing will stop her.

On Sundays the business center of the city was usually quite ________.

Before you sign anything important, pay careful _____ to all the conditions.

When I came through the customs at the airport I had to pay ________ on a clock I had bought.

It was after dark when the two children were both ________ on the safety-crossing by a lorry.

Will you _______ my essay, please, to find out whether I made any mistakes?

At the moment my car is at the garage being made ready for a ________ across Europe.

He asked an artist to ________ some drawings to illustrate what he had written.

The rising _____ of living is as hard on country families as on city families.

What is sometimes called ‘the death of distance’, brought about by the (56) ________,

allows professional services such as (57) ________ education

and training to be provided easily and quickly to (58) ________ areas.

Some of the gains can be seen in countries as diverse as India and Morocco, where innovations range from (59) ________ government announcements

to local craftsmen selling their wares to a (60) ________ market.

But already a huge and expanding (61) ________ divide is opening up between developed and developing nations.

The major task facing world leaders at present is to (62) ________ everybody on the planet with clean water, basic education and the drugs needed to fight preventable diseases.

Installing a (63) ________ in every classroom

and linking us all to (64) ________ must be a lesser

65) ________, for the time being at least.

What is the main purpose of the passage?

According to the passage, where did the inventor of the balloon - frame house originally come from?

Which of the following questions about the balloon-frame house is NOT answered in the passage?

The author implies that which of the following types of houses required the most skill to produce?

All of the following are factors in the development of the balloon - frame house EXCEPT ______.

According to the passage, why was the term balloon -frame applied to certain houses?

The word derision is closest in meaning to _______.

Skeptics thought that the balloon – frame house would be _________.

The standard method of construction in the early 19th century was described as _________.

Most of the wooden houses of Colonial times were _________.