PART 12 - E GRADE 9 - BÀI TẬP HKII (2012)

PART 12 – E GRADE 9 – EXERCISES COLLECTION (HKII -2012) @@@ TEST 1: I/ Choose the best options: 1. I to the conclusion, after failing to win any matches, that I would do better to give up playing tennis altogether. a. drew b. got c. formed d. came 2. I at the airport so late that my plane had already taken off. a. got b. arrived c. reached d. came 3. What are you looking in my bag? Get out of here. a. through b. after c. for d. up 4. “ Go on, finish the desert. It needs up because it won’t stay fresh until tomorrow.” a. eat b. eating c. to eat d. eaten 5. Before he left on his trip to America, the young man promised his parents he to them regularly. a. is writing b. will write c. should write d. would write 6. Of course I didn’t break it purpose. It was an accident. a. by b. with c. from d. on 7. You had better write your invitation to the party today you want people to reply by next week. a. unless b. while c. if d. or 8.The twins look so their father. a. likely b. like c. alike d. likeness 9. I changed some of my money into foreign and also took some traveller’s cheques. a. income b. funds c. currency d. accounts 10. She was unhappy his childhood. a. on b. during c. for d. at II/ Read the passage carefully, then fill in each numbered blank with suitable word or phrase: The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (1) like any railway signal of the time , and was operated by gas. (2) , it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident discouraged further development until cars became common. (3) traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (4) were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-colour signals, operated (5) hand from a tower in the middle of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The first lights of this type to (6) in Britain was in London, on the junction between St. James’s Street and Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (7) year later. In the past, traffic lights were (8) In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just change silently, but would ring bells to (9) the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (10) by standards models which are universally adopted. 1. resembled b. looked c. showed d. seemed 2. However b. Therefore c. Although d. Despite 3. New b. Recent c. Modern d. Late 4. methods b. ways c. systems d. means 5. by b. with c. through d. in 6. show b. appear c. happen d become 7. a b. the c. in a d. in the 8. various b. particular c. rare d. special 9. rise b. raise c. wake d. get up 10. reproduced b. replaced c. removed d. remained III.Choose the word with underlined letters that has a different pronunciation from the rest. 1. A. shift B. biology C. active D. dinner 2. A. special B. cell C. decide D. ceiling 3. A. women B. woman C. rout D. pullover 4. A. pressure B. cure C. secure D. endure 5. A. which B. children C. kitchen D. chemist 6. A. traditionally B. marrage C. among D. agree 7. A. marrage B. carriage C. massage D. luggage 8. A. sacrifice B. vice C. device D. service 9. A. knocked B. omised C. proposed D. stopped 10. A. though B. thought C. although D. throw IV.Choose the word with underlined letters that has a different pronunciation from the rest 1. A. attract B. actor C. abstract D. romantic 2. A. socialise B. social C. society D. programme 3. A. assistant B. appoint C. wave D. probably 4. A. climate B. celebrate C. fortunate D. considerate 5. A. forward B. steward C. coward D. toward 6. A. educator B. individually C. production D. graduation 7. A. school B. good C. food D. fool 8. A. nation B. national C. nationality D. parallel 9. A. refuse B. compulsory C. misuse D. unify 10. A. examine B. examination C. explain D. explanation V. Read the passage, then choose the best answer by circling the letter A, B, C or D. I’m a drivingtest examiner. I (0 )……A….my own driving school for twelve years before applying to become an examiner in 1966. Since then I’ve (1) …… to examine lorry and bus driver and instruct trainee examiners. I (2) ……that I’ve assessed 16.000 people and passed around half of them. The first lorry driver I passed ( 3) ……tears. However, the most (4)…….reasons for failing are not being ready and being too (5)…… In wardly I’m telling the candidates not to do something stupid like(6)……out into moving traffic, but I’m not (7) … to tell them how to drive. When I (8) ….my own test I was extremely nervous and had to (9) … with a very strict and unfriendly examiner. We’re taught nowadays to put people at their (10) ….We pass everyone who’s up to (11) …., but people often present themselves too soon. I’ve never been offered money to pass anyone, (12)… one man asked me if he could make me change my (13)…. .I then (14)……him to the police. My ambition is to be a supervising examiner in (15)… off test center in a lager area. 0 (example) A. Run B. Help C. Kept D. Possessed 1. A. Resulted B. Succeeded C. Qualified D. Mastered 2. A. Count B. Number C. Judge D. Estimate 3. A. Burst into B. Turned back C. Carried on D. Set off 4. A. Simple B. Regular C. Average D. Common 5. A. Tense B. Tight C. Stretched D. Stiff 6. A. Make B. Pull C. Pick D. Stand 7. A. Admitted B. Let C. Allowed D. Enable 8. A. Took B. Performed C. Achieved D. Effected 9. A. Suffer B. Meet C. Experience D. Deal 10. A. Rest B. Ease C. Peace D. Leisure 11. A. Limit B. Test C. Measure D. Stand 12. A. While