PRACTICE TEST 45 FOR GRADE 9, 2022

A. LISTENING
Part 1. Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for
each answer.
Hotel Reservation
Four-bed room available in (1) ______________
Room price:
 in high season: (2) €______________
 cheaper if you booked (3) ______________
Meal included in price: (4) ______________
Must bring your own (5) ______________
Hotel facilities:
 a lounge with a variety of books
 games room
 Internet
Activities available:
 collect shells
 hire bicycles
Part 2: You will hear a television news report about stress. For questions 6-105, decide whether
the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
6. Canadians have less stress than Americans.
7. The most common sources of stress are jobs and money.
8. Only the richest members of society experience stress.
9. Mexico had the lowest rate of stress in the survey.
10. France is a stress-free country to live in.
Part 3: You will hear a man called Neil Brown giving a talk about cycling. Complete the sentences
by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The Cycle Campaign Network promotes cycling as a (16) _____, a sport, and a means of transport.
Cycling helps reduce pollution caused by (17) ______________ from cars and also traffic noise.
Local authorities are starting to emphasize (18) __________ by developing special cycle routes.
Cycling is now being taught at a number of (19) ______________________.
However, if the project is to develop, (20) ______________________ will be needed.
A regimen of regular cycling can prevent (21) ______________________ disease and strokes.
It also makes your body better able to recover from (22) ______________________.
Neil suggests that an individual’s (23) __________________ may be enhanced by cycling to work.
The majority of organized cycling events are (24) _____________ to anyone wishing to take part.
Some organizations participate in Bike Week to promote cycling and (25) ___________ for charity.

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B. LEXICO- GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences
1. My older brother is extremely fond of astronomy, he seems to _____ a lot of pressure from observing
the stars.
A.derive B. possess C. seize D. reach
2. Hardly a single old building ________ standing after the council remodeled the town.
A. remained B. stayed C. kept D. continued
3. I had absolutely no ________ of the conversation you refer to.
A. reminiscence B. reminder C. recollection D. recall
4. She’s more interested in job ________ than in making a lot of money.
A. contentment B. satisfaction C. enjoyment D. pleasure
5. It is physically impossible for any human being to ________ such extreme cold for long.
A. persist B. withhold C. endure D. last
6. It is his versatility that ________ him apart from other actors of his generation.
A. puts B. makes C. sends D. sets
7. Marketing this new product will be expensive, but ___ it will be worth the money we spend on it.
A. at long last B. in the long run C. in the event D. down the years
8. The city centre was quite a ______ away from my house. It takes me nearly an hour to drive there.
A. distance B. space C. length D. journey
9: The equator is an ______ line that divides the earth into two.
A. imagination B. imaginative C. imaginary D. imaginable
10: When ______ about their preferences for movies, many young people say that they are in favour
of science fiction.
A. having asked B. asking C. asked D. are asked
11: I don’t like ______ of these two restaurants. I prefer another one.
A. neither B. either C. any D. one
12: If the world’s tropical forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many animal species ___
extinct.
A. became B. will become C. would become D. would have become
13: Tom went to the dentist to have his decayed tooth ______ as he couldn’t stand the toothache.
A. relieved B. ruined C. destroyed D. extracted
14: All flights ______ because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train.
A. having been cancelled B. had been cancelled
C. were cancelled D. having cancelled
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s)
15: Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it.
A. survived B. departed C. lost their lives D. declined
16: Many women prefer to use cosmetics to enhance their beauty and make them look younger.
A. improve B. maximize C. enrich D. worsen
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
17: My dad got into trouble sometimes because he didn’t suffer fools gladly. He would be very direct
with people if he didn’t agree with them and that would sometimes cause offense.
A. felt bad around foolish people B. acted like idiots don’t exist
C. was harsh to people who seem idiotic D. was understanding towards the less clever
18: Readers are required to abide by the rules of the library and mind their manners.
A. review B. memorize C. obey D. compose

