ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA KÌ 2

Trường THCS Nguyễn Lương Bằng, TP Đà Nẵng, 2023 - 2024

SECTION A: LISTENING (2ms) .

I. Listen to a conversation between two friends about their travel experience. Listen and choose the word or number A, B or C to complete each sentence. You will hear the recording TWICE. (1m)

1. Nick and Thomas have spent___________ travelling the Silk Road.

A. three months    B. two months     C. a month

2. The Silk Road is in China and it was opened more than ________ years ago.

A. 1,000      B.2,000      C. 3,000

3. Nick and Thomas travelled to the Silk Road ______

A. by bike       B.by car     C. by train

4. They didn’t bring a lot of _______

A.clothes     B. food     C. luggage

II. Listen again and fill in each blank with ONE word/ number you hear. You will hear the recording TWICE. (1m)

1. They had to pack their ________ very carefully because they didn’t want to take anything they didn’t need. 

2. They travelled about________ kilometres a day.

3. They didn’t __________  in hotels while travelling here.

4. They __________ changed their plans, so they didn’t plan for it very carefully.

SECTION B: USE OF ENGLISH (3ms) 

I. Choose the word or phrase A, B or C that best completes each sentence or do as directed.(2ms).

1. It’s an part of your cultural identity to keep your_______ in speaking English.

A. accent    B. skill     C. language     

2. Perhaps the three most popular ice cream _______ are vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.

A. ingredients    B. flavours     C. brands 

3. You can go to England and come back. A______ from Rorme to London will cost Є450.

A. jet lag    B. stopover    C.round trip

4. If we want to have good health, we________ reduce the amount of salt in our food.

A. could     B.must     C. would

5. Mount Everest is the highest peak of_______ Himalayas.

A. zero article     B.a      C. the

6. The boy______ mother is my teacher is reasonably good at English.

A. who    B. whose      C. whom

7. He picked______ a bit of French while he was staying in Paris.

A.up    B.in      C.on

8. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others:

A. official      B.bilingual     C.versatile

II. Supply the correct form of the word in parentheses to complete each sentence.(0.5ms).

1. I can read and write well in English but cannot speak____________ (fluency) 

2. Using English of many people helps to increase its _________ day by day. (popular)

III. Supply the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete each sentence. (0.5ms)

1.My Mother (stew)_________ the meat with some rice for half an hour.

2. When I came, she (cook) _________ dinner in the kitchen.

SECTION C: READING (3ms)

I. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list. (1m)

by    effectively     opportunity    memorize      in

English is one of the most popular languages in the world. It comes second in the number of speakers after Chinese. In Vietnam, more and more people are studying English and hey consider it a key to success. However, not everyone knows how to learn English (1) ________

The best way to improve the four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing is to practice regularly. You should make use of every (2)_____ to speak English with friends in class or at English Speaking clubs or ourselves in front of the mirror. Learning (3)_______ heart all the words does not help much if you do not read a lot because you will easily forget what you have learnt. Reading books, listening to radio and watching films are better ways to (4)______ words. Besides, English learners should not be so shy because making mistakes is unavoidable in learning foreign languages. Practicing speaking a lot is a good way to correct your mistakes.

II. Read the passage and answer the questions below(2ms)

In the past, getting recipes and cooking tips was a complicated process. A person had to go to store and buy a cook book, or get recipes from friends. Fortunately, the Internet has changed all that. Now, if you want to find a recipe for lasagna or Cobb salad, you just search online. It couldn’t be simpler.

Cooking blogs are a great source of information because they are free and there are so many of them. They are also nice because they give all different kinds of ideas. The problem with blogs is that because we don’t know who is writing them, we need to use with caution. When you are looking at a new blog, you don’t know if the writer knows what he or she is talking about.

There are a lot of cooking blogs on the Internet, and most of them are pretty good. Go online and check some of them out. You might be surprised at how much they can help you improve your cooking.

1. How was getting recipes and cooking tips in the past?

……………………………………

2. According to the text, what are a great source of information?

……………………………………

3. Why should we be careful when we are looking at new blogs?

……………………………………

4. Does the writer encourage readers to look for cooking blogs?

……………………………………

SECTION D: WRITING (2ms)

Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the word(s) given or do as directed.

1. The heavy rain prevents us from going out.

If it didn’t …………………………..

2. Nam watched an interesting film on TV last week. (Use “The” to rewrite)

……………………………………..

3. That is the room. The meeting is held in that room. (Use a relative pronoun)

……………………………………..

4. The last time I saw my uncle was in 1990.

I haven't ……………………………………..

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