UBND HUYỆN CỦ CHI ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II

TRƯỜNG THCS TÂN THÔNG HỘI NĂM HỌC 2023 – 2024

______________ Môn: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space or best answers the question given in each sentence. (3.5
pts) (Từ câu 1 đến câu 14, thí sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
1. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others? ANSWERS
A. garbage B. standard C. solar D. lunar
2. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others? 1.
A. celebrate B. plumber C. bulb D. blanket
3. Which word has a different stress pattern from that of the others? 2.
A. collapse B. volcano C. temperature D. typhoon
4. Which word has a different stress pattern from that of the others? 3.
A. infrastructure B. receive C. ultimately D. separate
5. The United Nations, _______ was established in 1945, has over 200 members. 4.
A. which B. that C. what D. it
6. I like being taken to school in my dad’s car because he drives _______ 5.
A. careless B. careful C. carelessly D. carefully
7.Tim should get his car _______________ soon. It’s dangerous to drive a broken down car. 6.
A. to fix B. fixed C. fixing D. to be fixed
8. I am trying __________ money to pay for a trip with my best friends in the next summer holiday.
A. save B. to save C. to be saved D. saving 7.
9.The possible career paths in education can be to become teachers, education ________ or curriculum
developers 8.
A. leaders B. administrators C. managers D. businessman
10. Yuri Gagarin was in orbit in a _______which moved around the Earth at the speed of more than 9.
17,000 miles per hour.
A. plane B. balloon C. spaceship D. ship 10.
11. Beet greens are the most _________ part of the vegetable and can be cooked like any other
dark leafy green. 11.
A. traditional B. careful C. colorful D. nutritious
12. _______only occur when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth. 12.
A. Typhoons B. Vocalnoes C. Earthquakes D. Tidal waves
13. – "Cigarette?” – “_______________” 13.
A. I smoke five cigarettes a day. B. It’s very expensive.
C. Not really. D. No, thanks. 14.
14. “Rose: I got the highest score in English test today.
Rose’s mom: _______________.
A. Well done B. Thanks C. That’s terrible D. Word harder
II. Look at the signs. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 15 and 16. (0.5pt) (Từ câu 15 đến câu 16, thí
sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
ANSWERS
15. What does this sign mean?
A. You are not allowed to feed the animals. B. You are permitted from playing with dogs. 15.
C. Do not put your hands over the fence. D. Do not take dogs in this area.
16. What does this sign mean? 16.
A. Put recyclable things into it. B. Not put recyclable things into it.
C. Not put garbage into it. D. Put garbage and recyclable things into it.

III. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in the following passage. (1.5 pts)(Từ câu 17 đến câu 22, thí
sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
The search (17)............. alternative resources of energy has (18)........... in various directions. Many communities are
burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity. Changing waste products into gases or oil is
also an efficient way to dispose of waste.
Experimental work (19)........... to make (20)............ fuels from coal, or coal tars. But to date, that process has proved (21)
……………. Other experiments are (22)........... to harness power with giant windmills. Geothermal power, heat from the
earth, is also being tested.
ANSWERS

17. A. Of B. for C. with D. about

17.
18. A. Come B. finalized C. ended D. resulted
18.
19. A. is being done B. is doing C. will be done D. will do
19.
20. A. Artificial B. compound C. synthetic D. man-made
20.
21. A. expensive B. expensively C. expense D. expensiveness
21.
22. A. Undergo B. underestimate C. underdo D. underway
22.

IV. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 23 to 26 are True or False and choose the correct answer
(A, B, C or D) for the questions 27 and 28. (1.5 pts) (Từ câu 23 đến câu 28, thí sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D)
đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
I often hear or read about “natural disasters” – the eruption of Mount St. Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington,
Hurricane Andrew in Florida, the floods in the American Midwest, terrible all over the world, huge fires, and so on.
But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952. It
began on Thursday, December 4th, when a high-pressure system (warm air) covered southern England. With the freezing –
cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was
high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped. People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the
railroad tracks of into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally, on Tuesday, December 9 th, the
wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick. Many of them died.
23. A tornado is a natural disaster which isn’t mentioned in the text.
ANSWERS
24. His unforgettable personal experience is the heavy fog in London in 1925.
25. The “London Killer Fog” lasted for five days. 23.
26. The traffic stopped because of the heavy fog.
Read the passage again and choose the best answer. 24.
27. What is the synonym with “terrible”? 25.
A. horrific B. Wonderful C. Severe D. intense
26.
28. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The London Killer Fog ended on Thursday, December 4th, 1952. 27.
B. During the London Killer Fog, people travelled normally. 28.
C. After the London Killer Fog, no one got sick.
D. The humidity in the London Killer Fog was extremely high.
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. ( 1.5 pts) (Từ câu 29 đến câu 34, thí sinh phải viết từ cần
điền vào Phần ANSWERS bên dưới câu hỏi)
29. Teachers will become ___________ rather than information providers. (facility)
30. Are you someone who can read and write well in English but cannot speak ________ ? (fluency)
31. When the students learn about space travel, they are very curious about the state of being _______. (weight)
32. Scientists ______________________________ that the world would end on 12 November. (prediction)
33. He stood up ____________________________________ and went outside. (abrupt)
34. Food is a ________________ of life. (need)
* ANSWERS: 29.___________________ 30._________________________ 31.________________________
32.__________________ 33._________________________ 34._______________________
VI. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences. (0.5pt)
(Từ câu 35 đến câu 36, thí sinh viết tiếp các nhóm từ và dấu câu theo đúng trình tự vào Phần ANSWERS bên dưới câu
hỏi để hình thành câu hoàn chỉnh)
35. he is not / with numbers, / a job as / an accountant/ very good / think that / Nam is/ I still / Although/ suitable for
36. and developing nations / the covid-19 / for preventing / Both developed / are responsible /. //
* ANSWERS: 35.  Although __________________________________________________________________
36.  Both ______________________________________________________________________
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed
before it. (1.0pt)(Từ câu 37 đến câu 40, thí sinh hoàn thành phần trả lời bên dưới mỗi câu)
37. Scuba-diving is not really my cup of tea. (interested)
 I _________________________________________________________________________________________
38. I think you should spend at least 1 hour every day to practice speaking English in order to communicate fluently.
 If I ________________________________________________________________________________________
39. Whose pullover is this?
 Who does __________________________________________________________________________________
40. They haven’t visited Hanoi for three years.
 The last time they paid________________________________________________________________________
THE END OF THE TEST
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ANSWER KEY
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space or best answers the question given in each sentence. (3.5
pts) (Từ câu 1 đến câu 14, thí sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
1. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others?
A. garbage B. standard C. solar D. lunar
2. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others?
A. celebrate B. plumber C. bulb D. blanket
3. Which word has a different stress pattern from that of the others?
A. collapse B. volcano C. temperature D. typhoon
4. Which word has a different stress pattern from that of the others?
A. infrastructure B. receive C. ultimately D. separate
5. The United Nations, _______ was established in 1945, has over 200 members.
A. which B. that C. what D. it
6. I like being taken to school in my dad’s car because he drives _______
A. careless B. careful C. carelessly D. carefully
7.Tim should get his car _______________ soon. It’s dangerous to drive a broken down car.
A. to fix B. fixed C. fixing D. to be fixed
8. I am trying __________ money to pay for a trip with my best friends in the next summer holiday.
A. save B. to save C. to be saved D. saving
9.The possible career paths in education can be to become teachers, education ________ or curriculum developers
A. leaders B. administrators C. managers D. businessman
10. Yuri Gagarin was in orbit in a _______which moved around the Earth at the speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour.
A. plane B. balloon C. spaceship D. ship
11. Beet greens are the most _________ part of the vegetable and can be cooked like any other dark leafy green.
A. traditional B. careful C. colorful D. nutritious
12. _______only occur when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
A. Typhoons B. Vocalnoes C. Earthquakes D. Tidal waves
13. – "Cigarette?” – “_______________”
A. I smoke five cigarettes a day. B. It’s very expensive.
C. Not really. D. No, thanks.
14. “Rose: I got the highest score in English test today.
Rose’s mom: _______________.
A. Well done B. Thanks C. That’s terrible D. Word harder
II. Look at the signs. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 15 and 16. (0.5pt) (Từ câu 15 đến câu 16, thí
sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)

15. What does this sign mean?

A. You are not allowed to feed the animals. B. You are permitted from playing with dogs.
C. Do not put your hands over the fence. D. Do not take dogs in this area.
16. What does this sign mean?
A. Put recyclable things into it. B. Not put recyclable things into it.
C. Not put garbage into it. D. Put garbage and recyclable things into it.

III. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in the following passage. (1.5 pts)(Từ câu 17 đến câu 22, thí
sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
The search (17)…........ alternative resources of energy has (18)................ in various directions. Many communities are
burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity. Changing waste products into gases or oil is
also an efficient way to dispose of waste.
Experimental work (19)........... to make (20)............ fuels from coal, or coal tars. But to date, that process has proved (21)
……………. . Other experiments are (22)........... to harness power with giant windmills. Geothermal power, heat from the
earth, is also being tested.

