Test-S-Tuyen lop 10-G.9-2010

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. June-8-S
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Wednesday, June 09, 2010. Grade 9

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

A. correspond
B. communicate
C. achievement
D. distinguish

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. covered
B. showed
C. dressed
D. sleeved

A. alien
B. adult
C. amount
D. appear


QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic:
A. linguistics
B. mathematics
C. physics
D. scientists

A. protect
B. destroy
C. conserve
D. save


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

1. According to the ………………..forecast, it’ll be sunny tomorrow.
A
climate
B
weather
C
meteor
D
season

 2. Have you ever met the man…………………Mary’s sister?
A
 who married
B
who is married
C
whom married
D
who was married

 3. We……………………to the soccer match last Sunday because of the rain.
A
can’t go
B
won’t go
C
didn’t go
D
don’t go

 4. Nadal………………………tennis player since he was 16.
A
had been
B
is
C
was
D
has been

 5. Many accidents…………………………by dangerous driving so far.
A
caused
B
are caused
C
are being caused
D
have been caused

 6.Tim is too young to drive a car. He wishes he…………………a car.
A
drives
B
driving
C
could drive
D
is driving

 7. Susan asked me how many students……………………in my class.
A
there were
B
there are
C
were there
D
are there

 8. What ……………you………………If you were in London now?
A
will / do
B
do / do
C
did / do
D
would / do

 9. The material used for men’s aodai is different from that used for women’s
A
pattern
B
tunic
C
cloth
D
style

 10. Helen and I have corresponded once every month for 2 years.
A
wrote
B
called
C
sent
D
 met

 11. ………………….456 to New York is now boarding at gate 4.
A
flying
B
flight
C
flew
D
flyer

 12. ……………………………is a very strong circular winds which suck things up into them.
A
Cyclone
B
Tidal wave
C
Typhoon
D
Tornado


QUESTION V. Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by using the given words in the box:
There has been a revolution in the (1)………. of newspapers. Not many years ago, newspapers were being (2)………. using techniques unchanged for over hundred years.
The journalists gave their stories to a typist, (3)…………… prepared them for an editor, who passed them on (4)…………… the printer. The printer, who was a very skilled man, set up the type. This was then collected to make the 5)……………. When the pages were complete, the printing machines could be started.
Nowadays what happens? The journalists type their stories into a (6)……………. The computer checks their spelling, plans the page, and shapes the (7)…………….. When the pages are ready, another computer may control the printing.
There can be (8)…………… doubt about it, producing a newspaper in an entirely different management now

1
A
field
B
fond
C
proud
D
world

2
A
produce
B
producing
C
produced
D
product

3
A
whom
B
who
C
whose
D
that

4
A
to
B
in
C
for
D
at

5
A
print
B
computer
C
reader
D
pages

6
A
shop
B
stall
C
computer
D
store

7
A
reader
B
articles
C
story
D
legend

8
A
no
B
not
C
none
D