Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-018 Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1. There used ________ a movie theater here, but it closed a long time ago. A. be B. to be C. being D. been 2. I come from Vietnam so I am not used to ________ on the left. A. drive B. drove C. driven D. driving 3. Although we are far away from each other, we still ________. A. keep in touch B. say hello C. keep together D. keep on 4. Music and painting are ________ subjects. A. option B. optional C. optionally D. compulsory 5. It’s dangerous ________ in this river. A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam 6. Millions of Christmas cards ________ last month. A. were sent B. sent C. send D. are sent 7. Marie Curie ________ the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. A. award B. awarded C. was awarded D. has awarded 8. He hates being ________ at by other strangers. A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked 9. He was born ________ 15 th , January. A. in B. of C. at D. on 10. She has come here ________ yesterday afternoon. A. in B. since C. for D. on 11. Remote controls are used to ________with TV. A. interact B. interaction C. interactive D. interactively 12. I can also ________with my friends and relatives by e-mail or chatting. A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicated 13. Email can be sent and received at any time, ________? A. can they B. can it C. can’t it D. can’t they 14. Please phone this number for more________. A. matter B. information C. problem D. detail 15. Our school has many well- ________ teachers. A. qualified B. qualify C. quality D. qualification Read the passage and choose the most suitable option to fill in each blank. We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (16)______, we also use them to tell the world (17)______our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and how we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (18)______clothes and if we feel depressed we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so frequently? Is it because they feel miserable all the time? This is unlikely the case. It is probably just because it is (19)______to wear black, and young people they are real fans (20)______fashion. 16. A. attract B. attractive C. attractively D. attraction 17. A. about B. of C. with D. by 18. A. colorless B. colorfully C. color D. colorful 19. A. fashioned B. fashioner C. fashionable D. fashion 20. A. in B. of C. from D. with Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 21. Bill and me are in the same class, we are in class 9A. A B C D Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-018 22. The report must finish right now. A B C D 23. She enjoyed herself a lot and was very happy at her birthday. A B C D 24. I am looking forward to hear from you. A B C D 25. He asks me if I could help him then. A B C D Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. 26. It’s time we ________________ the bus. (catch) 27. They ________________ their work yet. (not finish) 28. He wishes he ________________ a doctor in future. (be) 29. ________your house ________ next year? (rebuild) 30. I am looking forward to ________________from you. (hear) Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 31. John smoked a lot two year ago, but now he doesn’t smoke any more. John used _________________________________________________________________________ 32. How long is it since you saw Tom? When ____________________________________________________________________________ 33. What a pity! You aren’t here with us now. I wish____________________________________________________________________________ 34. "What time is it now?" Ba said. Ba asked me_______________________________________________________________________ 35. “ Can you speak Chinese?” he said to me He asked me if_____________________________________________________________________ Read the passage and then answer the questions below. In many secondary schools in Britain, wearing school uniform is compulsory. Some schools argue that there are many disadvantages to this system. Most students don’t agree with school uniform. Firstly, when you have to wear the same clothes as everyone else you don’t have a chance to develop personal taste in the way you dress. Secondly, people who look untidy usually look scruffy in their uniforms too because they come from poor homes and their uniforms are not as new as others’ or don’t fit properly. Finally, the main reason why most students don’t like school uniforms is because most schools choose such colors and styles that don’t suit young people at all. Questions 36. In many secondary schools in Britain, wearing school uniform is compulsory, isn’t it? __________________________________________________________________________________ 37. Do most students agree with school uniform? __________________________________________________________________________________ 38. According to the passage, does wearing casual clothes make students feel comfortable and self- confident? __________________________________________________________________________________ 39. What is the main reason that most students don’t like school uniform? __________________________________________________________________________________ 40. Do you like wearing uniform at school? __________________________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-018 ANSWER KEYS Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 21. Bill and me are in the same class, we are in class 9A. (I) A B C D 22. The report must finish right now. (must be finished) A B C D 23. She enjoyed herself a lot and was very happy at her birthday. (on) A B C D 24. I am looking forward to hear from you. (hearing) A B C D 25. He asks me if I could help him then. (asked) A B C D Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. 26. It’s time we __caught__ the bus. (catch) 27. They __haven’t finished__ their work yet. (not finish) 28. He wishes he _would be__ a doctor in future. (be) 29. _Will_your house _be rebuilt_ next year? (rebuild) 30. I am looking forward to __hearing__from you. (hear) Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 31. John smoked a lot two year ago, but now he doesn’t smoke any more. John used to smoke a lot._____________________________________________________________ 32. How long is it since you saw Tom? When did you last see Tom?__________________________________________________________ 33. What a pity! You aren’t here with us now. I wish you were here with us now._____________________________________________________ 34. "What time is it now?" Ba said. Ba asked me what time it was then.____________________________________________________ 35. “ Can you speak Chinese?” he said to me He asked me if I could speak Chinese.__________________________________________________ Read the passage and then answer the questions below. Questions 36. In many secondary schools in Britain, wearing school uniform is compulsory, isn’t it? Yes, it is.__________________________________________________________________________ 37. Do most students agree with school uniform? No, they don’t._____________________________________________________________________ 38. According to the passage, does wearing casual clothes make students feel comfortable and self- confident? Yes, it does.________________________________________________________________________ 39. What is the main reason that most students don’t like school uniform? Because most schools choose such colors and styles that don’t suit young people at all.__________ 40. Do you like wearing uniform at school? No, I don’t.________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 THE FIRST SEMESTER