Grade 9 THE TENTH TEST I- Choose the best answer: 1 eight musicians in the band. A. They will consist B. They are being C. There is D. There will be 2. We are very grateful your help.{ grateful to someone for [doing] something} A. to B. at C. with D. for 3. He wear a pair of glasses. A. used to B. used C. use D. use to 4. Do you remember Mrs Goddard, taught us English composition? - I certainly do. A. who B. whom C. that D. which 5. It was too small. It wasn't A. enough big B. big enough C. fairly big D. rather big 6. The crowd at a football match are often A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. being excited 7. Don't forget home as soon as you arrive at your destination. A. to call B. calling C. having called D. to be called 8. They wanted to know if the woman had died of the rare A. illness B. pain C. ache D. hurt 9. NewYork, Tokyo and Paris are all A. big cities B. capital cities C. central cities D. in Europe 10. I'll see you A. short B. after C. next D. later 11. Go and sit Richard. A. beside B. next to C. by D. all are correct 12. This is the boy father is an architect. A. who B. his C. whose D. which 13. I English for 6 years now. A. am studying B. will have studied C. have been studied D. have been studying 14. My uncle has given up A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked 15. Have you been Ho Chi Minh city yet? A. Until you not B. Already not C. Still not D. Not yet 16. I've got a new grammar book. - A. How many cost? B. How much price? C. How much is it? D. How much you pay? 17. At four o'clock Mr Huchinson still had some to do in his garden. A. work B. job C. effort D. take 18. He has always been generous and he still A. has been B. was C. is D. has 19. Thank you for me. A. invite B. invited C. inviting D. invitation 20. The lesson is difficult that nobody can understand it. A. so B. such C. very D. a lot 21. That umbrella is A. our B. our's C. ours D. to our 22. What to the beggar? A. did happen B. was happened C. happening D. happened 23. Please smoke in the room. A. smoke B. smokes C. smoking D. smoked 24. We've got food in the house. A. plenty of B. plenty C. lots D. very much 25. Up to now I a lot of information about her. A. would learn B. have learnt C. have learn D. will learn Page 1 Grade 9 THE TENTH TEST 26. Mrs Smith, husband is a diplomat, gives cooking lessons. A. whom B. who C. whose D. who's 27. He was arrested. He A. escaped B. was caught C. was stopped D. was seen 28. He heard a noise coming from the bar. A. which was B. who was C. that is D. which is 29. I live a few yards the bus stop. A. off B. away C. from D. with 30. We in this village 10 years ago. A. have lived B. were living C. used to live D. live 31. I have a lot of books, which I haven't read. A. many of B. most of C. some of D. all are correct 32. I'm sorry. I haven't got any money. I've my wallet at home. A. missed B. left C. let D. forgotten 33. If someone into the store, smile and say, " May I help you?" A. comes B. came C. would come D. could come 34. The children have gone A. for shopping B. to shop C. shopping D. to make shopping 35. Life on earth destroyed unless nuclear tests stop. A. would be B. will C. will be D. is 36. The doctor succeeded the patient's life. A. when he saves B. saving C. to save D. in saving 37. She eats too much and now she is A. weighed B. weight C. overweigh D. overweight 38. Lots of people yoga to relax. A. give up B. take up C. do D. make 39. He spent a lot of time reading books. A. on B. at C. in D. no word is needed 40. A musician is a person music. A. who plays B. whose C. who play D. which plays Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how important… (41) … to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so …(42) … enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best … (43)… for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on… (44) … while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it … (45) … to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair. 41. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are 42. A. keen B. many C. great D. much 43. A. stage B. age C. period D. time 44. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting 45. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible THE END Page 2 . C. central cities D. in Europe 10 . I'll see you A. short B. after C. next D. later 11 . Go and sit Richard. A. beside B. next to C. by D. all are correct 12 . This is the boy father is an architect. A which 13 . I English for 6 years now. A. am studying B. will have studied C. have been studied D. have been studying 14 . My uncle has given up A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked 15 . Have. Already not C. Still not D. Not yet 16 . I've got a new grammar book. - A. How many cost? B. How much price? C. How much is it? D. How much you pay? 17 . At four o'clock Mr Huchinson