THE 2
ND
MID TERM ENGLISH TEST
GRADE :9
TH

Date of testing : ..../ 3/ 2009 (Time: 45 minutes)
Feedback :.... /3/ 2009
I. Listening: Listen to the teacher reading the text twice and choose the best word
in the brackets. (2Ps)
Last week, during a class (discussion / discount / discussing) about using paper, a question
was raised, “What do people do with waste paper?”. The students in Jack’s class were
(amazing/ amazed / massage) to learn that every household in Great Britain (product/
production / produces) an average of five kilos of waste paper a week. And every day of the
year (throughout / through / through our) the world, about twenty million paper bags and
newspapers are screwed and thrown away. Making paper requires a lot of wood pulp and the
(works / work / working) of millions of workers. Many countries have had (plans / plants /
planes) to (cycle / reduce / recycle) waste paper to save money and labor. In countries where
there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much as sixty percent of the waste
paper. for every ton of recycled newsprint, (twelve / twenty / tells ) trees can be saved.
II. Grammar and vocabulary.(3Ps)
1. Choose the best word to complete the sentences.(2.P)
1) The man ................................ is sitting over there is my brother.
a. who b. whom c. which d. where
2) I repair water pipes. I am a .....................................
a. Carpenter b. plumber c. locksmith d. brick layer
3) He helped me with my homework............................... he was tired.
a. However b. although c. since d. because
4) I suggest........................................ soccer.
a. to play b. played c. play d. playing
2. Combine these pairs of sentences using relative pronouns.(1.P)

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Sunday of June / when / we / not / have / go / school / parents /
not / work.
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3. We / hold / party/ congratulate / show / loves / memories / fathers.
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4. Think / idea / support / Vietnamese children/ celebrate / nationwide.
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Good luck to you
The reading passage for the examiners
Last week, during a class discussion about using paper, a question was raised, “What do people
do with waste paper?.” The students in Jack’s class were amazed to learn that every household
in Great Britain produces an average of five kilos of waste paper a week. And every day of the
year throughout the world, about twenty million paper bags and newspapers are screwed and
thrown away. Making paper requires a lot of wood pulp and the work of millions of workers.
Many countries have had plans to recycle waste paper to save money and labor. In countries
where there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much as sixty percent of the
waste paper. for every ton of recycled newsprint, twelve trees can be saved.