PRACTICE TEST 42 FOR GRADE 9, 2022

PART I: LISTENING.
SECTION 1 : Questions 1-5: Complete the form with missing information.
VIDEO LIBRARY APPLICATION FORM
EXAMPLE ANSWER
Surname: Jones
First names: Louise Cynthia
Address: Apartment 1, 72 (1) ...................................... Street Highbridge
Post code: (2) ......................................
Telephone: 9835 6712 (Home) - (3) ...................................... (Office)
Driver's licence number: (4) ......................................
DOB: 25th Month: (5) ...................................... Year: 1977
SECTION 2: Questions 6-10: You will hear an interview with Pamela Green, a young
fashion designer. For questions 6 - 10, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
6. What helped Pamela to decide to become a fashion designer?
A. working as an assistant in a fashion shop
B. doing research into the fashion industry
C. attending a course on fashion design
7. What does Pamela say about having a degree in fashion?
A. It's essential for promotion.
B. It's evidence of your ability.
C. It guarantees you a better income.
8. Pamela says that when starting your own fashion label, it's most important to…
A. enjoy the creative process.
B. contact shops that might sell it.
C. have a business plan.
9. According to Pamela, successful designers need to be able to…
A. predict future fashions.
B. recognise all past styles.
C. get their designs published.
10. What advice does Pamela have for people who want a career in fashion?
A. Be aware of the options available.
B. Don't be afraid of sudden fame.
C. Learn from your own errors.
SECTION 3: Questions 16 - 25: You are going to hear somebody giving their opinion about
media and its influence on society. For questions 16-25, complete the sentences with NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
The three form of media are TV, radio and (16) __________. Politicians use the media
during political (17) ______________ . Entertainers use it to stay in the (18)
_________________. The percentage of people who did not have a particular point of view
about the privacy of celebrities was (19)_____________. The most influential form of media is
(20)_______ . We can be deceived by TV when we are shown carefully selected (21) ________.
Some TV stations turn true events into (22)___________. A newspaper had to pay (23)
_____________ for printing lies about a pop singer. Sometimes a paper can avoid being sued if
it makes a public (24) _______. There are two kinds of newspaper; the “quality” papers and the
(25) ________ .
PART II: LEXICO - GRAMMAR.
SECTION 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. It’s nearly impossible to ____________ up a meeting because people are all free at different
times.
A. arrange B. make C. set D. take
2. It’s quite out of ____________ for Paul to behave so terribly.
A. temperament B. personality C. nature D. character
3. She doesn’t like to keep anything hidden: she always ____________ her mind.
A. talks B. speaks C. tells D. says
4. Despite all the evidence, he wouldn’t admit that he was in the ____________.
A. fault B. error C. wrong D. slip
5. It’s impossible to get ____________ of him! He’s never there!
A. feel B. contact C. hold D. touch
6. He ____________ this city down so much that I don’t know why he doesn’t leave.
A. holds B. pulls C. talks D. runs
7. I’m afraid Mr. Logan isn’t in the office today, but I can ______ you through to his secretary.
A. put B. get C. switch D. run
8. He is held in high ____________ by everyone who works with him.
A. reputation B. respect C. regard D. renown
9. Sheila had butterflies in her ____________ before the interview.
A. face B. heart C. palms D. stomach
10. ____________ he caught his plane; he hasn’t phoned to say anything went wrong.
A. Presumably B. Supposedly C. Assuming D. Granted
11. He was ____________ more and more impatient as the time passed.
A. showing B. developing C. seeming D. growing
12. I thought I had made it ____________ that I didn’t wish to discuss this matter.
A. distinct B. plain C. frank D. straight
13. It really gets me ____________ having to work so much overtime.
A. down B. up C. on D. by
14. It was a bad mistake but it had no ____________ on the outcome of the match.
A. bearing B. relevance C. significance D. repercussion
15. We are looking for self-motivated people who can ____________ the initiative.
A. do B. take C. get D. make
16. We took such a great ____________ to the place that we decided to go and live there.
A. affection B. fondness C. liking D. attraction
17. A Personnel Manager has to be experienced ____________ dealing with people.
A. with B. for C. on D. in
18. She works very hard and finds it difficult to ____________ when she gets home.
A. give in B. switch off C. let out D. wind up
19. I was worried but their reassurances put my mind at ____________.
A. rest B. comfort C. calm D. relief
20. She is highly-skilled ____________ making high-quality furniture.
A. to B. for C. in D. on
SECTION 2: The passage below contains 10 errors. Underline the errors and write their
correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an
example.
A feminine0 is a person, usually a woman, who believes that women 0. feminist
should be regarded as equally to men. She, or he, deplores discrimination 1. ……………….
against women in the home, place of work or anywhere, and her principle 2. ……………….
enemy is the male chauvinist, who believes that men are naturally super. 3. ……………….
 Tired of being referred to as “the weaker sex”, women are becoming more 4. ……………….
and more militancy and are winning the age-old battle of the sexes. They 5. ……………….
are sick to death of sexy jokes which poke fun at women. They are no 6. ……………….
longer content to be regarded as second - class citizens in term of 7. ……………….
economic, political and social status. They criticize beauty contests and 8. ……………….
the use of glamour female models in advertisements which they describe 9. ……………….
as the exploit of female beauty, since women in these situations were 10……………….
represented as mere sex objects. We no longer live in the male – dominate
societies of the past. Let us hope, moreover, that the revolution stops
before we have a boring world in which sex doesn’t make much difference.
We already have unisex hairdressers and fashions. What next?

