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Name : Class: .
I)Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D which best completes each sentence.(3ms)
1 Environmental is a serious problem facing mankind today.
A polluted B pollute C pollution D polluting
2 In order to save money,we should use public tranport motorbikes.
A instead of B except C besides D along with
3 I’m really that people have spoiled the environment by littering garbage
everywhere.
A disappointing B disappointed C disappoint D disappointment
4 Lan suggested to the cinema tonight.
A go B to go C went D going
5 If the rice paddies polluted,the rice plants will die.
A is B was C are D were
6 Paul isn’t going to the concert the tickets are too expensive.
A though B in spite C because D because of
7 Hanh can’t go to the movies with us tonight because she has to little sister.
A look up B look after C look out D look for
8 Nga is very tired ., she has to finish her homework before she goes to bed.
A As a result B Because C Therefore D However
9 John hasn’t finished yet.
A worked B working C works D to workworked
10 The notebook you are using is made of used paper.The paper has been
A wasted B produced C recycled D used
11 The teacher suggests that we harder on pronunciation.
A worked B working C should work D to work
12 We should replace ordinary bulbs energy-saving bulbs to save electricity.
A with B for C by D to
II)Give the corect form / tense of the verbs in brackets (2ms)
1 I would like (take) some photos here.
2 I (break) a plate last night when I (do) the washing- up.
3 If Nam (:not know) how to improve his English,the teacher (help) him.
4 We are concerned about (keep) the environment cleaner.
III)Fill in the bank with the correct form of the words given (1ms)
1 He got good marks in the English test because he speaks English (fluent).
2 We can save natural resources by using energy (sun).
3 He cycled and had an accident (care)
4 Every year causes terrible floods in many countries (forest)
IV)Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks to make a meaningful passage.There is
ONE extra word that you do not need to use.(2ms )
recycling nothing list vegetables
something save trouble polluting talking
Our environment is in(1) _ Modern ways of living and today’s industries are(2) it Most people think there is(3) they can do.This is not true.Everyone can do something to help(4) _ our environment.Here is a(5) of things you can do.
- Help to cut pollution by(6) the bus to work instead of your car.
- Buy fruit and(7) _that have not been treated with pesticides.
Trang 2- Recycle all your cans,bottles and paper.There should be a(8) _center somewhere near your home,so take them there.
V)Rewrite.( 2ms )
1 Let’s put the garbage bins around the school-yard.
I suggest
2 Nam didn’t go to school yesterday because of his sickness.
Because Nam
3 I went to bed early because I felt very tired.
I felt
4 Unless you succeed,you’ll try it again
If
THE END
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PH ÒNG GD & ĐT Đông Hà
Trường THCS Nguyễn Trãi
WRITTEN TEST 4a
Time allotted: 45’
Name : Class: .9
Marks The teacher’s remark
I)Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others( 1m)
1) a – erupt b- gather c-occur d-suggest
2) a-tornado b- tropical c-forecast d-earthquake
3) a- congratulate b-disaster c-volcano d-temperature
4) a-damage b- charity c- parade d- festival
II)Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D which best completes each sentence.(2ms)
1) I think that Mother’s day should be celebrated
a) nation b) national c) nationwide d) native
2) Do you know a shop I can buy sweets and newspapers?
a) that b) which c) where d) If
3) People can know when a volcano will nowadays, can’t they?
a) break b) warn c) erupt d) invent
4) Mrs Pike, is my neighbor, often shouts at night
a) who b) that c) whom d) whose
5) I can’t hear what you are saying Can you turn the volume a little please? a) up b) off c) on d ) down
6) Tornadoes are storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm
a) funnel-shaped b) funnel-shaping c) shaping-funnel d) funnel-shape
7) his good salary, he was not satisfied with his job
a) In spite of b) Although c) Despite d) a & c are correct
8) Mai congratulated me winning the first prize in the English-speaking
contest
a) of b) on c) at d) in
III) Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the words in brackets (1ms)
1) Luckily, the wave didn’t cause any damage on the coastal villages.(tide) 2) I hope you will join in our Tet (celebrate)
3) Easter is a festival in many countries (joy)
4) Thu Ha is not satisfied with her for tet (prepare)
VIRead the following passage and answer the questions (2ms)
People who live in California have every reason to be afraid of earthquake No one has ever forgot the great quake that destroyed San Francisco in 1906 In May ,1988, the people
in Los Angeles panicked According to a prophecy made in the 16th century by a prophet
Trang 4called Nostradamus, the city would be destroyed early in 1988 During the panic, parents didn’t send their children to school and people didn’t go to work No one stayed home,
either The airline did great business carrying people who fled from their “doom city”
Which is more puzzling : how Nostradamus knew that a city which didn’t even exist in his time would be destroyed in the 20th century, or the behavior of those people who believed “ the prophecy’:
-prophecy(n): lời tiên tri
-Panic ( n,v) sự hoảng loạn
-flee ,fled , fled: chạy thoát
1) Which natural disaster destroyed San Francisco in 1906?
