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Test B

1 Match the words with a verb from the box.

post

tell

drive do make cash ride pack

pay

order

cook

1

post

a letter

2_______ a cheque

3_______ a bill

4_______ a suitcase

5_______ the washing-up

6_______ a meal

7_______ a story

8_______ a horse

9_______ a van

10_______ a taxi

11_______ a phone call

2 points for each correct answer

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2 Complete the sentences with of, in, to, for, at, or with.

1 This book is full

of pictures.

2Please ask ______ help if you want.

3Julie is married ______ Sam.

4Are you afraid ______ flying?

5Look ______ those birds!

6He isn’t good ______ French.

7Bill is looking ______ his keys but he can’t find them.

8I don’t agree ______ him.

9My brother is interested ______ literature.

10Do you work ______ a bank?

11Wait ______ me in the street.

2 points for each correct answer

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3 Circle the correct form of the verb.

1 I hear you ’ll leave / ’re leaving your job.

2What film will she watch / is she going to watch this weekend?

3I need flour because I ’ll bake / ’m going to bake a cake this afternoon.

4Peter said he ’ll not go / isn’t going to work tomorrow.

5Will he stay / Is he going to stay here all week?

6I ’m going to carry / ’ll carry your shopping for you.

7After school he ’s going to study / will study medicine.

8Are you going to play / Will you play football later?

9I ’ll help / ’m going to help you if you want me to.

10I’m really tired, I think I ’ll go / ’m going to bed.

11Don’t worry, I ’m going to buy / ’ll buy another one for you soon.

1 point for each correct answer

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4 Circle the correct form of the verb.

1Would you like to play / playing football with us?

2Would you like listening / to listen to some music?

3I’m not going meeting / to meet Mary this afternoon.

4I’d love going / to go with you.

5Yes, I’d like to dance / dancing with you.

6Susan wants to be / being a rich business woman.

7I’m thinking of to play / playing tennis tomorrow.

8Martin’s hoping arriving / to arrive at six o’clock.

9She enjoys watching / to watch the news on television.

10Do you want to try / trying again?

11Barbara hopes becoming / to become a lawyer.

1 point for each correct answer

10

5 Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

nervous excited depressed better tired well

1 He feels nervous . He’s got an exam.

2Emily is very _________ because she didn’t sleep last night.

3We’re really _________ about our holiday next week!

4Drink some water and you’ll feel _________ .

5Mike is feeling _________ . His girlfriend is going away.

6My mother doesn’t feel _________ . She has a headache.

2 points for each correct answer

10

22 U N I T 5 Test B

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6 Read the text. Are the statements true ( ) or false ( )?

GROWING UP IN LOS ANGELES

In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous, and beautiful. Nobody wants to be old, unknown, and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up in such an unreal atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious, and the children are part of the parents’ ambitions.

Parents pay for extravagant parties, expensive cars, and designer clothes. When every dream can come true, kids learn the value of nothing because they have everything. A 13-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards, and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants. ‘One day, I’ll earn more than my Dad,’ he boasts.

Parents buy care and attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves. Amanda’s mother employs a personal trainer, a nutritionist, a bodyguard/chauffeur, a singing coach, and a counsellor to look after all her 15-year-old daughter’s needs.

Often there is not parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework. They organize their own social lives. They play no childhood games. They become adults before they’re ready.

Hollywood has always been the city of dreams. The kids in L.A. live unreal lives where money, beauty, and pleasure are the only gods. Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?

1

In Hollywood everyone has lots of money.

___

2

Life isn’t always easy for children in

 

 

 

Hollywood.

___

3

The parents buy too many things for their

 

 

 

children.

___

4

Trent Maguire can buy anything he wants.

___

5

Trent has more money than his father.

___

6

Parents in Hollywood have lots of time

 

 

 

for their children.

___

7

Amanda’s mother is a counsellor.

___

8

The children don’t eat when their parents

 

 

 

aren’t at home.

___

9

The children grow up too quickly.

___

10

The children think having fun is very

 

 

 

important.

___

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

 

 

 

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7Translate these sentences.

1 She’s going to move house next month.

2 Would you like to come to my party?

3 They’d like to have their own business.

4 We enjoy travelling to different countries.

5A I’m late for my train.

B Don’t worry! I’ll give you a lift to the station.

