TIENG ANH 9- TEST FOR UNIT
UNIT 6: VIET NAM: THEN AND NOW
PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. activate
2. A. consequence B. obedient C. demand D. report
3. A. tradition B. generation C. question D. fiction
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
4. A. calculator B. introduce C. desperate D. questioning
5. A. unemployed B. afternoon C. overweight D. parallel
VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR
III. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. Please take your time. I don't mind__________.
A. wait B. waited C. waiting D. to wait
7. The book was so funny. It made me__________out loud.
A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh
8. __________less meat is better for the environment.
A. Eat B. Ate C. Eating D. To eat
9. On their blind date, they arranged__________each other at the bar.
A. meet B. met C. meeting D. to meet
10. Our teacher recommends__________for at least ten minutes a day at home to improve our vocabulary.
A. read B. reads C. reading D. to read
11. She is__________that the puppy has grown so much in 2 months.
A. astonish B. astonished C. astonishing D. astonishes
12. It was reported that five people__________in the car crash.
A. had been injures B. were injured C. have been injured D. injured
13. My__________ has grown up without the experience of a world war.
A. generation B. destine C. system D. children
14. We need to make people more aware__________ these problems.
A. to B. of C. that D. abou
TIENG ANH 9- TEST FOR UNIT
UNIT 6: VIET NAM: THEN AND NOW
PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. activate
2. A. consequence B. obedient C. demand D. report
3. A. tradition B. generation C. question D. fiction
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
4. A. calculator B. introduce C. desperate D. questioning
5. A. unemployed B. afternoon C. overweight D. parallel
VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR
III. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. Please take your time. I don't mind__________.
A. wait B. waited C. waiting D. to wait
7. The book was so funny. It made me__________out loud.
A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh
8. __________less meat is better for the environment.
A. Eat B. Ate C. Eating D. To eat
9. On their blind date, they arranged__________each other at the bar.
A. meet B. met C. meeting D. to meet
10. Our teacher recommends__________for at least ten minutes a day at home to improve our vocabulary.
A. read B. reads C. reading D. to read
11. She is__________that the puppy has grown so much in 2 months.
A. astonish B. astonished C. astonishing D. astonishes
12. It was reported that five people__________in the car crash.
A. had been injures B. were injured C. have been injured D. injured
13. My__________ has grown up without the experience of a world war.
A. generation B. destine C. system D. children
14. We need to make people more aware__________ these problems.
A. to B. of C. that D. about
15. When we arrived at the station, the train__________.
A. has gone B. would go C. went D. had gone
16. The government is running a campaign to promote adult __________.
A. literature B. illiteracy C. literacy D. sense
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
17. At weekends the city centre is always packed with people.
A. busy B. crowded C. full D. quite
18. Parents are recommended to collaborate with teachers in educating children.
A. part B. cooperate C. separate D. disagree
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
19. After a very short time, this kind of music becomes wildly popular among the youth.
A. appealing B. attractive C. unknown D. common
20. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than others.
A. unlucky B. uncomfortable C. unlucky D. blessed
IV. Choose the underline word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.
21. I wish I can go to see all the wonders which have been recognized by UNESCO.
A. can go B. wonders C. have D. recognized
22. He suggested to go to Phong Nha Cave since it's a famous natural wonder of Viet Nam.
A. to go B. since C. it's a D. natural wonder
23. It was reported that the city had invested more on the preservation of it's wonders.
A. was reported B. had invested C. preservation D. it's wonders
24. The doctor suggested that he should drink more water, and took a lot of rest.
A. suggested B. should C. more water D. took
25. I am confident that life in the country has improved significant in the last five years.
A. confident that B. country C. significant D. the last
READING
V. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage.
In Viet Nam nowadays, most companies spend a large proportion of their budgets persuading US to buy their products, and it is their (26) __________ executives who have to decide how to make consumers aware of new products. To do this, they usually set up an advertising (27) __________ of some kind. Generally (28) __________ a new product involves TV and radio commercials, and there may also be large advertisements on (29) __________ along motorways and major roads. In the past, companies employed people to sell the product (30) __________ but nowadays there is a far more popular technique which uses the telephone. Staff in large call centers telephone potential (31) __________ tell them about the product and try to convince them that it is worth buying. Another technique is to (32) the new product by post. The company sends colourful (33) __________ to every house even though people haven’t asked for them. They are so unpopular that people call them (34) __________ mail - and even though they may contain free (35) __________ or discount vouchers, many people just put them straight into the rubbish bin!
