Test-D1-Gifted School-G.9-2010

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. D-June-2
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Thursday, June 03, 2010. Grade 9

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Teacher’s Comment


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

1. Very powerful earthquakes…………………once every few years.
2. Some volcanoes are always ………………………...
3. Most of the Hawaiian Islands are…………………volcanoes.
4. Scientists try to………………..out when volcanoes will erupt.
5. They use………………………to study volcanoes from space

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

1. ……...Nowadays, people don’t mention about the environment
2. ……...Plants and wild animals can be protected by passing law in nature’s defense
3. ……...To change our lifestyle completely is not difficult.
4. ……...Cutting down the amount of driving or use as little plastic bags can save energy and money
5. ……...Governments must make decision to ensure a better world for new generation.

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

1. A. correspond
B. demonstrate
C. economical
D. popularity

 2. A. advertisement
B. seismologist
C. introduce
D. artificial

3. A. atmosphere
B. language
C. imagine
D. currency

4. A. preference
B. announcement
C. amusement
D. experiment

5. A. impressive
B. vocabulary
C. unfortunate
D. linguistics







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

1. A. nothing
B. country
C. province
D. once

2. A. vacation
B. restaurant
C. lake
D. information

3. A. famous
B. tourist
C. tedious
D. anxious

4. A. compulsory
B. education
C. instruct
D. public

5. A. buys
B. advise
C. forks
D. please







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

1. A. village
B. principal
C. district
D. province

 2. A. outgoing
B. famous
C. glory
D. well-known

 3. A. landslide
B. stream
C. canal
D. river

 4. A. pudding
B. sticky rice
C. pizza
D. dumpling

 5. A. interact
B. connect
C. communicate
D. trade




QUESTION VI. Write the correct form of word in each sentence:
1. My new car is more ……………..than the one I had before. (economy)
2. He didn`t feel happy because he worked …………….. (success)
3. My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager is a little…………….. (friend)
4. We must make a ……………..about where to go. (decide)
5. Lucy …………….. quickly and went for work. (dress)
6. We all looked ……………..after the summer holiday. (health)
7. The children are more ……………..in cartoons. (interest)
8. …………….., the weather was so bad that we couldn’t go out. (fortune)
9. I hope there won’t be too much ……………..in getting a work permit. (difficult)
10. That ……………..has composed a lot of beautiful songs. (music)

QUESTION VII. Write the correct tense and form of verbs in the brackets:
I remember (hear) ……………him (say) …………….the grass needed (cut)……………..
The meat (taste) …………..better if it (not cook) ……………….so long.
I hardly (be) ……………..there 5 minutes when Mr. Smith (come) ………………..in with the coffee.
I was tired when I got home. I (work) ...........................all day
I (see) ......................him in the library today. We (be) ......................there together.

QUESTION VIII: Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentences with the cues
1. Don’t stop your car here.

Your car ………………………………………………………………………………….…
2. Why didn’t I think of that before?

I should…………………………………………………………...............................….…
3. Because her father was there, we said nothing about it.

Because of
4. “What a nice