EXERCISES FOR GRADE 9 STUDENTS_No.

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LISTENING
PART 1
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
1. Who is Mrs Sutton worried about? ________________
2. What is the name for a group of family doctors working in the same building together? ________________

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Name of Health Center Number of doctors Other information Information about doctors
Dean End Appointment system 5. Dr Jones is good with 6.
3. _______________ ________________ than ______________ patients.
South Hay Dr Shaw is good with small
children.
South Hay Building less modern than Dr Williams helps people with
4. _______________ Dean End 7. ______________

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.

8. Doctors start seeing patients at the Health Centre from ________________ o‟clock.

Choose TWO letters A-E.

9. Which TWO groups of patients receive free medication?
A. people over 17 years old B. unemployed people C. non-UK residents
D. people over 60 years old E. pregnant women

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER

10. The charge for one item of medication is about £. ________.
PART 2
Guillermo Quick had an experience that changed the way he thought about the environment. You will hear an
interview with him. Fill in each blank with the correct information
Guillermo was walking along a jungle path on his way to (1) ______________ when he heard a loud noise.
At first he thought someone was trying (2) _______________ him but then he realised the noise was coming from the
tops of the trees.
The trees were covered with (3) ____________________ and were impossible to climb.
Hard wooden shells were falling from the trees and they were (4) ________________ which made the noise.
The shells were shaped (5) ___________________.
Guillermo returned to Spain and told (6) ___________________ about the shells.
He had to find a way of collecting 500,000 shells in (7) ______________________.
He employed (8) _____________________ to help him collect the shells and eventually reached his target.
He uses the shells to make (9) ______________________.
He hopes that the proceeds from sales can be used to raise money for (10) ___________________.
MIXED EXERCISES
I. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
1. The new building will be ____ than our present premises.
A. by far the most spacious B. far more spacious C. much more spaciously D. not so much spacious
2. A ____ business will rarely flourish.
A. poor managed B. managed poor C. poorly managed D. managed poorly
3.“Did you enjoy the roller coaster ride?”-“No! It was ____ experience of my life."
A. the most terrifying B. far more terrifying C. a more terrifying D. as terrifying as
4. Pauline was a ____.
A. cinema critic, well-respecting B. respecting cinema critic
C. good-respected cinema critic D. well-respected cinema critic
5. The mountaineers felt their way ____ up the sheer rock face.
A. more cautious B. cautiously C. cautious D. most cautious
6. “What did Carla wear to the reception?” “The most ____ dress.”
A. red, gorgeous, silk B. silk, red, gorgeous C. red, silk, gorgeous D. gorgeous, red, silk
7. A sandwich can be ____ as a cooked meal.
A. as just nutritious B. a bit nutritious C. every bit as nutritious D. even more nutritious
8. Please write your ____ on the form.
A. presently address B. address where you are present
C. address presently D. present address
9. "When do you need the report?” – “____”
A. The better the sooner B. The sooner the better C. The soonest the best D. Sooner, better
10. I didn‟t think the sequel was ____ the first movie.
A. nothing as good as B. much good as C. half as good as D. far better as
11.“How are you managing at work, Shelly?”-“It‟s hard to combine work with looking after a ____”
A. three-months old baby B. three month‟s old baby C. three-month-old baby D. third month old baby
12. The air turned ____ as night fell.
A. coldly B. coldest C. as cold D. cold
13. Derek was wearing ____ at the party.
A. the most ridiculous wide, yellow, silk tie B. a very ridiculous yellow, wide, silk tie
C. a tie, yellow, wide and ridiculous, D. a yellow, silk ridiculous tie
14. Make sure that the memo is sent to ____.
A. all the involved people B. all of people involved C. all the people involved D. all who are involved people
15. A Korean model is ____ if you‟re looking for a family car.
A. the easily more economical choice B. quite the more economical
C. much more economically D. by far the most economical choice
16. Johann isn‟t ____ his elder brother Albert.
A. about as sociable as B. quite as sociable as C. so much sociable as D. as sociable like
17. "Is there anything I need to know before I start?”-“Well, it‟s important that the onions are ____ chopped.”
A. fine B. finer C. finely D. finest
18. ____ a mix-up at the check-in desk, we ended up sitting separately on the plane.
