BU NHO SECONDARY SCHOOL.   THE FORTY FIVE-MINUTE TEST

Full name……………………………….............. English 9.

Class. 9a…..

Marks

Teacher’s remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. (3 marks).

 

1. English is a______ second language in Vietnam.

 A .one       B . optional     C . compulsory      D .foreign

2. Life in Vietnam is different ______ that in Malaysia.

 A .off      B .from        C .to       D .on

3. They are good friends. They ______ each other since they were children

 A. knew   B. have known      C. have been known D. know

4. Nam used to ______volleyball in the garden .

 A .play     B .plays    C .playing   D .to play

5. Have you seen Giac Lam pagoda yet?

 A .Yes, I have B .No, I haven’t  C .No, I don’t    D .Both A and B

6. She went  there ______ October 29th .

 A .at      B .on       C .in        D .to

7. Bangkok is the capital city of ______.

 A .China      B .Thailand         C .Malaysia       D .Indonesia

8.He has known that woman ______seven months.

 A .in       B .for         C .since   D .at

9.Rice ______tropical countries.

 A .is grown       B .is grow       C .was grow D .is growing .

10. Nam speaks ______Chinese but also  Japanese.

 A. not only B. so C. only D. can

11. At my school,  students have to wear a______.

 A .clothes    B .style         C .uniform       D .clothing

12. The school ______about 10 years ago

 D. will be built C. has been built    B. is built A. was built

 

II. Put the verbs in the brackets in the right form or tense.(1m)

 

1. He  wishes he ____________________a sister    (have)

2. Malaysia ________________________into two regions. (divide)

3. She ____________________English for nearly 4 years (study )

4. We _______________________Nha Trang last month (go)

 

III. Rewrite these following sentences as directed.(1m)

 

1. People speak English and French in Canada.(change into passive)

English and French________________________________________________________

2. People built that school thirty years ago (change into passive)

That school______________________________________________________

 

 

Read the passage then answer these following questions.(2.5m)

 

 Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth made in Genoa was called “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman  in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because They were so strong,  “Levi’s pants “ became  popular with gold miners, farmers and  cowboys. Six years later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans Young people usually didn’t wear them..

 

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Jeans are very popular with the youth worldwide

 

 

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The cloth made in Genoa was called “jeans”.

 

 

3

Jeans are very strong

 

 

4

Levi Strauss began selling pants made of canvas in 1850

 

 

5

The Youth  usually didn’t wear them.

 

 

 

C. WRITING

 

Write a passage of supporting the argument that secondary school students should wear casual clothes  using the given cues.(2.5m)

 

- I/ think/ Secondary students/ wear/casual/clothes.

- Firstly/ wearing casual clothes/ make/ students/ feel/ comfortable.

- Secondly/ wearing casual clothes/ give students/ freedom of choice/ (sizes, colors,                 and fashion).

- Thirdly/ wearing casual clothes/ make/ students/ feel/ self-confident/ when/they/ in  their favorite clothes.

- Finally/ wearing casual clothes/ make/ school more colorful and lively.

 Therefore secondary school students should wear casual clothes.

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BU NHO SECONDARY SCHOOL.   THE FORTY FIVE-MINUTE TEST

Full name……………………………….............. English 9..

Class. 9a…..

Marks

Teacher’s remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. (3 marks).

 

1. They are good friends. They ______ each other since they were children

 A. knew   B. have known      C. have been known D. know

2. English is a______ second language in Vietnam.

 A .one       B . optional     C . compulsory      D .foreign

3. Nam used to ______volleyball in the garden .

 A .play     B .plays    C .playing   D .to play

4. Life in Vietnam is different ______ that in Malaysia.

 A .off      B .from        C .to       D .on

5.He has known that woman ______seven months.

 A .in       B .for         C .since   D .at

6. Have you seen Giac Lam pagoda yet?

 A .Yes, I have B .No, I haven’t  C .No, I don’t    D .Both A and B

7. Nam speaks ______Chinese but also  Japanese.

 A. not only B. so C. only D. can

8. She went  there ______ October 29th .

 A .at      B .on       C .in        D .to

9. The school ______about 10 years ago

 D. will be built C. has been built    B. is built A. was built

10. Bangkok is the capital city of ______.

 A .China      B .Thailand         C .Malaysia       D .Indonesia

11.Rice ______tropical countries.

 A .is grown       B .is grow       C .was grow D .is growing .

12. At my school,  students have to wear a______.

 A .clothes    B .style         C .uniform       D .clothing

 

II. Put the verbs in the brackets in the right form or tense. (1m)

 

1. Malaysia (divide)____________into two regions.    

2. We (go) __________Nha Trang last month.

3. He wishes he (have) ________a sister               

4. She (study)__________English for  nearly 4 years                         

 

III. Rewrite these following sentences as directed.(1m)

 

1. People speak English and French in Canada.(change into passive)

English and French________________________________________________________

2. People built that school thirty years ago (change into passive)

That school______________________________________________________

 

 

Read the passage then answer these following questions.(2.5m)

 

 Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth made in Genoa was called “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman  in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because They were so strong,  “Levi’s pants “ became  popular with gold miners, farmers and  cowboys. Six years later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans Young people usually didn’t wear them..

 

Statements

T

F

1

Jeans are very popular with the youth worldwide

 

 

2

The cloth made in Genoa was called “jeans”.

 

 

3

Jeans are very strong

 

 

4

Levi Strauss began selling pants made of canvas in 1850

 

 

5

The Youth  usually didn’t wear them.

 

 

 

C. WRITING

 

Write a passage of supporting the argument that secondary school students should wear casual clothes  using the given cues.(2.5m)

 

- I/ think/ Secondary students/ wear/casual/clothes.

- Firstly/ wearing casual clothes/ make/ students/ feel/ comfortable.

- Secondly/ wearing casual clothes/ give students/ freedom of choice/ (sizes, colors,                 and fashion).

- Thirdly/ wearing casual clothes/ make/ students/ feel/ self-confident/ when/they/ in  their favorite clothes.

- Finally/ wearing casual clothes/ make/ school more colorful and lively.

 Therefore secondary school students should wear casual clothes.

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