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KIỂM TRA CUỐI HỌC KỲ II - NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP9- Mã đề B

(Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút, không kể thời gian

giao đề)

Họ và tên: ………………….........Lớp: . …...

Số BD: ………. Phòng số: …......................

Giám thị 1

Giám thị 2

STT: .................

Mã phách:..........

Điểm (Mã đề B)

Giám khảo 1

Giám khảo 2

STT: .................

Mã phách:..........

Số:……..

Chữ: …………

*****Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề này*****

PART I. LANGUAGE COMPONENT: Circle the best answer. (2points)

1. Choose the word which has a different stress.

A. career B. approach C. rocket D. attach

2. Choose the word which has a different stress.

A. meteorite B. astronaut C. operate D. external

3. Women in the past were content to let the man be the ………………….and head of household.

A. facilitator B. supporter

C. information provider D. breadwinner

4. The woman …………….. visited us yesterday worked at the hospital.

A. whom B. why C. which D. who

5. She is …………………………in Chinese and Spanish.

A. bilingual B. pick up C. fluently D. speak

6. He is always late for work, so he has no sense of………………….

A. humour B. responsibility C. time D. direction

7. Ann: “My team has won the cooking competition.”

Bella : ………………

A. It’s out of this world B. the sky’s the limit

C. It’s over the moon D. once in a blue moon

8. A short stay somewhere between two parts of a journey: ………………….

A. bus stop B. stopover C. drawback D. peak season

PART II. READING (2points)

I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in the box (1,25points)

children

working

for

grandparents

change

time

jobs

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called

a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money

for the family. He was usually out (9) ……………… all day. He came home tired in the

evening, so he did not do much housework.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay

with the (10)……………… all day. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner

and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is

going to do the housework and take care of the children now? Many families solve the

problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do

different (11)………………around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example,

the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks

dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then, there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child

care from (12)………………. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The

grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way. More often, parents have to pay

(13)……………… child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The

problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that

pay well. Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many

companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend more

time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the

children. For these men there is a new word. They are called “househusbands”. In the USA

more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

Answer : (9)………………….. (10)…………………… (11)………………….

(12)…………………… (13)………………………

II. Read the text again. Choose the best answer (A, B or C): (0,75point)

14. The word “laundry” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ………………………

A. tidying up B. cooking and washing up C. washing and ironing

15. Which word does “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. homework B. housework C. working outside

16. What does the companies in the USA do to help parents?

A. Pay them more.

B. pay for hiring babysitter.

C. help them to bring up their children

PART III. WRITING (2points)

I. Circle A, B, C or D which is not correct in standard English: (0,4point)

17. I and my mother went to the market yesterday, but we didn’t buy some bread

A B C D

18. Nam is crazy about the history of England, so he decided to go to UK

A B C D

II. Rewrite the sentences with the full meaning, using the suggestions (0,8point)

19. The government will take some measures to save water in our city. (BE)