PRACTICE TEST FOR GRADE 9 (28.03.

2022)
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1: Listen to an interview on the radio, with two schoolmates, who both work on their school
magazine. Choose the correct answer A, B or C for each of the following questions.
1. Why did Callum and Gemma’s school first start producing a magazine?
A. The headteacher wanted to find a way to improve student’s writing.
B. The students asked their head teacher if they could do it.
C. The school wanted its students to get some work experience.
2. Callum says that inside the magazine, there are
A. interviews with celebrities.
B. good-quality photos
C. letters from readers.
3. What does Gemma do on the magazine?
A. She gives people a subject to write about.
B. She corrects other people’s work.
C. She writes a lot of articles.
4. What has Gemma found difficult about working on the magazine?
A. keeping to deadlines
B. doing interviews with people
C. writing about school sport
5. What are Gemma and Callum most proud of on the magazine?
A. the cover they produce to put on it
B. the stories that students write for it
C. the information in it about favourite bands

Part 2: Listen to the recording twice. Fill in each blank space with no more than two words or
numbers.
ABLE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
_ APPLICATION FORM_
Full name: (6) James…………………………..………
Address: (7) 4 …………………………..……… ,Melford MF4 5JE3
Contact number: (8)…………………………..………
Qualifications: (a) A levels
(b) (9)…………………………..………..diploma
(c)computer skills (10)…………………………..………
Previous experience: (a) general work in a (11)…………………………..……… (3 months)
(b) part-time job as a (12)…………………………..………
Interests: (a) member of a (13)…………………………..………
(b) enjoys (14)…………………………..……… (10 years)
Date available: (15)…………………………..………

SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR

Part 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
16. A. precious B. preparation C. pretty D. repetition
17. A. architect B. parachute C. choir D. psychology
18. A. beloved B. ploughed C. naked D. wretched
Part 2. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is different from that of the
rest in each of the following questions.
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19. A. interview B. industry C. essential D. difficult
20. A. economical B. personality C. entertainment D. preparatory
Part 3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
21. The place has rapidly evolved from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort.
A. created B. generated C. developed D. increased
22.If that was done on a national scale, we would wipe out this infectious disease.
A. establish B. retain C. maintain D. eliminate
23. I didn’t think his comments were very relevant at the time.
A. appropriate B. right C. correct D. exact
Part 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
24.Vietnamese have a strong sense of hospitality and feel embarrassed if they cannot show their
guests full respect by preparing for their interval.
A. difference B. unfriendliness C. generosity D. politeness
25. Many people feel nervous when they first make a speech in public.
A. impressed B. fearful C. confident D. upset
Part 5. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
26. ____ heat comes from deep inside the earth.
A. Geothermal B. Solar C. Nuclear D. Hydro
27. Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ____ 25 years.
A. over B. during C. with D. when
28. He is very good at ____________ people singing with his guitar.
A. making B. getting C. accompanying D. having
29. Jack and Rosie are talking about the global warming.
- Jack: “ I think all countries have to participate in preventing the globe warm.”
- Rosie: “______. We share the same earth.”
A. . Absolutely! B. What a rubbish! C. I don’t think so. D. It’s worrying
30. All three TV channels provide extensive ____ of sporting events.
A. broadcast B. network C. coverage D. vision
31. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not _____ your visit. Let him have a rest.
A. prolong B. lengthen C. delay D. shorten
32. The wine had made him a little ______ and couldn’t control his movement.
A. narrow-minded B. light-headed C. light-footed D. light-hearted
33. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked
particularly hard.
A. on account of B. because of C. in spite of D. although
34. My father is an ________ guitarist.
A. accomplishing B. accomplished C. accomplish D. accomplishment
35. ________ the storm. I would have been home before eight.
A. Instead of B. But for C. During D. Because of
36. I borrowed my sister $100 because I was ________ money.
A. short in B. short of C. short on D. short for
37. Everyone in our family says best wishes to___ in the early morning of the first day of the New Year.
A. ourselves B. themselves C. one another D. the others
38. Peter is a criminal. He________ a bank last year.

