de thi E9 HK II

I. LISTENING ( 2ms) Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information . The words in the box may help you. snowstorms thunderstorms delta temperatures forecast Here is tomorrow’s weather (1)………… . Hanoi and areas to the north will be sunny. Hanoi will have (2) ………………between 23 o C and 27 o C . It will be raining along the coast of Thanh Hoa. The south-central coast can expect thunderstorm. Hue will experience temperatures between 25 o C and 30 o C. There will also be (3)………. over the central highlands. Areas around the Cuu Long (4)…………. can expect clouds during the day. Ho Chi Minh city’s temperatures will be between 27 o C and 35 o C. II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.5ms) Circle the best answer. 1. Tet is a festival which …… in late January or early February. A. begins B. causes C. carries D. occurs 2. Your teacher writes poems and stories, ………… she? A. don’t B. doesn’t C. won’t D. didn’t 3. Where ………… you go if you have a car? A.would B.have C.will D. did 4. Thuy’s grandma turned the television ……… to see the weather forecast. A. of B. up C. on D. down 5. They decided to go out …………. It rained heavily. A. but B. and C. although D. or 6. This is a place …………. the meeting took place. A. when B. where C. whom D. which 7. I saw the boy …………. help me last week. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 8. Our teacher suggests …… a meeting to discuss about the solution to keep our environment clean. A. to hold B. hold C. held D. holding 9. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest. A. thunder B.earthquake C.gather D. healthy 10. I think we should…… a shower instead of a bath to save energy. A. took B. taking C.taken D. take III. READING (2.5ms) Read this speech . Good evening, everybody. My name is Professor Roberts and tonight I’m going to tell you how to study English well. Most of you don’t have a good method of learning English. You can learn English well by : 1 Mark THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST Subject: English 9 Time:45’ Tran Quoc Toan Secondary School Class: 9… Full name: …………………… • Listening to the lecture carefully. • Practicing speaking - listening - reading – writing English regularly. • Using a good dictionary. • Working harder on the pronunciation. • Corresponding to the facts. If you follow these simple rules, you will improve your English quickly. 1. True or False ? Check (  ) in the boxes .(2ms) No Content True False 1 The meeting happens in the afternoon. 2 There are many people in the room. 3 The speaker gives two simple rules. 4 According to the speaker, English will be better. 2. Answer this question. (0.5m) What can you do to improve your English ?  VI. WRITING (3ms) 1. Combine two sentences into one. Use the words in brackets. (1m) a. The room is very small. It’s quite comfortable. (although) … …………………………………………………………………………………………. b. The man is my old teacher. He is delivering the speech. (Who) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Write a speech about “Reusing paper” by using the given ideas. (2ms) REUSING PAPER  Good luck  2 have a separate wastebasket for wastepaper. keep sheets with single printed page for drafting. ANSWER KEY I. LISTENING ( 2ms) 1. forecast 2. thunderstorms 3. temperatures 4. Delta II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.5ms) 1D 2B 3C 4B 5C 6B 7A 8D 9C 10D III. READING (2.5ms) 1. (2ms) No Content True False 1 The meeting happens in the afternoon.  2 There are many people in the room.  3 The speaker gives two simple rules.  4 According to the speaker, English will be better.  2. (0.5m) I can improve my English by practicing speaking - listening - reading – writing English regularly. IV. WRITING (3m) 1. Combine two sentences into one. Use the words in brackets. (1m) a. Although the room is very small, it’s quite comfortable. b. The man who is delivering the speech is my old teacher. 2. Write a speech about “Reusing paper” by using the given ideas. (2ms) ( Depend on the teachers) 3 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I’m Nam and tonight I’m going to tell you how to reuse paper. Most of us use too much paper. You can reduce this amount by: Having a separate wastebasket for wastepaper. Keeping sheets with single printed page for drafting. If you follow these simple rules. Not only will you save paper, but also the trees in the forest will be reserved. . drafting. ANSWER KEY I. LISTENING ( 2ms) 1. forecast 2. thunderstorms 3. temperatures 4. Delta II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.5ms) 1D 2B 3C 4B 5C 6B 7A 8D 9C 10D III. READING (2.5ms) 1. (2ms) No Content True False 1. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest. A. thunder B.earthquake C.gather D. healthy 10. I think we should…… a shower instead of a. should…… a shower instead of a bath to save energy. A. took B. taking C.taken D. take III. READING (2.5ms) Read this speech . Good evening, everybody. My name is Professor Roberts and tonight I’m