ENGLISH TEST 2 – GRADE 9

PART A. LISTENING. (Each recording will be played TWICE)

Section 1.
Questions 1-4: Listen and select the correct answer from the choices given. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
1. Where is Mr. Garcia living?
A. Private accommodation B. With friends
C. Self-catering university accommodation D. Catered university accommodation
2. Why doesn’t he like his accommodation?
A. The food is not good. B. The meals are at inconvenient times.
C. He doesn’t like his cohabitants. D. It’s on the university campus.
3. Where are Mr. Garcia and his friends from?
A. Costa Rica, Spain, Bolivia B. Ecuador, Spain, Mexico
C. Mexico, Columbia, Spain D. Spain, Brazil, Argentina
4. What kind of place are they hoping to find?
A. A house with a garden next to the university
B. A flat or a house next to the university
C. A house not too near to the university
D. A flat or a house not too near to the university
Questions 5-7: Listen and complete the details below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS.
Name: Manuel Garcia
Current address: (5) ___________________
Telephone number: 0453672348
Email address: (6) ___________________
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Smoker? No
Budgeted monthly rent: (7) ___________________
Questions 8-10: Listen and select the correct answer from the choices given. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
8. Why can Mr. Garcia expect a small reduction in rent?
A. The salesman like him. B. There is no contract.
C. July is a good month to move in. D. He and his friends will stay all year.
9. How much is the accommodation agency’s fee for Mr. Garcia?
A. ½ month’s rent B. 1 month’s rent C. 1 ½ month’s rent D. There’s no fee
10. Which items does Mr. Garcia consider necessary?
A. Kitchen utensils, washing machine, Internet connection
B. Washing machine, Internet connection, TV
C. DVD player, TV, Internet connection
D. Shower, TV, washing machine
Section 2.
Questions 11-14: Listen and complete the sentences below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER.
11. “Canadian Clean Air Day” will be held on __________.
12. Air pollution may be responsible for __________ deaths every year in Canada.
13. The sector most responsible for smog- producing pollutants is __________.
14. Scientists now know that even __________ of pollutants can be harmful.

Questions 15-20: Listen and complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Reducing Air Pollution
Individual action
 Respond to the (15) __________ Challenge.
 Walk, cycle or car- pool to work.
 Use public transit.
 (16) _____________________.
 (17) _____________________ your domestic equipment.
Government action
 Emission reduction in the (18) _____________________ region of US and Canada.
 Move towards (19) _____________________ (e.g. less Sulphur in gasoline & diesel).
 Reduction of pollutants from (20) _____________________ and power plants.
PART C. LEXICO - GRAMMAR.
Section 1. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
1. It's surprising how few people can_________ between margarine and butter.
A. diagnose B. distinguish C. separate D. estimate
2. The scheme sounds excellent in theory, but it's totally_________ in a country like this.
A. inaccessible B. impracticable C. insoluble D. impassable
3. This evidence should prove ________ that he was telling the truth.
A. once and for all B. now and then
C. over and above D. from time to time
4. In China’s largest psychiatric facility, there is a serious lack of resources but the staff try hard to _________ this in their treatment of the
patients.
A. make up for B. go in for C. put up with D. set in for
5. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, the weather is the one_________ the most.
A. that influences farmers B. farmers that is influences
C. why farmers influence it D. it influences farmers
6. It is necessary that he _________ of his old parents.
A. takes care B. to take care C. take care D. took care
7. Mrs. Smith: “There's someone at the door.” - Mary: “_________ it.”
A. I answer B. I'm answering C. I answered D. I'll answer
8. Alex: “John has found a new girlfriend.” - Jan: “________”
A. So has he B. Oh, so he has C. Well, so does he D. He has so
9. It is still a good idea to know how to type. _________ many technological advances in typewriters and word processors, a skilled operator
remains indispensable.
