KpaêKlông Secondary School THE MIDDLE FIRST SEMESTER ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION Class : 9…… Time allotted : 45 minutes Name: …………………………… Subject : English 9 Marks Teacher’s remarks I. LISTEN: Listen carefully and choose TRUE or FALSE(1 m): 1. A missing girl is Mary. £ 2. Mary has short dark hair. £ 3. Mary is wearing blue shorts, a long-sleeved white blouse and brown shoes. £ 4. Mary is carrying a large doll £ II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1 m): 5. A. worked B. cleaned C. watched D. stopped 6. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 7. A. around B. how C. bought D. found 8. A. thing B. they C. there D. than III.Choose the best answer among A,B,C orD to complete the sentences below ( 3.5ms ) 9. Soccer is very …………………… from Volleyball. A. different B. difference C. differ D. differently 10. We went to see many …………………… places in Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. fame B. famous C. famously D. famousness 11. In Malaysia, ……………………………. is free. A. educate B. education C. educationally D. educational 12. I wish they ……………………………… here tomorrow. A. will come B. would come C. come D. came 13. Lan ……………………………… writing to Maryam every month. A. uses to B. used to C. is used to D. was used to 14. Maths and Literature are ……………………… subjects for children in Vietnam. A. adding B. compulsory C. optional D. religious 15. He …………… English for 4 years. A. learns B. learnt C. will learn D. has learnt 16. It’s …………………. to wear short skirts and faded jeans again. A. fashionable B. fashion C. fashionablyD. fashioned 17. Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing ………. work. A. at B. in C. to D. with 18. The national dress of Japanese women is ……………………………. A. Ao dai B. Sari C. Jeans D. Kimono 19. There is a shrine …………… the top of this moutain. A. in B. at C. to D. on 20. There is a small bamboo ………………… at the entrance to the village. A. forestation B. forest ranger C. forestry D. forest 21. Trong câu sau đây có một lỗi sai, hãy tìm lỗi sai đó: When she came, I read her letter. A B C D 22. It was boring weekend, I anything. Code A A. did B. don’t do C. didn’t do D. would do IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions below (2 ms): Last Sunday, Nam went on excursion to Oxford. He got up early and took a bus, so he arrived there on time. In the morning he visited the National Gallary, Big Ben and the Hyde Park. In the afternoon, he bought a dictionary and a small disc with the words “Oxford University”. He met some English students in the bookshop. He was very happy to practice speaking English with many foreigners. Although he felt tired, he all had a nice day. True or Fall? 23. Nam arrived Oxford on time. 24. In the afternoon, he visited the National Gallary, Big Ben and the Hyde Park. 25. He bought a dictionary and a souvenir. 26. He met some his English friends in the bookshop. Answer the questions below: 27. Where did Nam go last Sunday? 28. How did he go there? 29. Where did he meet some English students? 30. What did he do with some foreigners? V. Writing (2.5 ms): Put the verbs into the correct form to complete these sentences (1 m): Example: I watched (watch) Television last night. 31. I (lose) my pen . I can’t find it any where. 32. We (see) a road acident near the shopping center this morning. 33. Nam (buy) a new dictionary yesteday. 34. His hair is very short. He (have) a haircut. Read the first sentence, and then complete the second sentence with the same meaning (1.5ms): Example: a. Someone gave Mary this present an hour ago. → Mary was given this present an hour ago. b. It rains so often here. → I wish it didn’t rain so often here. 35. They produce champagne in France. → Champagne …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 36. They will repair his car tomorrow. → His car ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 37. I can’t go fishing with my friends. → I wish I ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Good luck to you! KpaêKlông Secondary School THE MIDDLE FIRST SEMESTER ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION Class : 9…… Time allotted : 45 minutes Name: …………………………… Subject : English 9 Marks Teacher’s remarks I. LISTEN: Listen carefully and choose TRUE or FALSE(1 m): 1. A missing girl is Mary. £ 2. Mary has long dark hair. £ 3. Mary is wearing blue shorts, a long-sleeved white blouse. £ 4. Mary may be carrying a large doll £ II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1 m): 5. A. they B. thing C. there D. than 6. A. watched B. cleaned C. worked D. stopped 7. A. found B. how C. bought D. around 8. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage III.Choose the best answer among A,B,C orD to complete the sentences below ( 3.5ms ) 9. Lan and Maryam are penpals. They each other twice a month. A. write B. are writing C. has writen D. wrote 10. Soccer is very …………………… from Volleyball. A. different B. difference C. differ D. differently 11. We went to see many …………………… places in Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. famously B. famous C. fame D. famousness 12. It’s …………………. to wear short skirts and faded jeans again. A. fashionable B. fashion C. fashionablyD. fashioned 13. In Malaysia, ……………………………. is free. A. educational B. education C. educationally D. educate 14. I wish they ……………………………… here tomorrow. A. will come B. would come C. come D. came 15. In the 1990s, the sale of jeans ended going A. on B. up C. over D. into 16. Lan ……………………………… writing to Maryam every month. A. uses to B. used to C. is used to D. was used to 17. Maths and Literature are ……………………… subjects for children in Vietnam. A. adding B. compulsory C. optional D. religious 18. He …………… English for 4 years. A. has learnt B. learnt C. will learn D. learns 19. Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing ………. work. A. to B. in C. at D. with 20. The national dress of Japanese women is ……………………………. A. Kimono B. Sari C. Jeans D. Ao dai 21. There is a small bamboo ………………… at the entrance to the village. A. forestation B. forest ranger C. forestry D. forest Code B 22. Trong câu sau đây có một lỗi sai, hãy tìm lỗi sai đó: When she came, I read her letter. A B C D IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions below (2 ms): Last Sunday, Nam went on excursion to Oxford. He got up early and took a bus, so he arrived there on time. In the morning he visited the National Gallary, Big Ben and the Hyde Park. In the afternoon, he bought a dictionary and a small disc with the words “Oxford University”. He met some English students in the bookshop. He was very happy to practice speaking English with many foreigners. Although he felt tired, he all had a nice day. True or Fall? 23. Nam arrived Oxford on time. 24. In the afternoon, he visited the National Gallary, Big Ben and the Hyde Park. 25. He bought a dictionary and a souvenir. 26. He met some his English friends in the bookshop. Answer the questions below: 27. Where did Nam go last Sunday? 28. How did he go there? 29. Where did he meet some English students? 30. What did he do with some foreigners? V. Writing (2.5 ms): Put the verbs into the correct form to complete these sentences (1 m): Example: I watched (watch) Television last night. 31. I (lose) my pen . I can’t find it any where. 32. We (see) a road acident near the shopping center this morning. 33. Nam (buy) a new dictionary yesteday. 34. His hair is very short. He (have) a haircut. Read the first sentence, and then complete the second sentence with the same meaning (1.5ms): Example: a. Someone gave Mary this present an hour ago. → Mary was given this present an hour ago. b. It rains so often here. → I wish it didn’t rain so often here. 35. They produce champagne in France. → Champagne …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 36. They will repair his car tomorrow. → His car ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 37. I can’t go fishing with my friends. → I wish I ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Good luck to you! TEST MATRIX AND ANSWERKEYS A. TEST MATRIX Chủ đề Nhận biết Thông hiểu Vận dụng Tổng TN TL TN TL TN TL I. Listening 2 0,5 2 0,5 4 1,0 II. Reading 4 1,0 4 1,0 8 2,0 III. Language focus 8 2,0 10 2,5 18 4,5 IV. Writing 7 2.5 7 2,5 Tổng 10 2,5 20 5,0 7 2,5 37 10 B. ANSWERS *ANSWER KEY. Code A: Code B: I. (4 x 0.25 = 1m) 1. T 2.T 3. T 4. F II. (4 x 0.25 = 1m) 5. B 6.A 7. C 8. A III. (14 x 0.25 = 3.5 ms) 9.A 10. B 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. D 21. C 22. C I. (4 x 0.25 = 1m) 1. T 2.F 3. F 4. T II. (4 x 0.25 = 1m) 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. A III. (4 x 0.25 = 3.5 ms) 9.B 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. A 21. B 22. A III. (8 x 0.25 = 2ms) 23.T 24. F 25. F 26. F 27. He went to Oxford 28. He got there by bus. 29. He met some English studenrs in the bookshop. 30. He practiced speaking English with them. IV. Writing (2.5 ms) Put the verbs into the correct form to complete these sentences (1 m): 31. have lost 32. saw 33.bought 34. has had Read the first sentence, and then complete the second sentence with the same meaning (1.5ms): 35. is produced in France. 36. will be repaired tomorrow. 37. could go fishing with my friends. TAPE TRANSCRIPT: Attetion please. Here is a special announcement. A little girl is reported missing. She was last seen 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair. Her name’s Marry and she is 3 years old. She has short dark hair. She’s wearing shorts – blue shorts and a long-sleeved white blouse. She’s wearing a pair of shoes- brown shoes. She may be carrying a large dool. If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk. Her father’s waiting for her there. Thank you.