LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-22-E Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Thursday, July 10, 2014. Grade 9 Marks Teacher’s Comment QUESTION I. Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others: 1. A. relative B. magazine C. popular D. dangerous 2. A. climate B. primary C. industry D. entertainment QUESTION II. Pick out the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others. 3. A. enjoy B. come C. among D. another 4. A. variety B. benefit C. favorite D. opposite QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic: 5. A. academy B. mosque C. pagoda D. shrine 6. A. Buddhism B. Muslim C. Hinduism D. Jewish QUESTION IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts) 1. Thomas wanted to buy a … shirt 2. I don’t like to wear that dress because it is out of……………… 3. Hoa’s mother gave her a handkerchief with her name ……………… in pink thread 4. Fashion……………………………must be imaginative people. 5. I wish I…… ………….a trip to the moon. 6. The crop will fail unless it…………………in a few days 7. The sale of jeans stopped growing because the worldwide……… ……… situation got worse. 8. What have fashion designers done……………….…the Aodai? 9. Some musicians take from nature to compose their songs. 10. My elder brother is a university student, but he works……………….as a waiter in the evening 11. My home village is about 30 kilometers… the west of MT.C 12. Kasim likes the peaceful ……………………while Khomeini was praying in the mosque. QUESTION V. Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by choosing A, B, C or D: (2pts) As an exchange student, I’m now (1)………………… with the Bakers on their farm in California, a state of the southeast of USA. Mr. and Mrs. Barker are farmers. They have a son (2)……………… Tom and a daughter named Linda. Tom and I are the same (3)……………. and Linda is 18, two years older than us. Tom is a student in a high school and Linda (4)………… a college. Every morning the Barkers and I get up early. We often have a big breakfast. (5)………… I have free and on weekends, I help the Barkers with the Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope A stripe B strip C stripping D striped A date B fashion C order D price A embroidered B labeled C print D paint A poetry B musicians C designers D authors A will take B can take C would take D have taken A won’t rain B didn’t rain C rained D rains A economical B economize C economy D economic A to add B to introduce C to invent D to modernize A enjoyment B interest C topic D inspiration A all the time B part time C full time D sometimes A to B at C on D in A entrance B recreation C impression D atmosphere 1 Full name: Full Name:…………………………… Class:………………… farm work. Most of the farm work is done by machine. (6)…………., they seem busy all the time. At first, I found rather (7)………… to understand what they said; I couldn’t hear them clearly, but now things are going well. My English is getting better and better. The (8)……………. thing is that Tom and Linda now can speak Vietnamese. I am enjoying my time here. 1 A stay B doing C living D studying 2 A calling B named C name D called 3 A age B young C hobby D old 4 A participates B works C finds D attends 5 A Whatever B Wherever C Whenever D However 6 A So B However C Since D Moreover 7 A difficult B easy C different D exciting 8 A boring B most C better D interesting QUESTION VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D): All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences. In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters. In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those words. Word order is more important in English than it is in some languages, such as Russian. Like other languages English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words; borrow words from other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word byte was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word tomato was borrowed from Nahualt, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word meat once referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most school children learn their first language easily-and sometimes other languages as well 1. What kinds of rules do all languages have? 2. How is meaning expressed in spoken languages? 3. What is more important in English in comparison with some languages? 4. How does English change?-It changes………………………. 5. How do people learn English and languages in general? 6. In English, do people invent new words and borrow words from other languages? QUESTION VII: WRITING. Write a paragraph of 100-150 words about students should or should not wear casual clothes when they are at school Wearing casual clothes: -Feel comfortable -Feel self-confident -Freedom of choice -colorful and lively …………………………………………………………….…………. ………………………………………………………….……………. ………………………………………………………….……………. ………………………………………………………….……………. ………………………………………………………….……………. …………………………………………………………….…………. …………………………………………………………….…………. …………………………………………………………….…………. Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope A Speaking / listening B forming/ordering words C Writing / speaking D Hearing/borrowing A By a system of sound B By combining sounds C By listening D A&B are correct A grammar B Word order C pronunciation D phonetic A very quickly B very often C very slowly D very fast A Reading, writing…… B Writing, speaking… C Hearing, speaking… D Listening, writing… A Yes, they do B They never borrow… C No they don’t D They only invent… 2 LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-23-F Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Thursday, July 10, 2014. Grade 9 Marks Teacher’s Comment QUESTION I. Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others: 1. A. pagoda B. grocery C. institute D. benefit 2. A. remote B. advance C. control D. access QUESTION II. Pick out the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others. 3. A. charity B. character C. change D. chopstick 4. A. equal B. poet C. depend D. depend QUESTION III. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic: 5. A. sweater B. jacket C. jean D. pants 6. A. river B. grocery C. pond D. lake QUESTION IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts) 1. Vietnam is a ……………………… …country. 2. I have two brothers and we are ……………at school. 3. In spite of ………late, he arrived in time. 4. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is……………… 5. They often study in the classrooms……………are air-conditioned. 6. Thanks to the Internet people can get the …………information. 7. When learning English, you should have a dictionary to ………………new words. 8. Do you know the name of the lecturer……………is talking about natural disasters? 9. Energy-saving bulbs should be used to …………electricity. 10. In my family, lighting ……………for 20% of the electricity bill. 11. … the weather was bad, my mother had to go to the market. 12. Celina isn’t here. If she ……………………here, she …………………….us do this work. QUESTION V. Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by choosing A, B, C or D: (2pts) People have recycled (1)………… throughout history. Metals tools and weapons have been melted, reformed, and (2)…………. since they came in use thousands of years ago. The iron, steel, and paper industries have almost always used (3)……… materials. (4)……… saves energy by reducing the need to process new material. The amount of energy (5)………. in recycling one aluminum can is equal to the Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope A developing B develop C development D to develop A too B both C all D same A he started B starting C he was started D his being started A pollution B polluted C unpolluted D polluting A where B when C whom D what A late B later C lately D latest A look up B look for C look into D look at A to add B to introduce C to invent D to modernize A waste B save C spend D accounts A wastes B collects C saves D sometimes A Therefore B Besides C As D Even though A were/would help B is / will help C will be / helps D was / would help 3 Full name: energy in the gasoline that would fill half of that same can. Recycling also reduces (6)……… because recycling a product creates less pollution (7)…… producing a new one. For every ton of newspaper recycled, 7 fewer kilogram of air pollutants are (8)……… into the atmosphere. 1 A materials B energy C wood D waste 2 A reduced B reused C protected D recycle 3 A new B raw C recycled D waste 4 A producing B exporting C making D recycling 5 A saved B wasted C stored D polluted 6 A polluted B pollution C fresh D pure 7 A more B much C than D less 8 A thrown B dropped C installed D pumped QUESTION VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D): When I was a child, we didn’t stay inside watching TV in hot weather. We didn’t own an air conditioner, so on warm summer evenings, we stayed outside the porch for hours. We children played games or looked at comic books. My dad relaxed in his chair. Sometimes he tried to do a crossword puzzle in the newspaper occasionally, some neighbors visited us on the porch. Then Dad stopped reading the newspaper and argued current events with them. They discussed about current social problems. After my mom washed dinner dishes. She usually joined us on the porch. She and my dad talked about the house, the neighborhood and us. Sometimes she peeled apples. When she finished and handed each an apple. My family always enjoyed those summer evenings on the porch. 1. Why did the stay outside the porch for hours?-Because they didn’t have…………. 2. The writer’s father enjoyed……………………on his chair. 3. Who often visited the writer’s father on the porch? 4. What did the writer’s mother do before joining them? 5. What did the writer’s parents talk about? 6. What did the mother sometimes do? QUESTION VII: WRITING. Write a paragraph of 100-150 words about “ A country picnic” : -When / where? -What you do -What you / your friends bring a long -How you feel after a country picnic …………………………………………………………….…………. ………………………………………………………….……………. ………………………………………………………….……………. ………………………………………………………….……………. ………………………………………………………….……………. …………………………………………………………….…………. …………………………………………………………….…………. …………………………………………………………….…………. …………………………………………………………….…………. …………………………………………………………….…………. Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope A a house B a yard C an air conditioner D a fridge A talking about his house B discussion events C doing a crossword D eating apples A their neighbors B their friends C their relatives D their guests A cooked meals B washed plates C washed apples D cleaned the house A Their house B Their children C Their neighbor D All are correct A Baked cake B Cooked special dishes C Watched TV D Gave them apples 4 . LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-22-E Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Thursday, July 10, 2014. Grade. A Yes, they do B They never borrow… C No they don’t D They only invent… 2 LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. May-23-F Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Thursday, July 10, 2014. Grade. started A pollution B polluted C unpolluted D polluting A where B when C whom D what A late B later C lately D latest A look up B look for C look into D look at A to add B to introduce C to invent D to modernize A waste B save C spend D accounts A wastes B collects C saves D sometimes A Therefore B Besides C As D Even