Bài tập ôn tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Further Practice 1

 FURTHER PRACTICE 1 
A: PHONETICS ( 1.0 p)
I. Choose the word with different pronunciation from the others. (0.6p)
1. A. hour B. house C. hot D. head 
2. A. worked B. wanted C. stopped D. asked
3. A.walks B. cups C.students D. pens 
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. ( 1.0 pts)
1. A. sewage B. simple C. hobby D. describe
2. A. dancer B. cycling C. balloon D. traffic.
B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (5.0pts) I. Choose the best answer. (2.0p)
1.Solar energy doesn’t cause..
A.pollution B.polluted C.pollute D.pollutant
2. Tet is a festival occurs in late January or early February.
A. whom B. when C. where D. which
3. It’s raining. .., Mr. Nam has to go to work. 
A. Although B. So C. Therefore D. However 
4. If I .rich, I .around the world. 
A. will be - travel B. am - will travel C. were - would travel D. would be – traveled 
5. The girl wishes she in Hue for the festival next week.
A. had stayedB. was staying C. stay D. could stay
6. You don’t like watching this film, ?
 A. don’t you B. are you C. do you D. did you
7. When he lived in the city, he  to the theater twice a week.
A. uses to go B. has gone C. used to go D. was going
8. My house.. in 1999
A. is built B. was building C. was built D. has been built
9. The entrance examination will be held. June 22nd 2012.
A. in B. on C. at D. to
10. Hoa: I suggest going camping next Sunday. - Lan: ..
A. That’s a fine day B. That’s a good idea C. That’s a reason D. That’s a good trip
II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense or form.(2.0p)
1. The weather is terrible today. If the weather (1.be)  good, I (2. go) .....................for a walk.
2. Yesterday, when we (3. visit). them, they (4. have) .. dinner.
3. I (5.write )............ to my pen pal 2 months ago, but I (6.not receive) ....... his reply since then.
4. We would rather (7. stay) ...........................at home than go out on rainy days.
5. I enjoy (8. teach) ...................................., but I don't want (9. do) .....................all my life.
6. My house (10. build) .. at present.
III/ Supply the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences. 
(1.0p)
1. The accident happened because he drove ... (care)
2. Air .is one of the problems that people have deal to with. (pollute)
3. Traditional ..... are a good source of fun and entertainment. (celebrate) 
4. You should buy this book. It’s very.. (inform)
5. (Tradition).................., people eat sticky rice cakes at Tet. 
C: READING. ( 2.0 p) 
I. Read the text. Then choose the right sentence A, B, C or D.(1.0p)
 Last year, we had a nice holiday. My friend and I went to the seaside for a month. I had 
been to the seaside several times before, but this was the first time for my friend. Naturally, it was 
.
3. She / be / best / student / class.
4. How long / it / take / you / go / school / everyday?
 A. applying B. apply C. applied D. to apply
20. Jeff is calling Alice.
 - Jeff: “Hello? Alice? This is Jeff. How are you?”
 - Alice: “Jeff? What a coincidence! I __________ about you when the phone rang.
 A. have just been thinking B. just thought
 C. was just thinking D. was just thought
II. READING (4 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage, choose and circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to fill in 
each of the blanks. (2 points)
 PROOF THAT SILENCE IS GOLDEN FOR STUDYING
The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults and 
children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, (1) _______ 
youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate.
Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been (2) _______ all along. Psychologists in Florida 
tested how fast students wrote essay with and without music in the (3) _______. They found that the 
sounds slowed progress down by about sixty words per hour. “This demonstrates clearly that it is 
difficult to (4) _______ with listening and writing at the same time”, said Dr. Sarah Randall. She 
also (5) _______ to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than 
vocals. “All types of music (6) _______ the same effect”, she said in her report. “One’s ability to pay 
attention and write fluently is likely to be (7) _______ by both vocal and instrumental music”, she 
added.
Dr. Randall claimed the research (8) _______ that the idea that music could improve performance 
was wrong. “Writing an essay is a complex (9) _______. You are recalling information and putting it 
in (10) _______. An additional stimulus in the form of music is bound to distract. But music is not 
the only distractor. What is particularly worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying in 
front of the television”.
1. A. whereas B. unlike C. besides D. despite
2. A. precise B. right C. valid D. true
3. A. setting B. background C. surrounding D. circumstances
4. A. manage B. support C. cope D. stand
5. A. reached B. drew C. arrived D. came
6. A. made B. had C. brought D. kept
7. A. disturbed B. interfered C. bothered D. shocked
8. A. pointed B. displayed C. demonstrated D. presented
9. A. project B. concern C. scheme D. task
10. A. order B. arrangement C. line D. pattern
Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE 
word in each space. (2 points)
 KEEPING FIT
Bodies are made to move! They are not designed for sitting around in front of the television or reading 
magazines. Keeping fit doesn’t (1) _______ you have to be a super-athlete, and even a (2) _______ 
exercise can give a lot of fun. When you are fit and healthy, you will find you look better and feel 
better. You’ll have more energy and self-confidence.