B. Even C. Although D. Despite 13. A. Mind B. Thoughts C. Attitude D. View 14. A. Reported B. Declared C. Announced D. Notified 15. A. Responsible B. care C. Duty D. Charge VI. Fill in each the numbered spaces in the passage with only one word Bob Geldof was born in 1953 in Dublin, where he went to school (1) he was an intelligent students, he left school with few qualifications. He had (2) variety of Jobs in England, Spain and Canada (3) eventually becoming a successful pop star. However, he is now best known for the work he had done (4) help starving people in Ethiopia. Like many other people he (5) shocked by television (6) of people dying of hunger there in 1984. He therefore decided that he (7) persuade famous British pop (8) to make a record together, and (9) the profits from (10) to send money and food. The record, called “Do they know it’s Christmas?” was a great success and (11) a lot of money, all of (12) was used in Ethiopia. It soon became clear that much (13) money was still needed and so in 1985 Geldof organized two huge contents in the same day one in England and the (14) in the United States. Many of the world’s best known pop start played and sang, all of them performing without (15) paid the concerts were (16) on television through out the world, and it has (17) estimated that that nearly a billion people saw some (18) all of the broadcast. While they were (19) they live performance on television, people was asked to send money and many (20) so in Britain alone, over forty million pounds was given. @@@ TEST 2: I.Choose the word with underlined letters that has a different pronunciation from the rest 1. A. practice B. dispute C. raise D. envelops 2. A. alarm B. party C. card D. forward 3. A. unit B. umbrella C. university D. europe 4. A. apply B. application C. applicant D. applicator 5. A. reference B. relative C. relationship D. register 6. A. explain B. explanation C. wait D. fame 7. A. roommate B. consolidate C. fortunate D. decorate 8. A. graduate B. education C. individual D. reduction 9. A. design B. amazing C. Switzerland D. busy 10. A. knowledge B. kitchen C. knee D. knit 11. A. job B. work C. jot D. honest 12. A. party B. particular C. start D. scar 13. A. advice B. service C. sacrifice D. device 14. A. assure B. pressure C. departure D. measure 15. A. create B. roommate C. decorate D. certificate 16. A. measure B. procedure C. mixture D. assure 17. A. reform B. relative C. sector D. ethnic 18. A. initiate B. immediate C. create D. consolidate 19. A. alive B. revive C. administrative D. thrive 20. A. priority B. subsidy C. domestic D. commit II.Finish each of the following sentences in such way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it, using the word given. Do not change the word given 1. What exactly id happening? (going) …………………………………………………………………………………… 2. There were a lot id people on the bus. (with) …………………………………………………………………………………… 3. You were in my dreams last night. (about) …………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Tina rewrote the French book in Spanish. (from) …………………………………………………………………………………… 5. I think a rest would do you good. (from) …………………………………………………………………………………… 6. I find working here really enjoyable. (enjoyable) …………………………………………………………………………………… 7. I study hard, so I spend a lot of time in the library. (means) …………………………………………………………………………………… 8. I’ll be home late. (until) …………………………………………………………………………………… 9. We used to spend Sunday afternoons working in the garden. (would) …………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Paul is different from what he used to be. (has) …………………………………………………………………………………… III.Complete the sentences to make a complete passage using the words given. 1. How/ lovely/ you/ your letter. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. All the Vietnamese students/ stay/ us/ you/ first/ write/ us/ Hanoi. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. I/ delighted/ news/ your marriage. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 4. We/ well/ .I/ busy. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. I/ return/ visit/ Japan/.It/ wonderful/ trip. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6. Languages school/ close down/ we/ longer/ students/ Haddington. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 7. The school/ move/ Edinburgh. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 8. Give/ love/ girls/ boys/ tell/ them/ write/ me. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 9. Who/ know/ we/ meet/ sometimes/ future. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Wishes/ you/ everyone. ……………………………………………………………………………………… IV. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes were sitting in the garden of their Bristol home when I arrived to interview (1) and their fourteen-year-old son Carl. But Carl was working upstairs. “ He doesn’t often (2) his room, ” his mother explained. At the (3) Carl is working on a program for a new computer game. Computers have (4) his whole life. In the last year Carl has (5) over $ 25,000 from visiting programs. A lot of other people are trying to do the (6) nowadays, but not many of them have done as well as Carl. “ When did the boy buy the (7) ? ” I wondered. “ We bought it for him eighteen months ago (8) his birthday, ” said Mr. Stokes. “ We didn’t know what we were doing. Our son has (9) Now he doesn’t talk about (10) else but computers. And we don’t understand a thing about computers” 1. