Written test No.3 G.9

Name: ………………………………………..
Class: 9………
WRITTEN TEST NO.3 – GRADE 9 (TEST 1)
TIME: 45 MINS.

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PART 1: LISTENING.
Listen and then fill in the gap with the words you hear. (1.25pts)

People have recylced materials throughout 1__________. Recycling saves energy by reducing the need to process new material. The 2__________ of energy saved in recycling one aluminum can is eual to the energy in the gasoline that would fill half of that same can. To make an aluminum can from recycled 3__________ takes only 5 percent of the total energy needed to produce the same aluminum can from unrecycled materials. Recycled paper and paperboard require 75percent less energy to produce than new products. Significant energy savings result in the recycling of steel and 4__________, as well.
Recycling also reduces pollution because recycling a product creates less pollution than producing a new one. For every ton of newspaper recycled, 7 fewer kilograms of air 5__________ are pumped into the air.

PART 2: PHONETICS.
Choose the word that has the different underlined part. (1.25pts)
6. A. enormous B. costly C. mausoleum D. recover
7. A. environment B. appliance C. pesticide D. efficiency
8. A. dump B. nuclear C. junk-yard D. ultimate
9. A. wrap B. whole C. where D. wrist
10. A. required B. bathed C. looked D. viewed

PART 3: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE.
Choose the best answer. (2pts)
11. Mrs. Smith has kindly provided us ______ a picnic lunch.
A. with B. for C. about D. from
12. Please put the basket after use in the garbage dump.
A. trash can B. junk-yard C. pavement D. rubbish carrier
13. Get a ______ to make sure that there are no cracks in the pipe.
A. electrician B. plumber C. pilot D. consumer
14. You should gather all the left-overs ______ you leave.
A. while B. after C. until D. before
15. I’m worried ______ my recent water bill. It’s enormous.
A. for B. with C. about D. at
16. She is very tired; ______, she has to finish her homework.
A. therefore B. moreover C. nevertheless D. however
17. We must do something to ______ deforestation.
A. prevent B. delay C. face D. increase
18. The products wanted must not only work effectively, ______ save money.
A. as well as B. together with C. but also D. the same as

Give the correct form of the verbs. (1pt)
19. Solar panels (install) _____________ on the roof of a house to receive the energy from the sun.
20. Please (not go) _____________ around this area if you are not a worker.
21. When he was younger, he (join) _____________ the football team at his school.
22. They gave us advice on when (start) _____________ a new job.

Give the correct form of the words. (0,5pts)
23. I want all of us to keep our (neighbor) _____________ clean.
24.Yesterday he said he liked the black suit, now he wants a white one. He is so (predict) ______________.

PART 4: READING.
Choose the best word to fill in the gaps to complete the passage. (1pt)

The environment is something you are very familiar __(25)__. It’s everything that makes up your surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth – the air we breathe, the continents we live on, the water that __(26)__ most of the Earth’s surface, the plants and animals around us, and much more.

In recent years, scientists have been carefully examining the ways that people affect the environment. They have found that we are __(27)__ air pollution, deforestation, acid rain, and other problems that are dangerous __(28)__ to the Earth and to ourselves. These days, when you hear people talk about “the environment”, they are often referring to the overall condition of our planet, or how healthy it is.

25. A. with B. to C. about D. from