Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 9 (45)

BÀI TẬP TRẮC NGHIỆM TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 UNIT 1 A
VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I/ Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.
1. A. may

B. can

C. stay

D. say

2. A. boxes

B. washes

C. watches

D. goes

3. A. laughed

B. hoped

C. placed

D. closed

4. A. bread

B. great

C. break

D. steak

5. A. wash

B. warm

C. wall

D. walk

II. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6.

A. puppet

B. climate

C. worship

D. Islam

7.

A. separation

B. minority

C. recognition

D. federation

8.

A. impress

B. depend

C. supply

D. service

9.

A. compulsory

B. explanation

C. invitation

D. disappointment

B. tropical

C. religious

D. optional

10. A. primary

III. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
11. The house comprises two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.
A. consist of

B. gets

C. divides

D. takes

12. My pen pal lives in the USA. We have _____for year but we haven’t met each other
yet.
A. worked

B. written

C. corresponded

D. talked

13. I love this city. The _______of the city impress me a lot.
A. views

B. sights

C. places

D. faces

14. Vietnam is a _______country. The weather is usually hot there.
A. tropical

B. cold

C. warm

D. heat

15. We are looking for the _______of recreation in the park.
A. place

B. area

C. region

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D. point


16. Lan is only 12 years old. She has to _______her parents.
A. depend to

B. depend on

C. live to

D. live on

17. Mrs. White is very______. She goes to the Church every day.
A. religion

B. regional

C. religious

D. region

18. Long ago people used to _______the sun, the start and the moon.
A. hate

B. worship

C. love

D. dislike

19. The living room and the dining room are _______by a short wall where there are
many decorative plants.
A. broken

B. divide

C. parted

D. separated

20. What’s the _______of Malaysia? Is it the ringgit?
A. currency

B. money

C. unit

D. money symbol

21. I can’t understand anything Marie says. I wish I _______French.
A. can speak

B. speak

C. could speak

D. speaking

22. I want to get in touch with Jane. If only I _______her phone number.
A. knew

B. to know

C. know

D. knowing

23. _______she use to be your neighbor? Did she live next door to you?
A. Has

B. Had

C. Did

D. Does

24. Helen has a lot of work to do today. She wishes she _______more time.
A. has had

B. has

C. had had

D. had

25. According to the program, the show_______ at 8 o’clock.
A. starts

B. will start

C. starting

D. is start

26. Mary didn’t get good marks for the test last week. She wishes she _____ more
carefully.
A. study

B. would study

C. studied

D. had studied

27. Don’t interrupt me_______ I am working.
A. by the time

B. while

C. until

D. after

28. Bill wishes he _______more money so he could buy a new bike.
A. has

B. have

C. had
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D. having


29. I wish you _______watching television while I am talking to you.
A. stop

B. stopped

C. stop

D. to stop

30. When I was a child, I_______ a bicycle.
A. was riding

B. ride

C. used to ride

D. used to riding

31. Why _______at me like that? Do I say anything wrong?
A. stare

B. do you stare

C. are you staring D. were you staring.

32. I’m from Vietnam. I _______driving on the right.
A. use to

B. used to

C. am used to

D. get used

33. We’d better wait here until the rain _______
A. will stop

B. would stop

C. stopped

D. stops

34. My uncle_______ a policeman when he was young.
A. used to

B. used to be

C. used to being

D. used have been

35. Helen_______ to me very often, but now she phones.
A. used to write

B. has written

C. wrote

D. writes

36. What a pity I couldn’t come to the class meeting yesterday. I wish I _______.
A. could

B. could have

C. could have come

D. had come

37. We lost the football match. If only we_______ more regularly.
A. had practiced

B. practiced

C. could practice D. would practice

38. Tam didn’t _______do morning exercise. Now he is getting fat.
A. used to

B. use to

C. get used to

D. be used to

39. A lot of people use mobile phones nowadays. They _______ communicating through
long distances.
A. are used for

B. used for

C. used to

D. are used to

40. I’m sorry, I can’t talk to you long. I _______for an examination.
A. am studying

B. have studied

C. studied

D. to study

41. It took me quite a long time to _______wearing these glasses.
A. be used to

B. used to

C. get used

D. be used for

42. He will finish the work before you_______ here tomorrow.
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A. leave

