ĐỀ THI HỌC KÌ I - TIẾNG ANH 9 (SGD)
I. Choose the best word to complete the sentence :
1. What do you use the internet (to /from/with /for )
2. Do you my smoking in here?(want /worry /mind /concern )
3. Wearing casual clothes makes students comfortable (to feel /feel/feeling /felt)
4. The Malaysian .is the ringgit(monetary unit/unit of currency/money /1&2 are correct)
5. Which sentence is correct?
A. Two department stores have just been built in the area.
B. Two department stores have just built in the area.
C. Two department stores have been just built in the area.
6. We wish we a plane (flew/could fly /fly /did fly )
7. She to the theater by the Green last night (takes/took /was taken /is taken )
8. She describe herself a fashion designer (as /by in /from)
9. Vietnamese people are very and hospitable (friend /friendly /friendless
10. They haven’t kept in touch with each other (over 2 years /2 years ago /for 2 years /since
2 years )
II. Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the words
1. English is used in the world (wide )
2. He spends 2 hours a day the web (surf)
3. This restaurant is for its western meals (fame)
1/ widely 2/ surfing 3/ famous
III. Complete the sentence with a correct tag
1. We had a good time ,……………………… ? 3. You don’t like football, ?
2. Let’s go somewhere for a drink ,…………………? 4. I am late, ?
1/ didn’t we 2/ shall we 3/ do you 4/ aren’t I
IV. Rewrite the sentences
1. I am sorry I can’t speak English well
 I wish ……………………………………………………………………
2. “Have you hurt yourself ?”he asked .
 He asked Susan ………………………………………………….
3. I’d like you to help me shut the door

Name:…………………………………………………………………… Class: ………….
Mark Comments from the teachers
I. Language focus.
1. Phonetics (1pts)
* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. federation b. impress c. ethnic d. depend
2. a. currency b. busy c. compulsory d. puppet
3. a. official b. come c. capital d. secondary
4. a. instruction b. Islam c. soil d. correspond
2. Grammar, structures and vocabulary: (2.5pts)
1. Last night I was watching TV ……………the bell rang.
a. while b. then c. and d. when
2. This is a machine ………………… to cut the grass.
a. which used b. which is used c. which use d. which is using
3. ……………… you Chinese food yet?
a. have eaten b. have eat c. have ate d. has eaten
4. I went to the countryside………………… the weekends.
a. to b. by c. for d. from
5. Nam wish he ………… visit Hanoi again.
a. could b. shall c. will d. can
6. If he ………………………… hard, he will pass the exam.
a. study b. studies c. studied d. to study
7. He asked me where I ………………… ………………………
a. live b. lived c. am living d. did live
8. ………you……… a letter to Lan yet?
a. have wrote b. have written c. have write d. has written
9. Many woman today prefer wearing modern clothing traditional clothing.
a. to b. with c. from d. on
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10. Mr. Nam likes ………… football in the afternoon.

language as well.
1. What kinds of rules do all languages have? ……………………………………………
…………………………
2. How is meaning expressed in written languages?
.………………………………………………………………… ………………
3. How is meaning expressed in spoken languages?.
….………………………………………………………………… ………………
4. What is more important in English in comparison with some languages?
….………………………………………………………………… ………………
5. How do people learn English and language in general?.
….………………………………………………………………… ………………
IV. Wrting.
*Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them:
(2.5pts)
1. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876
The Statue
2- “Do you know the name of the person who first climbed Mount Everest?”
He said
3- She last ate this kind of food in January.
She hasn’t
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4- Walking in the rain gives my brother pleasure.
My brother enjoys
5- Have you ever played a computer game before?
Is this
ỦY BAN NHÂN DÂN ……………. ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I – LỚP 9 – NH 2007 - 2008
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC MÔN KIỂM TRA : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian : 60 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )

Họ và tên học sinh: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giám thò 1

C. Yes, Here’s Lan D. No, I am Maryam
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(13-16) Use the correct form of the words in parentheses: (1pt)
13. She was really impressed by the ___________________of Vietnamese people. (friend)
14. We had an _______________________picnic in the Botanical Garden. (enjoy)
15. The government should _______________________the system of traffic. (modern)
16. The band performed very ______________________in the concert last night. (impress)
(17-20) Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: (1pt)
17. My father used to smoking cigarettes, but he doesn’t now. _________
A B C D
18. Mrs. Parker works part-time at a grocery store in a near town. _________
A B C D
19. I would like some informations about your school. __________
A B C D
20. It’s interested that so many people likes living in the countryside. _________
A B C D
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(21-28) Read the passage and choose the best answers: (2pts)
For every season – winter, spring, summer, and fall – there are new clothes and new fashions in
the stores. Colors and styles keep (21)___________________. One season black is the “in” color,
(22)___________________the next season everyone is wearing orange or pink or gray. One season tight-
fitting clothes are fashionable, and the next season (23)__________________ clothes are “in”.
The length of women’s skirts goes up (24)____________________down from year to year. Each
season there is always a “correct” length and (25)___________________your skirt is just a little too long or
too short some people will think that you are very unfashionable.
Keeping up (26)____________________the fashions can be very expensive. So one way to
(27)___________________money is never to throw your old clothes out. If you wait long enough, the

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