Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Khối 9

TEST 
I- Choose the correct answer. 
1. If you go on _______ me like this, I will never be able to finish writing my report. 
A. disturbing B. afflicting C. concerning D. affecting 
2. Turn off this machine, please. The harsh sound really _______ me crazy. 
A. takes B. worries C. drives D. bothers 
3. Everyone knew that _______ this task would require a considerable effort. 
A. working B. engaging C. making D. completing 
4. Mr. Tanner did his best to fix the faulty oven, but his _______ at repairing electrical devices wasn't good enough 
to succeed. 
A. service B. skill C. technique D. craft 
5. Judy didn't _______ for a second to agree to Mike's proposal as she had been in love with the boy for a long time. 
A. decide B. linger C. hesitate D. await 
6. Don't get so nervous about his coming late. When you get to know him better, you'll learn to take it _______ 
A. easy B. loose C. nice D. fine 
7. The inconsiderate driver was _______ for parking his vehicle in the wrong place. 
A. inflicted B. condemned C. harassed D. fined 
8. The idea to _______ a visit to the local council residence was welcomed by all the visitors. 
A. do B. pay C. go D. walk 
9. His _______ of the safety regulations really can't be ignored any longer. 
A. disregard B. unfamiliarity C. carelessness D. inattention 
10. Let's _______ the place, it looks so gloomy and unpleasant. 
A. miss B. abandon C. depart D. disappear 
11. What you are saying is quite _______, so give us, please, more details on the situation. 
A. famous B. accustomed C. obvious D. familiar 
12. For a short while, I managed to catch _______ of the President entering the palace. 
A. vision B. notice C. view D. sight 
13. The suggestion to leave the camp at once was strongly _______ by the climbers who were afraid of the 
approaching snowstorm. 
A. opposed B. complained C. quarreled D. resigned 
14. The first thing for all of you to remember is that _______ your duties may result in an instant dismissal. 
A. escaping B. neglecting C. resisting D. missing 
15. It was the commission's job to decide whether the pilot was _______ for the crash that occurred right after the 
take-off. 
A. responsible B. prone C. guilty D. comprehensive 
16. None of us has ever _______ of taking any rash steps against illegal broadcasting. 
A. declared B. persisted C. approved D. concluded 
17. Several soldiers of the squad were taken _______ by the enemy forces. 
A. capture B. hostage C. kidnap D. torture 
18. The student was _______ of understanding the theory even after the professor's profound explanation. 
A. incompetent B. incapable C. helpless D. unsuccessful 
19. I'm going for a walk in the park. Would you like to _______ me company? 
A. follow B. stay C. ward D. keep 
20. Patrick is too _______ a gambler to resist placing a bet on the final game. 
A. instant B. spontaneous C. compulsive D. continuous 
II- Put the words in the correct form. 
1. Does it make any _______________ (DIFFER) to them if we pay by cheque? 
2. The two boys should receive a just punishment. Their _______________ (BEHAVE) at the inauguration 
ceremony was really outrageous. 
3. Couldn’t you provide us with a more ______________ (PRACTICE) scheme? The one you have just devised is 
not sensible at all. 
4. As a matter of fact, the realization of the project itself isn't so ___________ (TROUBLE) as the initial conditions 
we have to accept. 
5. Jason is the most ________________ (TRUTH) person I know. He never tells lies. 
6. Mutual accusations will get you nowhere. You’d better try to find a more reasonable _____________(SOLVE) to 
your conflict. 
7. The main cause of the current crisis in the party seems to be the deep _____________ (DIVIDE) between its 
members. 
8. It's most _____________ (FASHION) among youths these days to spend their free time in the cinema. 
9. Unfortunately, none of us managed to convince the director of the benefits that our experiment might bring. His 
_______________ (APPROVE) grew even stronger when Jack mentioned the possible cost of the venture. 
10. Cindy and Mike's close ______________ (FRIEND) finally developed into a profound feeling and culminated in 
their marriage last year. 
11. Nobody has applied for the mission knowing how ________________ (HAZARD) it may be. 
12. Tom has lost his ________________ (CONFIDE) in conventional medicine after many years of unsuccessful 
treatment and has opted for acupuncture. 
13. “What's the ____________ (LONG) of this rope?” “It's six meters long.” 
14. Mark’s been terribly busy this week. It's _______________ (DOUBT) whether he'll attend our performance 
tomorrow. 
