De HSG Anh 9-

Test for excellent students (time allowed :120 minutes)

Name.........................................................School............................................
I. Circle the word that has a different sound from the others of each group.

1) A. tool B. moon C. soon D. cook
2) A. population B. hope C. compose D. control
3) A. happened B. crossed C. followed D. fluttered
4) A. proud B. about C. around D. would
5) A. hour B. honor C. host D. honest
6) A. meeting B. seen C. cheer D. been
7) A. fear B. tear C. bear D. hear
8) A. think B. though C. thing D. thumb
9) A. publish B. popular C. documentary D. refuse
10) A. sew B. few C. drew D. news

II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. gather
B. environment
C. exist
D. export

2. A. government
B. experiment
C. expensive
D. explain

3. A. extinction
B. explorer
C. failure
D. creation

4. A. demonstration
B. disappear
C. distribution
D. discover

5. A. prevention
B. function
C. predict
D. protect

6. A. separate
B. protect
C. provide
D. release

7. A. attract
B. advance
C. adventure
D. battle

8. A. borrow
B. canal
C. camera
D. button

9. A. design
B. cancer
C. cattle
D. dairy

10. A. favorite
B. effective
C. Egyptian
D. electricity


III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2 marks).
1. I …………. a letter to my friends
A. posted B. issued C. collected D. published
2. We can’t go camping today. The weather is ………….
A. fine B. warm C. snowy D. sunny.
3. The purpose of the examination was to ………. the students’ knowledge of the
subject.
A. try B. inspect C. prove D. test
4. She asked me ………….I like eating chocolates.
A. if B. and C. that D. but
5. He used to walk a long way to work. Now he …………. to work.
A. still walks B. no longer walks C. walks D. did not walk
6. This is the place where the car turned ………….
A. on B. off C. up D. over.
7. Tom’s ………….finished his homework.
A. just B. frequently C. often D. usually
8. The children …………. to the zoo.
A. were enjoyed to take B. enjoyed being taken
C. were enjoyed talking D. enjoy taking.
9. Let’s go, ………….we?
A. don’t B. shall C. will D. do
10. The synonym of the verb “deny” is ………….
A. permit B. refuse C. allow D. admit

IV: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√). If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word.
Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting 0. ___ (√) _____
around. This is still true when you will drive along a quiet country 00.__ will _____
road or a modern motorway. As far as you getting from one place 1. ____________
to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story. Whenever 2. ____________
I want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home and go 3. ____________
on foot. It often turns out to be much more quicker. I still make