English 9

PRACTICE TEST 4
Time: 60 minutes

I. Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.

1. The teacher divided the class .two groups.
2. We will provide you ..plastic bags.
3. Were afraid to say that we dont agree your project. It causes many bad
things..the environment.
4. Toms parents was disappointedhim because he failed the final test.
5. Take an umbrella with you. It will save you.getting wet on the way home.
6. The boy keeps asking his fatherprotecting the environment.
7. The streets are full garbage.
8. We are all responsible .keeping the environment clear and clean.

II. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest.
1. a. mention b. option c. federation d. question
2. a. ghost b. office c. long d. modern
3. a. climate b. comprise c. notice d. divide
4. a. rather b. ethnic c. although d. without
5. a. region b. group c. dialogue d. guitar

III. Choose the correct answer to fill in each blank.

Most large cities now have an underground (1).., like the French Metro. When you
need to (2).trains, you usually (3)to walk along bare, uninteresting corridors.
Sometimes, if you are lucky, there will be buskers: people playing music in the (4)..
of earning a few pence. They will be very pleased if you (5).a few coins into the
hat they have (6).on the ground (7)..front of them, but they will go (8)
.playing happily even (9)..you dont. These buskers give us a (10)..of
pleasure.
1. a. body b. system c. net d. form
2. a. change b. turn c. set d. fix
3. a. ought b. should c. must d. can
4. a. love b. liking c. hope d. dream
5. a. throw b. fly c. blow d. fit
6. a. lied b. placed c. lain d. spread
7. a. in b. at c. for d. by
8. a. in b. on c. to d. over
9. a. so b. because c. then d. if
10. a. present b. moment c. duration d. point

IV. Choose the best answer to each sentence.

1. Mr. Bean.to the coffee shop last night.
a. go b. goes c. went d. gone
2. Scientific Communism by Carl Marx.
a. finds b. found c. was found d. was founded
3. She..on September 2.

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a. bore b. was born c. was borne d. is born

4. While she was singing, she.
a. was falling b. fell c. felt d. fallen
5. He ..to live here two years ago.
a. used not b. didnt use c. isnt used d. not used
6. Mary ..sing well, but she doesnt anymore.
a. used to b. got used to c. didnt use to d. used not to
7. The car..repaired.
a. used to b. used to be c. got used to d. used to do
8. She bought a mobile phone.in Finland.
a. is made b. was made c. made d. be made
9. I saw Romeo and Juliet, ..by Shakespeare.
a. written b. was written c. wrote d. writes
10. The team, ..by Mr. Riedl, played this match well.
a. tamed b. trained c. was trained d. was tamed

V. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

Dolphins emit rapid streams of high-pitched clicks, some audible to us, some ultrasonic.
It is probable that the melon, the bulging dome on the front of a dolphins head, has
something to do with beaming the sonar signals forward, but its exact working are not
understood. As in the case of bats, there is a relatively slow cruising rate of clicking,
rising to a high speed (400 clicks per second) buzz when the animal is closing in on prey.
Even the slow cruising rate is pretty fast. The river dolphins that live in muddy water
are probably the most skilled echolocators, but some sea dolphins have been shown in
tests to be pretty good too.
1. All the sounds made by dolphins
a. are ultrasonic b. can be heard by humans
c. are loud d. are high in pitch
2. The melon can be found ..
a. among sonar signals b. on a dome
c. on a dolphins head d. among a stream of clicks
3. Scientists are not sure about.
a. how some dolphins emit sounds b. the composition of sonar signals
c. the pitch of the dolphins clocks d. the function of the melon
4. The rate of clicking in dolphins increases when
a. they get near their targets b. they approach bats
c. the cruising rate accelerates d. they get excited
5. River dolphins are good at
a. locating melons in muddy water b. cruising at pretty high speeds
c. using sounds to find objects d. beating sea dolphins in tests

VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings.

1. The servant had prepared dinner before we arrived.
Dinner..
2. Correspondents sent their reports to their newspapers.
The correspondents..
3. Hung studies the best in our class.

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No one in our class.

4. The dancer attracts a lot of fans.
A lot of fans.
5. The accident happened yesterday.
The accident took..
6. Helen plays the piano better than Elizabeth.
Elizabeth does not.
7. Its time to shut up the stadium.
Its time we.
8. Computer systems used to be more expensive than they are now.
Computer systems are less
9. Our house is older than all the other houses in the road.
Our house is the
10. We cannot live without water.
If .

VII. Complete each sentence of the following letter.

Dear Mr. Smith,
1. I write / complain / dirt / smoke / come / your factory chimneys.

2. Two days ago / I decide / do / m washing.

3. I wash / sheets / put / out / dry / it / be / nice sunny day / there / be / breeze/

4. When I take washing in / I be / horrified / discover / it / cover / dirty marks.

5. I / assume / breeze / I mention / carry / dirt / chimneys.

6. This is / not only / because / sheets / but because / we / two small children / who be
make / breathe / same air.

7. Until this incident / I think / chimneys / be safe / clean.

8. I already / write / local Member of Parliament / this matter.

9. Furthermore / I must warn you / I write / local newspaper / tomorrow.

10. I / look forward / receive / reply.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Jennifer Hunter

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