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

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-23-F
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Grade 9

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

A. pagoda
B. grocery
C. institute
D. benefit

A. remote
B. advance
C. control
D. access


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

A. charity
B. character
C. change
D. chopstick

A. equal
B. poet
C. depend
D. recently


QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic:
A. sweater
B. jacket
C. jean
D. pants

A. river
B. grocery
C. pond
D. lake


QUESTION IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts)

1. Vietnam is a ………………………..…country.
A
developing
B
develop
C
development
D
to develop

 2. I have two brothers and we are ……………at school.
A
too
B
both
C
all
D
same

 3. In spite of ………late, he arrived in time.
A
he started
B
starting
C
he was started
D
his being started

 4. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is………………
A
pollution
B
polluted
C
unpolluted
D
polluting

 5. They often study in the classrooms……………are air-conditioned.
A
where
B
when
C
whom
D
what

 6. Thanks to the Internet people can get the …………information.
A
late
B
later
C
lately
D
latest

 7. When learning English, you should have a dictionary to ………………new words.
A
look up
B
look for
C
look into
D
look at

 8. Do you know the name of the lecturer……………is talking about natural disasters?
A
whom
B
who
C
whose
D
which

 9. Energy-saving bulbs should be used to …………electricity.
A
waste
B
save
C
spend
D
accounts

 10. In my family, lighting ……………for 20% of the electricity bill.
A
wastes
B
collects
C
saves
D
accounts

 11. ….......................the weather was bad, my mother had to go to the market.
A
Therefore
B
Besides
C
As
D
Even though

 12. Celina isn’t here. If she ……………………here, she …………………….us do this work.
A
were/would help
B
is / will help
C
will be / helps
D
was / would help


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

People have recycled (1)………… throughout history. Metals tools and weapons have been melted, reformed, and (2)…………. since they came in use thousands of years ago. The iron, steel, and paper industries have almost always used (3)………..materials. (4)………..saves energy by reducing the need to process new material. The amount of energy (5)………. in recycling one aluminum can is equal to the energy in the gasoline that would fill half of that same can. Recycling also reduces (6)……… because recycling a product creates less pollution (7)……... producing a new one. For every ton of newspaper recycled, 7 fewer kilogram of air pollutants are (8)……… into the atmosphere.

1
A
materials
B
energy
C
wood
D
waste

2
A
reduced
B
reused
C
protected
D
recycle

3
A
new
B
raw
C
recycled
D
waste

4
A
producing
B
exporting
C
making
D
recycling

5
A
saved
B
wasted
C
stored
D
polluted

6
A
polluted
B
pollution
C
fresh
D
pure

7
A
more
B
much
C
than
D
less

8
A
thrown
B
dropped
C
installed
D
pumped


QUESTION VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D):

When I