PRACTICE TEST 63 FOR GRADE 9, 2022

Part I: LISTENING
Question 1: Listen and complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Summer music festival booking form

Name: George O’Neill
Address: (1)........., Westsea
Postcode: WS6 2YH
Telephone: (2)..........
Date Event Price per ticket No.of tickets
5 June Instrumental group- Guitarrini £7.50 2

17 June Singer (Price include (3)………in the £6 2

garden)
22 June (4)………(Anna Ventura) £7 1
23 June Spanish Dance & Guitar Concert (5) £.......... (6).........
NB Children/students/Senior Citizens have (7)......... discount on all tickets.

Question 2: You will hear a man called Jeremy Baker talking about different ways of
travelling in northern Finland. Complete the sentences.
Travelling in northern Finland
On his dog sled, the command Jeremy used most often with the dog was (1)..........
Jeremy’s dog could understand commands in Finnish and (2)………, as well as English.
When travelling by sled, Jeremy tried to focus on the (3)……… of the lead dog.
The lead dog is always intelligent and generally (4)………
Each dog can pull a weight of (5)………
At lunch time, Jeremy’s job was to get (6)……… for cooking
Jeremy liked the skidoo except for the fact that it was (7)………
The good things about riding a skidoo is that your (8)……… don’t get cold.

Question 3. Listen and tick the true (T) or false (F) statements.

T F
1. PS Camping has been organizing holidays for 15 years
2. The company has most camping sites in France
3. Some areas of the sites have a “no noise” rule after 9. 30 p.m.
4. The holiday insurance that is offered by PS Camping
must be taken out at the time of booking.

5. Customers who recommend PS Camping to friends will receive a free gift

Question 4. You will hear a radio interview about a mountain-climbing, write the letter A, B, C
or D on your answer box below to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
1. How did Douglas feel when booked the weekend?
A. sure that he would enjoy training for it.
B. uncertain if it was a good idea for him
C.surprised that such activities were organized
D.bored with exercises
2. Douglas expected that the experience would help him to
A. meet people with similar interest B. be more active and creative
 C. improve his physical fitness D. discover his psychological limits
3. What did one of his friends say to him?
A. He was making a mistake B. Climbing was fashionable
C. She didn’t want him to continue D. She was envious of him
4. In what way did Douglas change as a result of the trip?
A. He developed more interest in people B. He took part in many social activities
C. He became more ambitious D. He began to notice more things around him
5. Douglas’s boots are still muddy because he wants them to
A. remind him of what he has achieved B. warn him not to do it again
C. show other people what he has done D. motivate him to climb again
Part II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Question 1. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. The first boy and girl who ……… all the questions is to receive the singer’s new album.
A. answer B. would answer C. will answer D. answered
2. In fact the criminals………in because the front door was wide open and so they just walked in.
A. needn’t have broken B. didn’t need break
C. didn’t need to break D. needn’t to have broken
3. Every day thousands of……… fly the Atlantic for negotiations with American firms.
A. merchants B. dealers C. businessmen D. tradesmen
4. A cool drink……… him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. relieved C. refreshed D. sailed
5. The paper was so thin that the ……… of the pencil went right through it.
A. end B. point C. edge D. tail
6. There is no ……… that the new agricultural policy has been in any way disastrous.
A. indication B. indiscretion C. indecision D. inducement
7. Many young people travel all over the world, and do all kinds of jobs before they……..
A. lie down B. touch down C. put down D. settle down
8. I’m afraid we can’t raise your salary this year. The company’s operating on a very……… budget.
A. hard B. close C. cheap D. tight
9. Animal lovers would like industrial testing on animals……… to medical experiments.
A. to be limited B. to have limited C. to be limiting D. being limited
10. How I wish your mother ……… long enough to see all your accomplishments.
A. could have lived B. must have lived C. might be living D. was living
11. Silence……… the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and
excitement.
A. dropped out of B. fell in with C. hung over D. came between
12. In all social systems, there is a minority group which is looked……… by others in that culture and
kept ……… of mainstream society.
A. though… back B. down on… out C. back on… up D. out for…down
13. Most of us found the Mayor’s idea…….. their own candidates for royal honours a little awkward;
but he was right, of course.
A. of having the local people to nominate B. of having the local people nominate
C. of getting the local people nominate D. to let the local people for nominating
14. ………appearing every four to seven years as it used to, “El Nino” has now been appearing
consecutively for a number of years.
A. On account of B. Because of C. Instead of D. In case of
15. Anna paid $5 for her meal, ______ she had thought it would cost.
A. not so much as B. not so many as C. not as much D. less as
16. I like that photo very much. Could you make an _______ for me?
A. increase B. enlargement C. expansion D. extension
17. One problem for teacher is that each student has his/ her own ________ needs.
A. separate B. divided C. individual D. distinctive
18. I can never follow everything he has tried to say. He _________________________.
A. speaks the same language B. talks a mile a minute
C. pulls my leg D. gets on like a house on fire
19. If you want to get away from the noisy city life, you can take a small boat to ______ on one of
the islands.
A. the deserted beach B. deserted beach
C. a deserted beach D. the beach deserted
20. I was ________ in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone.
A. submerged B. distracted C. gripped D. engrossed
Question 2. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Underline the errors and write
the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.
0 is used as an example.

