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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
QUẢNG TRỊ
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)


(Chú ý: Đề này gồm có 02 trang. Học sinh làm bài trên tờ giấy thi do nhà trường phát)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others: (1 m)
1. A. walked B. hoped C. raised D. laughed
2. A. symbol B. style C. fly D. why
3. A. crop B. home C. stop D. office
4. A. sun B. sea C. sure D. seen
II. Choose the answers (A, B, C, D) that would best complete the following sentences: (3 ms)
1. We wish there __________ no wars on the earth.
A. be B. are C. aren’t D. were
2. Our football team _________ the game because they didn’t play well enough.
A. lose B. lost C. to lose D. losing
3. My brother wishes he __________ a better computer.
A. have B. having C. had D. to have
4. What __________ you __________ last Christmas?
A. did/go B. do/did C. do/do D. did/do
5. The play “Romeo and Juliet” __________ by Shakespeare in the sixteenth century.
A. wrote B. was written C. were written D. has written
6. They __________ in the countryside for 5 years, then they moved to a big city in 2005.
A. live B. have lived C. lived D. are living
7. Hoa worked very hard, _____________ she could pass the exams successfully.
A. so B. because C. but D. or
8. What do you often do __________ New Year’s Eve?
A. between B. at C. in D. on
9. They are your friends, __________ ? – Yes, they are.
A. are they B. they are C. aren’t they D. aren’t them
10. Mr. Pike __________ me if I could speak Japanese.
A. ask B. asked C. say D. said to
11. Everyone felt tired, so we stopped __________ a rest.
A. to take B. took C. to take D. taking
12. More and more people enjoy __________ the Internet because it’s very convenient and informative.
A. using B. to use C. use D. used
III. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word: (1m)
1. My parents often let me get up late __________ Sunday morning.
2. Those photographs were taken __________ my friends when they went on holiday in Singapore.
3. I’ve known her __________ we were very young.
4. She was very tired, __________ she went to bed early last night.

IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words given in brackets: (1m)
1. Everyone in my class likes Mary because she’s very intelligent and __________ . (FRIEND)
2. We are very interested in __________ waste paper to raise money for poor students. (COLLECTION)
3. The sale of jeans stopped growing in the 1990s because the __________ economic situation got
worse. (WORLD)
4. Lunar New Year is one of the __________ festivals in Vietnam. (TRADITION)
V. Read the following passage and answer the questions: (2 ms)

Many people in the world learn English every year. Some of them are young children, others are teenagers and many are adults. Some learn at school and some learn in evening classes. A few learn English themselves or just by listening to the language on television or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English. Why do all these people want to learn English? It’s not difficult to answer this question. Young children