SECTION 3: Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITAL at the end of each line to
form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (0) has been done as an example.
TV ADVERTISEMENTS
In most parts of the world, the (0) economic basis of the television 0. ECONOMY
industry is the (1)____________ of advertising time. This is so 1. SELL
important and (2) ___________ that it funds all the technical and staff 2. PROFIT
costs involved in the (3)___________ of programmes for a variety of 3. PRODUCE
audiences. There is no (4)_______ from that employed by 4. DIFFER
newspapers and magazines when they sell advertising space on their 5. VIEW
pages, except that (5)___________ have little choice but to watch the 6. INTERRUPT
advertisements, with the added annoyance of (6)___ during their 7. EXCEPT
favourite programmes. One (7) ______________ is the BBC which is 8. COMMERCE
state funded and so does not show (8) ____________ . This avoids 9. EASY
the situation where children watching TV(9)______________ 10. HEALTH
influenced by persuasive advertising for junk food items which their
parents may consider (10) ______________ .

PART III: READING.

SECTION 1: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES
In the late 1930s, a group of primary American scientists seeking dinosaur fossils made
some (1)__________ finds, Although one of their expeditions discovered no bones at all, it
nonetheless proved to be important in terms of the information about dinosaurs it provided.
During that historic expedition, which took place along the banks of the Paluxy river in Texas,
something extraordinary was revealed: a dinosaur track, clearly (2)________in the rock.
These dinosaur footprints (3)________ their preservation to the salts and mud that
covered them and then hardened into rock, before (4) ________ to light 100 million years
later. Tracks like these are (5)__________ to experts. There have been great gaps in scientists'
understanding of dinosaur (6) _________, and so such footprints are useful since they provide
direct evidence of how dinosaurs actually moved. Scientists have been able to use these
footprints, and others like them, to determine how quickly different species walked, and to
conclude that many kinds of dinosaur must have travelled in (7) _________.
(8) _________, the tracks of four-legged dinosaurs seem to (9)________ that in spite of
being reptiles, these creatures must have moved in a very similar way to living mammals,
such as elephants a pattern of movement distinct from that of most contemporary reptiles, such
as crocodiles. This leads to an intriguing question. Might existing mammals have more to teach
us about the (10) _________ reptiles that once walked the earth?
1. A. noteworthy B. noticeable C. notifiable D. notional
2. A. blatant B. substantial C. distinguishable D. ostensible
3. A. owe B. derive C. result D. thank
4. A. coming B. bringing C. appearing D. surfacing
5. A. unique B. invaluable C. costly D. rare
6. A. action B. manners C. behavior D. customs
7. A. sets B. herds C. masses D. bunches
8. A. Accordingly B. Characteristically C. interestingly D. Alternatively
9. A. point B. specify C. express D. indicate
10. A. abolished B. departed C. extinct D. extinguished