2) Why did the people in Los Angeles panic?
3) What did the people do during the panic?
4) How did the people flee from their city?
V) Rewrite the following sentences as directed (2ms)
1) My brother is working for a company
It makes bicycles (using a relative pronoun)
2) The girl just laughed Her dog bit me (using a relative pronoun)
3) This is Mr Johnson
I often tell you about him (using a relative pronoun)
4) Mr Brown is still an active man in spite of his old age.(although )
VI)Listen carefully then fill in the missing words (2ms)
For very many centuries the first of April was a (1) of laughing and jokes This day
is kept in many countries, (2) only in Britain and the USA This is a day to play (3) and make people (4) Nobody knows when the (5) of this custom was Some people connect it with the end of winter and the return of spring which made merry and ready to play jokes
In the USA and Britain someone could place a sign (6) a person’s back with the (7) “push me” Children often tell a grown-up that his sock is torn or he had something black on his face, and then (8) “April Fool”
THE END
Suggested answer -a
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1-b
2-a
3-d
4-c
II- 0,25 X8 =2ms
1- c
2-c
3- c
4-a
5- d
6-a
7-d
8- b
III- 0,25 X 4 = 1m
1- tidal
2- celebration
3- joyful
4- preparation
IV- 0,5 X 4 = 2ms
1- A great quake / an great earthquake destroyed San Francisco in 1906
A great quake / an great earthquake did 2- Because they believed the prophecy made in the 16th century: the city would be destroyed early in 1988 /according to a prophecy made in the 16th century by a prophet called Nostradamus, the city would be destroyed early in 1988
3-People didn’t go to work, parents didn’t send their children None stayed at home, they fled from their city
4-, They fled from their city by plane
V 0,25 X8 =2ms
1-day
2- not
3- jokes
4- laugh
5- beginning
6- on
7- words
8- shout
PH ÒNG GD & ĐT Đông Hà
Trường THCS Nguyễn Trãi
Trang 6WRITTEN TEST 4a
Time allotted: 45’
Name : Class: .9
Marks The teacher’s remark
I)Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others( 1m)
1) a – erupt b- gather c-occur d-suggest
2) a-tornado b- tropical c-forecast d-earthquake
3) a- congratulate b-disaster c-volcano d-temperature
4) a-damage b- charity c- parade d- festival
II)Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D which best completes each sentence.(2ms)
1) I think that Mother’s day should be celebrated
a) nation b) national c) nationwide d) native
2) Do you know a shop I can buy sweets and newspapers?
a) that b) which c) where d) If
3) People can know when a volcano will nowadays, can’t they?
