BT-Updatepower-Week 26 (Grade9)-Dec.

2021

MINI – TEST
Name………………………………………………….. Class: Score

I. Choose the correct answer

1. The student decided to …………(A. give / B. take / C. get / D. make) the exam next June.
2. There is no …………(A. evidence / B. mark / C. hint / D. occasion) that John stole the money.
3. The police caught the …………(A. burglar / B. killer / C. smuggler / D. murderer) while he was trying to break
into the house.
4. Our …………(A. caretaker / B. housekeeper / C. landlord / D. porter) told us we had to pay the rent on time
every month.
5. We called our parents to come and …………(A. put / B. pick / C. keep / D. collect) us up after the movie.
6. People who love adventure often ………… (A. search / B. look / C. watch / D. seek) it out in new and
challenging ways.
7. According to travel agents eco holidays seem to be ………… (A. becoming / B. growing / C. raising / D.
advancing) in popularity.
8. The artist’s …………(A. direction / B. aim / C. search / D. view) was to express his feelings about the big city
through his work.
9. I can …………(A. think / B. expect / C. imagine / D. assume) how difficult it must have been to build the
Coliseum.
10. We got to the front of the long queue at a surprising …………(A. speed / B. hurry / C. rush / D. dash).
11. There is no point in meeting her. She is certainly ………….(A. to leave / C. to be leaving / C. to have left / D.
to have been leaving) by now.
12. I’d rather you ………..(A. didn’t tell / B. wouldn’t tell / C. wouldn’t have told / D. hadn’t told) her the truth last
night.
13. We strongly suggest that kind of milk advertising on television …………(A. be banned / B. is banned / C. will
be banned / D. was banned)
14. Like oil, gas is a fossil fuel and is thus a …………..(A. renewed / B. renewable / C. renew / D. unrenewable)
source of energy.
15. It was very …………..(A. thoughtless / B. thoughtful / C. thinkable / D. unthinkable) of you to sing so loudly so
late at night.
16. Bill Morell is the founder of the Future Forests, an organization that deals with the complex …………(A.
environment / B. enviromentally / C. environmental / D. environmentalist) problem of global warming.
17. As people see the connection between planting a tree and CO2 absorption, it makes them more …………(A.
aware / B. capable / C. posible / D. known) of the direct role they are playing in polluting the environment,
while showing them how they can help repair the damage.
18. Morell explains that the member of Future Forests are aware that they are entering a long-term (A.
commitment / B. commission / C. committed / D. commit) to the environment, and that we can all do our part
to save our planet, one tree at a time.
19. Modern cars have systems that protect us from …………(A. conveniences / B. convenience / C.
inconveniences / D. inconvenience) or hurt by our own carelessness.
20. In most cars, when the keys are left in the ignition, a buzz sounds in order to remind the driver ….……(A. to
remove / B. removing / C. to removing / D. remove) them.
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21. While some people may resent ………..(A. instructing / B. being instructed / C. to instruct / D. to be instructed)
by their own motorbikes to perform certain procedures, many others do not mind at all being reminded to carry
out these easily overlooked procedures.
22. Because of the introduction of (A. agriculture / B. pesticides / D. fertilizers / D. irrigation) over a century ago,
primary industry flourished, resulting in a multitude of orchards and market gardens.
23. Unfortunately, the region has taken a ………..(A. movement / B. turn / C. downturn / D. change) for the worse
over the past decade.
24. ………..(A. Despite / B. Although / C. Because / D. In spite) the recent hardships, some farmers have
continued to eke an existence out of the land.

II. Choose the best answer The Man in the Iron Mask

The ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ lived three hundred years ago in the Bastille, a prison in Paris notorious for its bad
condition. He was (A. transferred / B. removed / C. replaced / D. put)24 ………… to the prison in 1698 and (A.
settled / B. passed / C. spent / D. finished)25 ………… the rest of his life there, dying at the age of 60 in 1703. To
this day we are still not (A. certain / B. secure / C. definite / D. right)26 ………… of his true identity. The famous
writer Voltaire was the first to write about this mysterious prisoner, who was never actually seen (A. unless / B.
except / C. beside / D. apart)27 …………when has face was hidden by an iron mask.
In 1789, when angry citizens forced their (A. path / B. road / C. route / D. way)28 …………into the Bastille, they
came (A. against / B. across / C. over / D. by)29 ………… an unusual iron mask. The Bastille record books showed
the mask belonged to prisoner number 64389000 – ‘Man in the Iron Mask’. Anyone who had read Voltaire’s story
would already have (A. known / B. understood / C. believed / D. recognized)30 …………about this mysterious
prisoner. After further investigation, it was found that he had been buried under the name of Marchioli.
The question has often been (A. mentioned / B. raised / C. demanded / D. requested)31 …………as to the man’s
identity. Some say he was a French Duke or perhaps an Italian diplomat. Voltaire himself (A. put forward / B.
brought down / C. gave up / D. let through)32………… the idea that the prisoner was the older brother of King
Louis XIV, son of Louis’s mother but not of his father, and that the king did not want the (A. community / B. society
/ C. population / D. public)33 …………to learn of this. Voltaire’s theory could (A. describe / B. explain / C. reason
/ D. express)34 ………… the man’s separation from other prisoners, the mask used to hide his face and why his
guards (A. cared / B. acted / C. treated / D. dealt)35 ………… him with such respect.

III. Rewrite the following sentences as directed

36. I laughed even though the situation was serious. (HELP)

I couldn’t…………………………………………………………………………….………..………
37. Jackie wishes she hadn’t said that to Allie. (REGRETS)
Jackie…………………………………………………………………………………………………
38. As a child, it was always her wish to become a famous actress. (DREAMT)
As ……………………………………………………………….……………………………………
39. Please don’t let me forget that the train leaves at 8.30. (REMIND)
Please………………………………………………………………………………………….……
40. He said that he had changed his mind and wouldn’t come with me. (DECIDED)
He said………………………………………………………………………………………………