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CLASS IXA

November 3rd
TEST PAPER

PART 1: VOCABULARY
I. Complete the sentences with these verbs:. explore (x2), go, go on, visit
1. You should ............Paris while you are in Europe.
2. I'd like to ..............the Andes.
3. Why don't we .............sailing at the weekend?
4. I'd hate to ..............a safari.
5. Some people like to .............unknown or strange places.

(Score 5)

II. Read this dialogue about a cycling expedition and circle the correct words:
Tom: Why did Helena want to cycle across the United States?
Ana: It was her (1) ambition/ambitious for a long time - but I don't think she knew how (2) difficulties/difficult it would be.
Tom: What happened?
Ana: Well, the trip was (3) disaster/disastrous. When she telephoned me from the Rockies she said, 'This is a (4) disaster/disastrous! I
should have thought about it more (5) carefully/careful before I started.
Tom: But why didn't she (6) preparation/prepare more carefully?
Ana: She planned carefully but her expedition took a very (') ambition/ambitious route. She had an accident in Denver and after that
she was (8) exhaustion/exhausted. She was very (9) weakness/weak so I think she was (10) bravery/brave to continue after
that.
(Score 10)
III. Complete the sentences with adjectives from the list: brave, tiring, well-organized, devastated, exhausted
1. It was a very .....................expedition, everybody knew exactly what to do.
2. It was very ......................snowrafting all day, I was exhausted after it.
3. After a day without water, lost in the mountains we were
4. Susan was ...................when her little dog died.
5. John looked for his friend in a snowstorm on the mountain. He was very
(Score 5)
PART 2: GRAMMAR
I. Write the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
1. The flight (arrive) .............at 7.00.
2. I can't talk now, I (do) ...............my homework.
3. She (walk) ...........in Nepal for three months.
4. The guide (live) ............in a village near the trekking area.
5. Polar tourism (grow) ...........

(Score 5)

II. Write the correct form of the Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
My friend Mike (1 live) .............in Cambridge but each winter he (2 move) to Spain. He (3 attend)
................................................ several Spanish language courses since he started going there and now he (4 speak)
.. ............Spanish quite well. While he is in Spain, he (5 go) .mountain climbing and he (6 climb)
all the important mountains at least once. Unfortunately, he broke his leg last month, so at the moment he (7 read)
... and (8 watch) ...a lot of television. Usually he (9 not watch) ..
much
television, but since last month he (10 see) .at least two films every day.
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(Score 10)
III. Write has or is next to each sentence to show what the 's in each sentence means.
1. She's walked across the Libyan desert.............
2. Neil's an interesting man..............
3. Pat's reading about Aborigines..............
4. Jonathan's finished the book..............
5. The car's broken down............

(Score 5)

IV. Write the sentences again, using the word or words in brackets instead of the underlined word or words. Make the necessary
changes to the sentences.
1. I'm reading a book about the Pacific at the moment.
(often) I often read books about the Pacific.
2. We've taken an expedition to China for the last five years.
(every year) ............................................................
3. We eat a tot of fish every week.
(at the moment) ......................................................
4. Pauline Jones has worked at a travel agent's in London since 2000.
(in the school holidays this year) ........................... ...........................................................................................................
5. Brian goes to some unusual places in the summer.
(for the last five years) ............................................
6. We always prepare for expeditions.
(now) .......................................................................
(Score 20)
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Example:
Something fell (fall) out of that window while I was standing (stand) under it.
1. When Jane ........................(have) her Saturday job at a flower shop she ..(send) me flowers.
2. Dad .........................(pay) me very well when I (work) in his shop in the holidays.
3. It (snow) while we ................ (make) the snowman.
4. I.(leave) the shop and then I saw this picture, so I . (buy) it.
5. A light rain ...........................(fall) when I (arrive) in Abilene for the first time.
(Score 10)
PART 3: READING
Read the following paragraphs and name the character:

(Score 10)

(1) Dressed in black, I brew potions, I

cast spells, and I put curses on
people. If you bother me or my cat,
you'll sit on a lily pad and eat flies.

(2) I am a monster that has been on a

diet. There is no fat on me! Or muscle
either! You might say that I am all skin
and bones --without the skin. I rattle
when I walk. And my teeth chatter
when I talk.

(3) Most of the time, you would never

guess I was a monster because I look
just like you. But once a month, I let
my hair down and howl at the moon.
But beware! If I bite you will become
like me.

Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?

(4) Welcome! Have a seat. Dinner will

be served shortly. Sorry we don't have
any garlic bread. I can't stand it. What
am I drinking you ask? Don't worry . . .
it's . . um . . . grape juice. Now just
relax while I look at your neck.

(5) I walk through walls as I please.

Sometimes you can see me and
sometimes you can't. I moan and I
groan. I rattle chains. You find me in
old houses, graveyards, and castles.

Who am I?
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Who am I?
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20 points granted