Đề kiểm tra học kì I môn Tiếng anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2016-2017

First semester test
school year: 2016 2017
Subject: English 9 Time: 45 mins
A. LISTENING. (2.5 pts)
I/ Listen to Daisy and Tom talking about the food and drink they like. Tick 5 things in the list they like.(1.5pts)
a
chocolate
b
carrots
c
apples
d
oranges
e
bananas
f
peas
g
hamburgers
h
pepper
II/ Listen to Linda talking about her neighbourhood and answer the questions (1.0pts)
1. What has just been built near her house?
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2. How are people in the neighbourhood to welcome the new place?
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3. Are there many books?
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4. Is there a place for children?
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B. LANGUAGE FUNCTION (2.5 pts)
1/ I don’t have a computer at home.............. I can’t get access to the Internet.
	A. However	B. so	C. although	D. but
2/ I’m looking forward............. from you.
	A. hear	B. hearing	C. to hear 	D. to hearing
3/ We couldn’t go on a picnic as planned.............. It was raining hard.
	A. however	B. but	C. because	D. so
4, .If Ba.. here tomorrow, I’ll phone you.
	a.comes	b.will come	c.come d. to come
5. She used to............. alot of candy when she was small.
	A.to eat	B. ate	C. to eat	D. eat
6. Most of the students are............... to pass the exam.
	A. good enough	B. enough good	C. too good	D. so good
7/ I wish I............... him, but I don’t.
	A. am liking	B. was liking	C. liked	D. will like
8/ . I congratulate Susan ...............passing her exam.
A. for B. on C. of D. at
9. “Is there a post office near here?” – “___________________”.
A. No, they are not expensive.
B. Many post offices have been closed down.
C. The post office opposite the railway station offers the best services.
D. Yes. There is one just around the corner.
10. “Have a nice weekend!” _ “ __________________.”
A. It’s not very long now.
B. Ok. Yes, please
C. No, thanks.
D. Thank you. The same to you.
C. READING. (2,5 pts)
I/ Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions (1pts) 
	Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling police-man that his bicycle had been found. Five years ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It’s now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.
1. Ted was worried because_________.
 A. he received a letter	B. he went to the police station yesterday 
 C. the police would catch him	D. he didn’t know why the police wanted him
2. The police who talked to Ted was_________.
 A. pleasant	B. worried	C. surprised	D. small
3. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
 A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago.
 B. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.
 C. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.
 D. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train.
4. When was Ted’s bicycle found?
 A. Last Tuesday	B. Five years ago	C. Twenty years ago	 D. Yesterday 
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
 A. The police asked Ted to go to their station. B. The policeman told Ted the good news 5 days ago.
 C. Ted is no longer anxious now.	D. Ted is 35 years old now.
II/ Read the passage and answer the questions. (1.5pts)
	Last weekend, Mr Lam’s family went to their homevillage about 15 kilometers from Dalat. The village lies at the foot of a hill where people plant a lot of vegetables.
Mr Lam’s parents have lived there for nearly fifty years. Their house is in the center of the village. It’s a nice house built of brick, located in the middle of a large garden. Mr Lam’s children were very interested in the visit. They got up early in the morning to followed their grandfather going up the hill to see the landscape at dawn. Then they went back home for breakfast. After breakfast, they visited the fields where their relatives were working. They were planting vegetables when they came. “ What a lot of work the farmers had to do!”. The children told their parents. They thought that the farmerwork was very hard.
1. Where did Mr Lam’s family go last weekend? 
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2. How long have Mr Lam’s parents’ lived there? 
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3. What did the children do in the early morning? 
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4. What did they think about the farmwork?
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5. Did they enjoy the trip?
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D. WRITING. (2.5 pts)
I/ Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning (1.5pts)
1-	Reading newspapers in the morning gives him pleasure.
	He enjoys .............................................................................................................................
2-	They first printed “The Time” two hundred years ago.
	“The Time” ...........................................................................................................................
3-	Does your brother use the internet every day ?
	Your brother .........................................................................................................................
4-	John lives in a small flat and he doesn’t like it.
	John wishes ...........................................................................................................................
5- . The room is small. It’s quite comfortable.
-> Although.......................................................................................................nd
II/ Complete the passage below (1.0pts)
1-Nowadays/ Internet / increasingly / develop / and / become / part / our / daily life.
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2-	First / all / Internet / be / fast / convenient / way / us / get / information.
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3-	Secondly / Internet / provide / us / unlimited source / entertainment.
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4-	Thirdly / we / use / Internet / as / affective way / self-study.
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5-	Conclusion / Internet / be / wonderful invention / modern life.
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