Every time you move you are exercising. The human body is designed to blend, stretch, run, jump 
and climb. The (3) _______ it does, the stronger and fitter it will become. Best of (4) _______, 
exercise is fun. It’s (5) _______ your body likes doing most – keeping on the move. 
D. The government was therefore able to borrow huge sums of money from banks around the 
world, thinking they would have no problem repaying their debts.
E. They dissolve in rainwater and this makes acid rain, which damages trees, river and streams. 
F. The problem, however, is not just a European one.
G. However, the Mexican government does not have enough money to do the work, and needs to 
spend what money it has on the Mexican people.
III. WRITING (4 points)
Part 1: For each question, complete the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar in 
meaning as possible to the one printed before it. (2 points)
1. The number of road accidents has soared in recent months.
There .....
2. People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.
The smoking 
3. I don't intend to apologize to either of them.
I have 
4. Nobody expected her to lose, but she did.
Against...
5. I'm more interested in the people than the job.
It's not the ..
Part 2: For each question, complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the closest 
meaning to the original one, using the WORD given. DO NOT change this word. You must use 
between THREE AND FIVE WORDS, including the word given. (2 points)
1. I found it difficult to follow the instructions. TROUBLE
 I ............................................................................................................... the instructions.
2. The neighbors’ all-night parties were too much for me, so I moved. PUT
 I moved because I .......................................................... the neighbors’ all-night parties.
3. Nigel should leave soon if he’s catching the 8.30 train. HAD
 Nigel ................................................................................... if he’s catching the 8.30 train.
4. Things are much more expensive here than we thought they would be. EXPECTED
 We had ....................................................................................................... cheaper here.
5. The news was such a shock to them that they all sat there without saying a word. 
 SILENCE
 They all sat there ....................................................................... so shocked by the news. 
III. Communication: (1point)
Choose the statements (A to F) to complete the conservation:
 A. Let me check.
 B. I’d like to move to a different room if possible.
 C. That’s too bad
 D. Great
 E. And is it a non-smoking room?
 F. Is there something wrong with your room, Sir?
 A. Can I help you?
 B. Yes, (26)
 A. Of course. (27) 
 B. Yes. It faces the street, so it’s pretty noisy.
 A. I see. (28) ... Yes, I can move you to a room on the opposite side. That 
 should be much quieter.
 B. Great. (29) ..
 A. Let me check on that. I’m sorry. It’s not. All the non-smoking rooms are occupied at the 
 moment.
 B. (30) I hate the smell of smoke. But at least it will be quieter.
IV. Reading: (3 points)
1. Fill each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word from the box. (1point)
insist list officially interests suffered disorder
 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that too much gaming is officially a mental 
health problem. The WHO has put "gaming addiction" as a mental health condition on its official list 
of diseases. The (31) ____________ is called the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). It 
says that gaming (32) ____________ happens when people cannot stop playing and gaming becomes 
more important than other (33) ____________ in life. The WHO says this must happen for at least a 
year for a doctor to say someone has gaming disorder. Someone with gaming disorder will (34) 
____________ on gaming even if they know they have a problem and they have (35) ____________ 
"negative consequences" from gaming too much.
2. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. (1 point) 
from non-infectious diseases caused by pollution. These include heart disease, lung cancer and 
stroke. The study was published in the medical journal 'The Lancet'. Researchers said most 
pollution-related deaths occurred in poorer countries. About 92 per cent of these deaths were in 
low-income nations, especially countries where there is a lot of economic development, such as 
India and China. Bangladesh and Somalia were the worst affected countries. Brunei and Sweden had 
the lowest numbers of pollution-related deaths.
 Match the following synonyms from the article.
41. study a. happened 
42. worldwide b. countries
43. occurred c. like
44. nations d. globally
45. such as e. report
V. Writing: (3 points)
Sentence transformation (1 point):
Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
46. The last time she saw her elder sister was in 1999.
She hasn’t.
47. People report that Shaun ran away.
It is reported 
48. She spends thirty minutes riding to school every day.
It takes .
49. Mary doesn’t buy this shirt because she doesn’t have enough money
Were Mary
50. It’s a pity. Hoa doesn’t have a flower garden.
Hoa wishes
Paragraph writing: (2 points)
 Write a paragraph with at least 80 words about: “Why is it very important to learn English 
in our modern society nowadays?”