A. In spite of B. Because of C. In case of D. In addition to
10. They ________ the play last night as they went to a football match instead.
A. couldn’t see B. might have seen
C. mustn’t have seen D. can’t have seen
Section 2. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
FLAMENCO DANCE
The essence of flamenco is song, often accompanied by the guitar and improvised dance. Music and dance can be placed into specific
groups. These categories are usually located across a continuum with subjects dealing with the profound to those that are light-hearted.
___________ (1. TYPE), the themes of death, anguish and despair, in contrast to love, gaiety and the countryside are __________ (2. DRAMA).
In flamenco dance, the men’s steps are intricate, with toe and heel clicking. Footwork in women’s dancing is of less importance, with the
___________ (3. GRACE) use of hands and body taking ___________ (4. PRECEDE). In the dance, the arm, hand and foot movements closely
resemble those of classical Hindu dance. Essential to traditional flamenco is the performer’s interpretation of the dance ____________ (5.
HINDER) by the emotion of the music. Performances are often accompanied by rapid hand clapping, finger snapping and ___________ (6.
ENCOURAGE) shouts. The dancers themselves frequently employ finger snapping in complex rhythms including the use of castanets. This
dance form was __________ (7. PROFESSION) in the 19th century, when Romany people first began to perform in cafes. In this environment,
_________ (8. DEPART) from the traditional form occurred. Unfortunately, the pressures of the ___________ (9. COMMERCE) stage meant
that rehearsed routines replaced the __________ (10. SPONTANEOUS) of the original flamenco performances.

Section 3. The following passage contains 5 errors. Identify and correct them.
The big majority in students who make well in the Cambridge Proficiency Examination have learnt to use a good monolingual dictionary
effectively. Such dictionaries provide information, not just about the meanings of words but about their pronunciation and grammar as well. A
student who studies how to use a dictionary effectively will be possible to work independently for much of the time, and will gain considerable
insight into the workings of the English language. He or she will be able to confirm the meanings of the words in a text which contextual clues are
insufficient, pronounce words accurately by studying the phonetic transcriptions, and use words accurately both when speaking or writing. Make
sure you make room for at least one good monolingual dictionary on your bookshelf- and then make sure you use it on a regular basis!
PART D. READING.
Section 1. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer by writing the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
DIET AND EXERCISE
Many people seem to believe that there is a magic diet formula that will guarantee weight loss. [1] This is a fallacy. Most fad diet, if
followed conscientiously, will result in weight loss due to the reduction in calories. [2] However, they are nearly always too monotonous and
sometimes too unhealthy to be followed in the long term. [3] Worse, fad dieters who don't become physically active and learn to eat sensibly will
eventually regain the weight they lost, and often even more. [4]
Some of the most popular fad diet in recent years have been low-carbohydrate programs, which work by making the body produce
ketons. Ketons are normal and efficient source of energy for the human body. When the intake of carbohydrate is severely restricted, body fats are
broken down into fatty acids that can be used as fuel. The fatty acids may be incompletely metabolised, yielding ketons. When your body is
producing ketons, and using them as fuel, this is called ketosis. Most diets based on ketosis do not limit the consumption of protein, fat, or total
calories. As a result, their fat content tends to be very high. Promoters claim that ketosis will lead to increased metabolism of unwanted fat, even if
the calories are not reduced. This is not entirely true; calorie reduction is likely to occur because of the diet's lack of appealing foods. This is not
conductive to forming sensible eating habits.
The major widely used low-carbohydrate diet is the one advocated by the late Robert Atkins M.D, of New York City. Under the Atkins
program, the dieter is permitted to eat unlimited amounts of non-carbohydrate foods "when hungry". The American Medical Association and many
individual experts have warned that the unlimited intake of saturated fat under Atkins food plan can increase the dieter's risk of heart disease. In
2000, researchers at the University of Kentucky did a computer analysis of a week's worth of sample menus and reported several alarming
findings: the diet contained 59% fat; it provided fewer servings of grains, vegetables, and fruits than recommended by most nutritionists, and while
it can produce short-term weight loss, long-term use is likely to increase the risk of both cardiovascular disease and cancer. The weight loss
usually doesn't last, either. As ketosis begins, weight will be shed quickly, giving the misleading impression that significant fat reduction is
taking place. In fact, most of the weight loss is water rather than fat; the lost water is regained quickly when a normal diet is resumed. Appetite,
which is often reduced during ketosis, also returns.
