Exercises for excellent students- E9

Practice test- E.T 9
A Fill in each blank with one suitable word
1
Most ghost stories are set in mysterious, old house 1…… castles. The ghost themselves, 2……. spirits
wander the earth at night, are usually the…3…… for some horrible crime. This is not always the case as the…
4……… story shows.
When my friend, Paul was a schoolboy, he often 5…….to chat to Mr Scott, an elderly
gentleman 6…… on his own. Mr Scott was a keen gardener. He 7… always be looking after his lawn or his
flowers and Paul was 8…… the habit of saying a few words to him over 9……fence.
10…….summer’s evening, as Paul was 11…… his way from school, he saw, as usual, Mr Scott in his
garden. The old man was busily weeding his 12……beds. When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden
with a way of his hand. Slowly, they strolled 13……round, admiring the various flowers. Then, to Paul’s
surprise, Mr Scott bent 14…. and pick a bunch of his finest dahlias. “Here boy,” he said. “ Give these to your
mother”
No 15….had he arrived home then he presented the flowers to his mother. He then told her that they were
Mr Scott’s compliments. His mother’s face went red 16… anger. “ 17… wicked boy!” she shouted. “
How 18…….you say such a thing! I bumped 19……his daughter in the supermarket this morning. She told me
that the poor old chap had pass 20……in his sleep last Friday.
2
My father waved me goodbye and the bus set off. The person sitting 1……to me was a government
engineer going to Peshawar 2… inspect the roads. He said that traveling by bus was 3…… excellent way to
test the roads.
We passed many villages 4……the way and stopped once or 5… to buy cold drinks,….6…… it was
very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and dry and 7…. were long stretches 8….no people or villages
in sight. We 9….to stop once at some road works, too, 10…made my traveling companion 11…….happy.
Most of 12….were dozing in the afternoon heat when we were woken by a sudden noise, which 13….
like a shot from a gun. As the bus swerved and then stopped at the side of the road, I remembered all the stories
I…14….heard about bands of robbers who used to attack travelers on deserted roads….15… this. Many of the
other passengers looked as bewildered and frightened as I 16….have looked
My neighbor, however, reassured me: “ Nothing to worry 17…… Only a burst tire. But we shall have to
wait 18……he changes the wheel”

My cousin Aware met me at the bus station. “ Well, there you 19….,” he said. “ I was beginning to
wonder what had 20…….to you.”
3
Maybe you recycle cans, glass, and paper. Did you know that nature recycles, too? One of the things
nature (1)_______ is water. Water goes from oceans, lakes, and rivers into the air. Water falls from the air as
(2)_______ or snow. Rain and snow eventually find their way back to the oceans. Nature’s recycling program for
water is (3) _______ the water cycle.
The water cycle has four stages: storage, evaporation, precipitation, and runoff. Water on Earth gets
stored (4) _______ oceans, lakes, rivers, ice, and even underground. Water goes from storage into the atmosphere
by a process called evaporation. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid (5)_______ a gas, called water
vapor. Water vapor goes up into (6) _______ atmosphere. Water returns to the Earth as precipitation in rain or
snow by changing into drops of water (7)_______ the air gets cold enough. Clouds are collections (8)_______
water droplets. Most precipitation falls into the oceans and goes right back into storage.
Water that falls on land always flows from (9)_______ places to lower ones. This flow is called runoff.
Water from land flows into stream. Streams join together to make (10) _______and eventually the water flows
into storage in the oceans. Then the water cycle starts all over again.
4
You can go to places where there is no air. There is no air underwater, (1)_______ you can dive
underwater. You can (2)_______underwater a (3)_______time just by holding your breath. Air tanks let you stay
underwater for a long time. Scuba divers (4)_______ tanks (5)_______ their backs. The tanks are filled with
gases (6)_______ make up air. The divers breathe the gases through hoses.
There is (7)_______ and less air the higher up you go. People gasp for breath at the tops of high
mountains. Airplanes (8)_______carry air. Once the airplane gets up (9)_______ , air is pumped into the cabin
(10)_______ passengers sit. Astronauts have to take all the air they need with them- there’s no air in space.
B Choose the word or phrase which best completes each blank in the following passage
Take a really deep breath. Feel how your chest gets bigger (1)_______ .Your chest gets bigger
(2)_______ your lungs are filling up with air. You cannot see air, but air is all around you. You can feel it
(3)_______ the wind blows.
Air is a mixture of (4)_______ different gases. The main gases in the air are nitrogen, oxygen, and argon.
Air also (5)_______ smaller amounts of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, helium, and other gases. Oxygen

