Lớp: 9A Tên: ……………………………………. KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯNG ĐẦU NĂM (2011-2012) Môn: Tiếng Anh 9 Thời gian: 45’ Điểm: I. Choose the word whose underlined and bold parties pronounced differently from that of the other words: (0,5pts) 1. a. practical b. traditional c. fashion d. pattern 2. a. impressed b. visited c. divided d. separated II. Circle the right answer: (2,5pts) 1. English is a________subject for Vietnamese students in the secondary school. a. adding b. optional c. compulsory d. religious 2. Would you mind________this essay for me? a. typing b. type c. typed d. to type 3. I wish I________a new car. a. have b. has c. has had d. had 4. I am fond________listening to pop music. a. of b. on c. for d. at 5. The house is very dirty. We haven’t cleaned it ________ages. a. in b. since c. for d. at 6. Hoa: Hello. You must be Nga. Nga: ________ a. Yes, I do b. I am Hoa c. That’s right d. That’s right, I am 7. The ________of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. a. city b. country c. town d. capital 8. The unit of________of the USA is the dollar. a. currant b. currently c. current d. currency 9. This is a difficult problem. I wish I________the answer. a. know b. knew c. known d. to know 10. Nga: I think computers are useful. Hoa: ________ a. So do I b. Neither do I c. I don’t either d. I am, too III. Supply the correct verb from: (1pt) 1. The students (play) ______________________soccer yesterday afternoon. 2. My brother (learn) ______________________ French since he was eight. 3. I wish I (be) ______________________taller. 4. My father used to (smoke) ______________________ cigarette last year. IV. Choose the word ( a,b,c,d) that best fits each of the blank space: ( 1.5pts) In Vietnam, Lunar New year is called Tet as well. It’s the most important (1) ______ in a year. Vietnamese people usually make preparation (2) ______ Tet some weeks before. They (3) ______ house, cook special foods, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, everyone sits up to midnight to the New Year in. The first three (4) ______ are the most important days. People (5) ______ elder people, relatives, friends and give them greetings of the season. It’s a (6) ______custom of Vietnamese people. 1. a. festival b. day c. meeting d. contest 2. a. of b. for c. with d. to 3. a. build b. repair c. buy d. decorate 4. a. weeks b. months c. days d. years 5. a. write b. phone c. see d. visit 6. a. traditional b. helpful c. strange d. joyful V. Read the passage and then answer the questions: (1,5pts) Canada is the world’s second largest country. Its population is not very large, however. About 25 million people live in Canada- less than half population of Britain or France and only one thirtieth of the population of India. Canada is in North America and its capital is Ottawa. It is a rich country with a lot of natural resources. In Southern Canada the land is very good for farming and Canada exports a lot of wheat. In the North there are magnificent forest. In the West there are some very high mountains called the Rockies. * Questions: 1. How is Canada? ->________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the capital of Canada? ->________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What are there in the North of Canada? ->________________________________________________________________________________ VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first: ( 1pt) 1. He always goes to school late. -> I wish ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Learning English is not easy. -> It isn’t_______________________________________________________________________________ 3. People speak English all over the world. -> English ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Let’s go to the movie theater. -> Why don’t we_________________________________________________________________________? VII. Use the cues given to write the correct sentences: (1,5pts) 1. Wearing pants and blouses/ convenient/ when students/ a bike/ school. -> _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Maryam and Lan/ be/ pen pals/ over two years. -> _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I/ wish/ I/have/ the big house. -> _____________________________________________________________________________________ VIII. Answer about you: (0,5pts) 1. A foreign pen pal is coming to stay with you for a week. What would you do? ->________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What type of clothing do you usually wear on Tet holiday? ->________________________________________________________________________________ ĐÁP ÁN MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC: 2011- 2012 I. Choose the word whose underlined and bold parties pronounced differently from that of the other words: (0,5pts) 1.d. pattern 2. a. impressed II. Circle the right answer:(2ms) 1. c. compulsory 2. a. tying 3.d.had 4. a. of 5. c. for 6. d. that’s right, I am 7. d. capital 8. d. currency 9. a. religious 10.a.so do I III. Supply the correct verb from: ( 1 pt) 1. played 2. Has learned 3. were 4. smoke IV. Choose the word ( a,b,c,d) that best fits each of the blank spaces( 1.5 pts) 1. a. festival 2. b. for 3. d. decorate 4. c. days 5. d. visit 6. a. traditional V. Read the passage and then answer the questions(2 pts) 1. Canada is the world’s second largest country 2. The capital of Canada is Ottawa 3. There are magnificent forest in the North of Canada VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first ( 1,5 pts) 1. I wish he didn’t go to school late. 2. It isn’t easy to learn English 3. English is spoken all over the world. 4. Why don’t we go to the movie theater? VII. Use the cues given to write the correct sentences: (1,5pts) 1. Wearing trousers and blouses is convenient when students ride a bike to school. 2. Maryam and Lan have been pen pals for over two years. 3. I wish I had the big house. . (1,5pts) Canada is the world’s second largest country. Its population is not very large, however. About 25 million people live in Canada- less than half population of Britain or France and only. of India. Canada is in North America and its capital is Ottawa. It is a rich country with a lot of natural resources. In Southern Canada the land is very good for farming and Canada exports. blank spaces( 1.5 pts) 1. a. festival 2. b. for 3. d. decorate 4. c. days 5. d. visit 6. a. traditional V. Read the passage and then answer the questions(2 pts) 1. Canada is the world’s second