Final TEST (Class 9)

1. Read the following article about the school lottery. Use the words in brackets to form one word for each
gap. (16)

In some big cities in Britain, identical houses in similar areas are sold for very _______________
(difference) prices. Why is this? Each school in Britain has a list of streets it takes its students from. It can
only take students from another area if there are not enough local students to take up all the places.
Understandably, parents will _________________ (happy) pay more for a house in a street where their
children could attend a better school.
What about those who cant afford to pay more for their house? At the moment, if they dont have the
______________ (able) to pay, their children will have to go to a worse school which probably has more
problem students and ____________________ (low) exam results.
Some people believe that this is ______________________ (fair). They say that the children of poor
parents who want a good ______________________ (educate) should have the same chance as the children
of richer parents. They suggest introducing lottery schemes to decide which school a child will attend. The
idea is that the better students will help the others and the teachers will be able to control them more
__________________ (easy).
Obviously not everyone likes the idea. The parents who are upset are generally richer and more
___________________ (power) than others, and they have a good chance of keeping things as they are. The
ideal solution, of course, would be to make all schools better.
2. Read the story below. For gaps 1-8 choose and circle the correct answers A-D (10)

Mr. Stetson was the richest man (1) _______ town. He had made his money (2) _________ the oil business
and (3) _________ he was living on his own, he never gave money to charity. This is probably why
everybody hated him.
One day he decided (4) __________ a new house built in the most fashionable part of town with a fireplace
in his large living room. When the mason had finished working on the fireplace, he asked Mr. Stetson (5)
___________ the money he was owned. Im afraid I cant pay you today. You see, I dont have the exact
money, Mr. Stetson said. No problem, but please dont use the fireplace (6) ________ youve paid me,
went the answer.
The client agreed unwillingly.
Four hours later the wealthy man phoned the workman, shouting, My house is (7) __________ smoke!
Itold you not to use the fireplace yet, the mason replied. A little later he arrived (8) ________ Mr.
Steatsons house and received his money. He immediately took a ladder, went up to the roof and took out (9)
___________ heviest hammer. He simply (10) __________ it drop into the chimney breaking the pane of
glass he had built into it.
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3. Read the fillowing articles about a famous old shop. Some words are missing from the text. Complete the
gaps 1-9 with one word. (14)

The End of an Era

In January 2009, shoppers (1) ____________ Britain lost an old friend. Woolworths, a shop found in almost
every town in (2) __________ country, closed its doors for the last time, almost exactly one hundred years
after they (3) __________ started up in Liverpool. The shop sold everything from sweets and toys to clothes,
DVDs and things for the house. Perhaps this was the problem. Everything they sold could (4) _____ bought
more cheaply in supermarkets or online and, because they sold so (5) ______________ different things, they
didnt offer much choice of any (6) ____________ them.
The end of Woolworths wasnt a huge surprise in the end. One of their biggest selling items (7) _________
music CDs but as more people bought music online, sales fell. The store was also hit (8) ________ the
growth of out of town shopping centres. Woolworths shops (9) ____________ built in the high streets of
towns but fewer and (10) ____________ people were doing their shopping there. In the first six months of
2008, the shop lost almost 100 million and (11) __________ was obvious that they couldnt survive.
The decision (12) _______ close was made in November 2008 at the shops started selling everything at
bargain prices. On December 5th, they had the (13) _____________ successful day in their history, taking
27 million but it was (14) _________ late to save them. The first 207 shops closed on December 27th and
the last shops stopped selling on January 6th 2009.
4. Rewrite the story using the correct form of the verb. (16)

Everybody in Hastings knows Rita Smallburn. Outside her home a sparkling Renault Clio
(1)______________________ (park). Mrs Smallburn won it last year. It is the fifth car she
(2)________________________ (win). There is a video, television, compact disc system, glasses,
silverware and an enormous bottle of champagne inside her sitting room: all prizes.
In fact, there (3)_________________ (be) virtually nothing in Mrs Smallburns house apart from her dog,
which she (4)__________________________ (not win). She did not actually win the house she and her
family (5) ______________________ (live) in, beut seven years ago she (6) ________________ (win)
another one worth 50,000 which she (7) ___________________________________ (sell) two years later
for 100,000. For the last sixteen years she (8) _____________________________ (be) the Queen of
Competitions. Locally she (9) _______________________________ (know) as Mrs Win-a-lot.
Since she gave up her job as a geography teacher sixteen years ago, Mrs Smallburn
(10)____________________________ (become) much more skilled at winning competitions. She
(11)_________________________ (enter) about twelve competitions a month now, down from a peak of
about fifty when she (12)_____________________________ (be) younger.
Mrs Smallburn (13)_______________________________ (say) that the main disadvantage is the lack of
freedom (14)______________________________ (buy) what you want. For example, her dog
(15)__________________________________ (not allow) to have his favourite brand of pet food. He

(16)____________________________________ (have) a years supply of another brand Mrs Smallburn

won.