IX Grade Items

The folowing text is for questions 1 and 4

      Erlin and her friends went to car free day last month. They felt sad because they saw a lot of rubbish on the street, park and town square after the event finished. They saw several rubbish bins, but people didn’t throw the rubbish into the bins. Then they discussesd how to solve the problem. They decided to provide more rubbish bins. They also had a threatrical performance about not littering in the town square on the first Sunday, but people just enjoyed the show and still littered. On the second week, they campaigned not to litter at car free day, but people ignored them. Although they were tired they never gave up. On the third week, they asked their friends at school to have a flash mob at car free day. Erlin and her friends were happy because they succeeded in getting the people to collect the rubbish. People realized that they must not litter.

1.      Where did Erlin and her friends participate to promote the cleanliness?

A.    At the park

B.     At the street

C.     At the town square

D.    In the area of car free day

2.      Why did Erlin and her friends feel sad?

A.    People ignored their threatrical show

B.     They failed to ask people not to litter

C.     People littered in the area of car free day.

D.    Their classmate refused to hold a flash mob.

3.      What event did people at car free day start to keep the cleanliness of the area?

A.    A flash mob

B.     A campaign

C.     A threatical show

D.    Providing more rubbish bins

4.      When did Erlin and her friends make people realize people to keep the cleanliness in a car free day area?

A.    A week ago

B.     Last month

C.     Two weeks ago

D.    Three weeks ago

The following text is for questions 5 to 8.

My town always receives the Adipura Award because it is the cleanliness town in the province. The government and people cam maintain the cleanliness of the town, so it always looks clean and beautiful. The government places three kinds of rubbish in the town, for organic rubbish, non organic rubbish and glass. People also provide three kinds of bins outside their houses. We have a community to recycle rubbish into useful items, such as recycling organic rubbish into compost to fertilize plants, so we do not need synthetic fertilizer or we recycle bottles or glass for handicrafts. We are committed to maintain the cleanliness of our environment. Therefore my town is a comfortable place to live in.

5.      Why does the writer’s city always receive the Adipura Award?

A.    It has a community to maintain the cleanliness of the environment.

B.     It is the cleanest city in the province.

C.     It is a comfortable plave to live in.

D.    It recycles rubbish into useful items.

6.      How many kinds of rubbish bins are provided at a certain spot in the town?

A.    One

B.     Two

C.     Three

D.    Four

7.      Why don’t people use synthetic fertilizer for their plants?

A.    People have compost

B.     The synthetic fertilizer is expensive

C.     The synthetic fertilizer can damage the environment.

D.    The plants can grow without synthetic fertilizer.

8.      What is the people’s commitment?

A.    They will provide more rubbish bins

B.     They will maintain the cleanliness of their environment.

C.     They will recycle bottles or glass to handicrafts.

A.    They will order the community to keep the city clean.

9.      Don’t spend too much money … you’ll need it next week.

A.    But

B.     And

C.     Because

D.    So

10.      Kate is a shy girl … she can’t make friends easily.

A.    But

B.     And

C.     Because

D.    So

11.      Melissa ate the cake that I ….

A.    Bake

B.     Baked

C.     Had baked

D.    Have bake

12.      The teacher asked why I … class early.

A.    Left

B.     Leave

C.     Had left

D.    Have left

13.      Tono wanted to know what … to his backpack.

A.    Happens

B.     Happened

C.     Had happened

D.    Have happened

           The following text is for questions 14 to 16.

Important!                For Grade 7 and Grade 8 students                                   Attention! March has come! It is a special month. The story telling competition will be held as usual. Go and get it! Join now! There are interesting prizes for the three best winners. Practise your English and enroll for the competition soon. Registration Mr. Zainudin (Administration Office) 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday, before March 27.

14. The text is written to ....

      A. explain to the readers about how to join a story       telling competition

      B. ask the readers to advertise a story telling competition

      C. inform the readers about a story telling    competition

      D. tell the readers about the prizes for the winners

15. What must the students firstly do to join the     competition?

A. Meet the winners

     B. Practise their English.

     C. Bring prizes to the event.

     D. Enroll for the competition.

16. From the text we can conclude that the        competition is held ....

     A. biweekly

     B. annually

     C. monthly

     D. weekly

The text is for questions number 17 to 19.

17. What is advertised in the text?

    A. A fine Persian cuisine.

    B. A catering company.

    C. A certain restaurant.

    D. A kind of food.

18. What main cuisine is available in the restaurant?

    A. Bangladesh cuisine.

    B. Pakistan cuisine.

    C. Persian cuisine.

    D. Indian cuisine.

19. People can order food ....

    A. every day at certain time

    B. every day at anytime

    C. on weekends only

    D. on weekdays only

The following text is for questions 20 to 23.

Bats have big ears, furry bodies and wings like leather. They are nocturnal mammals. This means they sleep in caves and attics during the day and fly out to feed at nighttime.       Bats are the only mammals that can fly. They are very fast and aerobatic. When they chase after insects, they twist and turn in mid-air.       Bats use sound to catch insects in the darkness. They spent out- high-pitched squeals that humans cannot hear. The echoes that bounce back tell the bats exactly where they find their prey.       Flying foxes or fruit bats are large bats that live in tropical Africa and Asia. They mainly eat fruit. Flying foxes are important because they help to spread the pollen of many plants.

20. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

      A. Bats are classified as nocturnal mammals.

      B. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.

      C. Flying foxes are large bats.

      D. Flying foxes are important.

21. How can bats find their prey?

      A. By flying out to feed at night.

      B. By twisting and turning in mid-air.

      C. By using sound to know where the prey is.

      D. By sleeping in caves and attics during the day.

22. “They are very fast and aerobatic” (Paragraph 2).

      The underlined word means....

      A. using sound to catch insects in the darkness

      B. sleeping in caves and attics during the day

      C. twisting and turning in mid-air

      D. flying out to feed at night-time

23. What does the text mostly talk about?

      A. Bats.

      B. Fruit Bats.

      C. Flying Bats.

      D. Nocturnal Mammals.