a) break b) warn c) erupt d) invent
4) Mrs Pike, is my neighbor, often shouts at night
a) who b) that c) whom d) whose
5) I can’t hear what you are saying Can you turn the volume a little please? a) up b) off c) on d ) down
6) Tornadoes are storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm
a) funnel-shaped b) funnel-shaping c) shaping-funnel d) funnel-shape
7) his good salary, he was not satisfied with his job
a) In spite of b) Although c) Despite d) a & c are correct
8) Mai congratulated me winning the first prize in the English-speaking
contest
a) of b) on c) at d) in
III) Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the words in brackets (1ms)
1) Luckily, the wave didn’t cause any damage on the coastal villages.(tide) 2) I hope you will join in our Tet (celebrate)
3) Easter is a festival in many countries (joy)
4) Thu Ha is not satisfied with her for tet (prepare)
VIRead the following passage and answer the questions (2ms)
People who live in California have every reason to be afraid of earthquake No one has ever forgot the great quake that destroyed San Francisco in 1906 In May ,1988, the people
in Los Angeles panicked According to a prophecy made in the 16th century by a prophet called Nostradamus, the city would be destroyed early in 1988 During the panic, parents didn’t send their children to school and people didn’t go to work No one stayed home,
Trang 7either The airline did great business carrying people who fled from their “doom city”
Which is more puzzling : how Nostradamus knew that a city which didn’t even exist in his time would be destroyed in the 20th century, or the behavior of those people who believed “ the prophecy’:
-prophecy(n): lời tiên tri
-Panic ( n,v) sự hoảng loạn
-flee ,fled , fled: chạy thoát
1) Which natural disaster destroyed San Francisco in 1906?
2) Why did the people in Los Angeles panic?
3) What did the people do during the panic?
4) How did the people flee from their city?
V) Rewrite the following sentences as directed (2ms)
1) My brother is working for a company
It makes bicycles (using a relative pronoun)
2) The girl just laughed Her dog bit me (using a relative pronoun)
3) This is Mr Johnson
I often tell you about him (using a relative pronoun)
4) Mr Brown is still an active man in spite of his old age.(although )
VI)Listen carefully then fill in the missing words (2ms)
For very many centuries the first of April was a (1) of laughing and jokes This day
is kept in many countries, (2) only in Britain and the USA This is a day to play (3) and make people (4) Nobody knows when the (5) of this custom was Some people connect it with the end of winter and the return of spring which made merry and ready to play jokes
In the USA and Britain someone could place a sign (6) a person’s back with the (7) “push me” Children often tell a grown-up that his sock is torn or he had something black on his face, and then (8) “April Fool”
THE END
Suggested answer -a
I- 0,25 X 4 = 1m
1-b
Trang 82-a
3-d
4-c
II- 0,25 X8 =2ms
1- c
2-c
3- c
4-a
5- d
6-a
7-d
8- b
III- 0,25 X 4 = 1m
1- tidal
2- celebration
3- joyful
4- preparation
IV- 0,5 X 4 = 2ms
2- A great quake / an great earthquake destroyed San Francisco in 1906
A great quake / an great earthquake did 2- Because they believed the prophecy made in the 16th century: the city would be destroyed early in 1988 /according to a prophecy made in the 16th century by a prophet called Nostradamus, the city would be destroyed early in 1988
3-People didn’t go to work, parents didn’t send their children None stayed at home, they fled from their city
4-, They fled from their city by plane
V 0,25 X8 =2ms
1-day
2- not
3- jokes
4- laugh
5- beginning
6- on
7- words
8- shout
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T/ F
1- The first of April was a day of singing and jokes
2-This day is kept only in Britain and the USA
3-In the Britain and the USA someone could place a sign on a person’s back with
the words “push me”
4-Children often tell an adult a lie ,then shouted “ April Fool”
) Fill the gaps with the words given.There is ONE extra word you do not need to use(2ms)
countries like movement destroyed abrupt disasters number as waves
The natural (1) called “Tidal waves” often occur suddenly They are the result of an(2) shift in the underwater(3) of the Earth In the late 2004,a series of tidal(4) struck the seaside of Indonesia, Thailand ,and some other Asian(5) The famous resorts
such(6) Phuket and Fifi were completely (7) A large (8) of people were killed
V) Rewrite the following sentences as directed (3ms)
1) Bob lives in the city.He always walks to work
- Although
- In sprite of 2) Do you know the name of the festival
Trang 10It’s celebrated in Vietnam on the 15th of August in a lunnar year(using a relative pronoun/adverb to combine them)
3) We will soon gather at the village
The festival is taking place in that village
4) Mr and Mrs Anderson can never forget the trip to Hue
It is the ancient capital of Vietnam
5) This is Tom
He has just won the first prize in the young businessmen’s contest
THE END
WRITTEN TEST 4
Name : Class: .9
I)Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others( 1m)
1) a – erupt b- gather c-occur d-suggest
2) a-tornado b- tropical c-forecast d-earthquake
3) a- congratulate b-disaster c-volcano d-temperature