Phòng GD & ĐT Cái Bè Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Trường THCS Thị Trấn Cái Bè Độc lập _ Tự do – Hạnh phúc
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM - NĂM HỌC: 2011 - 2012
Môn Tiếng Anh 9. Thời gian: 60 phút
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Question 1: Rewrite each sentence, beginning with the given words (1,5 pt)
1. My mother has cleaned the room carefully. ( The room ….……….. ……...
2. I don’t have a computer. ( I wish ……………………….
3. She started working in that factory in 2006. ( She has worked……………..
Question 2: Pick out ONE best option to complete the following sentences (2.5 pts)
1. Long used to (take, be taken, took, taking) to the movie theater by his father.
2. Buddhism is the official _______in Malaysia. (association, generation, religion, introduction)
3. Maryam was really ______ by the beauty of Ha Noi. (impressed, impress, impression, impressive)
4. We have learned English ………four years. (in, during, for, since)
5. Jean cloth is very strong and hardly ______ (depend on, put on, go up, wear out)
6. Jean cloth _____ completely from cotton in the 18th century. (made, was made, was making, is made)
7. English is a(n)_______second language in both Malaysia and Viet Nam. (practical, convenient, compulsory, industrial)
8. I can’t understand those visitors. I wish I ______ English better. (know, have known, knew, will know)
9. My old friends ______ me last night. ( are visited, visited, were visiting, have visited)
10. _____ French with native people yet? (Did you learn, Were you learning, Have you learned, Do you learn)
Question 3: Pick out the word that is pronounced differently from the others (0.5 pt)
1. A. pattern B. practical C. traditional D. banyan
2. A. striped B. divide C. unique D. design
Question 4: Pick out the word that has the different stress pattern in each case (0.5 pt)
1. A. instruction B. mausoleum C. generation D. economic
2. A. currency B. practical C. worship D. encourage
Question 5: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense and form (1.0 pt)
1. Mai (design)__________ a new dress for her little sister yesterday.
2. I wish I (not live)___________ in such a noisy city.
3. Our father used to (smoke)___________ a lot, but now he doesn’t smoke any more.
4. Their lives (improve)_____________ since they got good jobs.
Question 6: Read the passage below and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) (2,0 pts)
The _(1)_ dress of Vietnamese women is the Ao dai. It _(2)_ in poems, novels and songs by poets, writers and musicians for centuries. Traditionally, it was frequently worn _(3)_ both men and women. Nowadays, women usually wear it, especially on special occasions. Today, Vietnamese women prefer to wear _(4)_ clothing at work because it is more convenient. Now fashion designers want to change the traditional Ao dai. They have printed lines of poetry on the Ao dai, _(5)_ they look very modern and fashionable. Other designers have taken inspiration _(6)_ Vietnam’s ethnic minorities. They have studied traditional designs and _(7)_ such as suns, stars, crosses, and stripes. They have added these patterns to the Ao dai, so Vietnamese women can continue to wear the unique dress, which _(8)_ now both traditional and fashionable.
1. A. tradition B. traditions C. traditionally D. traditional
2. A. is mentioned B. has mentioned C. has been mentioned D. was mentioned
3. A. for B. by C. from D. with
4. A. modern B. unique C. traditional D. compulsory
5. A. but B. so C. because D. although
6. A. into B. about C. from D. to
7. A. styles B. subjects C. materials D. symbols
8. A. is B. are C. be D. was
Question 7: Write an exposition to express your idea that secondary school students should wear casual clothes to school (