English first semester test for grade 9

ENGLISH FIRST SEMESTER TEST FOR GRADE 9 I. Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words. 1. A. federation B. mausoleum C. correspond D. territory 2. A. language B. separate C. literature D. consist II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others 3. A. post B. remote C. forum D. control 4. A. tunic B. study C. much D. subject 5. A. description B. edition C. question D. nation 6. A. campus B. publish C. difficult D. supply 7. A. designed B. embroidered C. prayed D. impressed

III. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it. 8. We don't mind to wait for you to finish your homework. A B C D ……………………………………………………………… 9. The children wish they can go to Disneyland someday. A B C D ……………………………………………………………… 10. He asked me whether I know that man over there. A B C D ……………………………………………………………… 11. After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed. A B C D ……………………………………………………………… 12. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious. A B C D ……………………………………………………………… IV. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets in each of the following sentences. 13. The university has a ____________________ as a center of excellence. (repute) 14. It's ______________________ to speak when you're eating. (polite) 15. We _____________________ gathered our things and ran to the bus stop. (hurry)

V. Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition 16. Bad weather prevented the ship _____________ departing. 17. Paul's family mean a lot _______________ him. He couldn't live without them. 18. That man reminds me ________________ my uncle Norman. 19. All the boys were jealous __________________ Tim because he had such a nice bicycle. 20. I'm hopeless ____________________ bowling, but I like billiards.

VI. Complete the passage by filling in each blank with one suitable word

The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live (21)___________________ all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time. English villages are not alike, but (22)____________________ some ways they are not very different (23)_____________________ each other. Almost (24)______________________ village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be (25)_______________________ for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where dead people are buried. The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are (26)___________________ round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages (27)___________________ water brought through pipes into each (28)_________________ Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they cannot find in the village.

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