TEST4 E9 ( Cực Cool)

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TEST OF ENGLISH 9 (No4)
Time allotted: 45’
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FORM:




LISTENING (2 ms)
I/ Listen to the talk and answer true or false :
_____ 1. The talk is about things that you should do during an earthquake.
_____ 2. Make sure things in your house can move.
_____ 3. Don’t stay inside when the earthquake occurs.
_____ 4. Block the rollers on your fridge and washing machine .
II/ Listen carefully and choose A or B :
A. Put the heavy books on the bottom shelf of your boookshelves .
B.Put the heavy books on the top shelf of your boookshelves.
A. Hang up your potted plants .
B. Put away your potted plants .
3. A. Sit under a strong table or stand in the corner of the room.
B. Stand on a strong table or stand in the corner of the room .
4. A. Put your bed next to a window .
B. Don’t put your bed next to a window.

B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (3 ms)
I. Choose the best answer:(1.5 ms)
1. We think that Mother’s day should be celebrated ____________________________ .
a. nationwide b. national c. nation d. native
2. In America , a tropical strom is known as a ________________ .
a. hurricane b. tornado c. cyclone d. typhoon
3. The man told me the story __________ I found hard to believe.
a.what b. which c. in which d. at which
4. It rained yesterday ___________ the weather bureau predicted fine weather
a. that b.though c. since d.so
5. Kobe in Japan was completely ___________ in 1995 by a huge earthquake.
a. destroy b. to destroy c. destroyed d. destroying
6. ___________ his intelligence, he doesn’t study well at school.
a. In spite of b. because of c. although d. though
II. Do as directed (1,5 ms)
1. Despite the bad traffic . We arrived on time. ( Use an adverb clause of concession)
=> _______________ _______________________________________________________________
2. We visited the house . It was built a hundred years ago. ( Use relative clause)
=> ______________________________________________________________________________
3. Which food you can chew but you can not swallow? ( Use ‘which’ in your answer) .
=> ______________________________________________________________________________
4. The cyclone of November 1970 in Bangladesh was one of the worst natural disaster of the 20th century . The cyclone killed about 500.000 people .( Use relative clause)
=> ______________________________________________________________________________
5. Vietnam, which is in south-east Asia , exports rice. ( Replace the underlined clause with a clause you have written )
=> Vietnam, ______________________________________________________________________
6. The teacher is always considerate ___________ his students. ( Use a suitable preposition) .

C. READING (2,5ms)
I. Choose the correct word to complete the passage: (1 m)
housework restaurant celebrate receives
In the United States, people ____________ Mother’s day and Father’s day. Mother’s day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion , mother usually ____________ greeting cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gift of all for an American mom is a day of leisure. The majority of American mothers have outside jobs as well as ___________ , so they often work very hard. On that day, it’s also traditional for the large family group to get together for dinner, either in a _____________ or in their homes.
II. True / false sentences : (1m)
____ 1. Gifts are often presented to children by the mothers on the second Sunday of May.
____ 2. A day of leisure means American mothers don’t go to work .
____ 3. Taking care of children and washing clothes are 2 among American mother’s work .
____ 4. Family members usually gather in this occasion . .
III . Questions : (0.5m)
1.What do mothers do on this occasion ?
____________________________________________________________________________
2. Where does a large family gather ? ____________________________________________________________________________

D. WRITING (2,5ms)
Use these cues to rewrite the story :
Yesterday morning/ Mrs Taylor / water/ flowers/ her garden / while/ her cat, Billy / play/ the ball
Suddenly/ there/ big/ storm // Billy/ run up/ tree
Mrs Taylor/ call/ Billy/ he/ not get down/ so /she/ ring/ the Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigade/ arrive/ put up/ ladder/ rescue/ Billy
Mrs Taylor/ pleased / that/ she/ invite/ them/ tea
While/ they/ have/ tea/ they/