…………………. Secondary School Teacher’s comment: ………………………… Name: ……………………. Mark: Class: 9 English test (45 minutes) _ Paper A I/ Pronunciation: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. A B C D 1. A. may B. say C. said D. pray O O O O 2. A. depended B. divided C. separated D. comprised O O O O 3. A. symbol B. type C. try D. style O O O O 4. A. cross B. comic C. cotton D. encourage O O O O 5. A. clothing B. ethnic C. whether D. those O O O O II/ Grammar and vocabulary: Find the one choice that best completes the sentence. 6. The Malaysian unit …… currency is the ringgit. A. from B. in C. to D. of O O O O 7. The Ao dai is the …… dress of Vietnamese women. A. casual B. beautiful C. traditional D. bag O O O O 8. He ……. with friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week. A. live B. is living C. lived D. has lived O O O O 9. Marie Curie …… the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. A. was awarded B. award C. has awarded D. awarded O O O O 10. Her clothes look very modern and ………. A. fashion B. fashioning C. fashioned D. fashionable O O O O 11. The national dress of Japanese women is ……… A. Ao dai B. Sari C. Jeans D. Kimonos O O O O 12. Some designers have …… the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. A. modern B. modernize C. modernized D. modernizing O O O O 13. She is often ……… to the theater by the Greens. A. take B. taken C. took D. taking O O O O 14. We haven’t kept in touch with each other ……. A. since six months B. for six months C. six years ago D. over six months O O O O 15. We are really ……… by the beauty of Hue. A. impression B. impress C. impressive D. impressed O O O O 16. He doesn’t depend … … his parents. A. in B. on C. at D. for O O O O 17. Mathematics and Literaturre are …… subjects in high schools. A. optional B. adding C. religious D. compulsory O O O O 18. They …………. go to Nha Trang in summer. A. use B. used to C. are used D. are used to O O O O 19. She wishes they ……… here next time. A. don’t come B. didn’t come C. won’t come D. wouldn’t come O O O O 20. …… your house ………. next year? A. will/ be rebuilt B. was/ rebuilt C. is/ rebuilt D. has/ been rebuilt O O O O III/ Reading: ►Choose the best answer for each space to complete the passage. Jeans are very popular with young people all (21) ……. the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of (22)…… But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (23) .two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth (24)…… in Genoa was called “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman (25)……California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (26)…… they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (27)……….with gold miners, farmer and cowboys. Six years (28)………, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (29)………called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (30) ……….jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them. 21. A. in B. on C. over D. above 22. A. youth B. young C. younger D. youngest 23. A. lots B. much C. most D. almost 24. A. make B. makes C. making D. made 25. A. in B. on C. at D. with 26. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So 27. A. famous B. popular C. good D. wonderful 28. A. late B. later C. latest D. last 29. A. cloth B. clothing C. cloths D. clothes 30. A. wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn ►Read the text above carefully then answer the following questions: 31. Who are jeans very popular with? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32. Where were pants made? …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33. What was the cloth of pants in Genoa called? …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 34. When did Levis begin making his pants with blue cotton? …………………………………………………………………………………………………… IV/ Writing: Complete the second sentence with the same meaning. 35-36. Mai last saw her friend at her sister’s wedding party. → Mai hasn’t……………………………………………………………………………………………… 37-38. Jack London didn’t write the novel “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”. → The novel………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39-40. When did you start working in that factory? → How long ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41-42. Computers are used to design new models. → People…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 43-44. It isn’t necessary for students to wear uniforms today. → Students………………………………………………………………………………………………… . 45-46. I haven’t been to Hanoi for ages. → It’s been a long time……………………………………………………………………………………… 47-48. I’ve never eaten this good food before. → This is the ……………………………………………………………………………………………… . 49-50. People say that Tuan is very intelligent. → It…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………. Secondary School Teacher’s comment: ………………………… Name: ……………………. Mark: Class: 9 English test (45 minutes) _ Paper B I/ Pronunciation: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. A B C D 1. A. may B. can C. stay D. say O O O O 2. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes O O O O 3. A. value B. use C. music D. currency O O O O 4. A. since B. ride C. drive D. divide O O O O 5. A. casual B. sale C. sleeveless D. slit O O O O II/ Grammar and vocabulary: Find the one choice that best completes the sentence. 6. Some designers have …… the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. A. modern B. modernize C. modernized D. modernizing O O O O 7. She is often ……… to the theater by the Greens. A. take B. taken C. took D. taking O O O O 8. We haven’t kept in touch with each other ……. A. since six months B. for six months C. six years ago D. over six months O O O O 9. We are really ……… by the beauty of Hue. A. impression B. impress C. impressive D. impressed O O O O 10. Marie Curie …… the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. A. was awarded B. award C. has awarded D. awarded O O O O 11. Her clothes look very modern and ………. A. fashion B. fashioning C. fashioned D. fashionable O O O O 12. Mathematics and Literaturre are …… subjects in high schools. A. optional B. adding C. religious D. compulsory O O O O 13. They …………. go to Nha Trang in summer. A. use B. used to C. are used D. are used to O O O O 14. The Malaysian unit …… currency is the ringgit. A. from B. in C. to D. of O O O O 15. The Ao dai is the …… dress of Vietnamese women. A. casual B. beautiful C. traditional D. baggy O O O O 16. He ……. with friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week. A. live B. is living C. lived D. has lived O O O O 17. He doesn’t depend … … his parents. A. in B. on C. at D. for O O O O 18. The national dress of Japanese women is ……… A. Ao dai B. Sari C. Jeans D. Kimonos O O O O 19. She wishes they ………. here next time. A. don’t come B. didn’t come C. won’t come D. wouldn’t come O O O O 20. …… your house ………. next year? A. will/ be rebuilt B. was/ rebuilt C. is/ rebuilt D. has/ been rebuilt O O O O III/ Reading: ►Choose the best answer for each space to complete the passage Jeans have their long story of development. In the 1950s, two people helped (21) ……… jeans popular with teenagers: Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, and James Dean, a famous movie star. Elvis (22) ………. tight jeans. Most parents didn’t like Elvis or his music. But teenagers loved (23) ……… and started to dress like him. In Rebel without a Cause, James Dean wore jeans. He (24) …… a hero to many young people. During the 1960s, rock and roll became even (25) …… popular. Young people had more freedom. Their clothes showed (26) ………. independence. Some people decorated their jeans (27) …… colorful patches and flowers. In the seventies and eighties, jeans became very expensive. In (28) ……… to the regular brands like Levi’s and Lee. Famous designers like Calvin Klein and Pierre Cardin (29) ………. making “designer jeans”. They were very stylish and very expensive. Jeans are (30) ………. popular that Levi’s has sold over twenty billion pairs. Almost anywhere in the world you know what young people want to wear: jeans! 21. A. made B. make C. making D. to make 22. A. wore B. wears C. has worn D. had worn 23. A. he B. his C. him D. himself 24. A. were/ became B. was/ become C. is / becomesD. was/became 25. A. more B. much C. most D. many 26. A. theirs B. their C. them D. they 27. A. by B. on C in D. with 28. A. addition B. additive C. additional D. additionally 29. A. begin/ started B. began/ start C. began/ started D. begun/ started 30. A. so B. such C. too D. more ►Read the text above carefully then answer the following questions: 31. Who was Elvis Presley? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32. Why didn’t most parents like Elvis or his music? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33. When did jeans become very expensive? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 34. What do young people almost anywhere in the world want to wear? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. IV/ Writing: Complete the second sentence with the same meaning. 35-36. It’s a pity your friend isn’t at this party. → I wish………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 37-38. Minh last wrote to his pen pal five months ago. → Minh hasn’t………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39.40. They usually wore jeans when they were young. → They used…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41.42. The teenagers aren’t buying that model these days. → That model………………………………………………………………………………………………… 43-44. The last time we visited Kuala Lumpur was two years ago. → It’s…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 45.46. I don’t think anybody is as strange as Tuan. → Tuan is……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47.48. Some one told me you could learn mathematics in your sleep. → I………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 49-50. My car is being repaired at the moment. → Someone ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… . A. live B. is living C. lived D. has lived O O O O 9. Marie Curie …… the Nobel Prize for Physics in 190 3. A. was awarded B. award C. has awarded D. awarded. compulsory O O O O 18. They …………. go to Nha Trang in summer. A. use B. used to C. are used D. are used to O O O O 19. She wishes they ……… here next time. A.