DE THI ANH 9 HK1 PGD 2014-2015

…………………secondary school
Full name: ………………………..
Class: 9……………
TRUNG SON Education&Training Department
THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST
SCHOOL YEAR: 2011 –2012
SUBJECT : ENGLISH 9
Time: 45 minutes
Marks:

Teacher’s remark:





A. LANGUAGE FORCUS.
I. Choose (a, b, c or d) to complete each of the following sentences. (2ms)
Vietnamese women often prefer to wear modern clothing because it is more .................
A. careful B. easy C. convenient D. expensive
They still keep ................ touch although they live far away from each other.
A. on B. at C. to D. in
My father used to ................ when he was young. A. smokes B. smoking C. smoke D. smoked
The national dress of Japanese women is ................ .
A. Ao Dai B. Sari C. Kimono D. Jeans
I wish you ................ us some day.
A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. would visit
If I want to get good marks, you ................ study hard.
A. must B. could C. would D. has to
The weather was bad, ................ we didn’t go on a picnic.
A. however B. but C. because D. so
Lan ................ my close friends for five years.
A. is B. has been C. was D. have been
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (Chọn từ có phần gạch dưới phát âm khác các từ còn lại. (1m)
A. comprise B. primary C. divide D. religion
A. poet B. novel C. modern D. majority
A. campus B. access C. label D. fashion
A. tired B. enjoyed C. reached D. arrived
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English. (1m)
1. My home village is to the north in the Phan Thiet city.
A B C D
2. Nowadays, women don’t spend much time to do the housework any longer.
A B C D
3. He said he would visit his brother in Da Lat tomorrow.
A B C D
4. Lan and Ba go to school by bus yesterday, didn’t they?
A B C D


IV. Word form: (1m)
I watch the news everyday because it’s very ................................( inform)
He is a famous ................................ (design)
Internet is a wonderful ................................ of modern life. ( invent)
My sister works for an ............................... bank in Ho Chi Minh city. (nation)
B. READING. Read the following passage.
Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slow. 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 Nahuati, 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 what they hear, and using the language. Most school children leatn their first language easily and sometimes other languages as well.
* Answer with True (T) or False (F)(1m)
...................... Some English words are borrowed from other languages.
...................... English is changing quickly.
......................“Meat” means food in general.
...................... One of the ways to learn English is copying what you hear.
* Choose the best answers: (1m)
Who invented the word “byte”?
A. Some scientists C. computer scientists
B. some English teachers D. computer.
Most school children learn their first language easily, don’t they?
A. No, they learn easily. C. Yes, they can
B. No, they don’t D. Yes, they do
C. WRITING. (3ms)
I. Do asdirected: (2ms).
I asked : “Do you play the guitar well, Nam?”
( I asked Nam ….……...…………….……...…………….…….....…………..
What a pity! I can’t take part in the trip.
( I