ĐỀ THI HỌC KÌ 2 TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9

ĐỀ 1
I/ Choose the correct answers:
1. Energy-saving bulbs should be used to . . . . . . . . . . . electricity.
A. replace B. consume C. save D. check
2. The man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wife is our principle is very kind.
A. who B. which C. that D. whose
3. I suggest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a show to raise money.
A. spending B. occuring C. composing D. organizing
4. An earthquake in the ocean floor is very dangerous because it causes strong. . . . . . . . . . . .
A. hurricanes B. tidal waves C. volcanoes D. tornadoes
5. Don’t use plastic bags because they are very hard to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. dissolve B. reduce C. disappoint D. fine
6. Today, consumers like to choose products that work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. finally B. joyfully C. considerately D. effectively
7. Let’s congratulate him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . his success.
A. in B. on C. from D. at
8. Hoa: I suggest going to school by bus. Huong: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. Not a bad idea. C. Thanks.
B. That’s very kind of you. D. OK. Let’s go.
II/ Give the correct form of the words in brackets
1. The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim. (major)
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . air is a serious problem today. (pollute)
3. She . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . showed her prize to her parents. (proud)
4. He has been . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .as presidential candidate. (nomination)
5. Vietnam is rich in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . resources. (nature)
6. If we save energy, there will be no . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of electricity. (short)
III/ Read the passage, then check the sentences below True or False and choose the
correct answer for sentences 5 and 6.
A new report on life in 2020 was published yesterday. This report predicts big changes, not just in
technology but also changes in the way we live. These are some of the predictions:
- One in five fathers will be househusbands, while the mothers go out to work.
- People will live near other people who have the same interests, for example, in golf villages.
- There will often be three generations-grandparents, parents and children- living in the same house.
- People will live until their mid-eighties, but women will still live slightly longer than men.
- One in five school classes will be online through the Internet. Students will also often have video
classes with a “superteacher” from another city or country.
- Most workers will have short-term contracts. They will have to learn to do lots of different jobs
because they will change jobs frequently.
- Most people will work a twenty-five-hour week. This will usually mean working five hours a day,
although some people may work three eight-hour days and have four days off.
1. 20% of fathers will stay at home and take care of their children. …………
2. People will live near other people who like the same things. …………
3. Men and women will live until they are 80. …………
4. “Superteachers” will sometimes travel to give classes. …………
5. Most workers will ……………………………………….
A. work in the same job all their lives.
B. have long-term contracts.
C. have to learn to be able to do many jobs.
D. get a lot of money.
6. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to ……………………………….
A. talk about the improvements in technology.
B. predict big changes in family life and work.
C. enhance family traditions.
D. encourage people to study harder.
IV/ Reorder the words/phrases to make complete sentences:
1. which pass overland / are / below a thunderstorm / tornadoes / funnel-shaped storms
......................................................
2. to clean / for families / their houses / Tet is a time / and decorate
......................................................
V/ Choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks:
Imagine, John Lennon’s most famous song, was recently voted “Britain’s favorite song of all time”. It
is an idealistic song about peace and the hope(1) ………… a better world. “Imagine all the people
living life in peace”. The (2)….………. was a big hit in 1971, and again in 1980 after Lennon was
murdered in New York. It (3)……………. a hit for the third time after the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001.
But (4)………….…really wrote the song? Until recently the answer to this question was always John
Lennon. But (5) ….……….. a TV program this week, Lennon’s wife, Yoko Ono, spoke for the first
time about how she, in fact, helped write the song.
Ono said that the idea and inspiration for Imagine came from some of her poems (6) ………….. John
Lennon was reading at that time. The poems began with the word imagine. Ono said: “When I was a
child, my brother and I were (7) ……………. hungry. I imagined delicious menus for him, and he
began to smile. If you think something is (8) ……………., you can imagine it and make it happen”
1. A. for B. at C. through D. under
2. A. poem B. bill C. song D. play
3. A. caused B. became C. floated D. gave
4. A. what B. which C. who D. when
5. A. on B. in C. at D. to
6. A. whose B. who C. whom D. that
7. A. ultimately B. terribly C. considerately D. especially
8. A. possible B. fashionable C. enjoyable D. impossible
VI/ Rewrite the sentences, using the cues given:
1. He doesn’t have free time, so he can’t go camping with you.
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in Vietnam.
I suggest that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The building has now been rebuilt. It was destroyed in a fire last year.
The building which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. He was very tired but he tried to finish his homework.
Although . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ĐỀ 2
I. Choose the words which pronounced different others:
(1). A. nuclear B. plumber C. consumer D. reduce
(2). A. trick B. tidal C. pipe D. climate
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of verbs:
(1). Don't forget (turn) ........................................... off the faucets when you go out.
(2). If I ............. (have) wings, I would not have to take airplane to fly home.
III. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
(1). I am one of your closed friends, ……………….?
A. am not I B. will I C. aren’t I D. am I
(2). If people go on destroying the environment, there ............... more disasters.
A. will be B. are C. is D. am
(3). We should take a shower instead of a bath to ............... water.
A. use B. save C. waste D. reduce
(4). Because plastic bags are very hard to………………….They will cause pollution.
A. dissolve B. wrap C. tear D. collect
(5). People nowadays are interested ……………. saving money and natural resources.
A. on B. in C. with D. to
(6). I’ve ……………….. my glasses everywhere but I can’t find them anywhere.
A. looked B. looked after C. looked for D. looked into
READING:
Read the following passage and do the exercises:
In the North of Vietnam, female teachers don’t have to wear ao dai to school. It is because the weather
in the North is so harsh (khắc nghiệt). They can wear shirts and trousers to school everyday. Things
aren’t the same in the South of Vietnam, specially in Ho Chi Minh City. Here, female teachers have to
wear ao dai everytime they teach at school. This makes the schools look colorful with different ao dai’s
styles and colors .
I. True or False:
(1). Female teachers in the North have to wear ao dai everyday. ……….
(2). The weather in the North is harsh. ……….
(3). Female teachers in the South wear different types of ao dai . ……….
(4). Wearing ao dai makes the school look colourful with different ao dai’s styles and colours.
……..…
II. Answer the questions:
(1). Why don’t female teachers in the North of Vietnam have to wear ao dai to school?
…………………………………………………………………….…………………
(2). Do they wear jeans at school?
…………………………………………………………………….…………………
(3). Do female teachers in Ho Chi Minh City have to wear ao dai at school?
…………………………………………………………………….…………………
WRITING:
I. Rewrite the following sentences, so that the meaning stays the same:
(1). My friend, Lan is beautiful. She is intelligent, too. (... not only ... but also ...)
………………………………………………………………………………………
(2). Mrs. Ha wants to buy energy – saving bulbs. She doesn’t know where to buy them. (connective)
……………………………………………………………….………………………
(3). I saw the girl. She helped us last week. (use relative to combine)
……………………………………………………………….………………………
II. Use these suggested words to write the complete sentences:
(1). Turn off/ lights/ after/ use
.......................................................................................................................................
(2). I look forward / hear / you soon.
………………………..………………………………………………………………
ĐỀ 3
I. Phonetics
* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. move B. hotel C. photo D. pagoda
2. A. border B. cyclone C. destroy D. forecast
* Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the other.
1. A. natural B. disaster C. volcano D. typhoon
2. A. decorate B. nominate C. describe D. celebrate
III.Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. Passover is celebrated in……...
A. Vietnam B. Thailand C. China D. Israel
2. If she …., she will get a surprise.
A. comes B. came C. will come D. has come
3. The woman…....came to see me yesterday is my teacher.
A.where B. who C. whom D. which
4………….only occur when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
A.Typhoons B. Vocalnoes C. Earthquakes D. Tidal waves
5. I am very proud …….my father and love him very much.
A. on B. of C. in D. to
6. ……………….my school is far from home, I never go to school by bike.
A. Although B. however C. but D. and
7. Her electricity was cut…....when she didn’t pay her bill.
A. down B. of C. onto D. off
8.If you want to save money, you should………..the amount of water your family use.
A. adapt B. repair C. reduce D. increase
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
1.Typhoon (call)……………cyclone in Australia.
2.Yesterday, Nga came while we (have)………….dinner.
3.We (not see)……………him since we left school.
4.If she studies hard, she (pass)……………..her final exam.
V. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Tom Smith is an Englishman. He was born in Leed in 1968. He studied foreign languages at a
university in London. In 2002 he came to Vietnam to teach English for a college in Bac Giang. He likes
traveling, swimming and he is also interested in learning Vietnamese. Now he is working for an
English centre in Bac Giang province. He works very hard. He likes his job very much. He intends to
stay longer in Vietnam.
Questions:
1. When and where was Tom Smith born?
.......................................................................
2. What did he do at a university in London?
..........................................................................
3. Is he working for an English centre in Bac Giang province now?
.....................................
4. What does he think about his job?
.......................................................................................
VI. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given.
1. “What do you do in your free time?” she asked.
-> She asked me……………………………
2. Vietnam exports rice. Vietnam is in South-East-Asia.
-> Vietnam…………………………………………….
3. The chair is broken. I bought that chair yesterday. (use THAT)
……………………………………………………………………..
4. Mrs Thoa was tired. She helped Tuan with his homework.
Although…………………………………………………
ĐỀ 4
I – Choose the best option to complete the following sentences:
1. You have to take that French course, …………..…….you?
A. don’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. haven’t
2. Take this road and you will…………..…….at the school in five minutes.
A. come B. arrive C. find D. reach
3. I wish I…………..…….have to get up early.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. wasn’t D. didn’t
4. It’s wonderful…………..…….the weekend in the mountain.
A. spend B. spent C. to spend D. spending
5. “The Times” …………..…….first printed two hundred years ago.
