Đề thi lớp 9 học kì 2 môn tiếng anh năm 2012 đề số 56

test 45’(N0 2 )_ English 9
Question I. In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the
second syblable is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed.
1) A. culture
B. kitchen
C. attend
D. necessary
2) A. guidance
B. magazine
C. telephone
D. promote
3) A. option
B. compulsory
C. parents
D. chemistry
4) A. festival
B. second
C. tonight
D. Christmas
5) A. increase
B. letter
C. history
D. package
Question II. Choose the best answer.
1. .............................. the entrance to the school, student in uniform are standing.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. for
st
th

2. Mary will be in Viet Nam...................... September 1 to September 5 .
a. from
b. between
c. at
d. in
3. I wish I ................ see her tomorrow.
a. could
b. may
c. will
d. should
4. Did she use to do .................................. When she was at the university?
a. full- time job
b. part - time
c. full- time
d. part time job
5. She was ........................ tired that she couldn’t do anything at all.
a. such
b. so
c. very
d. too
6. Can you tell me what happened...................... the end of the film.
a. in
b. at
c. on
d. from
7. Nam has to walk to school, so he wishes he ..................... a bicycle.
a. ha
b. had
c. will have
d. shall

have
8. What .......... of learning English do you find the most interesting?
a. sides
b. aspects
c. fields
d. angles
9. The teacher asked me ..........................................................................
a. which grade was I in
c. which grade I was in
b. which grade was I on
d. which grade I was on
10. He was able ........................... the cup but he missed it
a. win
b. winning
c. to win
d. wins


Question III. Read the passage and answer the questions.
There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of
them are the most important ones. Two-thirds of the world's population speaks
those languages. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother
tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the
language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for more
than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on one-fifth of the
land area in the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and
New Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages. In many
countries, the text books in universities are written in English. More than threefourths of the world's mail is composed in English. More than three-fifths of the
radio stations broadcast programs in English. More than half of the scientific and
research journals are in English. English is the language of international

communication.
1. Chinese is the most important language.
2. About 66.6 per cent of the world's population speak six
major languages.
3. Vietnamese speak English as their first language.
4. 75 per cent of the world's mail is in English.
5. 40 per cent of the world's radio stations use English.
6. English has more speakers than Chinese.
7. People in India speak English as their second language.
8. People in New Deli can not speak English.
9. People in France speak English as their foreign language.
10. People in Australia also speak English.
Question IV. Writing: Rewrite the following sentences without changing
their meanings.
1. Nam studies the best in his class .
.No one...................................................
2. Lan sings badly
-> Lan wishes ............................................................................................
3. My friend asked, “ what are you doing? ”


-> My friend .............................................................................................
4. The weather was so cold that nobody can go out
-> The weather was ..................................................................................
Question V listening (2ps):
Listen to the passage and fill in the missing words
There are four people in Jane’s family. They have very (1)____different___
hobbies. Her dad likes reading (2)____newspapers___ because he can get the latest
news every morning. However, her Mom enjoys watching TV and reading
(3)___magazines___ . she can spend hours reading articles about fashion and

cooking. (4)___Unlike_____ her Mom and Dad , her brother only loves exploring
websites about
airplanes . He spends most of his free time getting
(5)____information___ about the history and development of aircraft . He also
(6)__writes___ e- mails or chats with his friends about his hobby. Jane is interested
in (7)___listening___ to music on the FM radio, she also (8)___likes___ music
programmes on TV every Sunday.

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