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 A. stole B. had stolen C. robbed D. had robbed
39. It ______ Sue that you saw last night. She’s abroad with her family.
A. should have been B. must have been C. can’t have been D. needn’t have been
40. Mrs. Jefferson ________ her students to keep out of the savage dog .
A. predicted B. warned C. alarmed D. frightened
41. It was in this house ________I spent my childhood.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
42. Alice finally________ the job because she couldn’t stand its high pressure anymore.
A. admitted B. accepted C. adopted D. quit
43. It is vital that the petition ______ by all of the residents in the area.
A. signed B. is signed C. will be signed D. be signed
44. The police ________ a good deal of criticism over their handling of the demonstration.
A. came in for B. brought about C. opened up D. went down with
45. ________, they didn’t want to watch the film.
A. On knowing its ending B. To have known its ending
C. As soon as they know its ending D. Having known its ending
46. Why don't you have the document_________?
A. photocopy B. photocopying C.to photocopy D. photocopied
47. The pilot was the only man__________ after the crash.
A. rescued B. rescuing C. was rescued D.to be rescued
48. We all believe that a happy marriage should be_______ mutual love.
A. based on B. concerned with C. confided in D. obliged to
49. According to_______ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. optimists B. pessimistic C. pessimists D. optimistic
50. Never before ______ as accelerated as they are now during the technological age.
A. have historical changes been B. have been historical changes
C. historical changes have been D. historical have changes been
51. Last night’s concert did not______ our expectations.
A. catch up with B. stand in for C. come up to D. look up to
52. ________ I have told him not to go out with those people, but he wouldn’t listen. Just let him face
the music now.
A. Many a time B. Many the time C. Quite a time D. For a time
53. People should not have children unless they are______ to being responsible parents.
A. allowed B. Involved C. committed D. promised
54. _______ had the curtain been raised than the light went out.
A. Scarcely B. Only when C. No sooner D. Hardly
55. Although the producer is______ to the reactions of his audience, he feels he must portray a 'real'
situation.
A. enthusiastic B. sarcastic C. sympathetic D. respectful.
Part 6. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence.
56.____________ is an effective precautionary measure to protect those around (isolate)
you from contracting Covid-19.
57. What are the entry ____________at this university? (require)
58.Covid-19 is believed to spread from person to person through respiratory (drop)
____________ from coughing and sneezing.
59. The Prime Minister announced a two-week extension of a national (lock)
____________ as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
60. The police have been criticized for being _____to complaints from the public. (sense)
61. In London she was______by a rich woman who looked after her and helped her (friend)
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62. A few jokes can ____________up a lecture. (live)
63. His __________________of his opponent led to his biggest failure. (estimate)
64. Some country lanes are __________________to cars in rainy seasons. (pass)
65. If you aren’t ________. go to get that first shot (vaccine)

Part 7. Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.
66. My mother prefers cooking at home than eating out.
67. They were all looking forward to spend their holiday at the seaside the following year.
68. Until the invention of the telephone, skyscrapers were not consider very practical.
69. Not until he got home did he realized he had forgotten to give her the present.
70. It was soa great demand for tickets that people queued day and night.
71. Vermont, commonly known as the Green Mountain State, refused joining the Union until 1791.
72. Uranus is just bright enough to be see on a clear night with the naked eye.
73. There is no limit to the diversity to be finding in the cultures of people throughout the world.
74. There are not many people whom adapt to a new culture without feeling some disorientation at first.
75. Laser discs provide images of best quality than those of either television signals or video tapes.

Part 8. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

76. Mr Jones is in charge ________ the planning department.
77. As a scientist, I specialize ________. marine biology..
78. This is ________ far the most difficult job I have ever tackled.
79. Frankly speaking, your daughter does not take ________ you at all.
80. Tony's insistence ________getting finance for the project has proved important.
81. We have no intention ________ entering a new market without market research.
82. We were ________ a lot of study pressure before the final examination.
83. All the students had to hand_____their essays by Friday.
84. Everyone in the village was concerned________ the plans for the new road.
85. ________the whole, the rescue mission was well excuted.

