TEST 10. GRADE 9- HK2
I. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in
each of the following questions.
1.
A. paradise
B. destination
C. risk
D. majestic
2.
A. together
B. agency
C. imagine
D. geological
3.
A. united
B. union
C. unimportant
D. usually
4.
A. variety
B. language
C. immigrant
D. standard
5.
A. bilingual
B. consist
C. official
D. immigrant
II. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in
each of the following questions.
1. A. relation
B. bilingual
C. concentric
D. annual
2. A. official
B. immigrant
C. clarity
D. ornament
3. A. celebration
B. destination
C. ecosystem
D. confidential
4.A. carry
B. flora
C. possess
D. fauna
5.A. encourage
B. discovery
C. diversity
D. recognize
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
1. Can you ______the definition of that word in the dictionary?
A. look up
B. look over
C. look through
D. look at
2. Every one of us has made a positive _____ to the overall success of the project.
A. contribute                       B. contribution                C. contributor                  D. contributing
3. There has been a _____ increase in the number of foreign tourists to Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam.
A. signify                            B. significantly               C. significance                 D. significant
4. The island has a very beautiful beach, but sadly it is not easily _____.
A. access                             B. accessible                   C. inaccessible                 D. inaccessibly
5. He looked so funny; we couldn't help _____ at him.
A. laugh
B. to laugh
C. laughed
D. laughing
6. The teacher ______over some mistakes that students made in their essays.
A. caused
B. took
C. went
D. made
7. English borrows words from many languages. “Karaoke” is a fun example of a word borrowed
from ______.
A. Spanish
B. French
C. Italian
D. Japanese
8. English has borrowed words for many delicious dishes, like pizza from Italian and ______ from
Vietnamese.
A. taco
B. ramen
C. banh mi
D. kimchi
9. I can ______the document into multiple languages to cater to a global audience.
A. copy
B. translate
C. get
D. look
10. One example of _____ world is the word “ballet”, which comes from French.
A. Lent
B. borrowed
C. compound
D. foreign
11. The car ______I bought yesterday is red.
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. which
12. The book ______I am reading is very interesting.
A. who
B. whose
C. which
D. when
13. The person ______won the award is my sister.
A. why
B. whose
C. who
D. which
14. The teacher ______students love English is very kind.
A. whose
B. what
C. who
D. which
15. He's the guy ______helped me learn Italian as a second language.
A. what
B. whom
C. who
D. whose

Communication (Match A with B)
A
B
1. You must keep quiet in the museum, please.
A. Sure. Here you are.
2. Good luck with your final exam.
B. Sure. Let's go
3. Can I go with you to the Folk Dance Festival?
C. Got it. Thank you.
4. You must strictly follow the guide's instructions.
D. Yes, I agree.
5. Can I borrow your English-English dictionary for a while, Nam?
E. Thanks. I'll try my best.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Some people find it really difficult to learn English, and here are some of the reasons. Firstly,
English has one of the biggest vocabularies (1) _____ all languages. Therefore, it is very hard for
English learners to remember all the words and phrases as well as use them (2) _____ in different
contexts. Secondly, English grammar is complex. For example, there are twelve basic tenses in
English. This (3) _____ learners confused when they have to use the tenses correctly in different
sentences. (4) _____ grammatical points, such as prepositions, reported speech, and the passive
voice are not any less challenging. Thirdly, a lot of learners find English pronunciation very (5)
_____. Words which have the same combination of letters may be (6) _____ differently. For
instance, the 'ou' in 'rough' is not pronounced the same as that in 'through'. Another problem is
sentence stress. Stress (7) _____ we put on different words may lead to the difference in meaning.
In general, English vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation may (8) ______ learning it not an
easy task.
(Adapted from Sách bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 9 Global Success-UNIT 9)
1. A. of
B. in
C. on
D. for
2. A. correct
B. corrective
C. incorrectly
D. correctly
3. A. gets
B. gives
C. makes
D. allows
4. A. Another
B. Other
C. Others
D. The other
5. A. confuse
B. confused
C. confusing
D. confusion
6. A. written
B. pronounced
C. said
D. read
7. A. who
B. whose
C. the
D. Ø
8. A. make
B. get
C. let
D. bring
Finish the second sentences so that they mean almost the same as the first sentences.
1. “Do you know who is the author of this dictionary?” Lien asked me.
→ Lien asked me ___________________________________________________
2. “Are you visiting the National Museum this Sunday?” Ann asked Nick.
→ Ann asked Nick ___________________________________________________
3. That is the tour guide; I spoke to him yesterday. (Relative pronoun)
→ That is the ___________________________________________________
4. The teacher taught us English last year; her son plays football very well.
→ The teacher ___________________________________________________
5. Singapore is a multilingual country. It has four official languages. (Relative pronoun)
 Singapore is_________________________________________________________________
6. It is an Expanding Circle country. Its people speak English as a foreign language. (Relative
pronoun)
 It is an Expanding ____________________________________________________________
7.You/shouldn't/ look/ the meaning/ all the words/ when reading/ text.
A. You shouldn't look for the meaning of all the word when reading a text.
B. You shouldn't look over the meaning all the words when reading a text.
C. You shouldn't look up the meaning of all the words when reading a text.
D. You shouldn't look after the meaning all the words while reading a text.