PART 1. PHONETICS

1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words aloud.

1. A. wet B. met C. head D. hand

2. A. girl B. burn C. turn D. pearl

3. A. left B. debt C. fan D. dead

4. A. train B. tale C. mine D. rain

5. A. die B. bicycle C. high D. min

6. A. meet B. feed C. speed D. fit

7. A. limit B. lipid C. treat D. hit

8. A. curve B. term C. gear D. herm

9. A. truck B. drunk C. mug D. dark

10. A. sign B. light C. bye D. tin

. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words aloud.

1. A. wet B. met C. head D. hand

2. A. girl B. burn C. turn D. pearl

3. A. left B. debt C. fan D. dead

4. A. train B. tale C. mine D. rain

5. A. die B. bicycle C. high D. min

6. A. meet B. feed C. speed D. fit

7. A. limit B. lipid C. treat D. hit

8. A. curve B. term C. gear D. herm

9. A. truck B. drunk C. mug D. dark

10. A. sign B. light C. bye D. tin

Traffic congestion in many (1) .... around the world is severe. One possible solution to this (2) ... is to impose heavy taxes on car drivers and use this money to make public transport better. One of the first benefits of such a measure is that the heavy taxes would (3) ... car owners from using their cars because it would become very (4) ... to drive. This would mean that they would begin to make use of public (5) .. instead, thus reducing traffic problems and (6) ... as well. Another benefit would be that much more use would be made of public transport if it was improved. It is often the case that public transport in cities is very poor. For (7) ... , we often see old buses and (8) .... that people would rather not use. High taxes would generate enough money to make the necessary changes

I. PHONETICS

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

1. A. curve                  B. stir                          C. person                     D. teacher

2. A. number               B. perfect                    C. termite                    D. skirt

3. A. bird                     B. away                       C. answer                    D. neighbor

THE MID- TERM TEST
Subject: English 9
Time : 60 minutes

Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from others .
1.A. impressed B. disappointed C. wished D. stopped
2.A. destination B. vacation C. question D. inspiration
Circle the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in
each of the following questions.
3.A. famous B. workshop C. village D. bamboo
4.A.memorable B. experience C. historical D. production
Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
5. ................... my cousin is young, she is one of the most skillful artisan in Bat Trang
village.
A When B Although C Whereas D In order to
6. You may feel ......when you are left out by friends and you can’t concentrate on your
studies.
A. frustrated B. confident C. delighted D. tense
7. The artisans in my village can earn enough money from basket ________ to live.
A. knitting B. moulding C. carving D. weaving
8. Rachel knew that Ross would be worried if she didn’t ________.
A. turn up B. turn down C. turn on D. turn off
9. I suffer from depression and anxiety, but I don’t know how ________ over my
problems.
A. to get B. get C. got D. getting
10. ________ I was promised a luxurious weekend by my husband, I am not satisfied.
A. Despite B. Although C. Because D. However
11. He told me that his mother ________ cooking in her free time.
A. like B. likes C. liked D. will like
12. Ho Chi Minh City is by far ________ City in Viet Nam.
A. biggest B. bigger C. the biggest D. as big as
13.My parents once took me to Bat Trang village. I could make my own _________
there.
A. pottery B. lacquer C. painting D. sculpture
14.Osaka has become one of the _________ “liveable” city in Asia.
A. more B. better C. much D. most
Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
15. She asked me how long does it take me to go to school by bike.

A B C D

Question 2: Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (2,0p)

            More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank (1)_______water, and breathed fresh air. In those days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the (2) _______ is quite different. The world today is facing with many (3) _______ threats. The most dangerous threat is war, and after the threat of war is (4) _______. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is (5) _______the surrounding with many kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable and convenient. Everybody knows that emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous (6) _______and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufacturers know that (7) _______from factories  make water and (8) _______ polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on (9) _______the wastes safely. (10) _______ rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

      Read the following passage and choose the best option to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

        More than two hundred years ago, the term "environment pollution" is quite strange to people. They live healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. In those days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. The world today is faced with any major threats. The most dangerous threat of all is war, and after the threat of war is pollution. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually, it is man that is destroying the surroundings with any kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable and convenient. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycles. Manufacturers know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

 38.  More than two hundred years ago __________ .

             A. the environment was polluted as much as it today.

             B. people were faced with pollution

             C. air was polluted badly

             D. people knew nothing about environmental pollution.

39.  The most dangerous threat that the world is faced with is _________ .

             A. water                       B. pollution                    C. air                               D. war

40. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases __________.

             A. but they still prefer travelling by cars             B. so they do not travel by car any longer

             C. so they prefer travelling by bicycles               D. they no longer use cars

41. In former days, people ____________ .

             A. breathed fresh air, drank pure water and lived healthily

             B. lived in the polluted environment

             C. breathed polluted air, drank pure water and lived healthily

             D. were worried about pollution

42. Factory owners _____________ .

             A. have no awareness of pollution

             B. do not want spend money on treating the wastes safely

             C. treat wastes from their factories safely

             D. know nothing about pollution

Question 2:
The number of factors of 120 is

Question 5:
Find four integer numbers a,b,c,d such that
a + b + c + d = 1
a + c + d = 2
a + b + d = 3
a + b + c = 4
Answer: (a;b;c;d)=() 

Question 6:
The 215^th  term of the expression A=1-7+13-19+25-31+⋯ is

Question 7:
A natural number will be increased by 9 times ifthe digit 0 is written between tens digit and units digit.The number is

Question 8:
Calculate: 1×2+2×3+⋯+100×101=

Question 9:
The root of the equation (x+1)+(x+2)+(x+3)+⋯+(x+100)=5750 is x=

Question 10:
The sum of digits of 3¹⁰⁰⁰ is A,the sum of digits of A is B,and the sum of digits of B is C.The value of C is