Test E-Thi tuyen-G.10-G.9-2010

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-22-E
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Sunday, May 23, 2010. Grade 9

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

A. relative
B. magazine
C. popular
D. dangerous

A. climate
B. primary
C. industry
D. entertainment


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

A. enjoy
B. come
C. among
D. another

A. variety
B. benefit
C. favorite
D. opposite


QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic:
A. academy
B. mosque
C. pagoda
D. shrine

A. Buddhism
B. Muslim
C. Hinduism
D. Jewish


QUESTION IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts)
1. Thomas wanted to buy a …...............shirt
A
stripe
B
strip
C
stripping
D
striped

 2. I don’t like to wear that dress because it is out of………………
A
date
B
fashion
C
order
D
price

 3. Hoa’s mother gave her a handkerchief with her name ………………..in pink thread
A
embroidered
B
labeled
C
print
D
paint

 4. Fashion……………………………must be imaginative people.
A
poetry
B
musicians
C
designers
D
authors

 5. I wish I……..………….a trip to the moon.
A
will take
B
can take
C
would take
D
have taken

 6. The crop will fail unless it…………………in a few days
A
won’t rain
B
didn’t rain
C
rained
D
rains

 7. The sale of jeans stopped growing because the worldwide………..………..situation got worse.
A
economical
B
economize
C
economy
D
economic

 8. What have fashion designers done……………….…the Aodai?
A
to add
B
to introduce
C
to invent
D
to modernize

 9. Some musicians take............................from nature to compose their songs.
A
enjoyment
B
interest
C
topic
D
inspiration

 10. My elder brother is a university student, but he works……………….as a waiter in the evening
A
all the time
B
part time
C
full time
D
sometimes

 11. My home village is about 30 kilometers….......................the west of MT.C
A
to
B
at
C
on
D
in

 12. Kasim likes the peaceful ……………………while Khomeini was praying in the mosque.
A
entrance
B
recreation
C
impression
D
atmosphere


QUESTION V. Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by choosing A, B, C or D: (2pts)

As an exchange student, I’m now (1)………………… 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 (2)……………… Tom and a daughter named Linda. Tom and I are the same (3)……………. and Linda is 18, two years older than us. Tom is a student in a high school and Linda (4)………….. a college. Every morning the Barkers and I get up early. We often have a big breakfast. (5)………… I have free and on weekends, I help the Barkers with the farm work. Most of the farm work is done by machine. (6)…………., they seem busy all the time. At first, I found rather (7)………… to understand what they said; I couldn’t hear them clearly, but now things are going well. My English is getting better and better. The (8)……………. thing is that Tom and Linda now can speak Vietnamese. I am enjoying my time here.

1
A
stay
B
doing
C
living
D
studying

2
A
calling
B
named
C
name
D
called

3
A
age
B
young
C
hobby
D
old

4
A
participates
B
works
C
finds
D
attends

5
A
Whatever
B
Wherever
C
Whenever
D
However

6
A
So
B
However
C
Since
D
Moreover

7
A
difficult
B
easy
C
different
D
exciting

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