ATI TUTORS NETWORK PROGRESS TEST NO.

Class: Grade 9 for Gifted Students

Tutor: Bui Thanh Hai

Time allotted: 150 minutes.

I. Listening

1. You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer
A, B or C. (8 pts)

1. You hear a man talking on the radio about a special kind of computer mouse. How does this mouse
differ from others?

A. It can help people avoid injury B. It is cheaper than a standard mouse

C. It changes what’s on the screen faster

2. You switch on the radio and hear a woman talking. Why did she decide to go abroad?

A. to help people in another country

B. to make money by working hard

C. to spend several months as a tourist

3. You overhear a man talking to a colleague about a company training course. What is the man’s opinion
of the course?

A. It was difficult to understand

B. It was a waste of time

C. It didn’t last long enough

4. You hear two people talking. Where are they?

A. at an airport B. at a bus stop C. at a railway station

5. You hear a young man talking about moving to a big city. What was his biggest problem there?

A. making new friends B. not having enough money

C. having to live on his own

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6. You overhear a woman talking on the phone about an airport expansion plan. What is she most worried
about?

A. more frequent noise B. longer traffic jams

C. increased pollution

7. You overhear a man talking to a shop assistant about a DVD. What does he want?

A. to have his money back B. to obtain a better copy of it

C. to exchange it for something else

8. You overhear two people discussing holidays. Where did the woman go last month?

A. Mexico B. the USA C. Canada

2. You will hear part of a radio programme about reducing the amount of packaging used by
supermarkets. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences. (10 pts)

9. Supermarkets are being forced to change their attitude to excessive packaging by ___________.
10. According to a study, around ________ of people want to reduce waste.
11. Some items in packages, such as _________________, are also wrapped individually.
12. Most people think it is wrong to wrap _______________ in plastic.
13. Shoppers at some stores can now put excess packaging into _______________ when they pay.
14. Some people suggest giving bad _________________ to supermarkets that use too much packaging.
15. According to the manufacturers, a lot of packaging is _______________ nowadays.
16. An official organization thinks that supermarkets should pay a special _______________.
17. Some suggest that people should buy more in ________________ instead of in supermarkets.
18. Shoppers rarely receive free __________________ these days.

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II. Lexico - Grammar

1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to complete each
of the following sentences. (15 pts)

19. Her living room, with its delicate furniture and knickknacks, made him feel like a bull in a
__________ shop.
A. China B. French C. Swedish D. German

20. After receiving the result of the latest exam, Sally was in _______ .
A. rigour B. anguish C. jeopardy D. offence

21. I’ll _________ your suggestions and reply to you next week.
A. glance through B. mull over C. look up D. refer to
22. The young rookie scored over 20 goals in his first year, taking the whole league by _____
A. storm B. rain C. force D. assault
23. It is _______ possible to spend all of your life in this city.
A. purely B. perfectly C. solidly D. fully
24. Tablecloths, _______ over tables before eating, not only provide a pleasant surface _______ on, but
also protect the table from damage.
A. spreading - eating B. to be spread - eat
C. spread – to eat D. to spread – having eaten
25. By the end of this year, I _______ here for exactly 10 years.
A. have been working B. will be working
C. having worked D. will have worked
26. If I ________ to date that guy, I’d be living in the lap of luxury now.
A. was accepting B. would accept
C. accepted D. had accepted
27. As people remembered _______ about the rapid infection of Corona viruses and its danger, they
stayed at home.
A. warning B. being warned C. to warn D. to be warned
28. Tourists _________ when large numbers of middle class people _______ to join the more wealthy
aristocratic travellers.
A. have originated – have begun B. had originated - began
C. could have originated – have begun D. originated - began
29. _________ chair the meeting.
A. John was decided to B. It was decided that John
C. There was decided that John should D. John had been decided to

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30. She has written more than three self-help books and continue to __________ books to this day.
A. stir up B. work up C. move out D. churn out
31. Round and round ___________.
A. the wheels of the engine went B. did the wheels of the engine go
C. went the wheels of the engine D. going the wheels of the engine
32. The mini dress was _________, but now it is making a comeback.
A. a fad once thought to be finished B. once thought a fad to be finishing
C. thought a fad to be finished once D. once thought to be a finishing fad
33. Global warming has progressed ________ glaciers everywhere are shrinking.
A. too much that B. enough to cause
C. to such an extent that D. so great an extent that

2. Complete the following sentences with the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (5 pts)

34. When I saw that the main prize which I (dream) ________ of since the announcement of the lottery
would go to Milly, I started crying.
35. The students seem rather determined that the rent strike should go on until the university (modify)
________ its policy on students hostels.
36. The soup was all right but the pizza was just as I had feared: canned olives instead of fresh ones. I’d
rather (order) _________ a plate of spaghetti with sauce.
37. Since no photographs (take) __________ during the walk, I left my camera in the bus.
38. We had the printer (service) __________ but they couldn’t work out what the problem was; they
said it’s just too old a model.

3. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. (5 pts)

For some inexplicable reason, university students have always had an image of being utterly irresponsible
young people who play their music at (39) __________ (DEAF) volumes at all times of the day and night,
hardly ever do any real work and spend every night attending (40) _________ (DRINK) parties until the
small hours of the morning. Personally, I think this portrayal of students as such totally repulsive parasites,
is grossly unfair, not least because living such an excessive lifestyle continually would be practically
impossible when combined with the absolutely massive (41) _________ (WORK) of modern degree
courses. It simply isn’t possible on a modern degree course in the UK to get up some time at around (42)
__________ (LUNCH). Students that I know seem to have lectures almost every day and spend the rest
of their time working awfully hard indeed. They may let off some steam once every month or so and it is
probably these relatively rare occasions that have given undergraduates their (43) _________ (FEAR)
reputation.

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4. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. From question number 44 to 53, underline the
mistakes and write their correct forms. (10 pts)

Answer format: Line …: Error - Correction

As we feel tired at bed-time, it is unnatural to assume that we sleep because we are tired. The point
seems so obvious that hardly anyone has never sought to question it. Nevertheless, we must ask “tired
about what?”. People certainly feel tired at the end of a hard day’s manual work, but it is also true that
office workers feel equally tired when bed-time comes. Even invalids, confining to beds or wheelchairs,
become tired as the evening wears out. Moreover, the manual workers will still feel tired even after an
evening spent relax in front of the television or reading a book, activities which ought to have a
refreshing effect. There is no proof connection between physical exertion and the need for sleep. People
want to sleep, however less exercise they have had. Nor is the desire for sleep related to mental fatigue.
In fact, sleep comes more slowly to people who have had an intellectual stimulating day, just because
their minds are still full of thoughts when they retire. Ironically, one way of sending someone to sleep
is to put him or her into a boring situation which the intellectual effort is minimal.

Number Line Error Correction

44
45
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48
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IV. Reading

1. Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. (10
pts)

THE ROSETTA STONE

For centuries Egyptian hieroglyphics represented one of the world’s greatest linguistic challenges. They
(54) ________ scholars baffled until they were finally deciphered in the nineteenth century, (55)
________ to the discovery of the Rosetta stone.

In the year 1799 some French soldiers found a slab of black basalt when working on a fortress near the
small town of Rosetta. One officer, Pierra Francois Bouchard, realized they had stumbled (56) _________
a finding of great significance and handed it over to scholars.

The Rosetta Stone has inscriptions in two languages, Egyptian and Greek, (57) _________ there are, in
fact, three scripts carved on it. The (58) __________ script is hieroglyphics, a pictorial form of writing
used to transcribe the language of Ancient Egypt, and which can be found on many Egyptian buildings
and monuments. The hieroglyphics are followed by Demotic, (59) __________ Egyptian script. The third
script is Ancient Greek, and it was (60) __________ that alerted Bouchard, who recognised it, to the
importance of the discovery.

Many scholars became involved in the task of deciphering hieroglyphics, but it was not until 1822 that
there was a major breakthrough. The French linguist, Jean Francois Champollion was familiar with (61)
__________ Greek and Coptic, the language of the Christian descendants of the Ancient Egyptians. He
was able to (62) _________ out the Demotic signs in Coptic and from there traced a path back to
hieroglyphics, (63) _________ making their decipherment possible.

2. Six paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one
which fits each gap (64-69). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. (6 pts)

WILD SKATING IN SWEDEN

The setting sun was reflected on the frozen lake as we skated under the watchful gaze of our
guides, Björn and Jan. The profound silence was only interrupted by the noise of our skates gliding and
scratching across Östjuten Lake. Even animal sightings were rare in this isolated landscape, though we
passed tree trunks gnawed by beavers.

64.

Over four days and 125 km of 'wild' skating in south-east Sweden, I learned that skating on natural
ice is full of contradictions of this kind. I learned to be attentive, not so much to the setting - the forested

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shores of the lakes didn't vary much - but to noises coming from the ice, and its colour and texture. One
day it was covered in a layer of water; the next it had a light dusting of snow.

65.

