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Dinh Binh Junior School Marks :
Class : 9
Name : . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE FINAL TEST OF THE FIRST SEMESTER (2013-2014)
Subject : English 9
Total time : 45 mins
Part 1 : Listen to the public announcement and choose the best answer: (1.5 ms)
1. Where is Nga form?
A. England B. Viet Nam C. China D. Laos
2. Where is Nga studying ? _ She is studying in ..........
A. London B. Bangkok C. New York D. Tokyo
3. Why does she study English? - She needs it for . . .
A. her job B. her favorite C. her parents D. her school
4. Where did she study English ? – She studied English at ………
A. school B. university C. home D. school and university
5. What skill does she want to improve?
A. listening B. writing C. reading D. speaking
6. What’s her biggest problem ?
A. listening B. writing C. reading D. speaking
Part 2 : Read the following passage and do the task below(1,5 ms)
Vietnam is a small country in Southeast Asia. It is divided into three regions (North Vietnam, Central Vietnam and South Vietnam) with the area of 330, 991 km2. Vietnam enjoys tropical climate. The Vietnamese unit of currency is the dong.
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam; however, the largest city in the country is Ho Chi Minh City. The population of Vietnam in 2003 was 80.9 million. Buddhism is the country’s official religion. The national language is Vietnamese. Vietnamese is the primary language of instruction in primary and secondary schools. And English is a compulsory second language in all lower and higher secondary schools.
* Fill in the table with the information about the country.
Area: ……………………………………………
Capital city : ……………………………………………
Climate: ……………………………………………
Population: ……………………………………………
Unit of currency: …………………………………
Compulsory second languaage: . . . . . .

Part 3: Read the passage. Then do exercises below (1.5 ms)
Lan started learning English when she was in grade 6. During the first semester she had a lot of difficulties. She didn`t know how to learn English. Her pronunciation was bad and her English grammar was even worse. She used to get poor marks with the English subject. One day her teacher of English, Mr. Tri gave her a cassette and asked her to listen to it. He showed Lan different ways of learning vocabulary. He told her to do her homework with her classmates. A year later her English was satisfactory. "Now I`m in grade 9," she said, "I don`t find English very difficult."

*Answer the questions
1. When did Lan start learning English?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Did she learn English very well at first?
……………………………………………………………………………………… . . . .. ...
3. What did she say when she was in grade 9?…………………………………………………………………………………………………

Part 4:Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently the others (1m)
a. remote b. local c. popular d. program
a. watched b. passed c. washed d. played
a. reduce b. public c. future d. reuse
a. proud b. around c. although d. about

Part 5 :Choose the best answer (2 ms)
1. I like . . . . . . . . . . newspaper.
a. to read b. reading c. reads d. read
2. He always watches ..............................after dinner.
a. television b. newspaper c. radio d. music
3. I wish I ........ to your party, but I can’t.
A. go B. went C. would go D. could go
4. I was born ...............October 31st,1990.
a. in b. at c. for d. on
5. Our children always stay home ..............night.
a. in b. at c. for d. on
6. . .................you ...........the moon last night ?
a. Did/ see b. Did / saw c. Did / seeing d. Did / seen
7. Teenagers like helping poor people, ......................................?
a. did they b. didn’t they c. do they d. don’t they
8. Mary: “How are you, today, Tom?” - Tom: “………………….”
a. Thanks b. No, thanks c. Fine, thanks d.Yes, thanks
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