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each exchange
19: Two friends Diana and Anna are talking about one of their classmates.
- Diana: “Joana is so hard-working; she maintains good scores all the time.”
- Anna: “______”
A. Sorry, but I didn’t mean to hurt you. B. She’s acing all the tests!
C. Yes, she looks so lovely. D. Thank you for that.
20: - Salesgirl: “Can I help you? We’ve some new shirts here.”
- Customer: “OK, thanks. ______”
A. We are just looking. B. Mind your own business.
C. We will order later. D. Take care of yourself.
Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes
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1 Although air-conditioning has led to economical improvement and has increased daily
2 comfort with people everywhere, its impact on the environment has not been so positively.
3 First, air-conditioning units release polluting chemicals onto the air, that contribute to global
warming. Furthermore, running air-conditioning on a large scale requires enormous amount
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of energy. The burning of coal and oil to produce this energy also contributes to air pollution
5 and thus, to global warming. According to experts, global warming could result from dramatic
6 changes in climate, rising ocean levels, and more violence storms in the years to come.
7 In some countries, governments and industry are beginning to search for ways to reduce the
8 harm caused by air-conditioning. In Japan, summer temperatures have been risen in office
9 buildings to conserve energy. In the United States, government, industry, and private groups
are searching for ways to reduce the amount of dangerous chemicals released by air
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conditioners, especially those in cars and trucks. Stay cool is important, and many cannot
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imagine life without air-conditioning. But in the future, we will have to finding new
12 technologies to make sure that air-conditioning does not create more problems than it solves.

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2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
Part 3: Give the correct form of each bracketed word in the following passage.
EXIT INTERVIEWS
If you are thinking of leaving your job, you may think that handing in your letter of resignation is
the end of the matter. But an increasing number of companies now conduct 'exit interviews' with staff
in an attempt to improve staff retention and communication.
For the employee, an exit interview may feel like an ideal opportunity to rant and rave about
every little 1 ………….. (ANNOY) that has troubled them since they got the job. But, 2 …………..
(BEAR) in mind that you will probably still need a 3 ………….. (REFER) from these people, it is best to
avoid getting angry or 4 ………….. (EMOTION) , and just answer the questions as calmly and with as
much 5 ………….. (HONEST) as possible.
For employers, the exit interview is a rare opportunity to gather some valuable information
about the way staff perceive the internal 6 …………..(WORK) of the company. 7 …………….(EXIST)

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employees may not wish to cause 8 (OFFEND) ………….. to the boss or damage their chances of
promotion, so are unlikely to 9 (CLOSE) ………….. their real feelings about the company. However,
someone who has already resigned is more likely to be 10 (TRUE)………………… when giving their
opinions.

