Đề thi KS Tiếng Anh 9. Đề 2.(2023)

There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers. Not many years ago, newspapers were still being produced using techniques unchanged ___(1)___ over hundred years. The journalists gave their stories or their manuscripts to a typist, ___(2)___ prepared them for an editor, who passed them on over the printer. The printer, who was a very skilled man, set up the type. This was then collected ___(3)___ the pages. When the pages were complete, the printing machines could be started. Nowadays, what ___(4)___ ? The journalists type their stories into a computer. The computer checks their spelling, plans the page, shapes the articles. When the pages are ready, another computer may control the printing. There can be no ___(5)___ about it, producing a newspaper is an entirely different business now.

Traveling is one of the most popular forms of recreation in the USA. Most American employees receive an annual vacation with pay, and it is a good time off for traveling. Traveling within the country is more popular because foreign travel, which requires a passport, generally takes more time and money. However, Americans who wish to have their vacation outside the USA are free to go almost anywhere. Obtaining a passport is a routine matter.
Every year about 13 million Americans (about four percent of the total population) travel abroad. The most popular vacation periods are during the summer and during the two-week school break on the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. These periods are also the most crowded and generally the most expensive time to travel, so people who can adjust their schedules sometimes choose vacation in the autumn. American vacationers often travel by car. Most families have a car, and those who do not have a car can rent one. Cars are usually the economical way to travel, especially for the families. It is also fairly fast and convenient. Excellent highways connect the major cities. They enable vacationers to travel at an almost steady speed of 55 to 65 miles an hour. Tourists that want to travel faster often fly to their destination and then rent a car to go around when they get there.