English 9

PRACTICE TEST 1
A/Phonetics: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
1. A. busy B. thus C. must D. bus
2. A. passion B. pleasure C. decision D. measure
3. A. easy B. ear C. learn D. eat
4. A. student B. Stupid C. Study D. studio
5. A. park B. yard C. card D. carry
B/ Grammar: Verb Tenses:
1. I . . . . . . QuiNhon University.
A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
2. He has been selling motorcycles . . . . . . . . .
A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
3. Columbus . . . . .America more than 400 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. he has gone
4. We . . . . . .there when our father died.
A, still lived B. lived still C. was still D. were still living
5. I . . . . to New York three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
6. I’ll come and see you before I . . . . . for America.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
7. John . . .a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
8. He said he . . . . return later.
A. will B. would C. can D. would be
9. I have been waiting for you . . . . .
A. since early morning B. since 9 a.m C. for two hours D. all are correct
10. My sister . . . . for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
11. The train . . .half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
12. Jack . . . .the door.
A. has just opened B. open C. will opened D. opening
13. When I last saw him, he . . . in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
14. We . . . Mr. Dong since Sunday.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
15. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he____ his work.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. shall have finished.
16. I ______ any difficult so far.
A. don’t have B. aren’t having C. haven’t had D. didn’t have
17. People ______ English and French in Canada.
A. speak B. have spoken C. had spoken D. are speaking
18. Last week. My professor promised that he ____ today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
19. The population of the world ____ very fast.
A. rise B. rises C. is rising D. are rising
20. He __ his job last month and since then he __out of work.
A. has lost is B. had lostwas C. lost has been D. losthad been
PRACTICE TEST 2
A/phonetics:
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different:
1. A. money B. army C. afraid D. people
2. A. paper B. tonight C. lecture D. story
3. A. applicant B. uniform C. yesterday