Name: ________________________ Class: IX TEST PAPER

I. Read the text and select the correct answer A, B, C, D. Our Ship Sets SailThere was so much to do at the last minute that there was no time to be nervous. All of us wanted to be on our way (1)…. to sea, but there was still one more problem to overcome: the anchor became (2) … under a rock. We (3) …. it a mighty pull, but it would not come loose. In the end a fishing boat had to pull us (4) …. . The crowd waved and as we sailed out of the mouth of the river and passed the cliffs (5) …. on each side, I turned back (6) …. a sight that will remain in my memory for ever: two hundred and more people were (7) …. their way to the cliff-tops for a final (8) .. . The sight had a dreamlike (9) … because the sun was (10)... in the west and the evening light picked out the shapes of the people climbing the hill. The figures were tiny and black, all hurrying (11)… one direction and with the same (12)… towards the farthest tip of the cliff. (13)…. we were well away from the entrance to the river and there was no longer any (14)… of the tide carrying us back onto the rocks, I (15)… the crew to raise our sails. We were finally on our way. 1. A. out B. across C. down D. under 2. A. stuck B. fixed C. attached D. held 3. A. took B. put C. gave D. let 4. A. clean B. free C. safe D. secure 5. A. mounting B. raising C. rising D. lifting 6. A. realized B. looked C. saw D. remarked 7. A. making B. setting C. going D. moving 8. A. scene B. view C. vision D. outlook 9. A. quality B. state C .condition D. capability 10. A. lowering B. drawing C. setting D. closing 11. A. for B. to C. in D. at 12. A. scheme B. sense C. meaning D. intention 13. A. as soon as B. in case C. as long as D. if only 14. A. alarm B. anxiety C. risk D. concern 15. A. suggested B. said C. demanded D. ordered (1px15=15p)

II. Rephrase the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same:

1. They haven’t talked to each other for a long time. They stopped ___________________________________________ 2. Mary left before we reached the hotel. By the time _____________________________________________ 3. It’s a long time since I saw such a good play. I haven’t _______________________________________________

4. ‘ No, I didn’t take Tom’s bike’, Bob said. Bob denied _____________________________________________ 5. ‘ I will have been living in Long Beach for five years’, Patricia said. Patricia said _____________________________________________ 6. ‘ Do you think it will rain?’, he asked. He asked me if ____________________________________________

7. ‘ Are you enjoying yourself?’, he asked Mary. He asked Mary ____________________________________________ 8. ‘Have you seen my new hat?’ mother asked. Mother asked me ___________________________________________ 9. Did Billy give you the ring yesterday? He asked me ______________________________________________ 10. ‘ I can swim’, Mary said. Mary said ________________________________________________ (2px10=20p)

III. Read the text and then type the correct from of the word in CAPITAL to complete the gaps.

Dress CodeUK companies have received criticism from a business forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This follows a case in which a male 1. (EMPLOY)_____________ working in the post room of a large 2.(ORGANIZE)_______________in the United Kingdom received a 3.(SUSPEND)_____________ for wearing jeans to work. Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with 4.(CUSTOM) ______________ to look well dressed, it questions whether employees who work behind the scenes necessarily need to dress formally. The authors of the report made a 5.(COMPARE) _________________ between the UK and other European nations where employers seem 6.(CONCERN) ________________ about the need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office. Their 7.(ARGUE) ________________ is based on research that claims workers are far more 8. (PRODUCT)_________________ when they have the 9.(FREE)____________ to dress in a way that they feel most 10.(COMFORT) ________________in. (2px10=20p)

IV. Send a letter to your friend inviting him/her to your birthday party. (25-30 words) (45p)

KEY TO TEST PAPER

1. multiple-choice (1px15=15p) 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. D II. re-phrasing (2px10=20p)

1. They stopped talking to each other for a long time.2. By the time we reached the hotel, Mary had left.3. I haven’t seen such a good play for along time.4. bob denied that he had taken Tom’s bike.5. Patricia said she had been living in Long Beach for 5 years.6. He asked me if it would/could rain.7. He asked Mary if she were enjoying herself.8. Mother asked me if I had seen her new hat.9. He asked me if Billy had given me the ring the previous day.10. Mary said she could swim.

III. word formation (2px10=20p) 1. employee 2. organization 3. suspension 4. customers 5. comparison 6. unconcerned 7. argument 8. productive 9. freedom 10. comfortable

IV. writing (45p) Letter lay-out

1. task achievement - relevance of ideas to topic - coverage of task points

2. language accuracy - correct grammar structures - range of grammar structures3. organisation - clear organization 4. register (content) and vocabulary

- appropriate register, varied and appropriate vocabulary 5.delivery - fluent presentation