The Winterthur Museum is a collection and a house. There are many museums devoting to
the decorative arts and many house museums, but rare in the United States is a great collection
displayed in a great country house. Passing through successive generation of a single family,
Winterthur has been a private estate for more than a century. Even after the extensive renovations
made to it between 1929 and 1931, the house remained a family residence. This fact is of important
to the atmosphere and effect of the museum. The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the
visitor: the rooms look as if they were vacated only a short while ago whether by the original owners
of the furniture or the most recently residents of the house can be a matter of personal interpretation.
Winterthur remain, then, a house in which a collection of furniture and architectural elements has
been assembled. Like an English country house, it is an organic structure; the house, as well as the
collection and manner of display it to the visitor, has changed over the years. The changes have
coincided for developing concepts of the American arts, increased knowledge on the part of collectors
and students, and a progression toward the achievement of a historic effect in period-room displays.
The rooms at Winterthur have followed this current, yet still retained the character of a private house.

The concept of a period room as a display technique has been developed gradually over the
years in an effort to present works of art in a context that would show them to greater effect and would
give them more meaning for the viewer. Comparable to the habitat group in a natural history museum,
the period room represents the decorative arts in a lively and interesting manner and provide an
opportunity to assemble objects related by style, date, or place of manufacture.

Your answers:
0. devoted

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

Question 3. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles.
1. Keep your mouth shut! Remember that what you say may be taken……and used against you.
2. I don’t need a car; we live………easy reach of the shops.
3. See what the sign reads: “Entrance………request”.
4. One thing I don’t like about Sarah is that she often beats ……… the bush.
5. The proof of the pudding is ……….the eating
6. I wish you would pour your heart ………to someone. You will feel more comfortable.
 7. They lived in Paris for 30 years so they know the city like the back ………their hand.
8. They cannot come to my party this weekend. They are ……… to their neck just now with the
annual reports.
9. The children played ……… the watchful eye of their mother.
10. The factory smoke looked white……… the gray winter sky.
Part III: READING
Question 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each
gap.
BOOKS BEFORE SCHOOL?

Many people believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are
scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but forcing a child could be
(1)……… if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (2)……..attitude and take the lead from their
child. What they should provide is a selection of (3)……… books and other activities. Nowadays, there
is plenty good (4)……… available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use
about the house will also encourage them to read.

Of course, books are no longer the only source of stories and information. There is also a
huge range of videos, which can (5)……….and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are
equally valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad
(6)………as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching
programs not intended for their age group. Too many television programs attract an incurious,
uncritical attitude that is going to make learning more difficult. However, (7)………viewing of programs
designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book after seeing it
(8)……… on television, so children will pounce on books which (9)………their favorite television
characters , and videos can add a new (10)……….to a story known from a book.

