THE SECOND SEMESTER OF ENGLISH TEST (2008 – 2009) TIME LIMITED: 45 MINUTES Vo Thi Sau Secondary School Class: 9/ …… Student’s name: ……………………………………………………………… Marks I. LISTENING Listen to the news on solar energy and decide whether the statements are true "T" or false "F". (2m) ___ 1. Solar energy can be cheap and clean. ___ 2. Most of our electricity now comes from nuclear power. ___ 3. Solar energy panels are installed on the roof of the house. ___ 4. Solar energy can't be used on cloudy days. ___ 5. We can save natural resources by using solar energy instead of coal, gas and oil. ___ 6. A lot of countries in the world are already using solar energy. ___ 7. Solar energy causes pollution. ___ 8. All buildings in Sweden will be heated by solar energy in 2050. II. READING Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions below. (2m) Almost all countries in the world have a day for children to think of their mothers. Vietnam is no exception. Vietnamese people choose Lunar July 15 as a day to appreciate all mothers and we have a special name for this occasion "The Vu Lan Season". On this day, people often go to pagodas to pray for the best things for their mothers. It is a traditional that every child wears a rose on his or her shirt. Those whose mothers are still alive wear red roses and those whose mothers passed away wear white roses. A Vietnamese musician wrote a song named "Bong Hong Cai Ao" to praise all mothers. He compared mothers to the sun, the smile and the stars. On this occasion, every one hope to wear red roses since the greatest happiness of all, to Vietnamese people, is to have a mother alive. Vietnamese people are proud of this traditional celebration because it is a characteristic of a culture based on sentimental values. * Questions 9. When is the Vu Lan Season in Vietnam? - 10. What do people do on this occasion? - 11. Who wears red roses? - 12. What did the musician compare mothers to? - III. WRITING Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. (2m) 13. Cars cause pollution but people still want them. - Although 14. Tom Failed the exam because of his laziness. - Because Tom 15. Ba likes playing the guitar. He lives on TrangTien Street. - Ba, 16. Mary dances more beautifully than Daisy. - Daisy does not Make complete sentences, using the given cues. (1m) 17. Nam / always / take part / charity activities / his village. - 18. books / I / buy / sister / yesterday / valuable. - IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. (3m) 19. In 1995 a huge earthquake the city of Kobe in Japan. A. strike B. striking C. struck D. striked 20. Easter is a festival occurs in late March or early April. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose 21. They have learned English many years. A. in B. from C. for D. since 22. Tuoi Tre newspaper is every day. A. publish B. publishing C. to publish D. published 23. I suggest money for the poor people in our neighborhood. A. saving B. save C. saved D. to save 24. his old age, Mr. Brown goes jogging every day. A. Although B. Despite C. However D. In spite 25. We are talking about the preservation of resources. A. naturally B. natural C. nature D. naturalize 26. Would you like green tea milk tea? A. and B. but C. so D. or 27. Choose the word that has different primary stress from the rest. A. nominate B. celebrate C. conclusive D. mineral 28. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. A. map B. bag C. sand D. water 29. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. A. played B. visited C. needed D. painted 30. According to the weather , it will be rainy tonight. A. forecast B. forecasting C. forecaster D. forecasted THE END ÑAÙP AÙN I. LISTENING 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. F II. READING 9. It is on Lunar July 15. 10. They go to pagodas to pray for the best things for their mothers. 11. Those whose mothers are still alive. 12. He compared mothers to the sun, the smile and the stars. II. WRITING 13. Although cars cause pollution, people still want them. 14. Because Tom was lazy, he failed the exam. 15. Ba, who lives on Trang Tien Street, likes playing the guitar. 16. Daisy does not dance as beautifully as Mary does. 17. Nam always takes part in different charity activities in his village. 18. The books, which I bought for my sister yesterday, were valuable. III. LANGUAGE FOCUS 19. C. struck 20. A. which 21. C. for 22. D. published 23. A. saving 24. B. Despite 25. B. natural 26. D. or 27. C. conclusive 28. D. water 29. A. played 30. A. forecast . since the greatest happiness of all, to Vietnamese people, is to have a mother alive. Vietnamese people are proud of this traditional celebration because it is a characteristic of a culture based. energy can be cheap and clean. ___ 2. Most of our electricity now comes from nuclear power. ___ 3. Solar energy panels are installed on the roof of the house. ___ 4. Solar energy can't. THE SECOND SEMESTER OF ENGLISH TEST (2008 – 2009) TIME LIMITED: 45 MINUTES Vo Thi Sau Secondary School Class: 9/ …… Student’s