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Trang 1DEPARTMENT OF DONG TRIEU
DISTRICT
XUAN SON SECONDARY SCHOOL
Grade: 9 Time: 45 minutes School year: 2011-2012
Full name:………
Class: 9……….
(Học sinh viết câu trả lời hoặc đáp án vào giấy thi, không được làm bài vào đề thi)
I Listening: ( 2.0pts) Listen to the passage and fill the word you hear in each gap.
Luong’s village is about (1)……… kilometers from the city 2)……… It is a very beautiful and (3)………place.There is a river near the village.People often catch fish, plant rice and vegetables for a living The air is quite (4) ……… and the traffice is very simple and easy
II Phonetics: (1.0p)Choose the word whose underlined part pronunces different from others:
1 A notice B grow C pond D.pagoda
2 A material B.casual C fashion D campus
3 A widely B shrine C rice D wish
4 A.chance B champagne C choose D Chinese
III Language focus: (2.5pts) Underline the suitable words to complete the sentences.
1 Phuong likes ( improving, improves, improved) her English so she decides to take part in her school’s English club
2 I wish Mai ( worked, has worked, works) harder for her examination
3 Hoang wishes they ( will come, would come , came) here tomorrow
4 Vinh ( learns, learned, has learned ) Russian for seven years
5 The Ao dai is the ( baggy, casual, traditional) dress of Vietnamese women
6 It was snowy, ( because, so, if) they had to cancel their picnic
7 There is an English club meeting ( at, till, between) 2 p.m and 3 p.m
8 If Hoai ( want, wants, will want) to pass the next exam, she must study harder
9 Your new house was built last year, ( was it, wasn’t it, isn’t it) ?
10 A: (Can I get a drink? / Can I get you a drink?)
B: No, thanks I’m not thirsty
IV Reading: (2.5pts) Read the paragraph then tick (V) in the correct column
Like other languages, English is always chages, but it changes very slowly People invent new words, borrow words from other languages and change the meaning of words as needed For example, the English word “byte” was invented by computer spealists in 1959 The word “ tomato” was borrowed from Nahuat,
an American Indian language spokenin Mexico People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying what they hear and using language Most school children learn their first language easily and
sometimes other languages as well
1 English is changing very quickly
2 Some English words are borrowed from other languages
3 Some English words were invented by computers
4 One of the ways to learn English is copying what you hear
5 It is not easy for school children learn their first language
V Writing: (2.0pts) Use this information to write a passage
Secondary school students should participate in the school’s English club
Participating in the school’s English club:
gives students a good chance to improve their English , especially their communication in English
makes students beome more confident when they use English
makes students relax after school hours
I think it is necessary for secondary school students to participate in the school’s English club
The end
Trang 2Teacher reads this dialogue twice :
Luong’s village is about seventy kilometers from the city center It is a very beautiful and peaceful place.There is a river near the village.People often catch fish, plant rice and vegetables for a living The air is quite fresh and the traffice is very simple and easy.
Trang 3I.Listening: (2.0) ( each 0.5)
1 70 2.center 3.peaceful 4.fresh
II Phonetics: (1.0) ( each 0.25)
1.C
2 A
3 D
4 B
III Language focus: (2.5) (each 0.25)
1 improving 2 worked 3 would come 4 has learned 5 traditional
6 so 7 between 8 wants 9 wasn’t it 10 Can I get you a drink?
IV.Reading: (2.5) (each 0.5)
1 F
2 T.
3 F
4 T
5 F
V Writing: ( 2.0) (each 0.25)
I think it is necessary for secondary school students to participate in the school’s English club.
Firstly, participating in the school’s English club gives students a good chance to improve their English , especially their communication in English
Secondly, participating in the school’s English club makes students beome more confident when they use English.
Finally, participating in the school’s English club makes students relax after school hours Therefore, Secondary school students should participate in the school’s English club.