E9Written test 3

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Full name: …………………………….. Class: 9…. WRITTEN TEST 1 (45 mins.) Mark. Teacher’s remarks. I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronouced differently from the others. 1. A. door B. tool C. spoon D. moon 2. A. happiness B. dentist C. unite D. dinner 3. A. liters B. bills C. posters D. wastes 4. A. disappointed B. prevented C. persuaded D. covered II. Choose the best answer. 5. It’s not difficult to collect …… paper, bottles and cans everyday, isn’t it? A. use B. used C. using D. user 6. Jane and I live quite near …… each other. A. from B. X C. as D. at 7. Mary has lived in this house …… 1975. A. for B. since C. from D. in 8. She was happy …… her mother. A. to meet B. meet C. meets D. will meet 9. Joanna often …… playing the piano in her room. A. practise B. practises C. practising D. will practise 10. We decided to go out for meal …… we were too tired to cook at home. A. but B. because C. so D. and 11. He repairs his roof to stop it from …… A. leak B. leaking C. leaks D. is leaking 12. Sam as well as her sister …… planning to come to our country next month. A. are B. is C. be D. were 13. My father has just finished …… the magazines. A. read B. reads C. reading D. will read 14. Consumers want products that will not only work …… but also save money. A. effective B. effectively C. effect D. none is correct 15. I have no time …… with you. A. play B. plays C. played D. to play 16. Mary tried to avoid …… him. A. meeting B. meet C. to meet D. met 17. Joe enjoys …… but he doesn’t like to walk very far. A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam 18. I wish they …… change their minds so often. A. shouldn’t B. mightn’t C. wouldn’t D. couldn’t 19. I am surprised …… the amount of traffic today. A. to B. at C. on D. by 20. You …… better hurry in order not to miss the train. A. had B. would C. should D. did III. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one. 21. He had not paid his bill. His electricity was cut off. A. Since he had not paid his bill, his electricity was cut off. B. Because he had not paid his bill, his electricity was cut off. C. His electricity was cut off although he had not paid his bill. D. Both A & B are correct..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 22. The food had a good smell. A. The food smells well. B. The food smelt well. C. The food smells good. D. The food smelt good. 23. Dave is driving fast. He wants to go to the meeting on time. A. Dave is driving fast so that he can go to the meeting on time. B. In order to go to the meeting on time, Dave is driving fast. C. Dave is driving fast in order to go to the meeting on time. D. All are correct. 24. You could recover very quickly. I’m very happy. A. I’m happy to recover very quickly. B. I’m happy that you recover very quickly. C. Both A & B are correct. D. Both A & B are incorrect. IV. There is a mistake in each sentence below. Find out it A, B, C or D. 25. We heard the birds sings outside the window. A B C D 26. I was shocked by his indifferent. A B C D 27. I’m glad to see him passes the entrance exam. A B C D 28. You are going to come to the party, will you? A B C D 29. It’s a waste of energetic if we leave the lights on all the time. A B C D 30. I don’t think I could ever get used to go to work so early. A B C D 31. Her father won’t let her to drive his car. A B C D 32. If you want to save money, you shouldn’t reduce the amount of water your family use. A B C D V. Read the following passage, then choose the best answer to fill in each blank. Okinawa has subtropical oceanic climate, (33) … is very different from the temperate climate of most of the rest of Japan has. The average temperature is between 20 and 25 degree Celsius, and the average annual temperature is 22.4 in Naha. The (34)… between the highest and lowest temperature a day is small. The temperature is seldom lower (35) … 15 degree, even in January and February. It (36) … a lot in Okinawa and the annual rainfall is 2,033 millimeters, which is more than the annual average of 1,618 in the rest of Japan. The (37) … season starts in May and ends at the end of June. It never snows there. You can enjoy cherry blossoms at the late of January, but you do not see colored leaves in the fall. The sunlight an ultraviolet rays are very strong in the summer, but it seldom gets (38) … then 37 degree. Okinawa does not have four distinct seasons, like the rest of Japan. (39) …, it has beautiful azure sea with coral and native animals and plants which the rest of Japan does not have. One problem is that (40) … frequent typhoons, and a quarter of the typhoons that have come to close to Japan in the past half century hit Okinawa. 33. A. that B. which C. of which D. what 34. A. different B. indifferent C. difference D. differently 35. A. than B. to C. over D. of 36. A. rain B. has rained C. rains D. raining 37. A. raining B. rained C. rainy D. rain 38. A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest 39. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. However D. Though 40. A. has B. there is C. there has been D. there are ---THE END--(Happy new year and good luck to u!).

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