B. left

C. will leave

D. leaving

43. If only I_______ a birth, I could fly freely to anywhere I want.
A. am

B. was

C. were

D. would be

44. I wish I _______so rude to my parents yesterday.
A. weren’t

B. hadn’t been

C. haven’t been

D. am not

45. There _______ a big tree in our garden but it has just been cut down.
A. is used to

B. has been

C. is

D. used to be

III. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written
English.
46.Thank you for inviting me to the party. I wish I can but I can’t.
A

B

C

D

47. He is used to drink coffee for breakfast but now he drinks milk.
A

B

C

D

48. The kitchen is not very big but there’s a lot of cupboards.
A

B C

D

49. Lukas can play the piano when he was two and now he practices it.
A

B

C

D

50. We were very poor when we were first in America, we can’t buy anything.
A

B

C

D

51. They are going on a sightsee tour of New York.
A

B

C

D

52. We have lived in Vietnam for a long time, so we used to the hot.
A

B

C

D

53. Liverpool is an industry city in the North of England.
A

B

C

D

54. Primary school children can learn three language at school in Malaysia.
A

B

C

55. The West and the East Malaysia are separate by about 640 km of the sea.
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D


A

B

C

D

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
Dear Jean,

I’m sorry I (56)______ to you lately, but I have been working hard. When I
(57)______ your last letter. I was acting in a play at school, and when I finished that I
went on a holiday with some friends. I intended(58)______ you a postcard, but I forgot to
take your address with me. How are you getting (59)______ at college? You didn’t
(60)______ much about this in your letter. I hope you still like it and don’t work all the
time! I’m starting work in London after I (61)______ school in July, and I want to see
you then. Do you still want to come and stay (62)______ a few days? I know you are
busy, but by the time your term (63)______ , I’ll have started my job. I’ve done so
(64)______ things lately! I’ve just learned to drive and my parents sometimes lend me
their car, so I often go out with friends. (65)______ I’ll drive to Birmingham and see you
one day.
56. A. not write

B. haven’t written C. don’t write

D. didn’t write

57. A. received

B. have received C. receive

D. to receive

58. A. sending

B. send

C. to send

D. sent

59. A. up

B. over

C. on

D. with

60. A. talk

B. tell

C. say

D. chat

61. A. leave

B. left

C. leaved

D. leaving

62. A. for

B. at

C. in

D. out

63. A. finished

B. finishing

C. to finish

D. finishes

64. A. much

B. many

C. a lot

D. lots of

65. A. May be

B. May being

C. Maybe

D. May I be

VI. Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.
66. William would be taller to join the army.
A. William is tall enough to join the army.

B. William should join the army because he is taller.
C. William can’t join the army because he is too tall.
D. William wishes that he were taller to join the army.
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67. I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night.
A. I promise to finish all my homework from now on.
B. If only I had finished my homework last night.
C. I regret to say that I finished my homework last night.
D. I wish I didn’t have to do my homework.
68. She is the best singer in the group.
A. All the group members are singers.
B. She sings better than other members in the group.
C. Some group members sing well but she sings better.
D. Other members of the group can’t sing but she can.
69. She is too old to look after herself.
A. She looks after herself because she is too old.
B. She is old enough to look after herself.
C. She’s very old so she can’t look after herself.
D. She is very young to look after herself.
70. English people are reserved.
A. They are friendly
B. They are open

B. They are warm.
D. They are slow to show their feeling.

Answer key:
1.B

11.B 21. D 31. C 41. D (=> could) 51. B

2.D

12.C 22. B 32. A 42. A (=> used to)

52. A

3.D

13.B 23. C 33. B 43. D (=> There are)

53. C

4.A

14.D 24. B 34. A 44. A (=> could) 54. C

5.A

15.A 25. C 35. A 45. D (=> couldn’t)

6.A

16.C 26. C 36. A 46. C (=> sightseeing) 56. A

7.C

17.A 27. C 37. A 47. D (=> are used to) 57. A

8.B

18.C 28. D

55. B

38. C 48. B (=> industrial)
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58. D


9.A

19.D 29. B

39. B 49. C (=> languages)

10.B 20.A 30. A 40. D 50. B (=> separated)

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60. C

59. B