PART 12 – E GRADE 9 – EXERCISES COLLECTION (HKII -2012)
@@@ TEST 1:
I/ Choose the best options:
I ..................... to the conclusion, after failing to win any matches, that I would do better to give up playing tennis altogether.
a. drew b. got c. formed d. came
I ..................... at the airport so late that my plane had already taken off.
a. got b. arrived c. reached d. came
What are you looking .....................in my bag? Get out of here.
a. through b. after c. for d. up
“ Go on, finish the desert. It needs .....................up because it won’t stay fresh until tomorrow.”
a. eat b. eating c. to eat d. eaten
Before he left on his trip to America, the young man promised his parents he .....................to them regularly.
a. is writing b. will write c. should write d. would write
Of course I didn’t break it .....................purpose. It was an accident.
a. by b. with c. from d. on
You had better write your invitation to the party today ...............you want people to reply by next week.
a. unless b. while c. if d. or
8.The twins look so .....................their father.
a. likely b. like c. alike d. likeness
9. I changed some of my money into foreign ..................... and also took some traveller’s cheques.
a. income b. funds c. currency d. accounts
10. She was unhappy .....................his childhood.
a. on b. during c. for d. at
II/ Read the passage carefully, then fill in each numbered blank with suitable word or phrase:
The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (1) .....................like any railway signal of the time , and was operated by gas. (2) ....................., it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident discouraged further development until cars became common.
(3) ..................... traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (4) ..................... were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-colour signals, operated (5) .....................hand from a tower in the middle of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The first lights of this type to (6) .....................in Britain was in London, on the junction between St. James’s Street and Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (7) ..................... year later.
In the past, traffic lights were (8) ...................... In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just change silently, but would ring bells to (9) ..................... the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (10) .....................by standards models which are universally adopted.

1. resembled b. looked c. showed d. seemed
2. However b. Therefore c. Although d. Despite
3. New b. Recent c. Modern d. Late
4. methods b. ways c. systems d. means
5. by b. with c. through d. in
6. show b. appear c. happen d become
7. a b. the c. in a d. in the
8. various b. particular c. rare d. special
9. rise b. raise c. wake d. get up
10. reproduced b. replaced c. removed d. remained
III.Choose the word with underlined letters that has a different pronunciation from the rest.
1. A. shift B. biology C. active D. dinner
2. A. special B. cell C. decide D. ceiling
3. A. women B. woman C. rout D. pullover
4. A. pressure B. cure C. secure D. endure
5. A. which B. children C. kitchen D. chemist
6. A. traditionally B. marrage C. among D. agree