1: A. unuseful B. unproductive C. useful D. counter-productive

2: A. cheerful B. contented C. relaxed D. hopeful
3: A. bright B. thrilling C. energetic D. stimulating
4: A. material B. sense C. produce D. amusement
5: A. uphold B. found C. assist D. reinforce
6: A. review B. press C. criticism D. result
7: A. cautious B. choice C. discriminating D. approved
8: A. serialized B. revised C. transferred D. visualized
9: A. illustrate B. extend C. possess D. feature
10: A. revival B. dimension C. option D. existence
Question 2. Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this
discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive
engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the
next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these
simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability. On the other hand, we make use of
electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny
current needed to work a simple calculator, and from the huge electric magnet in steel works that can
lift 10 tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell, all are powered by electricity. An electric current
can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass of molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a
cup of coffee. Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity
is the greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It
travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires or conductors that it can be supplied instantly
over vast distances. To generate electricity, huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia
they use coal or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the
turbines without polluting the atmosphere with smoke from coal. Atomic power is used in several
countries but there is always the fear of an accident. A tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in
Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity. The reactor leaked, which caused many
deaths through radiation. Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity without
harmful effects to the environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out of bays. Most
importantly, they hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do use solar heaters for swimming pools
but as yet improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When
this happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by
trucks and cars that burn fossil fuels.
1. The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first paragraph to __.
A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy
B. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity
C. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy
D. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity
2. Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms?
A. Gas B. Petrol C. Steam D. Hot wind
3. What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible?
A. It is cheap and easy to use B. It is used to drive motor engines
C. It can be adapted to various uses D. It can be made with ease
4. What do we call machines that make electricity?
A. Voltages B. Electric magnets
C. Generators or turbines D. Pipes and radiators
5. The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are ______.
A. atomic power and water B. water and coal
C. sunlight and wind power D. wind and gas
6. The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. harmful effects B. the tides C. scientists D. new ways
7. Electric magnets are used in steel works to ______.
A. lift heavy weights up to ten tons B. test the steel for strength
C. heat the molten steel D. boil a jug of water
8. The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate electricity is that
they ______.
A. do not pollute the environment B. are more reliable
C. are more adaptable D. do not require attention
9. Which of the following power sources causes pollution by emitting harmful gases?
A. Sunlight. B. Petrol. C. Water. D. Wind.
10. The best title for this passage could be ______.
A. “Types of Power Plants” B. “Electricity: Harmful Effects on Our Life”
C. “How to Produce Electricity” D. “Why Electricity Is So Remarkable”
Question 3. Fill each gap in the passage with ONE suitable word.
Vegetarianism
Vegetarians don’t eat any meat, fish, or poultry, and they avoid foods with animal products in them.
Some people avoid red meat but they include chicken and fish (1)......... their diet. These are often
people who recognise the health benefits of a vegetarian diet, but who find they can’t (2)......... up
meat completely. This half-way position is sometimes taken by people who are making the change
(3)........ a complete vegetarian diet. Vegans go one step further than other vegetarians, avoiding all
food of animal origin, such as dairy produce, eggs and honey.
Vegetarians are growing in number. (4)......... estimated seven percent of British people are now
vegetarian, and there are a (5)......... many others who only eat meat occasionally. In the (6)......... few
years, food manufacturers have expanded their vegetarian ranges, and it has become a lot easier to
choose an animal-free diet. Many restaurants also now offer a wide variety (7).........vegetarians
dishes.
People might choose a vegetarian diet (8)......... moral or health reasons, or both. Some vegetarians
simply don’t like the idea of eating other creatures, and they may dislike the conditions in (9) ..... many
animals are kept before being killed for food. Others may have become vegetarians (10)........ of the
health benefits.
Question 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
This passage contains 6 paragraphs. Match each paragraph with its suitable heading listed
below.
List of headings
i Effects of irrigation on sedimentation
ii The danger of flooding the Cairo area
iii Causing pollution in the Mediterranean
iv Interrupting a natural process
v The threat to food production
vi Less valuable sediment than before via Egypt's disappearing coastline
vii Egypt’s disappearing coastline
viii Looking at the long-term impact
Example: Paragraph A: vii
1. Paragraph B: ……………… 2. Paragraph C: …………..…..3. Paragraph D: ………………
4. Paragraph E: ……………… 5. Paragraph F: ……………….

Disappearing Delta
A

The fertile land of the Nile delta is being eroded along Egypt's Mediterranean coast at an astounding
rate, in some parts estimated at 100 metres per year. In the past, land scoured away from the coastline
by the currents of the Mediterranean Sea used to be replaced by sediment brought down to the delta
by the River Nile, but this is no longer happening.
B
Up to now, people have blamed this loss of delta land on the two large dams at Aswan in the south
of Egypt, which hold back virtually all of the sediment that used to flow down the river. Before the
dams were built, the Nile flowed freely, carrying huge quantities of sediment north from Africa's interior
to be deposited on the Nile delta. This continued for 7,000 years, eventually covering a region of over
22,000 square kilometres with layers of fertile silt. Annual flooding brought in new, nutrient-rich soil to
the delta region, replacing what had been washed away by the sea, and dispensing with the need for
fertilizers in Egypt's richest food-growing area But when the Aswan dams were constructed in the 20th
century to provide electricity and irrigation, and protect the huge population centre of Cairo and its
surrounding areas from annual flooding and drought, most of the sediment with its natural fertilizer
accumulated up above the dam in the southern, upstream half of lake Nasser, instead of passing
down to the delta.
C
Now, however, there turns out to be more to the story It appears that the sediment-free water
emerging from the Aswan dams picks up silt and land as it erodes the river bed and banks on the
800-kilometre trip to Cairo. Daniel Jean Stanley of the Smithsonian Institute noticed that water
samples taken in Cairo, just before the river enters the delta, indicated that the river sometimes carries
more than 850 grams of sediment per cubic metre of water - almost half of what it carried before the
dams were built.
'I'm ashamed to say that the significance of this didn't strike me until after I had read 50 or 60 studies,'
says Stanley in Marine Geology. 'There is still a lot of sediment coming into the delta, but virtually no
sediment comes out into the Mediterranean to replenish the coastline.
So this sediment must be trapped on the delta itself.'

