TEST 2 - GRADE 9

TEST 2
I/ PHONETICS:
* Choose the word in each line that has the underlined italic part pronounced differently from the rest :
1. A. life B. wife C. mine D. dinner (1)
2. A. this B. there C. think D. though (3)
3. A. invited B. visited C. wished D. rested (1)

* Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern :
4. A. occasion B. pagoda C. embroider D. comfortable ( 1)
5. A. business B. departure C. arrival D. convenient (2)

II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:
* Choose A,B,C, or D to complete the following sentences :
1. The Ao dai is the ________ dress of Vietnamese women. ( 1)
A. casual B. beautiful C. traditional D. baggy
2. Some designers have_______ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. ( 1)
A. modernized B. modernize C. modern D. modernly.
3. This jacket is the kind of things I want. Can I _______ ? (3)
A. wear it B. dress it C. take it off D. try it on
4. The washing instructions for this shirt are given in the _______. ( 1)
A. label B. badge C. notice D. mark
5. The national dress of Japanese women is __________ . ( 1)
A. Ao dai B. Sari C. Jeans D. Kimono
6. We have lived in this city_______ 1999. ( 1)
A. for B. since C. ago D. in
7. ___________ French with native people yet ? (2)
A. Did you learn B. were you learning
C. do you learn D. have you learnt
8. Is this the second time you __________ a car ? (3)
A. drive B. drove C. have driven D.are driving
9. David _______ in London . ( 1)
A. is born B. will born C. born D. was born
10. When ___________ ? in 1980 (2)
A. is the church built ` B. was the church built
C. did the church build D.has the church been built

11. No one knows why the man _______ . (2)
A. killed B. kills C. is killed D. was killed
12. The students _______ to smoke. ( 1)
A. don’t allow B. are allowed C. doesn’t allow D. aren’t allowed
13. VietNam ________ into three regions : the North, the Center and the South . ( 1)
A. divides B. divided C. is divided D. are divided
14. Millions of books_______ out of this bookstore every year . ( 1)
A. sell B. was sold C. have sold D. are sold.
15. No decision _______ until now. (3)
A. is made B. was made C. is being made D. has been made
16. The washing machine _______ for over ten years. (2)
A. is used B. has been used C.was used D. is being used
17. The famous picture ______ carefully by the security guards . ( 1)
A. keeps B. has been kept C. is keeping D. kept
18. My mother asked me to clean the house, it had to ______ before my mother
came home. (3)
A. clean B. is cleaned C. be clean D. be cleaned
19. The report must ________ right now. ( 1)
A. be finished B. is finished C. finish D. be finish
20. Smoking _______ in public . ( 1)
A. should prohibit B. is prohibit C. prohibits D. should be prohibited

III. READING :
* Read the text and choose the best answer to complete each sentences below :
A young man from Germany named Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850.