GRADE 9- Unit 6 (Ms Thuong)
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I.

Complete the following sentences with the correct word.
Strawhat

tiled roof

facility

trench

uniform

thatched house

1.Fifty years ago, we had very few schools and the rows of classrooms looked like………………. .
2.During wartime, all around the rows of classrooms there were ……………… so that children could
shelter from bombs.
3.Modern classrooms are well equipped with various………………..  including bookshelves, cassette
players, or computers.
4.In the past, school children didn't often wear………………  like they do today.
5.The only things that made school children in the past look alike were their……………..  and rubber
sandals.
6.In the past, many classrooms in Viet Nam were made of mud and straw and few
had……………….. .
II. Fill in each blank the suitable word.
Disobedient /cooperation /nuclear /privacy /tolerant /annoying /patient
I wish I were living in a (1)…………….  family, with just my parents. At the moment my
grandparents, my parents, my uncle's family, and my two siblings all live together in the same house. I
feel that I don't have much (2) ………………. I have to share almost everything with so many people,
and the most (3) ………………. thing is the television time. Everyone has different ideas about what
to watch. What's more, there is no (4) ………………. when it comes to decision making. Most of the
time, the elders make the decisions, and the younger family members just have to go along with it. If I
raise my voice, people consider me (5)……………….. , but if I try to be (6)  ………………..of the
situation, I feel that I'm not myself. Because of my living situation, I've learnt to be (7)
………………….  and easy-going.
III. Rewrite thae following sentence.
1.She was so unprofessional that she didn't prepare for the presentation.
→ It was ……………….
2.It was confident of her to say that she would win first prize.
→ She was ………………..
3.Our teacher was relieved when he heard that all of his students had made progress.
→ Our teacher ………………..
4.It was surprising for me to learn that he is the only child in his family.
→ I was ………………….
5.They know very well that physical education is an important school subject.
→ They are …………………
6.The mother was happy when she learned that her daughter had enjoyed herself at the party.
→ The mother …………………………..
IV. Read the pasage and choose the best answer.

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The railway system in Viet Nam was first built in 1899, when Viet Nam was still a French colony. The
total (1)_____ of the railroad is over 3,000 km, with the main route being the North-South (2)______,
which is 1,726 km long. This track was considered the backbone of Indochina at the time. Now, the
rail system (3)______ 35 out of the 63 cities and provinces of Viet Nam.
However, the system was (4)______ damaged by bombings during the war. In 1975, after the
reunification of the north and the south, the Vietnamese government decided to (5)______ the system.
In the space of a year, hundreds of bridges, tunnels, and stations were restored, along with 660 km of
tracks. The new and improved system was (6)______ the Thong Nhat Express. Thanks to the rail
system, travelling from north to south has become much more (7)______ for tens of thousands of
people.
In the past, in order to be able to buy train tickets people had to wait in long lines. Now, (8)______ can
buy tickets online, or at the central station, without having to wait that long.
1.
A.long
B.length
C.wide
2.
A.Railway
B.Road
C.Route
3.
A.uncovers B.discovers
C.covers
4.
A.seriously B.importantly
C.serious
5.
A.build
B.restore
C.grow
6.
A.recalled
B.known
C.considered
7.
A.convenient B.uncomfortable
C.harder
8.
A.buyers
B.visitors
C.passengers
V. Read the passage then choose the best answer.

D.will
D.Way
D.stretches
D.very
D.upgrade
D.renamed
D.modern
D.attendants

Chu Van An High School is one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Viet Nam.
Established in 1908 by the French, the school was located beside the West Lake, and was originally
named after the location it was in. It is a very pleasant, spacious school with great views of the lake
from
the
classroom
windows.
In 1943, the school was moved to Ninh Binh, and was not moved back to Ha Noi until 1945. In that
year, the school was renamed Chu Van An, after a famous Vietnamese Confucianism teacher of the
Tran Dynasty. Professor Nguyen Gia Tuong became the first Vietnamese principal of the school.
Many famous people like ex-Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Doctor Ton That Tung, and poet Xuan
Dieu used to be the school's students.
Today the school is still located in the same area, and has maintained its prestige, as well as its
reputation as one of the top schools in Ha Noi. It is very difficult to be admitted to the school. Every
year, there are around three thousand applicants but only about five hundred are admitted. Those
applicants have to take an entrance examination conducted by the Department of Education and
Training of Ha Noi.
1.The passage mainly discusses ___________.
A.Chu Van An, the teacher
B.Chu Van An School in the future
C.Chu Van An School over time
D.the difficulty of being admitted to Chu Van An School
2.All of the following are true about the school EXCEPT ___________.
A.the school was originally named after the location it is in
B.the school admits three thousand students every year.
C.the school has a view of the West Lake D.the school is large
3.The word ‛principal' is closest in meaning to __________.
A.teacher
B.head teacher
C.founder
D.supporter
4.The word ‛prestige' in the passage mostly means ___________.
A.respect
B.fame
C.status
D.position

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5. It can be understood from the passage that ___________.
A.students of the school are very smart
B.the school fees are very high
C.only children from prestigious families can enter the schoolD.the teachers at the school earn a lot of
money
VI. Choose the best answer
1.I used to having a very good time with my grandparents when I was a child.
A.to having
B.time
C.grandparents
D.was
2.They are getting used to walking to school in two months.
A.are getting
B.to walking
C.to
D.in two
3.I wish I can go to see all the wonders which have been recognised by UNESCO.
A.can go
B.wonders
C.have
D.recognised
4.They wished that time will be turned back so that they could go kite-flying with other kids.
A.wished
B.will be turned
C.could go
D.kite-flying
5.He suggested to go to Phong Nha Cave since it's a famous natural wonder of Viet Nam.
A.to go
B.since
C.it's a
D.natural wonder
6.It was reported that the city had invested more on the preservation of it's wonders.
A.was reported
B.had invested
C.preservationD.it's wonders
7.It is annoying that many of the village's customs have replaced with new ones
A.annoying
B.village's
C.have replacedD.new
8.The doctor suggested that he should drink more water, and took a lot of rest.
A.suggested
B.should
C.more water D.took
9.The environmentalist suggest planting more trees to improve the city's landscape and the
environment as well.
A.suggest
B.planting
C.city's landscapeD.as well
10.I am confident that life in the country has improved significant in the last five years.
A.confident that
B.country
C.significant
D.the last
VII. Rewrite the following sentences
1.It's not a good idea to use the village's land to build new roads. (wouldn't)
→ I…………………………………………………………………………………………… .
2.You should visit the historical places of the area. (worth)
→ It is …………………………………………………………………………………….
3.He suggested seeing Trang An, a natural wonder of our area. (visit)
→ What about ……………………………………………………………………………….?
4.The sleepy villages are expected to mushroom into crowded towns within two years. (supposed)
→ The sleepy villages ………………………………………………………………………...
5.It is important to educate children to preserve traditional values. (necessary)
→ It is …………………………………………………………………………………………….
*The end*

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