Atkins advocated his diet for more than 30 years and claimed that more than 60,000 patients treated at his centre had used his diet as their
primary protocol for losing weight. Yet he never published any study in which people who used this program were monitored over a period of
several years. Besides the dubiousness of its effects in the long term, the Atkins diet shares another shortcoming of all fad diets: inflexibility.
People are different, with different health problems and genetic characteristics, and no single diet is right for everyone.
An additional downside to the recent craze for low-carbohydrate diets is that it has encouraged food companies to market low-
carbohydrate foods for people who want to "watch their carbs". Most of these foods are much higher in fat than the foods they are designed to
replace. "Low carb" advertising is encouraging both dieters and non-dieters to eat high-fat foods, which is exactly the opposite of medical and
nutrition authorities have been arguing for decades. Following a low-carbohydrate diet under medical supervision may make sense for some
people, but a population-wide increase in fat consumption would be a public health disaster.
(Source: tracnghiemtienganhthpt.vn/onthi/success/13118.html)
1. What is the topic of the passage?
A. How to succeed with the Atkins Diet
B. Weight loss through carbohydrate reduction
C. Problems with fad diets
D. The dangers of a high-fat diet.
2. Which is the best place for the following sentence?
"In order to lose weight you must eat less, or exercise more, or do both"
 A. [1] B. [2] C. [3] D. [4]
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author thinks fad diets in general ______.
A. are always bad for you because they contain too much fat.
B. can be unhealthy in the long term and have too little variety.
C. are effective and safe if used under a doctor's supervision .
D. usually result in long-term weight loss.
4. Which of the following is an effect of ketosis?
A. Long-term weight loss B. Loss of water from the body
C. Increase in appetite D. Greater energy
5. The word “their” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. diets B. ketons C. calories D. ketosis
6. The word “conscientiously” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ______.
A. consciously B. scientifically C. correctly D. severely
7. The phrase “is not conductive to” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. does not prevent B. makes easier
C. is not consistent with D. does not encourage
8. It can be inferred that the author's biggest objection to the Atkins diet is that ______.
A. it has led to "low-carb" advertising B. (s)he believes it causes cancer
C. it leads to higher fat consumption D. it has not been thoroughly studied
9. The word “it” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. downside B. craze C. diet D. food
10. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in the passage?
A. Ketosis causes weight loss at first, leading people to wrongly believe that they are losing fat.
B. Ketosis causes the rapid loss of fat at first, which leads to a false belief that the loss will be permanent.
C. The process of ketosis quickly misleads people into thinking that they are losing weight.
D. Ketosis causes rapid weight loss, but only in the early days of the diet.
Section 2. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
Blue Whales
Blue whales, the world's largest animals, have been sighted again in British waters for the first time in at least twenty years. Indications
that a population of blue whales was (1) _____ the waters west of Scotland came for the first time from the United States Navy, (2) _____
surveillance system picked up the songs of a lot of different whales.
American zoologists subsequently identified the blue whale song among them. Now marine biologist, Carol Booker, has actually seen a
blue whale there herself. She has no doubt about what she saw, because they have distinctive fins which are very small for (3) _____ size. She
says, 'Worldwide they were almost extinct and (4) _____ seemed they had completely vanished from the North Atlantic, so you can imagine how I
felt actually seeing (5) _____! However, it is certainly (6) _____ soon to say if it is an indication of a population recovery.' She goes (7) _____ to
say, 'What it does show (8) _____ the importance of this area of the ocean for whales, and how essential it is to control pollution of the seas.'
Bigger than any dinosaur known to man, blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on earth. A blue whale is more than six metres long
(9) _____ birth and, when (10) _____ grown, its heart is the same height as a tall man and weighs as much as a horse.
(Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/blue-whales-return-after-lost-years.htm)
Section 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to complete the following passage by writing the corresponding letter
A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
The Changing Earth
Although the earth was formed about 4,500 million years ago, human beings have inhabited it for less than half a million years. Within
this time, population has increased hugely and people have had a vast (1) _____ upon the earth. They have long been able to (2) _____ the forces
of nature to use. Now, with modern technology, they have the power to alter the balance of life on earth.
Reports back from the first astronauts helped dispel the dangerous (3) _____ that the world had no boundaries and had limitless
resources. Moreover, ecologists have shown that all forms of life on earth are interconnected, so it (4) _____ that all human activity has an effect
on the natural environment.
In recent years, people have been putting the environment under stress. As a result, certain (5) _____ materials such as timber, water and minerals
are beginning to (6)_____short. Pollution and the (7) _____ of waste are already critical issues, and the (8) _____ of the environment is fast
becoming the most pressing problem (9) _____ us all. The way we respond to the challenge will have a profound effect on the earth and its life
support (10) _____.
(Source: www.ompersonal.com.ar)
1. A. imprint B. indication C. impression D. impact
2. A. put B. make C. place D. stand
3. A. judgment B. notion C. reflection D. concept
4. A. results B. follows C. complies D. develops
5. A. raw B. coarse C. crude D. rough
6. A. turn B. come C. go D. run
7. A. disposal B. displacement C. dismissal D. disposition
8. A. state B. situation C. case D. circumstance
9. A. encountering B. opposing C. meeting D. confronting
10. A. projects B. systems C. methods D. routines
IV. Read through the following text and then choose the best phrase given below, to fill each of the gaps. Write one letter (A-I) in each of
the numbered gaps. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all. (0) has been done for you (1p).
Every teacher knows that not all students are good examinees. Some are too tense, become overanxious or too stressed and then perform below
expectations just when it matters most. Teachers try to help by compensating, believing that if they boost a student‟s academic knowledge they
will cure his fear of exams.
So, last year, (0) ____I____, I completely rewrote the Business Studies Revision Course at this secondary school. The central idea of the course is
to treat the examination as an event, a challenge, a performance, much like a sports match, a drama production, or perhaps a major music concert,
(1) ________ and very definitely on the public stage. The idea is to show that the exam is not a test, but an opportunity to show how good the
candidate is. The objective is to improve students‟ final performance (2) ________, control and ability to cope. The theme of „total preparation for
performance‟ teaches them that (3) ________ are obviously important, they are only two of the five skills required, the others being coping
strategies, mental skills and management skills. These additions give a new dimension (4) ________, increasing enjoyment and motivation. They
widen a student‟s focus and help to convince some of the less confident students that there are many ways in which they can actively contribute
towards their (5) ________.
A those not mattering so much
B self-confidence and self-esteem
C by increasing self-confidence
D relying on my expertise alone
E to a student‟s revision
F but a real desire
G while knowledge and examination techniques
H but bigger and more important
I drawing on my teaching experience and sports psychology skills
V. Choose the correct headings for sections A-F from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i The results of the research into blood-variants
ii Dental evidence
iii Greenberg’s analysis of the dental and linguistic evidence
iv Developments in the methods used to study early population movements
v Indian migration from Canada to the U.S.A.
vi Further genetic evidence relating to the three-wave theory
vii Long-standing questions about prehistoric migration to America
viii Conflicting views of the three-wave theory, based on non-genetic Evidence
ix Questions about the causes of prehistoric migration to America
x How analysis of blood-variants measures the closeness of the relationship
between different populations
_____________________________________________________________
14. Section A 17. Section D
15. Section B 18. Section E
16. Section C 19. Section F
Example Answer
Section G viii
Population movements and genetics
A. Study of the origins and distribution of hum on populations used to be based on archaeological and fossil evidence. A number of techniques
developed since the 1950s however have placed the study of these subjects on a sounder and more objective footing. The best information on early
population movements is now being obtained from the archaeology of the living body the clues to be found in genetic material.
