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the first-semester examination for grade 9
(Time: 45 minutes)

Exercise 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Peole who know Salley Ride say she is intelligent and confident. She also thinks deeply abot
things, but she is not always serious. She is fun and enjoys humor but she is in a hurry to get
on to more important things.

At high school she became interested in science. At university she studied English and
Physics. After completing her studies at Standord University, she worked as a researcher. In
1977, she was one of the 1,000 women and 7,000 men who applied for the astronaut training
program when she was 25. She was one of the 35 women who were accepted to start the
program in 1978. As part of her training, she learnt to be a jet pilot and a flight engineer. She
married during her traingin. Her husband, Havley, is also an astronaut. They do not plan to
have any children yet.

1. Who did she marry?

2. Is she a pleant woman? How do you know?
3. What did she learn?

4. What was she interested in at high school?
5. How old is Salley Ride now?

Exercise 2: Find the choice that best completes the sentence.
6. What aspect of ……… English do you find difficult?

A. study B. studied C. learning D. learnt

7. I can complete a………. English test if you want.

A. spoke B. speaking C. spoken D. speak

8. By learning English, you can get access to the world’s

A. develop B. development C. diveloped D. developing

9. Can you tell me who………. this kind of machine?

A. invention B. inventor C. invented D. inventive

10. She thinks chatting on the Internet is time………

A. consumption B. consumer C. consuming D. comsume

11. This year the only award for the……….. student belongs to him.

A. good B. best C. well D. better

12. She said that she……… learning English with you.

A. liked B. to like C. like D. liking

13. Don’t forget……….. the letter for me! I won’t.

A. posted B. posting C. post D. to post

14. I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s endition of the Vietnam News.

A. advertise B. advertiser C. advertising D. advertisement

15. Going swimming in the summer is very interstin, ……… it?

A. are B. isn’t C. aren’t D. is

16. If you study at The Brighton Language Center – UK, you can live in………. on campus.

A. dormitory B. mobile room C. hotel D. private room

17. He thinks that……….. on the Internet is a waste of time.

A. chatter B. chat C. to chat D. chatting

18. Your teacher writes poems or stories, ………. she?

A. didn’t B. won’t C. don’t D. doesn’t

19. They couldn’t pass the final………

A. exam B. examining C. examination D. examine

20. She asked me where I…………. from.

A. come B. coming C. came D. to come

21. Who told you of the news? The……… may not be correct.

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22. I have sent you a lot of letters but you have never been

A. responsively B. respond C. responsive D. response

23. The restaurant has the ………. for serving some of the finest food.

A. reputed B. reputation C. reputable D. repute

24. If you want to attend the course, you……… pass the examination.

A. could B. have to C. had to D. has to

25. Excuse me. Can I …………. in this area?

A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoked D. smoking

Exercise 3: Rewrite each of the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the
same.

26. What about going to the cinama tonight?
Shall we……….

27. “Why don’t you go with me?”, he asked me.
He asked me why…………..

28. People have used the Internet all over the world.
The In ternet has……….

29. Does he spend most of free time playing video games?
Does it take…………

Exercise 4: Listen and choose the best answer.
30.

A. many B. much C. more D. less
31.

A. on B. from C. at D. since

32.

A. on B. within C. at D. in

33.

A. unnecessary B. unnecessarily C. necessary D. necessity
Exercise 5: Make sentence from the suggested words.

34. mother / money / always / me / and / my / spend / some / sweets / gives / on / and
magazines

35. picked / garden / of / some / classmates / from / fruits / the / three / my.

36. phone / her / should / return home / tell / we / to / late / to / your / going / are / mother?
37. exam / to / calculator / were / a / allowed / the / use / in / you / ?

Exercise 6: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others.

38.

A. persuade B. detail C. exercise D. intermediate

39.

A. candidate B. examine C. campus D. award

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