Test 1-Chuyen Anh-G.9-2010

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-20
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Monday, May 24, 2010. Grade 9

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QUESTION I. Listen to the tape twice and fill in the blanks with suitable words you’ve heard: (1pt)

1. UFOs are strange………………that some people have seen in the sky
2. Scientists say that it might be an…………………, a…………….. or a meteor.
3. In 1954, a woman and her children saw two……………………in the spacecraft.
4. In 1971, two men were………………..by aliens and taken aboard a spacecraft.
5. In 1981, a Frenchman reported that he saw……………………device at a tree top.

QUESTION II. Listen to the tape twice and state whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE: (1pt)

1. …………...There is no air on the moon
2. …………...Scientists say that there are a lot of rivers and lakes on the moon.
3. …………...On the moon, the temperature is very low at night and very high during the day
4. …………...Scientists discovered a lot of great craters on the moon
5. …………...On the moon, one day last fourteen days on the earth.

QUESTION III. Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others:

1. A. economic
B. mausoleum
C. encourage
D. understand

 2. A. minority
B. material
C. compulsory
D. correspond

3. A. separate
B. ultimately
C. mineral
D. distinguish

4. A. category
B. acquaintance
C. grocery
D. hamburger

5. A. unique
B. profitable
C. logical
D. infrastructure







QUESTION IV. Pick out the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced different from the others.

1. A. efficiency
B. environment
C. energy
D. deforestation

2. A. garbage
B. village
C. heritage
D. damage

3. A. territory
B. primary
C. comprise
D. economy

4. A. pleased
B. relaxed
C. closed
D. organized

5. A. compulsory
B. burry
C. son
D. puppet







QUESTION V. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same group:

A. kilts
B. pans
C. shorts
D. gloves

A. silence
B. calm
C. peaceful
D. quiet

A. linguistics
B. phonetic
C. grammar
D. conservationist

A. independence
B. slavery
C. freedom
D. federation

A. vessels
B. spacecrafts
C. rockets
D. satellite


QUESTION VI. Write the correct form of word in each sentence:
Look! That .......................... is going too fast. (cycle)
The hotel ..........................asked us to register. (reception)
That company has 2000 ..................................... (employ)
I ..............................wrote letter of application, but got no reply. (end)
He suffered from constant ..................................... (sleep)

QUESTION VII. Write the correct tense and form of verbs in the brackets:
1. It (be)………………… my birthday tomorrow.
2. I (not play)…………….. football since I (break)…………….. my leg.
3. I (telephone)…………….. Bill as soon as I (get)…………….. home this evening.
4. It was eleven o’clock and we (just go)………….. to bed when the telephone (ring)…………….
5. I (think)……..…….. your father’s health (improve)……….. so much since I (see)……………….. him last.
QUESTION VIII: Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentences with the cues

1. I asked the receptionist to wake me up at 6.30 the following morning.

“Please ...………………………………………………………..……………
2. He is a man of extreme honesty.

He is an………………………………………………………….…………….
3. It was a mistake of me to spend a lot of money on clothe

I shouldn’t…………………………………………………………………….
4. The car was so rusty that it couldn’t be repaired

The car was too……………………………………………………………….
5. People did not discover AIDS until 1981.

Not until………………………………………………………………………
6. There were many people on the way. We couldn`t drive on.

There were so…………………………………………………………………
7. Paul wishes he hadn`t bought that cheap television set.

Paul regrets…………………………………………………………………