15. “Why didn't they react to my warning?” They might not have understood its discreet _________ (MEAN). 
III- Insert the correct prepositions. 
AT BETWEEN BY IN FOR FROM OF ON WITH 
1. Although Mrs. Parker was bitterly jealous _______ her friends' higher wages in the company, she managed to 
avoid making sharp comments. 
2. The committee doesn’t support any immediate changes. They say the modifications should be introduced step 
_______ step. 
3. The landlord was very generous to us. All that we consumed in his inn was ______ the house. 
4. We can't give up. Now that we have gone through the most difficult part of the route we must reach Khartoum 
_______ any cost. 
5. If you had informed us _______ advance that you wouldn't be giving any seminar we wouldn't have gone to the 
trouble of making all the necessary arrangements. 
6. Jack’s great interest _______ Unidentified Flying Objects seems quite odd to his friends, but the boy considers it 
an absorbing hobby. 
7. What unavoidably makes me angry_______ Frank is his inability to take prompt decisions. 
8. The football star is going to spend holidays in a secluded place where he expects to hide _______ the curious 
journalists and photographers. 
9. All the candidates, except _______ Mr. Jenkins, have scored the required number of points. 
10. Customers used to complain about the high prices of food, meat ______ particular. 
11. Learning this long definition _______ heart, at first, seemed an impossible task. But, finally, I was successful 
_______ memorizing it. 
12. Instead __________ a long speech at the beginning of the meeting, the chairman only gave a short welcome to 
all the participants. 
13. Only Mark was keen _______ going fishing early in the morning. The rest of the company felt too tired after 
their long journey. 
14. Tell the children to stop fooling around or I'll lose my patience _______ them. 
15. There’s no difference _______ price _______ these two printers. 
IV- Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the text. 
Earthquakes are amongst the most destructive (1) _______ disasters. They usually (2)_______ without any warning 
and (3) _______ in a great (4) _______ of life and an enormous demolition of buildings. Additionally, they may 
cause devastating landslides or create gigantic tidal waves which, in (5) _______, are collosal walls of water 
smashing into seashores with such force that they are (6) _______ of destroying coastal cities. However, the (7) 
_______ majority of fatalities and serious injuries (8) _______ about when buildings (9)_______. 
Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to (10) _______ the mortal (11) 
_______ once the shaking starts. The savage forces of an earthquake trigger (12) _______ a complex chain (13) 
_______ in the building's structure when it is shaken, lifted, pushed or pulled. A building's height, its shape and 
construction materials are the most significant (14) _______ deciding about the survival or collapse of the structure 
and, consequently, about the life or death of its (15) _______. 
1. A. nature B. naturalistic C. natural D. native 
2. A. hit B. strike C. fall D. attack 
3. A. result B. effect C. lead D. cause 
4. A. fatality B. waste C. harm D. loss 
5. A. fact B. certainty C. honesty D. truth 
6. A. potential B. conceivable C. capable D. possible 
7. A. wide B. broad C. full D. vast 
8. A. bring B. come C. lay D. make 
9. A. demolish B. jumble C. destroy D. collapse 
10. A. avert B. evade C. abstain D. restrain 
11. A. upkeep B. upturn C. upshot D. uptake 
12. A. up B. on C. out D. off 
13. A. activity B. motion C. progress D. reaction 
14. A. factors B. phenomena C. points D. ingredients 
15. A. settlers B. citizens C. inhabitants D. burghers 
V- Read and answer the following questions 
Fish who work for a living 
Cleaner wrasses are small marine fish that feed on the parasites living on the bodies of larger fish. Each cleaner 
owns a 'station' on a reef where clientele come to get their mouths and teeth cleaned. Client fish come in two 
varieties: residents and roamers. Residents belong to species with small territories; they have no choice but to go to 
their local cleaner. Roamers, on the other hand, either hold large territories or travel widely, which means that they 
have several cleaning stations to choose from. The cleaner wrasses sometimes ‘cheat’. This occurs when the fish 
takes a bite out of its client, feeding on healthy mucus. This makes the client jolt and swim away. 
Roamers are more likely to change stations if a cleaner has ignored them for too long or cheated them. Cleaners 
seem to know this: if a roamer and a resident arrive at the same time, the cleaner almost always services the roamer 
first. Residents can be kept waiting. The only category of fish that cleaners never cheat are predators, who possess a 
radical counterstrategy, which is to swallow the cleaner. With predators, cleaner fish wisely adopt an 
unconditionally cooperative strategy. 
