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LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. June-3-O
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Sunday, June 06, 2010. Grade 9

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Teacher’s Comment


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

A. minimize
B. environment
C. unique
D. admirable

A. champagne
B. encourage
C. exchange
D. rivalry


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

A. teacher
B. ready
C. speaker
D. easily

A. terrible
B. edition
C. examine
D. dormitory


QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic:
A. magazines
B. advertisers
C. newspapers
D. comics

A. candidate
B. grocery
C. bakery
D. drugstore


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

1. You should use a ……………. to check up the words you want to know about.
A
newspaper
B
textbook
C
dictionary
D
brochure

 2. Tom asked his teacher …………………………………..
A
 where is New York
B
where New York was
C
where New York is
D
Where was New York

 3. What ………………….of learning English do you find most difficult?
A
styles
B
kind
C
method
D
aspect

 4. I can complete a ……………..… English test if you want.
A
spoken
B
speaking
C
spoke
D
speech

 5. They told him they ……………………….. English then.
A
are being learnt
B
would learning
C
were learning
D
are learning

 6. They invited him …………………..to the stadium the following day.
A
will go
B
would go
C
going
D
to go

 7. Mary asked me ………………………..she could borrow me some money.
A
whether
B
unless
C
because
D
so

 8. My father ………………….. Beijing several times.
A
visited
B
has visited
C
is visiting
D
visits

 9. She is very interested …………….… learning languages.
A
on
B
of
C
about
D
in

 10. Jane used ……………………with her grandparents when she was a child.
A
lived
B
living
C
to live
D
 to living

 11. Do you ever wish you ................... on the moon?
A
living
B
can live
C
live
D
lived

 12. Let’s wait …....…….the rain stops, then we’ll start.
A
when
B
until
C
before
D
for



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

I was born in Taiwan, but my father is not Taiwanese. He (1) ………………. from Italy. He worked in Taiwan (2)……………. a businessman and met my mother there. (3) ……………....1998, my family moved to Australia. When we arrived in Melbourne, I didn’t know (4)…………………… I felt lonely. In Taiwan I (5)……….. to have a lot of friends, but now I don’t have anyone to talk to. So I decided to look for friends on the Internet. I was (6) …………. to know you and to be one of your friends. I wish we (7) ……………. in the same neighborhood so that we could meet and (8) …………..every day.

1
A
come
B
is coming
C
came
D
comes

2
A
since
B
so
C
as
D
from

3
A
With
B
In
C
On
D
At

4
A
anybody
B
nobody
C
someone
D
somebody

5
A
has
B
had
C
should
D
used

6
A
luckily
B
unlucky
C
lucky
D
luck

7
A
living
B
lived
C
are
D
are living

8
A
talk
B
say
C
speak
D
tell


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

There are at least 2,000 different languages in the world.