Đề kiểm tra năng lực môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề 36

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PROGRESS TEST NUMBER 36 TOTAL:………/67 Grammar I. Complete the sentences with appropriate passive forms. Use the words in brackets. 1. The ancient Greeks ________________ a food similar to yoghurt. (now, believe, make) 2. Some of our former employees _______________ for doing nothing. (expect, pay) 3. At the time it was expected that workers ______________ protective clothing. (will, tell, wear) 4. Today it _______________ dangerous to use DDT to kill insects. It’s illegal now. (know, be) 5. Lorries ___________ on this road ten years ago. (will, rarely, see) 6. It ________________ that social security encourages people to be lazy. (often, suggest) 7. The penalty _______________ unfairly. (later, feel, give) 8. Currently the fire ________________ by one of the pupils. (widely, assume, start) 9. After the war some of the soldiers who ______________ came home. (think, kill) 10. In the past it _______ less important to protect children from the sun. (use to, think) Mark __/10 II. Complete the sentences with a, an, the, or X for no article. 1. Adrian bought______ wrong light bulb and had to go back to______ shop. 2. ______ police asked if anyone had called______ ambulance yet. 3. Measurements showed that the levels of ______ radiation in ______ soil at the factory were not high. 4. I've been to several shops in ______ Paris looking for ______ present for my mum. 5. We could see ______ rain was not going to clear, so we spent the afternoon at ______ home. 6. Neither of us wants ______ big wedding, so we'll both just invite ______ few of our friends. 7. The food was so good and ______ boys were so hungry that that they ate a whole plate of ______ sandwiches. 8. Much of what he told the headmaster was ______ truth, but a few things he said were ______ lies. 9. I suggest you take ______ taxi instead of the bus or you might miss ______ beginning of the film. 10. Very few restaurants serve ______ food all day, but most of ______ cafes in the town centre do.

Mark __/20 Vocabulary III. Choose the correct words to complete the text. I took my girlfriend out for dinner the other day to an expensive restaurant. I was a little worried things might go a little (1 pie-/ pear-) shaped because I hadn't booked a table, but luckily everything went fine. We ordered a (2 creamy/ greasy) mushroom soup as a starter, which was rich in flavors and had a beautifully (3 crumbly/ smooth) texture. We're not too keen on (4 stodgy/ mild) food – we prefer light dishes – so we ordered the fresh fish with steamed vegetables. When the main course arrived, it looked absolutely (5 tasteless/ mouth-watering) we couldn't wait to eat it! The food was fantastic. The fish was cooked to perfection, with lovely (6 chewy/ crunchy) vegetables on the side, and it came with a slightly (7 spicy/ bland) sauce, which probably had some chilli in it. We had a wonderful dessert too: it was a (8 sweet/ stale) rice pudding with slices of perfectly (9 ripe / sticky) mango. All the dishes we had were really (10 tasty/ bitter), and several of them were exceptional, so we're thinking of going there again soon. Mark _____/10 IV. Complete the sentences with appropriate food words. 1. If you drink f_________ t_________ coffee, you can help farmers escape poverty. 2. If you consume more c_________ than your body burns, you gain weight. 3. O_________ foods are foods that are produced without chemical pesticides. 4. Having high levels of c_________ in your body puts you at risk of heart disease. 5. L_________-_________ diets are diets that cut out or restrict consumption of foods like bread, pasta and rice as a method of weight control. Mark _____/7 V. Complete the sentences with a verb or noun formed from the adjectives below.

ready ripe legal sharp possible 1. The government is debating whether to _____________ some drugs for medical use. 2. The …