26. A. selling B. publicity C. marketing D. propaganda
27. A. program B. campaign C. approach D. operation
28. A. starting B. commencing C. launching D. beginning
29. A. hoardings B. boards C. displays D. screens
30. A. in person B. to face C. at hand D. on show
31. A. shoppers B. investors C. buyers D. customers
32. A. promote B. sponsor C. support D. demonstrate
33. A. catalogues B. prospectuses C. reviews D. journals
34. A. rubbish B. garbage C. junk D. waste
35. A. samples B. tests C. pieces D. bits
VI. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Chu Van An High School is one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Viet Nam. Established in 1908 by the French, the school was located beside the West Lake, and was originally named after the location it was in. It is a very pleasant, spacious school with great views of the lake from the classroom windows. In 1943, the school was moved to Ninh Binh, and was not moved back to Ha Noi until 1945. In that year, the school was renamed Chu Van An, after a famous Vietnamese Confucianism teacher of the Tran Dynasty. Professor Nguyen Gia Tuong became the first Vietnamese principal of the school. Many famous people like ex-Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Doctor Ton That Tung, and poet Xuan Dieu used to be the school's students.
Today the school is still located in the same area, and has maintained its prestige, as well as its reputation as one of the top schools in Ha Noi. It is very difficult to be admitted to the school. Every year, there are around three thousand applicants but only about five hundred are admitted. Those applicants have to take an entrance examination conducted by the Department of Education and Training of Ha Noi.
36. The passage mainly discusses __________.
A. Chu Van An, the teacher
B. Chu Van An School in the future
C. Chu Van An School over time
D. the difficulty of being admitted to Chu Van An School
37. All of the following are true about the school EXCEPT __________.
A. the school was originally named after the location it is in
B. the school admits three thousand students every year.
C. the school has a view of the West Lake
D. the school is large
38. The word “principal” is closest in meaning to __________.
A. teacher B. head teacher C. founder D. supporter
39. The word “prestige” in the passage mostly means __________.
A. Respect B. fame C. status D. position
40. It can be understood from the passage that __________.
A. students of the school are very smart
B. the school fees are very high
C. only children from prestigious families can enter the school
D. the teachers at the school earn a lot of money
WRITING
VII. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
41. It's not a good idea to use the village's land to build new roads.
A. I wouldn't use the village's land to build new roads.
B. I wouldn't be use the village's land to build new roads.
C. I wouldn't be used the village's land to build new roads.
D. I wouldn't used the village's land to build new roads.
42. You should visit the historical places of the area.
A. It is worth visit the historical places of the area.
B. It is worth visiting the historical places of the area.
C. It is worth to visit the historical places of the area.
D. It is worth to visiting the historical places of the area.
43. He suggested seeing Trang An, a natural wonder of our area.
A. What about visiting Trang An, a natural wonder of our area?
B. What about to visiting Trang An, a natural wonder of our area?
C. What about visit Trang An, a natural wonder of our area?
D. What about to visit Trang An, a natural wonder of our area?
44. The sleepy villages are expected to mushroom into crowded towns within two years.
A.The sleepy villages are suppose to mushroom into crowded towns within two years.
B.The sleepy villages are supposing to mushroom into crowded towns within two years.
C.The sleepy villages are supposed that to mushroom into crowded towns within two years.
D.The sleepy villages are supposed to mushroom into crowded towns within two years.
45. It is important to educate children to preserve traditional values.
A. It is necessary to educate children to preserve traditional values.
B. It is necessary to educating children to preserve traditional values.
C. It is necessary educate children to preserve traditional values.
D. It is necessary to be educate children to preserve traditional values.
VIII. Complete sentences using the words/ phrases given in their correct forms. You can add some more necessary.
46. many schools/ the world/ found/ the beginning of the 20th century.
A. Many schools in the world were found at the beginning of the 20th century.
B. Many schools in the world were founded at the beginning of the 20th century.
C. Many schools in the world was founded at the beginning of the 20th century.
D. Many schools in the world was found at the beginning of the 20th century.
47. it/ nice/ John/ give/ us/ lift/ the train station.
A. It’s nice of John to give us lift to the train station.
B. It’s nice of John to give us a lift to the train station.
C. It’s nice of John to give us the lift to the train station.
D. It’s nice of John to give us an lift to the train station.
48. I/ prefer/ ride/ my bicycles/ catch/ bus/ school/ every morning.
A. I prefer ride my bicycles to catch the bus to school every morning.
B. I prefer riding my bicycles to catch the bus to school every morning.
C. I prefer riding my bicycles to catching the bus to school every morning.
D. I prefer ride my bicycles to catching the bus to school every morning.
49. Saigonese/ expect/ that/ new/ metro system/ can/ solve/ traffic problem.
A. Saigonese expect that the new metro system can solve the traffic problem.
B. Saigonese expect that the new metro system can be solve the traffic problem.
C. Saigonese expect that the new metro system can solving the traffic problem.
D. Saigonese expect that the new metro system can solved the traffic problem.
50. traffic system/ Ha Noi city/ be/ upgraded/ the last five years.
