Đề thi HK1 môn Tiếng Anh 9 năm 2020-2021 - Phòng GD&ĐT Quận Hai Bà Trưng

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Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

  • walked

     

  • prepared

  • washed

  • stopped

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

  • kind

     

  • spring

     

  • mixture

     

  • sticky

     
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
  • expensive
  • beautiful
  • official
  • tradition
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
  • damage
  • event
  • surprise
  • behave

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

My mother isn't used to drive a car.

  • My
  • to
  • drive
  • car

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

She wishes there is a park near here so that she could go jogging there every day.

 
  • there
  • is
  • near
  • every day
_____ chair that you are sitting in is broken.
  • The
  • A
  • An
  • Ø

When did your grandparents set _____ this workshop?

 
  • out
  • off
  • up
  • in
It is necessary _____ forests.
  • protecting
  • protect
  • to protect
  • protected
Your children never eat fast food, _____?
  • do they
  • won't they
  • don't they
  • do your children
Because of the bad weather, the flight _____ yesterday.
  • being delayed
  • was delayed
  • be delayed
  • will be delaying

The college got some money by selling one of its _____ old pictures.

 
  • useful
  • helpful
  • usual
  • valuable

The interviewer asked me why I _____ learning English.

 
  • will like
  • to like
  • like
  • liked
Is English the _____ language in your country?
  • office
  • mother
  • living
  • official

Joe: "Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?"

Jenny: "_____"

  • Yes, I'd love to.
  • No, I don't like
  • No, please.
  • Yes, I like.

Phuong: "Mom, I've got the first rank in class this semester!"

Mom: "_____"

 
  • Let's go!
  • Thank you!
  • Well done!
  • Never mind!

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Frank never turns up on time for a meeting.

 
  • prepares
  • calls
  • reports
  • arrives

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

We'd better speed up if we want to get there in time.

 
  • turn down
  • put down
  • lie down
  • slow down

Read the passage and choose the suitable word to fill in the blanks.

It is not difficult for me to imagine how life used to be in the past. My grandfather used to tell me people and things of his generation. According to what he said, life in the Vietnamese traditional village was very peaceful. Although there weren't any convenient means of communication such as telephone email, people still kept in touch and interacted with each other. They were very happy their stories with their family and neighbors. Sometimes, they even regarded their neighbors as relatives and always supported others. It was very common in those days for villagers to gather up in the house to watch TV or listen to radio together because there was often only one or two televisions in a small village. My grandfather said that he preferred life in the past to the modern life because people were friendlier and more .

 

Read the following passage then choose the best answer to each question below.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect and will fail.

However, if parents are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.

Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Winston, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high standards for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

 

Michael Collins is lucky because _____.

 
  • his mother knows little about music
  • his parents are quite rich
  • his father is a teacher
  • his parents help him a lot

What do Winston's parents want?

 
  • They are very unhappy.
  • They want Winston to be quiet.
  • They want Winston to be successful.
  • Both his parents are successful.

We can infer from the passage that _____.

 
  • successful parents always have intelligent children
  • parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
  • parents should spend more money on the child's education
  • successful parents often have unsuccessful children
What does the word "this" in paragraph 1 refer to?
  • causing great damage to children
  • trying to turn the child into a genius
  • causing lots of serious disasters
  • providing the child with music lesson

Parents' ambition for their child is not wrong if they _____.

 
  • themselves have to be successful
  • force their children into achieving success
  • arrange private lessons for their children
  • understand and help their children sensibly

Choose the sentence closest in meaning to the following sentence.

Although she has a physical handicap, she has become a successful woman.

 
  • In spite her physical handicap, she has become a successful woman.
  • Despite of her physical handicap, she has become a successful woman.
  • In spite of her physical handicap, she had become a successful woman.
  • Despite her physical handicap, she has become a successful woman.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

"Let's put the luggage under the seat!" he said.

 
  • He suggested putting the luggage under the seat.
  • He suggested puting the luggage under the seat.
  • He suggests putting the luggage under the seat.
  • He suggested to put the luggage under the seat.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

The man is so foolish that no one took any notice of him.

 
  • He is such a foolish man that no one took any notice to him.
  • He is such a foolish man that no one took any notice of him.
  • He is such foolish man that no one took any notice of him.
  • He is so a foolish man that no one took any notice of him.

Choose the sentence closest in meaning to the following sentence.

He started working in this company five years ago.

 
  • He has worked in this company for five years.
  • It was five years ago did he start working in this company.
  • He hasn't worked in this company for five years.
  • It was five years ago he started working in this company.

Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.

John is studying hard. He wants to pass the next exam.

 
  • John is studying hard in order to pass the next exam.
  • John is studying hard in order not to pass the next exam.
  • John is studying hard in order that he pass the next exam.
  • John is studying hard so as to fail the next exam.

Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.

She can't lift the table. She is not strong enough.

 
  • She can lift the table if she is stronger.
  • If she were stronger, she could lift the table.
  • Unless she were stronger, she could lift the table.
  • She can lift the table unless she is stronger.

Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.

John often smoked cigarettes when he was a young man. Now, he doesn't smoke anymore.

 
  • John used to smoke cigarettes when he was a young man.
  • John used to smoke anymore.
  • John didn't use to smoking cigarettes when he was a young man.
  • John used to smoking cigarettes when he was a young man.

Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.

It won't be fine tomorrow. I am worried.

 
  • I wish it was fine tomorrow.
  • I wish it would be awful tomorrow.
  • I wish it would be fine tomorrow.
  • I wish it wouldn't be fine tomorrow.