revision 2 - grade 9

THE FINAL FIRST- TERM TEST 2
I. Listening. (2mks)
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from that of the others
1. a. closing b. deposit c. maize d. respond
2. a. design b. sign c. singular d. Mausoleum
3. a. tropical b. optional c. minority d. novel
III. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that
in the rest
4. a. institute b. grocery c. arrange d. documentary
5. a. amount b. experience c. comprise d. cotton
IV. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each
sentence
6. She doesn’t depend __________ her parents because she gets high
income. (in, on, at, for)
7. The 1960s’ fashion were __________ jeans, painted jeans and so on.
(plain, faded, embroidered, plaid)
8. In Japan, the __________ is rainy and humid with four seasons.
(nation, ringgit, region, climate)
9. The word “jeans” came __________ a kind of material that was made
in Europe. (for, from, of, with)
10. His parents always _____________ him to join the charity work.
(impress, insist, encourage, economize)
11. They ___________ in Nha Trang since they were little. (has lived,
have lived, lived, being lived)
12. They sell a variety of foot at this town _________. (grocery, farm,
field, park)
13. Tam, a(n) _____________ student in USA, is now living with the
Carmens family in Kansas city. (primary, exchange, exciting,
encouraging)
14. We wish Dustin ____________ lose his language game. (don’t,

didn’t, won’t, doesn’t)
15. Colin has written a lot of poems. He is a _______________.
(musician, novelist, singer, poet)
16. Many Vietnamese women today often prefer ___________ clothing
at work. (traditional, embroidered, convenient, modern)
17. Designers have taken ____________ from Vietnam’s ethnic
minorities to modernize the aodai. (inspiration, tradition, fashion,
convenience)
18. We should travel to DaLat to enjoy the beautiful ____________ on
the way. (campus, scenery, reputation, institute)

V. Make questions for the underlined words. (2mks)
For centuries, poets, writers, and musicians have (19) _________ the
aodai in poems, novels, and songs. The aodai is the traditional dress of
Vietnamese women. It consists of a long silk (20) ____________ that is
slit on the sides and worn over the (21) __________ pants. Traditionally,
it was usually worn by both men and women. The design and material
used for men were different from those used for women. Nowadays,
women usually wear it, (22) ___________ on special occasions.
However, many Vietnamese women today often prefer to wear modern
clothing at work, because it is more (23) ______________.
19. talked about mentioned wrote made
20. dress shirt tunic cloth
21. loose short long tight
22. especially fortunately usually really
23. beautiful modern convenient lovely
VI. Read, then decide if each statement below the passage is True (T) of
False (F)
Levis Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. He started making jeans
from cotton cloth from Nimes, France. “De Nimes” means “from

Nimes”. People called this cloth denim. Denim was popular in the
fifteenth century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his
ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word “jeans” comes
from the word “Genoa”. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United
States, from the idea and the kind of cloth came from Europe. The names
came from France and Italy. Today, jeans are the most popular kind of
clothing in the world. Everybody wears jeans because they want to be
modern, young, and independent.
24. Levis Strauss made jeans from a kind of silk.
25. Christopher used jeans for the sails of his ships.
26. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States
27. Jeans are worn because they make people look modern, young and
independent.
VII. Choose the underlined words or phrases that must be change for
the sentence to be correct
28. He is used to go to bed late.
A B C D
29. Lan has learnt English for ten years ago.
A B C D
30. Most of the housework used to be do by hand.
A B C D
31. The last time she has gone out with him was two years ago.
A B C D
VIII. Use the correct form of the word in parentheses to fill in each
blank
32. They _____________ me to join the family to Hue last year. (invite)
33. Many designers took __________ form Vietnam’ ethnic minorities.
(inspire)
34. He is a strict _________________. (exam)
35. He is the new _____________ of this newspaper. (edition)

IX. Complete the unfinished sentence in such away that it means the
same as the sentence printed above it.
37. How long is it since you saw tom?
When _____________________________________________.
38. He is too young to go to school alone.
He is ______________________________________________.
39. “I have to go now” the father said to his son.
The father told his son ________________________________.
40. It is interesting to go out with friends at weekends.
Going out __________________________________________.