1. Which of the following statements about the cleaner wrasses is true? 
A. They regard 'roamer' fish as important clients. 
B. They take great care not to hurt any of their clients. 
C. They are too frightened to feed from the mouths of certain clients. 
D. They are in a strong position as they can move to find clients elsewhere. 
2. The writer uses business terms in the text to 
A. illustrate how fish negotiate rewards. 
B. show how bigger fish can dominate smaller ones. 
C. exemplify cooperation in the animal world. 
D. describe the way fish take over a rival's territory. 
The Giordano painting 
“I was up in town yesterday,” I tell Tony easily, turning back from my long study of the sky outside the window as 
if I'd simply been wondering whether the matter was worth mentioning, 'and someone I was talking to thinks he 
knows someone who might possibly be interested.’ 
Tony frowns. ‘Not a dealer?' he queries suspiciously. 
‘No, no – a collector. Said to be keen on seventeenth – century art. Especially the paintings of Giordano. Very keen.’ 
‘Money all right?’ Tony asks. 
‘Money, as I understand it, is far from being a problem.’ 
So, it's all happening. The words are coming. And it's not at all a bad start, it seems to me. I’m impressed with 
myself. I've given him a good spoonful of jam to sweeten the tiny pill that's arriving next. 
‘Something of a mystery man, though, I gather,' I say solemnly. ‘Keeps a low profile. Won’t show his face in 
public.’ 
Tony looks at me thoughtfully. And sees right through me. All my boldness vanishes at once. I've been caught 
cheating my neighbors! I feel the panic rise. 
‘You mean he wouldn’t want to come down here to look at it?’ 
‘I don't know,’ I flounder hopelessly. ‘Perhaps ... possibly ...’ 
‘Take it up to town,’ he says decisively. ‘Get your chum to show it to him.’ 
I’m too occupied in breathing again to be able to reply. He misconstrues my silence. 
‘Bit of a bore for you,’ he says. 
3. When he brings up the subject of the Glordano painting, the narrator wants to give Tony the impression of being 
A. cautious B. resigned C. mysterious D. casual 
4. What is the narrator referring to when he uses the expression ‘tiny pill’ in line 12? 
A. his shortage of precise details about the collector 
B. his lack of certainty about the value of the painting 
C. his concerns about the collector's interest in the painting 
D. his doubts about the collector's ability to pay for the painting 
The invention of banking 
The invention of banking preceded that of coinage. Banking originated something like 4,000 years ago in Ancient 
Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safe keeping 
of grain and other commodities. Receipts came to be used for transfers not only to the original depositors but also to 
third parties. Eventually private houses in Mesopotamia also got involved in these banking operations, and laws 
regulating them were included in the code of Hammurabi, the legal code developed not long afterwards. 
In Ancient Egypt too, the centralization of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of 
banking. Written orders for the withdrawal of separate lots of grain by owners whose crops had been deposited there 
for safety and convenience, or which had been compulsorily deposited to the credit of the king, soon became used as 
a more general method of payment of debts to other people, including tax gatherers, priests and traders. Even after 
the introduction of coinage, these Egyptian grain banks served to reduce the need for precious metals, which tended 
to be reserved for foreign purchases, particularly in connection with military activities. 
5. In both Mesopotamia and Egypt the banking systems 
A. were initially limited to transactions involving depositors. 
B. were created to provide income for the king. 
C. required a large staff to administer them. 
D. grew out of the provision of storage facilities for food. 
6. What does the writer suggest about banking? 
A. It can take place without the existence of coins. 
B. It is likely to begin when people are in debt. 
C. It normally requires precious metals. 
D. It was started to provide the state with an income. 
VI- Rewrite the sentences using the given forms so that they retain their original meaning 
1. It wasn't Tom that you saw in the department store, for sure. 
- It couldn't ___________________________________________________________________ 
2. We had to call the doctor because the baby had a high temperature (because of). 
- ____________________________________________________________________________ 
3. If I were you, I wouldn't tell anybody about the discovery. 
- You had ____________________________________________________________________ 
4. The boys laughed at the man in spite of his old age. (fun of) 
-____________________________________________________________________________ 
5. You are all welcome to take any food you like. 
- Help _______________________________________________________________________ 
6. What was the reason for his resignation? (made) 
- ___________________________________________________________________________? 
