Test 2 - English 9

TEST 2

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced different from the other (1pt)
1. A. campus B. practice C. language D. favourite
2. A. qualify B. scenery C. grocery D. academy
3. A. speak B. need C. heart D. read
4. A. practiced B. learned C. asked D. watched
5. A. school B. scholarship C. chemistry D. children
II. Choose the best answer (2pts)
1. The center has many _______________ and native English teacher.
A. good-qualify B. well-qualifying C. well-qualified D. good-qualified
2. When she ..................the top of the stairs, her heart was pounding.
A. went B. reached C. stepped D. travelled
3. Students will ...........a two-hour examination at the end of the year.
A. take B. make C. do D. come
4. The perfume has been .................in all the women’s magazines.
A. recognized B. advertised C. impressed D. read
5. There is a big old banyan tree …… the entrance …… the village
A. from / to B. at / in C. at / to D. at / from
6. Long ago. French ________________ in Viet Nam.
A. is spoken B. was spoken C. spoke D. has spoken
7. My village is about 200 kilometers _________ the South of Ho Chi Minh city.
A. to B. from C. at D. in
8. All dancers and musicians wore ....................costume.
A. comfortable B. convenient C. different D. traditional
9. The sea ...............many of artist’s later paintings.
A. produced B. designed C. inspired D. attracted
10. My brother is a university student, but he works .................as a waiter in the evenings.
A. all the time B. full-time C. part-time D. sometime
III. Put the words in the brackets into correct forms (1pt)
1. English spelling presents special ..............................for foreign learners. (DIFFICULT)
2. We ............................gather our things and ran to the bus stop. (HURRY)
3. Students will take an ...........................(examine) at the end of the year. (EXAMINE)
4. The show brought ..................................to millions of viewers. (ENJOY)
5. The Internet is a very useful means of .....................................(COMMUNICATE)
IV. Each sentence has a mistake. Find and correct it (1pt)
1. I’m usually right about the weather, amnot I?
2. The Tuoi Tre is a daily newspaper that is wide read by both teenagers and adults.
3. Could I change seats with you? I’d like sitting next to my friends.
4. The dentist said to brush three times a day and don’t eat candy.
5. I know you are too busy to stay, but I look forward to see you again.
V. Choose the word from the box to fill each gap (2pts)
addition events making means designed explore entertainment viewers faraway pictures



Television is one of man’s most important 1............................communication. It brings 2..................... and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President 3......................a speech or visit a foreign country. Through television, home 4........................can see and learn about people, places, and things in 5........................lands. TV even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them coverage of American’s astronauts as the astroauts 6.......................... outer space.
In 7..........................to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are 8....................... to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more 9..................... programs than any other kind. The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting 10..................and motion pictures.
VI. Read the following passage and answer the questions below. (1pt)
About half of 16-and 17-year-olds in the UK have got jobs, and three quarters of this age group also go to school. They do part-time jobs before or after school and at weekends. The most common jobs are babysitting (very popular with girls) and paper rounds (popular with boys). Cleaning and working in a shop are also popular jobs.
In the UK, school students are not allowed to work more than two hours on a school day,