On the first day, my group were briefed on safety precautions like this, and then skated 10km for
practice. On the subsequent days, we covered up to 40 km, in two-hour spurts, before stopping to refuel
with bread, cheese and salami. As dusk fell, we returned to our two minibuses, parked by what in summer
are wild swimming areas. The region has hundreds of lakes and every day we drove out from our base in
search of the best ice.

66.

Not that skating is an inherently unsociable activity. Our guides were very friendly, as were the
other people in my group. These included Singaporean ice-hockey enthusiasts, a Spanish fan of figure
skating, seasoned German and English skiers and a French roller-blader. There was also an Australian
who'd only been skating on a public ice rink.

67.

This is difficult to imagine nowadays. Warmer temperatures mean that rivers in Britain, France
and Germany rarely freeze solidly enough for wild skating to be feasible on them, and it's only in the
Scandinavian countries that it's possible to skate regularly on natural ice.

68.

In Sweden, these are a legal requirement: if you fall through into the water, you drive them into
the ice and haul yourself out. Fortunately, no one in my group ever had to do that. In fact, probably the
trickiest part of being on the ice was bending down to clip the blades on to the boots without falling over.
I must admit I needed help with this at first.

69.

The trip ended with me having one more lesson on what you can do on ice. As the sun went down,
our guides built and lit a fire and started roasting marshmallows. The heat from the fire rises, so it doesn't
burn a hole in the ice. As I sat on the frozen lake with my muscles aching, I felt oddly cosy and relaxed;
yet another intriguing contradiction in that icy setting.

A. Skating has evolved in other ways as well. While skaters were once advised to carry a fireman's ladder
and a rope in case of emergency, we were kitted out with a rope in a bag, a rucksack that doubled as a
floatation device, and two safety ‘ice nails’.

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В. I'd expected to come across other skaters who would tell us where to find it. However, it was only on
the third day, a Saturday, when we finally saw any other skaters out on the lakes. They were weekend
day-trippers and we just glided past crying ‘Hej hej!’.

С. All that physical exercise also gave us an appetite. Although the cost of food was included in the trip,
we decided to visit a nearby supermarket to gather cuts of reindeer meat, fish fillets and other ingredients.
We cooked together, and packed our daily lunches.

D. That was the extent of my experience too. The idea for the trip had come when I was doing some re
search on the late 18th century. I'd read how the in dustrial revolution led to the development of steel
skates, and how wild skating had been popular all over northern Europe.

E. This strange peace was suddenly broken by what sounded like thunder beneath our feet. I tensed, and
the skaters behind me shrieked. But, as we'd been told, a loud 'boom' isn't necessarily bad: it can tell you
the ice is thick. It's the beautiful-sounding ‘singing’ ice that's the thin, scary stuff.

F. By the fourth day, however, I had the hang of it, along with basic wild skating techniques. The skates
are longer than those for figure skating or hockey, extending beyond the front and back of the foot. Also,
you push sideways more, and with fewer movements, than in other skating.

G. Such changes affect your speed and route. We snaked across large lakes, looking out for cracks, small
ridges and water holes. Our guides stabbed their sticks into the ice, testing its depth. We stuck to ice that
was between 10 cm and 15 cm thick, though 5cm would still be adequate.

3. Read the following passage and do the given tasks. (11 pts)

A LEAP INTO HISTORY

A. Between the Inishowen peninsula, north-west of Derry, and the Glens of Antrim, in the east beyond
the Sperrin Mountains, are found some of Western Europe’s most captivating and alluring landscape.

B. The Roe Valley Park, some 15 miles east of Derry is a prime example. The Park, like so many Celtic
places, is steeped in history and legend. As the Roe trickles down through heather bogs in the Sperrin
Mountains to the South, it is a river by the time it cuts through what was once called the ‘garden of the
soul’ – in Celtic ‘Gortenanima’.

C. The castle of O’Cahan once stood here and a number of houses which made up the town of Limavady.
The town takes its name from the legend of a dog leaping into the river Roe carrying a message, or perhaps
chasing a stag. This is a wonderful place, where the water traces its way through rock and woodland; at
times, lingering in brooding pools of dark cool water under the shade of summer trees, and, at others,
forming weirs and leads for water mills now long gone.

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D. The Roe, like all rivers, is witness to history and change. To Mullagh Hill, on the west bank of the
River Roe just outside the present-day town of Limavady, St Columba came in 575 AD for the Convention
of Drumceatt. The world is probably unaware that it knows something of Limavady; but the town is, in
fact, renowned for Jane Ross’s song Danny Boy, written to a tune once played by a tramp in the street.
Limavady town itself and many of the surrounding villages have Celtic roots but no one knows for sure
just how old the original settlement of Limavady is.

