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VIỆT TRÌ DỰ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH

NĂM HỌC 2023-2024
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SECTION 1: LISTENING (20 points)

I. You will hear a woman, Vanessa, talking about a journey she made with her husband, Robert,
and her baby, Ben. Choose A, B or C which fits best according to what you hear. Write your
answers in the numbered box. (10 points)
1. What did Vanessa and Robert decide to do last year?
A. Settle down. B. Travel to England by boat. C. Look for new jobs.
2. Vanessa was worried that _______.
A. they wouldn't make a good preparation
B. the living conditions would be bad
C. the baby would get ill
3. How did Vanessa feel when they reached Singapore?
A. She wondered if she should fly home.
B. She was worried about the boat.
C. She enjoyed the break from travelling.
4. Why was Vanessa's father-in-law particularly helpful?
A. He was a good cook. B. He looked after the baby. C. He helped to sail the boat.
5. Because of spending so much time on the boat, the baby _______.
A. learnt to walk late B. didn't play by himself C. only liked certain food
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

II. You will hear a part of a telephone conversation between a customer and a sales agent. Fill in
the missing information in the numbered box. (10 points)

CAR XPRESS
VEHICLE HIRE
Provider of top quality hire vehicle in the Auckland area.
ORDER FORM
Name: Madge Thompson
Booking Reference number: (6) _______
Hire period: 14 days
Vehicle models: Tigre Swordstar
Collection date: 2nd July (around 3 p.m)
Collection point: (7) _______ , Blue Car Park
Return date: 17th July (around 6 p.m)
Insurance type: (8) _______
Conditions: £ 500 (9) _______, otherwise fully covered
Payment method: Debit Card

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Cost of vehicle hire £ 280
Additional Costs:
Insurance: £ 75
(10) _______: £ 25
Tyre chains : £ 25
Total: £ 455.50 (Including 12,5 % tax)
Write your answers here:
6. 7.

8. 9. 10.

SECTION 2: PHONETICS (10 points)

III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by writing
your answers A, B, C, or D in the numbered box. (6 points)
11. A. mortal B. exotic C. fond D. nocturnal
12. A. puncture B. stature C. structure D. mature
13. A. exude B. extort C. executive D. exhibit
IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by writing your
answers A, B, C, or D in the numbered box. (4 points)
14. A. infamous B. innocent C. inexpert D. infantile
15. A. outsource B. outgrow C. outstrip D. outweigh
Write your answers here:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

SECTION 3: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (70 points)

V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences by writing A, B, C or D in
the numbered box. (60 points)
16. Many species in the wild have _______ways of defending themselves from predators.
A. ingenious B. indicative C. inspiring D. ingenuous
17. _______to Jeremy myself, I can’t tell why he would do such terrible things.
A. Not speaking B. Not to speak C. Not be spoken D. Not having spoken
18. Judging from what he said, I had the _______ impression that he was very disappointed with the
exam result.
A. distinct B. distinctive C. distinguished D. distinguishable
19. Mr. Joseph was immensely _______to hear that all of his relatives managed to escape from the
terrorist attack safe and sound.
A. shocked B. relieved C. enlightened D. healed
20. It was claimed that the car crash _______was the mistake of the driver.
A. causing many people to die B. caused great human loss
C. to cause many people die D. which causes many people die
21. Considering the fact that it takes me a long time to save enough money for a vacation abroad,
such trips are _______for me.
A. up and about B. big shots C. hot air D. few and far between
22. Three members of the Everest expedition have been declared _______, which has hit the
headlines for several days.
A. abandoned B. deserting C. missing D. vanished

