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language and skills test 5b

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
1

Units 9&10

Cross out one word or expression in each group that doesn't belong to the category. 0 TELLING A STORY badly, eventually, fortunately 1 ACCIDENTS AND FIRST AID bandage, revie !, bleeding 2 CELE"RITIES AND T#E $EDIA %on%u!!ion, &riva%y, attention 3 NE'S(A(ERS t)e )oro!%o&e!, &la!ter, go!!i& %olu*n /3

Replace the underlined word(s). 0 1 2 3 At !tart I didn+t ,no )at to do- first

If it !till )urt! you !o *u%), ta,e !o*e !y*&to*! to ea!e t)e &ain- .......... I %ut *y an,le ye!terday )ile &laying football on our !%)ool &it%)- .......... I didn+t )ave ti*e to revi!e for *y e/a* but unfortunately t)e 0ue!tion! ere relatively ea!y- ..........

T)e fairground ride *ade *e feel !o !i%, t)at I t)oug)t I a! about to fall- .......... Did you !ee t)e adverti!e*ent about t)e ! i**ing %o in ye!terday+! &a&er1 .......... /5

!ut the "erbs in brac#ets into the correct tense. $se the past si%ple& past continuous or past per'ect. 2

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I called 3%all4 )er on )er *obile a! !)e a! driving 3drive4 )er %arI a! glad )en I .......... 3learn4 t)at (aul .......... 3not lo!e4 )i! alletI told *y boyfriend t)at I .......... 3not ant4 to go out it) )i* any *oreS)e !aid !)e .......... 3!ee4 t)i! ,ind of &attern on a %ar&et before#o *any %ountrie! .......... 3you5vi!it4 on your Euro&ean tour la!t year1 Ye!terday evening Ian .......... 3%o*e4 in )ile I .......... 3)ave4 a %offee it) "et)/7

Report the (uestions 'ro% a )ob inter"iew. ')at+! your na*e1 ')ere do you live1 ')en did you fini!) your !tudie!1 Can you !tart or, ne/t *ont)1 0 1 2 3 T)e intervie er wanted to know what my name was_ T)en !)e ..............................After t)at !)e a!,ed ..............................Finally !)e ............................../3

$nderline the correct word(s) to co%plete the sentences. 0 1 2 3 I used to swim/had swum every dayDid !)e use to/used to be *ore !elf6%onfident before1 ')en *y e/6boyfriend !tarted tal,ing to *e at Ian+! &arty, I used to ignore/ignored )i*I was skiing/used to ski a lot a! a %)ild/2 4 * 'e went/used to go to a %lub ye!terday-

Co%plete the text with one word in each gap. 7

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For *e it+! an ea!y 0ue!tion 8 to an! er- ')en I a! a little girl, I 2 .......... to drea* of be%o*ing a fa*ou! riter- I on%e told *y Engli!) tea%)er t)at one day I 7 .......... in a Nobel (ri9e in Literature- 'ell, I :...... in it and I forgot about *y drea* by t)e end of &ri*ary !%)ool- So ould I li,e to be a %elebrity1 Definitely not- Celebritie! are %on!tantly
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.......... a lot of &re!!ure- <ournali!t! follo t)e* all t)e ti*e and ne !&a&er! often .......... lie! about t)e*- I ouldn+t li,e to live in t)i! ay- Not even for a *illion

&ound! a year> /5

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READING
+ ,atch the sentences a-' with the gaps in the text 1- . .here is one extra sentence. a b c d e ' Suddenly !)e fell do n un%on!%iou!$aria )a! al ay! li,ed !&ort! and !)e anted to !tudy !&ort at univer!ity#o ever, !)e+ll never forget )er lu%,y a%%identS,i e/&ert! ere %o*ing to at%) t)e %o*&etition and %)oo!e t)e be!t !,ier!#o ever, o&eration! on t)e )eart are e/tre*ely dangerou! and $aria *ig)t not !urvive$aria )ad to !,i into t)e tree! to avoid )er and !)e )it )er )ead )ard on a tree/5

Read the story again. .ic# ( ) true or cross ( ) 'alse. 1 2 3 4 T)e !tory i! about $aria+! fir!t a%%identAfter t)e a%%ident, $aria fell un%on!%iou! i**ediatelyT)e o&eration t)at Do%tor Fo!ter %arried out a! !u%%e!!ful$aria i! a ty&i%al !tudent no alt)oug) !)e )ad an o&eration /4

