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ĐỀ THI HỌC KÌ 2 LỚP 9 MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Đề 1)

Name: …………………………………….
Result: …………………………………….

1. Listen and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F). 🎧
1. The way we eat and how we behave when having meals reveal a lot about our
personality.
2. If someone looks carefully at the menu and asks a waiter certain questions
before ordering, they are attentive to details.
3. A person carefully looking through the menu always cares about getting to the
end result.
4. If a person doesn’t even look at the menu and orders right away, they’re usually
quite stubborn.
5. Someone ordering immediately without looking at the menu is good at
adapting to new environments.

2. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. head B. spread C. cream D. bread
2. A. reasonable B. resort C. season D. excursion
3. A. practiced B. learned C. asked D. watched

3. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. significant B. diverse C. garnish D. combine
2. A. vacation B. delicious C. excursion D. holiday
3. A. simplicity B. American C. obedient D. flexible
4. A. office B. fluency C. accent D. official

4. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

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3. Eight o’clock is _______ good time to phone Nick: he’s always at home in _______
evening.
A. x – the C. a - x
B. a – the D. a – an
4. They could understand our conversation if they ________ some English.
A. will know C. knew
B. know D. would know
5. Reading helps you learn vocabulary easily as you will _______ new words
without even realizing it when you read.
A. face up C. pick up
B. look up D. give up
6. In 2010, Naoko Yamazaki, the second female Japanese astronaut, ________ on
Discovery space shuttle to the ISS after she _________ her training at the Johnson
Space Center.
A. had flown – completed C. flew – was completing
B. flew – had completed D. was flying – was completing
7. The United Nations, _______ was established in 1945, has over 200 members.
A. which C. what
B. that D. it
8. The national debt __________ in the near future.
A. will pay off C. will pay
B. will be paid off D. will be paid
9. Although he did his best, he had to be _________ with the third place in the
competition.
A. pleasing C. content
B. satisfying D. pleasant

5. Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence.
1. We ________ gather our things and run to the bus stop. (hurry)
2. All over the world, all different cultures created interesting _______ meat
products, and one of the most popular is undoubtedly sausage. (procession)
3. The essays _______ by Hans de Wit, who is the President of the EAIE. (assess)
4. _________ school teachers educate children between the ages of 11 and 18 in a
national curriculum subject area. (second)

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6. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank
space in the following passage.
How old (1) _______ you be on Friday 13, 2029? That is how old you will be when a
large asteroid, called Apophis, comes very, very close to our planet. Asteroids are
rocks that circle the sun in space and sometimes (2) ________ close to Earth and
even hit it. Most asteroids are very small and, if you are lucky, you can sometimes
see them in the night sky as ‘falling stars’. However, most scientists believe one
large asteroid, about six to twelve kilometers across, (3) _______ the earth and
killed all the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. Apophis is also big. Scientists
discovered it in 2004 and they say that it is about 300 meters across. That’s about
the size of a large sports stadium. An asteroid this size, according to scientists, is
(4) ______ large enough to destroy our world, but it is large enough to destroy
several cities. It will probably miss the earth, they say, but not by very much – it
will miss us by about only 35,000 kilometers – that’s much closer than our moon
(5) _________ is about 240,000 kilometers away. Another way of thinking about it is
that it will miss us by only a few minutes.
1. A. are B. will C. do D. can
2. A. came B. comes C. coming D. come
3. A. crash B. hit C. touched D. came over
4. A. no B. don’t C. isn’t D. not
5. A. which B. who C. whose D. in which

7. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each
question.
Every year, students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are
young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school,
others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in
films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky
enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects.
They study their own language, mathematics, and English. In England, America,
or Australia, many boys and girls study their native language, which is English,
mathematics, and another language, perhaps French, or German or Spanish.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often
learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English
at college or university. Others learn English because they want to read
newspapers or magazines in English.

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1. Many adults learn English because _________.
A. most of their books are in English
B. it helps them in their work
C. English is spoken in their office
D. they want to go abroad
2. According to the writer _________.
A. English is useful only for teenagers
B. English is popular all over the world
C. only adults learn English
D. no children like to learn English
3. In America or Australia many school children study _________.
A. such foreign languages as French, German, and Spanish
B. their own language and no foreign language
C. English as a foreign language
D. English and mathematics only
4. Most people learn English by _________.
A. hearing the languages in the office
B. talking with foreigners
C. watching videos only
D. working hard on their lessons
5. Many boys and girls learn English because _________.
A. they are forced to learn it
B. they have to study their own languages
C. it is included in their study courses
D. English can give them a job

8. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar meaning
to the first sentence.
1. He didn’t get the job. He had all the necessary qualifications.
=> In spite
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. The team plays on the left. The team has never won the championship.
=> The team
____________________________________________________________________________________
3. We will get lost because we don’t have a map.
=> If
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. Scuba-diving is not really my cup of tea. (interested)

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=> I
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. If you ask me well in advance, I’ll be willing to work overtime.
=> Provided that
_______________________________________________________________________________

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