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BÀI ĐỀ NGHỊ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I KHỐI 9 NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
I.
Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 pts)

1. Could you tell me ________________ is it from here to the bus stop ?
A. how long
B. how far
C. how often
D. how much
2. “I wish I could visit your village again some day, Ba.”
- “__________”
A. Too true!
B. You’re always welcome! C. Yes, let’s!
D. What a day!
3. They often plant rice and raise cattle _______ a living in my village
A. to
B. in
C. for
D. of
4. I don’t think these students take part in charity activities in their town , …………..?
A. do they
B. don’t they
C. aren’t I
D. don’t I
5. We are looking forward ________________from you.
A. hearing
B. to hear
C. hear
D. to hearing

11. The information I got from the assistant were so confusing that I didn’t know what to do
A
B
C
D
12. We don’t live in the countryside any longer now. We used to live in the countryside any longer .
A
B
C
D
III.

Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence

(1.5 pt)

13. My mother used to be a woman of great ____________________ ( beautiful )
14. The government has plans to ____________ this city. (modern)
15. Those boys are _________________ to talk to. (interest)
16. That language center has well -_____________ teachers. You can trust it . (qualify )
17. All the candidates must complete a ________________English test ( write )
18.They lived __________________ until they died . ( peace )
IV. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence. (1.0pt)
19. Would you mind showing me how ____________ an email ? ( send)
20. How many cars ___________________ in this factory last year ? ( produce )
21. He ____________________ her recently ( not meet )
22. He said he ______________ his grandmother the following day. (visit)
V / Read the passage and make the correct choice:
David Evans is a farmer. He does the farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has belonged to his
family for generations. The soil is poor. David raises sheep on his land. He does not employ (23) _____

B. for
C. to
D. at
VI.

Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False. (1.0 pt)

In other words , language is not necessarily the private property of those who use it , just as French
is not the private property of Frenchmen , nor English of Englishmen . English is spoken as the first
language in the United States , in Australia , in New Zealand , in most of Canada , in certain nations of
Africa , and in other areas of the world . It is unreasonable to regard any language as the possession of a
particular nation . This is not to say that English is used by a greater number of speakers than any other
language , for English is outnumbered in this case by Chinese . But it is the most international of
languages
23. English is an international language but it is the private property of Englishmen
24. In some nations of Africa , people speak English at home as well as in the community
25. English is used by a greater number of speakers than Chinese
26. The writer doesn’t think that Vietnamese language belongs to Vietnamese people
29. ________

30. _______

31. __________

32. _________

VII.
Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the
sentence printed before it. (2.0 pts)
33. Mary will come and Peter will be happy .