Đề kiểm tra tiếng anh số 9 docx

TEST 9
Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
1. A. food B. blood C. boots D. booth
2. A. promote B. promise C. proper D. profit
3. A. legal B. petal C. pedal D. level
4. A. conceal B. pizza C. zoo D. success
5. A. item B. idiom C. idle D. ideal
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group
6. A. ere B. Japan C. April D. laser
7. A. divisible B. holiday C. dynamo D. surgery
8. A. indent B. remove C. function D. attach
9. A. manager B. feudalism C. telephone D. foundation
10. A. Germany B. gradually C. pavement D. reception
Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
11. I regret_____ my friend to my party.
A. not to invite B. inviting not C. I didn’t invite D. not inviting
12. Surgeons use a_____ to perform an operation.
A. scalpel B. razor blade C. sword D. knife
13. We set off early_____ we wouldn’t stuck in the traffic.
A. because B. so that C. although D. in case
14. On arriving home I found that she_____ just a few minutes before.
A. left B. was leaving C. leaves D. had left
15. She is accustomed_____ getting up early
A. at B. in C. with D. to
16. He has been_____ from school very often recently.
A. absent B. present C. different D. safe
17. The hotel_____ we stayed wasn't very comfortable
A. which B. where C. that D. who
18. He always wears clothes_____ are too small for him

A. which B. what C. why D. where
19. The people_____ live next door to us are very nice
A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
20. He is always busy. He has _____ time to relax.
A. much B. a little C. little D. a lot of
21. Would you like to_____ to the United States?
A. trip B. voyage C. travel D. went
22. Most people at some stage have a feeling_____
A. responsible B. responsibility C. of responsibility D. to be responsible
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23. This stadium can hold_____
A. much audience B. a large audience C. much audiences D. many audiences
24. When the mountain forests_____ there can be large forest fires.
A. become dry B. becoming dry C. become drying D. drying
25. "What kind of work are you doing for that company?"
"I'm_____ as an administrator"
A. worked B. occupied C. hired D. employed
Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
26. The garden is too small to play football in
A. The garden is so small not to play football in
B. The garden is small enough to play football in.
C. the garden isn’t big enough to play football in
D. The garden is such small that they can't play football in.
27. Mary didn't wear the raincoat, so she got a cold.
A. If Mary wore the raincoat, she wouldn't get cold
B. If Mary had worn the raincoat, she didn’t get a cold
C. If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't get cold
D. If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't get a cold
28. I am always nervous when I travel by air.
A. Travel by air always makes me nervous'

B. Traveling by air always makes me nervous
C. I never travel by air because I sometimes feel nervous.
D. I am always nervous, so I never travel by air
29. We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad.
A. It was so bad a weather that we couldn't go out.
B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn't go out
C. It was so bad weather that we couldn't go out
D. It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out
30. They understand more than we do
A. we don't understand as much as they do
B. we don’t understand anything at all
C. they don't understand everything inside out
D. they are very intelligent
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31. I went (A) to the library (B) to get (C) as many information (D) as I could.
32. (A) When (B) it is possible, I (C) will help you (D) later today.
33. (A) No matter what happens, he (B) will not let me (C) to borrow (D) his computer.
34. I think (A) it is a (B) spend (C) of money to buy (D) cigarettes.
35. (A) Tonight I'm (B) going to stay (C) at home (D) with meself.
Part 3: Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
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REBECCA STEVENS
Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest
mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in south London.
In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers.
She found that life on Everest is hard. "You must carry everything on your back", she explained, "so
you can only take things that you will need. You can't wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t
even take a toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very
heavy so you only take enough do drink"

When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17 1993, it was the best moment of
her life. suddenly she became famous.
Now she has written a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it. she has a
new job too, on a science programme on television.
Rebecca is well-known today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in
south London among her pictures and books about mountains!
36. Before Rebecca climbed Everest, she worked for
A. a factory B, a newspaper C. a travel agent D. a bookshop
37. Rebecca went to Everest.
A. with her family B. without anyone
C. with a climbing group D. with her close fiends.
38. Rebecca didn't take much luggage because she
A. didn’t have many things B. had a bad back
C. didn’t like D. had to carry it herself
39. Rebecca didn’t wash on Everest because
A. it was too cold B. there was not enough water
C. she is a dirty person D. she was not permitted
40. Rebecca became famous when she
A. got to the highest place in the world B. was on a television programme
C. wrote a book about her trip D. retied and lived in the little flat in London
SHOULD SMOKING BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES?
(41)_______ show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (42)_______ the health, yet a
surprising large number of people continue to smoke (43)_______ all warnings. By doing so they
are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (44)_______ around
them. It is time that non-smokers fought back.
Personally, I think smoking should (45)_______ be banned in public places. In the first place,
it is very unpleasant (46)_______ in a yourself smoke (47)_______ to this, smoking can be serious
fire risk, especially in crowded places (48)_______ discos. Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be
asked to risk his health just because of another person's bad habits.
Smokers may (49)_______ that they should be free to do as they like. They say that we

already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough. To my mind,
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however, non-smokers should also be free-free to go anywhere they choose without riskjing their
health.
Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers, too. If some people are foolish
enough to continue this dangerous habit, it seems to me that they should at least be prevented
(50)_______ doing so in public.
41. A. Surveys B. Conducts C. Statistics D. Evidence
42. A. damage B. destroy C. spoil D. hurt
43. A. thanks to B. in spite of C. because of D. due to
44. A. theyB. these C. those D. things
45. A. definite B. indefinite C. indefinitely D. definitely
46. A. sit B. to sit C. sitting D. sat
47. A. AddB. Adding C. To add D. Added
48. A. for B. as C. like D. such
49. A. protest B. object C. refuse D. deserve
50. A. for B. at C. from D. in
1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. d 10.d
11.d 12.a 13.b 14.d 15.d 16.a 17.b 18.a 19.c 20.c
21.c 22.c 23.b 24.a 25.d 26.c 27.c 28.b 29.d 30.a
31.c 32.d 33.c 34.b 35.d 36.a 37.d 38.a 39.d 40.b
41.c 42.a 43.b 44.c 45.d 46.b 47.d 48.c 49.a 50.c
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