KIỂM TRA 1 TIẾT - UNIT 8-9

Name: TEST ONE PERIODClass: _ (the ninth form)

-I Listen Then do the tasks (2ms)

True or false :( 1m)

1 Tet usually begins in early January or late February 2 People often make their houses nice and new for Tet 3 Tet is the time for family members to be together 4 Passover and Easter occurs at the same time.

5 Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in the USA.

Answer the questions: (1m)

1 When are Passover and Easter celebrated? _ 2 What do people usually do on Passover? _ 3 Which food do Jewish families eat? 4 Are there colorful parades on the streets on Easter Day? 5 Who receive chocolate or sugar eggs?

II Phonetics :( 2ms)

A Choose the same pronunciation with the given word: (1m)

B Stress the following words: (1m)

behave, carriage, severe, occur, earthquake, furniture, occasion, expect, volcano, highland, tornado, experience, parade, tidal, abrupt, collapse, extensive, typhoon, temperature, Pacific Rim.

III Choose the best answer for each sentence: (2ms)

1 Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt in the underwater movement of the Earth (shift / exchange / difference / turn)

2 Tornadoes are funnel- storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm (shaped / measure / numbered / sized)

3 On Easter day, people the streets to watch colorful parades (gather / crowd / include / clear) 4 Here’s tomorrow’s weather forecast Hanoi will temperatures between 22oC and 28oC (behave

/ suffer / welcome / experience)

5 It rained yesterday _ (though the weather bureau predicted the fine weather / inspite of the fine weather / because the fine weather / though weather forecasting)

6 A huge earthquake the city of Kobe in Japan in 1995 (bit / struck / kicked / clapped)

7 The cyclone of November 1970 in Bangladesh, which killed about 500,000 people was one of the worst natural of the 20th century (disaster / collapses / deaths / killings)

8 On Passover, Jewish people celebrate freedom slavery (on / for / from / to)

9 _ Mrs Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan with his homework (despite / inspite of / though / because)

10 Mr Wilson, yesterday, teaches chemistry (I met / whom I met / that I met / with who I met)

11 Auld Lang Syne is the title of a Scottish song means “good time long ago.” (who / which /

having / with)

12 The men and animals you saw on TV are from China.(who / whom / which / that)

13 Thuy’s grandma wants her to _ the volume on TV because she wants to listen to the weather forecast (turn down / turn off / turn out / turn up)

14 Don’t forget to bring _ a raincoat (along / on / at / with)

15 Although , we got home on time (the heavy snow / snowing heavily / it snowed heavily / the fact that it snowed heavily)

16 I saw the boy _ helped me last week (who / which / whose / whom)

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17 may tourists do not understand Vietnamese culture very much, they enjoy festivals in Vietnam (although / because / so / and)

18 Family members live apart try to be together at Tet (who / whom / which / where) 19 Mount Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991 (It / that / which / where) 20 Is Dr Brown the person you wish to speak? (him / who / whom / which)

III Reading the text carefully Then do the tasks: (2ms)

Almost all countries in the world have a day for children to think of their mothers Viet Nam is no exception Vietnamese people choose Lunar July 15th as a day to appreciate all mothers we have a special

name for this occasion, the Vu Lan season

On this day , people often go to pagodas pray for the best things for their mothers It is a tradition that every child wears a rose on his or her shirt Those whose mothers are still alive wear red roses and those

whose mothers passed away wear white roses A Vietnamese musician wrote a song named Bong Hong CaiAo to pray their mothers He compared mothers to the sun , the smiles and the stars On this occasion ,

everyone hopes to wear red roses since the greatest happiness of all , to Vietnamese people , is to have a mother alive

Vietnamese people are proud of this traditional celebration because it is a characteristic of a culture based on sentimental values

Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or False (F).

1 Viet Nam has no Mother’s Day.

2 The Vu Lan season is an occasion to appreciate all mothers.

3 Children send girls and cards to their mothers on this occasion 4 All children wear red roses on this occasion.

5 The song Bong Hong Cai Ao was composed to praise all mothers.

1 it/be/necessary/have a day/celebrate/our parents.

2 children/have/special day/express/feeling/memories and love/their parents 3 we/have/opportunity/enhance/family traditions.

4 Members of families/have/chance/get together.

5 children/give/parents/flowers/send/cards/bring/special cakes/and/serve/parents/food/they like best 6 I/believe/idea/be supported.

7 it/be celebrated/nationwide

8 Everybody/love/parents/wan/be/happy.

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