B. Recent work on the problem of when people first entered the Americas is an example of the value of these new techniques. North-east Asia and
Siberia have long been accepted as the launching ground for the first human colonisers of the New World 1. But was there one major wave of
migration across the Bering Strait into the Americas, or several? And when did this event, or events, take place? In recent years, new clues hove
come from research into genetics, including the distribution of genetic markers in modern Native Americans 2.
C. An important project, led by the biological anthropologist Robert Williams, focused on the variants (called Gm all types) of one particular protein
– immunologic G – found in the fluid portion of human blood. All proteins ‘drift’, or produce variants, over the generations, and members of an
interbreeding human population will share a set of such variants. Thus, by comparing the Gm allotypes of two different populations (e.g. two Indian
tribes), one can establish their genetic distance, which itself can be calibrated to give an indication of the length of time since these populations last
interbred.
D. Williams and his colleagues sampled the blood of over 5,000 American Indians in western North America during a twenty- year period. They
found that their Gm allotypes could be divided into two groups, one of which also corresponded to the genetic typing of Central and South American
Indians. Other tests showed that the Inuit (or Eskimo) and Aleut 3 formed a third group. From this evidence it was deduced that there had been three
major waves of migration across the Bering Strait. The first, Paleo – Indian wave more than 15,000 years ago was ancestral to all Central and South
American Indians. The second wave, about 14,000-12,000 years ago, brought No-Dene hunters ancestors of the Navajo and Apache (who only
migrated south from Canada about 600 or 700 years ago). The third wave perhaps 10,000 or 9,000 years ago saw the migration from North-east Asia
of groups ancestral to the modem Eskimo and Aleut.
E. How far does other research support these conclusions? Geneticist Douglas Wallace has studied mitochondrial DNA 4 in blood samples from three
widely separated Native American groups: Pima- Papa go Indians in Arizona, Maya Indians on the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, and Ticuna Indians
in the Upper Amazon region of Brazil. As would have been predicted by Robert Williams’s work, all three groups appear to be descended from the
same ancestral (Paleo-Indian) population.
F. There are two other kinds of research that have thrown some light on the origins of the Native American population; they involve the study of
teeth and of languages. The biological anthropologist Christy Turner is on expert in the analysis of changing physical characteristics in human teeth.
He argues that tooth crowns and roots 5 have a high genetic component, minimally affected by environmental and other factors. Studies carried out
by Turner of many thousands of New and Old World specimens, both ancient and modern, suggest ‘hot the majority of prehistoric Americans are
linked to Northern Asian populations by crown and root traits such as incisor6 shoveling (a scooping out on one or both surfaces of the tooth),
single-rooted upper first premolars6 and triple-rooted lower first molars 6.
According to Turner, this ties in with the idea of a single Paleo-Indian migration out of North Asia, which he sets at before 14,000 years ago by
calibrating rates of dental micro-evolution. Tooth analyses also suggest that there were two later migrations of Na-Denes and Eskimo- Aleut.
G. The linguist Joseph Greenberg has, since the 1950s, argued that all Native American languages belong to a single Amerind family, except for No-
Dene and Eskimo-Aleut – a view that gives credence to the idea of three main migrations. Greenberg is in a minority among fellow linguists, most
of whom favor the no I on of a great money waves of migration to account for the more than 1,000 – languages spoken at one time by American
Indians. But there is no doubt that the new genetic and dental evidence provides strong backing for Greenberg’s view. Dates given for the migrations
should nevertheless be treated with caution, except where supported by hard archaeological evidence.