A B

2 points for each correct answer

10

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6

 

Test A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Do these words mean the same or not? Write same or

3

Complete the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

opposite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJECTIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERL ATIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

opposite

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

old

new

 

 

 

1

old

 

 

 

older

oldest

 

 

2

marvellous

wonderful

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

wealthy

 

________

________

 

 

3

generous

mean

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

crowded

 

________

________

 

 

4

brilliant

stupid

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

noisy

 

________

________

 

 

5

messy

untidy

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

kind

 

________

________

 

 

6

polluted

clean

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

busy

 

________

________

 

 

7

rude

polite

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

far

 

 

________

________

 

 

8

unhappy

sad

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

interesting

________

________

 

 

9

wealthy

rich

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

bad

 

________

________

 

 

10

awful

nice

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

good

 

________

________

 

 

11

modern

new

 

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

dry

 

 

________

________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Match the questions 1–11 and answers a–k.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Look at the map. Complete the directions with words from

1

e Where would you like to travel?

 

 

 

the box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

What’s his wife like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

What do children like to eat?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

What’s his child like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Tell me about Rome. What’s it like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

What does Harry like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

What’s it like to be married?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

What would you like to do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

What are you really like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

What was the hotel like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

Who’s David like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a It’s not easy, but it’s fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

I’d like to go dancing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

through

on

out of

into in front of

over opposite

 

c

I’m quite kind-hearted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

down

left

next to

right

 

 

 

 

 

d She laughs a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To get to my house from school, go (1)

out of

the

 

e I’d like to visit New Zealand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

entrance and turn left (2) ___________ Denham Lane.

 

f He’s like his mother.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walk (3) ___________ Denham Lane as far as the round-

 

g It was big and modern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

about and then turn (4) ___________ . After about a

 

 

 

h They like ice-cream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hundred metres, you’ll see the post office on your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i He’s a very happy boy.

 

 

 

 

 

(5) ___________ . It’s (6) ___________ the Midland Bank.

 

j He likes motorbikes and ballet.

 

 

 

 

Cross the road and you’ll see a bus stop (7) ___________

 

k It’s a beautiful city.

 

 

 

 

 

you, with a small path (8) ___________ it. Go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9) ___________ the gate and (10) ___________ the

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

bridge. You’ll see my house (11) ___________ your right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 point for each correct answer

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 U N I T 6 Test A

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5 Read the text. Are the statements true ( ) or false ( )?

HETTY GREEN

Henrietta (Hetty) Green was a very spoilt, only child. She was born in Massachusetts, USA, in 1835. Her father was a millionaire businessman. Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares. At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and she opened her own bank account.

Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited $7.5 million. She went to New York and invested on Wall Street. Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents. She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world. She was called ‘The Witch of Wall Street’. At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had two children, Ned and Sylvia.

Hetty’s meanness was legendary. She always argued about prices in shops. She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken cookies (biscuits) which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much-loved dog, Dewey. Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it. She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black skirt. Worst of all, when her son Ned fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help. In the end Ned’s leg was amputated.

When she died in 1916 she left her children $100 million (worth $9.3 billion today). Her daughter built a hospital with her money.

1 Hetty came from a big family.

_____

2Hetty’s mother and father worked together. _____

3Hetty learnt about money from her father. _____

4Hetty made $7.5 million from investments. _____

5

Hetty was generous with her money.

_____

6

Hetty married a man with two children.

_____

7

Hetty saved money by buying cheap food.

_____

8

Hetty’s clothes were untidy.

_____

9

The doctor saved Ned’s leg.

_____

10

Hetty’s daughter was as mean as her mother. _____

6Translate these sentences.

1A What’s your city like?

B It’s smaller than London and much quieter.

A B

2A What was your hotel like?

B It was big and modern. I really liked it.

A B

3I think Barcelona is more interesting than Paris and it isn’t as expensive.

4We had the worst holiday of our lives last year.

5Our house is over the bridge. It’s opposite the bus stop.

2 points for each correct answer

10

TOTAL 100

2 points for each correct answer

20

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N A M E :

 

 

Test B

1 Complete the table.

 

ADJECTIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERL ATIVE

 

1

old

older

oldest

 

2

kind

_______

________

 

3

far

_______

________

 

4

wealthy

_______

________

 

5

interesting

_______

________

 

6

noisy

_______

________

 

7

good

_______

________

 

8

crowded

_______

________

 

9

busy

_______

________

 

10

dry

_______

________

 

11

bad

_______

________

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Read the text. Are the statements true ( ) or false ( )?

HETTY GREEN

Henrietta (Hetty) Green was a very spoilt, only child. She was born in Massachusetts, USA, in 1835. Her father was a millionaire businessman. Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares. At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and she opened her own bank account.

Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited $7.5 million. She went to New York and invested on Wall Street. Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents. She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world. She was called ‘The Witch of Wall Street’. At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had two children, Ned and Sylvia.

Hetty’s meanness was legendary. She always argued about prices in shops. She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken cookies (biscuits) which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much-loved dog, Dewey. Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it. She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black skirt. Worst of all, when her son Ned fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help. In the end Ned’s leg was amputated.

When she died in 1916 she left her children $100 million (worth $9.3 billion today). Her daughter built a hospital with her money.

1

Hetty came from a big family.

_____

2

Hetty’s mother and father worked together.

_____

3

Hetty learnt about money from her father.

_____

4

Hetty made $7.5 million from investments.

_____

5

Hetty was generous with her money.

_____

6

Hetty married a man with two children.

_____

7

Hetty saved money by buying cheap food.

_____

8

Hetty’s clothes were untidy.

_____

9

The doctor saved Ned’s leg.

_____

10

Hetty’s daughter was as mean as her mother.

_____

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

 

 

 

3 Match the questions 1–11 and answers a–k.

1

e

Where would you like to travel?

2

 

Tell me about Rome. What’s it like?

3

 

What’s it like to be married?

4

 

What’s his wife like?

5

 

What would you like to do?

6

 

What’s his child like?

7

 

What was the hotel like?

8

 

What do children like to eat?

9

 

What does Harry like?

10

 

Who’s David like?

11

 

What are you really like?

a It’s not easy, but it’s fun. b I’d like to go dancing.

c I’m quite kind-hearted. d She laughs a lot.

e I’d like to visit New Zealand. f He’s like his mother.

g It was big and modern. h They like ice-cream.

i He’s a very happy boy.

j He likes motorbikes and ballet. k It’s a beautiful city.

2 points for each correct answer

20

4Do these words mean the same or not? Write same or opposite.

1

old

new

opposite

2

messy

untidy

____________

3

rude

polite

____________

4

marvellous

wonderful

____________

5

unhappy

sad

____________

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brilliant

stupid

____________

 

7

awful

nice

____________

 

8

generous

mean

____________

 

9

polluted

clean

____________

 

10

modern

new

____________

 

11

wealthy

rich

____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

5Look at the map. Complete the directions with words from the box.

left on

out of

into

opposite in front of down

 

next to

through

right

over

 

 

 

 

 

 

To get to my house from school, go (1)

out of

the

entrance and turn left (2) ___________ Denham Lane. Walk (3) ___________ Denham Lane as far as the roundabout and then turn (4) ___________ . After about a hundred metres, you’ll see the post office on your

(5) ___________ . It’s (6) ___________ the Midland Bank. Cross the road and you’ll see a bus stop (7) ___________

you, with a small path (8) ___________ it. Go

(9) ___________ the gate and (10) ___________ the bridge. You’ll see my house (11) ___________ your right.

1 point for each correct answer

10

6Translate these sentences.

1I think Barcelona is more interesting than Paris and it isn’t as expensive.

2Our house is over the bridge. It’s opposite the bus stop.

3A What was your hotel like?

B It was big and modern. I really liked it.

A B

4A What’s your city like?

B It’s smaller than London and much quieter.

A B

5We had the worst holiday of our lives last year.

2 points for each correct answer

10

TOTAL 100

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Test A

1 Read the text. Imagine you are Tim Abbott and answer the

3

questions. Use short answers.

 

Hi! My name’s Tim Abbott and I play for Maidstone United in the Southern League. I’ve played with

them for five years. We train for about six hours every day, but my manager thinks we should not train on Sundays. Last year I had a problem with my left knee and it’s been painful since then. It hurts all the time. I’ll stop playing when I’m about thirty-five. After that, I’ll do something different.

1

Are you Tim Abbott?

Yes, I am.

2

Do you play for Maidstone United?

___________

3

Is your club in the Premier League?

___________

4

Have you played with them for ten

4

 

 

years?

___________

5

Do you train for about six hours?

___________

6

Did your manager tell you not to

 

 

train?

___________

7

Can your team train on Sundays?

___________

8

Did you have a problem last year?

___________

9Has your knee stopped hurting now? ___________

10Will you stop playing before you’re

forty?

___________

11 Would you like to do something

 

 

different then?

___________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Circle the correct form of the verb.

1 I visited / have visited Paris in 1995.

2Sorry I’m late – I missed / ’ve missed the bus.

3We lived / ’ve lived in this house all our lives.

4When did they tell / have they told you?

5We went / ’ve been camping here every summer.

6She ’s had / had a headache since yesterday.

