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SECONDARY SCHOOL TEST ONE PERIOD
GRADE:9……….. TIME:60’
NAME:……………………………………………………….

I.PHONETICS .(1m)
* Choose the word that has a different pronunciation or stress from the others of each group:
* Pronunciation :
1. A. grandma B. disaster C. match D. damage
2. A. weather B. meat C. between D. beat
3. A. volume B. thunder C. result D. number
* stress :
4. A. disaster B. nature C. thunderstorm D. tropical
5. A. sunny B. highland C. typhoon D. flashlight

II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (3ms)

* Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences :

1.A(n)______ is a very heavy fall of snow, usually with a strong wind.
A. snowstorm B. earthquake C. volcano D. typhoon
2. A(n) ______ is a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface.
A. snowstorm B. earthquake C. volcano D. typhoon
3. A(n) ______ is a mountain with a large opening at the top of through which gases and lava are forced out into the air, or have been in the past.
A. snowstorm B. earthquake C. volcano D. typhoon
4. A(n) ______ is a violent tropical storm with very strong wind.
A. snowstorm B. typhoon C. volcano D. earthquake
5. Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th of the eighth ------------ month.
A.lunar B. sun C. solar D. moon
6. Passover is in Israel and by all Jewish people.
A. celebrate B. celebrated C. celebrating D. celebration
7. It is a time families to clean and decorate their homes.
A. for B. to C. by D. in
8.A ______ is a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
A. tidal wave B. tornado C. famine D. flood
9. A ______ is a very large ocean wave that is caused by a storm or an earthquake, and that destroys things when it reaches the land.
A. tidal wave B. tornado C. famine D. flood
10. The report ______ that prices will rise by 3% next month.
A. tells B. speaks C. talks D. forecasts
11. The old man ______you wanted to see was away on holiday yesterday.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
12. Miss Lien, ______ sings very well, is my English teacher.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
13. Everything ______ he said was true.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
14/ Where is the cheese ______ was in the fridge?
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which

15/ We’d like to travel to a city ______ there is a lot of sightseeing. ( 1)
A. whose B. when C. where D. why
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which

III. READING (2ms) - Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage:
Christmas is a family (1) and many of the customs center on children. When they go to bed on Christmas (2) , children hang up a pillow case or a sack for their presents.
(3) , it should be a stocking, but a stocking wouldn’t hold enough to (4) today’s kids.
While the children are (5) ______, so the custom goes, Father Christmas or Santa Claus, comes (but (6) to children who have been good). He travels (7) ___ the North Pole in a sleigh which is (8) _______ by reindeer. After landing on the roof, Santa Claus climbs down the (9) and puts (10) in the sacks that the children have left out.
1/ A. tradition B. nation C. internation D. celebration (2)
2/ A. Eve B. evening C. morning D. afternoon (1)
3A. Actually B. Traditionally C