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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ I NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
Môn: TIẾNG ANH 9
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút; Đề gồm 03 trang

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A. LISTENING
Listen to a conversation and then mark the letter A,
correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: What are you going to do there?
A. Playing volleyball
B. Eating bananas
Question 2: What book are you going to take with?
A. Biology
B. Chemistry
Question 3: How are you going to get there?
A. By plane
B. By boat
Question 4: Where are you going for your holiday?
A. To a city
B. To the sea
Question 5: Who are you going there with?
A. Mum
B. Dad

B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

C. Watching TV

D. Surfing

C. History

D. Geography

C. By tram

D. By ship

C. To the countryside

D. To an island

C. Cousins

D. Friends

Listen to a conversation and then mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: What can they do if the weather's nice?
A. Help mum.
B. Climb trees.
C. Play in the garden. D. Wear jeans.
Question 7: What time can her friends come?
A. At half past four.
B. At three o'clock.
C. At four o'clock.
D. At half past three.
Question 8: What can her friends bring to the party?
A. Only games.
B. Games and cakes.
C. Only cakes.
D. Nothing.
Question 9: What is the number of the house?
A. 33
B. 30
C. 31
D. 32
Question 10: Why do they have a party at their grandmother's house?
A. Because it's much bigger.
B. Because they can start early.
C. Because everyone knows the address.
D. Because there is a garden.
B. LANGUAGE
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.
Question 11: A. divide
B. decide
C. comprise
D. design
Question 12: A. writes
B. makes
C. hopes
D. places
Question 13: A. released
B. conserved
C. captured
D. improved
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 14: The house ________ by the local firm yesterday.
A. was whitewashing
B. was whitewash
C. was whitewashed
D. whitewash
Question 15: Those students ________ the lessons better if they listened to their teacher more attentively.
A. understand
B. understood
C. would understand
D. will understand
Question 16: Neither the students nor their teacher ________ abroad before.
A. are going
B. is going
C. has gone
D. have gone
Question 17: Mrs. Mi has just bought a ________ handbag.
A. brown nice leather B. nice leather brown
C. nice brown leather D. leather nice brown
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Question 18: The movie is so _______ that we all burst into tears.
A. moved
B. moving
C. excited
D. exciting
Question 19: The singer is going to ________ a new album of her favourite songs.
A. turn out
B. put out
C. find out
D. bring out
Question 20: All of us need to ________ a break after a long and tiring journey.
A. take
B. make
C. play
D. put
Question 21: The leaves turn yellow in winter, ________?
A. don't they
B. doesn't it
C. aren't they
D. isn't it
Question 22: _______ some students study badly, they will take the exam to high school.
A. Although
B. Because
C. As though
D. Despite
Question 23: My friends suggested ________ harder for the entrance exam to high school.
A. to study
B. studied
C. study
D. studying
Question 24: What would you do if you saw ________ robber in the street?
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. Ø (no article)
Question 25: At this time last Saturday, we ________ a football match at Thien Truong Stadium.
A. are watching
B. watched
C. were watching
D. was watching
Question 26: I wish you ________ be here with me right now.
A. will
B. could
C. would
D. can
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.
Question 27: Doing a lot of hard work has recently made her a bit tense.
A. worried
B. stressed
C. relaxed
D. pleased
Question 28: I invited her to join our trip to TrangAn, but she refused my invitation.
A. ran out of
B. closed down
C. broke with
D. turned down
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.
Question 29: Fortunately, our team won the match.
A. Blessingly
B. Unluckily
C. Happily
D. Luckily
Question 30: Learning English has many advantages such as finding jobs more easily...
A. entertainment
B. profits
C. disadvantages
D. backdrops
C. READING
Read the following passage and mark the fetter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
Why should you learn a foreign language, such as English? First, learning a foreign language
opens up job opportunities. Most companies look for people with foreign language skills. Second,
learning a foreign language can offer a special experience to travellers.You can easily find the places,
ask for directions, and even order food in the countries. Speaking a language also gives you a better
understanding of the country's culture. Another reason why you should learn a foreign language is
that it helps you to learn other subjects better. Learning a foreign language is hard and requires a lot
of mental exercise. This, in turns, helps the brain to work better and strengthen the ability to
memorize and analyze.
Question 31: What is the topic of the passage?
A. The benefits of learning English.
B. The reasons for learning a foreign language.
C. The importance of communication with people. D. The ways to learn a foreign language.
Question 32: The word “hard” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. difficult
B. boring
C. interesting
D. easy
Question 33: How many benefits of learning a foreign language are listed in the text?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
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Question 34: According to the text, which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. Most companies look for people with foreign language skills.
B. Learning a foreign language helps you to learn other subjects better.
C. Speaking a language gives you a better understanding of the country's culture.
D. It isn't necessary to know a foreign language.
Question 35: The word “it” refers to_____.
A. another reason
B. learning a foreign language
C. mental exercise
D. subject
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
word/phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
When Phong first arrived in England, his English was not very good and sometimes he did not
(36)_____ what other people said. He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with
the new teaching and learning method. He felt lonely in this new place, and missed all his buddies in
Viet Nam. The food there was so different (37)_____ what his mum used to cook for him. And for
the first time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending (38)_____.
But Phong was young and enthusiastic. He learnt (39)_____ to this new environment. After two
years, Phong is now very (40)_____ in English and has achieved the top academic award at his
school. He has a lot of friends from different countries. He is even good at being able to earn money
for his daily needs from his part-time job at a restaurant.
Question 36: A. like
B. consider
C. understand
D. care
Question 37: A. from
B. as
C. about
D. for
Question 38: A. carelessly
B. care
C. careful
D. carefully
Question 39: A. adapt
B. to adapt
C. adapted
D. adapting
Question 40: A. smooth
B. bad
C. good
D. fluent
D. WRITING
Give the correct form of word in bracket to complete each of the following questions.
Question 41: Both of us were very ______ in the new film by James Cameron.
Question 42: We knew nothing about ______ in the past.
Question 43: We should use our ______ when we read books.
Question 44: I really like the photo ______ because it tells me much about our school.
Question 45: Things have changed ______ now and we have many modern facilities.

(interest)
(obese)
(imagine)
(exhibit)
(consider)

Using the given words to rewrite the sentence with the same meaning as the first.
Question 46: “Why don't we organize a show to raise funds for the poor?” Peter said.
 Peter suggested ..............................................................................................................
Question 47: The weather today is very cold. I can't go swimming.
 I wish the .................................................................................................................... …
Question 48: People say that he went to America two years ago.
 He is said ........................................................................................................................
Using the given words at the beginning of each sentence to combine each pair of sentences in the
following questions.
Question 49: I like black coffee. I cannot drink it in the evening.
 Despite ..........................................................................................................................
Question 50: There are many natural disasters. Many people become homeless because of them.
 If there ...........................................................................................................................
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