D
Once north of Cairo, most of the Nile water is diverted into more than 10,000 kilometres of irrigation
canals and only o small proportion reaches the sea directly through the rivers in the delta. The water
in the irrigation canals is still or very slow-moving and thus cannot carry sediment, Stanley
explains. The sediment sinks to the bottom of the canals and then is added to fields by farmers or
pumped with the water into the four large freshwater lagoons that are located near the outer edges of
the delta. So very little of it actually reaches the coastline to replace what is being washed away by
the Mediterranean currents.
E
The farms on the delta plains and fishing and aquaculture in the lagoons account for much of Egypt's
food supply. But by the lime the sediment has come to rest in the fields and lagoons it is laden with
municipal, industrial and agricultural waste from the Cairo region, which is home to more than 40
million people. 'Pollutants are building up faster and faster,' says Stanley.

Based on his investigations of sediment from the delta lagoons, Frederic Siegel of George
Washington University concurs. 'In Manzalah Lagoon, for example, the increase in mercury, lead,
copper and zinc coincided with the building of the High Dam at Aswan, the availability of cheap
electricity, and the development of major power-based industries’ he says. Since that time the
concentration of mercury has increased significantly. Lead from engines that use leaded fuels and
from other industrial sources has also increased dramatically. These poisons can easily enter the food
chain, affecting the productivity of fishing and farming. Another problem is that agricultural wastes
include fertilizers which stimulate increases in plant growth in the lagoons and upset the ecology of
the area, with serious effects on the fishing industry.
F
According to Siegel, international environmental organisations are beginning to pay closer attention
to the region, partly because of the problems of erosion and pollution of the Nile delta, but principally
because they fear the impact this situation could have on the whole Mediterranean coastal
ecosystem. But there are no easy solutions. In the immediate future, Stanley believes that one
solution would be to make artificial floods to flush out the delta waterways, in the same way that
natural floods did before the construction of the dams. He says, however, that in the long term
alternative process such as desalination may have to be used to increase the amount of water
available. 'In my view, Egypt must devise a way to have more water running through the river and the
delta’ says Stanley. Easier said than done in a desert region with a rapidly growing population.
Do the following statements 6-7 agree with the information given in the passage?

In the numbered boxes, write:

YES If the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO If the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NO INFORMATION If it is impossible to say that the writer thinks about this

6. Coastal erosion occurred along Egypt's Mediterranean coast before the building of the Aswan
dams.
7. The Aswan dams were built to increase the fertility of the Nile delta.

Complete the summary of paragraphs E and F with the list of words A-H below.
Write the correct letter A-H in boxes.
A. artificial floods B. desalination C. delta waterways D. natural floods
E. nutrients F. pollutants G. population control H. sediment

In addition to the problem of coastal erosion, there has been a marked increase in the level of (8)
……… contained in the silt deposited in the Nile delta. To deal with this, Stanley suggests the use
of (9)………. in the short term, and increasing the amount of water available through (10)………. in
the longer term.

Part IV: WRITING

Question 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the one given.
1. He was suspended for two matches for swearing at the referee.
Swearing at the referee earned..........................................................................
2. Mike didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
Not until...........................................................................................................
1. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
The excuse……………………………………………………………………
2. “Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house”. She said.
She flatly……………………………………………………………………..
3. Sam hadn’t expected that he would feel so weak after the operation.
The operation left…………………………………………………………….
Question 2. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new
sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do
not change the form of the given word.
1. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes.(VAIN

2. The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car. (GETAWAY)

3. The president arranged for me to use his chauffeur-driven car whenever I liked. (DISPOSAL)

4. The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness. (ONSET)

5. Everybody made fun of him because he’d his hair cut so short. (MICKEY)