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Name:____________________ THE FIRST SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST (ĐỀ NỘP PHÒNG)
Class: _9 Date: ____________________________
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Listening: Listen to the tape and write True or False: (1pt)

1. The lost little girl is Maryam. ____
2. The last time she was seen was 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the car fair. ____
3. She was wearing a pair of brown shoes. ____
4. She has long black hair. ____
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: (2 pts)

Most of adults study English _________ their work. (at / for / in with)
He finds this magazine ____________. It’s full of rubbish. (informative / information / informs / uninformative )
When she ____________ the top of the stairs, her heart was pounding. (reached / went / came / arrived)
He told me that he _____________ visit his grandparents in the countryside the day after.
(will visit / visited / was visiting / would visit)
Ann went to Canada six months ago. She __________ there for three months and then went to the U.S. (has worked / is working / worked / will work)
Nam felt quite lonely in a new school because he had no friends. He was ___________. (unfriendly / friendliness / friendless / friendship)
The girl wishes she __________ in Hue for the festival next week. ( had stayed / stay / was staying / could stay)
He has written four novels __________. ( last year / yesterday / so far / since)

Use the correct form of the words in brackets:(1 pt)

I hope Mother’s Day will be celebrated (nation) _____________.
He (experience) ___________Western cultures when he took a two-year course in the USA.
India gained her (depend) ___________ from Britain after World War II.
Lan’s friends were mostly (impress) __________ by her ability to speak English.

Put the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets:(1 pt)

He sees her (pass) _________ his house every day.
If the weather (be) ________ fine tomorrow, we’ll go for a walk in the park.
Tom said that he (learn) ____________ English in an evening class then.
How can you continue (work) _________ with all that noise going on?
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B. C, D) that needs correcting: (0.5pt)

1. I will lend you some money if you will promise to pay it back.
A B C D
2. Jessica asked me that I liked classical music.
A B C D


V.Choose the one option (A, B, C, D) that best complete the passage: (1.5pts)

Last Sunday, Ba and his classmates had a day trip to his home village in the countryside. The bus (1) ___________ them from Ba’s home. Then it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward. This road ran (2) ___________ green paddy fields, so people on the bus could see a lot cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond. Instead (3) ____________ left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite (4) ___________. It didn’t stay on that road very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small bamboo (5) __________. Finally, the bus (6) ____________ everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening.

1. A. took B. collected C. arrived D. reached
2. A. from B. at C. between D. on
3. A. to turning B. on turning C. for turning D. of turning
4. A. direction B. direct C. directly D. director
5. A. field B. paddy C. forest D. tree
6. A. dropped B. met C. took D. turned

VI. Transform these sentences: (2 pts)

She said, “I want to know how you can study new words quickly, Peter.”
She told __________________________________________________________.
Keep warm or you’ll catch a bad cold.
If ________________________________________.
My neighbor makes a lot of noise at night.
I wish ______________________________________________.
I found it difficult to remember all new students’names.
I had ________________________________________________.


VII. Read the passage carefully then write TRUE (T)