Exercises for excellent students- E9

Practice test- E.T 9

A Fill in each blank with one suitable word
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Most ghost stories are set in mysterious, old house ..1……..castles. The ghost themselves, ..2……. spirits wander the earth at night, are usually the…3……..for some horrible crime. This is not always the case as the…4……… story shows.
When my friend, Paul was a schoolboy, he often ..5…….to chat to Mr Scott, an elderly gentleman..6……..on his own. Mr Scott was a keen gardener. He ..7….. always be looking after his lawn or his flowers and Paul was ..8…….. the habit of saying a few words to him over..9……fence.
...10…….summer’s evening, as Paul was..11……..his way from school, he saw, as usual, Mr Scott in his garden. The old man was busily weeding his..12……beds. When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden with a way of his hand. Slowly, they strolled..13……round, admiring the various flowers. Then, to Paul’s surprise, Mr Scott bent..14…. and pick a bunch of his finest dahlias. “Here boy,” he said. “ Give these to your mother”
No..15….had he arrived home then he presented the flowers to his mother. He then told her that they were Mr Scott’s compliments. His mother’s face went red..16…..anger. “ ..17…..wicked boy!” she shouted. “ How..18…….you say such a thing! I bumped ..19……his daughter in the supermarket this morning. She told me that the poor old chap had pass..20……in his sleep last Friday.
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My father waved me goodbye and the bus set off. The person sitting..1……to me was a government engineer going to Peshawar ..2….. inspect the roads. He said that traveling by bus was ..3…… excellent way to test the roads.
We passed many villages ..4……the way and stopped once or..5….. to buy cold drinks,….6…… it was very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and dry and..7…. were long stretches ..8….no people or villages in sight. We ..9….to stop once at some road works, too,..10…made my traveling companion..11…….happy.
Most of ..12….were dozing in the afternoon heat when we were woken by a sudden noise, which..13…. like a shot from a gun. As the bus swerved and then stopped at the side of the road, I remembered all the stories I…14….heard about bands of robbers who used to attack travelers on deserted roads….15…..this. Many of the other passengers looked as bewildered and frightened as I..16….have looked
My neighbor, however, reassured me: “ Nothing to worry..17…… Only a burst tire. But we shall have to wait..18……he changes the wheel”
My cousin Aware met me at the bus station. “ Well, there you..19….,” he said. “ I was beginning to wonder what had..20…….to you.”
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Maybe you recycle cans, glass, and paper. Did you know that nature recycles, too? One of the things nature (1)_______ is water. Water goes from oceans, lakes, and rivers into the air. Water falls from the air as (2)_______ or snow. Rain and snow eventually find their way back to the oceans. Nature’s recycling program for water is (3) _______ the water cycle.
The water cycle has four stages: storage, evaporation, precipitation, and runoff. Water on Earth gets stored (4) _______ oceans, lakes, rivers, ice, and even underground. Water goes from storage into the atmosphere by a process called evaporation. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid (5)_______ a gas, called water vapor. Water vapor goes up into (6) _______ atmosphere. Water returns to the Earth as precipitation in rain or snow by changing into drops of water (7)_______ the air gets cold enough. Clouds are collections (8)_______ water droplets. Most precipitation falls into the oceans and goes right back into storage.
Water that falls on land always flows from (9)_______ places to lower ones. This flow is called runoff. Water from land flows into stream. Streams join together to make (10) _______and eventually the water flows into storage in the oceans. Then the water cycle starts all over again.
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You can go to places where there is no air. There is no air underwater, (1)_______ you can dive underwater. You can (2)_______underwater a (3)_______time just by holding your breath. Air tanks let you stay underwater for a long time. Scuba divers (4)_______ tanks (5)_______ their backs. The tanks are filled with gases (6)_______ make