Name: __________________________Class: __________________Date: 3/11/2023
ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HKI – TA 9
A. Phonetics
Choose the word that has the different sounds
1. a. upgrade
b. update
c. underpass
d. tunnel
2. a. relieved
b. launched
c. annoyed
d. stayed
3. a. elevated
b. extended
c. astonished
d. defended
4. a. conscious
b. cooperate
c. concrete
d. deforestation
5. a. worth
b. cathedral
c. worthwhile
d. without
6. a. bow
b. loudspeaker
c. cloth
d. outskirts
7. a. stage
b. lantern
c. handicraft
d. damage
8. a. obesity
b. obey
c. occasion
d. own
9. a. illiterate
b. igloo
c. private
d. inconvenient
10. a. chore
b. chunk
c. technician
d. reach
Choose the word that has the different stress
1. a. illiterate
b. pastime
c. private
2. a. loudspeaker
b. inconvenient
c. historical
3. a. entertain
b. elastic
c. loudspeaker
4. a. damage
b. operation
c. landline
5. a. physically
b. resolve
c. relaxed
6. a. funeral
b. private
c. igloo
7. a. generation
b. operation
c. expectation
8. a. nationwide
b. independence
c. confident
9. a. technological b. tuberculosis
c. inconvenient
10. a. obesity
b. occasion
c. household

d. publicise
d. erase
d. occasion
d. reasoning
d. inform
d. entertain
d. emergency
d. category
d. independence
d. remote

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the best option
1. In 1999, Hoi An was _________by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
a. recognized
b. recognition
c. recognizable
d. recognizably
2. It's proved that _______leads to flooding and landslides, loss of biodiversity and soil erosion.
a. forest
b. forestation
c. deforestation
d. forestry
3. It would be __________to invest all your money in a project.
a. risk
b. risky
c. riskily
d. riskiness
4. She specialises in the cleaning and _________of antique paintings.
a. restore
b. restoration
c. restorer
d. restorative
5. The computers are out of date and require the new _________.
a. replace
b. replaced
c. replacement
d. replaceable
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6. The houses will be _________on the outskirts of town.
a. locate
b. located
c. location
d. relocate
7. The __________of the storm was less than expected.
a. severe
b. severely
c. severities
d. severity
8. Because of the darkness inside the _________, the travellers couldn't see the bats hanging
from the roof.
a. picturesque
b. tombs
c. contestant
d. cavern
9. Each _________in this quiz has to answer questions on a variety of subjects.
a. attempts
b. backdrop
c. fortress
d. contestant
10. For many centuries, the _________protected the villagers from various invaders.
a. rickshaw
b. unforgettable
c. vast
d. fortress
11. In my time, most girls kept a __________ where they could write down their daily thoughts
and feelings.
a. stories
b. performance
c. igloo
d. diary
12. 'Grandpa, how did the children in your village use to __________themselves?' – 'They
played games like tug of war, hide and seek, or flew their kites.'
a. honour
b. defend
c. attempt
d. entertain
13. We should work together to __________our tradition. They are of great value to us.
a. preserve
b. construct
c. tombs
d. picturesque
14. Use your__________ and draw a picture of your dream house.
a. imagine
b. imaginative
c. imaginary
d. imagination
15. Children are very creative. They are good at __________ out stories.
a. speaking
b. saying
c. acting
d. making
16. A postman comes once a day to__________ the post from the post box.
a. donate
b. extraordinary
c. recognize
d. collect
17. I love __________ bare-footed on the beach and feeling the sand under my feet.
a. going
b. walking
c. lying
d. jumping
18. The Lion Dance is usually performed at Mid-Autumn Festival, where the dancers skilfully
__________to drum music.
a. sing
b. dance
c. ski
d. skate
19. Paying respect to people of ___________ is a tradition in Viet Nam.
a. senior
b. junior
c. seniority
d. honour
20. A large number of ethnic people in the mountains are still ______. They can't read or write.
a. illiteracy
b. literacy
c. illiterate
d. literacy
21. Eating from street ___________ is a popular habit of people in big cities in Viet Nam.
a. vendors
b. seniority
c. deforestation
d. location
22. There should be ___________ on the roads to reduce the number of accidents.
a. strict rules
b. phyically
c. punishment
d. replacement
23. ___________ punishment was common at schools in the past.
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a. Physics
b. Physical
c. Physically
d. Physician
24. I prefer talking face -to-face to talking on the phone. (Choose the synonym)
a. direct
b. directly
c. indirect
d. indirectly
25. “Would you like to participate in this “Preserving the past”?”
