Farmers are using more and more of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man.. The farmers cut down the bamboo.[r]
Trang 1Trường THPT Tán Kế Đề kiểm tra HKII _Năm học 2008-2009
Lớp:……… Thời gian: 60’ (không kể phát đề)-đề 1
I Pronunciation
* Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1 A here B cheer C atmosphere D where
* Choose a word whose stress is different from the others
3 A submarine B oversized C variety D tournament
4 A audience B develop C survival D announcement
II Vocabulary and grammar
5 Hydroelectric dams hold back needed water and power for homes and industries.
6 When a sequence of still pictures were _ in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
7 World Cup is considered the most popular sporting in the world.
8 “Titanic” is a _ love story film.
A tragedy B tragedies C tragically D tragic
9 These scientists have collected samples to analyze for their experiment.
A different B differ C difference D differently
10 New York is the centre of finance, communication and business.
A globe B global C globally D globalization
11 If you exercised more, you better.
A will feel B would have feel C would have felt D would feel
12 How about _ a walk for a while?
A take B taking C to take D to taking
13 Lan is really about going to Thailand.
A excited B excites C exciting D excite
14 She is one of _ nicest girls I have ever met.
15 A- I have something wrong with my stomach
B- I _ some medicine for you
16 I lost the ring my mother gave to me on my birthday.
17 heavy rain, she goes to work.
A although B despite C in spite D despite of
18 She _ in the office at the moment.
A is working B works C is going to work D will work
19 The poem named “Song” _ by Xuan Quynh.
A writes B are written C has been written D was written
20 Many people and the ship _ were sunk in the disaster were rescued.
21 Mai: ‘I think animal in the Zoo of new kind may have better food.’ Lan: ‘ .’
Trang 2A Right, but B I agree with you C Of course, thank you D good ideas
22 Mai: ‘What kind of music do you like?’ Lan: ‘ _’
A folk music B it is relaxing C all the time D yes, I like it
23 Mai: ‘Where was the first World Cup held?’ Lan: ‘ _’
A in 1930 B in the Uruguay C in Uruguay D 32 teams
24 Mai: ‘What is the area of the city?’ Lan: ‘ _’
A 7 million B a big city C 5 big parks D 946 square kilometers
III Reading comprehension
* Choose the best option.
Music adds (25) to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and
mournful Music lulls (26) to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning Music
entertain It makes people (27) _ and excited It delights the senses In fact, music as entertainment has always been (28) big business It is a billion-dollar industry It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without music
25 A joyfulness B entertainment C occasion D emotion
27 A interesting B special C busy D happy
*Read the passage, the answer the following questions
Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of Western China Today they are becoming extinct The reason is that they can not find enough food Pandas eat bamboo leaves They do not like another food The bamboo grows very slowly It can take ten years for a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every sixty years Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow While the bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves to eat
Farmers are using more and more of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man The farmers cut down the bamboo Bamboo leaves become less plentiful Pandas can not find enough food to eat They starve and die
29 Where could we find s lot of pandas?
A in the mountains in the West of China B in the national parks of the world
C on bamboo trees D on the coast of Western China
30 What is the main food of pandas?
A bamboo trees B bamboo leaves C bamboo roots D young bamboo trees
31 How long does it take a bamboo to grow into a big plant?
A 10 months B a decade C a century D 60 years
32 Why do farmers cut down bamboo trees?
A to get food for pandas B to drive pandas away
C to make pandas starve and die D to get farm land
IV Rewrite these sentences
33 You were not at the meeting yesterday, so you could not praise your opinions (rewrite the sentence
using conditional sentence)
If ………
34 Because of heavy rain, they cancelled the match.(Change into passive voice)
………
35 My father has worked for his company for 10 years (make question for the underlined part)
………
36 I am saving money I want to buy a new car.(combine 2 sentences using To infinitive to express
purpose)
………
-the
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34 Because of heavy rain, the match was cancelled
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35 How long did your father work for his company?
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33 If I had kept calm, // I would have behaved well
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34 Have /your materials /been lost? 0.5
35 What do you like doing on your free time?
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36 I do exercises every morning to lose weight 0.5