Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM 019 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. matches B. goes C. watches D. washes 2. A. attended B. laughed C. checked D. practiced 3. A. pleased B. pleasure C. easily D. leaving 4. A. comprise B. minorities C. primary D. addition Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 5. Wearing _________ makes students feel proud of their school. A. jeans B. casual clothes C. uniforms D. T-shirts 6. If you want to get good marks in your exams, you _________ study hard. A. have to B. could C. would D. shouldn’t 7. In Vietnam, people of all ages love_________ newspapers and magazines. A. read B. have read C. reading D. reads 8. I am interested in learning English. I want _________ an extra course of English. A. to come B. to take C. to get D. to have 9. Going swimming in the summer is very interesting, _________? A. is it B. isn’t it C. are they D. aren’t they 10. It’s nice to see you again. We _________ each other for a long time. A. don’t see B. didn’t see C. haven’t seen D. seeing 11. The man asked the little girl where _________ then. A. she is going B. was she going C. did she go D. she was going 12. This monument _________ in the 17 th century, wasn’t it? A. was built B. has been built C. has built D. is built 13. Nowadays, robots_____________ to perform many dangerous jobs. A. are used B. are be used C. are use D. are using 14. It’s very kind _______ you ________ say so! A. with/to B. to/to C. of/to D. from/to 15. We have a meeting_________ 7. 30 a.m. to 11a.m. A. at B. from C. between D. to 16. The national dress of Indian women is _________. A. Ao Dai B. Sari C. Kimono D. Kebaya (Indonesia) 17. Peter suggested _________ out for dinner that day. A. to go B. went C. going D. to going 18. If you want to save money, you should ________the amount of water your family uses. A. increase B. reduce C. repair D. add 19. She studied very lazily, _________ she couldn’t pass the final exam. A. because B. so C. despite D. however 20. Auld Lang Syne is a song ________is sung on New Year’s Day. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose Choose the underlined words or phrases that need correcting. 21. If you want to lose weight, you should to do exercises regularly. A B C D 22. He can drove this kind of car, can’t he? A B C D Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM 019 23. Lan and Ba go to school by bus yesterday, didn’t they ? A B C D 24. She wishes she will be a teacher of English some day. A B C D Read and then choose the best option to complete the following passage. Thailand, one of the countries of ASEAN, is divided (25) _______four natural regions: the North, Northeast, the Central Plain, and the South. Thailand enjoys a warm and (26) _______ climate. Its basic unit of (27) _______is baht. Bangkok is its (28) _______. The country official (29) _______ is Buddhism. In addition, there are other ones such as Islam, Christianity and Hinduism. The national (30) _______ is Thai. Chinese and Malay (31) _______ also spoken in some areas, while local dialects are common in rural communities. English is (32) _______ spoken in Bangkok and other major metropolitan areas. (dialect: thổ ngữ; metropolitan: thuộc thủ đô; Christianity: đạo Cơ-đốc) 25. A. in B. on C. from D. into 26. A. very old B. tropical C. very hot D. interesting 27. A. currency B. region C. money D. climate 28. A. country B. city C. capital D. federation 29. A. language B. religion C. climate D. territory 30. A. instruction B. language C. mausoleum D. religion 31. A. will be B. is C. are D. were 32. A. widely B. primarily C. officially D. compulsorily Give the correct forms of the words in brackets. 33. The _______________ language in Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia. (nation) 34. He is _______________ in studying English. (interest) 35. The Internet is a wonderful _______________ of our modern life. ( invent) 36. The accident happened because of the driver’s _______________. ( care) Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 37. “Must you leave for school now? ” She asked She asked me__________________________________________________________________ 38. I can’t go fishing with them next Sunday. I wish________________________________________________________________________ 39. People have used the Internet all over the world. The Internet___________________________________________________________________ 40. “Which foreign language are you studying at school?” Mr. Brown asked Mr. Brown asked me____________________________________________________________ Use the given words to make sentences. 41. She / wish /she / be / an excellent student. ______________________________________________________________________________ 42. She / has / study / English / four years. ______________________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER