Đề thi Học kì 2 - Global Success 9

(Đề 1)

I. LISTENING

Listen to the passage and write ONE WORD to fill in each blank.

Dr. McMann is an environmental scientist. Her job is to find ways to conserve

energy at school,

at home,

and at work.

She says that if you want to conserve

energy,

you should (1)

________________ a garden and grow your

own

vegetables.

You can also (2) ___________ bottles and cans after using them.

She also advices that

if you use energy- (3) _____________ light

bulbs and

turn off the lights when leaving a room, you can conserve electricity.

Besides,

you'll also conserve energy if you take a bus, a (4)_____________, or a subway.

Remember, you don't have to drive your car everywhere.

II. READING

Task 1. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer.

Australia is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the

island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world’s sixth-largest

country by total area. Australia’s capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area

is Sydney.

For about 50000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century,

Australia

was

inhabited by indigenous

Australians,

who spoke

languages

classifiable into roughly 250 groups.

After

the European discovery of

the

continent

by Dutch explorers in 1606,

Autralia’s eastern half was claimed by

Great

Britain in 1770 and initially settled through penal

transportation to the

colony of

New Wouth Wales from 26 January 1788.

The population grew

steadily in subsequent decades, and by the 1850smost of the continent had been

explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established.

On

1 January 1901,

the six colonies federated,

forming the Commonwealth of

Australia.

Australia has since maintained a stable liberal

democratic political

system.

The

population

of

24

milion

is

highly

urbanized

and

heavily

concentrated on the eastern seaboard.

Australia has the world’s 13th-largest

economy and ninth-highest

per

capita

income (IMF).

With the second-highest

human development

index globally,

the country ranks highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom,

and civil liberties and political right.

1. How many groups of languages were spoken by Australians before the 18th

British settlement?

A. 500

B. 250

C. 240

D. 300

2. Which group of European people discovered the Australia continent?

A. The Australian

B. The British

C. The Welsh

D. The Dutch

3. The political system of Australia is __________.

A. unstable

B. urbanized

C. democratic

D. republic

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Australian continent, and many islands make up Australia.

B. Sydney is the world’s largest urban area.

C. The quality of life, health and education of Australia is good.

D. The eastern seaboard is an area of dense population.

5. What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To explain why Australia is a developed country

B. To explain why Australia’s population is increasing

C. To present overall information of Australia

D. To present the history of Australiav

Task 2. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

One time in our history,

space travel

(1) ____________ the dream of writers

and filmmakers. Thanks to Robert Goddard’s liquid-fuel rocket, space travel is

a reality.

We now frequently launch rockets,

space probes,

space shuttles,

and

satellites into space.

Before we talk about different space vehicles,

let us look

at

(2) _____________ it

takes to launch into space.

Space begins about

one

hundred miles

(160 kilometers)

above the upper

edge earth’s

atmosphere.

Rockets need engines that

are more powerful

than jet

engines to launch inro

space. These powerful engines (3) _____________ the rocket to overcome two

strong forces:

earth’s gravitation pull

and air resistance.

Goddard proved that

rockets with more than one stage could escape earth’s atmosphere and journey

into space. A stage is a section of the rocket that (4) _____________ the engine

or set of engine and liquid-fuel. The first stage needs to contain enough fuel to

lift the entire rocket and its payload. The payload or cargo of a rocket may be a

statellite (5) _____________ scientific equipment or a space shuttle.

1. A. is

B. has been

C. used to

D. was

2. A. which

B. what

C. that

D. who

3. A. make

B. let

C. do

D. help

4. A. holds

B. have

C. contains

D. both A & B

5. A. with

B. of

C. in

D. on

III. WRITING

Finish the second sentences so that

they mean almost

the same as the first

sentences.

1. "Do you know who is the author of this dictionary?" Nick asked me.

Nick asked me ______________________________________________

2. The teacher taught us English last year; her son plays tennis very well.

The teacher ________________________________________________

3. “How about doing online shopping so that we can save time and energy?”.

Ann suggested ______________________________________________

4. The Kenyan government should now pay more attention to gender inequality.

It’s time ___________________________________________________

5. Domestic robots will free women from cooking, cleaning, and laundry.

Women ___________________________________________________

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. staple

B. habit

C. gravy

D. grate

2. A. explored

B. relaxed

C. tanned

D. delayed

3. A. shortage

B. luggage

C. package

D. landscape

4. A. experience

B. exciting

C. expedition

D. explore

5. A. ingredients

B. prawns

C.

salads

D. recipes

Task 2. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1.

He’s really _______ community tourism because he wants to experience

local culture.

A. into

B. with

C. onto

D. of

2. Make sure you book tickets _______ because it costs more at the airport!

A. by chance

B. at a price

C. in advance

D. for a start

3. She started her _______ as an EFL teacher in Egypt in 1996.

A. work

B. career

C. profession

D. occupation

4. He intends to _______ in medical school to qualify as a doctor and specialise

in health care.

A. enrol

B. take

C. promote

D. manage

5.

During the middle and high school

years,

American students do much less

well in mathematics than their Japansese _______.

A. acquaintances

B. peers

C. partners

D. counterparts

6. Edwin Hubble was the astronomer for _______ the Hubble Space Telescope

is named,

A. which

B. who

C. that

D. whom

7.

_______ water does not flow in a zero-gravity environment,

the astronauts

cannot wash their hands under a faucet.

A. Although

B. If

C. When

D. Since

8. I didn’t know that _______ Lake Michigan was one of the Great Lakes until

last year.

A. a

B. an

C. Ø

D. the