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Khuong Thuong Junior High School

Name: ……… THE SECOND SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST

Class: 9……… (Time allowed 45 ms)

I Choose the word that has different sound from the others (1pts)

1 A hug B rug C humor D bus

2 A miss B considerate C priority D sticky

3 A decorate B describe C predict D destroy

4 A ancient B acquaintance C replace D rate

II Choose the best options to complete the sentences (2pts)

1 The ( science / scientific / scientists / scientifically) can know when a volcano will erupt nowadays

Marks:

2 Marie Curie, ( whom / whose / which / who ) is one of the greatest women in our time, discovered radium.

3 We ( didn’t meet / don’t meet / won’t meet / haven’t met ) since we left school

4 I live in Dalat, ( who / which / that / whose ) is one of the most beautiful cities in Vietnam

5 Where ( would / have / will / did ) you go if you had a car ?

6 At last I’ve found the information that I was looking ( up / at / for / after)

7 Mrs Ha suggests ( get / to get / getting / got ) some plumbers to check cracks in the pipes

8 She studies well ( because / since / although / and ) she is busy

III Read the passage and fill a word in the box into each blank, then answer the following

questions(2pts)

movement – destroyed – abrupt – disaster

The natural (1)……… called “Tidal wave” often occurs suddenly It is the result of an (2)

……… shift in the underwater (3) ……… of the Earth In late 2004, a series of tidal waves struck the seaside of Indonesia, Thailand, and some other Asian countries The famous resorts such as Phuket and Fiti were completely (4)……… A large number of people were killed

Questions:

1 How does the “Tidal wave” happen? ………

2 What causes a “Tidal wave”? ……… …………

3 Which places were completely destroyed in late 2004? ………

4 Were a lot of people killed in this disaster? ………

IV/ Rewrite the sentences, beginning with the words given (2 pts)

1 We were the better team but we lost the match (although)

2 Half of the number of people didn’t appear They were invited (who)

……… ………

3 He couldn’t go to school because he was sick (so)

………

4 I’m studying at a school Its students are very well-behaved (whose)

………

V/ Choose the underlined words which need correcting (1 pt):

1 The postcard whom came this morning was from one of my pen pals

A B C D ………

2 If we go in wasting water, there will be a shortage of fresh water in a few decades

A B C D ………

3 I asked him if he want to visit My Son the next week

A B C D ………

4 John was happy that he passing the exam

A B C D ………

VI Listen and fill the blanks with the missing words (2 pts):

There are many (1)……… throughout the year in Vietnam, but Tet or (2)……… New Year is the most (3)……… celebration for Vietnamese people Tet usually (4)……… between January twenty-first and February nineteenth The exact date changes (5)…….…year(6)… … year A few days before Tet is the time for people to clean and (7)……… their home During Tet, people,

old and young , enjoy special food cooked on the occasion of Tet It is also the time for family (8)

……… to be together

Khuong Thuong Junior High School

THE SECOND SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST

Answer Key

Class: 9………

I Choose the word that has different sound from the others (1pts)

1 C humor

2 C priority

3 A decorate

4 B acquaintance

II Choose the best options to complete the sentences (2pts)

1 The ( science / scientific / scientists / scientifically) can know when a volcano will erupt nowadays.

2 Marie Curie, ( whom / whose / which / who ) is one of the greatest women in our time, discovered radium.

3 We ( didn’t meet / don’t meet / won’t meet / haven’t met ) since we left school.

4 I live in Dalat, ( who / which / that / whose ) is one of the most beautiful cities in Vietnam.

5 Where ( would / have / will / did ) you go if you had a car ?

6 At last I’ve found the information that I was looking ( up / at / for / after).

7 Mrs Ha suggests ( get / to get / getting / got ) some plumbers to check cracks in the pipes.

8 She studies well ( because / since / although / and ) she is busy.

III Read the passage and fill a word in the box into each blank(2pts)

movement – destroyed – abrupt – disaster

The natural (1) disaster …… called “Tidal wave” often occurs suddenly It is the result of an (2)……abrupt

… shift in the underwater (3) ….movement… of the Earth In late 2004, a series of tidal waves struck the

seaside of Indonesia, Thailand, and some other Asian countries The famous resorts such as Phuket and Fiti

were completely (4)… destroyed … A large number of people were killed.

Questions:

1 The “Tidal wave” happens suddenly.

2 An abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth causes a “Tidal wave”

3 The famous resorts such as Phuket and Fiti were completely destroyed in late 2004

4 Yes, there were

IV/ Rewrite the sentences, beginning with the words given (2 pts)

1 Although we were the better team, we lost the match

2 Half of the number of people who were invited didn’t appear

3 He was sick so he couldn’t go to school

4 I’m studying at a school whose students are very well-behaved

V/ Choose the underlined words which need correcting (1 pt):

1 B → which

2 A → go on

3 B → wanted

4 C → passed

VI Listen and fill the blanks with the missing words (2 pts):

There are many (1)… celebrations throughout the year in Vietnam, but Tet or (2)…Lunar… New Year is the most (3)…… important … celebration for Vietnamese people Tet usually (4)……occurs between January twenty-first and February nineteenth The exact date changes (5) from year(6)…to year A few days before Tet is the time for people to clean and (7)… decorate their home During Tet, people, old and young , enjoy special food cooked on the occasion of Tet It is also the time for family (8)……members to be together.

Khuong Thuong Junior High School

THE SECOND SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST Class: 9… (Time allowed 45 ms)

Tape script

There are many (1)… celebrations throughout the year in Vietnam, but Tet or (2)…Lunar… New Year is the most (3)…… important … celebration for Vietnamese people Tet usually (4)……occurs between

January twenty-first and February nineteenth The exact date changes (5)

from year(6)…to year A few days before Tet is the time for people to

clean and (7)… decorate their home During Tet, people, old and young ,

enjoy special food cooked on the occasion of Tet It is also the time for

family (8)……members to be together.