THE FIRST WRITTEN TEST -GRADE 9

THE FIRST TEST- ENGLISH 9- 45 (minutes)
Full name: …………………………………….. Class : 9…….
I. Choose the word bold part is pronounced differently from that of the others:(1pt)
1. A. house B. happen C. hair D. honor
2. A took B. look C. blood D. good
3. A. chair B. champagne C. children D. church
4. A. thank B. gather C. ethic D. thing
II.Choose the underlined word or phrase ( A,B,C,or D ) that needs correcting: (1pts)
1.I have known her since a very long time. 1. …………………………………....
A B C D
2.. I am very interesting in problems causes by pollution. 2. …………………………………….
A B C D
3. It has been a long time since I have visited Kuala Lumpur. 3. ……………………………………..
A B C D
4. I wish I have time and money to travel around the world. 4. …………………………………….
A B C D
III.Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: (2pts)
1.Mr. Brown.........................................in Birmingham for ten years.( live )
2.The students........................................the final test next month. (have)
3. When I entered the room, the baby………………………………(sleep).
4. He wishes he ………………………… travel around the world. (can)
IV. Turn into passive voice. (2pts)
1. She teaches us grammar and writing. …………………
2. People should stop experiments on animals. ………………...
3. Lan is going to invite her friends. . ………………...
4. The police has just caught the thief. …………………
V. Read the paragraph carefully and do the task below:
The word jeans comes from a kind of material that was made in Europe. The material,called jeans, was named after sailors from Genoa in Italy, because they wore clothes made from it. In the 18th century jean cloth was made completely from cotton and workers at that time loved wearing it because the material very strong and it did not wear out easily. In the 1960s, many university and college students wore jeans. Designers made different styles of jeans to match the 1960s’ fashions:embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In the 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became cheaper. In the 1980s jeans finally became high fashion clothing, when famous designers started making their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them.
1. Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F): (1pt)
a. The word jeans comes from a kind of material that was made in Asia. a. ………..
b. In the 18th century jean cloth was made completely from cotton. b.…………
c.Jeans are very strong and they don’t wear out easily. c …………
d. Jeans have never been out of fashion. d…………
2.Answer the questions: (2pts)
a. Where does the word jeans come from?

b. What was the 1960s’ fashion?

c. Why did more and more people begin wearing jeans in the 1970s?

d.When did jeans at last become high fashion clothing?

V/ Write a paragrhraph of 80-100 words. With the following topic sentence: (2pts)
Vietnamese women should wear the ao dai at work

Outline
Wearing ao dai:
encourages them feel prond of the traditions and customs.
Makes them more beautiful, charming.
is practical. No need to think of what to wear at work every day.