De HSG Anh 9

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Test for excellent students (time allowed :120 minutes)

<b>Name...School...</b>
<b>...</b>

<b>I. Circle the word that has a different sound from the others of each </b>
<b>group.</b>

1) A. tool B. moon C. soon D. cook

2) A. population B. hope C. compose D. control

3) A. happened B. crossed C. followed D. fluttered

4) A. proud B. about C. around D. would

5) A. hour B. honor C. host D. honest

6) A. meeting B. seen C. cheer D. been

7) A. fear B. tear C. bear D. hear

8) A. think B. though C. thing D. thumb

9) A. publish B. popular C. documentary D. refuse

10) A. sew B. few C. drew D. news

<b>II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.</b>

1. A. gather B.

environment C. exist D. export

2. A. government B. experiment C. expensive D. explain

3. A. extinction B. explorer C. failure D. creation

4. A. demonstration B. disappear C. distribution D. discover

5. A. prevention B. function C. predict D. protect

6. A. separate B. protect C. provide D. release

7. A. attract B. advance C. adventure D. battle

8. A. borrow B. canal C. camera D. button

9. A. design B. cancer C. cattle D. dairy

10. A. favorite B. effective C. Egyptian D. electricity

<b>III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2 marks).</b>
1. I …………. a letter to my friends

A. posted B. issued C. collected D. published

2. We can’t go camping today. The weather is ………….

A. fine B. warm C. snowy D. sunny.

3. The purpose of the examination was to ………. the students’ knowledge of the
subject.

A. try B. inspect C. prove D. test

4. She asked me ………….I like eating chocolates.

A. if B. and C. that D. but

5. He used to walk a long way to work. Now he …………. to work.

A. still walks B. no longer walks C. walks D. did not walk
6. This is the place where the car turned ………….

A. on B. off C. up D. over.

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A. just B. frequently C. often D. usually
8. The children …………. to the zoo.

A. were enjoyed to take B. enjoyed being taken

C. were enjoyed talking D. enjoy taking.

9. Let’s go, ………….we?

A. don’t B. shall C. will D. do

10. The synonym of the verb “deny” is ………….

A. permit B. refuse C. allow D. admit

<b>IV: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines</b>
<b>are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is</b>
<b>correct, put a tick (√). If the line has a word which should not be there,</b>
<b>write the word.</b>

Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting 0. ___ (√)

_____

around. This is still true when you will drive along a quiet country 00.__ will

_____

road or a modern motorway. As far as you getting from one place 1.

____________

to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story. Whenever 2.

____________

I want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home and go 3.

____________

on foot. It often turns out to be much more quicker. I still make 4.

____________

the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an efficient means 5.

____________

of a transport. The other day my fife was feeling a bit under the 6.

____________

weather. She had been having terrible headache for some long 7.

____________

time and she decided she couldn’t take it any more and asked from 8.

____________

me to give her a lift to the doctor, whose surgery is in the centre 9.

____________

part of the town. We live in a suburb in the old quarter of the city
10.___________

and it is twenty minutes away on foot.

<b>V. Supply correct form of the verbs in brackets. </b>

I had two accidents last month. First, my friend and I were riding on our bicycles
and it (1) ………. (rain).We (2) ……….(ride) fast because we (3)
………. (want) to get home. I (4) ……….(turn) the corner when

suddenly, a cat (5) ……….(run) in front of my bike. I tried (6)

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few days after that, I (8) ……….(walk) up the stairs in my apartment
when I

(9) ………. (hurt) my ankle. Fortunately, I (10) ……….(not
break)

it, but it wasn’t a good month.

<b>VI. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the words given in brackets. </b>
The families in our street are slowly being driven mad by the (1)……….
(refuse) of the inhabitants of No 13 to have any form of (2)……….

(communicate) with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise (3)
………. (pollute). Every evening the (4) ………. (think)

neighbors used to turned up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (5)
………. (neighbor) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what (6)
………. (act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had
any (7)………. (suggest) as to how to deal with the problem. A (8)

………. (decide) was made to send a number of people to talk to the
family in

No 13 and ask them (9) ………. (polite) to turn their music down after six
in

the evening. (10) …...…. (Fortunately), the visit did not turn out to be
successful, as the habitants of No 13 refused to talk to them, so on the advice of

local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court.

<b>VI. Read and choose the best answer to complete the following passage:</b>
A WELSH FESTIVAL

Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and
only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) …………
August there

is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so
everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (3) _______ years
making plans

for when the festival will be in (4) _______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by
about

160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _______
also from

the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______ from abroad. There are concerts, plays
and (8)

_______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music,
books,

pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink. The festival provides a
chance for

Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _______ Welsh
language

all around them.

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2. a. takes b. finds c. has d. makes

3. a. pass b. put c. spend d. do

4. a. our b. their c. his d. its

5. a. arrived b. attended c. visited d. come

6. a. but b. and c. since d. however

7. a. just b. hardly c. quite d. even

8. a. tests b. examinations c. competitions d. races

9. a. long b. far c. good d. well

10. a. one b. a c. the d. some

<b>VII. Find out and correct the mistake in each sentence below:</b>
1. Most of their farm work used to do by hand.

A B C D

2. This is the first time she forgot to give me a message.
A B C D

3. His family was very poor, because he had to work for a factory.

A B C D

4. This man on TV supposes to be the tallest person in the world.
A B C D

5. I haven’t finished to decorate the Christmas tree yet.
A B C D
6. Tom wishes his neighbors don’t make so much noise.

A B C D

7. He would go to England to study if he has enough money.
A B C D

8. Last Tuesday Mr. Ha didn’t go to work because his illness.
A B C D

9. I haven’t visited my grandparents when they returned to the countryside.
A B C d
10. Although I liked the sweater, I decided to buy it.

A B C D

<b>VII. Rewrite the following sentences without changing meanings of the </b>
<b>ones given </b>

1. That girl ' s mother used to work with mine.
That ' s the

girl...

2. They think the thief got in through the bathroom window.

The

thief ...
3. " I haven ' t got any siblings to play with ."

She wishes ...
4. “How much do you think it will cost?” he asked

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You need ...
6. Did they return those books to the library?

Were ...
7. The story of their sufferings was painful to listen to.

It was...
8. The flight to Ho Chi Minh City lasted one hour and a half.

It took...
9. Because the boy behaves well, every body loves him.

Because of...
10. Miss. Lan began her job as a television presenter 5 years ago.

Miss. Lan ...
<b>VIII. Make all changes and additions necessary to produce a complete </b>
<b>letter from the</b>

<b>words and phrases given. </b>

1.I/ be/ glad/ receive/ letter.

__________________________________________________________________________
2. I/ just/ wonderful/ news

__________________________________________________________________________
3. I / pass/ final/ examination/ university.

__________________________________________________________________________
4. My father/ be/ please/ he/ hear this.

__________________________________________________________________________
5. He/ already/ promise/ pay/ holiday abroad/ I / pass.

__________________________________________________________________________
6. So/ I / come/ England.

__________________________________________________________________________
7. I / like/ study English/ school/ near/ home.

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8. I/ look for/ advanced course/ perhaps/ three/ four hours/ day.

__________________________________________________________________________
9. You/ help/ find/ one?

__________________________________________________________________________
10.I/ look forward/ see/ soon.

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