Reading: Read the following text and answer the questions 2.5ms The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day.. On that day, children send Mother’s day cards to their mothers.. Fathers and c
Trang 1THE SECOND TERM TEST OF ENGLISH GRADE 9
Time allowed: 45’ Đề 2
I Pronunciation: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.(1m)
1 A fought B bought C house D ought
2 A who B where C how D house
3 A deliver B diet C different D disease
4 A busy B must C cut D shut
II Choose the best answer (4ms)
5 According to the _, there will be sunny tomorrow
A earthquake B weather forecast C volcano D tidal wave
6 Passover is celebrated in Israel and by all ……… people
A English B Vietnamese C Japanese D Jewish
7 He is the man ……… helped me yesterday
8 We are saving money ……….we want to buy a new house
9 She stays at home because she has to look ……… her baby
10 Lighting accounts ………10 percent to 15 percent of the electric bill
11 If she works hard, she ……….a lot of money
A get B will get C would get D gets
12 We can usually ……….when a volcano will erupt
13 ……….……….the TV I want to watch films
A turn off B turn on C look for D look after
14 Ninety percent of ……….occur around the Pacific Rim
A earthquakes B typhoons C volcanoes D tornadoes
15 He went to school ………he was sick
A although B because C and D so
16 Lan went to the stationer’s to buy some notebooks, a pen ………a compass
A but B and C or D so
17 Lan plays the Piano ………
A beautiful B beautifully C beauty D beautifuly
18 I am hungry……….I haven’t eaten all day
A as B so C therefore D and
19 If today ……… Sunday, we would go to the cinema
20 Where are the photos ………were taken at the Christmas party?
Trang 2III Reading: Read the following text and answer the questions (2.5ms)
The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day It is a public holiday in both Britain and America On that day, children send Mother’s day cards to their mothers They give their mothers flowers or sweets as presents Fathers and children do the cooking so that mothers can have a rest
In the USA, Mother’s Day started in 1860s There was a small town called Prunty town
in the middle of the USA People in the town fought against each other during a war After the war, they hated each other Mrs Ann Reeves Janis wanted the people to make friends with each other again So they started “Mother’s Friendship Day” On that day, she visited the other Mothers in the town and said, “Let us be friends with each other again”
Her ideas succeeded The same things happened in other parts of the country After she died, her daughter carried on her idea In 1908, “Mother’s Friendship Day” became
“Mother’s Day”
• Questions: Read and answer the questions
1 When is the Mother’s Day in both Britain and America?
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2 What do children and their fathers do on Mother’s Day?
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3 Who carried on Mrs Ann Reeves Janis’s ideas?
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• Read and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1 On Mother’s Day, mothers don’t cook meals for their families
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2 On Mother’s Day, Mrs Ann Reeves Janis visited the other mothers in the town
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IV Writing (2.5 ms)
• Combine the sentences using “who, whom, which”
1 The man is my English teacher He is talking to my mother
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2 They like Mai We are working with her
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3 This is the book It is on computer science
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• Write complete sentences
1 Lan / learn / English / three years / ago
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2 Ba / go / supermarket / with / his / mother / tomorrow
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