is (6)_______ important gas for animals. Animals (7)_______ breathe oxygen in order to live.
Carbon dioxide is the most important gas for plants. Plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight (8)_______
food. Plants (9)_______ oxygen. Animals turn the oxygen back into carbon dioxide when they breathe. The
earth’s atmosphere is (10)_______ air. An atmosphere is made up of the gases that surround a planet.
1. A. more B. and biggest C. and bigger D. any more
2. A. because of B. for C. while D. because
3. A. when B. if C. while D. since
4. A. few B. several C. lots D. a lot
5. A. containing B. contained C. contains D. contain
6. A. the most B. most C. almost D. mostly
7. A. can B. must C. might D. could
8. A. to do B. doing C. to make D. making
9. A. give out B. send out C. send off D. give off
10. A. made from B. made of C. do from D. do of
C Read the passage and choose the best answer for the questions below. (10 pts)
Let us begin by saying what does not cause our dreams. Our dreams do not come from another world.
They are not messages from some outside source. They are not a look into the future, either.
All our dreams have something to do with our emotions, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But
something on the ‘outside’ may affect what we dream if a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may
include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body such as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed,
you may dream that you are sleeping or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will have
tonight is likely to come from the experiences you have today.
So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while you are sleeping
(feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests
you have now. This is why very young children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school
examinations, hungry people of food, homesick soldiers of their families, and prisoners of freedom.
To show you how that is happening while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined
together in a dream, here is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed
with a piece of absorbent cotton. He would dream that he was in a hospital and his charming girl friend was
visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what
those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it
offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did
not come true. In other words a dream is a way of having your wishes carried out.
1. Our dreams…
A. are simply messages from another world B. are a curious look into the future
C. have little connection with our emotions, wishes or needs
D. are to some degree caused by some of our feelings
2 If the covers have slipped off your bed, you may dream that…
A. something comfortable happens to you B. you are staying in freezing surroundings
C. some people are making noise D. you have nothing on at all
3 When the back of a mans hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbent cotton in the experiment, he would dream
that _______
A. his hand was being struck by someone B. his hand was gently touched by his sweetheart
C. his hand was badly hurt by something D. somebody was wiping sweat off his body
4 When a person feels hungry, he is likely to dream of …
A. wonderful fairies B. lovely young girls
C. fine food and drinks D. his family members
5 Some scientists explanation of dreams __________
A. does not give an outlet for our wishes B. gives us an exact answer to the problem
C. offers a meaningful approach to the problem
D. is widely accepted and thought highly of by the public
D Choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. I came _______an old friend while I was walking along the street.
A. across B. into C. over D. for
2. Everyone _______Tom was invited to the party.
A. as B. from C. but D. for
3. The chemistry book _______was a little expensive.
A. I bought B. that I bought it C. I bought that D. what I bought
4. If you _______to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess now.

