The 1st term test- English 9- 2009

Tuesday, December 29th 2009
The First semester test
Time: 45 minutes
Class: 9___ Name: ____________________________
Mark



Remark of teacher

I. Circle the letter of the correct answer (1.5ms):
1. What subjects are you interested ..... the 9th form?
a. about b. in c. for d. at
2. Joanna is ....... young as my sister.
a. as b. same c. the same d. so
3. Could you please send ..... students the details of the course and fee?
a. I b. me c. my d. mine
4. He’ll stay there …… the beginning of January.
a. for b. since c. until d. on
5. Henry told me he ..... to Paris that day.
a. will go b. would go c. goes d. went
6. They often catch fish ..... a living in my hometown.
a. in b. on c. of d. for
II. Choose one word that has opposite meaning to the root word in capital (1.5ms):
1. REFUSE a. argue b. order c. accept d. except
2. EASILY a. hard b. well c. slowly d. difficultly
3. BEGIN a. end b. continue c. attend d. start
4. FAST a. slow b. quick c. quite d. fluent
5. HOT a. cool b. warm c. cold d. dry
6. FAIL a. write b. pass c. find d. speak
III. Read the passage and answer the questions (2.5ms):
An alphabet is a clever set of letters or other symbols. Each letter represents a different sound of a language. These letters can be combined to write all the words of a language.
There are about 50 different alphabets used in the world today. They are different in the way they look and in the sounds their letters stand for. Most alphabets have between 20 and 30 letters. The English language uses the Roman alphabet. It has 26 letters.
Languages with fewer sounds require fewer letters. The sounds of the Hawaiian language, for example, are written using only twelve letters of Roman alphabet. This alphabet has the fewest letters of any language. Other alphabets, such as Sinhalese, the alphabet of Srilanka, have 50 letters or more. Only a few languages, such as Chinese and Japanese, do not use an alphabet. Like other ancient languages, Chinese began as a pictographic language.
At a very small age, we memorize the letters of our alphabet and combine them into words and sentences. We can write down our thoughts so that other people can understand them. We can also understand what other people have written with letters of the alphabet.
Pictographic [,piktə`græfik] (adj) (thuộc) lối chữ hình vẽ, chữ tượng hình.
To represent [,repri`zent] miêu tả, hình dung, trình bày; đại diện cho, là hình tượng của, tượng trưng cho; biểu trưng
To memorize: [`meməraiz]/ memorise [`meməraiz] học thuộc lòng; ghi nhớ
True or False:
An alphabet is a clever set of letters or other symbols.
These letters can be combined to write all the words of a language.
There are about 30 different alphabets used in the world today.
The English alphabet has 12 letters.
We can write down our thoughts so that other people can understand them.
How many alphabets are there all over the world?

Does the English language use the Roman alphabet?

Which alphabet has the fewest letters?

Does Japanese use an alphabet?

Can we understand what other people have written with letters of the alphabet?

IV. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same (1ms):
1. He said “What school do you go to, Marry?”.
He asked .....................................................................................
2. If you don’t feed the chickens regularly they will be thiner.
Unless..............................................................................................
3. My room doesn’t have any pictures.
I wish..................................................................................
4. She said to me “I’m preparing for the exam tomorrow”.
She told.............................................................................
V. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (1.5ms):
If I (have) free time, I (go) with you. But I’m busy now.
I wish that I (can) speak English fluently.
A new Art Club just (set) up near my uncle’s house.
My mother is talking to her old friend on the phone at the moment. They (not communicate) for a long time.