SECTION III: READING

Part 1. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
CONTROL EATING
The food we eat seems to have profound (86) ________ on our health. Although science has
made enormous (87) ________ in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many
food unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps 80% of all human illnesses are related to diet
and 40% of cancer is related to the diet as (88) ________, especially cancer of the colon. Different
cultures are more prone to (89) ________ certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in
these cultures. (90) ________ food related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government
researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other
food additives, caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes
more difficult all the times to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful
or harmful. The additives, which we eat, are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef or
poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar
drugs are (91) ________ to animals not for medicinal (92) ________ but for financial (93) ________.
The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to (94) ________ a higher price on the
market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these
procedures, the (95) ________ continue.
86. A. significance B. importance C. effects D. motion
87. A. steps B. jumps C. lapses D. laps
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88. A. such B. so C. that D. well
89. A. set B. contract C. attract D. retract
90. A. What B. This C. Such D. That
91. A. doled out B. administered C. extended D. cast
92. A. incentives B. objects C. purposes D. points
93. A. reasons B. clues C. prompts D. tenets
94. A. pass B. conquer C. seize D. obtain
95. A. operations B. practices C. questions D. issues

Part 2. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question
Two things explain why a new infectious disease is so alarming. One is that, at first, it spreads
exponentially. As tens of cases become hundreds and hundreds become thousands, the mathematics
run away with you, conjuring speculation about a health-care collapse, social and economic disruption
and a deadly pandemic. The other is profound uncertainty. Sparse data and conflicting reports mean
that scientists cannot rule out the worst case –and that lets bad information thrive.
So it is with a new corona virus, known as 2019-ncov, which has struck in China. The number of
reported cases grew from 282 on January 20th to almost 7,800 just nine days later. In that time four
reported cases outside mainland China have multiplied to 105 in 19 territories. Doubt clouds
fundamental properties of the disease, including how it is passed on and what share of infected people
die. Amid the uncertainty, a simulation of a corona virus outbreak by Johns Hopkins University in
October, in which 65m people lost their lives, was put about as a prediction. It is not.
Those are the right questions, though: will the new virus become a global disease? And how deadly
will it be? A definite answer is weeks or months away, but public-health authorities have to plan today.
The best guess is that the disease has taken hold in China and there is a high risk that it spreads
around the world –it may even become a recurrent seasonal infection. It may turn out to be no more
deadly than seasonal influenza, but that would still count as serious. In the short term that would hit the
world economy and, depending on how the outbreak is handled, it could also have political effects in
China.
The outbreak began in December. The repeated mingling of people and animals in China means
that viral mutations that infect humans are likely to arise there; and mass migration to cities means that
they are likely to spread between people. This virus probably originated in bats and passed through
mammals, ending up in Wuhan’s wet market, where wild animals were on sale. Symptoms resemble
flu, but can include pneumonia, which may be fatal. About 20% of reported cases are severe, and need
hospital care; about 2% of them have been fatal. As yet, there is no vaccine or antiviral treatment.
The world has never responded as rapidly to a disease as it has to 2019-ncov. Even so, the virus
may still do great harm. As humans encroach on new habitats, farm more animals, gather in cities,
travel and warm the planet, new diseases will become more common. One estimate puts their cost at
$60 billion a year. Sars, mers, Nipah, Zika, Mexican swine flu: the fever from Wuhan is the latest of a
bad bunch. It will not be the last.
(adapted from The Economist February 1st 2020, page 9)
96. Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A.The Corona virus: The Danger and the Uncertainty
B.The Cause of the Corona virus – A Fatal Disease
C. The Corona virus: A Storm in a Teacup
D. Unanswered Questions about the Political Effects
97. The word “exponentially” in paragraph 1 probably means__________.
A. faster and faster B. worse and worse
C. higher and higher D. better and better
98. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to paragraph 2?

