Anh 9 - Thi HKI - 07.08

PHÒNG GD&ĐT PHÚ QUÝ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
TRƯỜNG THCS ……………………………. MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9
LỚP: ………… THỜI GIAN: 45 Phút (Không kể phát đề)
HỌ VÀ TÊN: ……………………………………


I. Choose A, B , C , or D to complete the following sentences. (3ms)
1.The bus collected us ……………………5.30 early ………………………the morning .
A. at - of B. at - on C. of - on D. at - in
2. Lan wishes she ……………………………..a computer .
A has B. have C. had D. will have
3. Internet is a very fast and ……………………..way for people to get information .
A. difficult B. convenient C. respond D. uncomfortable
4. He often goes to that ……………………………to pray.
A. shrine B. hotel C. market D. hospital
5. If you want to attend the course , you ………………………pass the oral - examination.
A. have to B. has to C. had to D. have
6. The …………………in Malaysia is Islam
A. official religion B. traditional dress
C. unit of currency D. national flag
7. He wishes he………….the USA next year.
A. would visit B. visits C. visiting D. to visit
8. My friend said that she………….her oral examnination.
A. passes B. can pass C. pass D. passed
9. You haven’t used a computer before, ……….?
A. have you B. do you C. did you D. are you
10. The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is ………. read by both teenagers and adults.
A. wide B. widely C. width D. widen
11. The Ao dai is the ………. dress of Vietnamese women.
A. beautiful B. casual C. baggy D. traditional
12. They have lived in that house ………. several months.
A. in B. for C. at D. since
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others in each group: (1,5 ms)
1. A. adult B. mausoleum C. subject D. publish
2. A. website B. widely C. shrine D. comic
3. A. purpose B. force C. minority D. cross
4. A. government B. hamburger C. logic D. pagoda
5. A. reading B. speaking C. learning D. pleasing
6. A. amount B. found C. council D. country

III. Give the correct form of the capitalized words ( 1ms )
1. The festival is …………………………… held in July . ( TRADITION )
2. Nga is a ……………………………… girl . ( BEAUTY )
3. He is a pupil and his father is a …………………………… ( FARM )
4. I am not really ……………………….. dressed for a party . ( SUITABLE )

IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same:
(2,5ms)
1. It’ s a pity, I can’t play the piano.

I wish ……………………………………………..............................................................
2. They built this school last year.

This school …………………………………………….....................................................
3. “ What do you usually do in your free time?” The examiner asked.

The examiner asked me …………………..........................................................................
4. “ Do you go to school by bicycle, Lan?” the teacher asked.

The teacher asked her ……………………………………….............................................
5. “I will visit my grandparents tomorrow .”

Lan said that………………………………………………………………………………

V. Read the passage and answer the questions below ( 2ms ) .
Like other languages, English is changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words from other languages and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word “byte” was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Nahualt, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word “meat” once referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying