Tuy An Education and Training Office THE SECOND SEMESETER EXAMINATION Đinh Tien Hoang secondary school School year: 2010 – 2011 Subject: English 9 Time: 45 mins A- Multiple-choice questions(6 marks) I- Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.(1m) 1. A. seat B. read C. wear D. meal 2. A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. watched 3. A. snowstorm B. knowledge C. show D. know 4. A. volcano B. volume C. solve D. love II- Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correction.(1m) 5- I haven’t come back to London since my father last visits me. → A B C D 6- Do you know how getting to the post office from here? → A B C D 7-The policeman told her not driving her car so fast again. → A B C D 8-Bill asked me if I am going to visit my aunt the day before. → A B C D III- Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.(4ms) 9-You speak English, ………………? A. do you B. don’t you C. are you D. aren’t you 10- She showed me a photograph of her son, ________ is a policeman. A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 11- The weather _______ for tomorrow isn’t very good. A. news B. foresee C. forecast D. foreman 12-The methods of teaching English_________improved recently. A. are B. were C. in D. have been 13-Last week, our teacher_________the class into three the groups. A. shared B. turned C. changed D. divided 14-I never like doing the_________, especially cleaning the windows. A. homework B. housework C. chore D. B&C 15-A: I don’t know what to do this evening. B: What about_________out for a walk? A. go B. to go C. going D. goes 16-Peter asked me_________a good student. A. if I was B. I was C. whether I was D. A&C 17-Tam_________go fishing with his brother when he was young. A. used to B. is used to C. gets used to D. was used to 18-He asked if my favorite_________was literature. A. play B. game C. subject D. activity 19-John won’t be here tomorrow, ……………? A. Will he B. Is he C. Won’t he D. Does he 20-Islamic people usually go to the_________to pray. A. pagoda B. mosque C. temple D. church 21-Ha Long Bay is a beautiful spot_________is visited by thousands of tourists every year. A. where B. which C. whom D. whose 22-They decided to go out _________it was raining heavily. A. but B. therefore C. however D. although 23-What would you do if you _________ a UFO? A. saw B. to see C. see D. could see 24- He suggests that we ________ early tomorrow morning . A. . started B. to start C. starting D. should start B- Writing (4 marks) I-Read and answer the questions.(1m) Are you sure looking for a cheap, clean, effective source of power that doesn’t cause pollution or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar energy from our sun a present, most of our electricity comes from the use of coal and gas, oil or nuclear power. This power could be provided by the sun. One percent of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is enough to provide power for the total population. Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar panels are placed on the roof of a house and the Sun’s energy is used to heat water. The energy can be stored for a number of days, so on cloudy days you can use solar energy too. Sweden has an advanced solar energy program. There, all building will be heated by solar energy and cars will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015. 25-Does solar energy cause pollution? → ……………………………………………………… 26-What source of power does our electricity come from? → ……………………………………………………… 27-Can solar energy be used on cloudy days? → ………………………………………………………. 28- What source of power will cars use in Sweden by the year 2015? → …………………………………………………………………… II-Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.(1m) 29-Are you afraid of . . . . . . .………… . . the busy streets ? (cross) 30-The sky was . . . . . . . . . . …, the weather was rather bad. (cloud) 31-He speaks English very ……… . (good) 32- She is a very good ………… (work) III-Rewrite each of the following sentences that doesn’t change its original meaning.(2 ms) 33-Unless you start working harder now, you won’t be able to pass your exam. →If you ……………………………………………………………………… 34- What about going to the movie? → He suggests that we should …………………………………… 35- It’s cold in the morning, so the children go to school in heavy clothes. → Because of…………………………………………………………… 36- In spite of the bad weather, they had a picnic. → Although ………………………………………………………… THE END THE MATRIX OF THE TEST Nhan Biet Thong Hieu Van Dung Tong Nội Dung TN TL TN TL TN TL 1-Ngữ âm 4 1m 1m 2-Ngữ pháp và cấu trúc 8 2ms 2 0,5m 2 0,5ms 3ms 3-Điền khuyết 4 1m 1m 4-Tìm lỗi 4 1m 1m 5-Dạng thức từ 4 1m 1m 6-Đọc và trả lời câu hỏi 4 1m 1m 7-Viết lại câu 4 2ms 2ms Tổng Cộng 20 5ms 10 2.5ms 6 2,5ms 10ms KEYS A- Multiple-choice questions.(6 marks) I-(1m) 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B II-(1m) 5.D – visited 6.B – how to get 7.B – not to drive 8.C – went III-(4ms) 9.B 10.A 11.C 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.B 21.B 22.D 23.A 24.D B- Writing (4 marks) I-(1m) 25. No, it doesn’t 26. Our electricity comes from the use of coal and gas, oil or nuclear power 27.Yes, it can. 28. In Sweden, Cars will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015. II-(1m) 29.crossing 30.cloudy 31.well 32.worker III-(2ms) 33. If you don’t start working harder now, you won’t be able to pass your exam. 34. He suggests that we should go to the movie. 35. Because of the cold weather, the children go to school in heavy clothes. 36. Although the weather was bad, they had a picnic. . Office THE SECOND SEMESETER EXAMINATION Đinh Tien Hoang secondary school School year: 2010 – 2011 Subject: English 9 Time: 45 mins A- Multiple-choice questions(6 marks) I- Choose the word. He suggests that we should go to the movie. 35. Because of the cold weather, the children go to school in heavy clothes. 36. Although the weather was bad, they had a picnic. . to the movie? → He suggests that we should …………………………………… 35- It’s cold in the morning, so the children go to school in heavy clothes. → Because of…………………………………………………………… 36- In spite of the