Test English Year 9 Term II

1. Listening

You will hear an interview with a girl called Maisie, who is talking about something that happened at her Auntie Sheila’s house. Listen and choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1) Maisie says there’s a big _______                        [swimming pool, garden  ]behind her aunt’s house.

2) Auntie Sheila went to a _______         [cafe, concert]with Maisie’s cousins, and then to the cinema.

3) The family knew there was a problem when they saw the _______            [back door, front door]of their home.

4) They found that Steven’s _______          [computer, phone]wasn’t in his room.

5) Maisie suggests the burglar was frightened by the _______          [postman, gardener], who comes in the afternoons.

6) The burglar got into the house by using a _______        [rope, ladder]that was outside.

2. Reading

Read the text below about detective series on TV. Decide if the sentences are True, False or Doesn’t say.

Switch on any TV channel nowadays and the chances are there’ll be a detective series showing. Some of them, like Sherlock Holmes, are based on a well-known fictional detective from books. Others are created specially for television.

But wherever the stories come from, the programmes are very popular, and they’re watched by millions of people in many countries all around the world. And some of the programmes can be twenty years old, yet they’re still shown regularly on TV channels, and get large audiences. And a new generation of viewers is enjoying detective series just as much.

Yet why are these detective stories so popular? They all involve crimes of some kind, and in real life they wouldn’t be easy to read about in the newspapers. But perhaps because they’re in a TV show, they don’t have the same effect on us any more.

Or perhaps the best aspect of the show is that while you’re watching, you can try to work out who committed the crime – and solve it more quickly than the detective! That’s always fun – but sometimes it’s not possible because the detective reveals something at the last minute that we couldn’t possibly know – and then we feel disappointed!

Crime fiction books are also popular too. Years ago they weren’t seen as very serious literature, but now more and more people are buying them and enjoying them. And the quality of the writing has grown enormously. Happy reading!

1) Detective series are more popular in some countries than in others.             [True, False, Doesn't say]

2) Even older shows can still attract lots of viewers.             [True, False, Doesn't say]

3) Younger people seem to like detective shows more than older people.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

4) Some of the stories in detective shows are similar to crime stories in newspapers.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

5) There are plenty of clues to allow the viewers to solve the crime.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

6) Crime fiction is much better than it used to be.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

3. Grammar

Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1) My mum is good at _______ cakes.