PHÒNG GD&ĐT KIỂM ĐỊNH CHẤT LƯỢNG NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 TRUC NINH MÔN KIỂM ĐỊNH: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 Thời gian làm bài 90 phút(không kể thời gian giao nhận đề) I. Choose the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter . 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- A. come A. busy A. summer A. increased A. depends B. once B. visit B. include B. asked B. years C. love C. museum C. instruction C. wondered C. temples D. continue D. conversation D. compulsory D. impressed D. parents II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. Write your answer in the space provided 1. The newspaper report contained important information A. many B. another C. an D. a lot of 2. At present our school cannot …… to buy all the computers it needs. A. afford B. have C. have enough D. risk 3. He saves his money ……………… buy a new car A. so that B. in order to C. and D. so as 4. I hope all of you will enjoy taking …… in the projects. A. advantage B. notice C. part D. place 5.Mary searched all over the house …… she could not find the key. A. although B. however C. because D. but 6. Tom is not used to ……. up early. He is late for school very often A. get B. got C. getting D. having got 7. I looked up their number in the telephone . A. directory B. list C. guide D. catalogue 8. I borrowed some money ……………… my friend A. at B. in C. from D. with III. Each sentence contains an error . Find it and correct it 1. I used to watching TV a lot when I was little 2. Despite of freezing temperatures, the family continued with their walking holiday. 3. The tennis star played badly that people thought he had been paid to lose 4. Her parents wouldn’t let her to go out at night. 5. Each student studying chemistry have to spend at least two hours per week in the laboratory. 6. Our neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday. 7. A new department store was building in our town last month. 8. My brother didn’t wear that uniforn since he left school. 9. My sister’s car is different to theirs. IV. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage. The (1) _______is more beatiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many (2) ____think so and go to the country for the summer holidays though they can’t (3) __________ there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go (4) ______ whenever the time allows. Villages are not all alike but in some ways ( 5) _______________ are not very different (6) ______________ each other. Almost (7) ________________ village has a village square with big old banyan trees. Houses or cottages in (8) ______________ are covered by green paddy fields. Country life (9) _____________ now more comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each home. Most villages are so close to some small town where people(10) _________ go to buy what they can’t find in the village shops. V. Read the following passage and then answer the questions below. Many hundred years ago there were many villages and few towns in England. The villages liked to go into the forests and the fields when spring came. On the first Sunday of May they usually took a tree back with them and put it in the center of the village. The children danced round it and the men and the women took part in games around it. Later the international working class made the First of May their day of solidarity. The first May Day was celebrated in England in 1890, when the workers decided to fight for eight-hour working day and an end to the very long hours that they worked. In London, the workers marched from all places to a meeting in Hyde Park. This demonstration showed their unity and solidarity. After that, may Day in England was usually celebrated on the Sunday nearest the first day of the month. There have been many large May Day demonstrations. The working people showed on those days their solidarity with the progressive people in other countries. 1. Which season did the villager like to go into the forests and the fields? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Where was the tree put? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What did the children do round the tree? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Was the first May Day celebrated in England in `1890 or 1980? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Did the working people showed their solidarity with the progressive people in other countries? . VI. Put the correct form of words given to complete the following sentences 1. . are trying to find new stars (SCIENCE) 2. We are very proud of our . ( FRIEND) 3. He will never forget his happy . (CHILD) 4. It is for a small child to cross the street alone ( DANGER) 5. In the free time, my father often reads newspapers. ( DAY) 6. Tung was punished for his . ( LAZY) 7. Last week there was an . football match on TV ( EXCITE) 8. Long turned out to be the . in our class. ( GOOD) VII. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the original one 1. He prefers you to pay him immediately . He 'd rather you . 2. It's a pity I can't speak French . If only . 3. We will have to postpone the date of the appointment again . The date 4. Please don't play your music so loudly . Would you mind 5. He couldn't pass the examination because he was lazy . Because of his . VIII. Write meaningful sentences with cues given 1. I/ arrive/ Tan Son Nhat/ last Friday morning. 2. Mai/ meet/ me/ airport/ take/ home/ taxi. 3. Afternoon/ we/ go/ market/ near/ Mai’s house/ I/ buy/ gifts. 4. Mai/ take/ me/ Da Lat/ three days ago. 5. I/ see/ peach blossoms/ there/ like/ tokyo. 6. I/ now/ Nha Trang./Beach here/ wonderful/ food/ wonderful, too 7. I/ enjoy/ swim/ sea/ eat/ seafood/ but/ Mai/ only like/ make/ sand castles. 8. We/ leave/ Ho Chi Minh city/ tomorrow. 9. I/ hope/ I/ take/ a boat trip/ MeKong river/ before/ come back/ Japan/ July. 10. I/ very happy/ enjoy/ so much here.