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23. He was found guilty of having lied when giving evidence in court and, as a result, was sentenced
to two years imprisonment for _______.
A. perjury B. deception C. fraud D. lying
24. The customer returned his order saying its switch was defective, and the online store agreed to
_______the full amount to his account.
A. magnify B. credit C. charge D. discontinue
25. She bitterly resented_________ waiting for hours in front of the cinema.
A. keeping B. to keep C. to be kept D. being kept
26. _______, early approaches for coping with workplace stress dealt with the problem only after its
symptoms had appeared.
A. Although well-intending B. Although it is a good intention
C. Although a good intention D. Although well-intended
27. When a daughter didn’t come home on the last bus, Mrs. Lee was at _______.
A. a loss B. death’s door C. her wits’ end D. the crack of dawn
28. They are unlikely to find any new evidence because so much time has _______since the crime.
A. spanned B. postponed C. lapsed D. elapsed
29. An economist once stated in the broadcasting media that the inflation rate in Venezuela was five
times _______ his home country.
A. as much as B. more than C. as many as that in D. as high as that in
30. Advances in special effects have brought a new _______ of life to the film industry.
A. surge B. lease C. time D. flash
31. Some people regard a sentence of Community Service as a very _______option.
A. light B. comfortable C. soft D. simple
32. Recently, there has been a rapid technological advance in almost all aspects of life, which has
changed the world _______.
A. irreplaceably B. irrevocably C. irredeemably D. irreparably
33. If you don’t make a move soon, you’ll find yourself stuck in a _______and you’ll never get
anywhere.
A. trough B. hole C. groove D. rut
34. It was three days before the storm _______ and life began to return to normal.
A. abated B. dwindled C. slackened D. alleviated
35. I was all set to take the job in Tokyo, but at the last minute I _______and decided to stay in
Britain.
A. called it a day B. got cold feet C. held my horses D. pulled my finger out
36. I’m not surprised that Tom is ill. He’s been _______for a long time. It was bound to affect his
health sooner or later.
A. having his cake and eating it B. burning the candle at both ends
C. playing with fire D. going to town
37. The school drama club is________ a play for the school's anniversary, which is due to take
place next month.
A. catching on B. making off C. putting on D. turning out
38. We are conscious that sleeplessness usually _______ those who are exposed to a great deal of
stress, anxiety, or depression.
A. betrays B. bestows C. bemoans D. besets
39. The team had been trying to win the competition for years. Last year they finally ________.
A. carried it away B. carried it on C. brought it off D. brought it on
40. “Have you told your dad what’s bothering you?” – “I’d _______ in you than my parents.”
A. rather to confide B. better confide C. sooner confide D. rather my confiding
41. I don’t think it would be wise to try to make Max change his mind about divorcing Barbara.
Well, in his place, I _______ her at all.
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 A. would never have married B. needn’t have married
C. must not have married D. shouldn’t have married
42. Attitudes on the two sides in the Revolutionary War _______ the possibility of a peaceful
solution.
A. presaged B. prejudiced C. anticipated D. precluded
43. Jenifer and John are discussing women and men in society.
- Jenifer: “In my opinion, women usually drive more carefully than men."
- John: “________. Recent studies show that more accidents are caused by women.”
A. Don’t mention it. B. Never mind. C. I don’t buy it. D. You can say that again.
* Write your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered box to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following sentence.
44. During the Great Depression, there were many wanderers who traveled on the railroads and
camped along the tracks.
A. veterans B. tyros C. vagabonds D. zealots
* Write your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered box to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following sentence.
45. We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight
o’clock and take good care of their own bussiness.
A. operate well under pressure B. manage an inflexible system
C. plan in fastidious detail D. organize things inefficiently
VI. Identify the mistake in each of the following sentences by writing your answers A, B, C, or D
in the numbered box. (10 points)
46. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creations than the
tangled forest.
A. creations B. desert C. Since D. swift-footed
47. In a free country where there is no censorship, serious papers are read principle for their news,
sent to them by their correspondents round the world and by the big news agencies.
A. sent to B. censorship C. correspondents D. principle
48. If we have taken a representative sample, it will allow us to predict successfully the level of
performance an individual will reach in a deep variety of occupations.
A. have taken B. performance C. deep D. representative
49. While the temperature threshold differentiates between different types of coral, they generally
cannot survive in waters above 30°C.
A. differentiates B. threshold C. in D. generally
50. If the ocean water gets too warm, coral goes through a process of bleaching, for which it loses
the algae that give coral its vibrant colors.
A. goes through B. for C. loses D. give
Write your answers here:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

