ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ NÂNG CAO TA 9

FULL NAME: ......................................... TEST 45 MINUTES

I- Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part
1. a. cloud b. drought c. group d. shout
2. a. cancel b. center c. circle d. cyclone
3. a. think b. things c. though d. thunder
4. a. drowned b. flooded c. landed d. waited
5. a. builds b. destroys c. occurs d. prevents
II- Choose the best answer
1. A spacecraft orbits a planet.......... takes pictures and measurements.
a. and b. to c. so d. for
2. The earth and all the other planets orbit, or go ..........., the sun.
a. to b. towards c. around d. up
3. Scientists wonder if the air around Mars was once thick enough.......... heat from the sun.
a. and trap b. to trap c. that trap d. for trapping
4. If the sun ......... hollow, a million earth could fit inside it.
a. is b. becomes c. being d. were
5. .......... all the energy on the earth comes from the sun.
a. Most b. Every c. Almost d. Most of
6. heat from the sun makes the earth .......... enough for life.
a. warm b. cool c. cold d. hot
7. People used ......... about “the man in the moon” because sometimes dark spots on the moon look like eyes, a nose and a mouth.
a. for talking b. to talking c. and talked d. to talk
8. In the 1600s, the famous Italian scientist Galileo was the first person to look at the moon ........... a telescope.
a. through b. across c. in d. inside
9. The moon is the only place in .......... that human beings have visited.
a. the air b. space c. sky d. atmosphere
10. The astronauts of a U.S. spacecraft named Apollo 11 did experiments on the moon and brought some moon rocks .......... the earth.
a. back b. on c. back to d. return
III- Use the correct form of the words in the brackets
1. We’re having the party in the garden, so I hope it’ll be .......... (sun)
2. I strongly ........... with the director’s decision. I think it’s unfair. (agree)
3. Such a war would be ........... for the country. (disaster)
4. Floods and earthquakes are ............ disasters. (nature)
5. Leonardo made many scientific ........... (discover)
6. The ......... of the employees have university degrees. (major)
IV - Rewrite the following sentences without changing meaning
1. The man is a doctor. He lives next door to us.
-> The man who ........................................................................ 2. The woman is a teacher. Her son is very naughty.
- The woman whose ............................................................ 3. The storm destroyed the city completely.
- The city ........................................................................................... 4. If it doesn’t rain, our crop won’t be good.
- Unless ............................................................................................ 5. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. -> In spite of .....................................................
V. Give the correct form of each verb in brackets to complete the sentences. 1. If I (be) ............................ a bird, I (not want) ........................... to live in a cage. 2..Lan wishes that she (not live) ............................ in a small flat. 3. I can’t go out now because it (rain) .................. and I (not have)..................... a raincoat. 4. She (say) .............she’d phone me this morning, but it is now 12:20 and she (not phone) ...........yet. 5. If he (read) ........................... in bad light, he (ruin) ............................ his eyes. 6. He had a bad fall while he (repair) ............................ his roof.
VI - Read then complete the passage: Valentine’s Day is always…(1)… February 14. It’s not a…(2)… day. On weekends, schools are open. Banks are open. People go to work. Life goes …(3)… as usual, but there is one…(4)….People give cards and gifts to friends and people they love. They say “ Be my Valentine”. There are many kinds of Valentine cards. Some people make cards. Most people …(5)… them. Men and women often give each another romantic cards; There …(6)…