Thi tuyen sinh lop 10-N-June-26-2009-2010

Le Ngoc Han Lower Secondary School
ENGLISH TEST –Grade 9
Full name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class:…………………. Topic: June-N-26-09

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

1
A
enormous
B
destructive
C
previous
D
abnormal

2
A
persuade
B
unique
C
encourage
D
consist

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

1
A
relaxed
B
arrived
C
enjoyed
D
gathered

2
A
government
B
wonder
C
worry
D
work


Question III. Odd one out of the others:

1
A
candidate
B
institute
C
contestant
D
observer

2
A
windy
B
stormy
C
thunderstorm
D
cloudy


Question IV. Choose the best option (a, b, c or d) for the sentences below:
1. He made a deep………………on the class embers.
A. impressive B. impressed C. impression D. impressing
2. I often enjoy the……………………atmosphere at midnight.
A. peaceful B. noisy C. silence D. peacefully
3. The children are playing…………………in the schoolyard.
A. happily B. happy C. happiness D. unhappy
4. Liz…………………writing to Helen every month.
A. used to B. uses to C. is used to D. is used for
5. Kabul’s………………is Islam, so he often goes to the………………….
A. religious / mosque B. religion / mosque C. religion / shrine D. religion / church
6. It’s…………………to wear short skirt and fade jeans on weekends.
A. fashionable B. fashion C. fashionably D. fashioned
7. Some designers……………………the ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it.
A. have sold B. have taken C. have invented D. have modernized
8. Van Cao is one of the most……………………in VN
A. writers B. musicians C. poets D. fashioners
9. It’s time we………………the bus
A. catch B. to catch C. catching D. caught
10. Unless you………………you will lose your job.
A. work hardly B. work hard C. working hard D. worked hardly
11. These are the photos ……………………were taken by me last Sunday
A. which B. from which C. whose D. where
12. Susan asked John…………………to S.F the following Sunday
A. If he will go B. whether he would go C. would he go D. will he go
Question V. Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word:
Vietnamese schoolgirls in senior high schools (1)……… ………. the white ao dai as school uniform. The white color of the ao dai they wear (2)…… ……… the purity of school age. On (3)……… ……… occasions such as weddings, festivals, ceremonies…, Vietnamese women wear the ao dai of various (4)……… ……… and material. Many foreign visitors like this (5)…… ………. of Vietnamese women. Once a visitor, when seeing schoolgirls (6)…… ……… to school, told me, “I enjoy watching them. They look like (7)…… ……… in a wonderland with their laps of the ao dai fluttering. The ao dai is the fashion of Vietnamese women. They know that the (8)……… …… dress, which is now both traditional and fashionable.


1
A
hold
B
wear
C
dressed
D
likes

2
A
modernizes
B
celebrates
C
symbolizes
D
seems

3
A
special
B
especially
C
importance
D
serious

4
A
cloth
B
colorful
C
type
D
designs

5
A
suit
B
clothing
C
tradition
D
minorities

6
A
running
B
driving
C
walking
D
traveler

7
A
gods
B
birds
C
ghosts
D
fairies

8
A
unique
B
best
C
longest
D
modern


Question VI. Read this passage and choose the best answer for each question:

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