ENGLISH 9

1( 3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. pipe B. drip C. provide D. decide
2. A. stage B.great C. advance D. reputation
3. A. interactive B. campus C.fade D. fashion
4. Choose the word that has the main stress on the first syllable
A. collection B. television C. pollution D.exchange
5. Choose the word that has the main stress on the second syllable
A. grocery B. hamburger C. locate D. pagoda
6( 25 . Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that bests fits the blank space in each sentence
6. The fields will be littered _____ plastics and tins .
A. of B. for C. without D. with
7. The boy kept _____ asking his mother questions ____ pollution.
A. of / about B. up / for C. on / about D. with / about
8. How _____ making posters ______ energy saving ?
A. around / of B. about / on C. about / of D. with / on
9. And then we hang these posters ______ our school .
A. around B. with C. without D. from
10. The storm kept the travelers ______ going home.
A. for B. with C. from D. about
11. I suggest _______ off the faucet .
A. turn B.to turn C. turning D. turns
12. Would you mind if I _____ the windows .
A. close B. to close C. closing D.closed
13. Mrs Yen forgot ________ off the faucet when she left for work.
A. to turn B. turning C. turns D.turned
14. Tuan ________ French since he _______ ten.
A.learnt / was B.learnt / is C. learning / was D.has learnt / was
15. This old house _______ over one hundred years ago .
A. build B. built C. is built D.was built
16. The baby laughed _______ as she played with the toys .
A. happy B. happily C. happiness D.unhappy
17. Ba is tired _______ he stayed up late watching TV .
A. since B. for C. so D. although
18. – Congratulations ! -- ______________ .
A. I’m sorry B. That’s wonderful. C. Thanks D.Don’t worry
19. – How about making a cake and buying some flowers for our mom on Women’s Day? - ____________
A. I’m sorry . B. Thank you C.That’s a good idea D. Don’t worry
20. Mrs Jones uses only two ordinary bulbs and she pays US$8 for _______.
A.lighting B. thunder C.label D. bicycle
21. How much does she pay if she uses two energy-saving bulbs ______ ?
A. ready B. ordinary C.instead D.too
22. The label tells the consumers how much energy ______ each model has ?
A. efficient B. efficiency C. efficiently D.effectively
23. Most of ______ now comes from nuclear power .
A. electric B. electricity C. electrician D.electrical
24. What are Western consumers ________ in ?
A. interest B. interested C.interesting D.interestingly
25. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused _______ damage .
A. severe B. severely C.severity D.sewage
26->30 . Choose the underlined word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that’s need correcting
26. Mount Pinatubo, who is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.
A B C D
27. Easter is a joyful fetival which is celebrated in many country.
A B C D
28. Nam got wet therefore he forgot his umbrella yesterday.
A B C D
29. I am write to you about the short stop of your trucks around my house on their way to the north.
A B C D
30 .I think it would be better if we use banana leaves instead of paper or plastic bags wrapping food,
A B C D
31->40. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that bests fits the blank space in the following passage
These days it is impossible to __(31)__ a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the __(32)__ . The Earth is being threatened and the future looks bad. What can each of us do?
We cannot clean up our polluted rivers and seas overnight. __(33)__ can we stop the disappearance of plants and animals. But we can stop adding __(34)__ the problem while scientists look for answers.