Tuan 7 Test 1 English 9

Thirdly, wearing casual clothes makes students feel self – confident.. Finally, wearing casual clothes makes school more colorful and lively.[r]

Phòng GD –ĐT Đam Rông

FORTY – FIVE MINUTE TEST 1 Trường THCS Đạ Long

Student’s name:………

Class: 9A…

Marks Teacher’s remarks

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.(0.5pt)

1 A ethnic B depend C impress D receive

2 A looked B wanted C watched D stopped

II Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence (3.5 pts)

1 Maryam was really impressed ……… the beauty of the city

2 Hoa asked me if I ………… to go shooping

wanting

3 The ao dai is the ……….dress of Vietnamese people

A tradition B traditional C traditionally D official

4 English is a ……… second language in Malaysia

5 The Malaysia unit of currency is the ………

A dong

B dollar

C ringgit

D pesco

6 When I was a child, my family used to……… to Dalat for summer vacation.

A going

B

go C goes D to go

7 Maryam wishes she ……… a longer vacation

8 We ……… our homework yet

finishing

9 Millions of Christmas cards …… … last month

10 This work ought to ……… before October 15th

done

11 I ………… TV when she came

A was watching B was watched

C watched D am watching

12 Today young generation is still fond ………… wearing jeans

D for

13 Hello, You must be Lan - …………

am

14 ……… - I like wearing a T-shirt and jeans

C What is your favorite type of clothing? D When do you wear these clothes?

III Read the passage carefully, and then choose the correct answer to questions 1 - 6 (1.5pts)

We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (1) ……… , we also use them to tell the world about our personality The clothes we wear and our (2) ………… as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (3) ……… we feel If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (4) ………… clothes and if we feel depressed we sometimes put on dark clothes But why do teenagers wear black so frequently? Is it because they feel miserable all the time? This is unlikely to be the case It is probably just because it is (5) ………… to wear black, and young people are really fans (6) ……… fashion

1 A attract B attractive C attractively D attraction

2 A appearance B appear C appeared D appearing

3 A which B what C how D when

4 A colorless B colors C colorfully D colorful

5 A fashion B fashionable C fashinoner D fashioned

6 A with B in C from D of

IV Read the passage carefully, then answer the following questions (1.5 pts)

For centuries, poets, writers and musicans have mentioned the ao dai in poems, novels and songs The ao dai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women It consitsts of a long silk tunic that is slit on the sides and worn over loose pants Traditionally , it was frequently worn by both men and women The design and material used for men were different from those used for women Nowadays, Vietnamese women today often prefer

to wear modern clothing at work, because it is more conveninent

1 What have people mentioned the ao dai in?



2 Was it frequently worn by both men and women traditionally?



3 Why nowadays Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing at work?



V Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (2.0 pts)

1 I don’t have a pen pal

 I wish I

2 I went to the university three years ago

 I have

3 They will open a new shop next month

 A new shop

4 “Do you do your homework?” I asked Nhi

 I asked Nhi

VI Use these jumbled sets of suggested words/ phrases to write an argument (1.0 pt)

1 My opinion/ students/ secondary school/ should/ casual clothes

2 Wearing casual clothes/ make/ students/ comfrortable

3 Wearing casual clothes/ give/ students/ freedom of choice

4 Wearing casual clothes/ make/ students/ self – confident

5 Wearing casual clothes/ make/ school/ colorful/ lively

6 Therefore/ students/ seconddary school/ should/ casual clothes

My opinion is studdents of secondary school should wear casual clothes

Therefore, students of secondary school should wear casual clothes

ANSWER KEYS

0.25 x 2= 0.5 pt

1 D recieve

2 B wanted

II Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B,C, or D) to complete each

sentence (3.5pts)

0.25 x 14= 3.5 pts

III Read the passage carefully, and then choose the correct answer to questions 1 - 6 (1.5pts)

0.25 x 6= 1.5 pts

1 B - attractive

2 A- appearance

3 C - how

4 D - colorful

5 B - fashionable

6 D - of

IV Read the passage carefully, then answer the following questions (1.5pts)

0.5 x 3= 1.5 pts

1 People have mentioned the ao dai in poems, novels and songs

2 Yes, it was

3 Because it is more convenient

V Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (2.0pts)

0.5 x 4= 2.0 pts

1 I wish I had a pen pal

2 I have gone to the university for three years

3 A new shop will be opened next month

4 I asked Nhi if she did her homework

VI Use these jumbled sets of suggested words/ phrases to write an argument (1.0pt)

0.25 x 4= 1.0 pts

My opinion is students of secondary school should wear casual clothes

Firstly, wearing casual clothes makes students feel comfortable.

Secondly, wearing casual clothes gives students freedom of choice

Thirdly, wearing casual clothes makes students feel self – confident

Finally, wearing casual clothes makes school more colorful and lively

Therefore, students of secondary school should wear casual clothes

LANGUAG

E AREAS

AND

SKILLS

PRONUNC

IATION 5%

Pronunciation of the ending "ed"

Pronunciation of some easy recognizing sounds

“e” vs “i”

1 / 0.25 / M.C

0.5

VOCABUL

ARY

GRAMMA

R

30%

VOCABULARY

Personal Information:

- A visit from a pen pal

- Clothing

GRAMMAR

Tenses: Present Perfect

Past progressive tense

Wish clauses

The Passive Voice

Prepositions

Used to

Reported speech

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1 / 0.25 / M.C

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12 / 3.0

SPEAKIN

 Making and responding to introduction

 Asking for and giving information

1 / 0.25 / M.C

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2 / 0.5

READING 30%

2 reading comprehension tests (150-180 words) about

Personal Information:

Clothing

2 / 0.5 / Q - A

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9/ 3.0

WRITING 30%

1 Rewrite the sentences

- Reported speech

- Wish

- The Passive Voice

- Present perfect tense

2 Write a personal letter

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Trans

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Guided writing

8 / 3.0