TEST 3 Student___________________________________________________Grade/9 March 2019

1. Read the text and answer the questions: 10p.

It is hard to be a farmer. Cold weather can kill your crops. Bugs can eat your crops. Weeds can hurt your crops.
Your crops may need more rain than they get. Fruits and Vegetables can go bad before they are sold. Some
people say farmers can fix all of this with GM food.

What is GM food? All living things have DNA. DNA tells living things how to grow. These days, people can
change the DNA that tells food how to grow. When people change the DNA of food, it is called GM food.

Some GM food can grow in cold weather. GM food can stop bugs from eating it. GM fruits and vegetables can
stay good longer. One day, GM food may be able to grow in dry land in Africa. It will feed people who do not
have much food.

But there is a lot we do not know about GM food. Will GM companies help poor people grow food? Or do GM
companies just want to get rich? Does GM food kill bugs we need, like butterflies? Does GM food make birds
sick? Does GM food make people sick? We do not know. There have not been many tests on GM food. Do you
think farmers should grow GM food?

1. What can bugs do that make it hard to be a farmer?

1. They make your crops too dry.
2. They make your food go bad.
3. They can eat your crops.
4. They can make your food GM.
2.What is DNA?
1. It is something everyone needs to change.
2. Something about life that cannot be changed.
3. Something that is only in GM foods.
4. DNA is the part of every living thing that tells it how to grow.
3.According to the reading, what is something that GM food can NOT do?
1. It can make food grow in cold weather.
2. It can make food grow faster.
3. It might help grow food in dry parts of Africa.
4. GM food will help foods stay good longer.
4.What is the main reason we do not know enough about GM foods?
1. Famers don't like GM foods.
2. Scientists need to do more testing to understand GM foods.
3. Insecticides proves that GM foods will survive bug infestations.
3. Companies just want to get rich.
5.What is the writer's main purpose for writing about GM foods?
1. To convince the reader that GM food is good.
2. To educate the reader about GM food and help the reader make an opinion about whether it
is good or bad.
3.To convince the reader that GM food is bad.
4. To convince the reader that farmers need
II. Put the verbs in Present Simple or Present Continuous (future meaning): /6p/
1. Tom____________________(not work) tonight. 2. The train_____________(arrive) at 10 tonight.
3. I____________(come) to your home tonight. 4. We____________(clean) the house at the weekend.
5. When__________________(the concert/ begin)? 6. The plane_______________(leave) at 5 am.
III. Complete the conditional sentences first and second conditional): /5p/
1. If you went to bed earlier, you __________________(not be) so tired.
2. I`d work in Italy if I_______________(speak) Italian fluently.
3. We`ll miss the train if we_________________________(not hurry).
4. They won`t visit Sara if she _____________________(not invite) them.
5. If I were a millionaire, I___________________(spend) my life travelling.
IV. Make Passive sentences: /5p/
1. People speak English all over the world._____________________________________________.
2. They have cleaned the windows.____________________________________________________.
3. Someone sent her a cheque for a thousand euros _____________________________________________.
4. The president will give a speech.___________________________________________________________.
5. The hunter killed the lion.________________________________________________________________.
V. Fill in the sentences with the given vocabulary:/6p/
(clay; property; track; protect; sweatshop; change; inhabitants; square)
1. _________________________________say that the city has been polluted .
2. Music, film and other work must be________________________by copyright.
3. Millions of people in poor countries around the world work in ____________________.
4. Today it is possible to download your favourite __________________.
5. Ancient Egypt people drew maps in order to find their __________________after the Nile flooded.
6. There is a self-service restaurant in a large building at the city________________.

Your grade
Total points 32 0-11=1 12-16=2 17-21=3 22-26=4 27-32=5

Teacher: ________________ Parent:_____________________