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PHÒNG GD – ĐT ………… TRƯỜNG THCS ……………… ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KỲ 1 - ĐỀ SỐ 1 NĂM HỌC: 2024 – 2025 MÔN: Tiếng Anh 9 Thời gian: 60 minutes I. LISTENING Listen to two teenagers calling the helpline. Circle the best answer A, B or C. You will listen TWICE. 1. Lan is now feeling ______. A. annoyed B. frustrated C. depressed 2. Lan can’t ______ all the deadlines. A. remember B. catch up with C. finish 3. Lan feels she doesn’t need to work too hard because she’s not going ______. A. to enter gifted schools B. to continue her study C. to have time for herself 4. Nam feels ______. A. tired of his study B. worried about his girlfriend C. depressed 5. Nam’s friend _____________ in front of other students. A. made use of him B. made fun of him C. made joke about him II. READING TASK 1. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions. Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety percent of the people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth cancer, tongue
cancer, and throat cancer.Many smokers have heart disease and pneumonia. Smoking causes one million early deaths in the world every year. Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and their wives or husbands. Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to non-smokers. We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke? 1. The number one cancer among men is____________. Nhận biết A. tongue cancer B. throat cancer C. lung cancer D. mouth cancer 2. The main cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer and throat cancer is________. Nhận biết A. drinking B. overeating C. breathing D. smoking 3. Every year, smoking causes about one million____________. Thông hiểu A. cancer patients B. killing diseases C. early deaths D. injured men 4. The word “it” in the passage refers to____________. Vận dụng A. cancer B. smoke C. air D. breath 5. Who are more likely to have lung cancer and lung problems? Vận dụng A. People who live in the city B. People who live with smokers. C. People who live with non-smokers. D. People who live in the country. TASK 2. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage Christmas is a family celebration and many of the customs center on children. When they go to bed on Christmas (1)…………..…, children hang up a pillow case or a sack for their presents (2)………………, it should be a stocking, but a stocking wouldn’t hold enough to become
today’s kids. While the children are(3)………...., so the custom goes, Father Christmas or Santa Claus, comes (but also to children who have been good). He travels from the North Pole in a sleigh which is (4) ………….by reindeer. After landing on the roof, Santa Claus climbs down the (5) …………….and puts presents in the sacks that the children have left out. 1. A. Eve B. evening C. morning D. afternoon 2. A. Actually B. Traditionally C. Fortunately D. Usually 3. A. sleep B. asleep C. sleeping D. slept 4. A. pull B. to pull C. pulling D. pulled 5. A. tree B. chimney C. roof D. reindeer III. WRITING TASK 1. Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same, using the words given. 1. I think Da Nang city is not so exciting as Ho Chi Minh City. (MORE) => I think Ho Chi Minh City………………………………………................................. 2. "Who should I call for help?" she asked. (TO) => She had no idea……………………………………………………………………… 3. Tom arrived when everyone had gone home. (UP) => Tom............................................................................................................................... 4. Mai could have good marks. She studied hard for the exam. (SO THAT) =>………………………………………………………………………………………. TASK 2. You received an email from Mark, your penfriend in the US. He asks you to write him about the things you like in your community. Now write an email (about 100 words) to tell him about these things.
From: [email protected] (your email address) To: [email protected] Subject: My lovely community Dear Mark, I’m happy to have received your email, I’m going to tell you about the things I like in my community. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ That’s all for now, Mark. Tell me about your community. Cheers, ______________ IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS TASK 1. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D 1. A. pottery B. local C. control D. so 2. A. artisan B. establish C. attraction D. handicraft TASK 2. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 1. I am trying to learn English _____ I can communicate with foreigners. A. so that B. when C. although D. because 2. Lan couldn’t decide _____ to work with on the project A. what B. who C. how D. when