Đề kiểm tra Cuối kì 1 Tiếng Anh 9 có đáp án (Mới nhất) - Đề 10

B. LEXIS AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

 Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

II. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.

Mr. Long played soccer very ________ when he was young.

Living in a big city is much ________ than living in the countryside.

C. READING I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to fill in each of the blank spaces.Clothes can tell a lot (1) ______ a person. Some people like to wear colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. (2) ______ 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 (3) _____ those in the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s, all women wore dress. The dresses all had long skirts. But today, women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear pants or short skirts. Another difference between then and now is the (4) ______. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or line. But today, there are (5) ______ kinds of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon or polyester.

Clothes can tell a lot (1) ______ a person. 

(2) ______ 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 (3) _____ those in the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s, all women wore dress. The dresses all had long skirts. But today, women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear pants or short skirts

Sometimes they wear pants or short skirts. Another difference between then and now is the (4) ______. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or line.

But today, there are (5) ______ kinds of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon or polyester.

 II. Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) for questions 1-5.

My village was never a big village, nor was it particularly successful or well-known. It was a place where simple people worked on their land, tending citrus groves and running poultry farms. The most exotic plantation grew avocados, and a palm tree nursery was something of an attraction The village was established by a group of Greek immigrants in 1937 in what was then known as British-controlled Palestine. When we first moved here, one could still hear some Greck in the street, the local store sold original Greek delicacies and from time to time we were invited to sit on a neighbor's porch and share some ouzo at the end of a working day. In the last few years, my village has changed dramatically. Very few people work in agriculture now: they can no longer support their families growing oranges and chickens. As a result, they must find their income outside the village and rent out their land or sell their little family farms altogether. Some of the land is still used for agriculture, but no longer for the family farms. Now it is the agriculture of luxuries.

 What was TRUE about the writer's village?

According to the passage, what did the people in the village NOT do?

The founders of the village were immigrants from _________.

What can best describe the change of the village recently?

How do the villagers earn their living now?

D. WRITING:

I. Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

 It's two years since we last spoke to Mrs. Mai.

We .......................................................

I don't have enough time to finish this work

I wish ...................................................

They can't make tea with cold water.

Tea can ………………………………

"What is your favorite subject?" the teacher said to Nam.

The teacher …………………………..

II. Write a paragraph (within 60-80 words) about the following topic:

"Is it good for children to live in the countryside?