Grade 9 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-002 Choose the words whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others. 1. A. wonderful B. volunteer C. disappear D. disappoint 2. A. generous B. humorous C. precious D. mysterious 3. A. earthquake B. evidence C. disappear D. slavery Choose the best answer to each of the sentences below. 4. You can come here either on Monday __________ on Friday. A. or B. nor C. both D. and 5. She's not only beautiful _________ intelligent. A. but B. but also C. and D. yet 6. The man ___________ I introduced to you last night may be the next president of the university. A. which B. whom C. whose D. to whom 7. I suggest ___________ to the cinema instead of staying home and watching TV. A. go B. to go C. going D. should go 8. We were very pleased __________ the service. A. with B. on C. at D. from 9. If we __________ littering, the environment will be more polluted. A. turn on B. turn off C. go to D. go on 10. She is tired __________ she stayed up late watching TV. A. and B. as C. however D. but 11. How about __________ posters on energy saving and hanging them around our school? A. make B. to make C. making D. made 12. My aunt Judy, ____________ works in the national bank, earns a lot of money. A. which B. who C. that D. where 13. A tropical storm which reaches 120 km per hour is called ____________ in Asia. A. typhoon B. hurricane C. cyclone D. tornado 14. We are talking about the preservation of ____________ resources. A. natural B. naturally C. nature D. naturalize 15. The South Vietnam was completely liberated ___________ 30 th April, 1975. A. in B. on C. at D. to 16. Do you know the name of the man ___________ we talked about last night? A. which B. where C. whose D. whom 17. I haven't got a passport, __________ means I can't leave my country. A. which B. that C. who D. what 18. He didn't feel happy because he worked _______________. A. successful B. successfully C. unsuccessful D. unsuccessfully 19. I watch the news every day because it’s very _______________. A. inform B. informative C. information D. informed 20. Many chemicals have a _______________ effect on the environment. A. disastrous B. disastrously C. disaster D. all are correct Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 21. Mrs. Adams was surprise that her son and his friend had gone to the mountains to ski. A B C D 22. The charity organization provides the poor with a lot of household furnitures. A B C D 23. Today the number of people which enjoy winter sports is almost double that of twenty years ago. A B C D 24. He couldn't find the dictionary because it was packing in the case ready for sending. A B C D 25. Your friends became very angrily over a seemingly little problem. A B C D Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-002 Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank. A WELSH FESTIVAL Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (26)_______ August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It takes place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (27)_______ years making plans for the festival when it is organized in their town. Each festival is attended by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (28)_______ also from the rest of the British Isles and even from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (29)_______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as well as food and drink. The festival provides a chance (30)_______ Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with the Welsh language all around them. 26. A. on B. by C. in D. at 27. A. pass B. put C. do D. spend 28. A. but B. and C. since D. however 29. A. tests B. competitions C. examinations D. races 30. A. for B. to C. on D. of Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow. It is estimated that about 200 million people who use the Internet computer network around the world. The Internet allows people to work at home instead of travelling to work. The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in many parts of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. Email allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. People can use the Internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of time. It is possible to use the Internet for education – students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive email or talk their problems through “on-line” rather than attend a class. 31. According to the passage, how many Internet users are there around the world? There______________________________________________________________________ 32. How much do businesses pay to communicate with customers and workers in many parts of the world? They pay for________________________________________________________________ 33. How long does it take to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another? It takes ____________________________________________________________________ 34. Can people use the internet to do shopping? Yes,_______________________________________________________________________ 35. What may students connect with their teachers from home for? They may connect with their teachers from home to_________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 36. He doesn’t pass the exam because he doesn’t work hard. (use ‘conditional sentence type 2’) If he_______________________________________________________________________ 37. Ho Chi Minh City is the capital of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City is the most populous. (use which) Ho Chi Minh City,___________________________________________________________ 38. We went to the movies last night in spite of the cold weather. (use Although) Although __________________________________________________________________ 39. We delayed our journey because there was a serious typhoon. (use ‘so’ and phrasal verb ‘put off’) There______________________________________________________________________ 40. Our son passed his exams, which made us pleased. (use ‘that clause’) We were___________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-002 ANSWER KEYS 31. According to the passage, how many Internet users are there around the world? There are about 200 Internet users around the world._____________________________ 32. How much do businesses pay to communicate with customers and workers in many parts of the world? They pay for the cost of a local telephone call.____________________________________ 33. How long does it take to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another? It takes at least five minutes.___________________________________________________ 34. Can people use the internet to do shopping? Yes, they can._______________________________________________________________ 35. What may students connect with their teachers from home for? They may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive email or talk their problems.___________________________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 36. He doesn’t pass the exam because he doesn’t work hard. (use ‘conditional sentence type 2’) If he worked hard, he would pass the exam.______________________________________ 37. Ho Chi Minh City is the capital of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City is the most populous. (use which) Ho Chi Minh City, which is the capital of Vietnam, is the most populous.______________ 38. We went to the movies last night in spite of the cold weather. (use Although) Although the weather was cold, we went to the movies last night.____________________ 39. We delayed our journey because there was a serious typhoon. (use ‘so’ and phrasal verb ‘put off’) There was a serious typhoon, so we put off our journey.____________________________ 40. Our son passed his exams, which made us pleased. (use ‘that clause’) We were pleased that our son passed his exams.__________________________________ Page 3 THE FIRST SEMESTER . Grade 9 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM -002 Choose the words whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others. 1. A. wonderful. a seemingly little problem. A B C D Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM -002 Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank. A WELSH FESTIVAL Wales has. were___________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 9 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM -002 ANSWER KEYS 31. According to the passage, how many Internet users are there around the world?