SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I-NĂM HỌC 2018-2019
MÔN : Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian : 45 phút
I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence or do as directed.(3ms)
1. Do you know who’s _____________ his pottery workshop?
A. bringing out
B. taking over
C. passing down
D. turning down
C. is cooking
D. cooked
2. She burnt her hand while she___________ dinner.
A. was cooking
B. cooks
3. Their children have all grown __________and left home for the city to work.
A. out
B. up
C. of
D. in
4. __________________that there is water on Mars.
A. It believes
B. It says
C. It thinks
D. It has been discovered
5. There will be a lot of work to do in this preservation project. I ___________forming a team of five.
A. suggesting
B. suggest
C. suggest that
D. to suggest
C. went
D. going
C. since
D. from
6. They can’t decide who _______ first.
A. go
B. to go
7. She has taught English here ________ 10 years.
A. in
B. for
8. Today's cities are_______ than cities in previous times.
A. lots larger
B. much larger
largest
C. as large
D. the
9. My parents ___________to study with the help of computers in their time.
A. wasn’t used
B. didn’t used
C. did not use
D. don’t use
10. . Lots of people choose to buy houses in the suburbs ________ they can avoid the noise and pollution in the
city.
A. although
B. when
C. so that
D. so as
11. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
A. mould
B. proud
C. shout
D. about
C. delighted
D. occasion
12. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern:
A. determine
B. artisan
II. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses to complete each sentence.(1m)
1. Photography is strictly ________________ in this museum.
(FORBID)
2. These _______live mainly on farming and making incenses when crops are over.( VILAGE)
III .Compete each sentence with the correct tense of from of the verb in parentheses.(1m)
1. She asked me if I ________ pop music.
(LIKE)
2. The children are looking forward to ____________ lucky money on Tet Holiday. ( GET)
IV.Reading.1. Read the passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word from the list.(1m)
when
was
am
after
with
for
at
When I (1) ________ a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a
palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. (2) _______ I grew up, the house and garden seemed smaller
but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (3)
_________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I looked (4)___________
books which were more interesting than my children's book at home.
V. Read the passage and answer the questions below.(2ms)
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. When he was at school, his teacher considered
him to be a slow student. Because hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons. But with
only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history.
Edison's most famous invention was the electric light bulb. He also invented the phonograph, and made
improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology.
Edison had a special life. He married twice with five children. He loved books had excellent memory and
always showed curiosity about science. Although he had hearing problems, he refused to have an operation for
his deafness. He said that silence helped him concentrate. He always worked very hard and often had only four
hours of sleep every day. He used to say "Genius was I percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration". When
he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas.
1.When was Thomas Edison born?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Did he have difficulty in hearing?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. What was Edison's most famous invention?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. How long did he use to work every day?
___________________________________________________________________________
V. Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the word(s)
given(2ms)
1. Because of his broken leg, he didn’t take part in the contest yesterday
Because his……………………………………………………………………….……………
2. Don’t leave the lights on when you leave the classroom. (OFF)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. . Despite the bad weather, we went out for a picnic.
Although………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. “I will go to my village next week” Mr.Nick said.
Mr. Nick said ………………………………………………………………………………….