NAME: _______________________________ DATE: _________________

9
th
Grade CLASS __________ TEACHER: ___________ SCORE: _________________
First Term Exam
(Time: 50 minutes)
Vocabulary
A Fill in: predictable, elderly, collapsed, grabbed, fainted, sitcom, remote, stable, survivors,
evacuate.
1 Larry ....................................... with exhaustion and dehydration after spending three days
lost in the desert.
2 Emergency services tried to save the ....................................... and the young first.
3 We uilt our house on ................................. ground! there are rarely earth"ua#es in this area.
4 $nfortunately% there were no ....................................... of the plane crash.
5 &immy ....................................... onto a ranch as he fell out of a tree and hung there until
someone came to save him.
6 The 'ayor had to ....................................... the town efore the tornado hit.
( always #now what you are going to say! you are so .......................................
! There)s a great ....................................... on now. Would you li#e to watch it*
" +he lives in a ....................................... mountain village. +he has to drive ,- miles to get to
the nearest supermar#et.
10 'any uildings ....................................... during the ig earth"ua#e.
Grammar
B Choose the correct item.
1 .e was dehydrated. .e /// any
water in three days.
A doesn)t drin# C wasn)t drin#ing
# didn)t drin# D hadn)t drun#
2 They /// for over two hours efore
they decided to ta#e a rest.
A hi#ing C had een hi#ing
# are hi#ing D were hi#ing
3 0oug often /// roc# climing.
A goes C has gone
# is going D has een going
4 We /// for 1uerto 2ico next Thursday.
A leave C )ve een leaving
# )re leaving D were leaving
5 This is the first time ( /// ungee
3umping.
A try C )ve een trying
# )ve tried D had een
trying
6 4en /// a shower when the
earth"ua#e happened.
A is ta#ing
# has een ta#ing
C was ta#ing
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Test 1
D had een ta#ing
.ow long /// efore help arrived*
A are you waiting
# were you waiting
C have you een waiting
D had you een waiting
! /// he arrived% she had left.
A 8fter C While
# 4y the time D $ntil
" They were watching a documentary on
T: /// the power went out.
A while C when
# after D efore
10 What time /// the plane ///*
A does% land C is% landing
# does% lands D has% landed
11 ( wonder where 2ania is. ( /// her
since this morning.
A )m not seeing C hadn)t seen
# don)t see D haven)t seen
12 .ow long /// you /// here in
L.8.*
A have% live
# are% living
C have% een living
D do% live
13 &essie was tired ecause she /// all
day.
A has studied
# has een studying
C had een studying
D had studied
14 This talet 17 /// to 8nna.
A is elonging C elong
# don)t elong D elongs
15 Lucy felt cold ecause she /// her
coat with her.
A hadn)t ta#en C didn)t ta#e
# hasn)t ta#en D wasn)t ta#ing
Everyday English
C Choose the correct resonse.
1 8; There)s a talent show on 7hannel <
at =.
4; $ What is it*
% ( li#e the sound of that.
2 8; What are you watching this for*
4; $ (t)s really interesting.
% 8nyway% it)s nearly finished.
3 8; 0id you hear aout the plane crash
on the news*
4; $ >es% it)s awful% isn)t it*
% (sn)t there anything else on*
4 8; What)s on later*
4; $ We can watch that.
% ( don)t #now. Why don)t you loo#
in the T: guide*
5 8; ( want to see Greys Anatomy.
4; $ Loo# at this?
% 6@. That)s fine with me?
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Test 1
5 Express 1ulishing 1.6T6761(84LE A
Test 1
!eading
" !ead the te#t. Five sentences are missing. $atch the sentences %A&F' to
the blan(s %1&)'. There is one e#tra sentence.
A 'eanwhile% +impson had fallen aout 9B- feet down onto soft snow where he also waited
until the light of day.
# >ates thought that +impson had died and continued down the mountain alone.
C .e was in serious pain and #new that getting down was going to e even tougher.
D >ates and +impson reunited and after another three days they reached a hospital where they
tended to his leg.
E That)s when he decided to pull out his #nife and cut the rope.
& Whatever the case% they survived?
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*truggle +or *urvival
+ometimes% disaster does not only stri#e once ut twice in the same day. &oe +impson and
+imon >ates had 3ust finished climing the highest mountain in the 1eruvian 8ndes and were
on their way down the slope% when their terrile struggle to survive egan.
The two experienced climers had decided to tie each other to a rope as they made their way
down the mountain. 8t some point% +impson was sliding down an icy cliff when he slipped and
ro#e his leg.
They decided that they had no option ut to continue as efore. +o% >ates remained aove%
holding onto the rope as he lowered +impson down the mountain. This idea seemed to e
going well until it got dar# and heavy snowfall made it impossile for them to see. 8t some
point% +impson went over a cliff and was hanging in midair. >ates continued to hold onto the
rope until the weight of his friend ecame too much to endure. 8t the same time% the rope was
ecoming icy and his hands were freeCing.
Feeling faint from dehydration and wea# from the cold% >ates dug himself a cave and waited until
morning came. Finally% when daylight came% +impson managed to crawl and hop his way
out of there. Three days later% exhausted and in great pain% he reached their camp.
Luc#ily% they had oth managed to survive and +impson went on to write a oo# called
DTouching the Void which later ecame a movie. 'any have criticiCed >ates) decision to cut the
rope% ut also admit that every situation is different and only the people involved #now how and
what actually happened.
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Test 1
,riting.
F A maga-ine has as(ed its readers to send in stories about a bad e#erience.
.se the lan and the romts to /rite your story %01 /ords'.
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'$)$ 1:
set the scene; whoFwhere Gmy sister and I/GreeceH
whenFweatherFwhat happened Glast August, hot afternoon, something happened on a bus tripH
'$)$ 2:
events in order they happened Griding along enjoying the vie, something crashed into the bac! of the bus,
people screamed, a man e"ited the bus to see, I folloedH
climax event Gjeep had crashed into bus, mother and # children in jeep, I called emergency servicesH
'$)$ 3:
what happened in the end Gemergency services came, everyone $%, another bus pic!ed us upH
how characterGsH felt Geveryone felt relievedH