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PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM 20 ĐIỂM Choose the correct answer 1/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.. Mr Lam can learn English in early November

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NĂM HỌC 2009-2010 MÔN TIẾNG ANH THỜI GIAN: 20 PHÚT (không kể thời gian phát đề)

A PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (20 ĐIỂM)

Choose the correct answer

1/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

a) strength b) Northern c)fourteenth d) with

2/ Choose the word whose main stress pattern is differently from that of the others

a) mausoleum b) mathematics c) correspond d) minority

3/ There are rice fields on………side on the river.

4/ Half of the students in this class……….from Arabic- speaking countries.

a) is b) has been c) have been d) are

5/ a) The number of students at that university…… approximately 10,000.

6/ I………for mushrooms but I………… any.

a) am looking / don’t find b) were looking / weren’t finding

c) have looked / didn’t find d) have looked / haven’t found

7 As the conversation went on, he became………

c) more and more talkative d) the most talkative

8 In the 1980s jeans finally became high fashion clothing ………of jeans went up and up.

a) Buying b) Selling c) Sales d) Making

9/ I love this city The ………… of the city impresses me a lot.

10/ The living room and the dining room are ……… by a short wall where there are many

decorative plants

a) separated b) parted c) divided d) broken

B .LISTENING COMPREHENSION.(20ms)

I True or False.(10ms)

1 Mr Lam wants to learn English

2 He wants to learn in the intermediate level

3 Courses begin first week of November at 18 Trang Thi Street

4 Mr Lam can learn English in early November

II Listen carefully and choose A or B.(10ms)

1 a Mr Lam wants to learn English in early evening

b Mr Lam wants to learn English in late evening

2 a There are many well-qualified teachers in Academy of Language

b There are many well-qualified teachers in Foreign Language Council

3 a Chinese is taught at 108 Trang Thi Street

b Chinese is taught at 12 Nam Trang Street

4 a There are many weekend classes at 108 Trang Thi Street

b There are many weekend classes at 12 Nam Trang Street

B.READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING.(60ms).

I Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first (10ms)

1 We spent one hour painting the school gate

It took………

2 Let’s go swimming

Why………

3 Did they return those books to the library?

Were………

4 How long ago have you learnt English?

5 We enjoy playing football

We are……… ………

6 Thang fell because of the banana

The banana………

7 Lan had his brother fix the ball

Lan had the ball………

8 You have to correct this exercise carefully

This exercise………

9 He is too weak, so he can’t lift the box

If……… 10.Our house is older than all other houses in the road

Our house is the………

II Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word (10ms)

Dear Thuy,

We are having an (1) time in Hoi An The streets here are so (2) that cars are not allowed to the center of the (3) .Therefore we have to (4) The houses are very (5) but beautiful However, I don’t like the way they do business here It seems that every house has a shop to sell .(6) and other stuffs The people are very (7) and helpful The food looks funny but it (8) quite nice I haven’t (9) anything for you But I will buy you some little (10) lanterns

See you next week.

Love

Mathew

III Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage (10ms)

I had a letter from my sister yesterday She (1.live) ……….in Nigeria In her letter, she said that she (2.come)………….to England the next year If she (3 come)………, she (4 get ) ……… a surprise We now (5 live)………… in a beautiful new house in the country The work on it had begun before my sister left The house (6 complete )

………….five months ago In my letter, I (7 tell)……… her that she could stay with us The house (8 have)………….many large rooms and there (9.be)……… a lovely garden It is very modern house, so it (10 look………….strange to some people It must be the only modern house in the district

IV Choose the best answer for each space to complete the passage below (10ms)

Choosing clothes can be difficult Some people want to be (1) , but they don’t want to look exactly (2) _ every body else Not all clothes are

(3) _for work or school, perhaps they’re not enough (4) ,or simply not (5) _ It is easy to buy the (6) _size, and what your trousers are too (7) _ especially if you’re a little bit (8) _ Very

(9) _clothes make you feel(10) , but when you have

(11) _in the washing machine, the you have the same problem! If you buy light (12) _clothes, then they might not be(13) enough for winter If your shoes (14) and if you aren’t (15) _ for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible!

1 A of fashion B fashioned C fashionable D fashion

3 A fitted B suitable C comfort D equal

5 A comfort B comfortingC comforted D comfortable

7 A straight B close C stiff D tight

9 A loose B lose C loosened D lost

11 A lessened B reduced C decreased D shrunk

12 A of cotton B in cotton C cotton D cottoned

14 A tight B enclosed C firm D waterproof

15 A worn B clothed C dressed D fitted

V Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the words in brackets.(10ms)

2 There are many buildings on this mountain (impress)

3 The children are in picture books (interest)

4 All the dancers wore _ costumes (tradition)

5 We live in a rather rich .(neighbor)

6 I find your magazine very _.(inform)

7 Faraday is one of the greatest in history (invent)

8 Surface mail is much _than airmail.(cheap)

9 The lady is always _about something.(complaint)

10.Some of us use water (waste)

11.Television, dishwasher and refrigerator are electrical .(apply)

VI Write a paragraph from 60 to 80 words about the topic “secondary school childen should wear uniform”(10ms)

A Mỗi đáp án đúng 2 điểm

1 b 2 d 3 a 4 d 5 c 6 d 7 c 8 c 9 b 10 a

B (UNIT 4/ LESSON: READ IN TEXTBOOK ENGLISH 9)

One correct answer gets 5ms.

C

I One correct answer gets 1m.

1 It took us one hour to paint the school gate

2 Why don’t we go swimming

3 Were those books returned to the library

4 How long ago did you learn English

5 We are fond of playing football

6 The banana made Thang fall

7 Lan had the ball fixed

8 This exercise has to be corrected carefull

9 If he were strong, he could lift the box

10.Our house is the oldest house in the road

II One correct answer gets 1m.

1- excellent(interesting) 6- souvenirs 2- narrow 7- friendly 3- town 8- tastes 4- walk 9- bought 5- old 10-colorful

III One correct answer get 1m

1 lives/ is living 6 was completed

5 are now living 10 looks

IV One correct answer gets 1m.

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D

6 C 7.D 8.B 9.A 10 B

11 D 12 C 13.A 14.D 15.C

V One correct answer gets 1ms

1 impressive 2 interested

3 traditional 4 neighborhood

5 informative 6 inventors

7 cheaper 8 complaining

9 wastefully 10.appliances

VI A suitable writing gets 10ms