Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-008 I. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Advertisements are very important in the modern world. Often your T-shirt or jeans show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form of advertising. A special picture or symbol, called logo, is sometimes used. You see logos on many different products. The idea of a logo is that whenever you see it, you think of that product or company. Many people like to buy a product because it is made by a certain company. Some people only buy a product that is made by a famous company. People wear clothes and carry bags that have a famous label to show that they are fashionable and have good taste. It is very common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are only a few seconds long but very attractive. Sometimes, the advertiser uses a slogan because it is easy to say and easy to remember. The idea of advertisements is to try to make you buy the product. They sometimes show rich and famous people using that product. The message is, if you want to feel rich and famous, then buy this product. 1. A logo is a _________. A. company’s name B. special company C. type of product D. company symbol 2. A popular form of advertising is to _________. A. wear jeans B. use logos C. watch TV D. use different products 3. A good slogan is _________. A. easy to remember B. useful to produce C. simple to make D. easy to buy 4. The main purpose of an advertisement is to _________. A. sell you something you do not want B. make you feel rich and famous C. make you buy the product D. pay the TV station II. Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. 5. My father _________for the motor- bike factory since 1995. A. worked B. was working C. has worked D. is working 6. I don’t have a computer. I wish I _________ a new one. A. have B. have had C. had D. will have 7. The city theatre _________in 1900. A. built B. was built C. has been built D. will be built 8. The teacher said: “This homework _________carefully” A. has to do B. has to be done C. had to do D. had to be done 9. Thong Nhat bicycles _________produced in Vietnam. A. are B. have been C. were D. will be 10. Your father doesn’t work in that bank, ________ he? A. is B. does C. doesn’t D. isn’t 11. If he _________soon, we might miss the last bus. A. doesn’t come B. isn’t coming C. didn’t come D. won’t come 12. The interviewer asked me why I _________learning English. A. like B. will like C. liked D. would like 13. Tom said that he _________in Leeds in Great Britain. A. has lived B. is living C. were living D. lived 14. He asked me _________. A. what is my phone number B. what my phone number was C. what was my phone number D. B&C are correct 15. _________Monday morning, there is a meeting between 11 am and 1 pm. THE FIRST SEMESTER Page 1 Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-008 A. On B. For C. In D. At 16. He was sick yesterday, _________he didn’t go to school. A. since B. because C. so D. but III. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: 17. A. fee B. meet C. need D. pioneer 18. A. order B. border C. tutor D. dormitory 19. A. campus B. cake C. capture D. hamburger 20. A. passage B. knowledge C. age D. manage 21. A. departure B. scenery C. sender D. decide VI. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern: 22. A. occasion B. pagoda C. embroider D. comfortable 23. A. business B. departure C. arrival D. convenient 24. A. device B. Buddhism C. complete D. together. 25. A. collect B. religion C. Hinduism D. relation V. Reading. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. English is a very useful __(26)__. If we know English, we can go to any country we like. We will not find it hard to make people understand __(27)__ we want to say. English also helps us to __(28)___ all kinds of things. Hundreds of books are _(29)_ in English every day in many __(30)__. English has also helped to spread ideas and knowledge to all corners of the __(31)__. Therefore, the English language has helped to spread better ___(32)__ and __(33)___ among countries of the world. 26. A. language B. languages C. linguist D. linguistics 27. A where B. when C. what D. which 28. A learnt B. learning C. to learn D. learn 29. A write B. wrote C. written D. writing 30. A. countrified B. countries C. country D. countryside 31. A school B. class C. word D world 32. A to understand B. understanding C. understand D. understood 33. A friend B. friendly C. friendliness D. friendship VI. Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences 34. Your teacher writes poems and stories, _________she? A. doesn’t B. didn’t C. don’t D. won’t 35. They will buy a new computer, _________they? A. will B. don’t C. won’t D. do 36. Tam didn’t go to school yesterday, _________he? A. did B. didn’t C. does D. doesn’t 37. Don’t talk in class, _________you? The teacher is explaining the lesson. A. do B. don’t C will D. won’t 38. Your mother has read these fairy tales for you many times, _________? A. has he B. has she C. hasn’t he D. hasn’t she 39. I am a bit late for the appointment, _________? A. am B. am not C. isn’t D. aren’t 40. Let’s go out for a walk, _________we? A. do B. don’t C. shall D. will THE END THE FIRST SEMESTER Page 2