People have the change to travel between the green paddy fields and cross a small bamboo forest before they reach a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village.. Liz met Ba’s fami[r]
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Trang 2Ward 4 Secondary School THE FIRST SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST Name: ……… Grade: 9
A LISTENING (2 m)
1 Where is Kate studying English?
2 Where is Nga from?
a England b America c Australia d Vietnam
3 Where does Nga work? In a ………
a bank b post office c restaurant d hospital
4 Did she learn English at ………… ?
a home b school c university d b and c
5 What does she want to improve?
a speaking b writing c listening d reading
6 Her listening is ………
7 Does she like studying English?
8 Does she want to understand the words of her favorite songs?
B READING (2 m)
Read the passage and answer the questions.
On Sunday, Ba invited Liz to join his family on a day trip to his home village about 60 kilometers to the north of Ha Noi The village lies near the foot of a mountain and by a river Many people go there on weekends to have a rest after a hard working week
The journey to the village is very interesting People have the change to travel between the green paddy fields and cross a small bamboo forest before they reach
a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village
Liz met Ba’s family at his house early in the morning; and after two hours traveling by bus, they reached the big old tree Everyone felt tired and hungry, so they sat down under the tree and had a snack
Answer the questions
1 Where is Ba’s village?
2 How did Ba and his family get to the village?
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3.Where is the banyan tree ?
4.Where did they have a snack ?
I Choose a correct word to complete each of the following sentences (1m)
1 Your parents you one hour ago
a phoned b are phoning c have phoned d phone
2 I wish that I her now
3 The first man landed on the Moon 21st July 1969
4 He is _in playing soccer
a interest b interesting c interests d interested
II Change these sentences into the passive voice (1,5m)
1 They will hold the meeting before May Day
2 They have found oil in the Antarctic
3 People don’t use this dictionary very often
III Turn into Reported speech (1,5m)
1 They said “We must go home now”
2 I asked the children “ Who took part in your excursion to the city?”
3 She asked me “ Do you have many friends?”
D WRITING (2m)
I Use these words to make meaningful sentences. (1m)
1 It/ seem/ difficult/ me/ have/ trip/ abroad
2 They/ not write/ each other/ two years
II Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning (1m)
1 My brother started to work last year
My brother has………
2 My mother can’t speak English
I wish.
THE END
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B Reading
1 It’s 60km to the north of Ha Noi
2.They got there bus
3 They banyan tree is at the entrance
4 They had a snack under the tree
C Language Focus.
I
II
1 The meeting will be held before May Day
2 Oil has been found in Antarctic
3.This dictionary isn’t used very often
III
1 They said they had to go home then
2 I asked the children who had taken part in
3 She asked me if I had many picture
D Writing.
I
1 It seems difficult for me to have a trip abroad
2 They have not written to each other for two years
II
1 My brother has worked since last year
2 I wish my mother could speak English