A. Due B. Because C. In order to D. Owing to
19. At the moment we‟re holding on to our shares but ____ in value, we would probably sell them.
A. if they were rise B. for them to rise C. if only they rose D. were they to rise
20. The new science teacher was popular because she was ____ with her classes.
A. marked B. adverse C. lenient D. visible
21. You must ____ the school if your child has to leave early.
A. notify B. imply C. honour D. stimulate
22. Most of the ____ in the history department have been lecturing for decades.
A. crew B. sophomores C. scholarship D. faculty
23. Despite all his ____, Bill agreed to the plan in the end.
A. pluses and minuses B. bits and pieces C. pros and cons D. ifs and buts
24. Having delegates register at the conference is ____ a way to ascertain attendance figures.
A. virtually B. merely C. academically D. immensely
25. The ____ of Jennifer's name from the list for the graduation ceremony was an unfortunate mistake.
A. vocation B. evolution C. omission D. infection
26. The weather was fine, and everyone was ____ the coast.
A. going in for B. making for C. joining in D. seeing about
27. How much money do you manage to ____?
A. come into B. go in for C. deal with D. live on
28. There isn‟t any sugar, I‟m afraid. You‟ll have to ____.
A. run out B. put up with C. do without D. make for
29. I was passing their house, so I ____ Claire and Michael.
A. dropped in on B. came up with C. got on with D. ran into
30. I don‟t really ____ winter sports very much.
A. deal with B. face up to C. go in for D. get round to
31. Losing my job was a great shock, but I think I‟m ____ it.
A. seeing to B. putting up with C. standing for D. getting over
32. Sheila‟s gone to ____ having a new phone installed.
A. see about B. deal with C. get round to D. ask after
33. I‟ve had to ____ a lot of insulting behaviour from you!
A. look down on B. put up with C. stand up for D. get on with
34. The hotel was terrible, but the wonderful beach ____ our disappointment.
A. got over B. faced up to C. saw to D. made up for
35. Jack has decided to ____ the time he spends watching television.
A. run out of B. see to C. cut down on D. come up with
II. Fill in each blank with a suitable VERB
1. In the army, all orders have to be ______________ out!
2. Why don‟t you ______________ up golf? It‟s a good pastime.
3. If I won a lot of money, I would ______________ some of it away.
4. Let‟s ______________ out the new food processor.
5. This room is a mess. Why don‟t you ______________ it up?
6. Joe is very quarrelsome, he ______________ out with everyone.
7. Where were you exactly when the bomb ______________ off?
8. Can you ______________ in for me while I go to the bank?
9. I‟ve been walking all day. I feel ______________ out.
10. The police thought Jeff had ______________ up the whole story.
11. James ______________ up the letter and put the pieces in a litter bin.
12. When does Pete‟s new CD ______________ out?
III. Fill in each blank with one of the provided phrasal verbs
dive in • end up • kick off • knock off • knuckle down • lie ahead • take on • while away
1. If the business does well, I'll hopefully be able to _______________ a part-time assistant in the spring.
2. We _______________ having to scrap the whole advertising campaign and start again.
3. Let's _______________ this session by introducing ourselves, shall we?
4. Josh can _______________ a whole day playing online computer games with his mates.
5. No teenager really knows what _______________ for them career-wise in the future.
6. That's enough TV! It‟s time to _______________ and get on with your homework now.
7. I usually _______________ work at about half five so I‟m home by six thirty most nights.
8. As soon as the food was brought out, everyone _______________ and helped themselves.
IV. Give the correct form of provided words to complete the passage
ENGLISH TODAY
People in Britain today still pay a great deal of attention to the notion of class. According to recent research by (1.
language) _______________, British people attach more (2. significant) ________________ to accent and choice of
words than anything else, even wealth, when assessing other peoples social status. However, a new style of English
(3. pronounce) _________________ which has been adopted by people from all levels of society may soon make it
impossible to judge somebody according to their (4. speak) _____________. The new standard English is known as
Estuary English (EE) because it originated in the areas around the River Thames estuary, but is now (5. type)
___________ throughout the south-east. This way of speaking is very popular with the young in particular, who are
keen to disguise their social origins.