7They ’ve built / built it five years ago.

8Did you ask / Have you asked her yet?

9How much have you paid / did you pay for it?

10I haven’t known / didn’t know her very long.

11He was / has been an actor since he was a boy.

1 point for each correct answer

10

 

Complete the conversation.

Chris Where do you live, Judy? Judy I (1 ) __________ Manchester.

Chris How long (2) _____________________ there? Judy (3) __________ about a year.

Chris What (4) __________ do?

Judy I (5) __________ in television. I’m a journalist. Chris What (6) ____________________ before that? Judy I (7) __________ for a newspaper in London.

Chris Why (8) ____________________ leave? Judy Because I earn much more money now. Chris (9) Do ____________________ a car, Judy? Judy Yes, (10) __________ .

Chris Great! Can you drive me to the station?

2 points for each correct answer

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Make 10 sentences from the chart below.

 

 

Monday.

 

 

eight o’clock.

Peter’s been waiting

for

two weeks.

I’ve known about it

since

a few days.

 

 

1990.

 

 

I was sixteen.

 

 

 

1Peter’s been waiting since Monday.

2____________________________

3____________________________

4____________________________

5____________________________

6____________________________

7____________________________

8____________________________

9____________________________

10____________________________

11____________________________

1 point for each correct answer

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5 Complete the letter with the words in the box.

hard still only of course nearly especially usually just together slowly

Dear Mum

Well, I’ve been here for exactly 56 days and I’m

(1) __________ enjoying myself. We (2) __________ have the exams left. At first it was very difficult, (3) _________

because everyone spoke so quickly. I studied very

(4) __________ and I can now understand (5) ________

everything I hear. I met an English boy (6) ________

before Christmas and I (7) _______ go out with him. We speak English (8) _______ and he speaks (9) _______ to help me. (10) _______ I’ve told him all about you and I hope you’ll meet him one day.

1 point for each correct answer

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6 Read the text. Are the statements true ( ) or false ( )?

CHER

Cher was born in the US on 20 May 1946 in El Centro, which is on the California/Mexico border. Her full name is Cherilyn Sarkisian and she is part-Cherokee and part-Armenian, Turkish, and French. She left high school when she was 16 and went to Los Angeles, where she planned to take acting lessons. There she met Salvatore Bono, who was working at the Gold Star Studios where Phil Spector was recording many famous singers. He discovered that Cher could sing, and they became the singing duo Sonny and Cher. Their first hit song was ‘I got you, babe’, which topped the charts in 1965. Cher was still only 19. They got married and had a daughter, who they called Chastity. In 1975 Sonny and Cher were divorced, and later that year Cher married Greg Allman, who was another famous rock star. But two years later Cher was divorced for the second time because of Allman’s drink and drugs problems. She decided to turn to acting again. In 1982 she appeared in her first major film, ‘Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’, which was well received by the critics and public. She went to on win Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 for her role in ‘Mask’, and finally she won an Oscar for ‘Moonstruck’ in 1987.

1

Cher can speak Turkish and French.

____

2

From a young age Cher wanted to act.

____

3

Cher’s first husband was a singer.

____

4

Cher joined a singing group with Phil Spector. ____

5

Her first song was very popular.

____

6

She married another famous singer in 1975.

____

7

Cher started acting again after her second

 

 

 

divorce.

____

8

She was in her thirties when she made her

 

 

 

first film.

____

9

People didn’t like her first film.

____

10

She has only won one Oscar.

____

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

 

 

 

7Translate these sentences.

1 My sister has never been abroad.

2 I’ve been to the USA many times. I went there for the first time when I was nineteen.

3A Have you ever won a prize?

B Yes, I have. I won a car in 1995.

A B

4I’ve known my best friend for years. We’ve lived in the same street since 1980.

5A How long have you worn glasses? B For three years.

A B

2 points for each correct answer

10

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7 Test B

1 Circle the correct form of the verb.

1 I visited / have visited Paris in 1995.

2We went / ’ve been camping here every summer.

3They ’ve built / built it five years ago.

4Sorry I’m late – I missed / ’ve missed the bus.

5Did you ask / Have you asked her yet?

6When did they tell / have they told you?

7I haven’t known / didn’t know her very long.

8We lived / ’ve lived in this house all our lives.

9She ’s had / had a headache since yesterday.

10He was / has been an actor since he was a boy.

11How much have you paid / did you pay for it?

1 point for each correct answer

10

2Complete the conversation.

Paul Where do you live, Sarah? Sarah I (1) __________ Bristol.

Paul How long (2) _____________________ there? Sarah (3) __________ about a year.

