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A. LISTENING
I. Listen to six conversations. For each question, II. Listen to Jamie talking to his mum
choose the right answer (A, B or C). about his first day back at school
0. Which sport did Tom miss at school? after the summer holiday.
For each question, choose the right
answer (A, B or C).
You will hear the conversation twice.
0. Jamie’s new class teacher is
A. B. C. A. Mr Jackson.
1. How much did Tess pay for her new racket? B. Mrs Richards.
C. Mr Hart.
1. What time did Jamie arrive at school?
A. 8.00
B. 8.30
A. B. C. C. 8.45
2. Where did Sophie stay during her skiing holiday? 2. Which subject did Jamie have first?
A. Physics
B. Maths
C. Biology
3. Jamie says that his new timetable is
A. hard work.
A. B. C.
B. interesting.
3. What is Josh making for his friends?
C. difficult to remember.
4. What did Jamie forget to take with
him?
A. his lunch
B. his football boots
A. B. C.
C. his homework
4. Where is Maria going?
5. What did Jamie enjoy most on his
first day?
A. being in a new place
B. meeting new people
C. seeing old friends
A. B. C.
5. What time will Ben’s football practice start today?
A. B. C.
C. GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentences with the right form of the bold nouns.
1. The beach was beautiful but ....................................... it rained every day. FORTUNE
2. If the beds had been more ......................................., we would have slept better. COMFORT
3. You would have got better marks if you hadn’t done the exam so....................................... . CARE
4. We were really....................................... . We missed the flight by just five minutes. LUCK
5. Don’t be so....................................... . The programme will start in a minute. PATIENCE
6. I fell off my bicycle last week, but ....................................... I wasn’t badly hurt. LUCK
7. There was a huge queue to pay, but we waited ....................................... . PATIENCE
8. If you had been more ......................................., you wouldn’t have had an accident. CARE
9. It was freezing cold but....................................... we’d all brought jackets. FORTUNE
10. Are you sitting.......................................? Then I’ll begin the story. COMFORT
II. Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first.
1. He finished War and Peace in a week because he reads quickly.
He finished War and Peace in a week because ................he is a quick reader...................
2. He is late for school because he is a slow walker.
He is late for school because ...............................................................................................
3. The home team won and their fans did a loud cheer.
The home team won and......................................................................................................
4. "I've failed my exams!" he said in a dramatic voice.
"I've failed my exams!" .........................................................................................................
III. Underline the right form. Check at the end of the Adjectives that are also past
sentence if both are correct. participles typically do not
1. Life is faster / more fast than before. make their comparatives and
2. Traffic jams in cities are the baddest / worst nightmare for superlatives through the
me. addition of "-er" and “est”, but
3. Everybody is busyer / busier than they were five years ago. only through the use of "more"
4. He became more scared / scareder when he saw a snake and “most”.
coming through the hole.
5. Who runs the most quickly / fastest among the three Stressed => More stressed =>
athletes? Most stressed
6. I was more bored / boreder than he was. Tired => More tired => Most tired
7. This is the most scary / scariest story I’ve ever heard.
VI. Complete the sentences with two to five words, including the word in bold.
1. Jeff has read the same number of books as Carol. (many)
Jeff has read ............as many books as.............. Carol.
2. Amanda is wealthier than James. (as)
James ................................................................................................Amanda.
3. I’ve never heard such beautiful music. (the)
It’s ................................................................................................I’ve ever heard.
4. Gary talks more quietly than Anne. (less)
Anne talks................................................................................................Gary.
5. Can’t you run any faster than that? (fastest)
Is that ................................................................................................you can run?
6. Tony has eaten the same number of cakes as Ben. (many)
Tony has eaten................................................................................................Ben.
7. I've never seen such a pretty child. (the)
It's ................................................................................................I’ve ever seen.
D. VOCABULARY
I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of “get” and one of these words.
II. Choose the correct word to complete each of the following sentences.
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1. I decided not to go and see the film because I read a bad ................................of it.
2. I don’t enjoy watching films with ................................ . I can't read them fast enough!
3. The play was really boring and some people didn’t stay to see the end. They left during the
................................ .
4. The band gave a great ................................ last night.
5. The, Sports stadium is a good ....................................for a big concert because it has thousands
of seats.
6. Sometimes seeing your favourite band ................................... is disappointing because the sound
isn’t very good.
7. There’s a music festival on this weekend and ..................................is free!
8. The play was very sad. A lot of the people in the .................................. were crying.
Nowadays, you can have many books without needing a room to store them. The Internet is making it
more efficient for people to read. Web sites now make it easy for people to buy books. Thousands of
books are available online. You can buy used books or new books. Now you can even buy electronic
books. The Kindle, released by the web site Amazon, allows people to download books online and read
them on the device. People can download hundreds of books at a time and put them on this small,
hand-held e-book reader.
The personal libraries of the past still look good and many people still like to have paper books, but e-
book readers like the Kindle are changing things fast. Now people can carry huge libraries with them
anywhere. People can read books for a lot cheaper as well. Books bought electronically are
inexpensive because they do not have to be printed. They are stored in files and sold straight to the
device. The Kindle and other reading devices are going to change book-buying and reading forever.
1. What would be the best title for the passage? 5. In line 12, the word inexpensive is
a. A New Age of Writing closest in meaning to:
b. Libraries Lost and Forgotten a. cheap
c. Changes in the Reading Culture b. difficult
d. Electronics Replacing Written Literature c. high-priced
2. The author mentions all of the following EXCEPT: d. in high demand
a. carrying huge libraries everywhere 6. What do the Kindle and other e-book
b. the Internet making it easier for people to read readers allow people to do?
c. books and reading as an important part of a. Read faster
education b. Read books with friends
d. where to buy inexpensive books in North c. Travel with more books
America d. Buy more books in stores
3. Why does the author mention “the Kindle”? 7. In line 13, the word they refers to:
a. To imply that soon libraries will not exist a. books
b. To suggest that every book is now electronic b. people
c. To show that there are few regular books now c. libraries
d. To give an example of an electronic reading d. readers
device 8. What are the Kindle and other reading
4. In line 5, the word efficient is closest in meaning to: devices going to do to reading?
a. Hard a. Destroy it
b. Safe b. Make it difficult
c. Happy c. Make it different
d. Handy d. Make people stop reading