Revision 2 - grade 9

THE FINAL FIRST- TERM TEST 2
I. Listening. (2mks)
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. a. closing b. deposit c. maize d. respond
2. a. design b. sign c. singular d. Mausoleum
3. a. tropical b. optional c. minority d. novel
III. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that in the rest
4. a. institute b. grocery c. arrange d. documentary
5. a. amount b. experience c. comprise d. cotton
IV. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence
6. She doesn’t depend __________ her parents because she gets high income. (in, on, at, for)
7. The 1960s’ fashion were __________ jeans, painted jeans and so on. (plain, faded, embroidered, plaid)
8. In Japan, the __________ is rainy and humid with four seasons. (nation, ringgit, region, climate)
9. The word “jeans” came __________ a kind of material that was made in Europe. (for, from, of, with)
10. His parents always _____________ him to join the charity work. (impress, insist, encourage, economize)
11. They ___________ in Nha Trang since they were little. (has lived, have lived, lived, being lived)
12. They sell a variety of foot at this town _________. (grocery, farm, field, park)
13. Tam, a(n) _____________ student in USA, is now living with the Carmens family in Kansas city. (primary, exchange, exciting, encouraging)
14. We wish Dustin ____________ lose his language game. (don’t, didn’t, won’t, doesn’t)
15. Colin has written a lot of poems. He is a _______________. (musician, novelist, singer, poet)
16. Many Vietnamese women today often prefer ___________ clothing at work. (traditional, embroidered, convenient, modern)
17. Designers have taken ____________ from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities to modernize the aodai. (inspiration, tradition, fashion, convenience)
18. We should travel to DaLat to enjoy the beautiful ____________ on the way. (campus, scenery, reputation, institute)

V. Make questions for the underlined words. (2mks)
For centuries, poets, writers, and musicians have (19) _________ the aodai in poems, novels, and songs. The aodai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women. It consists of a long silk (20) ____________ that is slit on the sides and worn over the (21) __________ pants. Traditionally, it was usually worn by both men and women. The design and material used for men were different from those used for women. Nowadays, women usually wear it, (22) ___________ on special occasions. However, many Vietnamese women today often prefer to wear modern clothing at work, because it is more (23) ______________.
19. talked about mentioned wrote made
20. dress shirt tunic cloth
21. loose short long tight
22. especially fortunately usually really
23. beautiful modern convenient lovely
VI. Read, then decide if each statement below the passage is True (T) of False (F)
Levis Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. He started making jeans from cotton cloth from Nimes, France. “De Nimes” means “from Nimes”. People called this cloth denim. Denim was popular in the fifteenth century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word “jeans” comes from the word “Genoa”. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, from the idea and the kind of cloth came from Europe. The names came from France and Italy. Today, jeans are the most popular kind of clothing in the world. Everybody wears jeans because they want to be modern, young, and independent.
24. Levis Strauss made jeans from a kind of silk.
25. Christopher used jeans for the sails of his ships.
26. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States
27. Jeans are worn because they make people look modern, young and independent.
VII. Choose the underlined words or phrases that must be change for the sentence to be correct
28. He is used to go to bed late.
A B C D
29. Lan has learnt English for ten years ago.
A B C D
30. Most of the housework used to be do by hand.
A B C D 31. The last time she has gone out with him was two years ago.
A B C D
VIII. Use the correct form of