Thi tuyen sinh lop 10-C-June-12-2009-2010

Le Ngoc Han Lower Secondary School
ENGLISH TEST –Grade 9
Full name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class:…………………. Topic: June@12

Marks
Teacher’s Comment

I. Pick out the word that is pronounced different from the others:

1. A. angry B. language C. battery D. wander
2. A. great B. trade C. plane D. private
3. A. necessary B. regard C. possession D. lecture
4. A. brothers B. reads C. runs D. seats


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

1. A. celebrate B. nominate C. mineral D. conclusive
2. A. capture B. creature C. typhoon D. funnel
3. A. accessible B. manufacture C. directory D. experiment
4. A. competitive B. mysterious C. temperature D. requirement

III. CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION (A, B, C or D) FOR THE SENTENCES BELOW:
1. I usually go to school…………bike but this morning I went………foot.
A. by / by B. by / on C. on / on D. on / by.
2. She is fond………collecting stamps.
A. of B. in C. from D. by
3. To look after means to…………………
A. take care B. attend to C. look for D. take off
4. KTNN is one of the most popular magazines
A. liked by many people B. daily C. famous D. disliked by many people
5. He made a deep…………………on the members of his English –speaking club.
A. impressive B. impressing C. impression D. impress
6. His………………makes us happy
A. friendly B. friends C. friendliness D. unfriendliness
7. I felt very tired,……………..…I went straight to bed.
A. because B. although C. so D. when
8. ……………he gets to the airport, he’ll let us know.
A. wherever B. however C. although D. as soon as.
9. Working on the internet from home is a possibility…………many people are exploring.
A. where B. which C. who D. A&B are correct
10. It’s time we…………………dinner now.
A. have B. are having C. will have D. had
11. Sheila left the room without…………………
A. seeing B. being seen C. be seeing D. having seen
12. If I………………you, I………certainly………the same.
A. were/would…do B. am/ will…do C. were/ will..do D. am/ would…do


IV. Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word:
Television is one of (1)………………. Important means of communication. It brings pictures and sounds from around the world (2)……………millions of homes. A person with a TV set can sit in his house and watch the president (3)………………… a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war between countries and watch leaders (4)……………… about peace. TV even takes its viewers out of this world. In (5)………………all these things, television brings the viewers many programs (6)……………. Are made to entertain. In fact TV provides (7)……………. entertainment programmers than any other kind. The programmes (8)……………film, plays, cartons, circus, sporting events etc

{more; make; the most; include; that; into; addition to; try to bring; fewer; best; consist; in}

V. Read this passage and choose the best answer for each question:
Rain forests cover less than 6 percent of the earth’s area, but they have 100,000 kinds of plants, probably half of all the kinds of plants on the earth. Three fourth of all known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forest their home. 20% of our different kinds of medicine come from rain forests. The glue on an envelope and in shoes comes from tropical plants. Rain forests provide materials for hundreds of other products. Rain forests are also very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 30 to 40% of the total rainfall on the earth and produces about the same percentage of the world’s