7. Did the children enjoy themselves during the performance? (good time) 
- ___________________________________________________________________________? 
8. We haven't had any message from him since March. (heard) 
- ___________________________________________________________________________ 
9. You don't have to worry about the future. (no need) 
- There ______________________________________________________________________ 
10. All the students were awarded diplomas. 
- Every ______________________________________________________________________ 
Choose the correct answer. 
1. If you go on _______ me like this, I will never be able to finish writing my report. 
A. disturbing B. afflicting C. concerning D. affecting 
2. Turn off this machine, please. The harsh sound really _______ me crazy. 
A. takes B. worries C. drives D. bothers 
3. Everyone knew that _______ this task would require a considerable effort. 
A. working B. engaging C. making D. completing 
4. Mr. Tanner did his best to fix the faulty oven, but his _______ at repairing electrical devices wasn't good enough 
to succeed. 
A. service B. skill C. technique D. craft 
5. Judy didn't _______ for a second to agree to Mike's proposal as she had been in love with the boy for a long time. 
A. decide B. linger C. hesitate D. await 
6. Don't get so nervous about his coming late. When you get to know him better, you'll learn to take it _______ 
A. easy B. loose C. nice D. fine 
7. The inconsiderate driver was _______ for parking his vehicle in the wrong place. 
A. inflicted B. condemned C. harassed D. fined 
8. The idea to _______ a visit to the local council residence was welcomed by all the visitors. 
A. do B. pay C. go D. walk 
9. His _______ of the safety regulations really can't be ignored any longer. 
A. disregard B. unfamiliarity C. carelessness D. inattention 
10. Let's _______ the place, it looks so gloomy and unpleasant. 
A. miss B. abandon C. depart D. disappear 
11. What you are saying is quite _______, so give us, please, more details on the situation. 
A. famous B. accustomed C. obvious D. familiar 
12. For a short while, I managed to catch _______ of the President entering the palace. 
A. vision B. notice C. view D. sight 
13. The suggestion to leave the camp at once was strongly _______ by the climbers who were afraid of the 
approaching snowstorm. 
A. opposed B. complained C. quarreled D. resigned 
14. The first thing for all of you to remember is that _______ your duties may result in an instant dismissal. 
A. escaping B. neglecting C. resisting D. missing 
15. It was the commission's job to decide whether the pilot was _______ for the crash that occurred right after the 
take-off. 
A. responsible B. prone C. guilty D. comprehensive 
16. None of us has ever _______ of taking any rash steps against illegal broadcasting. 
A. declared B. persisted C. approved D. concluded 
17. Several soldiers of the squad were taken _______ by the enemy forces. 
A. capture B. hostage C. kidnap D. torture 
18. The student was _______ of understanding the theory even after the professor's profound explanation. 
A. incompetent B. incapable C. helpless D. unsuccessful 
19. I'm going for a walk in the park. Would you like to _______ me company? 
A. follow B. stay C. ward D. keep 
20. Patrick is too _______ a gambler to resist placing a bet on the final game. 
A. instant B. spontaneous C. compulsive D. continuous 
Put the words in the correct form. 
1. Does it make any _difference_ (DIFFER) to them if we pay by cheque? 
2. The two boys should receive a just punishment. Their _behavior_ (BEHAVE) at the inauguration ceremony was 
really outrageous. 
3. Couldn’t you provide us with a more _practicable__ (PRACTICE) scheme? The one you have just devised is not 
sensible at all. 
4. As a matter of fact, the realization of the project itself isn't so _troublesome_ (TROUBLE) as the initial conditions 
we have to accept. 
5. Jason is the most __truthful_ (TRUTH) person I know. He never tells lies. 
6. Mutual accusations will get you nowhere. You’d better try to find a more reasonable _solution_(SOLVE) to your 
conflict. 
7. The main cause of the current crisis in the party seems to be the deep _division_ (DIVIDE) between its members. 
8. It's most _fashionable_ (FASHION) among youths these days to spend their free time in the cinema. 
9. Unfortunately, none of us managed to convince the director of the benefits that our experiment might bring. His 
__disapproval__ (APPROVE) grew even stronger when Jack mentioned the possible cost of the venture. 
10. Cindy and Mike's close _friendship_ (FRIEND) finally developed into a profound feeling and culminated in 
their marriage last year. 
