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Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai BỘ ĐỀ THI HK2 MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM 2021 TRƯỜNG THCS CHI LĂNG Đề số I LISTENING Listen to a teacher of English talking to her students about the number of people speaking English in the world Fill each of the gaps with NO MORE THAN TWO words and or a number You will listen TWICE Name of country Speakers by number Speakers by percentage (1) 231 million 64.3% The UK (2) 16.6% Canada 21.2 million (3) Australia 18.8 million 4.7% Others (4) Total 360 – (5) million Listen to a conversation between two friends about their travel experience Fill each of the gaps with ONE word You will listen TWICE Nick and Thomas spent one month travelling the (1) Road, which is in China It was opened more than 2,000 years ago What is special is that they didn’t travel by car but they (2) They had to pack their bags carefully because they didn’t want to take anything that they didn’t need Some days they travelled about 80 kilometres, but other days – when they were (3) – they didn’t go very far at all And sometimes, they got lifts on trucks They didn’t plan the trip very carefully, and they often (4) their plans They slept in tents The best thing about travelling this way is that they met (5) people They even saw inside a traditional home and had dinner with the family! II READING Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai Read the information about three applicants for the AC post for Teen Language Centre For questions - 10, complete the numbered spaces of the table with ONE word or number from the passage Rebecca Owen I am the mother of teenagers, so obviously I feel I can get on well with teens My passion is teaching, inspiring and challenging children to love learning. I am a lifelong learner myself. I have a degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and a Masters in Leadership and Curriculum Development I’m also extremely proud to share that I am an army veteran Currently my specialty is identifying gifted or talented students to enhance their potential Thomas Brown. I have had the pleasure of teaching in language centers for the past thirty years. I received my teaching credential from the University of California at Riverside. I have had special training in early literacy development and in cognitively guided instruction in mathematics through our district. My hobbies include traveling, cooking, and snorkeling. I look forward to a great year teaching your children. I love to incorporate plays, art, and music in my curriculum. Julia Finn I have been teaching for nineteen years in Asia, and I count each year as a blessing! Teaching isn't just a job; it's a mission Our main goal as teachers is to teach the basic academic skills, and I also believe it's important for children to develop good moral character, respect for authority, and respect toward their peers. When I'm not teaching, I enjoy reading, bowling, journal and poetry writing, brisk walks on the beach, and collecting rocks and fossils. Gender Experience/ View on Qualification education Specialization Hobbies a (2) in TESOL Rebecca (1) Owen Leadership and + A masters in (3) N/A talented N/A students Curriculum Development Thomas Brown male Julia Finn female (4) years University of early (6) traveling, working at language California at (5) cooking, and (7) centers development (8) Education is a (9) N/A journal and (10) Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai Years in Asia writing Read the following passage and answer the questions Circle A, B or C A freelancer is a self-employed person who is not necessarily committed to a particular employer longterm There are many reasons why independent work is on the rise, but two things have mainly fueled the trend NEW PLATFORMS FOR PAIRING FREELANCERS WITH BUSINESSES These days, devices, apps, and other personal technology let us communicate with one another from virtually everywhere But there’s another kind of technology that plays even a bigger role – platforms designed to match companies with freelancers New online marketplaces are launching in a wide range of categories, helping talented freelancers to find jobs in their chosen fields. Vlance.vn is one such platform operating in Vietnam CO-WORKING SPACES IN MAJOR CITIES It's not uncommon for independent workers to feel isolated But the rise of co-working spaces in urban centers is changing that, offering freelancers all the needed support and resources They also create a collaborative ambience you’d find at any cutting-edge company Vietnam is not behind in this trend with booming spaces like Toong, Hanoihub,WORK Saigon etc What is the main topic of this passage? A How technology has influenced freelancers B The pros and cons of freelancing C Reasons for the upsurge of freelancing What can the word fueled be best replaced by? A operated B increased C powered According to the passage, what the platforms do? A connect employers with employees B create communities of freelancers C offer working spaces for freelancers What does the word that in Paragraph refer to? A the feeling of isolation B the rise of co-working space C workers’ independence Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai According to the passage, which of the following is said about freelancers? A They can have better opportunities to find jobs B They often suffer from loneliness working independently C They cannot function without supporting platforms III WRITING Complete each of the following sentences using the cues given You can use other words in addition to the cues to complete the sentences Here is an example Ngoc/ usually/ play/ badminton/ Sunday Answer: 0. Ngoc usually plays badminton on Sundays I/ like/ can/ coke/ and/ two/ bottles/ water/ please If/ you/ eat/ lot/ fruit/ your/ skin/ may/ become/ soft/ and/ smooth Yesterday/ come/ home/ school/ I/ hungry/ but/ there/ not/ any/ food/ fridge If/ teenagers/ want/ stay/ healthy/ they/ should/ eat/ more/ fruits/ vegetables If/ you/ continue/ eat/ too much/ fat food/ same time/ you/ may/ have/ stomachache Write a paragraph of 100 - 120 words about the advantages that a person may have when learning English in an English speaking country You can use the cues given: - Can learn with native teachers - Can learn English in real life contexts - Can have a native-like accent - Can have native speakers as future friends → contacting with them can maintain your English in future ĐÁP ÁN I LISTENING Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai Listen to a teacher of English talking to her students about the number of people speaking English in the world Fill each of the gaps with NO MORE THAN TWO words and or a number You will listen TWICE The US 60 million 5.3% 5.6% 400 million Listen to a conversation between two friends about their travel experience Fill each of the gaps with ONE word You will listen TWICE Silk cycled tired changed local II READING Read the information about three applicants for the AC post for Teen Language Centre For questions - 10, complete the numbered spaces of the table with ONE word or number from the passage female degree identifying 30 Riverside literacy snorkeling 19 mission 10 poetry Read the following passage and answer the questions Circle A, B or C C 2 C 3 A 4 A 5 B III WRITING Complete each of the following sentences using the cues given You can use other words in addition to the cues to complete the sentences I’d like a can of coke and two bottles of water, please Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai If you eat lots of/ a lot of fruits, your skin may become soft and smooth Yesterday, when I came home after school, I was very hungry but there wasn’t any food in the fridge If teenagers want to stay healthy, they should eat more fruits and vegetables If you continue eating too much fat food at the same time, you may have a stomachache Write a paragraph of 100 - 120 words about the advantages that a person may have when learning English in an English speaking country Sample writing When a person learns English in an English speaking country, he/she can have many advantages First, he/she can learn with native speakers so they can learn the language naturally Second, he/she can learn English in real life contexts, which is much more beneficial than someone learning English in a foreign country Another advantage is he/she can have very natural accent or the native-like accent This is what many people wish to have Finally, I believe those people can also have native speakers as friends Later on, when they come back home, they can at the same time maintain their English if keeping contact with those friends For all the advantages I have mentioned above, I think one should go abroad to study English if they really have a chance Đề số Listen to FIVE short conversations Choose the main topic of each conversation Circle A, B or C You will listen TWICE What is the conversation about? A Future career B Future technology C A better world What are the speakers talking about? A Doing a business B A study plan C A personal goal What is the conversation about? A Why men and women are different B Why more and more women work C Why management is more suitable for women What is the conversation about? Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai A Future career B Working with women C A women’s daily routine What is the conversation about? A A physics class B A physics teacher C Virtual field trips Listen to a talk about monkey nauts Fill each of the gaps with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS You will listen TWICE Monkeynauts which are monkey (1) were also sent into space The first monkey that was sent into sub-orbital space was a squirrel monkey called Gordo on (2) 1958, in the nose cone of a US Army Jupiter AM-13 rocket Gordo did well in the flight, but it drowned in the (3) when the flotation device failed and sank Able and Baker were the next two monkeys that (4) in space on May 28, 1959 on the Jupiter AM18 rocket They were both successfully retrieved after a flight of 300 miles which took 16 minutes However, Able died four days after the flight and Baker died of kidney (5) 25 years after the flight, at the age of 27 II READING Read the passage Circle A, B or C to answer each question First explorations into the planets Human’s dream of stepping into the outer space has been long ago and Jules Verne - a famous fiction writer of the 19th century was the first to describe such journeys However, it was not until 14 September 1959 when the first artificial object - Lunar - reached the moon It was a journey of around 36 hours Then on February 1966 Luna - an unmanned space mission - achieved a soft landing on the moon and transmitted photographic data to Earth Lunar 10 - a robotic spacecraft mission entered lunar orbit on April 3, 1966 On 20 July 1969, the first manned landing on the moon was made by Neil Armstrong After his journey, a series of journeys to other planets were made The first flyby - the flight of a spacecraft near a planet to record data - of Venus was made by Mariner in 1962 Other flybies include that in 1965 for Mars by Mariner 4, 1973 for Jupiter by Pioneer 10, 1974 for Mercury by Mariner 10, 1979 for Saturn by Pioneer 11, 1986 for Uranus by Voyager 2, 1989 for Neptune by Voyager Jules Verne was the first A to dream of flying into space Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai B to enter the moon C to describe space journeys Lunar was the first artificial object to A orbit the moon B reach the moon C land on the moon Lunar A was launched eight years after Lunar B was launched with a human C could send photographic data to Earth According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of Lunar 10? A It was launched with a robot B It was launched in the same year with Lunar C It landed on the moon A flyby is a flight of a spacecraft A. near Venus, Mars and Mercury