PRACTICE TEST 3 FOR GIFTED STUDENTS GRADE 9-2022

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 Part 5: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write the corrections
in the corresponding numbered boxes.
Line
1 Adolescence always has been and always will be (0). the à a very difficult time in life.
2 You are lost where between childhood and adulthood, but still, this is the time in life when
3 you have to break freely from the conformity of your peers to find yourself. Some people
4 argue that it’s more difficult to be young today than it used to be. Is this true, and in that
5 case, why?
6 In modern society teenagers pressure to mature much more quickly than one or two
7 hundred years ago. Today, minors on a very early stage have to make decisions regard
8 education, often bearing upon their future careers. In the past, children were expected to
9 follow in the footsteps of their parents, that is to say, the son was supposed to take in the
10 profession of his father, while the daughter was expected to stay at home to take care of
11 domestic duties such as cooking and cleaning.
12 Furthermore, today it’s much more difficult to find your place in society. As cities grow,
13 crime increases, and the anonymity people experiment grows as well. It becomes more
14 difficult to find and cultivate your own ideals and value.
15 On the other hand, the adolescent of today have great opportunities than ever before.
16 In the past, if your father was a blacksmith or a farmer, in ten years, so you would be.
17 Today, teenagers have the possibility to fulfil in all their dreams and ambitions.

Your Answers:
gret No Line Mistake Correction
10 1 2 somewhere
2 where
2 3 freely free
3 6 pressure are pressured
14 4 87 regard regarding
5 9 take in take up
16 6 experiment
13 experience
7 14 value values
8 15 1 great greater
7 so you would so would you
9 16
10 17 fulfil in all fulfil all

Part 6: Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITAL at the end of each line to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line. (0) has been done as an example.
TV ADVERTISEMENTS
In most parts of the world, the (0) economic basis of the television 0. ECONOMY
industry is the (1)____________ of advertising time. This is so important 1. SELL
and (2) profitable
___________ that it funds all the technical and staff costs involved 2. PROFIT
in the (3)___________
productions of programmes for a variety of audiences. There is 3. PRODUCE
no (4)____________
difference from that employed by newspapers and magazines 4. DIFFER
when they sell advertising space on their pages, except that
viewers
(5)__________ have little choice but to watch the advertisements, with the 5. VIEW
interruption
added annoyance of (6)____________ during their favourite programmes.
One (7) ______________
exception is the BBC which is state funded and so does 6. INTERRUPT
commercial
not show (8) ____________ . This avoids the situation where children 7. EXCEPT
easily
watching TV(9)______________ influenced by persuasive advertising for 8. COMMERCE

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junk food items which their parents may consider (10) ______________
unhealthy . 9. EASY

10. HEALTH

Part 7: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in
each space. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes.
The human race is only one species of (1) _________
being in the living world. Many other species exist
on this planet. However, human beings have a great influence on the rest of the world. They are
changing the environment (2) _________ by building cities and villages where forests once stood. They are
affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture. They are changing weather
conditions by cutting down trees in the forests and are destroying the air by adding (3) ________
pollutants to it.

It can be said that human beings are changing the environment in all respects through their actions
and by their habits. This has (4) _________
resulted in two serious consequences. The (5) _________
first is that
many kinds of animals are killed. The second is that the environment where these animals are living is
rare
being destroyed. As the result, the number of (6) _________ animals is decreasing so rapidly that they
are in danger of becoming extinct.
In order to make sure that these rare animals do not disappear, (7) _________
efforts have been made to
protect endangered nature. Scientists have made lists of these species and suggested ways to save
them. Many organizations have been set up and (8) _________ funds have been raised. Thousands of national
parks all over the world have been established to protect endangered animals. Laws have been
introduced to prohibit (9) _________
killing endangered animals and destroying the environment where animals
are living.
If people’s (10.)_________
interference with the environment decreases, more species will survive and produce
offspring. The earth will be a happy planet where human beings, animals and plants peacefully co-exist.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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