REMEDIAL TEST FOR X9

Dear my X.9 beloved students,

Hoping you have a great day. The following is your task that you shoud do . please print and give your answer on the print out. Good luck

Love,

Anita

Reading 1

            Long ago there was a king who had a beautiful daughter. He loved her very much. Everyday the princess would sit by the old palace well and toss a golden ball high in the air and let it drop. She loved to play this game.

            One day she accidentally tossed her ball too high. When it came down she could not catch it. It fell deep into the well. The princess began to cry. “why are you crying?” said a voice behind her. The princess looked down. She saw a frog. “Oh, please, Frog,” said the princess. ”I lost my ball down the well. If you bring it back to me, I’ll do anything you want.” “anything at all?”asked the frog. “Yes, anything,” said the princess.

            So the frog dived into the well and gave the ball back to the princess. “I don’t want money or property,” said a frog. “Let me live with you and be a favourite friend.” The princess didn’t really want to let the frog come and live with her as her favourite friend but she was an honest princess. When she made a promise she kept it. So the frog came back with her to the palace.

            One day the princess discovered that the frog had turned into a handsome prince so they got married and lived happily ever after.

1.             Everyday  the princess would sit by the old palace well and toss a golden ball...(paragraph 1)

The word toss means ....

A.       Throw

B.       Catch

C.       Play with

D.       Hit

E.        Carry

2.             Why did the princess cry? Because she ..

A.       saw a frog

B.       dived into the well

C.       dropped the ball

D.       lost her ball down the well

E.        found the frog turned into the prince

Reading 2

Dear Sue, Please accept our sympathies on your daughter’s death, Linda. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time Please know that we are here for you With love, Agnes, Kathy, and Bruce

3.             What is the message about? Expressing ....

A.       Condolences

B.       Happiness

C.       Surprises

D.       Prayers

E.        Love

Once when a lion was a sleep, a little mouse began running up anddown upon him; this soon awoke then lion, who placed his huge paw upon the mouse, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.

“Pardon, o King. Forgive me this time. I shall never forget it: who knows I may be able to do you a good turn some of these day?” The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then he lifted up his paw and let him go.

One day the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters who wanted to carry him alive the king, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just then the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.

Taken from UN 2005/2006.

4.      Who are the main characters of the story?

A.       The lion and the cat.

B.       The lion and the mouse.

C.       The lion and the beasts.

D.       The lion and the king.

E.        The lion and the crocodile

5.             What is the moral lesson from the text?

A.       Don’t look at someone because of his clothes.

B.       It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

C.       Common people may prove great ones.

D.       United we stand, divided we fall.

E.        Where there is a will there is a way

6.             Paragraph three mainly tells that ....

A.       The little mouse asked for forgiveness

B.       The hunter carried the lion alive to the king

C.       The lion was tied to tree by the hunter.

D.       The little mouse could prove that he could help the lion

E.        The lion was a sleep

7.             What did the little mouse do to prove his words?

A.       He would never forget the lion.

B.       He tried hard to help the lion free.

C.       He ran up and down upon the lion.

D.       He asked for apology to the king of the beast.

E.        He tied the lion and ran away

Reading 3

One morning, I got up with a feeling that the day was going to be an unlucky one for me. How right it was I found that it was already 6:15 a.m.

     I rushed into the bath room. I didn’t see a piece of soap lying on the floor. I stepped on it and I slipped almost breaking my back in the process.

     Then, I went into dining room for my breakfast and tea without realizing it was very hot.
It burnt my tongue. I spat it out nd could not eat anything because my tongue hurt. I got dressed and rushed to the bus shop.

     Unfortunately, I just missed the bus.My heart sank and I knew that I would be late for school.

     When I reached school, my name was taken down by the teacher. The teacher scolded me for being late. To my humiliation, I was made to stand outside the class. I was so upset by the incident that I could not study properly. But, worse to come.

     After school, I was on my way home when something hard hit me on the head. Someone had thrown a bag of fish bones out of the window and landed on me! I was boiling with rage but could do nothing. However, luckily for me, this only raised a small lump on my head.

     I managed to reach home safe and sound and did not dare to go out again for the rest of the days.

8.             What does the text tell about? It tells about the writer’s ....

A.       Unlucky day

B.       Experience

C.       Lucky day

D.       Activities

E.        Feeling

9.             Why was the writer’s name taken down by the teacher? He ....

A.       Was humiliated

B.       Stood outside the class

C.       Reached the school early

D.       Could not study properly

E.        Did not come to school on time

10.         “I was boiling with rage but could do nothing.” (paragraph 6)

The underlined word is close in meaning to ....

A.       Anger

B.       Confusion

C.       Impatience

D.       Unhappiness

E.        Dissatisfaction

ESSAY

This paragraph is from a book about British towns. It’s about a town called Milchester. Complete the paragraph by putting in present tense forms of be and have and the simple present tense of bring, live and work.

Milchester......... a lovely old town on the River Swenley. The famous castle.......lots of tourist to the town. The old streets near the castle........many interesting little shops, and there ........ a very good museum. The town also ... a theatre and cinema.  27,000 people ........in Milchester, and quite a few of them........at the new computer factory. Other industries........paper making and chocolate.

Read this text and answer the questions!

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped in a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, ‘Do you see that young man at the othe side of the square?’

‘Yes,’  said the taxi-dirver. The young man was standing otside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

‘Take me over there,’ said the youbg lady.

‘There was a lot of cars and busses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked,’Are you afraid to cross the street?’

‘Oh no!’ said the young lady. ‘But I am thre-quartes of an hour late. I said that I would meet that young man for lunch at one o’clock, and now it’s a quarter to two. If arrive in a taxi, it will at least seems as if I have tried not to be too late.’

1.      What did the lady in this story look like?

2.      What did she do in the beginning of the story?

3.      Where did she do it?

4.      What did she say?

5.      Whom did she say to?

6.      What did he answer?  

7.      Whom did he see?

8.      Where was this person?

9.      What was he doing?

10.  What did the young lady tell the driver to do then?

11.  What did the driver say?

12.  Why did he say this?

13.  What did the lady answer?

14.  Why did she want to arrive in a taxi?

15.  What do you think the lady is ?

This is the end of your task