Kiểm tra chất lượng học kì 2 Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề đề xuất - Trường THCS Nguyễn Chí Thanh (Có đáp án)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. 

Earth, our beautiful home planet, is the only astronomical object to accommodate life as we know it. Scientists believe Earth was formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. It is the fifth-largest planet in our solar system. Its equatorial diameter is about 12,074 kilometres. Earth is the third-closest planet to the sun. The distance from Earth to the sun is roughly 149,600,000 kilometres. It takes 365.3 days for Earth to orbit the sun, and 24 hours to rotate on its axis. The surface temperature ranges from -88 to 58°C. Nearly 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by ocean, which has an average depth of about 4 kilometres. In 2015 it was estimated that 7.3 billion humans are living on Earth.

Question 21:  As we know it, Earth is the only planet that accommodates life. It is ……………..

A. habit                  B.habitual               C.habitat                 D. habitable

Question 22:  .There are ________________ planets between Earth and the sun.

A.two                     B.three                   C.four                     D. no

Question 23:  Which sentence is TRUE

1. Most of Earth’s surface is covered by forest
2. The hottest place on Earth may have the temperature of minus 88 degree Celsius
3. Oceans’ average depth is approximately four kilometres.

D.  It takes one day for Earth to move around the sun.

Question 24:  Which sentence is NOT TRUE 

1. It takes one day for Earth to rotate on its axis.

B. In our solar system, five planets are larger than Earth.

C. The world’s population is over seven billion nowadays.

1. Earth’s age is about four and half billion years