- “ __________”
a. How cool!
b. I wish I could go back to that time
c. Sure
d. I can't imagine that.
26. “I've finished my painting! Look!”
- “ __________”
a. How cool!
b. I wish I could go back to that time
c. Sure
d. I can't imagine that.
27. “Children used to play outdoors with things they found, like feathers, stones etc.
- “ __________”
a. How cool!
b. I wish I could go back to that time
c. Sure
d. I can't imagine that.
28. “The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that can take people back to the
past.”
- “ __________”
a. How cool!
b. I wish I could go back to that time
c. Sure
d. I can't imagine that.
29. “It's new tradition in Russia on New Year's Eve for people to take a bath in a hole which is
dug in the ice.”
- “ __________”
a. How cool!
b. I wish I could go back to that time
c. Sure
d. I can't imagine that.
30. “Marriages used to be arranged by parents,”
- “ __________”
a. How cool!
b. I wish I could go back to that time
c. Sure
d. I can't imagine that.
31. A _________ is used to make the sound much louder so that many people can hear it from a
distance.
a. event
b. special occasion
c. tradition
d. loudspeaker
32. Every country has its own customs and _________.
a. generations
b. severity
c. traditions
d. technological changes
33. There is always a big gap between _________. The old sometimes find it difficult to
understand the young.
a. events
b. locations
c. backdrops
d. generations
34. People in the past were slower in accepting _________ changes than they are today.
a. technology
b. technological
c. technician
d. technologically
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35. Traditionally, weddings and funerals are considered important village _________ in Viet
Nam.
a. generation
b. event
c. obedience
d. fatality
36. A wedding is a special _________, not only for the bride and groom but also for other
attendants as they can meet friends and relatives.
a. occasion
b. occasional
c. occasionally
d. occasions
37. A museum should aim to _________ as well as educate.
a. entertain
b. entertainment
c. entertaining
d. entertained
38. It is a parent's responsibility to ensure children's regular _________at school.
a. attend
b. attendance
c. attendant
d. attended
39. It is clear that COVID-19 is more dangerous in patients with _________.
a. obese
b. obesely
c. obesity
d. obey
40. Many important _________documents were destroyed when the library was bombed.
a. history
b. historical
c. historian
d. historically
41. Modern _________makes moving money around much easier than it used to be.
a. technology
b. technological
c. technologically d. technician
42. She _________listened to her mother.
a. obey
b. disobey
c. obedient
d. obediently
43. The temple is _________ situated high in the mountains.
a. remote
b. remoteness
c. remotely
d. remotest
44. We _________go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home.
a. occasions
b. occasion
c. occasional
d. occasionally
45. Children are __________stories in Literature.
a. acting out
b. defending
c. obeying
d. attending
46. Dad's very __________with us about table manners.
a. illiterate
b. strict
c. private
d. strictly
47. Dog __________are often pulled by two common breeds of dogs.
a. sleds
b. skis
c. skates
d. arctic
48. __________of schoolchildren have sat at this table.
a. Damage
b. Generations
c. Households
d. Cloths
49. He used his phone's __________to let everyone listen.
a. headphones
b. loudspeakers
c. earphones
d. elastic
50. He walked __________across the sand.
a. strictly
b. barefooted
c. worthwhile
d. arctic
51. I hope Nicholas will __________himself at the party.
a. behaviour
b. behave
c. damage
d. face-to-face
51. I __________the clothes __________my nephew when my kids had outgrown them.
a. passed…down
b. passed…on to
c. passed….away d. passed….out
52. I'm saving this bottle of champagne for a special __________.
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a. occasion
b. occasional
b. occasionally
d. occasions
53. In 1845, Stephen Perry, a British Inventor and businessman, invented the __________band.
a. domed
b. elastic
c. cloth
d. candied
54. Millions of people in Africa are__________. They can't read or write.
a. illiterate
b. literate
c. illiteracy
d. literacy
55. No trees grow in the __________regions.
a. obedient
b. private
c. publicise
d. arctic
56. Nursing is a very __________career.
a. illiterate
b. own
c. worthwhile
d. remote
57. One of the most popular __________fruits is the candied coconut.
a. illiterate
b. candied
c. occasional
d. own
58. Plastic bags have been replaced with reusable __________bags in supermarkets.
a. cloth
b. candied
c. domed
d. private
59. The __________celing of the temple was painted to resemble the sky.
a. face-to-face
b. household
c. domed
d. own
60. The storm did a lot of __________to the crops.
a. backdrop
b. curtains
c. located
d. damage
61. The virus __________all the fikes on your hard drive.
a. attempted
b. erases
c. astounding
d. administrative
62. Their total __________income is less than $20,000 a year.
a. own
b. household
c. domed
d. bay
63. They met __________today for the first time.
a. face-to-face
b. astounding
c. strict
d. limestone
64. We all __________my grandfather with the greatest respect.
a. shrine
b. risk
c. rickshaw
d. treated
65. We __________ a hole and planted the tree.
a. dug
b. restored
c. damaged
d. face-to-face
66. You are free to do what you like in your __________home.
a. household
b. own
c. setting
d. remarkable
67. The __________in Ha Long Bay has gone through 500 miles years of formation in different
conditions and environments.
