Đề kiểm tra giữa học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THCS Giao Tân
I. Circle the best answer to complete the following sentences: (2.0 pts)
1. Trang is 15 years old. She isn’t old enough _____________ a car.
A. drive B. driving C. to drive D. to driving
2. Susan has worked for that company ____________four years.
A. for B. at C. since D.on
3. The United States has a __________around 250 million.
A. population B. separation C. addition D. introduction
4. I am _____________that you want to know more.
A. please B. pleasing C. pleasure D. pleased
5. She often goes to the ____________to pray because her religion is Islam.
A. church B. pagoda C. temple D. mosque
6. We ____________in Lenin park when it rained yesterday.
A. was walking B. walked C. were walking D. are walking
7. Bill wishes he ___________more money so he could buy a new bike.
A. has B. had C. have D. having
8. When I was a child, I ___________ a tricycle.
A. was riding B. ride C. used to ride D. used to riding take
9. Music and painting are__________subjects.
A. option B. optional C. optionally D. optioning .
10. I wish they__________ here tomorrow.
A. will come B. would come C. come D. came
II. Give the correct forms of verbs in the following sentences: (1.0 pt)
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- PART C: READING I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that fits each blank in the following passage:(1.0 pt) Rice is eaten by Vietnamese people every day. It often___ (1) ___ in tropical countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia. They have been growing rice ___ (2)___ thousands of years. The seeds are planted in special beds to grow into young rice plants. Then they are ___ (3)___ to fields covered by muddy water called paddies. The fields of rice look very ___ (4)___. After 3 or 5 months, the rice is ready to be picked. Eating rice is a special action in the world. They don’t use spoons or forks to enjoy bowls of rice. Howerver, they use two short sticks known ___ (5) ___ chopsticks to put rice into their mouths. 1. A. grows B. keeps C. plants D. stays 2. A. in B. by C. with D. for 3. A. take B. taking C. taken D. to take 4. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. the beauty 5. A. as B. like C. so D. such II. Read the passage, then answer the questions: (2.0 pts) After inventing dynamite, Alfred Nobel, who comes from Sweden, became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel prefered not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to humanity. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invented, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards, which vary from $30,000 to $125, 000. Every year on December 10th , the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma and money) are presented to the winners. 1. Where does Alfred Nobel come from? 2. Did he prefer people to remember him as the inventor of dynamite? 3. When are the awards presented to the winners every year? 4. Alfred Nobel became a very rich man because ___. A. He invented dynamite. B. He created a fund to be used for awarding prizes. C. He was a Swedish. D. He foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. 5. The word “which” in the passage refers to ___.
