English Test 9.
I. Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers ( from 1 to 10).
Answers
1. There are many _______ on TV where a team of people have to answer questions. 1
a. riddles b. inquiries c. puzzles d. quizzes 2
2. Finding the money is just one of the problems ________ in buying a house. 3
a. gathered b. united c. mixed d. involved 4
3. _________ I say, please treat it in confidence. 5
a. That b. That which c. Whatever d. Which 6
4. He ________ walking for several hours and was very tired. 7
a. is b. has been c. was d. had been 8
5. “ Do all the farmers grow rice?” “ ________________” 9
a. Some farmers grow rice, and other farmers grow vegetables. 10
b. Some farmers grow rice, and other of farmers grow vegetables.
c. Some farmers grow rice, and others grow vegetables.
d. Some of farmers grow rice, and others of farmers grow vegetables
6. Mr Nam is the most __________ speaker _________ .
a. boring I have ever known b. bored I have ever known
c. boring I had ever known d. bored I had ever known
7. “ How are the pictures?” “ A number of the pictures ________ excellence”
a. is b. are c. do d. does
8. “ ________ is it from your house to the museum?” “ Ten kilometers”
a. How long b. How far c. How often d. How
9. David feels _______ again after his illness but he cannot work _________.
a. strong hard b. strong hardly c. strongly hard d. strongly hardly
10. They worked hard ________ they might be well – prepared for the examination.
a. because b. since c. then d. so that

II. Choose the underlined word with different sound and then write it in the column Answers ( from 11 to 15)
Answers
11. a. thin b. than c. they d. there 11

a greater or lesser expanse of well – kept grass. Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of lucky people
who have escaped for a while (35) ______ the noise and bustle of the town.
V. Read the passage carefully and write the answers ( from 36 to 40).
Cats seem to be able to sense earthquakes. Josie, who lives in California, warned her family of a tremor in
1971. She woke her owner, Mr and Mrs. Miller at 5.50 am by jumping onto the bed and running around. When
the Millers followed her out of the house, Josie ran off. The earthquake was only a small one, but the cat raised
the alarm every time there was a tremor after that. In 1949 a bill to stop cats from going out at night was passed
by Adlai Stevenson, Governer of Illinois. The bill required cat owners to keep their pets indoors at night. Any
cat found out on the streets was to be locked up by police if they could catch it first.
36. What did Josie do for its owner in 1971?
37. What did she do after the 1971 tremor?
38. What is the passage primarily concerned?
39. When was a bill to stop cats from going out at night passed?
40. What was the cat found out on the streets to be done ?
VI. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given without changing their meaning ( from 41 to 50 ).
41. I’d rather you didn’t wear jeans to the office.
I’d prefer
42. They didn’t accept any of the applicants for the job.
None
43. It looks as if he’s running away from your fierce dog.
He appears
44. He rapidly became so successful that his friend turned against him.
He made
45. But for your help I should have failed.
If
46. In spite of all my careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
Although
47. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.
It had been
48. The holiday in Dien Bien was wonderful. She spent only a short time there