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LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. June-7-R
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Tuesday, June 08, 2010. Grade 9

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

A. region
B. activity
C. musician
D. convenient

A. majority
B. complete
C. encourage
D. favorite


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

A. teacher
B. weak
C. week
D. great

A. advised
B. praised
C. practiced
D. closed


QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic:
A. Spanish
B. Britain
C. Russian
D. German

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


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

1. You should take bottles, newspapers to a recycling center so that they can be used again.
A
reprocessing
B
riding
C
cycling
D
collecting

 2. At the entrance to the village stands a big old banyan tree.
A
 opening
B
enter
C
fence
D
hedge

 3. Watching TV,……………is said to be an unhealthy pastime, is Tom’s favorite hobby.
A
that
B
which
C
who
D
whose

 4. Each of poor students………………………a new schoolbag and 20 notebooks last week.
A
is going to be given
B
were given
C
was given
D
are given

 5. Not one of the girls in this class……………………short hair.
A
have
B
had
C
having
D
has

 6................................., my mother was ill, she had to cook the meals for us.
A
Because
B
Despite
C
Although
D
Since

 7. The stream is………………with foam.
A
full
B
harmed
C
damaged
D
covered

 8. If you want to……………………the course, you must pass the spoken test.
A
attend
B
occur
C
inform
D
nominate

 9. Everyone must take part in………………………….deforestation.
A
cutting
B
exporting
C
preventing
D
recycling

 10. Passover is a festival…………………………people celebrate freedom from slavery.
A
who
B
on which
C
where
D
 whose

 11. Mary wanted an evening job that would allow her to……………………..her children during the day.
A
look for
B
look after
C
look at
D
look up

 12. I’ll bring a raincoat just in case. I hope my friends………………………me
A
won’t laugh at
B
laughed
C
didn’t laugh
D
can laugh






QUESTION V. Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by using the given words in the box:

Kobe is a major commercial port city in Japan. Local agricultural (1)………. includes rice and other grains, fruits and vegetables, and tea. Shipbuilding and production of rubber goods are of primary (2)………. to the city. Chemicals, machinery, railway cars, electrical equipment, textiles, refined sugar, flour, and sake are also (3)…………… here. On January 17, 1995, a strong earthquake struck below Awaji Island (4)…………… the bay from Kobe. It was the most (5)…………… earthquake to hit Japan since 1923. The quake caused buildings and bridges to collapse and fires broke out (6)…………… the city. In all, about 5000 people died and (7)……………. than 21,000 people were injured. More than 30,000 buildings were damaged by the quake and resulting fires, and hundreds of thousands were (8)…………… homeless.

1
A
production
B
damage
C
religion
D
activities

2
A
important
B
importance
C
export
D
import

3
A
product
B
productive
C
produced
D
production

4
A
to
B
from
C
into
D
across

5
A
deadly
B
death
C
anxious
D
died

6
A
form
B
throughout
C
at
D
to

7
A
much
B
many
C
more
D
lots of

8
A