A. be B. is C. was D. were
6. Please stop…………..…….that film; it’s very violent.
A. watch B. watches C. watched D. watching
7. I have never…………..…….any experience of living in the city.
A. had B. wished C. done D. made
8. It is a…………..…….that you weren’t concerned much about the environment around us.
A. sorrow B. pity C. complaint D. sadness
9. I suggest…………..…….showers because they can save water.
A. take B. takes C. took D. taking
10. Hoa advised Mai…………..…….that man any more money.
A. not lend B. not to lend C. not lending D. not to lending
II. Finish the second one with the same meaning as the first:
1. There will be a lot of sunshine in the north-east.
-> It will…….. …………………………………………………………………
2. Peter is sometimes a dangerous driver.
-> Peter sometimes ...……..….………………………………………………
3. You forgot to turn off the TV last night, didn’t you?
-> You didn’t remember…………...….……………………………………………
4. I suggest putting a waste paper bin here.
-> Let’s ….…………….……………………………………………………..
5. The storm destroyed the village completely.
-> The village………….………………………………………………………..
6. She last wore that coat two weeks ago.
-> She hasn’t ……..…...………………………………………………..
III. Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given:
1. We / not used / wear / jeans / when / studied / primary school.
-> ………………………………………………………………………...
 2. Internet / provide / great benefits / millions of people / all over / world.
-> …………………………………………………………………………...
3. The boys / like / play / games / but / hate / do / lessons.
-> …………………………………………………………………………...
4. lot / new styles of clothes / design / by his shop / every week.
-> ………………………………………………………………………...
IV. Read the letter, then answer the questions below:
Dear Mai,
I’m very pleased that we’re going to be pen pals. I’ll tell you a little about myself, and you can do
the same when you write to me.
I live in an area of London called Maida Vale. It’s quite near the centre, but there are parks nearby
where I often take my dog, Mickey, for a walk. I live with my parents and my younger brother, Paul.
My father works for the post office and my mother has a part-time job as a nurse.
I go to the local comprehensive school, where I have a lot of friends. I like most subjects, but not all
of them! In the evening I sometimes visit friends or stay at home and listen to music, and at the
weekends I like going swimming or horse-riding.
At the moment I’m working very hard because I have exams soon, so I’m spending a lot of time in
the library.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you. Write soon!
Best wishes,
Mary
Questions:
What is Mai’s pen pal’s name?
-> ………………………………………………………
2. Where does she live?
-> ……………………..…………………………………………
3. Who does she live with?
-> ……..…………………………………………………………
4. What are her hobbies?
-> ………………….………………………….…………………
5. Why does she have to work very hard now?
-> ……………………………………………
ĐỀ 5
I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined italic part pronounced differently from the
rest:
1. A. flow B. row C. know D. now
2. A. fly B. hobby C. energy D. ordinary
3. A. dump B. bulb C. nuclear D. plumber
4. A scheme B. mechanic C. machine D. chemistry
5. A. tower B. slow C. flower D. down
II. Choose the best option :
1. Computer is one of the most important …….of 20th century.
A.inventions B. invent C. inventor D. inventing
2. My brother likes ……soccer than me.
A. to play B. playing C. played D.plays
3. If the weather is good tomorrow, we……..there.
A. go B. to go C. will go D.goes
4. He suggested…….money for the poor in the school.
A. to save B. saving C. saved D. save
5. Can you…the lights? It’s too dark to see anything here.
A. turn on B. turn off C. turn in D. turn down
6. I am disappointed ……. people have spoiled this area.
A. that B. when C. if D.with
7. In order to save electricity, an ordinary 100-watt light bulb can be replaced by …………..
A. an energy –saving bulb B. an energy – save bulb
C. a saving energy bulb D. A save- energy bulb
8. People nowadays are interested ……….. saving money and natural resourses.
A. on B. in C. with D. to
READING
Read the following passage and answer the questions below
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is as complicated as it is serious. It is
complicated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, exhaust from
automobile provides transportation to millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material that
pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.
1) True (T) or false (F) statements
………..1. Most people want to reduce pollution.
………..2. Pollution problem is complicated and serious.
………..3. Pollution is brought about by things that benefit people.
………..4. Exhaust from automobile doesn’t cause large percentage of air pollution.
2) Answer the questions:
1. What does everyone want to reduce?
………………………………………………………………………
2. Why is the pollution problem complicated?
………………………………………………………………………….
3. Do you want to reduce pollution? How come?
………………………………………………………………………..
WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentences with the words given keep the same meaning.
1. Let’s put garbage bins around the schoolyard.
I suggest…………………………………………………………………..
2. They will build a new mall here.
A new mall ………………………………………………………………..
3. The festival is called Easter. It is in the late March or early April.
The festival which…………………………………………..…………….
II. Write sentences using words or phrasers provided
1. I/ think/ it/ neccessary/celebrate/ Mother’s Day/Vietnam.
……………………………………………………………….…………….
2. I/ suggest/ go/ on / picnic/ countryside.
……………………………………………………………………………..