ENGLISH 9 – FIRST SEMESTER REVIEW(21-22)
PRONUNCIATION:
I.Choose the word that has underline part pronounced differently form the others.
1.A. Special B. climate C. Because D. come
2.A. mosque B. question C. quarter D. queen
3.A. prayed B. continued C. arrived D. Impressed
4.A. wished B. introduced C. corresponded D. Liked
5.A. mentioned B. consisted C. used D. Studied
6.A. encourage B. label C. sale D. occasion
7.A. pagoda B. banyan C. gather D. Relax
8.A. river B. shrine C. site D. Reply
9.A. tropical B. association C. country D. Continue
10.A. attention B. question C. population D. education
11.A. arrange B. amount C. area D. Arrive
12.A.design B.consist C.Islam D.musician
13.A. amount B. found C. course D. Council
14.A. needed B. washed C. worked D. Stopped
15.A. depend B. ethnic C. region D. impress
II.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1.A. worship B. divide C. enjoy D. abroad
2.A. majority B. minority C. inspiration D. occasional
3.A. unique B. Special C. Logic D. equal
4.A. necessary B. compulsory C. secondary D. comfortable
5.A. encourage B. Material C. embroider D. difficult
6.A. improve B. majority C. experience D. disagree
7.A. university B. documentary C. qualification D. intermediate
8. A. enjoyment B. pagoda C. collection D. business
9. A. traditional B. fashionable C. convenient D. compulsory
10.A. friendliness B. primary C. tropical D. correspond
11.A. advance B. amount C. attend D. campus
12. A. religion B. beauty C. divide D. impress
13. A. encourage B. environment C. intelligent D. animal
14.A. interest B. inform C. necessary D. dangerous
15.A. Primary B. Compulsory C. Embroidery D.communicate
III/. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. I didn’t think I could ever get used _____ in a big city after living in the country.
A. to live B. living C. to living D. live
2. “I’m thirsty.” - “_____.”
A. Let’s go out for lunch. B. Why not going to somewhere for a drink?
C. Why don’t we go to the canteen? D. How about a dinner out?
3. Do you _____ you had a chance to attend an international school in Britain?
A. want B. hope C. wish D. think
4. Britain has a temperate _____.
A. temperature B. condition C. climate D. weather
5. West Malaysia and East Malaysia _____ comprise an area of 329,758 sq. km.
A. each other B. together C. one another D. both
6. Poets are usually inspired with beauty. They write _____ to show their feelings.
A. novels B. poems C. text reading D. essays
7. Since 1960 jeans have become more and more _____ with students.
A. common B. popular C. familiar D. famous
8. The design and material used _____ men were different _____ those used for women.
A. for/from B. for/to C. from/for D. by/on
9. He's a choreographer who has drawn _____ from Javanese dance in Indonesia.
A. inspired B. inspires C. inspiration D. inspire
10. These clothes need _____ immediately.
A. washed B. be washed C. to wash D. washing
11. In 1886, Levis sewed a leather label _____ their jeans.
A. in B. on C. above D. at
12. Does she feel like _____ with her friends?
A. picnic B. picnicking C. to picnic D. picnicked
13. He’ll show the photos he has taken _____ his parents.
A. for B. with C. from D. to
14. She often goes to the _____ to pray because her religion is Buddhism.
A. mosque B. pagoda C. church D. temple
15. “What do you think of your school’s uniform?” - “_____”
A. I don’t think. B. I think very much. C. I like it. D. Yes, I like.
16. I like to wear _____ shirts without symbols, marks or patterns on them.
A. plaid B. plain C. striped D. colorful
17. “We’re still looking for Thomas.” - “Hasn’t he _____ yet?”
A. been found B. to find C. found D. being found
18. I wanted _____ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.
A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. being to see
19. “How long does it take to get to your home village?” - “_____”
A. 30 kilometers. B. Two hours. C. Once a week. D. Sometimes.
20. My birthday is _____ the sixth _____ December.
A. on/of B. at/on C. at/in D. on/in
21. “Don’t walk on the grass or pick flowers, please” - “_____”
A. Thank you! B. OK. I won’t. C. Sure. I don’t. D. That’s fine.
22. “You have read that article on the website, haven’t you?” – “_____”
A. Sure, thanks B. Not at all! Go ahead. C. Not yet. Why? D. Yes, of course. I will.
23. “Could you do me a favor?” – “ _____”
A. Really? B. How can I help you? C. OK, why not? D. What about doing?
24. “How can we improve our intonation?” – “_____”
A. May be in the near future. B. Reading and writing a lot of essays.
C. Practice speaking with native speakers more often. D. It’s not necessary to do that.
25. “Is lunch ready yet?” – “_____”
A. No problems. B. In a few more minutes. C. It’s been too long. D. Ten minutes.
26. I wonder _____.
A. why he doesn’t love his family. B. why doesn’t he love his family.
C. why does he love his family? D. why loves his family?
27. My brother studied very well; _____, he could pass the exam easily.
A. if B. however C. so D. therefore
28. Since Van arrived, he _____ a lot about life on the farm.
A. is learning B. learns C. learned D. has been learning
29. Liz said to me she _____ here the next week.
A. leaves B. will leave C. would leave D. left
30. The bus dropped all the passengers off _____ the front tire was burst.
A. so B. since C. although D. however
31. If Tom _____ tomorrow, we’ll go camping.
A. comes B. will come C. is going to come D. came
32. He _____ he would go to Nha Trang the next day.
A. told to us that B. said us that C. said that to us D. told us that
33. Everyone’s fingerprints are _____. It means there’s no one who has the same fingerprints as any of the
others.