The most (6. character) _________________ feature of EE is a tendency to weaken consonants, particularly / and t
sounds, so that the word what is heard as wha and will sounds something like wiw. Some vowels are not voiced clearly
so that the words full, fall and fool sound virtually the same, which can cause (7. ambiguous) _______________. EE
speech is a (8. controversy) _________________ subject in England - some people welcome it as a sign that Britain is
moving towards a class-free society, but others consider it a lazy, (9. ignore) _____________ way of speaking, and
schools have been told to (10. courage) __________________ their pupils to speak more correctly.
V. Choose A, B, C or D that best fits each blank in the passage
THE WORLD OF COSMOPOLITAN
One magazine, more than any other, symbolizes the global dominance of Western youth culture and fashion.
Cosmopolitan, the lifestyle and fashion guide for women in the 18-34 age group, is now (1) ___ in 28 languages. From
Latvia to India, women turn to Cosmo for advice and a taste of adult (2) ___ in a lighthearted, upbeat style. Each local
(3) ___ follows the same formula, which is strictly (4) ___ in a secret 50-page instruction (5) ___. The cover, for
example of every (6) ___ must depict a woman who (7) ___ the spirit of Cosmo, which is summed up in its (8) ___: fun,
fearless, female. But each local editor (9) ___ that Cosmo reflects local tastes and is (10) ___ of local culture.
Photographs mostly of local celebrities who are easily recognised, and relationship advice is geared to the values of
the local copulation. In China, for example, any mention of sex would be unacceptable, although the magazine still
offers beauty advice amongst articles (11) ___ patriotism and good citizenship. With an international readership of 8.2
million, Cosmopolitan can be said to have succeeded in (12) ___ for the needs and interests of women worldwide. But
to others, Cosmopolitan is just another American product successfully marketed to the rest of the world.
1. A published B circulated C subscribed D quoted
2. A contract B consent C context D content
3. A manuscript B edition C resume D volume
4. A boiled down B run down C narrowed down D laid down
5. A manual B outline C blurb D draft
 6. A issue B agenda C complement D editor
7. A airs B speaks C reminds D conveys
8. A slogan B slang C slander D supplement
9. A enacts B endorses C ensures D strengthens
10. A explicit B dutiful C respectful D colloquial
11. A advocating B enabling C flourishing D approving
12. A singling B catering C observing D sensing
VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage
Television and reading
Many people believe that watching television has (1) _________ in lower reading standards in schools. (2)
___________, the link between television and printed books is not as simple as that. In many (3) ________, television
actually encourages people to read: for example, when a book is turned into a TV series, their sales often (4) _____
up.
One study of this link examined six-year-old children who were viewing a special series of 15-minute programmes at
school. The series was designed to encourage love of books, as (5) _____ as to develop the basic mechanical skills of
reading. Each programme is an animated film of a children's book. The story is read aloud (6) ______ certain key
phrases from the book appear on the screen, beneath the picture. (7) ___________ a word is read, it is also
highlighted on the TV screen.
One finding was (8) _______ watching these programmes was very important to the children. If anything (9)
____________ them from seeing a programme, they were very disappointed. What's more, they wanted to read the
books (10) _______ the different parts of the series were based on.
The programmes also gave the children more confidence when looking at these books. As a result of (11) ______
familiarity with the stories, they would sit in pairs and read the stories aloud to (12) ______ other. On (13) __________
occasion, the children (14) _______ great sympathy when discussing a character in a book because they themselves
had been moved when watching the character (15) ______ television.
VII. Read the text and choose A, B, C or D to answer the questions below it
Scientists have discovered that for the last 160,000 years, at least, there has been a consistent relationship between
the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and the average temperature of the planet. The importance of carbon dioxide in
regulating the Earth's temperature was confirmed by scientists working in eastern Antarctica. Drilling down into a
glacier, they extracted a mile-long cylinder of ice from the hole. The glacier had formed as layer upon layer of snow
accumulated year after year. Thus drilling into the ice was tantamount to drilling back through time.
The deepest sections of the core are composed of water that fell as snow 160,000 years ago. Scientists in Grenoble,
France, fractured portions of the core and measured the composition of ancient air released from bubbles in the ice.
Instruments were used to measure the ratio of certain isotopes in the frozen water to get an idea of the prevailing
atmospheric temperature at the time when that particular bit of water became locked in the glacier.
