PRACTICE TEST 78 FOR GIFTED STUDENTS GRADE 9-2021

PART I. LISTENING
1. Section 1: Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Accomodation Form- Student Information
Name Anu (1)………
BHATT……………………………….

Date of birtth: (2)………………27

March……………………………

Country of origin: India

Course of study: (3) ………………nursing…………….

Number of years planned in hall: (4) …………2…………………………

Preferred catering arrangement half board

Special dietary requirements: no (5)………meat…………… (red)

2. Section 2: You will hear three people discussing a film they have just seen at the
cinema (Wendy, Mrs Turner and Adrian). Choose the best answer A, B or C.
1. Adrian mentions doing a course in order to show that
A. He wants to change the subject.
B. Mrs Turner is wrong about the dinosours
C. He knows what he is talking about
2. Adrian feels that watching a film at home
A. Is always better than going to the cinema
B. Is not something he wants to do again
C. Has advantages and disadvantages
3. What do Wendy and her mum disagree about?
A. Whether or not the film frightening
B. Whether or not Wendy covered her eyes
C. Whether or not the film is P.G rated
4. What is it suggested that they do now that the movie has ended?
A. Go straight home
B. Go for a drink
C. Go for dinner
5. Adrian doesn’t let Mrs Turner drive because
A. He enjoys driving
B. She will drink alcohol
C. They could get in trouble
3. Section 3: Listen to these two friends discussing the British national lottery. Choose T
or F
1. The man thinks that the lottery is nothing good. T
2. This week was special for Tina because she went to Camelot.F
3. Tina thinks that the lottery company keeps the money it makes. F
4. Barry has played the lottery one time only. T
5. Tina isn’t going to buy a lottery ticket next week. T
4. Section 4: You will hear a part of a radio about an instruction that help addicts.
Complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase.
There is one centre in the UK situated outside (1)…………Bristol………………The Thorndale
method had had success with people addicted to (2) ……………alcohol………………and (3)
………tobacco…………
Addicts take part in a (4) …………ten-day course…………of treatment. In a one-hour treatment
session, smokers cannot stop smoking even when they (5) ………want no more………………
Smokers must keep smoking until they become (6)…………physically sick……………….
Many patients find the course too difficult to finish and (7)……………………………….
Those who manage to finish the course are (8)……………………………to want to smoke again.
Alcoholics are allowed to become drunk under the watchful eyes of (9)…………………………
When they are later shown a video, most alcoholics feel (10)…………………………………
PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  
1: Choose one of the words marked A, B, C, or D which best completes the sentence.
1. I’m ………………. too keen on visiting the Parkers again so soon.
A. that (ko đứng sau to be) B. none C. such (ko đi vs too) D. very (như C)
2 It’s no wonder the children felt disappointed because first their parents promised to take them
to Disneyland and then they …………. on their word.
A. played down B. drew out C. came off D. went back
3 It’s a change of a lifetime for me to see Tokyo, so I’ll try to ………………. the most of it.
A. catch B. do C. fulfill D. make
4 They are as like as two peas. It’s amazing how their parents can ………….. them apart.
A. tell sb apart B. mean C. distinguish D. see
5 Do you think this kind of meat …………….. itself to stewing?
A. allows B. gives C. offers D. lends itself to sth: phù hợp
6 It was Martin who ……… the initiative in introducing our guest to the princess.
A. adopted B. took: chủ động C. led D. pursued
7. I was awfully tired. However, I made up my mind to ………….. myself to the tedious task
once again.
A. involve B. absorb C. engross D. apply oneself to sth: chuyên tâm
8 Ann’s encouraging words gave me ……….. to undertake the demanding task once gain.
A. a point B. an incentive C. a resolution D. a target
9 We are going to build a fence around the field with ………… to breeding sheep and cattle.
A. a goal B. an outlook C. a reason D. a view
10.You may feel sure the casting will be done perfectly, just ………….. your trust in me and you
will see I’m right.
A. lay B. forward C. grant: cho, cấp D. allow
11. If hadn’t been for the hint that the professor ……………., nobody would have found out the
correct answer.
A. dropped a hint B. cast C. threw D. flung