11. Nobody has applied for the mission knowing how __hazardous__ (HAZARD) it may be. 
12. Tom has lost his _confidence_ (CONFIDE) in conventional medicine after many years of unsuccessful treatment 
and has opted for acupuncture. 
13. “What's the _length_ (LONG) of this rope?” “It's six meters long.” 
14. Mark’s been terribly busy this week. It's ___doubtful__ (DOUBT) whether he'll attend our performance 
tomorrow. 
15. “Why didn't they react to my warning?” They might not have understood its discreet _meaning_ (MEAN). 
Insert the correct prepositions. 
AT BETWEEN BY IN FOR FROM OF ON WITH 
1. Although Mrs. Parker was bitterly jealous __of_ her friends' higher wages in the company, she managed to avoid 
making sharp comments. 
2. The committee doesn’t support any immediate changes. They say the modifications should be introduced step 
_by__ step. 
3. The landlord was very generous to us. All that we consumed in his inn was __on_ the house. 
4. We can't give up. Now that we have gone through the most difficult part of the route we must reach Khartoum 
__at___ any cost. 
5. If you had informed us __in__ advance that you wouldn't be giving any seminar we wouldn't have gone to the 
trouble of making all the necessary arrangements. 
6. Jack’s great interest _in/with____ Unidentified Flying Objects seems quite odd to his friends, but the boy 
considers it an absorbing hobby. 
7. What unavoidably makes me angry__at__ Frank is his inability to take prompt decisions. 
8. The football star is going to spend holidays in a secluded place where he expects to hide _from_ the curious 
journalists and photographers. 
9. All the candidates, except _for_ Mr. Jenkins, have scored the required number of points. 
10. Customers used to complain about the high prices of food, meat _in__ particular. 
11. Learning this long definition __by__ heart, at first, seemed an impossible task. But, finally, I was successful 
__in__ memorizing it. 
12. Instead ____of___ a long speech at the beginning of the meeting, the chairman only gave a short welcome to all 
the participants. 
13. Only Mark was keen __on__ going fishing early in the morning. The rest of the company felt too tired after their 
long journey. 
14. Tell the children to stop fooling around or I'll lose my patience _with_ them. 
15. There’s no difference _between_ price __of__ these two printers. 
Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the text. 
Earthquakes are amongst the most destructive (1) _______ disasters. They usually (2)_______ without any warning 
and (3) _______ in a great (4) _______ of life and an enormous demolition of buildings. Additionally, they may 
cause devastating landslides or create gigantic tidal waves which, in (5) _______, are colossal walls of water 
smashing into seashores with such force that they are (6) _______ of destroying coastal cities. However, the (7) 
_______ majority of fatalities and serious injuries (8) _______ about when buildings (9)_______. 
Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to (10) _______ the mortal (11) 
_______ once the shaking starts. The savage forces of an earthquake trigger (12) _______ a complex chain (13) 
_______ in the building's structure when it is shaken, lifted, pushed or pulled. A building's height, its shape and 
construction materials are the most significant (14) _______ deciding about the survival or collapse of the structure 
and, consequently, about the life or death of its (15) _______. 
1. A. nature B. naturalistic C. natural D. native 
2. A. hit B. strike C. fall D. attack 
3. A. result B. effect C. lead D. cause 
4. A. fatality B. waste C. harm D. loss 
5. A. fact B. certainty C. honesty D. truth 
6. A. potential B. conceivable C. capable D. possible 
7. A. wide B. broad C. full D. vast 
8. A. bring B. come C. lay D. make 
9. A. demolish B. jumble C. destroy D. collapse 
10. A. avert B. evade C. abstain D. restrain 
11. A. upkeep B. upturn C. upshot D. uptake 
12. A. up B. on C. out D. off 
13. A. activity B. motion C. progress D. reaction 
14. A. factors B. phenomena C. points D. ingredients 
15. A. settlers B. citizens C. inhabitants D. burghers 
Fish who work for a living 
Cleaner wrasses are small marine fish that feed on the parasites living on the bodies of larger fish. Each cleaner 
owns a 'station' on a reef where clientele come to get their mouths and teeth cleaned. Client fish come in two 
varieties: residents and roamers. Residents belong to species with small territories; they have no choice but to go to 
their local cleaner. Roamers, on the other hand, either hold large territories or travel widely, which means that they 
have several cleaning stations to choose from. The cleaner wrasses sometimes ‘cheat’. This occurs when the fish 
takes a bite out of its client, feeding on healthy mucus. This makes the client jolt and swim away. 
Roamers are more likely to change stations if a cleaner has ignored them for too long or cheated them. Cleaners 
seem to know this: if a roamer and a resident arrive at the same time, the cleaner almost always services the roamer 
first. Residents can be kept waiting. The only category of fish that cleaners never cheat are predators, who possess a 
radical counterstrategy, which is to swallow the cleaner. With predators, cleaner fish wisely adopt an 
unconditionally cooperative strategy. 
1. Which of the following statements about the cleaner wrasses is true? 
A. They regard 'roamer' fish as important clients. 
B. They take great care not to hurt any of their clients. 
C. They are too frightened to feed from the mouths of certain clients. 
D. They are in a strong position as they can move to find clients elsewhere. 
2. The writer uses business terms in the text to 
A. illustrate how fish negotiate rewards. 
B. show how bigger fish can dominate smaller ones. 
C. exemplify cooperation in the animal world. 
D. describe the way fish take over a rival's territory. 
The Giordano painting 
“I was up in town yesterday,” I tell Tony easily, turning back from my long study of the sky outside the window as 
if I'd simply been wondering whether the matter was worth mentioning, 'and someone I was talking to thinks he 
knows someone who might possibly be interested.’ 
Tony frowns. ‘Not a dealer?' he queries suspiciously. 
‘No, no – a collector. Said to be keen on seventeenth – century art. Especially the paintings of Giordano. Very keen.’ 
‘Money all right?’ Tony asks. 
‘Money, as I understand it, is far from being a problem.’ 
So, it's all happening. The words are coming. And it's not at all a bad start, it seems to me. I’m impressed with 
myself. I've given him a good spoonful of jam to sweeten the tiny pill that's arriving next. 
‘Something of a mystery man, though, I gather,' I say solemnly. ‘Keeps a low profile. Won’t show his face in 
public.’ 
Tony looks at me thoughtfully. And sees right through me. All my boldness vanishes at once. I've been caught 
cheating my neighbors! I feel the panic rise. 
‘You mean he wouldn’t want to come down here to look at it?’ 
‘I don't know,’ I flounder hopelessly. ‘Perhaps ... possibly ...’ 
‘Take it up to town,’ he says decisively. ‘Get your chum to show it to him.’ 
I’m too occupied in breathing again to be able to reply. He misconstrues my silence. 
‘Bit of a bore for you,’ he says. 
3. When he brings up the subject of the Glordano painting, the narrator wants to give Tony the impression of being 
A. cautious B. resigned C. mysterious D. casual 
4. What is the narrator referring to when he uses the expression ‘tiny pill’ in line 12? 
A. his shortage of precise details about the collector 
B. his lack of certainty about the value of the painting 
C. his concerns about the collector's interest in the painting 
D. his doubts about the collector's ability to pay for the painting 
The invention of banking 
The invention of banking preceded that of coinage. Banking originated something like 4,000 years ago in Ancient 
Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safe keeping 
of grain and other commodities. Receipts came to be used for transfers not only to the original depositors but also to 
third parties. Eventually private houses in Mesopotamia also got involved in these banking operations, and laws 
regulating them were included in the code of Hammurabi, the legal code developed not long afterwards. 
In Ancient Egypt too, the centralization of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of 
banking. Written orders for the withdrawal of separate lots of grain by owners whose crops had been deposited there 
for safety and convenience, or which had been compulsorily deposited to the credit of the king, soon became used as 
a more general method of payment of debts to other people, including tax gatherers, priests and traders. Even after 
the introduction of coinage, these Egyptian grain banks served to reduce the need for precious metals, which tended 
to be reserved for foreign purchases, particularly in connection with military activities. 
5. In both Mesopotamia and Egypt the banking systems 
A. were initially limited to transactions involving depositors. 
B. were created to provide income for the king. 
C. required a large staff to administer them. 
D. grew out of the provision of storage facilities for food. 
6. What does the writer suggest about banking? 
A. It can take place without the existence of coins. 
B. It is likely to begin when people are in debt. 
C. It normally requires precious metals. 
D. It was started to provide the state with an income. 
Rewrite the sentences using the given forms so that they retain their original meaning. 
1. It wasn't Tom that you saw in the department store, for sure. 
- It couldn't ___have been Tom that/whom you saw in the department, for sure_____________ 
2. We had to call the doctor because the baby had a high temperature (because of). 
- _we had to call the doctor because the baby