The second mid-term written test English 9 - School year 2021-2022 (Có đáp án)

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THE SECOND MID-TERM WRITTEN TEST 
ENGLISH 9/ Time: 60 minutes
(School year: 2021 - 2022)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is different from the other three in pronunciation. 
1. A. draught	 B. taught	 C. faucet	D. daughter 
2. A. liters	B. bills	C. posters	D. wastes 
3. A. washed	B. coughed	C. received	D. worked 
4. A. sand	B. water	C. bag	D. map 
5. A. pollute	B. adult	C. bubble	D. construct
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each of the following exchanges.
6. Linda is talking to Anna about her hat.
- Linda: “What a lovely hat you have!” - Anna : “_____________________”
	A. Certainly	B. That's OK	C. Thank you	D. I don't care
7. “Would you mind turning down the TV? I’m working!”  “_________.”        
 A. Yes, I’m working, too.          	B. Not at all. I’ll do it now.
 C. Thank you. I’m pleased. 	D. No, I wouldn’t be working.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
8. Do you know the book ..... they are talking about?
A. whom 	B. which 	C. who D. all are correct 
9. I think it would be better if we use banana ..... instead of paper or plastic bags to wrap food.
A. skins 	B. roots 	C. stems 	D. leaves 
10. Every day trash is collected and taken to the ..... .
A. yard 	B. ground C. garbage dump D. trash place
11. For most North American households, lighting ..... 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill.
A. explains to 	B. says to 	C. accounts for 	D. tells to
12. Mrs. Ha got a ...... to check all the water pipes in the house.
 A. plumber 	B. mechanic 	C. technician	D. tinker 
13. The weather was very nice, ...... we decided to have dinner in the garden.
A. and 	B. but 	C. so 	D. or 
14. Why don’t you ..... the lights? ~ It’s getting dark.
A. turn on 	B. turn off 	C. turn out 	D. turn in 
15. Tom suggested ..... money to help poor people.
A. to save 	B. save 	C. saving 	D. saved 
16. ......... Nam was a vegetarian, he avoided eating meat.
A. Since 	B. Because 	C. As D. all are correct
17....... his old age, Mr. Brown goes jogging every day.
A. In spite 	B. Although 	C. However D. Despite 
18. Miss White, ..... teaches English us, is a very nice teacher.
A. who B. whose C. that D. Both A and C
19: Why don’t you .. the lights? It’s getting dark.
A. turn out	B. turn in	C. turn off	D. turn on
20: Mary can’t join our trip to the zoo tomorrow. She will have to .. her sick mother.
A. look for	B. look at	C. look after	D. look into
21: Let’s  out tonight, shall we?
A. eat	B. eaten	C. ate	D. eating
22: If we keep on .. more and more motor vehicles, we . out of oil.
A. using / would run	B. using / will run	C. to use / will run	D. using / run
23: He was very happy.. his mother.
A. helps	B. to help	C. will help	D. help
24. My father ________teaching in a small village 10 years ago. 
A. starts 	B. started 	C. has started 	D. is starting
25. You 	 to write them today.
A. should	 B. must	C. had	D. ought
26. We couldn`t start our journey. All flights _______ because of fog.
A. are delay B. delayed	C. has delayed D. were delayed 
27. If I ______ in London now, I could visit British Museum.
A. were	B. had been	C. have been	D. would be
28. Kate hates ________ to classical music. 
A. listen 	B. listened 	C. listens 	D. listening
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
29. I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
	 A. 10 minutes	 B. 15 minutes	C. 20 minutes	D. 30 minutes
30. I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
	 A. keep away	 B. keep back	 C. keep down	 D. keep on
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
31. Look! That man over there is driving so dangerously! There's going to be an accident.
 A. fast
B. safely
 C. carelessly
D. badly
32. Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system.
 A. together 	B. similar	 C. average	 D. pure
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Ha Tinh is a disaster-prone province in the central of Viet Nam. Since the beginning of 2015, this province has experienced three massive floods, causing devastating property damage. The floods razed thousands of homes, damaged numerous irrigation works, roads, schools and healthcare centres. Ms. Nga Tran, a local resident, recalled the last flood, “The flood in June was normal, but the one in September was awful. Water from Ngan Pho River began to submerge the floor, while outside it was still raining heavily. After a while the water was about one meter. I had no choice but to climb up to the attic and stay there for two days.” Like many other residents, all of Ms Nga’s furniture was covered in mud, some was completely damaged for having been soaked in the water for too long. But what worried her most was the loss of her rice crop. Three months after the flood, lots of farmers still struggled with finding enough food to eat. If there is no aid from the government, the situation in this province will get worse.
33. What does disaster-prone mean?
A. having no disasters	B. likely to have disasters
C. have very few disasters	D. have few disasters
34. What is NOT mentioned as consequences from the floods?
A. loss of life	B. loss of property
C. loss of crop	D. loss of houses
35. When was the flood as recalled by Ms. Nga Tran?
A. January	B. June	C. September	D. December
36. How long did Ms. Nga Tran stay in her attic?
A. for the whole week	B. two days
C. three months	D. four months
37. What is the biggest worry of Ms. Nga and other residents?
A. lack of food	B. lack of accommodation
C. lack of aid	D. medicine
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks 
 Are you looking for a cheap, clean, (38).....source of power that doesn’t cause pollution or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar (39) ............from the sun. 
 At present, most of our (40).........comes from the use of coal and gas, oil, or (41).......power. This power could be provided by the sun. One percent of the solar energy that reaches the earth is enough to provide (42)............for the total population.
38 A. effect
B. effective
C. effectively
D. effected
39. A. energy
B. energetic
C. enormous
D. energetically
40. A. electric
B. electrical
C. electrically
D. electricity
41. A. land
B. pollution
C. nuclear
D. oil
42. A. power
B. polluted
C. polluting
D. pollution
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in the following questions. 
43. They will cut off the electricity unless you don’t pay the electricity bill.
 A B C D
44. How about going to the park and play volleyball there?
 A B C D
45. My friends is eager to take part in after-school activities. 
 A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
46. “I will come to see you as soon as I can,” he said, 
A. He said he will come to see me as soon as he can. 
B. He said he would come to see you as soon as I could. 
 C. He said he will come to see me as soon as you can. 
 D. He said he would come to see me as soon as he could. 
 47. We pollute the water. We have no fresh water to use.
 A. If we pollutes the water, we will have no fresh water to use.
 B. If we pollute the water, we will have no fresh water to use.
C. If we pollute the water, we have no fresh water to use.
D. If we pollute the water, we won’t have no fresh water to use..
48. They will translate this book into Vietnamese. 
A. This book will be translated into Vietnamese
B. This book will be translating into Vietnamese
C. This book will be translating into Vietnamese.
D. This book will translating into Vietnamese
49. Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him on the phone last night.
A. Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan to whom I spoke on the phone last night.
 B. Mr. Smith, who is very interested in our plan, I spoke to on the phone last night.
C. Mr. Smith, who I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.
D. Mr. Smith, to whom I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.
50. Mike graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
A. If Mike graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed.
B. That Mike graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed.
C. Mike joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree.
D. Although Mike graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed. 
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