SECTION 2: Supply each blank with ONE suitable word.

ENJOY BENEFITS OF STRESS!
Are you looking forward to another busy week? You should be according to some experts.
They argue that the stress encountered in our daily lives is not only good for us, but essential to
survival. They say that the response to (1) _________, which creates a chemical called adrenal in,
helps the mind and body to act quickly (2) ___________ emergencies. Animals and human beings
use it to meet the hostile conditions which exist on the planet.
Whilst nobody denies the pressures of everyday life, what is surprising is that we are yet to
develop successful ways of dealing with them. (3) ________ the experts consider the current
strategies to be inadequate and often dangerous. They believe that (4) ________ of trying to
manage our response to stress with drugs or relaxation techniques, we must exploit it. Apparently,
research shows that people (5) ________ create conditions of stress for (6) _______ by doing
exciting and risky sports or looking for challenges, cope much better with life's problems. Activities
of this type have been shown to create a lot of emotion; people may actually cry or feel extremely
uncomfortable. But there is a point (7) _______ which they realise they have succeeded and know
that it was a positive experience. This is because we learn through challenge and difficulty. That's
(8) ________we get our wisdom. Few of us, unfortunately, understand this fact. For example, many
people believe they (9) _______ from stress at work, and take time off as a result. Yet it has been
found in some companies that by far (10) ________ healthiest people are those with the most
responsibility. So next time you're in a stressful situation, just remember that it will be a positive
learning experience and could also benefit your health!

