LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST. D-June-2 Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Friday, July 11, 2014. Grade 9 Marks Teacher’s Comment QUESTION I. Listen to the tape twice and ll in the blanks with suitable words you’ve heard: (1pt) 1. Very powerful earthquakes…………………once every few years. 2. Some volcanoes are always ……………………… 3. Most of the Hawaiian Islands are…………………volcanoes. 4. Scientists try to……………… out when volcanoes will erupt. 5. They use………………………to study volcanoes from space QUESTION II. Listen to the tape twice and state whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE: (1pt) 1. …… Nowadays, people don’t mention about the environment 2. …… Plants and wild animals can be protected by passing law in nature’s defense 3. …… To change our lifestyle completely is not difficult. 4. …… Cutting down the amount of driving or use as little plastic bags can save energy and money 5. …… Governments must make decision to ensure a better world for new generation. QUESTION III. Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others: 1. A. correspond B. demonstrate C. economical D. popularity 2. A. advertisement B. seismologist C. introduce D. artificial 3. A. atmosphere B. language C. imagine D. currency 4. A. preference B. announcement C. amusement D. experiment 5. A. impressive B. vocabulary C. unfortunate D. linguistics QUESTION IV. Pick out the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced different from the others. 1. A. nothing B. country C. province D. once 2. A. vacation B. restaurant C. lake D. information 3. A. famous B. tourist C. tedious D. anxious 4. A. compulsory B. education C. instruct D. public 5. A. buys B. advise C. forks D. please QUESTION V. Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same group: 1. A. village B. principal C. district D. province 2. A. outgoing B. famous C. glory D. well-known 3. A. landslide B. stream C. canal D. river 4. A. pudding B. sticky rice C. pizza D. dumpling 5. A. interact B. connect C. communicate D. trade Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope 1 Full name: QUESTION VI. Write the correct form of word in each sentence: 1. My new car is more …………… than the one I had before. (economy) 2. He didn't feel happy because he worked …………… (success) 3. My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager is a little…………… (friend) 4. We must make a …………… about where to go. (decide) 5. Lucy …………… quickly and went for work. (dress) 6. We all looked …………… after the summer holiday. (health) 7. The children are more …………… in cartoons. (interest) 8. …………… , the weather was so bad that we couldn’t go out. (fortune) 9. I hope there won’t be too much …………… in getting a work permit. (difficult) 10. That …………… has composed a lot of beautiful songs. (music) QUESTION VII. Write the correct tense and form of verbs in the brackets: 1. I remember (hear) ……………him (say) …………….the grass needed (cut)…………… 2. The meat (taste) ………… better if it (not cook) ……………….so long. 3. I hardly (be) …………… there 5 minutes when Mr. Smith (come) ……………… in with the coffee. 4. I was tired when I got home. I (work) all day 5. I (see) him in the library today. We (be) there together. QUESTION VIII: Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentences with the cues 1. Don’t stop your car here. → Your car ………………………………………………………………………………….… 2. Why didn’t I think of that before? → I should………………………………………………………… ….… 3. Because her father was there, we said nothing about it. → Because of ……………………………………………………………………………….……… 4. “What a nice house!”. He said. → He said that……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. I would to be rich and famous. → If only ………………………………………………………………………… …………… 6. This is the fastest way to get to the city center. → There’s …………………………………………………….……….…………………………… 7. That’s the last time I go to that restaurant. → I certainly ……………………………………………………………………………………. 8. “I am sorry I was so rude to you”, he said. → He opologised 9. He never suspected that the money had been stolen. → At no time 10. Whenever she went to Paris she bought a new dress. → She never QUESTION IX: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word Some hundred years ago there was not equality (1)………. men and women because people then considered to be the weaker sex. This prejudice (2)……… women had its origin (3)……… the dawn of mankind’s history when men lived in caves and went hunting (4)…….… food. The task of food gathering and hunting needed great strength of body. Therefore, the best place for women was not (5)……….… the forest but at home where they could satisfactorily do their job, namely feeding Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope 2 their children and looking (6)……….… them. Things have changed much (7)………… those early days . In the modern life of the twentieth century, more brains are needed, not more strength of the muscle. (8)……….… a consequence, women play an important role (9)……… modern society. They have proved repeatedly that they are equal and superior (10)……… men in almost every field. QUESTION X: Read, then choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Learning a second language Some people learn a second language (1) …………….Other people have trouble learning a new language. How can you help (2)……………. learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to make learning English a little (3) ………. and more interesting. The first step is to feel positive about learning English. If you believe that you can learn, you will learn. (4) ………. patient. You do not to have to understand (5) ………. all at once. It’s natural to make mistakes when you learn something new. We can learn from our mistakes. The second step is to practice your English. For example, write in a journal, or diary, everyday. You will get used to (6)…………….in English and you will feel comfortable expressing your ideas in English. After several weeks, you will see that your writing is improving. (7) ……………. you must speak English every day. You can practice with your classmates (8) …………. class. The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your journal. After (9) ………. class, think about what you can did. Did you answer a question (10) ……….? Did you understand something the teacher explained? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it. It is important to practice every day and make a record of your achievements. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A. ease A. itself A. ease A. be A. anything A. write A. In addition A. of side A. some A. correct B. easy B. yourself B. easy B. being B. nothing B. writing B. Addition B. outside B. each B. correction C. easily C. himself C. easily C. to be C. everything C. to write C. Additional C. beside C. all C. correctly D. all a, b, c D. herself D. easier D. been D. something D. written D. By addition D. by side D. few D. corrective QUESTION XI: Read the paragraph. Then choose the best answer for each question. The three phrases of the human memory are the sensory memory, the short-term memory and the long-term memory. This division of the memory into phrases is based on the length of time of the memory. Sensory memory is instantaneous memory. It is an image of memory that enters your mind only for a short period of time; it comes and goes in under a second. The memory will not last longer than that unless the information enters the short-term memory. Information can be held in the short-term memory for about twenty seconds or as long as you are actively using it. If you repeat a fact to yourself, that fact will stay in your short-term memory as long as you keep repeating it. Once you stop repeating it, either it is forgotten or it moves into long- term memory. Long-term memory is the huge memory tank that can hold ideas and images for years and years. Information can be added to your long-term memory when you actively try to put it there through memorization or when an idea or image enters your mind on its own. 1. The best title for this passage would be: A. The difference between sensory and short - term memory. B. How long it takes to memorize. C. The stages of human memory. D. Human phrases. 2. The three phrases of memory discussed in this passage are differentiated according to: Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope 3 A. The location in the brain. B. The period of time it takes to remember something. C. How long the senses are involved in the memory. D. How long the memory lasts. 3. According to the passage, which type of memory is the shortest? A. Sensory memory. B. Active memory. C. Short-term memory. D. Long-term memory. 4. It can be inferred from the passage that a person remembers a piece of information in: A. Three phrases of memory. B. The sensory memory. C. The short- term of memory. D. The long-term of memory. 5. The expression “is based on” in the passage could best be replaced by: A. is on top of. B. is at the foot of. C. depends on . D. is below. QUESTION XII: Writing • Write a short passage what subject you like learning ,why you like it and how you do to improve it (120-150 words) …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope 4