Paul What (4) __________ do?

Sarah I (5) __________ in television. I’m a journalist. Paul What (6) ____________________ before that? Sarah I (7) __________ for a newspaper in London.

Paul Why (8) ____________________ leave? Sarah Because I earn much more money now. Paul (9) Do ____________________ a car, Sarah? Sarah Yes, (10) __________ .

Paul Great! Can you drive me to the station?

2 points for each correct answer

20

3 Complete the letter with the words in the box.

together hard only of course still just nearly usually slowly especially

Dear Mum

Well, I’ve been here for exactly 56 days and I’m

(1) __________ enjoying myself. We (2) __________ have the exams left. At first it was very difficult, (3) __________

because everyone spoke so quickly. I studied very (4)

__________ and I can now understand (5) __________

everything I hear. I met an English boy (6) _______ before

N A M E :

Christmas and I (7) _______ go out with him. We speak English (8) _______ and he speaks (9) _______ to help me. (10) _______ I’ve told him all about you and I hope you’ll meet him one day.

1 point for each correct answer

10

4Read the text. Imagine you are Tim Abbott and answer the questions. Use short answers.

Hi! My name’s Tim Abbott and I play for Maidstone United in the Southern League. I’ve played with them for five years. We train for about six hours every day, but my manager thinks we should not train on Sundays. Last year I had a problem with my left knee and it’s been painful since then. It hurts all the time. I’ll stop playing when I’m about thirty-five. After that, I’ll do something different.

1

Are you Tim Abbott?

Yes, I am.

2

Do you play for Maidstone United?

___________

3

Is your club in the Premier League?

___________

4

Have you played with them for ten

 

 

years?

___________

5

Do you train for about six hours?

___________

6

Did your manager tell you not to

 

 

train?

___________

7

Can your team train on Sundays?

___________

8

Did you have a problem last year?

___________

9Has your knee stopped hurting now? ___________

10Will you stop playing before you’re

forty?

___________

11 Would you like to do something

 

different then?

___________

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

 

 

 

5 Read the text. Are the statements true ( ) or false ( )?

CHER

Cher was born in the US on 20 May 1946 in El Centro, which is on the California/Mexico border. Her full name is Cherilyn Sarkisian and she is part-Cherokee and part-Armenian, Turkish, and French. She left high school when she was 16 and went to Los Angeles, where she planned to take acting lessons. There she met Salvatore Bono, who

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N A M E :

was working at the Gold Star Studios where Phil Spector was recording many famous singers. He discovered that Cher could sing, and they became the singing duo Sonny and Cher. Their first hit song was ‘I got you, babe’, which topped the charts in 1965. Cher was still only 19. They got married and had a daughter, who they called Chastity. In 1975 Sonny and Cher were divorced, and later that year Cher married Greg Allman, who was another famous rock star. But two years later Cher was divorced for the second time because of Allman’s drink and drugs problems. She decided to turn to acting again. In 1982 she appeared in her first major film, ‘Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’, which was well received by the critics and public. She went to on win Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 for her role in ‘Mask’, and finally she won an Oscar for ‘Moonstruck’ in 1987.

1

Cher can speak Turkish and French.

____

2

From a young age Cher wanted to act.

____

3

Cher’s first husband was a singer.

____

4

Cher joined a singing group with Phil Spector. ____

5

Her first song was very popular.

____

6

She married another famous singer in 1975.

____

7

Cher started acting again after her second

 

 

 

divorce.

____

8

She was in her thirties when she made her

 

 

 

first film.

____

9

People didn’t like her first film.

____

10

She has only won one Oscar.

____

 

 

 

 

 

2 points for each correct answer

 

20

 

 

 

 

6 Make 10 sentences from the chart below.

 

 

Monday.

 

 

eight o’clock.

Peter’s been waiting

for

two weeks.

I’ve known about it

since

a few days.

 

 

1990.

 

 

I was sixteen.

 

 

 

6____________________________

7____________________________

8____________________________

9____________________________

10____________________________

11____________________________

1 point for each correct answer

10

7Translate these sentences.

1A Have you ever won a prize?

B Yes, I have. I won a car in 1995.

A B

2A How long have you worn glasses? B For three years.

A B

3I’ve been to the USA many times. I went there for the first time when I was nineteen.

4My sister has never been abroad.

5I’ve known my best friend for years. We’ve lived in the same street since 1980.

2 points for each correct answer

10

TOTAL 100

1Peter’s been waiting since Monday.

2____________________________

3____________________________

4____________________________

5____________________________

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