Ho ng Thà ị Hiền Trường THCS Diễn Xuân- Diễn Châu -NA Đề cương BDHSG 9 Test 1- Time: 60minutes Total: 100 points I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage. (20 points) Linda is from England, but she (1. live) in the United States. She (2.work) for a women's magazine. She(3.start) writing articles many years ago. She(4. write) .many articles. As a journalist, she (5.visit) .nearly every city in the world. Recently, she(6.be) to a number of countries in Africa. Now she (7. be) .on holiday in Italy. She (8. go) there three days ago. She (9. say) .she (10.return) to the United States next week. II. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (20 points) 1. I haven't had any news of Liz .2003. A. in B. before C. on D. since 2. The house is .small for us to live in. A. very B. too C. such D. so 3. Do you mind on your own? A. live B. to live C. living D. lived 4. This is factory .my father used to work. A. where B. what C. when D. which 5. You must leave now you will be late for school. A. unless B. if C. because D. or 6. All of us were that he was successful in the final exam. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly 7. Radium was .by Marie Curie. A. discover B. discovered C. discoverer D. discovery 8. I don't think that film is . A. bore B. bored C. boring D. boringly 9. She was born .June 26 th , 1995. A. in B. on C. at D. of 10. The man .you met on Main Street yesterday is your new teacher. A. which B. when C. whose D. who III. Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets. (10 points) E.g: You must be careful .when you open that door. (care) 1. Gases from factories are extremely (harm) 2. We've decided to interview only ten .for the job. (apply) 3. The water is . You can't drink it. (pollute) 4. Boys and girls may behave .in this situation. (differ) Ho ng Thà ị Hiền Trường THCS Diễn Xuân- Diễn Châu -NA 5. He was the greatest .of the time. (science) IV. Read the following passage carefully. Use the suggested words to make questions, then answer them. (10 points) There are about 5,000 living langauges in the world today, but only about six of them are major languages of the world. Two-thirds of the world's population speak those languages. More than 350 million people speak English as their first language. Nobody knows exactly how many people it as a foreign language. Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English. This is because of the huge population o China. It is true that English the most widespread language on Earth. It is the language of business, technology, sports and aviation. 1. How many/ living languages/there/world/today? .? 2. How many/there/speak/English/first language? .? 3. Anyone/know/exact/many people/English/foreign language? ? . 4. Which/language/have/speaker/English? .? 5.Chinese/be/most widespread/language/Earth? ? . V. Complete the following sentences,using a word or a phrase. (10 points) 1. If you don't work hard, you the exam. 2. Marie Curie, father was a Polish, was a French Physicist. 3. World population will continue to rise .we try to reduce it. 4. The girl in front of the school gate is our new classmate. 5. Even tired, Mrs.hoa helped me with my homework. VI. Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition to complete the following passage. (20 points) Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name. He was born in a small town(1) . the Missouri river(2) .the USA. The boy had many friends(3) .school and when he became a writer, he described them (4) .his stories. Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (5) the age of twenty he found work(6) a river boat. After some time he left the boat and went to live (7) California. Here he began to write short stories(8) .the name(9) .Mark Twain. He sent them(10) newspapers. The readers loved his stories very much. Ho ng Thà ị Hiền Trường THCS Diễn Xuân- Diễn Châu -NA VII. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same.(10 points) 1. They are painting he living room at the moment. The living room . 2. John drives more carefully than his brother does. John's brother doesn't 3. Learning English is not easy. It is . 4. They were such difficult questions that we couldn't answer all of them. The questions were so 5. I don't know her phone number, so I can't call her. If I . .the end