Initial Test Paper 9th form

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Total amount of points: 100 points
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Teacher: Cernei Kristina, Master in English Philology, 2nd
Didactic Degree
1. Read the text attentively
Watching the Night Sky
What do you see when you look up at the sky at night? If you live in a city you can
probably see the moon and a few stars. But if you live out in the country, away from
all the city lights, you can see a sky full of stars! But stars arent the only things up
there. The night sky is full of strange and wonderful things if you know what to look
for.
School science teaches us that there are eight planets in the solar system. The
closest to the sun is Mercury, then Venus, Earth, and Mars. After Mars comes the
asteroid belt; a ring of massive rocks of floating in space. Beyond the asteroid belt
there are the planets: Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.
The other planets are incredibly far away. But as far away as the other planets are,
we can see five of them in the night sky. Mercury and Venus can be seen in the early
evening; they look like really bright stars. Venus is the brightest thing in the sky after
the moon! Mars has a reddish color, and Jupiter is almost as bright as Venus. Saturn
often appears very large because if its rings, and with a simple telescope, you can
even spot some of its moons. Sometimes, you can see something that looks like a
star moving slowly and steadily across the sky. Its not a UFO, its just one of the
thousands of man made things we put into space. It may be a satellite, or space
shuttle, or even the International Space Station. Be sure to wave at it someone may
be watching!
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1. What does the abbreviation of UFO stand for?
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2. How many planets does our solar system consist of? List them.
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3. What do you know about the origin of life?

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4. What is The Milky Way?

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5. What is Big Bang?
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2. Grammar
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A) Circle the correct item

John wont go to the stadium next week, ____________________?
a) will he
b) wont he
c) he will
d) shall he
I wonder ___________________umbrella it is.
a) who
b) that
c) whose
d) whom
They say the books on the shelf are ___________________________
a) their
b) theirs
c) them
d) they
Having no one to play with, he would often sit on the front steps
talking to _____________ or to an imaginary friend
a) herself
b) themselves
c) ourselves
d)
himself
You must find ___________who can help you
a) anyone
b) no one
c) everyone
d)
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B) Open the brackets using the verbs in the appropriate

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This edition (to sell) ___________________________ last summer
Mary asked her friend if she (can) ________________________help with
the household duties.
Her eyes were red. It was evident she (to cry) _______________________
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If Nick (to understand) _____________________________ the topic well,
he would not have failed the test yesterday.
Mark wishes he (not / to have) _____________________ so much
homework to do every day.
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3. Creativity. Outline in 10 sentences your opinion on the following topic:

If I Did not Live On Earth I Would Prefer To Live On
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