English test 9
Time: 45 minutes
I. Listen to the tape a story and then answer shortly and fully the following questions (2 points).
1. Where did Billy’s family live?
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2. What did Billy’s father give him?
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3. Did the dog want to take the ball and run away with it?
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4. What did the dog do with Billy?
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II. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions below (2 points).
HOW THE MAY DAY BEGAN IN ENGLAND?
Many hundred years ago there were many villages and few towns in England. The villagers liked to go into the forests and the fields when spring came. On the first Sunday of May, they usually took a tree back with them and put it in the center of the village. The children danced round it and the men and the women took part in games round it.
Later the international woking class made the First of May their day of solidarity.
The first May Day was celebrated in England in 1890, when the wokers decided to fight an eight-hour woking day and an end to the very long hours that they woked. In London, the wokers marched from all places to a meeting im Hyde Park. This demostration showed their unity and solidarity.
After that, May Day in England was usually celebrated on the Sunday nearest to the first day of the month.
There have been many large May Day demostrations. The working people showed on those days their solidarity with the progressive people in other countries.
Which season did the villagers like to go into the forests and the fields?
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Where was the tree put?
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What did the children do round the tree?
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When was the first May Day celebrated in England?
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What did the working people show on those days?
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III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2 points).
1. Passover is celebrated by ………. people.
A. Israel
B. Jew
C. Jewish
D. Jewess
2. The girl ………. I met last night was very interesting.
A. which
B. whom
C. who
D. whose
3. I like living the country ………. I’m interested in the natural world.
A. therefore in
B. so
C. although
D. Because
4. When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called ………. in Asia.
A. hurricane
B. cyclone
C. typhooon
D. tidal wave
5. My parents wouldn’d let me ………. up late when I was a child.
A. to stay
B. staying
C. stay
D. stayed
6. They turned the television ………. to see fhe weather forecast.
A. off
B. up
C. down
D. on
7. “Hi, Bill. Congratulations!”. – “……….”
A. I’m sorry
B. Thank you
C. My pleasure
D. You’re welcom
8. If it ………. this evening, I ………. out.
A. rains/will go B. will rain/ will go C. rains/won’t go D. rained/ won’t go
9. We should ………. some canned food before a typhoon.
A. buy
B. buying
C. be bought
D. to buy
10. The Kids get two weeks off school ………. Christmas.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. for
IV. Make stress mark on these words (1point).
1. compose
2. decorate
3. priority
4. earthquake
V. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (1 point).
1. A. last
B. Passover
C. battery
D. acquaintance
2. A. hug
B. occur
C. erupt
D. funnel
3. A. volcano
B. compose
C. decorate
D. humor
4. A. Easter
B. freedom
C. destroy
D. Celsius
5. A. volcano
B. warn
C. priority
D. towards
VI. Rewrite each sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before (2 points).
He has a very important job but he isn’t particularly well-paid.
=>Although…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
They live in a very lovely house.
=>The house…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
My mother never allows me to play with match.
=>My mother…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
The last time Thuy met her old friends was when they left school.
=>Thuy hasn’t………………………………………………………………..............................................
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ANSWER KEY
I. Tapescrip :
Billy lived on a quiet street in a big city. His mother sometimes tooke him
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