Class: 9A…
Name:……………………..

THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST
ENGLISH 9


Question I. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. 3pts
1.My students love _________ English very much.
A. learn
B. learnt
C. learning
D. to learn

2.My house__________________ yesterday.
A. repaired
B. is repaired
C. was repaired
D. were repaired

3. I don’t have a computer at home, _________I can’t get access to the Internet.
A. however
B. so
C. although
D. but

4. Please turn _______ the light when you leave the room.
A. on B. off C.up D. down
5.The children in my home village used ______ bare-footed, even in winter.
A. to go
B. went
C. goes
D. going

6.If I _________________free time , I will go swimming.
A. have B. has C. is having D. will have
7.Every nation has respect for their long-preserved ______. A. behaviours B. practices C. traditions D. traditional
8.They have seen this film, _________________
A. do they B. don’t they C. haven’t they D. have they
9. Nam looks forward to _____ Giang soon.
A. see B. seeing C. seen D. saw
10. I invited him to join our trip to Ha Long Bay , but he ______ down my invitation.
A. passed B. sat C. turned D.closed
11.They have moved to England ____________ 1999.
A. since
B. at
C. on
D. in

12.We have to try harder so that our handicrafts can keep _____ theirs.
A. on B. up C. up with D. up down
Question II. Write the correct form of the verb in each bracket. 1.5pts
1. My house (build) ________________________ yesterday.
2. He (live) ________________here for four years.
3.If the weather is fine , we ( go)_____________ for a picnic
4.Nga asked me where I (buy)_______________ that car.
5.My brother likes (play)_____________ basketball after school.
6. When I was a child, I used (go)____________swimming in the river.
Question III. Give the correct form of the words given in brackets. 1pts
1. One of the ________________ in my hometown is the traditional market, which is open every Sunday. (ATTRACT)
2. What are the differences between Dong Ho _______________ and Sinh ones? (PAINT)
3.My brothers are ____________.They have collected a lot of foreign stamps. (COLLECT).
4.Getting to the village is a very __________________journey.(INTEREST)
Question IV . Use the words in the box to complete the paragraph. 1,5pts

friendship - knowledge - of - useful – many - what

English is a very (1)..............................language. If we know English, we can go to any countries we like. We will not find it hard to make people understand (2)........................we want to say. English also helps us learn all kinds (3)....................subjects. Hundreds of books are written in English every day in (4).....................countries. English has also helped to spread ideas and (5).....................to all corners of the world. Therefore, the English language has helped to spread better understanding and (6).......................among countries of the world.
Question V. Read the passage and answer the questions below. 2pts
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making more.
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.
Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA.
Questions
1.Wherewas Bill Gates born ?
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