Đề kiểm tra học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Trường THCS Sông Thao

SONG THAO TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL

TEST FOR THE FIRST TERM

Full name: ………………………………..Class:9………. Mark:………..

I.Listen and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or (F) (1pt).

1. Nicolas gets up too late to have real breakfast. …………………..

2. It’s difficult to buy his lunch at the school canteen. ………………….

3. He is considering changing his eating habits. …………………

4. He likes pork, noodles, beef and eggs for dinner. ………………….

5. If he continues eating like this, he may stay in shape. …………………

II. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined (1pt).

1. A. preserved B. watched C. looked D. washed

2. A. weather B. sympathetic C.cathedral D. ethnic

3. A. historic B. picturesque C. enter D. sentence

4. A. exhibition B. Buddhist C. house D. hour

5. A. trench B. thatched C. machine D. change

III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. (2pts)

1. The city has recently set _____ a library in the West Suburb.

A. up B. off C. out D. down

2. The last exhibition was not ______ this one.

A. as interesting B. more interesting than C. so interesting as D. interesting 3. Let’s eat,……………………………...?

A. will you B. shall we C. weren’t we D. A&C

4. My mother said that she used to ______a diary when she was young.

A. keep B. keeping C. kept D. to keep

5. You have to read the instruction before making models..

A. look up B. look through C. look at D. look after

6. I’ve won the essay contest. ………!

A. Congratulations! B. That’s right C. Thanks a lot D. poor you!

7. It is hard for people of different generations ……………….. along in an extended family.

A. to get B.gets C.getting D.got

8. ………………this hand- embroidered was expensive, we bought it.

A. But B. Because C. So D. Although

9. “ I wish I _________stay longer,” Maryam said to Lan at the end of the week.

A. could B. can C. will D. may

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10. Malaysia is divided ________2 regions.

A. to B. on C. in D. into

IV. Give the corect form of the verbs. (0,8pt)

1. Oil (discover)………………………..at the North Pole for many years.

2. It’s hard for me (concentrate)………………… on working in such a noisy office.

V. Supply the correct forms of the words to complete the sentences. (1,2pt)

1. They seem to be ________________. We dislike them. (friend)

2. Ao Dai is the ………………….dress of Vietnamese women. (tradition)

3. Scientists have recently filled the periodic table’s seventh row with four ……….chemical elements. (heave).

IX. Read the passage and answer the questions below (2pt)

Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words from other languages and change the meaning of the words as needed. For example, the English word "byte" was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word "tomato" was borrowed from Nahuati, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word "meat" once reffered to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most school children learn their first language easily and sometimes other languages as well.

1. Does English change very quickly ? ……………………………………………………………. 2. Are some English words borrowed from other languages ? ……………………………………………………………. 3. What language was the word “tomato” borrowed from ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. In what way do people learn English ? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. When was the word “byte” invented? ………………………………………………………………………………………………. X. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given 1. He had a lot of money, but now he doesn’t. -> He…………………………………………………………………………… 2. They expect he won’t be sick. -> It ……………………………………………………………………………… 3. There isn’t a swimming pool in my school. -> I wish……………………………………………………………………………. 4. “My mother is watching news on the TV at this time” He said. --> He………………………………………………………………………………… 5. I never find time to tidy my desk. -> I never get………………………………………………………………………….

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