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs 2. A. live B. leave C. sit D. seat 3. A. second B. moment C. minute D. time 4. A. come B. came C. become D. became 5. A. do B. done C. earned D. earn 6. A. same B. similar C. like D. alike 7. A. radio B. machine C. computer D. TV 8. A. in B. about C. for D. with 9. A. thought B. changed D. done D. made 10. A. nothing B. anything D. something D. not V. CORRECT MISTAKES: 1. The children were frightening by the thunder and lightning. A B C D 2. Two people got hurt in the accident and were took to the hospital by an A B C D ambulance. 3. The students helped by the clear explanation that the teacher gave. A B C D 4. That alloy is composing by iron and tin. A B C D 5. The winner of the race hasn’t been announcing yet. A B C D 6. Progress is been made every day in all parts of the world. A B C D 7. When, where and by whom has the automobile invented? A B C D 8. Each assembly kit is accompany by detailed instruction. A B C D 9. Arthur was giving an award by the city for all of his efforts in crime A B C D prevention. 10. It was late and I was getting very worry about my son. A B C D 11. I discovered that many strange things were happened last night. A B C D 12. He was seen go to the beach with some other people. A B C D 13. He is believed to work for the CIA in the 1970s. A B C D 14. We are not let to cycle in the park, are we? A B C D 15. You should get your car to service every two years. A B C D 16. Only coffee and dessert been servered at the reception yesterday. A B C D 17. When I have been finished my work, I’m going to take a walk. A B C D 18. Because we have a writing agreement, our landlord won’t be able A B to raise our rent for two years. C D 19. The heel of my shoe broke off, then my dress got tore in the elevator door. A B C D 20. When I crossed the road I saw two men whose car was broken down. A B C D @@@ TEST 3: I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words: 1. A. abnormality B. invaluable C. miraculous D. vaporize 2. A. swamp B. sword C. twig D. welfare 3. A. accessible B. cosmetic C. convenient D. conventional 4. A. focus B. smoker C. alone D. slop 5. A. deafness B. release C. treatment D. seal II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words: 6. A. invaluable B. investigate C. intimacy D. intensity 7. A. militant B. miracle C. birthmark D. potentially 8. A. ancestry B. caress C. conspicuous D. perversity 9. A. forefather B. reassure C. surgery D. vaporize 10. A. undergrowth B. untreatable C. solidify D. conventional III. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is (1)______ complicated as it is serious. It is complicated (2)______ much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. (3)______, exhaust from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile (4)______ transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much (5)______ the material that pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people. Thus, to end (6)_______ greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to (7)______ using many things that benefit them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (8)______ reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the (9)______ of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (10)______ businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities. 1. A. like B. less C. as D. more 2. A. though B. while C. because D. so 3. A. Such as B. For example C. Specific D. Like 4. A. takes B. carries C. affords D. provides 5. A. of B. with C. for D. about 6 .A. as well B. and C. or D. then 7. A. go on B. continue C. stop D. start 8 .A. gradually B. little C. unexpectedly D. carefully 9. A. figure B. number C. way D. amount 10 .A. require B. request C. prevent D. forbid IV. In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word or phrase that would not be appropriate. 1. The laser beam can attack direct and accurate the diseased cells so that the healthy A B C neighbours are left unharmed. D 2. The advantage of laser treatment is that it leaves healthy cells unharm A B C D 3. This is the school at which Uncle Ho used to studying when he was young A B C D 4. Laser is used to treating cancer by destroying diseased cells. A B C D 5. The laser beam seal the red blood vessels so that the birthmark becomes less conspicuous A B C D 6. The patient is injected with a chemical so it attaches itself to cancer cells A B C D 7. A nonsmoker usually feels uncomfortably when someone is smoking in his house A B C D 8. Force to go out in cold weather, the dog seemed to be very disappointed A B C D 9. Most women used to stay at home and doing housework A B C D 10. There are many things what used to be done by hands are done by machines now A B C D V.Choose the best word or phrase to complete these sentences: 1. They don’t shake hands when they are introduced …………………… each other. A. with B. about C. for D. to 2. The dog inherited the knowledge ……….its ancestry. A. by B. of C. from D. with 3. There are more and more people who died AIDS A. of B. from C. at D. on 4. Non smokers are militant …………… smoking in the public. A. for B. to C. with D. about 5. Surgeon use lasers ……… miraculously accurate scalpels A. for B. as C. of D. with 6. More than 15 years has but I never forget the time when I first met him A. gone on B. gone up C. gone out D. gone by 7. The boss asked his