to take pictures B. made near a planet to gain data of the planet C. made in 1962, 1974 and 1898 Read the passage about space Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F) Circle T or F In the past, the study of space was mainly carried out by astronomers using telescopes However, astronomers sometimes had it wrong Meanwhile, apart from the desire to conquer the world around, humans also want more space to accommodate the world’s increasing population Owing to the developments in space technology, humans have made spectacular explorations and discoveries of the space The explorations can be conducted either by unmanned robotic probes or by human spaceflights Undeniably, those achievements have been made quickly as a result of the “space race” by the Soviet Union and the United States Within more than two decades, from the beginning of 1950s to 1970s, the Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai two nations launched many of the milestones, from launching living beings into space to launching flybies to observe planets However, the biggest achievement of the 21st century has been the cooperation in launching the International Space Station, which serves as space environment research laboratory for experiments in many fields It is also suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to the Moon and Mars Hopefully, in the near future, space technological advancements will soon allow us to find out habitable space environment The study of space via telescopes may not always bring the right findings T F One purpose of space explorations is to look for habitable places T F The developments in technology allow scientists to discover more about space T F The Soviet Union and the United States cooperated in space explorations in the 1950s T F International Space Station is the result of joint efforts by nations T F III WRITING Combine each pair of sentence to make a complete sentence using a relative pronoun Here is an example A spacecraft is a vehicle It is used for travel into space → A spacecraft is a vehicle which is used for travel into space The International Space Station is a large spacecraft It was launched in 1988 → _ An astronomer is a scientist An astronomer studies the sun, the moon and other planets → _ A telescope is a piece of equipment Astronomers use it to observe stars → _ The place has a microgravity environment Astronauts live and conduct research here → _ Space tourism is becoming more and more popular It is space travel for recreational purposes → _ Write a short advertisement (3 - sentences) to advertise a product you choose You can use strong adjectives, adverbs, active verbs, imperatives, comparative or/ and questions Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai IV LANGUAGE FOCUS Mark the underlined part in each sentence with a falling or rising arrow On the first unmanned balloon, there was a sheep, a duck, and a rooster Small objects that orbit the sun include asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets Many spacecrafts including Apollo missions, Viking, and Voyager have been sent to explore the planets and moons To prepare for a trip to the outer space, you need food, water, and oxygen Pluto is a small, rocky, dwarf planet with one large moon, and two tiny moons Choose the best option to complete each sentence Circle A, B or C Applicants by a benchmark, not by gender A are evaluated B evaluated C evaluating There will be virtual classroom students can interact with each other A where B which C when The plan among the Heads of Department A discussed B to be discussed C will be discussed The garden needs care of by skillful hands A taken B be taken C taking Families up by both husbands and wives A had better be built B had better built C had better to build Choose the best option to complete each sentence Circle A, B or C A helps us to watch stars from the Earth A microscope B telescope C horoscope Without , people can hardly travel into space A satellite B airplane C spacecraft Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon A astronomer B astrologist C astronaut Trang | 10 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai morning, the young members of the family pay their respects to the elders In return they receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives When is Tet holiday celebrated? ……………………………………………………………………………………… What Vietnamese some weeks before the New Year? …………………………………………………………………………………… What is Banh Chung? …………………………………………………………………………………… What does the whole family on the New Year’s Eve ? …………………………………………………………………………………… D WRITING I Viết lại câu cho nghĩa không đổi với câu ban đầu Let’s put garbage bins around the school yard to prevent lazy students from littering → I suggest ………………………………………………………… We go on wasting water There is a shortage of fresh water in the future (Viết câu điều kiện loại 1) → If ………………………………………………………………… He didn't have any money, but he bought an expensive mobile phone → Although ………………………………………………………………… They had to pay a large bill because they didn’t use electricity economically → They didn’t use electricity economically, ……………………………………… II Nối câu dùng đại từ quan hệ A tornado is storm It looks like a funnel (which) →…………………………………………………………………………………… My Aunt Judy is the woman She is wearing a white dress (who) →…………………………………………………………………………………… Trang | 14 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai ĐÁP ÁN A PHONETICS AND STRESS I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others A move B cyclone II Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the other 1.A.’natural 2.C.describe B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Choose the best answer to complete the sentences C B B D B C A C II Supply the correct tense or form of verbs will die should work/ work C READING Read the passage then answer the questions (The biggest problem in the world today/ It is) the destruction of the natural environment No/ No, they don’t (They/ Chemical wastes come) from factories (0.25đ) that make or use chemicals (The nuclear fall-out/ It causes) cancer (and kills animals and people) D WRITING I Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as those printed before them I suggest putting garbage bins around the school yard to prevent lazy students from littering./ I suggest (that) we (should) put garbage bins around the school yard to prevent lazy students from littering If Nam had enough money, he could buy a new laptop Although he didn’t have any money, he bought an expensive mobile phone Trang | 15 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai They didn’t use electricity economically, so they had to pay a large bill II Combine each pair of sentences using Relative Pronouns A tornado is storm which / that looks like a funnel I like reading books which/ that tell about different peoples and their cultures Đề số I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently Question A protects B kicks C misses D stops Question A needed B stopped C missed D talked II Choose the word that its main stress is placed differently from the others Question A enjoy B collect C escape D answer Question A summer B birthday C busy D machine III Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence Question Hanoi is famous …………….its beauty A for B about C with D by Question Let’s go out and enjoy the sunshine, ………… ? – That’s a good idea A will you B don’t you C won’t we D shall we Question He’s used…………… in heavy traffic everyday A drive B to drive Trang | 16 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai C driving D to driving Question If the weather …………fine tomorrow, we’ll have a picnic A is B were C. was D will be Question Walking is a good form of exercise for……… young ……… old A neither / or B either / nor C both / and D both / or Question 10 The New Year is celebrated ……… midnight …… January A in / on B at / on C at / in D in /in Question 11 Can you …… up the volume a little? I can’t hear it very clearly A play B sing C down D turn Question 12 He is the man ……… we wanted to find A who B whose Trang | 17 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai C whom D which Question 13 Environmental is a serious problem facing mankind today A pollution B polluted C pollute D polluting Question 14 I am late, ? A am I B am not I C aren’t I D not am I Question 15 "Would you like some more tea?" - "…………." A No, I don’t B No, sorry C No, thanks D No, I wouldn’t like Question 16 A “They suggest going to Sa Pa on the weekend.” B “………………………….” A That’s a fine day B That’s a good idea C That’s a trip D That’s a reason IV Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English: Question 17 I saw the men (A), the women (B) and the cattle (C) which went to the field Trang | 18 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai Question 18 Look at the two dictionarys (A) and you will see (B) they are the same (C) in some ways (D). Question 19 There is no water (A) in the house If there is (B), we could cook (C) dinner (D) Question 20 She did (A) her test (B) careful (C) last week (D). V Find the once choice that best completes the passage below: Solar energy is a long lasting source of energy, and it can (21) …… almost anywhere To generate solar energy, we only need solar cells and (22) …….! Solar cells can easily be installed on house (23) ……., so we don’t need any new space Compared to other renewable sources, they also possess many advantages: wind and water power rely on turbines which (24) …… noisy, expensive and which take up large space Solar cells are totally silent and unpolluted as they have no moving parts, they require little maintenance and have a long lifetime Question 21 A be used B is used C be using D to be used Question 22 A the earth B the planet C the sun D the moon Question 23 A yards B roofs C gardens D doors Question 24 A is B be C are D was VI Read the following passage and write true (T) or false (F) Garbage is a serious problem in the United States Every year, American produce 308 billion pounds of garbage (about 140 billion kilos)! A lot of garbage goes into landfills However, many landfills not have enough room for all the garbage One answer to the garbage problem is recycling Half of all the garbage in the United States can be recycled and used again Recycling helps the landfill problem and saves enough energy, too When people recycle newspapers, they save trees When they recycle glass, plastic, or cans, they save oil and electricity Recycling is good for everyone Question 25 - Garbage isn’t a serious problem in the United States Question 26 - We save trees if we recycle glass Question 27 - 50% garbage in the United States can be recycle and used again Question 28 - Many landfills have enough room for all the garbage VII Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences Trang | 19 Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai Question 29 It takes Hoa hours to her homework every day Hoa spends Question 30 Why don’t we collect plastic bags? I suggest Question 31 I started living here two years ago I have ………………………………………………………………………… Question 32 People speak English as the first language in Australia English ……………………………………………………………………… VIII Complete the meaningful sentences with words given Question 33 She / is / best / the / student / her / in / class ………………………………………………………………………………………… Question 34 Lan / learning / started / English / ago / years/ six ………………………………………………………………………….………………… ĐÁP ÁN I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently - C; - A; II Choose the word that its main stress is placed differently from the others - A; - D; III Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence - A; - D; - D; - A; - C; 10 - B; 11 - D; 12 - A; 13 - A; 14 - C; 15 - C; 16 - B; IV Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English: 17 - C; 18 - A; 19 - B; 20 - C; V Find the once choice that best completes the passage below: 21 - A; 22 - C; 23 - B; 24 - C; Trang | 20