DE THI CUOI KI 2 LOP 9(HAY)

Full name: ……………………………………………. Grade 9 (2014-2015)
A. Pronunciation.
Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.(1pt)
1. A.reach B.great C.Easter D.season
2. A.moon B.balloon C.flood D.afternoon
3. A.what B.which C.who D.where
4. A.saved B.helped C.looked D.reduced
B. Vocabulary and grammar.
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.(1.5pts)
1. We couldn’t go on a picnic as planned………..it was raining.
A.however B.but C.because D.so
2. Please……….off the lights before leaving the room.
A.take B.turn C.get D.give
3.The scientist………………we met yesterday is very well-known.
A.which B.where C.whom D.whose
4.Passover is a festival………………is celebrated by all Jewish people.
A.where B.which C.who D.whom
5.I was late again…………….I got up very early.
A.because B.so C.if D.although
6.We have lived in this town…………2012.
A.in B.ago C.since D.for
II. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.(1.5pts)
1. My family (return) …………..to our homevillage last weekend.
2. If we use energy-saving bulbs, we (save) …………….a lot of money.
3. They (know) ……….each other for more than ten years.
4. Would you mind (turn) ……….on the lights? It’s getting dark.
5. I’m very tired this morning. I hardly (sleep) ………..last night.
6. There (be)……………big floods every year if people continue to cut down forests.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.(1pt)
1. New Year’s Day is a national……….., so people don’t have to go to work. (FESTIVE)
2. Earthquakes often come together with volcanic……….(ERUPT)
3. What is your……………type of clothing? (FAVOUR)
4. …………………, the typhoon didn’t cause any damage to the village. (LUCK)
IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. (1pt)
1. The storm that it swept through our town last week caused a lot of damage.
A B C D
2. My friend whom you had dinner with him last Sunday wants to meet you.
A B C D
3. She spoke so quick that I didn’t understand what she meant.
A B C D
4. He is late for work every day. I wish he will get up earlier.
A B C D


C. Reading.
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (2pts)
Halloween is a holiday on the night of october 31st. It is …(1)…………in many English-speaking countries. Children ….(2)…………..strange costumes. They go to people’s homes and the people give them candy. Children say “Trick or treat!” to ask …(3)…….candy. This comes from a threat. It means “Give me a treat….(4)………I will pay a trick on you”. Children today usually ….(5)……….not do the tricks……(6)………..they do not get treats. But some children still do mischief (playful pranks or things to make fun of people like putting toilet paper in trees or writing with soap on windows). In….(7)………countries Halloween is about ghosts, witches, goblins and …(8)………scary things.
1. A.presented B.prosposed C.celebrated D.played
2. A.wear B.hold C.take D.dress
3. A.with B.for C.after D.onto
4. A.otherwise B.when C.but D.or
5. A.do B.does C.will D.are
6. A.if B.unless C