Đề thi giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh 9 năm 2025–2026 THCS Lý Thường Kiệt (TP HCM) có đáp án

  A. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap to complete the passage. (1.5 pts.)

    If you live in a city, you (1) ______ see many people, hear the noise of traffic, and smell the pollution (2) ______ cars and factories. We are living in a new era in the history of the world. Before this, most people were farmers. They lived in small communities in the (3) ______. Nowadays, many people leave the farms and move into the cities. They look for better jobs. As a result, the cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are becoming more crowded. People are eating more food, using more water, making more garbage, and (4) ______ more things in factories than ever before. Life in modern cities can bring many opportunities, but also many difficulties.

    The authorities are trying to build new roads, new houses, look for more water sources, and limit growth in certain areas. But people are still crowding into the cities (5) ______ than the cities can take them. The cities are (6) ______ out of space. There are no easy answers to this problem.

If you live in a city, you (1) ______ see many people, hear the noise of traffic, .........

........ , and smell the pollution (2) ______ cars and factories.

The cities are (6) ______ out of space. There are no easy answers to this problem.

  B. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. (1.5 pts.)

    Teenagers can live a balanced lifestyle by eating healthily, getting enough exercise, and having enough rest. They need to be involved in a fair level of physical activity to maintain a fit and healthy lifestyle. Physical activity can include a variety of activities such as cycling, playing sports, or walking. Teenagers should aim to perform two or more of these activities regularly. Healthy eating is also an important part of a teenager's life. A human needs food to create energy so that they can function. Eating healthily consists of eating a balance of the five food groups. These include fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy and a small amount of sugary foods. Having a balanced diet will result in better brain function, healthy weight gain and greater fitness.

    Finally, a person needs to stop work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself and recover. Many people think that rest and sleep are the same thing but they are not. Sleep is when your body shuts down to repair and refresh itself. Rest is a time when your body relaxes such as when you go on a holiday or engage in activities that make you happy and give you pleasure. When you rest, you relax and relieve your mind and body of all the things in life that may cause you stress.

Teenagers can live a balanced lifestyle by __________?

____________ is one of the physical activities.

What does the word “These” in line 5 refer to?

What is the benefit of a balanced diet?

What is the difference between sleep and rest?

What is the best title for this text?

Choose the word that has the the underlined part pronounced differently from others.

Stressed __________ means too anxious and tired to be able to relax.

Bun cha, Pho, and Hu tieu are examples of famous Vietnamese __________.

We should give _________ to the most important task because we can’t do everything at the same time.

The air pollution in the city can directly affect both __________ and daily life.

The more famous the city is, __________ number of tourists it can attract.

“Would you mind _________ care of the dogs while we are away from home?” – “Of course not.”

If you stay up too late tonight, you might __________ tired tomorrow morning.

If students have an upcoming exam, they __________ wait to study until the day before it.

A: “__________ the name of the new garbage collector, please?”     – B: Sure. His name is Stephen.

Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word or phrase that NEEDS CORRECTING.

My aunt likes getting on with by underground because she hates the smell of car exhaust.

Part 1. Listen to Anne asking her friend about going to a shopping centre. (1.0 pt.)

The name of the new shopping centre is _{_____________}.

At the moment, the shopping centre sells _{_____________}.

You can take a coach to the shopping centre on _{_____________}.

Coach ticket for Ann will cost _{_____________}.

Part 2. You will hear a teacher talking about a school trip and complete the note. (1.0 pt.)\

School Trip

Day:  Saturday                                          Meet in: (3) the __________________

Visit: (1) film __________________                  Cost: £6.70

Leave at: (2) __________________           Bring: (4) __________________

Meet in: (3) the __________________

Bring: (4) __________________

IV. WRITING: DO AS DIRECTED IN BRACKETS. (2.0 pts.)

I don’t know how I can manage my time properly. (Rewrite the sentence, using question word + to-inf.)

→ I don’t know _{____________________________________________________________________________________________}

The house is large, we feel comfortable. (Rewrite the sentence, using double comparative)

→ The_{______________________________________________________________}