a. paradise
b. limestone
c. administrative
d. honour
68. There will be a leisure __________with pool, sauna, hot tubs and gym in my neighborhood.
a. complex
b. spectacular
c. setting
d. defend
69. We are here today to __________the men and women who gave their lives for their country.
a. worth
b. in ruins
c. defend
d. citadel
70. Stronger __________will have to be taken to bring down the unemployment.
a. astounding
b. measures
c. geological
d. round

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71. In the countryside in Viet Nam, families _______ extended, i.e. three or more generations
lived together in the same house.
a. used to be
b. used being
c. being
d. are used to being
72. Tuberculosis – TB – used to _______a lot of people. It was a fatal disease.
a. kill
b. kills
c. being killed
d. killing
72. In some European countries, a barber used to _________teeth as well as cut hair.
a. pulling out
b. pull out
c. pulling down
d. pull down
73. My brother _________his free time indoors. He went out a lot.
a. didn't used to spend
b. didn't use to spend
c. isn't used to spend
d. isn't used to spending
74. I wish I ___________how to paint on ceramic pots.
a. know
b. knew
c. has known
d. knows
75. I wish my mom _________about her childhood.
a. will know
b. would know
c. knows
d. have known
76. I wish I __________learn more about other people's traditions.
a. can
b. could
c. will
d. shall
77. I wish everybody _________enough money food and plate to live in.
a. have
b. has had
c. had
d. is having
78. I wish he ________aware of the importance of preserving the culture.
a. was
b. were
c. are
d. A and B are correct
79. I wish people __________conflicts and lived in peace.
a. have
b. has
c. had
d. are having
80. I wish I __________on the beach now.
a. am playing
b. was playing
c. were playing
d. B and C are correct
81. The children in my home village used to go _________even in winter. Now they all have
shoes.
a. on foot
b. bare-footed
c. playing around d. play outside
82. There is usually a _________gap between the old and young, especially when the world is
changing so fast.
a. generation
b. value
c. age
d. tradition
83. Every nation has respect for their long-preserved ________.
a. behaviors
b. practices
c. traditions
d. values
84. In Viet Nam, ________often refers to age and social position, not to wealth.
a. seniority
b. tradition
c. generation
d. behavior
85. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common ________in many Asian
countries.
a. behaviour
b. practice
c. tradition
d. seniority
86. Small children like listening to and _______stories.
a. acting out
b. defending
c. dying
d. launching
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III. WRITING
Transform the following sentences
1. He no longer works as a doctor.
=> He used...............................................................................................................................
2. My mom finds it easy to get up early.
=> My mom is .........................................................................................................................
3. He finds it difficult to do this exercise.
=> He isn't................................................................................................................................
4. What a pity I can't sing well.
=> I wish..................................................................................................................................
5. It's a pity he won't arrive tomorrow.
=> I wish..................................................................................................................................
6. She doesn't read comic books any longer.
=> She used..............................................................................................................................
7. My sister ate a lot of ice-cream when she was young.
=> My sister used.....................................................................................................................
8. She swam here when she was little.
=> She used..............................................................................................................................
9. “I work with your mom here.” he said to me
=> He told me...........................................................................................................................
10. “Do you watch TV every day?” He asked me
=> He asked me........................................................................................................................
11. “Should I tell my teacher about this problem?” he wondered
=> He wondered.......................................................................................................................
12. “Where should I put this coffee table?” he wondered
=> He wondered.......................................................................................................................
13. They have to cancel the meeting because of the storm.
=> They have to........................................................................................................................
14. She tidied the room last night.
=> She cleaned.........................................................................................................................
15. We spent our childhood in the countryside.
=> We grew..............................................................................................................................
16. My dad stopped smoking last year.
=> My dad gave........................................................................................................................
17. He discovered the news by chance.
=> He found.............................................................................................................................
18. She recovered from her illness soon.
=> She got................................................................................................................................
19. It's a pity he feels lonely.
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=> He wishes............................................................................................................................
