Đề kiểm tra chất lượng giữa học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THCS Giao Xuân

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1. Part C: Reading Question I: Read the text and circle the best options to complete the passage (1pt) Singapore is an (1) ___country and the smallest country in South East Asia. It consists (2) ___ 63 islands. The area of Singapore is about 700 sq km, about 23 per cent Singapore’s land area comprises forests and nature reserves.The (3)___ is about 7 million.The (4)___ languages of Singapore are English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. It’s (5)___ for economy centered on the production of electronic items, ship building, tourism and international trade. 1. A. island B. sea C. land D. forest 2. A. on B. of C. in D. for 3. A. popularity B.population C. popular D. populate 4. A. national B. nation C. nationally D. nationality 5. A. interesting B. beautiful C. famous D. magnificent Question II: Read the passage, answer the question 1,2,3 and choose the best answer among A,B,C and D to complete the sentence 4,5 (2 pts) Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or linen. But today, there are many kinds of man made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon or polyester. 1. Why do some people like very colorful clothes? 2. Were the 1800s’clothes made from natural kinds of cloth? 3. What material are a lot of clothes now made from? 4. How many differences between clothes today and the clothes of the 1800s are mentioned? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four 5. What did women wear in the 1800s? A. They wore pants and long skirts. C. They wore dresses with long skirts. B. They wore dresses with short skirts. D. They wore short skirts and pants