Grade:9 THE MID SECOND TERM EXAM Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. need B. meet C. it D. meat 2. A. after B. late C. half D. hard 3. A. look B. but C. love D. cut Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group 4. A. public B. occasion C. player D. problem 5. A. effect B. beauty C. listen D. brother Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces. 6. Dioxins are dangerous chemicals ____________ they can cause cancer and birth defects. A. but B. then C. because D. and 7. He was absent from class yesterday, _______ he had to asked his friend what they learned. A. therefore B. but C. since D. however 8. Hanh can’t go to the movies with us tonight. She will have to _________ her baby. A. look out B. look up C. look for D. look after 9. You should have a ________ check your car regularly. A. driver B. mechanic C. worker D. designer 10. Her father ____________ smoking years ago. A. gave up B. gave off C. gave away D. gave out 11. The room is so dark. Please ____________ the light. A. turn off B. turn on C. turn over D. turn into 12. In order to __________ with his studies, he worked through the summer. A. take on B. catch on C. catch up D. take up 13. He lighted the candle ____________ he might read the note. A. so that B. as long as C. because D. and 14. It is suggested that John ____________ harder. A. work B. to work C. will work D. works 15. We can reduce gas by ____________ by bike or public trasport. A. travel B. to travel C. traveling D. traveled 16. Do you like going out __________ staying in when you are free? A. but B. or C. because D. and 17. We can save natural resources by using ____________ energy. A. sun B. solar C. moon D. lunar 18. In order to save money, we should use public transport __________ motorbikes. A. instead of B. except C. besides D. along with 19. Our parents are very __________ that we are working harder. A. please B. pleased C. pleasant D. pleasure 20.__________ the old man has never traveled by plane before, he is not nervous or afraid. A. Thus B. Therefore C. Although D. Because 21. The wind last night was so strong that it blew the roof of the house __________. A. apart B. about C. down D. off 22.We went to TSN airport to _________ off a friend leaving for Paris. A. see B. tell C. say D. join 23. Energy-saving bulbs should ________ to save electricity. A. use B. be use C. be used D. used THE SECOND SEMESTER Page 1 Grade:9 THE MID SECOND TERM EXAM 24. If you want to save money, you should ________ the amount of water your family uses. A. increase B. reduce C. adapt D. repair 25. The holiday was short; ____________ we enjoyed it very much. A. so B. because C. however D. moreover Find the wrong underlined part (A, B, C or D) in the following sentences. 26.Nam seldom pays his bills on time , his brother does, too. A. does, too B. on time C. pays his bills D. Nam 27. Lighting accounts for percent to 15 percent of the electric bill. A. accounts for B. the electric bill C. Lighting D. 15 percent of 28.How about making posters on energy saving and hang them around our school? A. around our school B. on energy saving C. hang them D. making 29. I think we should not check the pipes in her house to find the cracks. A. I think B. should not check C. in her house D. to find 30. The solar energy that gets to the Earth provide enough power for the world’s population. A. provide B. The solar energy C. gets to the Earth D. enough power Choose the best option to fill in each of the blanks to make a meaningful passage. There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy resources, particularly about those involving fossil __________(31). In less than a hundred years we will probably end all the present _________(32) of oil and gas. The world’s coal, mines should last longer but, once used, these cannot be __________(33). It is important, therefore, that we should develop such __________(34) sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind power classed as __________(35) energy. Until these energy supplies are widely used, it is important for the deverloped countries to reduce energy consumption as much as possible. 31. A. fuels B. powers C. forms D. energies 32. A. findings B. productions C. amounts D. sources 33. A. updated B. repeated C. renewed D. produced 34. A. traditional B. alternative C. revolutionary D. surprising 35. A. repeatable B. continual C. renewable D. continuous Rewrite 36. My relatives live too far from me. I wish 37. They decided to say goodbye as they didn’t have things in common. Since 38. Tom and Mary have worked in that factory since 1990. Tom and Mary started 39. She is typing these documents at the moment. These 40. I will bring some water because I am afraid that there is no water supply. In case THE END THE SECOND SEMESTER Page 2 . will work D. works 15. We can reduce gas by ____________ by bike or public trasport. A. travel B. to travel C. traveling D. traveled 16. Do you like going out __________ staying in when you are free? A pleased C. pleasant D. pleasure 20 .__________ the old man has never traveled by plane before, he is not nervous or afraid. A. Thus B. Therefore C. Although D. Because 21 . The wind last night was. __________. A. apart B. about C. down D. off 22 .We went to TSN airport to _________ off a friend leaving for Paris. A. see B. tell C. say D. join 23 . Energy-saving bulbs should ________ to save