To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating.. English people like gardens.[r]
(1)REVIEW FOR 45- MINUTE TEST N0 3- ENGLISH 9 B- USE OF LANGUAGE:
Question I Circle the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others ( 0.5 point)
1 A hobby B honest C humor D hole
2 A intermediate B immediate C medium D medicine
Question II Circle the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest ( 0.5 point) 1 A impression B adventure C luggage D develop
2 A remember B question C accept D decide
Question III Choose the best answer ( 2.5 points )
1 They have been learning English I was eight years old A since B to C for D from 2.If you study hard, you _ the examination next month.
A passing B to pass C pass D will pass
3.Is English a (n) _ language in your country ?
A mother B official C living D old
4.They don’t like learning English ,
A they B doesn’t they C are they D don’t
they
5.The book I liked was the detective story.
A who B which C whom D where 6.All _ must complete a visa form upon arrival at Singapore airport. A tourists B departures C customers D passengers
7 –“What does your father do?” -“He’s engineer.
A a B the C an D x 8.Manh _ up some Spanish when he was living in Mexico.
A took B picked C looked D learnt 9 If Mr Cuong had an IELTS certificate, he _ a good job.
A will get B B getting C would get D got 10.The man won the competition is my English teacher.
A who B which C whom D whose Question IV Give the correct form of the following verbs: ( 1.0 point)
1.If we (use ) _ water carefully, more people will have fresh water. 2.I think you should spend more time (improve) _ your pronunciation. 3 When he came, we (talk) happily about the class meeting.
4 If Quyen didn’t have a such a lot of English homework , he ( go) to the party
C-READING:
(2)After English surprised learning picked over When I first started (1) _ English ten years ago I could hardly say a word - “ hello” , “goodbye”, “thank you” was just about it ! I went to classes two evenings a week and I was (2) _ at how quickly I made progress during the course we learned lots of vocabulary and studied grammar rules The thing I enjoyed most was being able to practice (3) _ with the other students in my class ( 4) _ two years I went to England to a language school It was in Cambridge I did a three – week course at a very good school and I stayed with a local family It was a fantastic experience and I (5) up a lot of new language from speaking with my host family and with other students from all (6) the world I really improved my pronunciation as well When I got back to Spain , I was so much more confident I could actually hold a conversation with my teacher in English
Question I I. Read the passage and answer the questions.( 0.5 points )
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up
It has been the law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers and published
To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating English people like gardens Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers
Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working
Questions
1 How important are traditions in Britain?
……… 2 What Englishmen for their traditions?
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D-WRITING:
Question I Rewrite the second sentences with the words given.( 1.0 point) I would like you to help me to carry the bags
-> Do you mind ? Although she had a lot of difficulties, she managed to buy the house
-> In spite of They built this house last year
->This house ……… Study harder or you will fail the exam
->If you don’t ……… Question II Rearrange the word or phrase in the right order to have meaningful sentences
(3)1.My brother / to / usually / goes / work/ by / bus
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2.I / study /, / harder / I / pass / will / the / written examination / If
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