Вступительный тест по английскому языку «Entry test Y9» (9 класс)

Year 9 Entry TEST

Ex 1. Insert the given words: tempting, revenge, aisle, addressed, scratched, loyalty, dietary, appliances, values, designer.

1. Tom collects points on his________________card when he shops at the mall.

2. The supermarket has a________________display of cakes.

3. The Queen should be _____________as ‘Your Majesty’.

4. My sister is very fashionable and wants to buy ___________clothes.

5. Olga’s children have developed astonishing family__________________.

6. They walked up and down the ____________________looking for caviar.

7. Our new kitchen has been fitted with modern electrical__________________.

8. After Gavin was played trick on. he decided to take___________________.

9. The lens of the camera got____________when Andrew dropped it ocasionally.

10. Anna is allergic to honey and has special____________requirements.

Ex 2. Underline the correct item.

1. The ocean contains toxic/vicious waste.

2. A swarm/school of dolphins swam close to us.

3. This unique/natural species of plant is found only in the jungle.

4. The Mayor is being accused/criticized for not doing enough to protect the environment.

5. It’s important to support/sustain the community center.

6. They explored/wandered around the festival.

Ex 3. Use the words/phrases to rewrite the sentences (inversion).

1. She doesn’t often complain about school.

Rarely_________________________________________

2. I didn’t know they were talking about me.

Little_________________________________________

3. You can start the engine if you have a key.

Only if___________________________________________

4. Olga didn’t cheer up until Tom talked to her.

Only after______________________________________

5. Karen had just arrived at the party when the girls started talking about her.

No sooner________________________________________________

Ex 4. Open the brackets.

“I never_________(be) so angry in my life’, she said. They ____________(lay not) the table yet, there______(be) no grapes in the vase. I _______(see) that someone______________(break) 4 glasses. Well, I ___________(speak) to Anna, the maid, a minute ago and she _____(tell) me that she just______(return). She ____________(add), as far as I __________(remember), that she ____________(help). But I ______________(know, not) when everything ____________(be finished). I hope Anna ____________(helps) me a little.

While Mrs. Brown ____________(prepare) a meal for her guests yesterday, she______(get) rather worried about some unusual mushrooms which a kind friend of hers __________(send) her from the country, where she __________(live) for the last ten years. Mrs. Brown __________(think) the mushrooms _____(look) suspicious and _________(decide) __________(give) one to the dog. The dog_________(eat) it. ‘I___________(prepare)_________the mushrooms for my guests, if nothing __________(happen) to the dog’, was the lady’s idea. When the guests ___________(arrive), she ________(tell) them that her dog ____________(die) a few minutes before.

Ex 5. Use the right form of the gerund or the infinitive of the verb in brackets. Mind the prepositions.

1. I regret_____________(miss) the festifal.

2. It was very useful __________(hear) your point of view.

3. Both flats needed____________(clean).

4. I need glasses ______________(read).

5. Personally, I am always ready to learn although I don’t always like_____________(teach).

6. Tom’s tie needs_________________(straighten).

7. Let me tell you whose room you’ve come into________________(ask).

Ex 6. Chose the correct item.

1. Tim tries not to stand in/out from the passengers.

2. Larry pointed on/out that careless can become a way of life.

3. Yuck! That cake has gone away/off.

4. These jeans are worn out/in. I need some new ones.

Ex 7. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given and 2 to 4 other words.

1. The competition was held despite the hurricane. (PLACE)

The competition_________________the hirricane.

2. I won’t have a problem finishing the marathon as I often run long distances. (USED)

I__________________ long distances, so I won’t have a problem finishing the marathon.

3. Sarah and Mark looked exactly the same to me. They are twins. (TELL)

I wasn’t__________________________between twins.

4. Maria had not expected to find jewellery-making so interesting. (IN)

Maria is ________________than she had expected to be.

5. Sylvia didn’t speak to Ben at the party because she felt too shy. (SO)

Sylvia felt_______________didn’t speak to Ben at the party. (SO)

Ex 8. Complete with: proceed, migrated, secluded, temporary, sell-by, suspicion, unemployment, aisle, edible, bustling.

1. When I fly, I always prefer to have an_________seat.

2. Don’t throw the food away, it’s perfectly____________.

3. They say that food that is past its__________date is still edible.

4. After a famine, millions of people________to other countries.

5. What is the_____rate in your country?

6. Tribes set up_________camps and move on after a short time.

7. They live in a _______village up ib the mountains.

8. The airport was_________with travelers making their way home for holidays.

9. Will all passengers please_________to the departure hall immediately.

10. He looked at me with______________.