20. “Our teacher gave us a lot of assignments yesterday,” the students said
=> The students said that..........................................................................................................
21. I don't have time, so I can't visit you.
=> If I.......................................................................................................................................
22. What a pity my mom isn't modern.
=> I wish..................................................................................................................................
23. I am not rich, so I can't help you.
=> If I were...............................................................................................................................
24. They began working in this factory five years ago.
=> They have............................................................................................................................
25. My sister hasn't played the piano for two days.
=> My sister last.......................................................................................................................
26. We did homework, then we went out.
=> After....................................................................................................................................
27. The train left when we arrived at the station.
=> By the time..........................................................................................................................
28. “Should I shut the door now?” he wondered
=> He wondered.......................................................................................................................
29. “Which starters should I order now?” the customer wondered
=> The customer wondered......................................................................................................
30. “I don't know your name.” he said
=> He told me...........................................................................................................................
31. “Did you watch the news on TV last night?” he asked me
=> He asked me........................................................................................................................
32. People say that Tom broke into the bank.
=> It..........................................................................................................................................
33. They are planting some trees in the garden now.
=> Some trees...........................................................................................................................
34. It's a pity Long can't dance well.
=> I wish that...........................................................................................................................
35. What a pity he is so lazy.
=> I wish..................................................................................................................................
36. “My mom isn't here.” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
37. “The room is very small,” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
38. “My son made a big mistake last night,” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
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39. What a pity his mom doesn't arrive home early.
=> He wishes............................................................................................................................
40. He began working in this town five years ago.
=> He has.................................................................................................................................
41. He doesn't help me any more.
=> He used...............................................................................................................................
42. My mom finds it easy to do charity.
=> My mom is..........................................................................................................................
43. Nam finds it hard to do boxing.
=> Nam isn't............................................................................................................................
44. What a pity he isn't rich.
=> He wishes............................................................................................................................
45. “I'm leaving tomorrow,” he said
=> He said................................................................................................................................
46. “You can keep this secret for me,” he said to me
=> He said to me that...............................................................................................................
47. “Do you like him?” he asked me
=> He asked me........................................................................................................................
48. “If I were you, I wouldn't do that,” he told me
=> He advised me.....................................................................................................................
49. “Don't swim so far from the shore,” he told me
=> He warned me.....................................................................................................................
50. “Don't touch the switch please!” she told the kids.
=> She warned..........................................................................................................................
51. “I am watching TV right now,” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
52. Health is more important than money.
=> Money isn't.........................................................................................................................
53. “Why don't we build a new library in our village?” he said
=> He suggested.......................................................................................................................
54. The last time she rode a bike was three years ago.
=> She hasn't............................................................................................................................
55. It took Michael thirty minutes to go for a walk with his dog.
=> Michael spent half...............................................................................................................
56. It's a pity that Hoa doesn't have a flower garden.
=> Hoa wishes that she.............................................................................................................
57. Despite the bad weather, I went camping.
=> Although.............................................................................................................................
58. “Will you work tomorrow, Lily?” James asked
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=> James asked ........................................................................................................................
59. People speak English around the world. (over)
=> English is............................................................................................................................
60. What a pity I don't know how to get to the station. (way)
=> I wish I................................................................................................................................
61. Keep the environment clean or we won't enjoy a healthy life. (pollute)
=> We won't enjoy...................................................................................................................
62. They use different ways to produce cheese.
=> Different ways are...............................................................................................................
63. “I'll phone you tomorrow,” he said to me
=> He said to me......................................................................................................................
64. What a pity we don't have money to buy a house.
=> We wish..............................................................................................................................
65. I last met him five years ago.
=> The last time........................................................................................................................
66. They use this pencil to draw thick lines.
=> This pencil is.......................................................................................................................
67. Japanese is more difficult than English.
=> English isn't........................................................................................................................
68. Mark can play soccer better than Minh.
=> Minh can't...........................................................................................................................
69. A cat isn't as faithful as a dog.
=> A dog is...............................................................................................................................
70. My English isn't as good as yours.
=> Your English.......................................................................................................................
71. “I'm going out tonight,” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
72. “Who should I ask for advice?” he wondered
=> He wondered.......................................................................................................................
73. “Are you feeling well today?” he asked me
=> He asked me........................................................................................................................
74. “I want to leave right now,” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
75. “I left for London months ago.” he said
=> He said that.........................................................................................................................
76. “Where are you going for your holiday?” he asked me
=> He asked me........................................................................................................................
77. “How long does it take you to get here, John?” she asked
=> She asked............................................................................................................................
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