KIỂM TRA 1 TIẾT - UNIT 8-9

Name: ______________________ TEST ONE PERIOD
Class: _____________ (the ninth form)
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I. Listen. Then do the tasks (2ms)
True or false :( 1m)
______1. Tet usually begins in early January or late February.
______2. People often make their houses nice and new for Tet.
______3. Tet is the time for family members to be together.
______4. Passover and Easter occurs at the same time.
______5. Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in the USA.
Answer the questions: (1m)
1. When are Passover and Easter celebrated? _________________________________________________
2. What do people usually do on Passover? ___________________________________________________
3. Which food do Jewish families eat? ______________________________________________________
4. Are there colorful parades on the streets on Easter Day? ______________________________________
5. Who receive chocolate or sugar eggs? ____________________________________________________
II. Phonetics :( 2ms)
A. Choose the same pronunciation with the given word: (1m)
1. a. erupt b. funnel c. thunder d. hurricane
2. a. check b. chocolate c. charity d. Christmas
3. a. apart b. damage c. candle d. blanket
4. a. describe b. destroy c. decorate d. decide
B. Stress the following words: (1m)
behave, carriage, severe, occur, earthquake, furniture, occasion, expect, volcano, highland, tornado,
experience, parade, tidal, abrupt, collapse, extensive, typhoon, temperature, Pacific Rim.
III. Choose the best answer for each sentence: (2ms)
1. Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt ______ in the underwater movement of the Earth (shift / exchange /
difference / turn)
2. Tornadoes are funnel-______ storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm (shaped / measure /
numbered / sized)
3. On Easter day, people ______ the streets to watch colorful parades (gather / crowd / include / clear)

4. Here’s tomorrow’s weather forecast. Hanoi will ________ temperatures between 22
o
C and 28
o
C (behave /
suffer / welcome / experience)
5. It rained yesterday _________ (though the weather bureau predicted the fine weather / inspite of the fine
weather / because the fine weather / though weather forecasting)
6. A huge earthquake ______ the city of Kobe in Japan in 1995 (bit / struck / kicked / clapped)
7. The cyclone of November 1970 in Bangladesh, which killed about 500,000 people was one of the worst
natural ______ of the 20
th
century (disaster / collapses / deaths / killings)
8. On Passover, Jewish people celebrate freedom ____ slavery. (on / for / from / to)
9. _______ Mrs. Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan with his homework (despite / inspite of / though / because)
10. Mr. Wilson, ____ yesterday, teaches chemistry. (I met / whom I met / that I met / with who I met)
11. Auld Lang Syne is the title of a Scottish song ________ means “good time long ago.” (who / which /
having / with)
12. The men and animals ____ you saw on TV are from China.(who / whom / which / that)
13. Thuy’s grandma wants her to _____ the volume on TV because she wants to listen to the weather forecast
(turn down / turn off / turn out / turn up)
14. Don’t forget to bring _______ a raincoat (along / on / at / with)
15. Although ________, we got home on time (the heavy snow / snowing heavily / it snowed heavily / the fact
that it snowed heavily)
16. I saw the boy _______ helped me last week. (who / which / whose / whom)
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17. ________ may tourists do not understand Vietnamese culture very much, they enjoy festivals in Vietnam
(although / because / so / and)
18. Family members ______ live apart try to be together at Tet (who / whom / which / where)
19. Mount Pinatubo, ______ a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991 (It / that / which / where)

20. Is Dr. Brown the person ____ you wish to speak? (him / who / whom / which)
III. Reading the text carefully. Then do the tasks: (2ms)
Almost all countries in the world have a day for children to think of their mothers. Viet Nam is no
exception. Vietnamese people choose Lunar July 15
th
as a day to appreciate all mothers we have a special
name for this occasion, the Vu Lan season .
On this day , people often go to pagodas pray for the best things for their mothers . It is a tradition that
every child wears a rose on his or her shirt. Those whose mothers are still alive wear red roses and those
whose mothers passed away wear white roses . A Vietnamese musician wrote a song named Bong Hong Cai
Ao to pray their mothers . He compared mothers to the sun , the smiles and the stars . On this occasion ,
everyone hopes to wear red roses since the greatest happiness of all , to Vietnamese people , is to have a
mother alive .
Vietnamese people are proud of this traditional celebration because it is a characteristic of a culture
based on sentimental values.
Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or False (F).
1. Viet Nam has no Mother’s Day.
2. The Vu Lan season is an occasion to appreciate all mothers.
3. Children send girls and cards to their mothers on this occasion.
4. All children wear red roses on this occasion.
5. The song Bong Hong Cai Ao was composed to praise all mothers.
IV. Use the suggested words to complete the sentences and then to make a meaningful passage.
(2ms)
1. it/be/necessary/have a day/celebrate/our parents.
2. children/have/special day/express/feeling/memories and love/their parents.
3. we/have/opportunity/enhance/family traditions.
4. Members of families/have/chance/get together.
5. children/give/parents/flowers/send/cards/bring/special cakes/and/serve/parents/food/they like best.
6. I/believe/idea/be supported.
7. it/be celebrated/nationwide

8. Everybody/love/parents/wan/be/happy.
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