C. READING
Part 1: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word
in each space.
While most people (1)_________ to have a toned healthy body, not everyone enjoys
(2)_________ out at the gym. In fact, many of us would sooner avoid any kind of vigorous exercise
altogether, and may not even feel it is necessary. Over the years, various health experts have assured
us that keeping fit simply requires a total of 30 minutes of moderate activity most days of the week.
Many people believe that a walk to the shops or some light housework constitutes moderate activity,
but it turns (3)_________ this may not be the case.
According to the British Association of Sport and Exercise, it is high (4)_________ more specific
advice was given about what actually constitutes moderate activity. Housework, it seems, does not fall
into this category. Annyone who devotes a great deal of time everyday to dusting and vacuuming no
doubt wishes that it did, but reseach has shown that women who spend over eight hours a day
(5)_________ housework actually tend to be slightly more overweight than (6)_________who do none
whatsoever. The association, therefore, would prefer it if the public were instructed as to exactly what
(7)_________ of physical activity to aim for.
But setting such guidelines is not easy (8)_________ individual fitness levels and exercise
requirements vary. For instance, while walking at a fast pace (9)_________ generally beneficial for
women, it may not be physically challenging enough for men. For this reason, the association would
rather this section of the population took up jogging (10)_________ relied on walking as a form of
exercise.
Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each of the following
questions.
Forgetful brains
Humans have always had trouble remembering certain details. One person has the unique
experience of recalling in almost exact detail a memory from his childhood, but he cannot remember
what he ate for lunch yesterday. Another cannot recall names of people she met five minutes ago, but
she remembers the names of people she met from an hour before. Psychologists have searched for
answers to the memory phenomenon to better understand how the brain functions and what triggers
memory or causes forgetfulness. After extensive research over the past century, they have come up
with basic theories to help explain memory loss.
There are times when an individual loses all recollection of an event. This is referred to as the
decay theory, which states that if memories are not recalled from time to time, they fade and then
gradually drop from a person’s memory. Decay is proven to occur with sensory memories, or short-term
memories, if they are not recalled or rehearsed. Decay of long term memory is harder to explain
because these memories last through the passage of time. However, the age of the memory does not
enable psychologists to predict which memories will disappear and which will remain. In fact, some
knowledge can be accessed many years after it is first learned. Research on students who took Spanish
courses in high school even though they had hardly used the language. While some memories tend to
decay, others remain burned into the recesses of the brain, causing psychologists to further ponder
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 Another explanation made by researchers concerning memory loss is known as interference.
Under this theory, an individual forgets a memory when similar information enters the mind and
interferes with the original memory in either the storage or retrieval area of the brain. The information
is somewhere in the person’s memory, but it gets confused with other details. This occurs in both short-
term and long term memory and is most common when a person tries to recall isolated facts. For
instance, a woman goes to a party and meets a man named Joe at the front door. Half an hour later,
she is introduced to Jason. When she sees Joe again, she accidentally calls him Jason. This is
retroactive interference. The newest information input replaces the old information, causing the woman
to mistakenly call the first man by the wrong name. Additionally, people may suffer from proactive
interference. A new student meets his first professor, Dr. Mack, in frequently calls both teachers Dr.
Mack, since that is the first name he had learned. Remembering the first set of information and not
remembering the next is proactive interference. The old information interfered with the student’s ability
to recall the newer information.
When a person needs to remember something, he frequently relies on cues, or reminders, to
help him retrieve a specific memory. When he lacks the cues to recall the memory, the person suffers
from cue-dependent forgetting. This may be the most common type of forgetfulness. Psychologist
Willem Wagenaar did a year-long study during which he recorded events from his life daily. After a
year’s time, he could not remember twenty percent of the critical details, and after five years, he had
forgotten sixty percent. However, he complied cues from ten witnesses to recall pieces of information
about all ten. Thus, when he had cues to help him to retrieve his memories, he could remember his
experiences, illustrating that he was somewhat cue-dependent. Cognitive psychologists believe that
these specific cues help direct a person to the area of the brain where the memory is stored or they
match up with information linked to the actual memory the person is seeking.
Whether forgetfulness is from years of decay, replacement of old memories, or lack of cues,
researchers continue working to locate the source of people’s forgetfulness. The answers are becoming
clearer with each additional study. As brain research advances, psychologists are sure to connect many
different factors that link people back to their memories.
1.The word triggers in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A.closes B. cues C. reviews D. erases
2. According to paragraph 2, decay of short-term memories can be avoided by
A. remembering associations B. removing immediate distractions
C. recollecting information often D. taking time to acquire input
3. What can be inferred about the decay theory from paragraph 2?
A. Memories from big events always remain in the mind.
B. Memory decay arises from specific circumstances.
C. Recalling old memories prevent their decay.
D. Most people suffer from some degree of memory decay.
4. The word ponder in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to?
A. consider B. explain C. forget D. understand
5. All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 3 as interference EXCEPT
A. Confusing newly learned facts with other details
B. Confusing old memories with current situations
C. Remembering the first information but forgetting the second set
D. Recalling the last information acquired but losing the first
6. In paragraph 3, the author discusses remembering and forgetting names in order to__
A. demonstrate memory interference B. refute proactive and retroactive interference
C. advocate acquiring new memories D. reveal the workings of forgetfulness

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7. The word it in paragraph 3 refers to___
A. retrieval area B. information C. storage area D. memory
8. The word isolated in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. complex B. angry C. remote D. ignored
9. According to paragraph 4, cue-dependent forgetting is defined as?
A. not being able to remember details or events when clues are present
B. not being able to remember details or events unless clues are present
C. not being able to forget clues about details or events
D. not being able to remember details or events without assistance from other people
10. Which of the following does not relate to the type of forgetting known as interference?
A. is characterized by either proactive or retroactive memories
B. occurs when trying to locate specific, isolated events
C. can be aided by reminders of past experiences
D. happens in the storage or retrieval area of the mind
D. WRITING
1.It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year
Sad _______________________________________________________________________
2. He delayed writing the book until he had a lot of research.
Only _________________________________________________________________________
3. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it.
On ___________________________________________________________________________
4.She has become a famous artist. (NAME)
She has___________________________________________________ an artist.
5. Looking back, I really believe I did everything I could to help them. (HINDSIGHT)
I can honestly say,_________________________________________ more to help them.
6. Shelia often suffers from really bad headaches. (PRONE)
Shelia ______________________________________________ really bad headaches.
7. Don’t tell the boss anything about this. (BREATHE)
Don’t ___________________________________________________ the boss.
8. The rent takes a large bite out of my salary every month. (EATS)
Paying the rent really__________________________________________ every month.

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