Đề thi KSCL đầu năm môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - THCS Phan Huy Chú năm 2024 có đáp án

Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There is TWO extra word.

A comer shop or a convenience shop is a British tradition. It is a small retail shop. We can (21)............... a corner shop at the end of a local street in many neighbourhoods in towns and cities across the UK. The corner shop sells all (22)................. of household goods and simple food and drinks like snacks, groceries, coffee, soft drinks. It also sells newspapers, magazines, and cigarettes. Convenience stores are originally from America. They are like the British corner shops. The only difference is that convenience stores are often open 24 hours. Probably the (23)................ well-known convenience store is 7-Eleven. You can find a convenience store at any residential area, a filling station, a railway station, or alongside a busy road. Today, there are convenience stores all over (24)................ world. Each country has its own brand of convenience stores as well as the global brand 7-Eleven. Both corner shops and convenience stores sell things at higher prices (25)................ the supermarket, but they are much more convenient.

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

When Smartphones become even Smarter

Mobile phone technologies have developed rapidly over the last decades, and experts are (26)................... interesting predictions about smartphones of the future. They say that by 2035, smartphones will be able to change their shapes to meet the users' needs. (27)................... example, you can fold your phone like a sheet of paper and put it in your wallet. Similarly, you can bend it and wear it as a watch. Moreover, new generations of smartphones can send and receive holographic pictures. By (28)................ holography, you will be able to participate in meetings without having to be at the meeting venue in (29).................... You will also be able to interact in computer games as if you were a character in it. Besides, smartphones will have super strong sensors to read your mind and complete some tasks, such as making to-do lists and shopping online. They will be able to sense your mood, give advice and play suitable music. In the near future, many people may consider their smartphones (30)................... best friend, and they may interact with them even more than they do with their human friends

26. A. making                       B. doing                     C. working                            D. studying

27. A. On                               B. By                          C. With                                   D. For

28. A. used                            B. use                         C. using                                 D. uses

29. A. people                         B. person                   C. men                                    D. human

30. A. they                             B. them                      C. their                                   D. theirs

Write a new sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.

Mr Ba drives more carefully than Mr Tuan.

Mr Tuan _______________________________________

If we protect the environment daily, we will have a better life.

Unless _______________________________________

My close friend likes to do projects about life of minority children.

My close friend is interested _______________________________________

"I am sorry, I must go with my teacher now", said the boy.

The boy said _______________________________________

Make complete sentences with the suggested words/ phrases.

When/ I/ meet/ Nam/ yesterday,/ he/ plant/ trees/ his/ school.

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The interviewer/ ask/ me/ where/ I/ come/ from.

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