A. The traffic system in Ha Noi city has upgraded over the last five years.
B. The traffic system in Ha Noi city has been upgraded over the last five years.
C. The traffic system in Ha Noi city has be upgraded over the last five years.
D. The traffic system in Ha Noi city has being upgraded over the last five years.
_____The end_____
UNIT 6: VIET NAM: THEN AND NOW
PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. activate
2. A. consequence B. obedient C. demand D. report
3. A. tradition B. generation C. question D. fiction
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
4. A. calculator B. introduce C. desperate D. questioning
5. A. unemployed B. afternoon C. overweight D. parallel
VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR
III. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. Please take your time. I don't mind__________.
A. wait B. waited C. waiting D. to wait
7. The book was so funny. It made me__________out loud.
A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh
8. __________less meat is better for the environment.
A. Eat B. Ate C. Eating D. To eat
9. On their blind date, they arranged__________each other at the bar.
A. meet B. met C. meeting D. to meet
10. Our teacher recommends__________for at least ten minutes a day at home to improve our vocabulary.
A. read B. reads C. reading D. to read
11. She is__________that the puppy has grown so much in 2 months.
A. astonish B. astonished C. astonishing D. astonishes
12. It was reported that five people__________in the car crash.
A. had been injures B. were injured C. have been injured D. injured
13. My__________ has grown up without the experience of a world war.
A. generation B. destine C. system D. children
14. We need to make people more aware__________ these problems.
A. to B. of C. that D. about
15. When we arrived at the station, the train__________.
A. has gone B. would go C. went D. had gone
16. The government is running a campaign to promote adult __________.
A. literature B. illiteracy C. literacy D. sense
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
17. At weekends the city centre is always packed with people.
A. busy B. crowded C. full D. quite
18. Parents are recommended to collaborate with teachers in educating children.
A. part B. cooperate C. separate D. disagree
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
19. After a very short time, this kind of music becomes wildly popular among the youth.
A. appealing B. attractive C. unknown D. common
20. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than others.
A. unlucky B. uncomfortable C. unlucky D. blessed
IV. Choose the underline word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.
21. I wish I can go to see all the wonders which have been recognized by UNESCO.
A. can go B. wonders C. have D. recognized
22. He suggested to go to Phong Nha Cave since it's a famous natural wonder of Viet Nam.
A. to go B. since C. it's a D. natural wonder
23. It was reported that the city had invested more on the preservation of it's wonders.
A. was reported B. had invested C. preservation D. it's wonders
24. The doctor suggested that he should drink more water, and took a lot of rest.
A. suggested B. should C. more water D. took
25. I am confident that life in the country has improved significant in the last five years.
A. confident that B. country C. significant D. the last
READING
V. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage.
In Viet Nam nowadays, most companies spend a large proportion of their budgets persuading US to buy their products, and it is their (26) __________ executives who have to decide how to make consumers aware of new products. To do this, they usually set up an advertising (27) __________ of some kind. Generally (28) __________ a new product involves TV and radio commercials, and there may also be large advertisements on (29) __________ along motorways and major roads. In the past, companies employed people to sell the product (30) __________ but nowadays there is a far more popular technique which uses the telephone. Staff in large call centers telephone potential (31) __________ tell them about the product and try to convince them that it is worth buying. Another technique is to (32) the new product by post. The company sends colourful (33) __________ to every house even though people haven’t asked for them. They are so unpopular that people call them (34) __________ mail - and even though they may contain free (35) __________ or discount vouchers, many people just put them straight into the rubbish bin!
26. A. selling B. publicity C. marketing D. propaganda
27. A. program B. campaign C. approach D. operation
28. A. starting B. commencing C. launching D. beginning
29. A. hoardings B. boards C. displays D. screens
30. A. in person B. to face C. at hand D. on show
31. A. shoppers B. investors C. buyers D. customers
32. A. promote B. sponsor C. support D. demonstrate
33. A. catalogues B. prospectuses C. reviews D. journals
34. A. rubbish B. garbage C. junk D. waste
35. A. samples B. tests C. pieces D. bits
VI. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Chu Van An High School is one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Viet Nam. Established in 1908 by the French, the school was located beside the West Lake, and was originally named after the location it was in. It is a very pleasant, spacious school with great views of the lake from the classroom windows. In 1943, the school was moved to Ninh Binh, and was not moved back to Ha Noi until 1945. In that year, the school was renamed Chu Van An, after a famous Vietnamese Confucianism teacher of the Tran Dynasty. Professor Nguyen Gia Tuong became the first Vietnamese principal of the school. Many famous people like ex-Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Doctor Ton That Tung, and poet Xuan Dieu used to be the school's students.
Today the school is still located in the same area, and has maintained its prestige, as well as its reputation as one of the top schools in Ha Noi. It is very difficult to be admitted to the school. Every year, there are around three thousand applicants but only about five hundred are admitted. Those applicants have to take an entrance examination conducted by the Department of Education and Training of Ha Noi.