12. The Wilsons have found it terribly hard to make ………….. meet ever since they both lost
their jobs.
A. ends B. strings C. coins D. limits
13. At first, Mark thought it would be great to building his own ranch, but he was forced to
………… the idea when the bank refused to give him a loan.
A. depart from B. leave: bỏ (sb) C. cease D. abandon: bỏ
14. Don’t …………. to phone Mrs. Whitman, I‘ve already talked to her.
A. concern B. bother C. mind D. worry
15. The …………. boards in the staircase would always wake us up whenever somebody
climbed up at night.
A. screeching B. cracking C. roaring D. creaking
16. We have to ……….. the hard times hoping that things will change for the better in the future.
A. maintain B. endure C. persist D. outlive
17. His parents have always wanted Phillip to set a good ……………. to his younger brothers
both at school and at home.
A. form B. model C. pattern=set an exam D. guidance
18. The international conference of the Cardiological Association has been …………. in Cairo to
discuss the revolutionary discovery of doctor Gonzales from Mexico.
A. deployed B. collected C. mobilized D. summoned a meeting
19. To his own great …………… , professor Howard has discovered a new method of bulimia
treatment.
A. reputation B. name C. fame D. credit: bằng sáng chế
20. The book says that the revolution was ………….. off by the assassination of the state
governor.
A. launched B. cropped C. triggered sth off: xảy ra bất ngờ D. prompted
2. Fill in the blanks the most suitable preposition
1. When parents start to split……up……, it can be particularly for their children to cope.
2. People celebrate the Chinese New Year by letting …up…… fireworks in the street.
3. Now that winter has set…in……, we can expect to spend more money on heating bills.
4.The examination has been put …off……It’s now on Thursday instead of Monday.
5. I can’t do…up……..these buttons. Can you help me?
6. I’m done……for: gặp rắc rối……! Here comes my teacher and she’ll see I should be in my
Maths lesson.
7. She’s trying to get on with her schoolmates but she doesn’t really fit …in……..
8. He had to draw ……on…… his savings to pay his rent after he was made redundant.
9. I wish you wouldn’t fly……at:chỉ trích……. me like that every time I make a mistake
10. This composition would be better if you cut ……out……… the second photograph.
3. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets
1. Be careful! That’s a ……deadly…………poison. (dead)
2. The talks were totally ……unproductive…… We didn’t reach agreement on anything.
(product)
3. The boy was very violent and his parents found him …unmanageable……… (manage)
4. Tax exemption only applies to those with ………………… status. (resident)
5. …………numerous………… books have been written on the subject. (number)
6. They are waiting for the doctor’s …………diagnosis………. . (diagnose)
7. There was a heavy ……pouring……yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the church
Garden Party. (pour)
8. His contribution to medical science was outstanding laying the foundations for research by
the scientists who would follow in his (foot)......footsteps............
9. Cigarettes, coffee and alcohol and other (addict) ……addictions…….... are known to have
an adverse influence upon human health.
10. Marie Curie's life offers us a profound and fascinating (sight) ...insight......... into the
changing world of women in science and academia
4. There are ten mistakes in the text . Identify each mistake, write it down and give your
correction.
As far back as 700 B.C, man has talked about children to be cared for by 1. Tobe-
wolves. Romulus and Remus, the legend twin founders of Rome, were being
purported to have been cared for by wolves. It is believed that why a she- 2. Legend-
wolf loses her litter, she seeks a human child to take its place. legendar
This seeming preposterous idea did not become credible until the late y
 nineteenth century when a French doctor actually had found a naked ten- 3. Why-
year-old boy wandering in the woods. He did not walk erect, could not when
speak intelligibly, or could lie relate to people. He only growled and stared 4. Seeming-
of them. Finally the doctor won the boy's confidence and began to work seemingl
with them. After many long years of devoted and patient instruction, the y
doctor was able to have the boy to clothe and feed himself, recognize and 5. Had-0
utter a number of word, as well as write letters and form words. 6. Of-at
7. Them-
him
8. Or-nor
9. To-0
10. Word-
words

