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The first middle semester English written test
Grade 9 (45 minutes)
Choose the best answer (2 pts)
Do you collect stamps or other things? – yes, I am a stamp (collecting/ collector/ collect/ collection).
Wearing casual clothes makes students feel seft-(confident/ control/ addressed/ centered) when they are in their favorite clothes.
Do you want to go to the ( near/ nearby/ nearing/ nearly) areas to know more about the region?
Getting to the village is a very (interesting/ interested/ interest/ interests) journey.
My village lies near the (leg/ foot/ feet/ legs) of the mountain and by the river.
The weather was bad, (however/ but/ because/ so) we didn’t go on a picnic.
This isn’t her first visit to London. (she’s/ she’s going to/ she’s been/ she was) here before.
These clothes need (washed/ be washed/ to wash/ washing) immediately.
II/ Matching one question in A with a suitable answer in B (2pts)
A
How far is it from here to your home village?
How often do you get home?
How long does it take to get there?
How long is it since you last returned there?
When did you last come back to your village?
What is your home village famous for?
What do people there do for living?
How are the people in your home village?
B
Plant rice and raise cattle
Twelve kilometers
Two weeks ago
Friendly and hospitable
About two weeks
At least twice a month
Nearly an hour by bike
Some kinds of cakes

III/Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English
They made jean cloth completely by cotton in the eighteenth century.
A b c d
Five million bottles of champagne will be produced in France next year.
a b c d
A new style of jeans have been introduced in USA.
A b c
Wearing uniforms encourages students to be proud about their school.
A b c d
IV/Write sentences using given words (1 pt):
It/ time/ we / catch/ bus.
He/ wish/ have/ pen pal/ now.
V/Read the text, answer the questions: (2pts)
English is a very useful language. If we know English, we can go to any countries we like. We will not find it is hard to make people understand what we want to say. English also helps us learn all kinds of subjects. Hundreds of books are written in English everyday in many countries. English has also helped spread ideas and knowledge to all corners of the world.
Is English a very useful language?
What can you do if you know English?
What language are hundreds of books written in?
What has English also helped?
VI/Fill the missing words
Last year our class had terrible experience. One weekend, we………..to go on a picnic to Ao Vua, soon after we……….at Ao Vua, it ………..to rain heavily. We must wait for 3 hours on the bus until the rain………. We ………..out of the bus to have lunch because all of us ………very hungry. After lunch we………..for a walk and one hour later we began to go swimming. Unfortunately. It began to rain again.
Everybody……….wet when we could come back to the bus. We left Ao Vua without swimming.