(2021-2022) (HSG Cấp Trường Tiếng Anh 9) (With Suggested Key) THCS Hà Huy Tập
(2021-2022) (HSG Cấp Trường Tiếng Anh 9) (With Suggested Key) THCS Hà Huy Tập
(2021-2022) (HSG Cấp Trường Tiếng Anh 9) (With Suggested Key) THCS Hà Huy Tập
II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. (20 pts)
The word ‘graffiti’ (1) __________ from the Greek word graphein, meaning to write. This
evolved into the Latin word graffito. Graffiti is the (2) __________ form of graffito. Simply (3)
__________, graffiti is a drawing, scribbling or writing (4) __________ a flat surface. Today, we equate
graffiti with the ‘New York’ or ‘Hip Hop’ style which emerged from New York City in the 1970s. Hip
Hop was (5) __________ an inner-city concept. It evolved from the rap music made in Brooklyn and
Harlem in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Donald Clarke, a music historian, has written that rap music
was a reaction to the disco music of the period. Disco was centred in the rich, elitist clubs of Manhattan
and rap emerged on street corners as an (6) __________. Using lyrical rhythms and ‘beat boxing’, the
music was a way to (7) __________ feelings about inner-city life. Hip Hop emerged as turntables began
to be used to form part of the rhythm by ‘scratching’ (the sound created by running the stylus over the
grooves of an LP). As Hip Hop music emerged so (8) __________ a new outlet for artistic visibility.
Keith Haring began using posters to place his uniquely (9) __________ figures and characters in public
places. Soon he began to draw directly on subway walls and transit posters. The uniqueness of his
drawings eventually (10) __________ to their being shown in galleries and published in books and his
art became ‘legitimate’.
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III. Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space. (10 pts)
Working parents are devoting more quality time to their children than previous generations,
despite time-consuming (1) __________, research has shown. The findings of this study go against the
(2) __________ that modern parents, especially working mothers, spend less time with their children.
The study found that parents devote more than twice as much time on the (3) __________ of their
children than they did 30 years ago. Full-time working parents were found to spend more time with their
children than their part-time and non-working counterparts. This time is spent talking to children and
enjoying planned leisure activities, such as swimming and trips to museums together.
The results of the research (4) __________ that parents devote an average of 85 minutes a day to
each child. This compares with 25 minutes a day in the (5) __________-1970s. And it is predicted that
the figure will rise to 100 minutes a day by 2010.
The study highlighted a new concept of “positive parenting”, where mothers and fathers are (6)
__________ committed to working hard to be good parents and providing the best material and
emotional support for their children. The findings suggest that the “new man” is not a myth. Today's
fathers were found to be more involved in their children's lives than their own fathers or grandfathers
were. More fathers are said to be equal (7) __________ in parenting. During the study, three generations
of families were (8) __________ on their attitudes to parenting. What is clear is that parents desire an
increase in creative involvement with children, and for family democracy. (9) __________ this increase
in parental involvement also suggests an increase in the stress (10) __________ being a parent. In the
future, parenting classes could become as commonplace as antenatal classes are today.
1. A. jobs B. work C. positions D. occupations
2. A. saying B. thought C. statement D. claim
3. A. education B. upbringing C. training D. instruction
4. A. show B. say C. display D. appear
5. A. medium B. middle C. mid D. halfway
6. A. nearly B. hardly C. similarly D. equally
7. A. couples B. partners C. mates D. colleagues
8. A. asked B. answered C. questioned D. requested
9. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite
10. A. for B. of C. in D. to
IV . Read the passage carefully, then choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best
according to the text. (10 pts)
The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It is fueled by thermonuclear reactions near its center that
convert hydrogen to helium. The Sun has existed in its present state for about four billion six hundred
million years and is thousands of times larger than the Earth.
By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what the rest of the Sun’s life will be like.
About five billion years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter. The surface
temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of thermonuclear
reactions. The outer regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35 million miles, about the distance
to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun. The Sun will then be a red giant star. Temperatures
on the Earth will become too high for life to exist.
Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After it
shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The Sun may throw off huge amounts
of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf.
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After billions of years as a white dwarf, the Sun will have used up all its fuel and will have lost
its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the Sun has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be
dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen over the Earth’s surface.
V. Use the word given at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits in the gap. (10 pts)
1. Theo and his twin brother are always together. They are __________. (separate)
2. These mountain villages are completely __________ in winter. (access)
3. I had a __________ night’s sleep. My back was hurting and the storm outside made such a noise.
(rest)
4. The monument was erected in __________ of the fallen soldiers for posterity. (remember)
5. Whenever examination is in progress, I often see parents, family members and __________ waiting
anxiously outside the exam sites. (wish)
6. As __________ as he is, it’s not surprising that he believed their lies. (impress)
7. We should make young people realize that drug-taking is __________. (destroy)
8. My opinion is that ghosts are __________. There are no ghosts in this world. (exist)
9. The opening ceremony ended __________ with fireworks. (sense)
10. The laws __________ pollution in the city are very rigid. (restrict)
VI. Use the word given in the brackets to rewrite the following sentences without changing the
meaning (20 pts)
1. Should you persist your defiance of instructions, we will take disciplinary action. (go)
→ If you ____________________________________________________________taken.
2. Someone stole all my money in my last trip to Vũng Tàu. (stolen)
→ I ____________________________________________________________________.
3. We went to the theater but they had sold out of tickets. (got)
→ By___________________________________________________________________.
4. The wind was so strong that we couldn’t walk. (hardly)
→ Such _________________________________________________________________.
5. Learning English is becoming more and more popular in our city. (increasingly)
→ It has _________________________________________________________________.
6. John used to work in this company. (longer)
→ No ___________________________________________________________________.
7. She isn’t concerned with the matter, or the consequence of it. (nor)
→ Neither the matter _______________________________________________________.
8. Instead, you must try to have a good relationship with the others. (get)
→ I wish you _____________________________________________________________.
9. They say he is able to swim across this river. (swimming)
→ He ___________________________________________________________________.
10. The last thing you should do is to reveal the secret. (under)
→ Under ________________________________________________________________.
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