TEST 2-U.3-U.4-Grade 9-09

Thursday, November 05, 2009
GRADE.9

 ENGLISH-TEST.NOV.A.4/a
Time Allotted: 45 minutes

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Teacher’s Comment


QUESTION I. A. Listen to the tape twice and state whether the sentences below are TRUE or FALSE: (1pt)

1. ……… Nga is studying English in London now.
2. ……… She works for a bank in Ha Noi.
3. ……… English is useful for her job
4. ……… Her writing and Listening are very excellent


Listen to the tape twice and choose the best answer (A,B,C or D): (1pt)

1. They started their trip at...........................
A
6:15
B
half past seven
C
half past six
D
six o’clock

 2. The bus crossed the bridge and stopped at………………
A
supermarket
B
restaurant
C
gas station
D
grocery store

3. They went through a…………
A
green forest
B
maize fields
C
small bamboo forest
D
village

4. The bus dropped everyone off at…………………
A
a big old banyan tree
B
the parking lot
C
the entrance
D
the store


QUESTION II. Pronunciation and Stress syllable: (1.5pt)

Câu 1 :
Pick out the word that is pronounced differently from the other

A.
lucky
B.
much
C.
future
D.
difficult

 Câu 2:
Pick out the word that is pronounced differently from the other

A.
ejoyed
B.
learned
C.
studied
D.
relaxed

Câu 3:
Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others

A.
improve
B.
dormitory
C.
necessary
D.
advantage

Câu 4:
Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others

A.
campus
B.
educate
C.
primary
D.
encourage

Câu 5:
Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic :

A.
oral
B.
journey
C.
trip
D.
voyage

Câu 6:
Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic :

A.
candidate
B.
student
C.
examiner
D.
aspect


QUESTION III. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (2pts)
1. The first semester exam will be held …………………December 20th
A
on
B
in
C
at
D
from

2. All the students are looking forward…………………..their Tet holidays in the countryside.
A
to spend
B
to spending
C
spending
D
spent

3. Tom got up late,…………..he didn’t have time for breakfast.
A
because
B
so
C
and
D
but

4. My sister is a university student, but she works…………………….as a shop assistant in a supermarket.
A
regularly
B
full time
C
carefully
D
part time

5. I haven’t seen Jane………………Monday.
A
on
B
for
C
since
D
in

6. The language………………by scientists is the same in most of countries in the world.
A
speaking
B
speech
C
spoken
D
spoke

 7. An will live in a….......................If he goes to Australia for his higher study
A
campus
B
academy
C
institute
D
dormitory

4. To check how a word is spelt, look it up in a…………………….
A
reference books
B
dictionary
C
library
D
textbook

QUESTION IV. Read this passage and choose the best answer (A, b, C or D): (1pt)
As an exchange student, I’m now living with the Bakers on their farm in California, a state of the southeast of USA. Mr. and Mrs. Barker are farmers. They have a son named Tom and a daughter named Linda. Tom and I are the same age and Linda is 18, two years older than us. Tom is a student in a high school and Linda attends a college. Every morning the Barkers and I get up early. We often have a big breakfast. Whenever I have free and on weekends, I help the Barkers with the farm work. Most of the farm work is done by machine. However, they seem busy all the time. At first, I found rather difficult to understand what they said; I couldn’t hear them clearly, but now things are going well. My