Grade: 9 THE MID-SECOND TERM TEST
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. dyramite B. terrify C.symbol D. deny
2. A.thunder B. earthquake C. gather D. healthy
3. A. hobby B. honest C. humor D. hole
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group
4. A. public B. occasion C. player D. problem
5. A. effect B. beauty C. listen D. brother
Choose A, B, C, D to complete the following sentences.
6. We thinhk that Mother’s Day should be celebrated...............
A. nationalhood B. nation wide C. nationality D. nation
7. We are going to............ the anniversary of our 50
th
wedding.
A. celebrate B. celebrated C. celebrating D. celebration
8. She cried with............ when she heard the news. It was her............time.
A. joy/joyful B. joyful/joy C. joyfully/joy D. joy/joyfully
9. Auld Lang Syne is a song which is sung...............New Year’s Eve.
A. on B. in C. at D. from
10................... he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it.
A.as B. though C. since D. despite
11. The car............... he has just bought is very expensive.
A.who B. whom C. which D. whose
12.According to the weather................, it will be raining tonight.
A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting
13. Yesterday a hurricane hit the................ of Vung Tau city.
A. coaster B. coast C. coasting D. coastal
14. We must find a shelter now because of the................ storm.
A. forecast B. forecaster C. forcastered D. forecasing
15. Pompeii was completely............ in AD 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
A. to destroy B. destroy C. destroyded D. destroying

29. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted.
30. Our neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday.
Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct option
olar energy is a long lasting source of energy, and it can be used almost anywhere. To generate solar energy, we
only need solar cells and the sun! Solar cells can easily be installed on house roofs, so we do not need any new
space. Compared to other renewable sources, they also posses many advantages: wind and water power rely on
turbines which are noisy, expensive and which take up large space. Solar cells are totally silent and non-polluting. As
they have no moving parts, they require little maintenance and have a long lifetime.
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31. What is the passage mainly about?
A. solar energy B. the advantages of solar cells
B. the disadvantages of solar cells D. renewable energies
32. Why don’t we need new space in order to use solar energy?
A. Because solar energy can be used anywhere
B. Because solar cells are small
C. Because solar cells can be installed on house roofs
D. Because solar energy is long lasting
33. What does the word “they” in line 3 refer to?
A. solar cells B. advantages C. renewable energies D. turbines
34. What are the disadvantages of other renewable sources ?
A. Wind and water power rely on turbines which are noisy, expensive and which take up large space
B. Wind and water power rely on turbines which are noisy, expensive
C. Wind and water power rely on turbines which take up large space
D. They are noisy, expensive and which take up large space
35. What is NOT listed in the passage as an advantage of solar cells?
A. They are non-polluting B. They are quiet. C. They have a long lifetime. D. They are cheap.
Read the passage below and circle the letter (A, B, C or D that best fits each space
THE ROCKIES
he rockies Mountain run almost the length of North American. They start in the North- West, but lie only a
(36) ……… hundred miles from the centre in more sounthern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller than the