A. united B. different C. unusual D. unique
34. I have read an article about young fashion designers in _____.
A. today of newspaper B. newspaper today C. today’s newspaper D. today paper
35. My friend asked me what I _____ then.
A. do B. did C. was doing D. am doing
36. It was _____ wonderful music that I went straight out and bought the record.
A. so B. very C. too D. such
37. He wrote them three letters _____ he didn’t get a reply.
A. so B. and C. but D. that
38. We didn’t _____ to the station in time to catch the train.
A. reach B. arrive C. lead D. get
39. They _____ the village after crossing a stream.
A. arrived B. reached C. got D. came
40. We _____ at the picnic site after twenty minutes walking.
A. reached B. went C. arrived D. came
41. Kylian Mbappé seems to be well - qualified _____ the latest position.
A. for B. in C. by D. of
42. Have you read the article _____ Time magazine _____ Google?
A. in/on B. on/by C. on/in D. at/on
43. Some people think using the Internet is very _____ because it takes a lot of time.
A. convenient B. informative C. interesting D. time-consuming
44. She has _____ for selling her house since last week.
A. advertise B. advertisement C. advertised D. advertising
45. If necessary, I can take a _____ exam.
A. write B. wrote C. written D. writting
46. National economy development belongs to _____ means of media and transport.
A. modernizing B. collecting C. interacting D. surfing
47. Learning a foreign language also includes learning the _____ of that country.
A. reputation B. scenery C. culture D. nature
48. I arrived in Singapore _____ the evening of Tuesday.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
49. You can exchange your ideas online by joining in a _____ in this website.
A. profile B. responses C. campus D. forum
50. We should travel to Dalat by car to enjoy the beautiful _____ on the way.
A. campus B. reputation C. scenery D. institute
IV/. CAUTION SIGNS:
1.
A. Wear a facemask when you
are around other people.
B. Cover your mouth with thick
facemask
C. Wear facemask to avoid the
crowd
D. Use facemask only in hospital
2.
A. Wash your hands with soap
and water regularly
B. Drink water after washing
hands
C. Rub your hands carefully to kill
viruses.
D. Hold water in your hands
3.
A. Maintain a 2m distance from
others
B. Social distance
C. Make a queue in 2m
D. Make sure you are near others
within 2m
4.
A. You should go inside without
a face mask
B. You shouldn’t go inside with a
face mask
C. You do need to wear a face mask
when you enter the room
D. Buy a face mask when you go
inside
5.
A. No trucks allowed
B. No passing zone for trucks
C. Trucks must yield to other
vehicles
D. Hill ahead
6.
A. Construction zone ahead
B. Hospital ahead
C. Roundabout ahead
D. Railroad crossing ahead
7.
A. Sharp right turn ahead, 25
mph speed limit
B. Winding Road ahead, 25 mph
speed limit
C. Hill ahead on right, 25 mph speed
limit
D. Rough Road ahead, 25 mph speed
limit
8.
A. Divided highway ahead
B. Traffic moving in both
directions
C. One-way Road ahead
D. Passing zone ahead
9.
A. There are wild animals ahead
B. You can buy cattle meat here
C. There are cattle ahead
D. Cattle are not allowed
10.
A. Sport center
B. Restricted area
C. Dangerous area
D. Camping area
11.
A. The fence is safe
B. Electricity on the fence can
kill you
C. You can put your hand on the
fence
D. Electricity on the fence is
permitted
12.
A. Go boating is allowed here
B. Go boating is banned here
C. No diving is required here
D. Both diving and fishing are
permitted
13.
A. It is easy to catch the fire
B. It is firing here
C. You can smoke here
D. It is dangerous to play with the
fire
14.
A. Anybody can park here
B. You can park here if you are
not visitors
C. Only the visitor living in this
country can park here.
D. Parking in this space for visitor
only
15.
A. No goods vehicles
B. No motorcycles
C. No agricultural vehicles
D. No motor vehicles
16.
A. No goods vehicles
B. No motorcycles
C. No agricultural vehicles
D. No motor vehicles
17.
A. Watch out for falling bricks
B. Avoid this doorway
C. Remember to cover your head
D. Remember to lower your head
18.
A. Merging traffic coming from
the left
C. Merging traffic coming from
the right
B. Right Lane closed ahead
D. Yield to oncoming traffic
19.
A. School zone ahead
C. Railroad crossing ahead
B. Construction zone ahead
D. Rough Road ahead
20.
A. Four-way intersection ahead
C. Road ends, be prepared to turn
B. Two-way intersection ahead
D. Winding Road ahead
V. CLOSE TEXT
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words in the box. There are TWO EXTRA words. (1.5 pts)
1.
well-equipped time age like such as but At some
In Australia most children attend primary school from the (19)______ of five. Only two percent of children of
primary school age are educated at home. (20)______ children who go to school always take up extra activities
(21)_________ playing a musical instrument or dancing, and they go to private classes for these and for school
subjects they find difficult or interesting. Ninety percent of population go on to secondary school, (22)________
a much smaller percentage pass the final year of secondary school examinations and complete a university
degree. (23)__________the moment university students and graduates make up less than a third of the total
population. Australian universities are modern and (24)________. Most teaching is by a combination of
lectures.
2.
advantage on ourselves like However for would rather
difficult
Many children in the UK wear uniforms to school every day. Parents and teachers like it as it gives pupils a
sense of identity and families do not have to spend lots of money (19)______ clothes. However, there are many
pros and cons of school uniforms. A major (20)______ is that you don’t need to waste time deciding what to
wear. Children can spend more time thinking about their studies rather than clothes. (21)______, there can be
no more arguments over who has the most fashionable clothes. Schools argue that children in school uniform
are more likely to take school seriously and be proud of their school.
On the other hand, many pupils (22)______ have the opportunity to choose their own clothes and dislike
having the same clothes as their classmates. Some students reject rules and rebel by dressing badly. This makes