Đề thi giữa HK1 môn Tiếng Anh 9 năm 2023 - 2024

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

Câu 1:

A. beautify

B. beautifully

C. beautiful

D. beautification

Câu 2:

She doesn’t imagine that I have much money, _______?

A. does she

B. do I

C. haven’t I

D. doesn’t she

Câu 3:

After feeling off_____for days, Tom finally went to see his doctor.

A. food

B. color

C. fitness

D. balance

Câu 4:

This policewoman is famous ____ her courage and strong will.

A. with

B. for

C. on

D. about

Câu 5:

There were 79 killed and 230 ________in a bomb explosion at the embassy.

A. injured

B. wounded

C. hurt

D. ached

Câu 6:

____ many international agreements affirming their human rights, women are still much more likely than men to be poor and illiterate.

A. Although

B. Despite

C. Because

D. Since

Câu 7:

Lara goes to a (n) _____________ temple every week.

A. great big ancient Buddhist

B. Buddhist great big ancient

C. ancient great big Buddhist

D. big great ancient Buddhist

Câu 8:

The meeting appeared to be going well until Sarah ______________ the issue of holiday pay.

A. brought about

B. brought up

C. brought off

D. brought on

Câu 9:

When I came to her house last night, she ________________ dinner.

A. is having

B. was having

C. has had

D. had had

Câu 10:

_______, I will give her a gift.

A. When he will come

B. When she comes here

C. Until he will come 

D. No sooner she cames

Câu 11:

We have been working hard. Let’s_____a break.

A. make

B. find

C. do

D. take

Câu 12:

It is parents' duty and responsibility to ______ hands to take care of their children and give them a happy home.

A. give

B. hold

C. join

D. shake

Câu 13:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ________ by J K Rowling.

A. written

B. was written 

C. wrote

D. were written

Câu 14:

________ his composition, Louie handed it to his teacher.

A. Having written

B. Having been written

C. Being written

D. Writing

Câu 15:

The faster we walk, ____________ we will get there.

A. the soonest

B. the soon

C. the more soon 

D. the sooner

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.

Câu 16:

A. Pop music originated in the Western world.

B. Because it is soft and beautiful.

C. Westlife is a pop band.

D. Since the 1950s, pop has had some new elements.

Câu 17:

“What’s your neighbourhood like?” - “_______."

A. I live in Ha Noi.

B. Sounds good. I like living there.

C. It’s good. I love it.

D. No, there is no hospital there.

Câu 18:

A. occur

B. prefer

C. apply

D. surface

Câu 19:

A. domination

B. adventure

C. grammatical

D. emergency

Câu 20:

A. mended

B. faced

C. objected

D. waited

Câu 21:

A. family

B. famine

C. famous

D. fabricate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Câu 22:

A. Living standard

B. Longevity

C. Life Skills

D. Lifeline

Câu 23:

Young college and university students participate in helping the poor who have suffered badly in wars or natural disasters.

A. get involved in

B. interfere with

C. join hands

D. come into

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Câu 24:

A. kept

B. had

C. abandoned

D. deleted

Câu 25:

After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she not only took charge of educating her two children but also took the position which her husband had finally obtained at the Sorbonne.

A. brilliant

B. lovely

C. fascinating

D. happy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Câu 26:

A. No sooner was the sun shining brightly than the little girl woke up.

B. Not until the little girl woke up was the sun shining brightly.

C. Not until the sun was shining brightly did the little girl wake up.

D. As soon as the little girl woke up, the sun hasn’t shone brightly yet.

Câu 27:

You must read the instructions. You won’t know how to use this machine without reading them.

A. Unless you read the instructions, you won’t know how to use this machine.

B. You will know how to use this machine unless you read the instructions.

C. Without reading the instructions, the use of this machine won’t be known.

D. Reading the instructions, so you will know how to use this machine.

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

Câu 28:

A. visit

B. Mexico

C. and

D. United States

Câu 29:

We are having her house  painted by a construction company.

A. having

B. her

C. painted

D. construction

Câu 30:

She is becoming increasingly forgetable. Last night she locked herself out of the house twice.

A. She is becoming

B. forgetable

C. herself 

D. the

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

Câu 31:

A. It has been raining at 4 o’clock.

B. It has been raining since 4 o’clock

C. It has been raining for 4 o’clock.

D. It has been raining in 4 o’clock.

Câu 32:

“Mum, please don’t tell Dad my mistake!” the girl said.

A. The girl insisted her mother not tell her father his mistake. 

B. The girl told her mother not to mention her mistake any more.

C. The girl asked her mother not to tell her father her mistake.

D. The girl wanted her mother to keep her mistake in her heart.

Câu 33:

You are able to go out with your friend this evening

A. You musn’t go out with your friend this evening.

B. You should go out with your friend  this evening.

C. You needn’t go out with your friend  this evening.

D. You can go out with your friend this evening.

In this era of increased global warming and diminishing fossil fuel supplies, we must begin to put a greater priority on harnessing alternative energy sources. Fortunately, there are a number of readily available, renewable resources that are both cost- effective and earth - friendly. Two such resources are solar power and geothermal power.

Solar energy, which reaches the earth through sunlight, is so abundant that it could meet the needs of worldwide energy consumption 6,000 times over. And solar energy is easily harnessed through the use of photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. In the us alone, more than 100, 000 homes are equipped with solar electric systems in the form of solar panels or solar roof tiles. And in other parts of the world, including many developing countries, the use of solar system is growing steadily.

Another alternative energy source, which is abundant in specific geographical areas, is geothermal power, which creates energy by tapping heat from below the surface of the earth. Hot water and steam that are trapped in underground pools are pumped to the surface and used to run a generator, which produces electricity. Geothermal energy is 50,000 times more abundant than the entire known supply of fossil fuel resources and as with solar power, the technology needed to utilize geothermal energy is fairly simple. A prime example of effective geothermal use in Iceland, a region of high geothermal activity where there are over 80 percent of private homes, are heated by geothermal power.

Solar and geothermal energy are just two of promising renewable alternatives to conventional energy sources. The time is long overdue to invest in the development and use of alternative energy on global scale. 

Câu 34:

What is the main topic of this passage?

A. The benefits of solar and wind power over conventional energy sources.

B. Two types of alternative energy sources that should be further utilized.

C. How energy resources are tapped from nature.

D. Examples of the use of energy sources worldwide.

Câu 35:

Which of the following words could best replace the word “abundant”?

A. a lot 

B. scarce 

C. little

D. enough

Câu 36:

The word “it” in the second paragraph refers to_____________

A. solar energy

B. the earth

C. sunlight 

D. energy consumption

Câu 37:

According to the passage, how is solar energy production similar to geothermal energy production?

A. They both require the use of a generator.

B. They both use heat from the earth’s surface.

C. They both require fairly simple technology.

D. They are both conventional and costly.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.

Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders.” It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.

Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things” done. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well¬being of a social group’s member. Expressive leader are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members expect expressive leaders to maintain stable relationships within the group and provide support to individual members. Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give orders and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of the groups goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor, and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the differences in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.

Câu 38:

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How leadership differs in small and large groups

B. The role of leaders in social groups

C. The problems faced by leaders

D. How social groups determine who will lead them

Câu 39:

The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders EXCEPT___________           

A. recruitment

B. specific leadership training

C. traditional cultural patterns

D. formal election process

Câu 40:

Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?

A. Person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.

B. Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.

C. A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group.

D. Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.