English test for the first semester Name: . . Class: 9 . Marks: I. Choose the best answer from the given ones: 1. Examinations make me…………… I always get………… . A. angry…. being nervous B. anger…. nervously C. angrily…. nervous D. angry…. nervous 2. It's high time you. …………… to study seriously. A. begin B. began C. did begin D. would begin 3. I called on her yesterday; she……………. a meal at that time. A. cooked B. was cooking C. had cooked D. would cook 4. …………….blind can see nothing. A. The B. A C. All D. Every 5. I wish you……………… longer A. stay B. will stay C. can stay D. would stay 6. It took the director two hours. …………… A. explaining us the new plan B. to explain us the new plan C. explaining the new plan to us D. to explain the new plan to us 7. Travelling is not cheap. …………….is it interesting. A. Either B. And C. Also D. Neither 8. Wait . …………….; I'm finishing the letter. A. a minute B. one minute C. minute D. the minute 9. He doesn't like to begin reading……………. A. unless he doesn't have time B. unless he has no time C. unless he has plenty of time D. if he has plenty of time 10. It's unusual . us to have cod weather at this time of the year. A. with B. to C. for D. of II. Rewrite the sentences so that the meanings stay the same: 1. We stopped to ask the man for the directions because we were lost. Because of . 2. He hasn't been to the doctor's for over a year. He hasn't had 3. He advised me not to talk too loudly in the classroom. Anne said " You'd 4. People in the past didn't use to use washing machines. Washing machines 5. The poem written by Che Lan Vien is about our Uncle Ho. The poem . III. Put the words in the brackets in the correct forms: 1. The evening was (enjoy) . spent playing cards and talking. 2. The world of computers is extremely (compete) 3. He was turned down for the job because he wasn't (qualify) 4. It's very (health) . to live in a polluted area. 5. Since (attend) has been so poor the class is being closed. 6. These shoes look quite smart but they're terribly (comfort) 7. The (edit) . staff consist of ten journalists. 8. He was very (set) . . when his cat run over. 9. We have had a lot of (complain) . from customers today. 10.The old lady hid all her (save) under the floor. IV. Read the passage and fill in the gap with one suitable word: Computers are helpful in many ways. First they are fast. They can work with information (1) . more quickly than a person. Second computers can (2) with a lot of information at the same time. (3) . , they can keep information for a long time. They do (4) . forget things as the way people do. Also computers are almost always correct. Computers are very useful but they also can (5) problems. One kind of problem is with the computer's memory. It is not perfect, so sometimes computers (6) important information. Another is (7) the machinery. Computers are machines , and (8) . can break down. When computers break down, they may (9) . information, like chalk on the blackboard. Or they may (10) . doing anything at all. Some doctors say computers may be bad (11) . your health. They say (12) should not work with computers all day./. V. Put one suitable word in each gap: 1. If it is fine we go out. 2. I don't want . . sugar in my coffee. It's enough for me. 3. You speak English very well. Can you speak other ? 4. He runs fast to get there first. 5. . I need now is a glass of orange juice. 6.I have visited Australia and New Zealand, . English is spoken as the first language. 7. He hasn't said anything . he seems to be disappointed about it. 8. She will be here a moment. VI. Correct one mistake in each sentence: 1. Tomorrow I'm going to the station to meet the friend which comes to stay with us 2. Although living in the city my uncle always walks to work 3. Linh didn't sent me any postcard since she went on holiday. 4. She had to finish gardening before 7 pm, hadn't she? 5. In order to be high paid, they work much harder 6. The end . Travelling is not cheap. …………….is it interesting. A. Either B. And C. Also D. Neither 8. Wait . …………….; I& apos;m finishing the letter. A. a minute B. one minute. VI. Correct one mistake in each sentence: 1. Tomorrow I& apos;m going to the station to meet the friend which comes to stay with us 2. Although living in