SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
TỈNH BÌNH DƯƠNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 THCS
__________ Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
I. Pronunciation (1 m)
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. earning B. clearing C. searching D. learning
2. A. closed B. practised C. washed D. linked
3. A. changes B. replaces C. collapses D. comes
Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern.
4. A. expect B. cover C. replace D. predict
5. A. design B. official C. climate D. region
II. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences (3 ms)
1. When I arrived, he was trying _______ it, but there was something wrong with the engine.
A. to start B. starting C. started D. start
2. Nobody _______ to me since we left lower high school last year.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. is writing
3. He failed his exam. _______he will have to do the exam again.
A. However B. Therefore C. But D. Because
4. The Smiths have just bought a new house _______ is full of rose.
A. the garden of it B. the garden C. the garden whose D. whose garden
5. In my opinion, Ha Noi is the _______ city in the world.
A. peaceful B. more peaceful C. less peaceful D. most peaceful
6. If I met an alien from outer space, I _______ him to my home.
A. would invite B. will invite C. invite D. invited
7. My parents got up very early this morning _______ pack the car for our journey.
A. so that B. in order to C. in order that D. in case
8. It is such an _______ trip in hot-air balloon that we will never forget it.
A. excitement B. excited C. exciting D. excitedly
9. How much time do you spend _______ the internet each day?
A. surfing B. surfed C. to surf D. surf
10. You can always _______ her address in the directory if you have forgotten it.
A. look at B. look down C. look after D. look for
11. Let’s go somewhere for a cool drink, _______?
A. do we B. shall we C. won’t we D. aren’t we
12. It is necessary for students _______ old lessons before exams.
A. reviewing B. review C. to review D. reviewed
13. I wish I _______ in a big city. It’s so boring in the country.
A. live B. am living C. have lived D. lived
14. Please wait for me. I will be there _______ ten minutes.
A. at B. in C. from D. on
15. She _______ for what I had done for her during the time she stayed with us.
A. has thanked B. had thanked C. thanked D. would thank
III. Reading (3 ms)
1. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to fill in the passage (2 ms)
Our classes take place for three hours every morning form Monday (1) _______ Friday. The maximum class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods of teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be (2) _______ in improving your English, however, if you work hard and (3) _______ speaking English as much as you can. You will (4) _______ a short test in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (5) _______ at the most suitable level.
There are two classes at the Elementary level; one is for complete (6) _______ and the other is for students who know only a little English. In both classes you will practise simple conversations.
In the class at the Intermediate level you will have a lot of (7) _______ in communicating in real-life situation (8) _______ we help you to use the English you have previously learnt in your own country. You will also have the chance to improve your (9) _______ of English