DE THI HSG LOP 9 (NEW)

ENGLISH TEST FOR GOOD STUDENTS
Time: 60 minutes
Date: October 3rd, 2009
I. Fill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word. (30m)
For many people a computer is something which makes life easier.This is the (1) __________for Ulrich Meyer from Germany. Ulrich (2) _______ to buy a car, but he did not have any (3) ________. So he went to a bank which lent him the money. By putting his details in a computer, the bank (4) _________for him to pay back a (5) _______ amount of money each month. Ulrich bought his car so he was a happy man.Every month several hundred Deutsche marks disappeared from Ulrich’s account back to the bank, and the bank was (6) _______ too.
Then Ulrich’s uncle, who lived in Berlin, died (7) _________. His uncle used to have a (8) _________ factory and a lot of (9) _______. After his (10) ____________ , Ulrich received most of the inheritance. He was (11) _________ a rich man! So he wrote a letter to the bank manager to stop the standing order and sent a cheque, paying off his (12) _________.
However, the computer was not informed by the bank that the debt had been paid off. Every month, hundreds of Deutsche marks (13)__________ from Ulrich’s account . He again wrote to the bank manager, who apologised. Ulrich waited but the bank continued to (14)_____________ his money! He wrote (15) _________, this time the bank manager phoned to (16) ________, promising that the mistake would be corrected (17) ____________. Three months later some (18) _____________ money disappeared from Ulrich’s account. This time he (19) ___________ the bank manager who apologised again and said that it was a computer mistake. Ulrich was very (20) ________ and said that computers never made mistakes, but people did!
II. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (20m)
1. The Internet has helped students study more _____________ (effect)
2. It is ________ that our environment is more and more polluted. (disapoint)
3. We are trying to have a(n) ___________ world. (pollute)
4. I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of ___________ to better my knowledge. (courage)
5. Swimming is ______________ at my school.(compel)
6. A.G.Bell was a ___________ inventor. (fame)
7. We like the beauty of the city and the _____________ of the people. ( friend)
8. My father gave up smoking because he knows it is very ________ (harm).
9. It’s quite ___________ to ask him again. He’ll never agree.( point)
10. If you are __________ to your customers, I don’t think you’ll remain in business long. (polite)
III.Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. (10m)
1. You’re tired as you got up too late to watch TV last night.
A B C D
2. The Internet is a very fast and covenient way for us to get a lot of informations
A B C D
3. The bus is such an inexpensive means of transport that people take them very often. A B C D
4. She has been playing as a professional tennis player from 1990s .
A B C D
5. Can you tell me why are you always coming to class so late?
A B C D
6. I use the Internet to find out about the lastest discoveries in drugs and
A B C
developments in medically research.
D
7. Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America.
A B C D
8. It is really annoyed to talk to so stubborn a person like him.
A B C D
9. Students who study abroad often have to confront cultural shock and homesick .
A B C D
10. Almost all people who have seen him play believe that Michael Jordon was a
A B C
basketball genius.
D
IV. Use the correct tense or form of the verbs. (10m)
1. There used ( be) __ a bookstore near my school, but it closed last week.