secretary to … the figures and calculation again. A. go over B. go on C. go away D. go up 8. There was a power failure, all the lights , but we had no candle. A. went back B. went away C. went out D. went on 9. The price of oil and petrol is ………… because of the war in Iraq. A. going on B. going up C. going after D. going ahead 10. They are accustomed ……………up late at weekends. A. with getting B. to get C. by getting D. to getting @@@ TEST 4: I. Pick out the word which has different pronunciation: 1. a. protect b. movement c. introduction d. comfortable 2. a. rarely b. shake c. way d. case 3 .a. classmate b. handle c. attitude d. xelaxation 4. a. laughs b. lends c. looks d. stops II. Pick out the word which has stress differently 1. a. liquor b. relaxed c. realy d. instance 2. a. militant b. associate c. formality d. nonsmoker [...]... the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage Have you ever visited London, one of the most famous cities in the world? London is divided into three parts, The City, the West End and the East End The City is Britain’s commercial and banking center The West End is the part where rich people live The East End is the part where poor people live Lenin visited London before... destroyed when we do the clear cutting 5 The word “It” in line 4 means ……… A The forest B The water level C The change D The clear cutting IV Pick out the word or phrase which best completes each sentence 1We are being _ by next door’s stereo A deaf B deafness C deafen D deafened 2 The nurse beside the door gave the file to the doctor A who were standing B standing C stood D was standing C prefer... trees are cut The trees, animals , and water depend on each other The water level in the ground changes It can even affect our climate This does not mean some of the trees cannot be cut It just means all the trees in one place cannot be cut at one time It means that you plant new trees when the old ones are cut When trees are cut in this ways , the land does not erode The streams do not fill... supermarkets, goods are placed on open shelves The ….(3)… choose what they want and take them to checkout counter This means that fewer shop assistants are needed than in other stores The way products are displayed is another difference between supermarkets and many other types of stores ……(4)……example, in supermarkets, there is usually a display of small inexpensive items just in front of the checkout... short time, they don’t want to buy much furniture A However B Unless C Because D Therefore B repaired C is repaired D is being repaired 15 The piano _ at the moment A repaires V Pick out the part of the sentence ( A, B, C or D)which is not correct in standerd written English 1 Because he had to leave for the hospital, he stopped to write his letter A B C D 2 They never made us to do anything we didn’t... animals are not destroyed 1 What is the good way when we cut trees in the forest ? A to cut as many trees as we want B to leave a few trees in the forest C not to cut more than you grow each year D not to cut the old trees 2 What is the consequence of clear cutting ? A It destroys the entire ecosystem B It only affects our climate C It does not cause erosion D All are correct 3 How are the trees , animals... A degree B value C demand D effect Exercise 5 School exams are , generally speaking , the first kind of tests we take They find out how much knowledge we have .(1) But do they really show how intelligent we are ? After all , isn’t it a (2) that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (3) sense ? Intelligence is the speed (4) which we can understand and (5) to new situations... the time D now and then 7 A at this age B for the present D caught Exercise 6 Three people jumped .(1) a car on a busy Oxford road after a fire started under the bonnet this morning They were just able to rescue their possession before the car burst into (2) Mr Peter Collins ,25, of Wey Road , Brimfield .(3) his Avenger estate car home (4) work with two friends when he noticed smoke coming into the... A reversing B.destroying C.increasing D altering III Read the passage below carefully and then choose the best answer : A change is coming in the forest Scientists are trying to make the logging companies stop clear cutting We have to protect the fish , wildlife , and water quality The forest is a beautiful place that people should be able to enjoy It changes everything when all the trees are cut... use the Internet to escape from problems or emotions The study also shows that having discussions with strangers in Internet areas called “ chat rooms” is one of the most addictive activities 1 Most people use the Internet a for getting information b for entertainment c a and b are correct d none is correct 2 Some people use the Internet so often that a they become more and more intelligent b . End. The City is Britain’s commercial and banking center. The West End is the part where rich people live. The East End is the part where poor people live. Lenin visited London before the Great. examiner. We’re taught nowadays to put people at their (10) ….We pass everyone who’s up to (11) …., but people often present themselves too soon. I’ve never been offered money to pass anyone,. Achieved D. Effected 9. A. Suffer B. Meet C. Experience D. Deal 10. A. Rest B. Ease C. Peace D. Leisure 11. A. Limit B. Test C. Measure D. Stand 12. A. While B. Even C. Although D. Despite 13. A.