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KỲ THI GIỮA HỌC KỲ 2

Năm học: 2014-2015
Lớp: 9
Môn: tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: …/…/2015
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)


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.

Almost all our energy comes from oil, coal, and natural gas. We call them fossil fuels. The earth’s fossil fuels are running out. What will happen when there is no coal, oil and gas on earth?

Scientists are trying to find and use other alternative sources of energy. We can use energy from the sun, the wind, and the water.

Solar energy is unlimited. The sun supplies all the energy used to grow plants, to evaporate water for rain, and to maintain the temperature of the planet. All are necessary for human life. If we are able to collect solar energy, we will be sure to have this abundant source of power.

Another source of energy from nature is the wind which is clean and plentiful. Energy from the wind has been used for centuries to move ships, grind grain, pump water and do other forms of work. In recent time, wind has been used to generate electricity.

Water can also provide power. For a long time, people have used water to power machines. Some early uses of water were to mill grain, saw wood and power machinery for the textile industry. Today water is mostly used to generate electricity.

1. We are asking the question “What will happen when there is no oil, coal, and gas on earth?” Because ____.
A. we are looking for other alternative sources of energy
B. we are looking forward to seeing great changes
C. we are now depending so much on oil, coal and natural gas
D. other sources of energy can come from the sun, the wind, and the water

2. Which pairs of words can be used alternatively?
A. the sun / the wind
B. energy / power
C. rain / temperature
D. plentiful / unlimited

3. Centuries ago, people used the wind power to ____.
A. maintain the earth’s temperature
B. grow plants
C. pump water
D. generate electricity

4. Up till now, water energy has been used for ____.
A. similar purposes
B. moving ship
C. the textile industry
D. different purposes

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

SAVING ENERGY

In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not luxuries (5)____ necessities. Companies now realize that consumers want (6)____ that will not only work effectively, but also save money.

For most North American households, lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity (7)____.

However, this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100-watt light bulb with an energy-saving bulb. These bulbs use a quarter of the (8)____ of standard bulbs and last eight times (9)____. Therefore consumers can save about US$7 to US$21 per bulbs.

5.
A. if
B. and
C. or
D. but

6.
A. presents
B. things
C. products
D. machines

7.
A. bill
B. menu
C. payment
D. book

8.
A. electricity
B. electric
C. electronics
D. electrician

9.
A. long
B. longer
C. longest
D. longer than

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.

More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to people, they lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufacturers know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

10. More than two hundred years ago ____.
A. the environment was polluted as much as it is today
B. people knew almost nothing about environmental pollution
C. air was polluted badly
D. people faced up to pollution

11. Nowadays, many people are concerned about ____.
A. the poisonous air
B. the polluted water
C. the wastes from the factories
D. the environmental pollution

12. According to the passage, people know that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases ____.
A. so they do not travel by motorbikes and cars
B. so they prefer traveling by bicycles
C. but they still prefer traveling by motorbikes and cars
D. and they enjoy traveling on foot

13. Factory owners ____.
A. know nothing about pollution
B. pollute water and soil
C. spend a lot of money on treating wastes
D. don’t treat industrial wastes safely

14. Which of the followings is not true?
A. In former days, people led a healthy life.
B. People have no awareness of the danger of pollution
C. Water is now heavily contaminated by industrial wastes.
D. It’s harmful for our health if rubbish is spread over our areas.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

15. I ____. tennis with my girlfriend every Wednesday
A. play
B. plays
C. played
D. am playing

16. Many people are interested ____ the products that save energy.
A. with
B. about
C. in
D. on

17. We should stop destroying forests as ____.
A. the forests provide us valuable resources
B. the forests provide us with valuable resources
C. the forests provide for us valuable resources
D. the forests provide with valuable resources

18. It’s necessary that ____.
A. we may protect the environment
B. we can protect the environment
C. we should protect the environment
D. we might protect the environment.