SECTION 3: Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
THEORIES OF LIFE ON MARS
In the mid-1700s, astronomers observed polar ice caps on Mars. William Herschel saw that
the ice caps changed in size with the seasons. The presence of water and seasons, features
present on Earth, prompted speculation that life might exist on Mars.
Improved telescopes in the nineteenth century further fueled these speculations. They
allowed Mars’s surface features to be identified. In 1877, an Italian astronomer, Giovanni
Schiapareli, used a 22-centimeter telescope to draw the first map of Mars. His map depicted long
lines that he called canali, the Italian word for channels. But his term was mistakenly translated
into English as canals. Because channels are usually natural and canals are manmade, the
mistake gave birth to imaginative theories of life on Mars over the next 100 years.
The leading proponent of the view that the canals were built by intelligent beings was an
American astronomer, Percival Lowell. At the Lowell Observatory in the high altitude and clear air
of Flagstaff, Arizona, Lowell studied Mars extensively and made detailed drawings of its surface
features. He published books about his Mars studies, including Mars and Its Canals in 1906 and
Mars As the Abode of Life in 1908. Lowell proposed that the canals had been constructed by a
long-extinct civilization as an elaborate irrigation system. The canals conveyed water from the
polar regions to the dry population centers of the planet. Lowell’s ideas were embraced by popular
culture. The British novelist H.G. Wells wrote the most famous novel describing life on Mars, War
of the Worlds. He imagined that Martians invaded Earth in order to flee the death of their own
planet.
Bigger and better telescope lenses in the twentieth century failed to confirm that the
features Lowell observed really were canals. In fact, they ultimately were shown to be optical
illusions.
Life on Mars was dealt a further blow beginning in 1965. The United States launched the
Mariner spacecrafts to fly close to the surface to take photographs and test the atmosphere. Those
probes showed that Mars has a thin atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide and that the polar
ice caps are frozen dioxide, not water. The photos revealed that Mars had no rivers, oceans, or
any other visible signs of life. Scientists concluded that Mars’ thin atmosphere and lack of a
magnetic field made it vulnerable to harmful cosmic radiation. Biological and soil experiments were
conducted by the Viking project in 1976. To the scientists’ surprise, the test showed that Mars’s
surface has no organic matter at all. Thus the present view is that Mars is a dead planet, though
there may have been life early in its history that later became extinct.
Beginning in 1996, the United States launched a highly successful series of landings on
Mars. While they have not found life, they have expanded our knowledge of Martian geology and
chemistry. A robotic exploration vehicle in 2001 sent back to Earth spectacular images of Mars’s
terrain. Other missions have detected hydrogen and methane. In 2004, Martian vehicles provided
conclusive evidence that water existed in the distant past. Additional American missions have been
planned through 2009. The European Space Agency wants to land humans on Mars by 2035. And
in 2004, the American President declared a national goal of sending astronauts to land on and
explore Mars.
1. The word they in the paragraph 2 refers to …..
A. ice caps B. water and reasons C. improved telescopes D. speculations
2. According to paragraph 2, the first map of Mars showed which of the following surface feature?
A. mountains B. craters C. deserts D. canals
3. What does the author imply about water on Mars?
A. It never existed because Mars has no oxygen.
B. It disappeared because of Mars’ thin atmosphere and cosmic radiation.
C. It was carried by manmade canals.
D. It was used to irrigate the deserts.
4. The word conveyed in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ………
A. evaporated B. collected C. transported D. condensed
5. Why does the author mention H.G. Wells’s novel, War of the Worlds?
A. To show that another astronomer agreed with Lowell
B. To give an example of how Lowell’s view was adopted by popular culture
C. To identify a famous novel of the early 1900s
D. to prove that there were canals on Mars
6. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about Mars?
A. It has methane. B. It had water at one time.
C. It has a thick atmosphere. D. Its surface has no organic matter.
7. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5 about Earth?
A. Its atmosphere is made mostly of carbon dioxide and water.
B. Its atmosphere is thinner than Mars’s.
C. Its oceans were once frozen carbon dioxide.
D. Its magnetic field protects life forms from cosmic radiation.
8 – 9 – 10. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is
provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that
express the most important ideas in the passage.
This passage discusses the history of theories of life on Mars.
Answer Choices:
A. H.G. Wells wrote War of the Worlds.
B. The Italian word for channels is canali.
C. Observations of polar ice caps and canals suggested that life existed.
D. Recent space probes have proved that life is lacking.
E. Improved telescopes showed that there are no canals.
F. The Viking project conducted soil surveys on Mars.

SECTION IV: WRITING.

Rewrite the following sentences, keeping their meaning unchanged, beginning with the words
given.
1. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
No sooner …………………………………………………………………………….
2. It was only when I left home that I realized how much my father meant to me.
Not until ……………………………………………………………………………….
3. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
I object …………………………………………………………………………………
4. My shoes need to be cleaned before the interview.
I must ………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Our present financial problems will soon be a thing in the past.
We …………………………………………………………………………………….

SECTION 2 : Complete the following sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning
to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the words given.
1. On business trips, I prefer driving home to staying in a hotel overnight. rather
On business trips, I’d _______________________________ in a hotel overnight.
2. Jack found it difficult to control his skis on the steep slope. under
Jack found it difficult to________________________________ on the steep slope.
3. My views on this subject are exactly the same as yours. difference
There _________________________________ my views on this subject and yours.
4. In my opinion, these two kinds of music are completely different from each other. comparison
In my opinion, there is _____________________________these two kinds of music.
5. I arrived late because I missed the 10.30 train turned
If I’d caught the 10.30 train, I _______________________________________time.