Name:
Class: 9............
WRITTING TEST 1
Subject: English


I. Choose the best answer: (2ms)
1/ The unit of . . . . . . used in the USA is dollar. (currency/ money/ change/ banknote)
2/ We must learn English at school. It’s a(n) . . . . . . subject. (primary, compulsory/ national/ optional)
3/ They have lived in this town . . . . . . . 1999. ( for/ since/ ago/ in)
4/ I wish I . . . . . . a car. It would make life so much easier. ( have/ would have/ had/ had had)
5/ He used to work on a ship. He was a . . . . . . ( poet/ criminal/ sailor/ designer)
6/ Vietnamese women can continue to wear the . . . . . . dress, which is now both traditional and fashionable. ( unique/ popular/ common/ casual)
7/ Jeans have never been out of fashion, and today young generation is still fond . . . . . . wearing them. (in/ in/ of/ by)
8/ Have you ever . . . . . . vegetarian food yet? ( eat/ eating/ ate/ eaten)
II/ Change the sentences below in to the passive: ( 1 m)
1/ Lan has just cleaned the room.
2/ He can do the test well.
III/ Write these sentences beginning “ I wish …” : ( 1m)
1/ I don’t know many people in the room.
( I wish __________________________________
2/ I’m sorry. I can’t go to the party.
( I wish __________________________________
IV/ Match the two halves of these sentences: ( 2 ms)
A
B

1/ My little brother started school
2/ I caught a cold
3/ The Prime Minister hasn’t been abroad
4/ John has been asleep in bed
5/ The Red Cross started
6/ The receptionist has asked us to wait
7/ The last bus left
8/ We haven’t seen Rachel
a/ all day.
b/ when he was six.
c/ in the 19th century.
d/ since January.
e/ several minutes ago.
f/ when we went out in the rain.
g/ for ages.
h/ for a few minutes.

V/ Read the passage, then answer the questions: ( 2ms)
I lived in the Middle East for a while, and when I went out, I had to obey the local custom of wearing something over my head and wearing a dress that covered my whole body. At first, I found it a real nuisance, but after a while, I got used to it and even started to like it. You feel really secure, and also you don’t have to worry about what to wear all the time.
Questions:
1/ Did the writer live in the Middle East for a while?
2/ What did she have to do when she went out?
3/ Did she feel confident and safe when she wore the custom?
4/ What else did she think?
VI/ Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks: ( 2ms)
Canada is the world’s second largest country. The area is 9,970,610 sq. km. The capital is Ottawa, and the (1)_______ city is Toronto. The (2)_______ of Canada is 31,592,805. About one-third of the people are of British origin. One-fourth are of (3)________ origin. The (4)________ language are English and French. The United States accounts for about four-fifths of Canada’s exports and supplies more than two-thirds of its imports.


ASNSWER KEYS

I. Choose the best answer: (2ms)
1/ currency 2/ compulsory
3/ since 4/ had
5/ sailor 6/ unique
7/ of 8/ eaten
II/ Change the sentences in to the passive: ( 1 m)
1/ Lan has just cleaned the room.
( The room has just been cleaned by Lan.
2/ He can do the test well.
( The test can be done well by him.
III/ Write these sentences beginning“ I wish …”: (1m)
1/ I don’t know many people in the room.
( I wish I knew many people in the town.
2/ I’m sorry. I can’t go to the party.
( I wish I could go to the party.
IV/ Match the two halves of these sentences: (2 ms)
1 – b 2 – f
3 – g 4 – h
5 – c 6 – a
7 – e 8 – d
V/ Read the