SECTION 4: READING (60 points)

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VII. Read the following passage and write your answers A, B, C, or D in the numbered box to
indicate the correct word for each of the blanks. (20 points)
The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks has been praised for deepening the significance of personal
and social experiences so that these experiences become universal in their (51) _______. She has
also been praised for her “sense of form, which is basic and remarkable”. Many of her poems are
(52) _______ with a Black community named Bronzeville, on the south side of Chicago. Her
literary (53) ________ makes Bronzeville more than just a place on a map. This community, like all
important literary places (Robinson’s Tilbury Town and Masters’ Spoon River, for example),
becomes a testing ground of personality, a place where the raw (54) _______ of experience is (55)
_______ by imagination and where the joys and trials of being human are both sung and judged.
The qualities for which Brooks’s poetry is not are (as one critic has (56) _______ out) “boldness,
invention, a daring to experiment, and a naturalness that does not scorn literature but absorbs it”.
Her love (57) _______ poetry began early. At the age of seven, she “began to put rhymes
together”, and when she was thirteen, one of her poems was published in a children’s magazine.
During her teens, she (58) _______ more than seventy-five poems to a Chicago newspaper. Her
first collection of poems, A Street in Bronzeville, was published in 1945. Four years later, Annie
Allen, her second collection of poems, appeared. In 1950, Annie Allen was (59) _______ a Pulitzer
prize for poetry. The novel Maud Martha, about a young black girl growing up in Chicago,
published in 1953, was praised for its warmth and (60) _______. In 1963, her Selected Poems
appeared.
51. A. knowledge B. implication C. indication D. potential
52. A. involved B. connected C. related D. concerned
53. A. skill B. quality C. capacity D. manner
54. A. substance B. components C. material D. elements
55. A. formed B. shaped C. decided D. caused
56. A. pointed B. made C. cleared D. showed
57. A. to B. with C. for D. on
58. A. devoted B. dedicated C. attributed D. contributed
59. A. presented B. rewarded C. awarded D. honored
60. A. concerns B. considerations C. insights D. awareness
Write your answers here:
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

