Đề kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9

You are going to read an article about life in the countryside. For questions 1- 6, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you

think fits best according to the text

How I came to envy the country mice!

I have been living in London for more than 60 years, but still, when I'm driving and take some clever back-stree short cut, I

catch myself thinking: how extraordinary that it is me doing this! For a moment the town mouse I have become is being seen

by the country mouse I used to be. And although, given a new start, I would again become a town mouse, when I visit relations

in the country, I envy them.

Recently, I stood beside a freshwater lake in Norfolk, made by diverting a small river, near where my brother lives. As he

was identifying some of the birds we could see, in came seven swans. They circled, then the haunting sound of their wing

beats gave way to silence as they glided down for splashdown.

It is not a 'picturesque' part of the coast, but it has a definite character of line and light and colour. 'You do live in a lovely

place,' I said to my brother, and he answered, 'Yes, I do.' There are probably few days when he does not pause to recognise its

loveliness as he works with his boats – he teaches sailing – or goes about his many other occupations.

The lake's creator is a local landowner, continuing a tradition whereby the nature of our countryside has been determined by

those who own the land. Formerly, landowners would almost certainly have made such changes for their own benefit, but this

time it was done to help preserve the wildlife here, which is available for any visitor to see, providing they do nothing to

disturb the birds. It is evidence of change: country life is changing fast.

One of the biggest changes I have witnessed is that second-homers, together with commuters, have come to be accepted as a

vital part of the country scene. And the men and women who service their cars, dig their gardens, lay their carpets and do all

the other things they need are vital to modern country life. It is quite likely that the children of today's workers may be moving

into the same kind of jobs as the second-homers and the retired. Both the children of a country woman I know are at university,

and she herself, now that they have left home, is working towards a university degree.

Much depends, of course, on the part of the countryside you are living in and on personality - your own and that of your

neighbours. In my brother's Norfolk village, social life seems dizzying to a Londoner. In addition to dropping in on neighbours,

people throw and attend parties far more often than we do. My brother's wife Mary and her friends are always going into

Norwich for a concert or to King's Lynn for an exhibition. The boring country life that people from cities talk about is a thing

of the past - or perhaps it was always mainly in their minds.

This is very unlike living in a London street for 50 years and only knowing the names of four other residents. In these 50

years I have made only one real friend among them. I do enjoy my life, and Mary says that she sometimes envies it (the grass

on the other side of the fence ... ); but whenever I go to Norfolk, I end up feeling that the lives of country mice are more

admirable than my own.

1. It is sometimes a source of surprise to the writer

A. to find herself driving through back streets.

B. that she has been in the city for so long.

C. to realise how much she has got used to living in London.

D. that she lives in the city when she prefers the country.

2. The atmosphere created by the writer when she describes the swans is

A. moving.

B. frightening.

C. deafening.

D. disturbing.

3. What does 'It' in line 14 refer to?

A. the lake

B. the fact that the lake belongs to a landowner here

C. the reason for the landowner's action

D. the fact that wildlife now needs to be preserved

4. What is suggested about outsiders who now live in the country?

A. that country people no longer reject them

B. that they often do work like servicing cars and digging gardens

C. that the men and women who work for them are from the city D. that many of them have been in the countryside for a long time

5. Social life in the country

A. depends completely on where you live.

B. is not as boring as people in cities think it is.

C. is not affected by your neighbours.

D. is always less exciting than life in the city.

6. What do we learn about the writer's attitude to London in the final paragraph?

A. She can't adjust to living in London.

B. She has regretted moving to London.

C. The people in her street are unusually unfriendly.

D. Life there is very different to country life

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Going on a diet

A calorie is a (0) ________ for measuring the amount of energy food will produce. The average person needs about 1,800

calories per day to stay healthy. Without energy, the heart cannot (1) ________ blood through blood vessels and the organs

cannot function.

You (2) ________ weight because you consume more calories a day than your body requires. The only way to lose weight is

to (3) ________ the number of calories you consume. This is the basic (4) ________ behind most diets.

(5) ________, diets don't work for most people. It's not that they don't lose weight: they do, but when they go off the diet, the

kilos creep back. The (6) ________ to losing weight and maintaining weight loss is a sensible diet and exercise plan. You need

to work out how to eat fewer calories than you (7) ________ consume. You should also exercise daily so you can use up

calories. Burning 250 or 500 calories per day can (8) ________ a big difference.

0 A quantity B piece C unit D part

1 A pump B pull C drag D force

2 A make B increase C gain D put

3 A shrink B take C remove D reduce

4 A way B principle C method D kind

5 A Similarly B Though C Unfortunately D Although

6 A key B secret C way D idea

7 A preferably B actually C consistently D eventually

8 A have B do C make D give

For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

I'm not superstitious, honestly!

How (0) many people could truly say they are not superstitious? A recent survey shows that almost 90% of people

believe in one sort of superstition (9) _____________ another and say that it influences their lives.

One of the questions people (10) _____________ asked is whether they saw themselves as lucky or unlucky. Their answers

turned out to be the most interesting aspect of this survey. Nearly two-thirds (11) _____________ those taking part said they

believed that people were naturally lucky or unlucky.

Professor Morgan Howard, (12) _____________ analysed the results of the survey, was fascinated by this finding, so he went

a step further and asked these people (13) _____________ kind of superstitions they believed in. (14) _____________ his

surprise, he discovered that almost all the people who regarded themselves (15) _____________ lucky believed in positive superstitions. They did things to promote their good luck, such as crossing their fingers. (16) _____________ would appear

that people make their own luck by their attitude to life.

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits

in the gap in the same line.

Wild animals

Wild animals have (0) recently made an appearance in

the back gardens of American suburbs. They have caused

havoc and have (17) __________ domestic pets.

Mountain lions that wander into suburbs are now quite

(18)_________ to attack humans, which is worrying, while

bears and wolves have (19) __________ discovered rubbish

bins. If you find the (20) __________ of your bin scattered all

over the garden one morning, there is a distinct (21)________

that a bear has been feasting there during the night.

Nobody should be particularly surprised by this development,

which was predicted by experts years ago, and it's not (22)

__________ under the circumstances. One cause is the

massive expansion of (23) __________ into areas that were

wild and uninhabited not long ago. In addition, over the past

few decades a large number of (24) __________ have been

placed on hunting certain animals, allowing their populations

to grow. It looks as if humans will simply have to get used to

their new neighbours.

RECENT

THREAT

WILL

APPARENT

CONTAIN

POSSIBLE

EXPECT

HOUSE

RESTRICT

For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.

Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

Eg: I'll be very happy when I go on holiday. FORWARD

I'm looking forward to going on holiday.

25. The phone was cheaper than I expected. AS

- The phone was _________________________________ I expected.

26. Why didn't you tell me I was wrong? TOLD

- You _______________________________________ I was wrong.

27. She found the photographs when she was cleaning her room. CAME

- She ________________________________ when she was cleaning her room.

28. How many portraits did Picasso paint? BY

- How many portraits ____________________________________________ Picasso?

29. 'Please don't stay out late,' his mother said. ASKED

- His mother ____________________________________ out late.

30. I'd rather not go out this afternoon. FEEL

- I ____________________________________ out this afternoon.