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Read the following passage and choose the best answers. I often hear or read about natural disaster- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on. But Ill never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature the London Killer Fog of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4th when a high pressure system (warm air) cover southern England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped. People couldnt see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks or into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally on Tuesday, December 9th, the wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick, many of them died.

1. Which natural disaster isnt mentioned in the text?

A. a volcanic eruption D. a tornado B. a flood C. a hurricane

2. What is his unforgettable person experience?

A. the London killer C. the strangeness of nature A pollution A. The rain sentences. B. humidity B. the heavy fog in London D. a high-pressure system C. heavy rain D. heavy fog

3. What didnt happen during the time of the London Killer Fog? 4. The traffic stopped because of _________.
B. the windy weather C. the humid weather D. the heavy fog Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first

5. Hurry up or you will be late. If_____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth. Elizabeth______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Learning English is interesting. It is___________________________________________________________________________________ 8. No one has answered the questions yet. The questions_________________________________________________________________________ 9. I think it would be a good idea to take a train. I suggest______________________________________________________________________________
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Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

10. Do you often go out _________Saturday evenings?

A. in A. so is Minh A. neither do we A. both A. whom A. interesting A. develop A. a lot of A. old A. rains A. to know A. polluted to the environment. A. open A. wont lost A. so B. opening B. will lose B. because of C. to open C. lost C. if D. opened D. will be lost D. because B. at B. Minh is too B. so do we B. all B. who B. interested B. developed B. few B. older B. doesnt rain B. knowing B. dirty C. on C. so does Minh C. we do too C. either C. which C. interest C. developing C. a few C. oldest C. rained C. know C. awful D. for D. Minh does either D. neither dont we D. neither D. whose D. interestingly D. development D. not much D. the oldest D. didnt rain D. knew D. beautiful

11. Hoa likes reading and _________. 12. They dont like milk and _________. 13. I have two brothers and we are _________at school. 14. The man_________we saw yesterday is a scientist. 15. I feel _________in this book. 16. Vietnam is a _________country. 17. There is _________time. Lets hurry. 18. This house is _________of the three. 19. If it _________, well have the party outside. 20. If you know where she lives, let me_________. 21. Well make the beach clean and _________again. 22. It is impossible _________a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing

23. If you are late again, you_________the job. 24. She never goes to the movies_________she is very busy.
Choose the words or phrases that needs correction.

25. Did the house broken when you were away?

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B B C C C D D D

26. That is the girl whom Jim wants to marry her. 27. Although it rained heavy, they went out last night. 28. The accident happened in front of my house last night because the drivers
A A B B C D C D

29. Does it take you three hours doing this task?.

Find the best choice to complete the passage below. Among the festivals (26)______ by some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known (27)______ the Mid August Festival. Large numbers of small round moon cakes are eaten (28)______ this day, and children enjoy carrying colorful (29)______ lanterns come in all shapes; the most popular ones are shaped like fish, rabbits and butterflies. According to (30)______, the moon shines the brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival. As the moon rises, tables are placed (31)______ the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess.

30. A. celebrated 31. A. like 32. A. in 33. A. wood 34. A. they 35. A. under

B. made B. as B. for B. metal B. them B. near

C. held C. such as C. at C. paper C. it C. outside

D. set D. D. on D. gold D. their D. around

ANSWER KEYS Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. change 2. A. depend 3. A. pagoda

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B. charity B. poet B. grocery

C. chopstick C. equal C. institute

D. character D. region D. benefit

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

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B. remote B. dynamite C. access C. production D. advance D. protection

5. A. pollution

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

6. Do you often go out _________Saturday evenings?

A. in A. so is Minh B. at B. Minh is too C. on C. so does Minh C. we do too C. either C. which C. interest C. developing C. a few C. oldest C. rained C. know C. awful D. for D. Minh does either D. neither dont we D. neither D. whose D. interestingly D. development D. not much D. the oldest D. didnt rain D. knew D. beautiful

7. Hoa likes reading and _________. 8. They dont like milk and _________.
A. neither do we B. so do we A. both A. whom A. interesting A. develop A. a lot of A. old A. rains A. to know A. polluted to the environment. A. open A. wont lost A. so B. opening B. will lose B. because of C. to open C. lost C. if D. opened D. will be lost D. because B. all B. who B. interested B. developed B. few B. older B. doesnt rain B. knowing B. dirty

9. I have two brothers and we are _________at school. 10. The man_________we saw yesterday is a scientist. 11. I feel _________in this book. 12. Vietnam is a _________country. 13. There is _________time. Lets hurry. 14. This house is _________of the three. 15. If it _________, well have the party outside. 16. If you know where she lives, let me_________. 17. Well make the beach clean and _________again. 18. It is impossible _________a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing

19. If you are late again, you_________the job. 20. She never goes to the movies_________she is very busy.
Choose the words or phrases that needs correction.

21. Did the house broken when you were away? [Was]
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B B C C C D D D

22. That is the girl whom Jim wants to marry her. [no words] 23. Although it rained heavy, they went out last night. [heavily] 24. The accident happened in front of my house last night because the drivers
carelessness. [because of] A A B B C D C D

25. Does it take you three hours doing this task? [to do]

Find the best choice to complete the passage below. Among the festivals (26)______ by some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known (27)______ the Mid August Festival. Large numbers of small round moon cakes are eaten (28)______ this day, and children enjoy carrying colorful (29)______ lanterns come in all shapes; the most popular ones are shaped like fish, rabbits and butterflies. According to (30)______, the moon shines the brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival. As the moon rises, tables are placed (31)______ the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess.

26. A. celebrated 27. A. like 28. A. in 29. A. wood 30. A. they 31. A. under

B. made B. as B. for B. metal B. them B. near

C. held C. such as C. at C. paper C. it C. outside

D. set D. D. on D. gold D. their D. around

Read the following passage and choose the best answers. I often hear or read about natural disaster- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on. But Ill never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature The London Killer Fog of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4th when a high pressure system (warm air) cover southern England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped. People Page 5

Grade 9 TUYN SINH 10 (TING ANH) couldnt see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks or into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally on Tuesday, December 9th, the wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick, many of them died. { breeze: light wind}

32. Which natural disaster isnt mentioned in the text?

A. a volcanic eruption D. a tornado B. a flood C. a hurricane

33. What is his unforgettable person experience?

A. the London killer C. the strangeness of nature A pollution A. The rain sentences. B. humidity B. the heavy fog in London D. a high-pressure system C. heavy rain D. heavy fog

34. What didnt happen during the time of the London Killer Fog? 35. The traffic stopped because of _________.
B. the windy weather C. the humid weather D. the heavy fog Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first

36. Hurry up or you will be late. If you dont hurry up, you will be late.____________________________________________ 37. Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth. Elizabeth cannot play the piano as well as Helen._________________________________ 38. Learning English is interesting. It is interesting to study English.__________________________________________________ 39. No one has answered the questions yet. The questions havent been answered yet._________________________________________ 40. I think it would be a good idea to take a train. I suggest taking a train._____________________________________________________________
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