ENGLISH 9

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronouced differently from the others:
1. A. media B. deny C. remote D. response
2. A. pity B. wide C. violent D. variety
3. A. shore B. sand C. sugar D. share
II. Which of the 4 words has the primary stress on the second syllable?
4. A. internet B. telegraph C. recycle D. wonderful
5. A. dynamite B. pesticide C. interactive D. achievement
III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:
6. People can get the latest ________and enjoy interesting programs on it.
A. computer B. website C. information D. the Internet
7. ________ from factories is one cause of water pollution
A. waste B. materials C. treasure D. dynamite
8. I don’t spend much time________ the Net. I’m too busy with my homework.
A. going B. making C. playing D. surfing
9. I can’t easily get access________ the Internet because of living in the country.
A. for B. to C. into D. about
10. We should put garbage bins around here to prevent lazy students________throwing trsh.
A. for B. against C. from D. away
11. They were riding________the forest.
A. over B. to C. for D. through
12. Let’s do it, ________?
A. shall we B. shall I C. don’t you D. shan’t we
13. I am a student, ________?
A. aren’t I B. am not I C. aren’t you D. am I
14. You should avoid________ in such a dangerous river.
A. swim B. to swim C. sitting D. swimming
15. I think most children are creative enough to write_____poems.
A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify
16. If we go on littering, the environment will become____ polluted
A. seriously B. serious C. hardier D. hardly
17. They wanted their school____more beautiful and attractive.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. becomes
18. I’m worried________ our environment are getting worse.
A. which B. that C. what D. whose
19. He is going to the post office_____he wants to send a letter.
A. as B. however C. and D. although
20. I won’t meet him ________ he doesn’t come.
A. because B. if C. although D. unless IV. Choose the best item to answer the question about the passage:
In the UK we each use about two hundred steel food and drink cans every year. Steel cans are popular because they are convenient, easy to store and unbreakable. But when you have finished with a can what do you do with it? Do you throw it away and forget all about it? Probably! But behind the scenes there are people whose job is to make sure that the steel is never wasted. In fact, recycling or re – using steel cans is so successful that every day of the year more than five million cans start new lives in new steel products.
After you have thrown away your can, what happens? Well, first of all it is collected by the men who empty your dustbin each week and taken to a tip, together with all the other household rubbish. Then the rubbish is sorted and the steel cans are taken separately to a special factory which turns old cans into high quality steel. It’s this steel that may well find its way back into your home in the form of knives and folks, garden equipment and, of course, food and drink cans.
So next time you open your fizzy drink, just remember where your can may have been!.
21. What is the text mainly about?
A. The production of canned food and drink in the UK. B. Collecting household rubbish.
C. Recycling food and drink cans. D. How steel cans are made
22. Why do the use a lot of cans?
A. Because we can throw them away and forget all about them.
B. Because they are convenient, easy to store and unbreakable.
C. Because they can be collected by the men who empty your dustbin each week and taken to a tip.
D. Because they are taken separately to a special factory which turns old cans into high quality steel.
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