PART III: READING

1. Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the text.
Those who opt for a vegetarian diet must usually….(1) up a variety of aspects concerning the
nutritional value of vegetables and the adequacy of vegetarian meals in terms of the number of
…… (2) provided to the body. Vegetarianism is not a new concept, rather an ancient custom
which evolved in the Far East cultures on ethical or religious grounds. In today's world, it has
been undertaken by many followers who for a variety of reasons believe the vegetarian diet
more preferable to that containing meat. For example, there's the theory that animal meat
wasn't originally a component of the staple human diet as mankind evolved from foragers who
later…..(3) a taste for flesh. Hence, our primeval ancestors are alleged to have had a
substantial…..(4) of proteins and vitamins from natural vegetation rather than from the meat of
hunted game . What's more, human teeth don't………….(5) much resemblance to those of
animal carnivores, and neither is our digestive system…….(6) to the meat eaters’ one. Apart
from the enforced vegetarianism of underdeveloped communities where populations deprived
of animal protein ……. (7) the natural vegetation, there's a rising acceptance of the vegetarian
diet which …… (8) to be regarded as an eccentricity: lập dị……(9) from animal food, be it for
religious, economic or humanitarian reasons, has been a quickly spreading custom as,
surprisingly, the vegetarian diet needn’t be dull or deficient. Yet, it does involve taking good
precaution to supply the body with a sufficient quantity of nutrients…….(10) from corn, seeds
and cereals.
1. a) judge b) weigh c) confer d) survey
2. a) nutrients b) foods c) cuisines d) condiments
3. a) generated b) acquired c) instituted d) accustomed: quen
4. a) output b) offset: mấm cây c) upturn: d) intake
5. a) infer b) assume c) bear d) pertain
6. a) equivalent b) reminiscent c) evocative d) synonymous
7. a) play down on b) come in for c) fall back on d) get on for
8. a) terminates b)ceases: ngừng c) concludes d) finishes
9. a) Resistance b) Defiance: thách thức c) Hindrance d) Abstention:
10. a) comprising of b) deriving: dẫn xuất c) procuring: đạt đc d) kiêng
providing
2. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow by circling A, B, C, or D to
indicate your answers.
Para 1
That night as Easton walked home through the rain he felt very depressed. It had been a
very bad summer for most people and he had not fared better than the rest. A few weeks with
one firm, a few days with another, then out of a job, then on again for a month perhaps, and so
on.
Para 2
William Easton was a man of medium height, about 23 years old, with fair hair and
moustache and blue eyes. His clothes, though shabby, were clean and neat but the holes in his
shoes made it painful to walk.
Para 3
He was married: his wife was a young woman whose acquaintance he had made when he
happened to be employed with others painting the outside of the house where she was a
general servant. Easton had been in no hurry to marry for he knew that, taking good times with
bad, his wages did not average a pound a week. However, after going out for 18 months they
were finally married.
Para 4
That was a year ago.
Para 5
As a single man he had never troubled much if he happened to be out of work. He always
had enough to live on and pocket money besides, but now that he was married it was different;
the fear of being ‘out’ haunted him all the time.
Para 6
He had started for Rushton and Co. on the previous Monday after having been idle for
three weeks and, as the house where he was working hard to be done right through, he had
congratulated himself on having secured a job that would last till Christmas; but he now began
to fear that what had happened to Jack Linden – a very master craftsman – might also happen
to himself at any time. He would have to be very careful not to offend Bill Crass in any way. He
was afraid that the latter did not like him very much as it was. He knew that Crass would get
him the sack at any time and would not scruple to do so if he wanted to make room for some
pal of his.
Para 7
Crass, the foreman, was quite without special abilities; he was if anything inferior to the
majority of the men he supervised. Even so, he pretended to know everything, and the vague
references he was in the habit of making to ‘tones’ and ‘shades’ and ‘harmony’ had so
impressed Frederick Hunter that the latter was completely taken in. It was by pushing himself
forward in this way that Crass had managed to get himself put in charge of the work.
Para 8
Although Crass did as little as possible himself, he took care to work the others hard. Any
man who failed to satisfy him was reported to Hunter as being ‘no good’ or ‘too slow for a
funeral’ and was then dispensed with at the end of the week. Knowing this, all the workers
feared and hated the wily Crass.
Para 9
Some, by giving him pinefuls of tobacco and pints of beer, managed to stay in Crass’s
favour and often kept their job when better men were dismissed.
Para 10
As he walked home through the rain thinking of these things, Easton realized that it was
not possible to foresee what a day or even an hour might bring.