A. take B. will take C. took D. had taken
5. I am late because my alarm clock didn’t _______this morning.
A. come on B. ring out C. go off D. turn on
6. His speech was very boring. What he said was _______ meaningless.
A. complete B. quite C. most D. total
7. If it _______ so late, we could have coffee.
A. wasn’t B. isn’t C. weren’t D. not be
8. Your sister used to visit you quite often,_______?
A. didn’t she B. doesn’t she C. wouldn’t she D. hadn’t she
9. We were hurrying because we thought that the bell _______.
A. had already rang B. has already rang C. had already rung D. have already ringing
10. Ngoc Khanh, call on your grandmother on the way home,_______?
A. do you B. don’t you C. have you D. will you
11. Students seem to be made _______a lot of homework.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
12. Could you tell me how far _______from here to the next petrol station?
A. is it B. it is C. it was D. was it
13. The delighted bride looked_______ on her wedding day.
A. happy B. sad C. unhappy D. gloomy
14. It is the height of the tourist season now so_______ the rooms in the hotels are reserved.
A. almost B. almost of C. most of all D. almost of all
15. Cheese is made from_______ .
A. rice B. milk C. wood D. stone
E Read this passage carefully and then choose the best answers to the questions below by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D
A recent investigation by scientists at the US Geological Survey shows that strange animal behavior
might help predict future earthquake.
Investigators found such occurrences in a ten-kilometer radius of the centre of a fairly recent quake. Some
birds screeched and flew about wildly. Dogs yelped and ran uncontrollably.
Scientists believe that animals can perceive these environmental changes as early as several days before

the disaster.
In 1976 after observing animal behavior, the Chinese were able to predict a terrible quake. Although
hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of people and thus
keep the death toll at a lower rate.
1. What prediction may be made by observing animal behavior ?
A. the number of people who will die.
B. environmental changes.
C. a coming earthquake.
D. the ten-kilometer radius of an earthquake.
2. Why can animals perceive these changes when humans can not ?
A. Animals are more intelligent than humans.
B. Humans don’t know where to look.
C. By running around, they can feel the vibrations.
D. Animals have certain instincts that humans don’t possess.
3. If scientists can accurately predict earthquakes, there will be
A. a lower death rate.
B. fewer animals going crazy.
C. fewer people evacuated.
D. fewer environmental changes.
4. Which of the following statements is not true ?
A. Some animals may be able to sense an approaching earthquake.
B. All birds and dogs in the ten-kilometer radius of an earthquake center become wild before the quake.
C. The Chinese have successfully predict an earthquake and saved many lives.
D. By observing animal behavior scientists perhaps can predict earthquake.
5. In the passage, the word “evacuate” most means
A. save B. exile C. destroy D. remove
F. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. The furniture was too old for us to keep.→ It was ….
2. Nobody has cleaned the streets this week.→ The streets ….
3. While mending the road, they accidentally blocked our water pipes.→ They accidentally cut …

4. He brought the umbrella along but it didn’t rain.→ He needn’t ….
5. While I strongly disapprove of your behavior, I will help you this time.→ Despite …
6. The underground is quick and cheap.→ The underground is ….
7. He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work.→ He objected to ….
8. Neil regrets having sold his car.→ Neil wishes …
9. The child ran out because of the strange noise.→ The strange noise ….
10. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.→ No sooner ……
G. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences. (20 points)
1. Vietnam declared its ________ on September 2
nd
, 1945. (DEPEND)
2. The phone doesn’t work. It’s been _________. (CONNECT)
3. It was a complete _________ due to poor planning. (FAIL)
4. He cycled _________ and had an accident. (CARE)
5. He is thinking of taking early _________ next year. (RETIRE)
6. I am afraid you have _________ me because that is not what I meant. (UNDERSTAND)
7. It is said that the _________ of a Swiss watch is perfect. (PRECISE)
8. Television can make things more ________ because it brings both sounds and pictures. (MEMORY)
9. A famous pianist was _________ for seven years. (PRISON)
10. He’s an expert in technology. We call him a _________. (TECHNIQUE)
H Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
1. A. busy B. thus C. must D. bus
2. A. passion B. pleasure C. decision D. measure
3. A. easy B. ear C. learn D. eat
4. A. student B. Stupid C. Study D. studio
5. A. park B. yard C. card D. carry