VIII. Read the following passage and writing your answers A, B, C, or D in the numbered box to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (20 points)
Being able to land safely is a critically important skill for all flying animals. Whereas
terrestrial animals face no particular challenge when they need to stop running or crawling, flying
animals move at much higher speeds, and they must be careful about how they land. Hitting the
ground, or even water, at full flight speed would be quite dangerous. Before touching down, they
must decrease their speed in order to land safely. Both bats and birds have mastered the skill of
landing, but these two types of flyers go about it quite differently.
In the past it was believed that, in terms of flying mechanics, there was little difference
between bats and birds. This belief was based only on assumption; however, because for years
nobody had actually studied in graphic detail how bats move their wings. In recent years, though,
researchers have discovered a number of interesting facts about bat flight. Bats are built differently
from birds, and their wings incorporate both their front and hind limbs. This makes coordinating
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distances. However, they are much better at maneuverability: a bat can quickly change its direction
of flight or completely reverse it, something a bird cannot easily do.
Another interesting characteristic of bat flight is the way in which bats land - upside down!
Unlike birds, which touch down on the ground or on tree branches, bats can be observed flying
around and then suddenly hanging upside down from an object overhead. How do they do it? A
group of researchers recently used video cameras to film bats landing on nets suspended from the
ceiling of their laboratory and studied the recordings in slow motion. They painted spots on the bats’
wings to see in detail what happens to the wings in flight and during touchdown. It turns out that the
bats flew in a straight line up to the net and then quickly flipped over and attached themselves to it
upside down. One downside to this landing routine is that the bats often slam into their landing spot
with some force, which probably causes pain. However, not all bats hit their landing spots with the
same speed and force, these will vary depending on the area where a bat species makes its home.
For example, a cave bat, which regularly perches on a hard stone ceiling, is more careful about its
landing preparation than a bat more accustomed to landing in leafy treetops.
61. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Places where flying animals choose to land.
B. Why scientists have difficulty observing bats.
C. Differences in the moving habits of flying animals.
D. Ways in which bats move differently from birds.
62. The word “terrestrial” is closest in meaning to _______.
A. high-flying B. fast-moving C. tree-climbing D. ground-living
63. According to the passage, what skill is crucial for flying animals?
A. Crawling. B. Flying over great distances.
C. Slowing down to land. D. Balancing on huge branches.
64. The word “incorporate” is closest in meaning to _______.
A. add B. combine C. utilize D. include
65. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to_______.
A. distances B. birds C. bats D. wings
66. The researchers used all of the following to study bats EXCEPT ______.
A. nets B. paint C. wings D. cameras
67. The word “suspended” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. clinging B. hanging C. lingering D. entangling
68. The word “slam” is closest in meaning to _______.
A. crash B. crumble C. shatter D. burst
69. According to the passage, what is an advantage that bats have over birds?
A. They can land on a greater variety of surfaces.
B. They can turn in the air more quickly.
C. They can maneuver sluggishly while flying.
D. They move at much higher speeds.
70. Which of the following is a false assumption about bats that was recently corrected?
A. They cannot hear. B. They sleep upside down.
C. They fly similarly to birds. D. They hide in tree branches.
Write your answers here:
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

IX. Read the passage below and fill each number blank with ONE suitable word. Write your
answers in the numbered box. (20 points)

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 In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I’ve been
turning (71) _______ in my mind ever since.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in
this world haven’t had (72) _______ advantages that you’ve had.”
He didn’t say any more, (73) _______ we’re always been unusually communicative in a
reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m
inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has (74) _______ up many curious natures to me and
also made me the victim of not a (75) _______ veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect
and attach (76) _______ to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that
in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy (77) _______ the secret
griefs of wild, unknown men. Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I have feigned
sleep or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable (78) _______ that an intimate
revelation was quivering on the horizon. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that
a (79) _______ of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth.
And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct
may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes, but after a certain point I don’t care (80)
_______ it’s founded on.
Write your answers here:
71. 72.
73. 74.
75. 76.
77. 78.
79. 80.

SECTION 5: WRITING (40 points)

X. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. Write it in the space provided. (10 points)
81. Local residents said they strongly disapproved of the new traffic scheme.
 Local residents expressed.......................................................................................................................................................................................
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82. Alice lost all her hope; she decided to stop her business.
 Such ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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83. It was the goalkeeper that saved the match for us.
 But for ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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84. You will have to work harder if you want to pass your exams.
 You will have to pull ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
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85. The minister’s involvement in that corruption scandal has tarnished his reputation.
 The minister is under a .........................................................................................................................................................................................

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XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one, using the
given word in bold given without changing the given word. Write it in the space provided. (10
points)
86. Alex grimaced as he swallowed the foul-tasting medicine. PULLED
 Alex pulled .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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87. You shouldn’t talk to people who will not listen. FALL
 You shouldn’t .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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88. My husband has had to earn the income since I broke my leg. BACON
 My husband has ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................
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89. He makes sure that he isn’t associated with policies he disagrees with. DISTANCES
 He makes sure.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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90. It is just possible that we may have to introduce pay cuts. RULLED
 We ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
XII. Paragraph writing (20 points)
Today, teenagers have a tendancy to do part-time jobs in their free time.
Write a paragraph (about 150 words) about the benefits of this trend.
Write your paragraph in the space provided.
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