1. As he walked home, Easton felt depressed because__________.

A. it had been a bad summer for most people, including him
B. he was afraid of losing his job
C. he had recently got married, despite his low wages
D. his shoes were worn out and his feet were hurting
2. The fifth paragraph mentions Eason’s feeling of being ‘out’. This is a fear of________.
A. being unemployed C. having no where to live
B. not having any money D. falling out with his wife
3. Which word can best replace the word idle (paragraph 6)?
A. lazy C. useless
B. unemployed D. playing
4. The most senior person mentioned in the paragraph is___________.
A. Jack Linden C. Bill Crass
B. Frederick Hunter D. William Easton
5. Which of the following word has closest meaning to taken in (paragraph 7)?
A. deceived C. persuaded
B. absorbed D. influenced
6. Crass got his position because Hunter thought he was good at_________.
A. using language C. understanding color schemes
B. managing other people D. repairing or decorating houses
7. To keep his job, anyone working under Crass had to___________.
A. work hard C. take care not to offend him.
B. give him presents D. make room for his ‘pals’ (friends)
8. Crass was__________.
A. a skilful worker but lazy C. not very skilful and also lazy
B. not very skilful but hard working D. a skilful man and a hard worker
9. What does the word dispensed with (paragraph 8) mean?
A. punished C. sent away
B. bullied D. sacked
10. A good title for the passage would be__________.
A. Foreman Crass C. Too Slow for a Funeral
B. An Uncertain Future D. A Miserable Walk
3. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage.
CAMPING HOLIDAYS
Although it has a reputation for being rather basic in terms of home comforts, the modern
material used in (0) the manufacture of tents means camping is at least a lot less hard work.
Nowadays tents are (1) _________ lightweight that you hardly notice you're carrying them.
They're easy to (2) _________ up yet still a cheaper alternative to hotel accommodation.
Talk to an expert first before spending a lot of money (3) _________ a tent. Different tents suit
different needs and there's no point (4) _________ buying a mountaineering tent (5)
_________ you're planning to camp in these conditions. Don't (6) _________ tempted to splash
out on all the latest equipment either. Most of the fun of camping lies in the chance to get back
to nature. There's no need to take anything more (7) ________ the basics.
Always try to plan your arrival at the site long before (8) _________ gets dark. You will want to
see (9) _________ you're doing when you try to erect your tent. Don't forget to ask for
permission if you're not camping on a registered site, and remember to take a supply of food
and drink with you in (10) _________ the local shops are closed when you arrive. You can then
enjoy your first meal under the stars and begin to appreciate the joys of camping.
4. Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A- E from the list of headings below

Lists of Headings
I Seeking the transmission of radio signals from planets.
II Appropriate responses to signals from other civilizations
III Vast distances to Earth’s closest neighbors
IV Assumptions underlying the search fro extra-terrestrial intelligence
V Reasons for the search fro extra - terrestrial intelligence
VI Knowledge of extra – terrestrial life forms
VII Likelihood of life on other planet

1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph A
Your answers

1 2 3
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IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?