The result is a remarkable unbroken record of temperature and of atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide. Almost every
time the chill of an ice age descended on the planet, carbon dioxide levels dropped. When the global temperature
dropped 9°F (5°C), carbon dioxide levels dropped to 190 parts per million or so. Generally, as each ice age ended and
the Earth basked in a warm interglacial period, carbon dioxide levels were around 280 parts per million. Through the
160,000 years of that ice record, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere fluctuated between 190 and 280 parts
per million, but never rose much higher-until the Industrial Revolution beginning in the eighteenth century and
continuing today.
There is indirect evidence that the link between carbon dioxide levels and global temperature change goes back much
further than the glacial record. Carbon dioxide levels may have been much greater than the current concentration
during the Carboniferous period, 360 to 285 million years ago. The period was named for a profusion of plant life
whose buried remains produced a large fraction of the coal deposits that are being brought to the surface and burned
today.
1. Which of the following does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Chemical causes of ice ages
B. Techniques for studying ancient layers of ice in glaciers.
C. Evidence of a relationship between levels of carbon dioxide and global temperature
D. Effects of plan life on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
2. The word “accumulated” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. spread out B. changed C. became denser D. built up
3. According to the passage, the drilling of the glacier in the eastern Antarctica was important because it ____.
A. allowed scientists to experiment with new drilling techniques.
B. permitted the study of surface temperatures in an ice-covered region of Earth
C. provided insight about climate conditions in earlier periods.
D. confirmed earlier findings about how glaciers are formed.
4. The phrase “tantamount to” is closest in meaning to______.
A. complementary to B. practically the same as C. especially well-suited to D. unlike to be confused with
5. According to the passage, Grenoble, France, is place where_____.
A. instruments were developed for measuring certain chemical elements.
B. scientists first recorded atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide.
C. scientists studied the contents of an ice core from Antarctica.
D. scientists studied the contents of an ice core from France.
6. According to the passage, scientists used isotopes from the water of the ice core to determine which of
following?
A. The amount of air that had bubbled to the surface since the ice had formed
B. The temperature of the atmosphere when the ice was formed
C. The date at which water had become locked in the glacier
D. The rate at which water had been frozen in the glacier.
7. The word “remarkable “ is closest in meaning to ______.
A. genuine B. permanent C. extraordinary D. continuous
8. The word “link” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. tension B. connection C. attraction D. distance
9. The passage implies that the warmest temperatures among the periods mentioned occurred ______.
A. in the early eighteenth century B. 160,000 years ago
C. at the end of each ice age D. between 360 and 285 million years ago
10. According to the passage, the carboniferous passage, the Carboniferous period was characterized by
___________.
A. a reduction in the number of coal deposits B. the burning of a large amount of coal
C. an abundance of plans D. an accelerated rate of glacier formation
VIII. Choose the correct heading for each section in the passage
List of Headings
i. Continued breakthroughs in research vi. Heated academic disputes
ii. Competing claims of originality vii. A new venture
iii. The early years of Sir Isaac Newton viii. His crowning achievement
iv. The legacy of an exceptional mind ix. A controversial theory about planets
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v. Routine life at a 17 century university
The Life of Sir Isaac Newton
A. _____
Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Lincolnshire, England. The son of a farmer, who died three months
before he was born, Newton spent most of his early years with his maternal grandmother after his mother remarried.
Following an education interrupted by a failed attempt to turn him into a farmer, he attended the King‟s School in
Grantham before enrolling at the University of Cambridge‟s Trinity College in 1661, where he soon became fascinated
by the works of modern philosophers such as René Descartes. When the Great Plague shut Cambridge off from the
rest of England in 1665, Newton returned home and began formulating his theories on calculus, light and color, his
farm the setting for the supposed falling apple that inspired his work on gravity.
B. _____
Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667. He constructed the first reflecting telescope in 1668, and the following year he
received his Master of Arts degree and took over as Cambridge‟s Professor of Mathematics. In 1671 he was asked to
give a demonstration of his telescope to the Royal Society of London in 1671, the same year he was elected to the
prestigious Society. The following year, fascinated with the study of light, he published his notes on optics for his
peers. Through his experiments, Newton determined that white light was a composite of all the colors on the spectrum,
and he asserted that light was composed of particles instead of waves. His methods were heavily criticized by
established Society member Robert Hooke, who was also unwilling to compromise again with Newton‟s follow-up
paper in 1675. Known for his temperamental defense of his work, Newton engaged in heated correspondence with
Hooke before suffering a nervous breakdown and withdrawing from the public eye in 1678. In the following years, he
returned to his earlier studies on the forces governing gravity.