E. Some 30 miles along the coast road from Limavady, one comes upon the forlorn, but the imposing ruin
of Dunluce Castle, which stands on a soft basalt outcrop, in defiance of the turbulent Atlantic lashing it
on all sides. The jagged-toothed ruins sit proudly on their rock top commanding the coastline to east and
west. The only connection to the mainland is by a narrow bridge. Until the kitchen court fell into the sea
in 1639 killing several servants, the castle was fully inhabited. In the next hundred years so, the
structure gradually fell into its present dramatic state of disrepair, stripped of its roofs by wind and
weather, and robbed by a man of its carved stonework. Ruined and forlorn its aspect may be yet, in the
haunting Celtic twilight of the long summer evenings, it is redolent of another age, another dream.

F. A mile or so to the east of the castle lies Port na Spanish, where the Neapolitan Galleas, Girona, from
the Spanish Armada went down one dark October night in 1588 on its way to Scotland. Of the1500-odd
men on board, nine survived.

G. Even further to the east is the Giant’s Causeway stunning coastline with strangely symmetrical columns
of dark basalt – a beautiful geological wonder. Someone once said of the Causeway that it was worth
seeing, but not worth going to see. That was in the days of horses and carriages when travelling was
difficult. But it is certainly well worth a visit. The last lingering moments of the twilight hours are the best
time to savour the full power of the coastline’s magic; the time when the place comes into its own. The
tourists are gone and if you are very lucky you will be alone. A fine circular walk will take you down to
the Grand Causeway, past amphitheatres of stone columns and formations. It is not frightening, but there
is a power in the place – tangible, yet inexplicable. The
blackness of some nights conjures up feelings of eeriness and unease. The visitor realizes his place in the
scheme of the magnificent spectacle. Once experienced, it is impossible to forget the grandeur of the
landscape.

H. Beyond the Causeway, connecting the mainland with an outcrop of rock jutting out of the turbulent
Atlantic, is the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. When first constructed, the bridge was a simple rope handrail
with widely spaced slats which was used mainly by salmon fishermen needing to travel from the island
to the mainland. In time, the single handrail was replaced with a more sturdy caged bridge however, it is
still not a crossing for the faint-hearted. The Bridge swings above a chasm of rushing, foaming water that

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seems to drag the unwary down, and away. Many visitors who make the walk one way are unable to return
resulting in them being taken off the island by boat.

Questions 70-74
Look at the following list of places from paragraphs A-E of reading passage 3 and their locations
on the map.
Write your answers in the boxes next to 70 - 74 on your answer sheet
Put the boxes at end of the questions
Match each place with its location on the map

70. The Sperrin Mountains ______

71. Dunluce Castle _______
72. Inishowen ______
73. The Glens of Antrim ________
74. Limavady ________

Questions 75-80

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the reading passage?

In boxes 75 - 80 on your answer sheet, write:

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer.

NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer.

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.

75. After 1639 the castle of Dunluce was not completely uninhabited.
76. For the author, Dunluce Castle evokes another period of history.
77. There were more than 1500 men on the Girona when it went down.

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78. The writer believes that the Giant’s Causeway is worth going to visit.
79. The author recommends twilight as the best time to visit the Giant’s Causeway.
80. The more sturdy cage added to the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge has helped to increase the number of
visitors to the area.
V. Writing

1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given. (10 pts).

81. Only if you work hard now do you have any chance of success. (ON)
 Your success _______________________________ now.
82. The staff would sooner have a shorter lunch break and leave earlier. (PREFER)
 The staff ________________________________________ leave earlier.
83. After thinking about it again, I will go with you. (SECOND)
 On ___________________________ .
84. Carolyn has accepted that she’ll never be selected for the team. (HERSELF)
 Carolyn has _____________________________________ be selected for the team.
85. The baby is a bit sick today and seems to do nothing but cry. (SORTS)
 The baby ____________________________ nothing but cry.
86. Mark is spending more than he earns at the moment. (BEYOND)
 Mark is ______________________________.
87. The two horses were exactly equal as they crossed the finishing line. (NECK)
 The two horses ___________________________ finishing line.
88. Digging in the garden gives me an outlet for my frustrations. (VENT)
 Digging in the garden allows ________________________.
89. Suzy managed to cope with so many problems when she was declared bankrupt. (STRIDE)
 Suzy ____________________________ when she was declared bankrupt.
90. We wish to complain about your dog, Mr. Taylor. (BONE)
 We have _______________________, Mr. Taylor.

3. Paragraph writing (150 words). (10 pts)

Internet access helps young people and workers achieve their education and work goals more easily than
before.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?.

--THE END--

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