Đề kiểm tra năng lực môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề 33

Progress Test 33 Page 1

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PROGRESS TEST NUMBER 33 TOTAL:………/55 Grammar I. Complete the indirect questions so that they have the same meaning as the direct ones. 1. When did your son complete his university studies? → Would you mind telling me_____? 2. What A-level subjects has your sister chosen? → Could you tell me ________________? 3. Has Molly written her essay? → Do you mind if I ask if ___________? 4. Who was it who told you I was worried about my exams? → Can I ask you ____________________? 5. Was it Melanie I saw your son with last night? → Do you know if __________________? 6. Where is your brother's car parked? → Can you tell me __________________? 7. Was it Chelsea who won the FA Cup last year? → Do you remember if _____________? 8. Who was it who first climbed Everest? → Do you remember _______________? 9. When did he give up teaching? → Can I ask _________________________? 10. Was it Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin? → Am I right in thinking that ______?

Mark _____/10 II. Circle the best options to complete the comparative sentences. 1. A night's sleep in a hotel is even/ nothing like/ no as good as one at home. 2. After swimming hard for an hour Michael was just as/ no/ less closer to the shore than before. 3. We were just as/ much/ nothing like satisfied with the cheap detergent as we had been with the pricey one. We’ll save money in future. 4. Molly was soon almost as/ a little/ the more happy in her new job as she had been in her old one, though she missed her friends. 5. My mother has only got little/ a little/ nearly better at creative writing since she started going to classes. 6. My grandma used to say how much/ much more/ even better things seem in the morning than they do at night. 7. Our motto used to be that never to have tried is a little/ no/ far worse thing than to fail. 8. Claire was always almost/ much/ as more willing to help than either of her sisters. 9. I'm afraid our new government is little/ just as/ even better than the last one. 10. The food in the canteen is nowhere near/ even/ a little as good as the café across the street.

Mark _____/10 Vocabulary III. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase in the correct form with the same meaning as the phrase in brackets. 1. You have to ______________ my judgement when I tell you that dress really suits you. (have faith in) 2. I really ______________ for Melanie. It must be awful having such horrible neighbors. (have sympathy) 3. I think Gill and Brad would make a fantastic couple. They have a lot _____________. (share interests) 4. Henry is very _______ to his grandmother. After all, it was she who brought him up. (emotionally attached) 5. I think many teenagers don't ______________ their parents these days. (have a high opinion) 6. There's something I can't keep secret any longer. Can I ______________ in you? (share a secret) 7. I can't work with him on this project. We don't seem to ______________ with each other about anything. (agree completely) 8. My boss ______________ me yesterday for all the hard work I've been doing lately. (express approval) 9. Jack ______________ Susan. If she left him, it would hurt him terribly. (love very much) 10. James keeps ______________ about how much he earns, but with his spending habits he'll soon be broke. (show off / express pride) Mark ____/10 IV. Complete the sentences with appropriate compound nouns. 1. The average _______________ of men in the Middle Ages in Britain was about 30. 2. Most people want to live in a country with a reliable _______________ system that they can depend on when they get ill. 3. The _______________ used to be around 60, but people now have to work until they are 65. 4. In some cultures _______________ are looked after by younger family members. 5. I don't think it's right that people put their parents in _______________ , particularly if they have a …