Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh 9 Phòng GD - ĐT Gía Rai năm 2023 có đáp án

In Finland, close friends and family often hug and kiss when they see each other.

In Japan, people greet their superiors with a small head bow.

Korean women usually bow slightly and shake hands to greet each other.         

Hello, and thank you for inviting me to ask about (5) …………. equality

Very often, wage discrimination affects women (6)…………... On average, women work more than men, but they earn much less.

I can give you some information. Women perform sixty­six percent of the world’s work, and produce fifty percent of the food, but earn ten percent of the income and own one percent of the (7)…………... 

So, how are governments (8)…………..

the problem of (9) …………….. in wages?

Part 2. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Complete each of the sentences below. For questions 10-25, write A, B, C, or D in the space provided.

10. I don’t think we have very much …….; we have very different opinions.

Take this cake and cut it into eight …… pieces

Judy: “Don’t fail to send your parents my regards”

- Jenny: “……………………..………”

I’m …………… so rude to her.

Unfortunately, the ring I had thought was gold turned out to be…………….

…… spotted owl is in danger of soon becoming extinct.

It was the most interesting film ……….. we have ever seen.

Suddenly …………. hungry, he stopped to buy a bar of chocolate.

Our flight from Amsterdam to London was delayed …… the heavy fog. 

Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

He’d rather …………….. sooner last night.

The number of members in Lan’s family ……….. four.

The flower girl wore a ………….dress at the wedding ceremony last night.

Choose the best word with the same meaning as the underlined part. ­ He was proud of his son’s accomplishment.

……. in large qualities in the Middle East. Oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought.

It took Ted a long time to get………… the breakup of his marriage. 

Man dirties the air with (26)………. gasses and smoke

(27) ………. the water with chemicals and other substances

the (28) ………. with too many fertilizers and pesticides.

For example, people ruin natural beauty by (29) ………. junk and litter on the land and in the water.

Air, water, and soil are necessary to the (30) ……….of all living things.

Badly polluted air can cause illness and (31) ………. death.

Polluted water kills fish and other (32) ………. life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food.

III. Complete each of the unfinished sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the one printed before it.

34. But for his help, we would all have died.

=> If it had………………………………………………………

“ Be careful! Don’t do that again,” he said.

=> He warned………………………………...........................

People say that the company is recruiting many employees.

=> The company is ………………………………………………

The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed.

=> The bed…………………………………………………………

“Congratulations! You’ve passed the exam, Paula,” I said. ­

=> I congratulated………………………………….....................

If you don’t rest yourself, you really will be ill. ­

=> Unless……………………………………...………………....

Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals. ­

=> People……………………………………………………..

Who often makes people in your class laugh? ­

=> By……………………………………………………………

We couldn’t go to school this morning because of the heavy rain. ­

=> Because it…………….…………………………………………

Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.

=> No sooner ……………………………………………….

“You never know when you might need it” was (44) ………. of her favorite sayings.

She lived (45) ………. herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us.

Although I never went to her house, I knew it was full (46) ……….. antique furniture

 In every room, there were dozens of paintings so that her house was (47) ………. an art gallery.

I remember my father (48) ……….

I had (49) ………. idea what he meant.

I (50) ………. out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal­mining in Staffordshire.

We used to make up stories (51) ………. her

My sister Alice, (52) ………. was a romantic girl, told us

but he walked out one day and she (53) ………. saw him again!

The passage is mainly about ………

The four boys of The Beatles ……….

The first songs of The Beatles were ……….

The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to …..…

The tone of the passage is that of ……………….

It’s very difficult to get carried away by the atmosphere unless (59) …… and by that I mean wearing a disguise of some kind, even if it’s nothing more than a mask or a funny hat.

In fact, the number of people (60) ………. is usually fairly small, so you will almost certainly be conspicuous out of fancy dress. 

You are bound to regret not having gone to a bit of trouble when (61) ……….having the time of their lives.

Ask a friend to lend you a costume if (62) ……….

but you should try to enter into the spirit of the festivities if (63) ……….

PART 4: WRITING

Write a passage (170-200 words) “What do you need in order to get a good job?’’