19. If factories have better methods to protect the environment, ____.
A. we won’t have to suffer the air pollution
B. we won’t have to suffer from the air pollution
C. we wouldn’t have to suffer the air pollution
D. we wouldn’t have to suffer from the air pollution

20. Pay the bill within 2 weeks or the electricity will be cut ____.
A. up
B. down
C. in
D. off

21. Before you go to bed, please turn ____ all the lights.
A. off
B. in
C. on
D. over

22. She should stay at home to ____ her sick mother.
A. look up
B. look after
C. look into
D. look for

23. To look after means to ____.
A. turn off
B. go on
C. take care of
D. take off

24. I’m tired ____ I stayed up late watching TV.
A. because
B. because of
C. so
D. but

25. Our streets will be clean if ____.
A. people stop to litter
B. people don’t stop to litter
C. people stop littering
D. people don’t stop littering

26. Billions of cans are thrown ____ every year all over the world.
A. up
B. away
C. in
D. on

27. The weather is very cold, ____.
A. so he prefers to swim in the river
B. but he prefers to swim in the river
C. however he prefers to swim in the river
D. and he prefers to swim in the river

28. We didn’t go for a walk ____ it was very cold.
A. though
B. because
C. but
D. so

29. He is going to ____ all the bags.
A. collector
B. collect
C. collection
D. collective

30. It is necessary ____. forests.
A. to protect
B. protecting
C. protected
D. protect

31. In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not luxuries but ____.
A. goods
B. foods
C. products
D. necessities

32. ____ put all the guests on the first floor?
A. Why don’t we
B. I think we should
C. How about
D. Let’s

33. Coal, oil, gas ____. are ____ resources.
A. nature
B. natural
C. naturally
D. unnaturally

34. They ____ stamps and coins when they were young
A. used to collect
B. are used to collecting
C. used to collecting
D. are used to collect

35. If she ____ enough money, she will buy her son a new bike.
A. Has
B. had
C. will have
D. have

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

36.
A. fly
B. efficiency
C. category
D. widely

37.
A. shrine
B. hike
C. drip
D. environment

38.
A. pipe
B. solid
C. ultimately
D. jewish

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closes in meaning to each of the following questions.

39. Nam forgot to take his raincoat, so he got wet.
A. Nam got wet because he forgot to take his raincoat.
B. Nam got wet; however, he forgot to take his raincoat.
C. Nam got wet, so he forgot to take his raincoat.
D. Namgot wet although he forgot to take his raincoat.

40. Hurry up or we will miss the train.
A. Unless you hurry, you won’t miss the train.
B. If you hurry, you will miss the train.
C. If you don’t hurry up, you will miss the train.
D. Unless you hurry up, you don’t miss the train.

41. Lan broke the glass because of her carelessness.
A. Because Lan did carelessly, she broke the glass.
B. Because Lan was careless, she broke the glass.
C. Because Lan got carelessness, she broke the glass.
D. Because Lan made carelessness, she broke the glass.

42. You and your friend don’t know what to do this weekend.
A. I suggest you can have a picnic in the park.
B. I suggest having a picnic in the park.
C. I suggest for a picnic in the park.
D. I suggest should have a picnic in the park.

43. There are some cracks in the pipe in Mr. Ha’s bathroom.
A. I suggest he should get a mechanic to fit a new pipe.
B. I suggest he should get a bricklayer to fit a new pipe.
C. I suggest he should get a plumber fitted a new pipe.
D. I suggest he should get a plumber to fit a new pipe.

44. I think we should put different kinds of waste in different baskets.
A. I suggest to put different kinds of waste in different baskets.
B. I suggest putting different kinds of waste in different baskets.
C. I suggest we shall put different kinds of waste in different baskets.
D. I suggest we have to put different kinds of waste in different baskets.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

45.
A. economic
B. innovation
C. efficiently
D. European

46.
A. explanation
B. experiment
C. environment
D. discovery

47.
A. faucet
B. dripping
C. shower
D. amount

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate he underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

48. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted.
A. The water
B. around
C. chemical
D. serious

49. I am looking forward to hear from my parents.
A. looking forward
B. to
C. hear
D. from

50. Physics are very difficult for students to learn.
A. are
B. difficult
C. for
D. to learn

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