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THE MID-FIRST ENGLISH EXAM - GRADE 9 – NVC – CODE A

A. LISTENING (2ms)
I. Listen and till the gap. (1m)
Suzanne lives in Bangkok with her (1) _______________ and two children. Her office is seven kilometers
away but it takes her two hours to get there by car every day.
“Some cities have problems with (2) _______________, crime, or bad weather – here we have traffic jams,”
she says. Before going to the office, she has to take her children to school – so she (3) _______________ off at
5 a.m. The children sleep until they arrive at school. Then Suzanne begins her journey to the (4)
_______________.
II. Listen aga in. Decide if each of the statements is True or False (1m)
5. The most serious problem in Bangkok is bad weather.
6. In the past, more people moved around Bangkok by boat.
7. Now so many people have a car, and there are enough roads in the city.
8. The Skytrain and metro can help a bit, but they are limited in range and cover all parts of the city.
B. LEXICO-CRAMMA R (3ms)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others (0.5 m).
9. A. artisan B. cast C. factor D. fabulous
10. A. embroider B. remind C. metropolitan D. determine
II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) (2ms)
11. The birthplace of the famous Bai Tho _______ is Tay Ho Village in Hue.
A. conical hat B. lanterns C. painting D. silk
12. I invited her to join our trip to Trang An, but she _______ my invitation.
A. turned down B. turned up C. turned on D. turned off
13. My mum _______ baskets out of bamboo.
A. carved B. cast C. wove D. moulded
14. There is far too much pollution nowadays in city areas.
A. country B. urban C. local D. province
15. The city has recently set _______ a library in the West Sub urb.
A. off B. out C. up D on
16. Why don't you _______ this word in the dictionary
A. look a t B. look up C. look through D. look for
17. She wondered _______ Chau with the money m y mum
A. if to help B. whether to help C. to help D. helping
18. The last exhibition was not _______ this one.
A. as interesting as B. the interesting C. interesting D. more interesting
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verb in brackets. (0.5m)
19. If I ( be) ______________________ m your shoes, I’d take it easy and try to forget it.
20. I have always been (attraction) ______________________ by the idea of studying abroad.
C. REA DI NG ( 2.5 marks )
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following passage. (l.5 ms)
giant symbol attractions tallest feel fascinating interest affordable
The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is a (21 ) ______________________ observation
wheel in London . The entire structure is 135 metres tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres. When
erected in 1999 it was the world's (22) ______________________ observation wheel. It is now one or the
most popular (23) ____________________ in the world. It is considered to be a (24) _____________________
of London. People make special journey's to see the (25) ______________________ giant wheel, 15.000 people
can ride the wheel every day. They (26) ______________________ excited to climb above the city and look
back down on it.
II. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions. (1.m )
Magic Number 18001567 is a 24-hour toll-free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults
in Viet Nam. The helpline was set up in 2004 by the government with support from Plan Vietnam, an
international children’s development organization. By 2014, the helpline had received over 1.5 million calls
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from children and adults nationwide. Sixty-nine per cent of the calls came from children and most child callers
were in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups. The calls were mostly questions about family
relationships, friendships, and physical and mental health. Moreover, nearly 3,000 cases of missing or
abandoned children, or children who were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse received
emergency support. The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children as peer
communicators and decision makers. A member of Child Helpline International, Magic Number aims to create
favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally. If you need support or advice, or know of
someone who does, just dial 18001567.
27. W hat is Magic Number 18001567? ·
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28. W hat were the calls mostly about?
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29. How does Magic Number promote child ?
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30. Was the helpline set up in 2005?
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D. WRITING
I. Complete the sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. (2 ms)
31. Don’t leave the lights on w hen you leave the classroom. (off)
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32. I don’t know what I should wear.
I don’t know what _______________________________________________________________________
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33. “Do you sleep at least eight hours a day? The doctor asked him.
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34. "Should I call her now? He asked me
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II. Write complete sentences, using the given words. (0.25m)
35. They/ can/ teach/ how/ make/ conical hats.
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III. Put the words in their correct order to make complete sentences. (0.25m)
36. making pottery/ the process of / Huong/ was born/ knows/ Doc So craft village/ because/ she/ in.
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