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 A. The corona virus struck 19 territories first and then China.
B. The corona virus was predicted to kill millions of people.
C. Scientists know how the corona virus is passed on and its death rate.
D. 282 out of 7,800 infected people died in mainland China.
99. The phrase “taken hold” in paragraph 3 probably means__________.
A. got affected B. become weaker
C. become stronger D. got detected
100. The word ‘it’ in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. the definite answer B. the outbreak
C. influenza D. the world economy
101. According to the passage, the influenza ___________.
A. has symptoms similar to those of the corona virus except pneumonia
B. is a seasonal disease which can take a serious toll on the world economy
C. is a recurrent seasonal infection which can have political effects in China
D. is a new infectious disease which can cause worry and fear worldwide
102. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The corona virus can make it difficult for infected people to breathe.
B. So far, scientists haven’t been able to prevent the worst case of the corona virus.
C. The corona virus has turned out to be not as deadly as seasonal influenza.
D. The corona virus might become a seasonal infection that happens again and again.
103. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The corona virus passed through domestic animals on sale in markets.
B. Scientists firmly believe that the corona virus originated in bats.
C. China has successfully handled the outbreak of the corona virus.
D. There has been no vaccine or treatment for the corona virus yet.
104. The phrase “encroach” in paragraph 5 probably means__________.
A. extrude B. trespass
C. transcend D. exceed
105. Why does theauthor mention Sars, mers, Nipah, Zika, Mexican swine flu in paragraph 5?
A. to emphasize that Covid-19 has the most devastating effects.
B. to give examples of the latest diseases.
C. to compare these with Covid-19
D. to state the fever from Wuhan is not the last one.
Part 3: Look atthe statements below about holidays in and aroundthe city of Norwich in
England. Read the text below to decide if each statement is TRUE or FALSE.
The Lost Fort
In 2013, archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient fort built in North America by
Spanish explorers - four decades before the arrival of other European settlers. Why did the Spaniards
build Fort San Juan, and what happened to them? Technology is helping to answer these questions.
In 1567, Spanish explorer Juan Pardo and his men built a fort in the Appalachian Mountains -
40 years before the English established Jamestown in Virginia. As part of Spain's ambitious exploration
of the Southeastern United States, it established colonies in St. Augustine, FL, and Santa Elena, SC.
Pardo built a series of forts that stretched from the coast of South Carolina to Eastern Tennessee.
He and his men were searching for gold. If they found it, Spain planned to establish more
colonies in the region. But 18 months after Fort San Juan was built, a tribe of Native Americans known
as the Mississippians attacked it, killing all the Spanish soldiers except one.
Archaeologists believe the Mississippians killed the Spaniards because the explorers were
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 Modern archaeologists discovered the long-buried fort using a technology called magnetometry,
which uses x-rays to create images from subterranean scans. Magnetometers can detect artifacts
made of iron, steel, brick, and different kinds of rock.
In fact, the archaeologists were studying a nearby Native American ceremonial mound
when they came across the ancient fort's foundation, moat, and entryway by accident. Since the
excavations started, scientists have found artifacts such as iron nails, pottery, and an iron clothing
hook.
The doomed Spanish explorers never found their gold, but the region is so rich in the precious
metal that later settlers found nuggets lying on the ground.
If Pardo had discovered that gold, Spain might have further colonized the area, and the
southeastern part of the U.S. might have become part of Latin America. Instead, the Spaniards stayed
away, and in 1607 the English built their settlement at Jamestown, beginning the region's permanent
history of colonization.
SENTENCES
106. Research shows the Spanish came to America over 50 years before the English.
107.The Spanish built a fort at Jamestown in Virginia.
108.The Spanish were looking for treasure.
109.The Mississippians killed all the Spanish settlers.
110.The Spanish had been very bad to the local people.
111. Scientists used technology to scan under the ground.
112.They had been looking for the fort for some time before they found it.
113.This area was a good place to look for gold.
114.The Spanish returned several times after that incident.
115.The area was only colonized for a short time.
SECTION IV. WRITITNG
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed before it.
116. There are very few rivers left unpolluted in the world.
Hardly……………………………………………………………………………….…
117. The result of the entrance exam was never in doubt.
 At no time ………………………………………………………………………….…
118. Johnson tries hard, but he doesn't get anywhere.
 However …………………………………………………………..………….……..
119. John wanted Molly to come to his friend’s party with him last night.
John would sooner …………………………………………………………………. .
120. I left out without kissing goodbye my child as I didn’t want to disturb him.
 Rather ……………………………………………………………………………….
Part 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the given
word. Do not change the given word.
121. Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument (likened)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….…. .
122. They arrived at their destination alive and kicking (sound)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….…. .
123. Our boss is absolutely determined not to give us that pay rise. (intent)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….….
124.They arrived at the station with only a minute to spare. (nick)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….….
125. Frederick is such a talented artist that most critics respect him. ( look)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….….

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