Đề khảo sát tiếng anh lớp 9 đầu năm (2)

PHÒNG GD-ĐT TRỰC NINH
TRƯỜNG THCS TRỰC THÁI
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
Thời gian: 45 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Họ và tên: ………………………………
Lớp: ……… Số báo danh ……………
Trường:…………………………………
Đề gồm 03 trang
Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ giấy thi này
PART I - PHONETICS (1.0 POINT)
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D in each sentence before the word that has the underlined
part pronounced differently from the rest (1.0pt).
1. A. show B. follow C. how D. throw
2. A. factory B. liquify C. pretty D. candy
3. A. hour B. happy C. homework D. ahead
4. A. collected B. stopped C. attended D. visited
5. A. cooks B. stops C. likes D. weighs
PART II - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4.0 POINTS)
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences (2.0 pts).
1. ___________I speak to Sandra, please?
A. Must B. Ought C. Have D. May
2. Jack is fond ___________ listening to pop music.
A. of B. at C. on D. in
3. David is famous ___________ his books.
A. of B. in C. at D. for
4. What is Santa Clause ___________on ?
A. made B. seen C. looked D. based
5. It is a ___________ contest.

A. cooking rice B. rice-cooking C. rice cook D. ricing-cooked
6. I feel ___________.
A. happiness B. happily C. happy D. to be happy
7. My mother often tell me not to drive car
A. fastly B. fast C. in fast D. fasts
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Điểm bài thi
Bằng số: …………………………
Bằng chữ: ………………… …
Họ và tên chữ kí hai giám khảo
Giám khảo 1: ……………………….…
Giám khảo 2: …………………………
Số phách
Họ tên giám thị
Giám thị 1: ………………………………
Giám thị 2: ………………………………
Số phách
8. In order___________ remember words better, we should learn harder.
A. for B. on C. to D. that
9. Could you me a favor, please?
A. make B. get C. do D. doing
10. sing for peace.
A. Let’s B. Let’s us C. Let D. Let is
II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses (2.0 pts)
1. She likes (begin) ________________ knitting but hates finishing it.
2. I don’t enjoy (drive) ________________ alone in the evening.
3. The sun always (rise) ________________ in the east. Look, it (rise) _______________!
4. How long ________________ you (know) ________________ Mrs. Chi?
I (know) ________________ her for five years.
5. While my sister and I (watch) ________________ a movie on TV last night, our uncle in the

USA (phone) ________________.
PART III - READING COMPREHENSION (3.0 POINTS)
I. Read the passage and then decide whether each of the statements are true (T) or false
(F). (1.0 pt)
Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about.
However, in reality it has both advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside. First
you can enjoy peace and quiet. Second, there is less traffic, so it is safer for young children.
Third, everything is cheaper in the city.
However, it is difficult for young people to find good jobs and children can’t get better
entertainment in the countryside.
1. __________ Living in the countryside is the best.
2. __________ One of the disadvantages of living in the countryside is that you can enjoy
peace and quiet.
3. __________There is no traffic in the countryside.
4. __________ It is difficult for young people in the countryside to find good jobs.
5. __________ Children can’t get better entertainment in the countryside.
II. Read this passage carefully then do the tasks given below (2.0 pts)
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to
Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston
University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long
distance.
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This led to the invention of the telephone. Thomas Watson was Bell's assistant. Bell and
Watson introduced the telephone in 1876. Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of
exhibitions. He died in 1922.
1. When and where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
____________________________________________________________________________
2. What did he do when he was at Boston University?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. Who was Thomas Watson?

____________________________________________________________________________
4. What did Bell and Watson do in 1876?
____________________________________________________________________________
5. How old was Bell when he died?
____________________________________________________________________________
PART IV - WRITING (2.0 POINTS)
I. Rewrite the following sentences in such another way which has the same meaning with
the first sentences. (1.0 pt)
1. She loves playing games in her free time.
She enjoys _________________________________________________________________.
2. “Please help me,” the mother said to her son.
The mother told ___________________________________________________________.
3. They built the house in 1990.
The house _________________________________________________________________.
4. Can you open the window, please?
Would you mind ___________________________________________________________?
5. She is intelligent. She can do that work.
She is intelligent enough ______________________________________________________
II. Complete the following sentences by using the suggested words. (1.0 pt)
1. Lan/ like/ learn English
____________________________________________________________________________
2. She/ learn/ this foreign language/ 4 years ago.
____________________________________________________________________________
3. She/ always/ want/ improve her English.
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Last week/ she/ buy/ English-Vietnamese dictionary.
____________________________________________________________________________
5. She/ often/ use/ it/ for reading.
____________________________________________________________________________
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