English 9

Kim An junior high school English test- grade 9
Full name:…………………… Time allowed: 45 minutes
Class 9…..

PART A: LANGUAGE FOCUS.
Phonetics: (1.0m)
I-Choose the words that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A. helped B. liked C. watched D. hated.
A. beds B. doors C. students D. plays
II- Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others.
1. A. locate
B. enjoy
C. collect
D. publish

2. A. financial
B. unlikely
C. century
D. receive

 Vocabulary and grammar:
I. Choose the best answer. (2.0ms)
1.The coffee isn’t strong........................................to keep us awake.
A. that B. enough C. so D. as
2. I used to .................................volleyball when I was a child.
A. play B. plays C. playing D. played
3. Do you mind.................................the floor for us?
A. clean B. to clean C. cleaned D. cleaning
4. Would you mind ..................................I smoked here?
A. when B. where C. if D. that
5. It is not easy ......................................English.
A. learnt B. learning C. learn D. to learn
6. Lan wishes Maryam …………………..leave.
A. doesn’t have to B. didn’t have to C. won’t have to D. don’t have to
7. They …………..getting up early every morning.
A. are used to B. are used C. used to D. didn’t use to
8. We would rather ………………at home than go out on rainy days.
A. stay B. stayed C. to stay D. staying
II. Supply the correct tenses and forms of these verbs. (1m)
1. I’ve decided (stop) ……………...smoking.
2. I (visit) .........................Singapore two years ago.
3. (you/do) …………………….. the homework yet?
4. The teacher said that we should (not make ) …………… noise in class.
PART B: READING
Read the following passage and choose suitable words in the box to complete. (1.5ms)
hot too from famous visited capital


An increasing number of people are now going on holiday to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and a half million tourists.........................(1) Egypt. The population of Egypt is about fifty million and the ...........................(2) is EL Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the climate is..........................(3) and dry and most of the country is desert, the average temperature........................(4) Octorber to March is not .................(5) high. The most................(6) sights are the pyramids at Giza.
II. Read the passage above again and answer the questions. (1 m)
1. Are there any visitors to Egypt every year ?
......................................................................................................................................
2. Are there about forty million people in Egypt?
.......................................................................................................................................
3. How many people are there in the EL Qahira capital?
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4. What are the most famous sights?
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PART C: WRITING
I. Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given. (2.5ms)
1. Mary is sorry. She isn’t in the beach now.
- Mary wishes she ………………………………………………………………………
2. He drank a lot of milk when he was a baby boy.
- He used to………………………………………………………………………………
3. May I turn on the radio?.
- Do you mind …………………………………………………………………….?
4. Hung said to me: “Do you like this fim?” .
- Hung asked me……………………………………………………………………….
5. Alexander Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
- The Eiffel Tower ………………………………………………………………….
II. Complete the letter below. (1m)
Dear mom,
I’m writing to tell you that I’m fine now and I’m at aunt Lien’s house in HCM city. I came here yesterday morning. Aunt Lien met me at the airport.
I have done a lot of interesting things here since yesterday morning. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I feel relaxed now. I’m going to come back home next Monday.
Your son,
Nam


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TRƯỜNG THCS KIM AN

HUỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT ĐẦU NĂM – NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9

PART A: LANGUAGE FOCUS.
Phonetics: (1.0m)
I-Choose the words that has the