0 luc#y accident Si/teen6year6old $aria Donne love! !,iing and )er a*bition i! to be an Oly*&i% %)a*&ion- S)e+! )ad *any a%%ident! over t)e year!, but an a%%ident la!t !u**er !aved )er life- It )a&&ened t o day! before an i*&ortant !,i %o*&etition $aria a! %o*&eting in- S)e a! )o&ing to get into t)e ?unior Oly*&i% S,i Tea*-+11111 $aria )o&ed t)ey ould %)oo!e )erT)ree day! before t)e %o*&etition, $aria ent !,iing it) !o*e friend!- At fir!t, t)ey &ra%ti!ed t)eir ?u*&!, but t)en t)ey de%ided to fini!)- T)ey ere al*o!t off t)e *ountain )en a %)ild fell in front of $aria- 7.... $aria 0ui%,ly got u&, but t)en !)e felt di99y- :.... I**ediately, a friend

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%arried $aria to )i! %ar and drove )er to t)e )o!&ital- $ean )ile, )er ot)er friend! %alled $aria+! &arent!Everyone t)oug)t it a! %on%u!!ion, but t)e do%tor! did !o*e te!t! to %)e%,- Eventually, t)ey di!%overed t)e &roble* 6 $aria a! !uffering fro* a rare )eart %ondition- T)e do%tor! e/&lained t)at t)ey ould )ave to o&erate or $aria %ould die- ;.... Fortunately, one of t)e do%tor!, Do%tor Fo!ter, a! a !&e%iali!t- #e o&erated on $aria u!ing a ne te%)ni0ue- T)e o&eration a! a %o*&lete !u%%e!! and ?u!t t)ree ee,! later, $aria left t)e )o!&ital')en $aria ent ba%, to t)e )o!&ital !i/ ee,! later, Do%tor Fo!ter told )er !)e %ould !tart !,iing again- +S)e !,ied really ell,+ )er fat)er !aid- +'e %ouldn+t believe !)e+d been !o ill>+ Soon, $aria a! !,iing in %o*&etition! again- One day, t)e Oly*&i% tea* %oa%) offered )er a &la%e in t)e ?unior tea* and at a !&ort! !%)ool- No , $aria i! li,e any ot)er !tudent 6 !)e orrie! about getting good grade! and inning event!-=.... +T)e do%tor! di!%overed *y )eart %ondition be%au!e of *y !,iing a%%ident- I+* lu%,y to be alive- I+* going to ,ee& !,iing a! long a! I %an>+

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LISTENING
2 * 3isten to a news progra%%e and %atch nu%bers 1-* with the correct in'or%ation a-g. .here are two extra pieces o' in'or%ation. 7 a b c d e ' g : B 22 2= 2B,888

t)e nu*ber of *ont)! t)e teenager! %ould go to &ri!on for t)e nu*ber of friend! )o ere it) "rian Rigby at t)e nig)t%lub t)e nu*ber of bone! t)at "ennie re%eived for re!%uing t)e %)ildren t)e nu*ber of %o*&uter! t)e teenager! tried to !teal t)e nu*ber of %)ildren )o fell in t)e ater t)e %o!t in &ound! 3@4 of t)e da*age to t)e !%)ool t)e age of t)e girl )o bro,e into t)e !%)ool /6

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COMMUNICATION
10 Co%plete the responses you would use in the 'ollowing situations. 1 You ant to invite a friend to go to t)e !&ort! %entre')y don+t ......................1 2 You ant to a!, about !o*eone+! &lan! for t)e ee,end................... at t)e ee,end1 3 You ant to a%%e&t an invitation...................... great4 You )ave to refu!e an invitation......................., but I )ave &lan!/4 11 Choose the best response. 1 If you on t)e lottery )at ould you do1 a b 2 In t)at !ituation, I ouldn+t ,no )at to do>

I don+t t)in, it+! rig)t to do t)e lottery-

Do you fan%y at%)ing a DCD later1 a b Sure, )y not1 ')at+! ne 1

Do you t)in, t)at+! t)e rig)t &uni!)*ent1 a b No, I don+t t)in, it+! fair(uni!)*ent! are a good ay to !to& bad be)aviour-

')at !)ould e do1 a b I don+t t)in, t)at t)e!e %ri*e! are trivialObviou!ly e !)ould tell t)e &oli%e-

#o about going !)o&&ing1 B

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I+d love to but I )aven+t got any *oneyOf %our!e, t)an, you very *u%)-

Do you feel !orry for t)e !tudent! )o )a%,ed into t)e !%)ool %o*&uter!1 a b In t)at !ituation I ouldn+t %o**it %ri*e!No, be%au!e t)ey %o**itted !eriou! %ri*e!/6

Marks %$&abula#' and (#amma# *eading Listening C$mmuni&ati$n To a!" )"5 ma#ks )9 ma#ks )+ ma#ks )10 ma#ks /5# $arks

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