The search for Extra- terrestrial Intelligence
The question of whether are alone in the Universe has haunted humanity for centuries, but we
may now stand poised on the brink of the answer to that question, as we search for radio
signals from other intelligent civilizations. This search, often known by the acronym SETI
( search for extra-terrestrial intelligence), is a difficult one. Although groups around the world
have been searching intermittently for three decades, it is only now that we have reached the
level of technology where we can make a determined attempt to search all nearby stars for any
sign of life.
A
The primary reason for the search is basic curiosity- the same curiosity about the natural world
that drives all pure science. We want to know whether we are alone in the Universe. We want to
know whether life evolves naturally if given the right conditions, or whether there is something
very special about the Earth to have fostered the variety of life forms that we see around us on
the planet. The simple detection of s radio signal will be sufficient to answer this most basic of
all questions. In this sense, SETI is another cog in the machinery of pure science which is
continually pushing out the horizon of our knowledge. However, there are other reasons for
being interested in whether life exits elsewhere. For example we have had civilization on earth
for perhaps only a few thousand years, and the threats of nuclear war and pollution over the
last few decades have told us that our survival may be tenuous. Will we last another two
thousand years or we will wipe ourselves out? Since the lifetime of a planet like ours is several
billion years, we can expect that, if other civilizations do survive in our galaxy, their ages will
range from zero to several billion years. Thus other any other civilization we hear from is likely
to be far colder, on average, than ourselves. The mere existence of such a civilization will tell us
that long-term survival is possible, and gives us some cause for optimism. It is even possible
that the older civilization may pass on the benefits of their experience in dealing with threats to
survival such as nuclear war and global pollution, and other threats that we haven’t yet
discovered.
B.
In discussing whether we are alone, most SETI scientists adopt two ground rules. First, UFOs
(Unidentified Flying Objects) are generally ignored since most scientists don’t consider the
evidence for them to be strong enough to bear serious consideration (although it is important to
keep an open mind in case any really convincing evidence emerges in the future). Second, we
make a very a conservative assumption that we are looking for a life form that is pretty well like
us, since if it differs radically from us we may well not recognize it as a life form, quite apart
from whether we are able to communicate with it. In other words, the life form we are looking for
may well have two green heads and seven fingers, but it will nevertheless resemble us in that it
should communicate with its fellows, be interested in the Universe, live on a planet orbiting a
star like our Sun, and perhaps most restrictively, have a chemistry, like us, based on carbon
and water.
C.
Even when we make these assumptions, our understanding of other life forms is still severely
limited. We do not even know, for example, how many stars have planets, and we certainly do
not know how likely it is that life will arise naturally, given the right conditions. However when
we look at the 100 billion stars in our galaxy (The Milky Way) and 100 hundred billion galaxies
in the Observable Universe, it seems inconceivable that at least one of these planets does not
have a life form on it; in fact, the best educated guess we can make, using the little that we do
know about the conditions for carbon-based life, lead us to estimate that perhaps one in
100,000 stars might have a life-bearing planet orbiting it. That means that our nearest
neighbors are perhaps 100 light years away, which is almost next door in astronomical.
D
An alien civilization could choose many different ways of sending information across the galaxy,
but many of there either require too much energy, or else are severely attenuated while
traversing the vast distances across the galaxy. It turns out that, for a given amount of
transmitted power, radio waves in the frequency range 1000 to 3000 MHz travel the greatest
distance, and so all searches to date have concentrated on looking for radio waves in this
frequency range. So far there have been a number searches by various groups around the
world, including Australian searches using the radio telescope at Parkes, New South Waves.
Until now there have not been any detections from the few hundred stars which have been
searched. The scale of the searches has been increased dramatically since 1992, when the US
Congress voted NASA$10 million per year for ten years to conduct a thorough research for
extra- terrestrial life. Much of the money in this project is being spent on developing the special
hardware needed to search many frequencies at once. The project has two parts. One part is a
targeted search using the world’s largest radio telescopes, the American-operated telescope in
Arecibo, Puerto Rico and the French telescope in Nacy in France. This part of the project is
searching the nearest 1000 likely stars with high sensitivity for signals in the frequency range
1000 to 3000 MHz. The other part of the project is an undirected search which is monitoring all
of space with a lower sensitivity, using the smaller antennas of NASA’s Deep Space Network.
E
There is considerable debate over how we should react if we detect a signal from an alien
civilization. Everybody agrees that we should not reply immediately. Quite apart from the
impracticality of sending a reply over such large distances at short notice, it raises a host of
ethical questions that would have to be addressed by the global community before any reply
could be sent. Would the human race face the culture shock is faced with a superior and much
older civilization? Luckily, there is no urgency about this. The stars being searched are
hundreds of light years away, so it takes hundreds of years for their signal to reach us, and a
further few hundred years for our reply to reach them. It’s not important, then, if there’s a delay
of a few years, or decades, while the human race debate the question of whether to reply, and
perhaps carefully drafts a reply.
PART IV: WRITING (40 points)
1. Rewrite these sentences, using the word given. Do not change the words given. (10
points)
1. It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
You shouldn’t have allowed a 4-year-old child to walk home alone
2. Jane seems to come to the performance lat.
It looks like Jane comes to the performance flat
3. I could hold a big party due to my Mom’s help.
Had it not been for my mom’s help, I couldn’t have held a big party
4. Fiona was so disappointed that she could not keep on working.
Such disappointed Fiona was that she could not keep on working
5. Although Richard is competent in his work, he does not know how to deal with this client.
Competent in his work as Richard is, he does not know how to deal with his clients
2. Rewrite these sentences using the given words. You should not change the given
words
1) The villagers prepared themselves to withstand the coming storm. braced
- The villagers braced themselves for the coming storm
2) All tenants must act in accordance with the regulations about guests.
comply
- All tenants must comply with the regulations about guests
3) He became famous when his first book was published.
publication
- He became famous on the publication of his book
4) If you want to criticise, then the local authorities are the ones to blame.
Criticism
- If you want to make a criticism, then the local authorities are the ones to blame
5) The committee members said they would remain loyal to the Chairman.
Pledged
- The committee members pledged their loyalty to the Chairman

- Preposterous: vô lí