17. A. Of B. for C. with D. about

18. A. Come B. finalized C. ended D. resulted
19. A. is being done B. is doing C. will be done D. will do
20. A. Artificial B. compound C. synthetic D. man-made
21. A. expensive B. expensively C. expense D. expensiveness
22. A. Undergo B. underestimate C. underdo D. underway
IV. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 23 to 26 are True or False and choose the correct answer
(A, B, C or D) for the questions 27 and 28. (1.5 pts) (Từ câu 23 đến câu 28, thí sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D)
đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào Phần ANSWERS)
I often hear or read about “natural disasters” – the eruption of Mount St. Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington,
Hurricane Andrew in Florida, the floods in the American Midwest, terrible all over the world, huge fires, and so on.
But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952. It
began on Thursday, December 4th, when a high-pressure system (warm air) covered southern England. With the freezing –
cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was
high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped. People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the
railroad tracks of into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally, on Tuesday, December 9 th, the
wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick. Many of them died.
23. A tornado is a natural disaster which isn’t mentioned in the text. False
24. His unforgettable personal experience is the heavy fog in London in 1925. False
25. The “London Killer Fog” lasted for five days. True
26. The traffic stopped because of the heavy fog. True
Read the passage again and choose the best answer.
27. What is the synonym with “terrible”?
A. horrific B. Wonderful C. Severe D. intense
28. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The London Killer Fog ended on Thursday, December 4th, 1952.
B. During the London Killer Fog, people travelled normally.
C. After the London Killer Fog, no one got sick.
D. The humidity in the London Killer Fog was extremely high.
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. ( 1.5 pts) (Từ câu 29 đến câu 34, thí sinh phải viết từ cần
điền vào Phần ANSWERS bên dưới câu hỏi)
29. Teachers will become __facilitators___ rather than information providers. (facility)
30. Are you someone who can read and write well in English but cannot speak _fluently_ ? (fluency)
31. When the students learn about space travel, they are very curious about the state of being _weightless __. (weight)
32. Scientists ___predicted____ that the world would end on 12 November. (prediction)
33. He stood up __ abruptly____ and went outside. (abrupt)
34. Food is a _necessity ___ of life. (need)
VI. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences. (0.5pt)
(Từ câu 35 đến câu 36, thí sinh viết tiếp các nhóm từ và dấu câu theo đúng trình tự vào Phần ANSWERS bên dưới câu
hỏi để hình thành câu hoàn chỉnh)
35. he is not / with numbers, / a job as / an accountant/ very good / think that / Nam is/ I still / Although/ suitable for
36. and developing nations / the covid-19 / for preventing / Both developed / are responsible /. //
* ANSWERS: 35.  Although Nam is very good with numbers, I still think that he is not suitable for a job as an
accountant
36.  Both developed and developing nations are responsible for preventing the covid-19.
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed
before it. (1.0pt)(Từ câu 37 đến câu 40, thí sinh hoàn thành phần trả lời bên dưới mỗi câu)
37. Scuba-diving is not really my cup of tea. (interested)
 I am not interested in scuba-diving
38. I think you should spend at least 1 hour every day to practice speaking English in order to communicate fluently.
 If I were you, I would spend at least 1 hour every day to practice speaking English in order to communicate
fluently
39. Whose pullover is this?
 Who does this pullover belong to ?
40. They haven’t visited Hanoi for three years.
 The last time they paid a visit to Hanoi was three years ago.

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KHUNG MA TRẬN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HKII
 Vận dụng
Nhận biết Thông hiểu
Cấp độ
Cộng
Tên chủ đề Cấp độ thấp Cấp độ cao

TNK
TNKQ TL TNKQ TL TNKQ TL TL
Q

Use of Câu 1,2,3,4,7

Câu Câu
English Câu 9,
5,6,8, 13, 14
10, 11
( Part I ) 12 14

Số câu
5 4 3 14
Số điểm 2
1,25 pt 1,0 pt 0,75 pt 3,5 pts
Tỉ lệ % 0,5 pt
12,5% 10% 7,5% 30 %
5%

Use of
English
Câu 16
( Part II ) Câu 15 2

2
Số câu 1 1
0,5pt
Số điểm 0,25pt 0,25pt
5%
Tỉ lệ % 2,5% 2,5%

Use of
English Câu Câu Câu
Câu 19 6
17,18 20, 21 22
( Part III)

Số câu
1 2 2 1 6
Số điểm
0,25 pt 0,5pt 0,5pt 0,25 1,5pt
Tỉ lệ % pt
2,5% 5% 5% 15%
2,
5%

Use of Câu
English Câu
23,24, 25, Câu 27 6
28
(Part IV ) 26

Số câu 4 1 1 6
0,25
Số điểm 1,0 pt 0,25 pt 1,5 pt
pt
Tỉ lệ % 10% 2,5% 2,5% 15%

Use of