C. _____
In 1684, English astronomer Edmund Halley paid a visit to the reclusive Newton. Upon learning that Newton had
mathematically worked out the elliptical paths of celestial bodies, such as the movement of the planets around the sun,
Halley urged him to organize his notes. The result was the 1687 publication of “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica” (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), which established the three laws of motion and the law
of universal gravity. Principia made Newton a star in intellectual circles, eventually earning him widespread acclaim as
one of the most important figures in modern science.
D. _____
As a now influential figure, Newton opposed King James II‟s attempts to reinstate Catholic teachings at English
Universities, and was elected to represent Cambridge in Parliament in 1689. He moved to London permanently after
being named warden of the Royal Mint in 1696, earning a promotion to master of the Mint three years later.
Determined to prove his position wasn‟t merely symbolic, Newton moved the pound sterling from the silver to the gold
standard and sought to punish forgers.
E. _____
The death of Hooke in 1703 allowed Newton to take over as president of the Royal Society, and the following year he
published his second major work, “Opticks.” Composed largely from his earlier notes on the subject, the book detailed
Newton‟s experiments with refraction and the color spectrum, and also contained his conclusions on such matters as
energy and electricity. In 1705, he was knighted by Queen Anne of England.
F. _____
Around this time, the debate over Newton‟s claims to originating the field of calculus, the mathematical study of
change, exploded into a nasty dispute. Newton had developed his mathematical concept of „fluxions‟ (differentials) in
the mid-1660s to account for celestial orbits, though there was no public record of his work. In the meantime, German
mathematician Gottfried Leibniz formulated his own theories and published them in 1684. As president of the Royal
Society, Newton oversaw an investigation that ruled his work to be the founding basis of the field, but the debate
continued even after Leibniz‟s death in 1716. Researchers later concluded that both men likely arrived at their
conclusions independent of one another.
G. _____
Newton was also obsessed with history and religious doctrines, and his writings on those subjects were collected into
multiple books that were published after his death. Having never married, Newton spent his later years living with his
niece at Cranbury Park, near Winchester, England. He died on March 31, 1727, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
A giant even among the brilliant minds that drove the Scientific Revolution, Newton is remembered as an extraordinary
scholar, inventor and writer. His theories about the movement of bodies in the solar system transformed our
understanding of the universe and his precise methodology helped to give birth to what is known as the scientific
method. Although his theories of space-time and gravity were eventually superseded by those of Einstein his work
remains the foundation stone of modern physics was built.
IX. Rewrite the following sentences using provided words so that their original meanings do not change
1. The new sports centre is to have something for everyone. GOING
Everyone _______________________________________________ to do at the new sports centre.
2. As a singer, Kay has recently become involved in more diverse styles of music. BRANCHED
Recently Kay ___________________________________________________ other styles of music.
3. Fewer students have shown an interest in music lessons this year. DECLINE
There _______________________________________ the number of students interested in music lessons this year.
4. Her psychologist believes that an unpleasant childhood experience is at the root of her phobia. STEMS
Her psychologist believes that ________________________________________ an unpleasant childhood experience.
5. They are demonstrating because they are not in favour of the new employment laws. PROTEST
The purpose of the demonstration is __________________________________________ the new employment laws.
6. In order to discover the truth, every possible source of evidence must be investigated. UNTURNED
We must _________________________________________________________ in our search for the truth.
7. Students who cheat will not be allowed to sit the exam in the future. BARRED
Students who cheat _______________________________________________ future exams.
8. Jeffrey was so insensitive to my needs that I was furious. INCENSED
I was _______________________________________________ to my needs.
9. It is incredibly important for the environment that we preserve endangered species. UTMOST
The preservation of endangered species _____________________________________________ to the environment.
10. Did you see how concerned Jessie was? EXPRESSION
Did you see _______________________________________________ Jessie‟s face?
11. It was fascinating to hear Gary‟s description of his travels. CAPTIVATED
We _______________________________________________ of his travels.
12. John often forgets to lock the front door before he goes out. HABIT
John _______________________________________________ the front door unlocked when he goes out.
13. Very few cats would willingly put their paws in water. AVERSION
Most cats _______________________________________________ their paws in water.
14. The factory laid off 20 workers last month. REDUNDANT
Twenty workers __________________________________________________ last month.