LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 2 A Units 3-4

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

Last week I went to a very
(0)interesting talk about a trip to the INTEREST
Himalayas. Some of the photos
were (1) ____________. The speaker AMAZE
said that he was really (2) ____________ TERRIFY
by the little rope bridges high
above the ground. The most
(3) ____________ part of the EXCITE
talk was when he described
the last day. They were so
(4) ____________ that they nearly TIRE
fell but, finally, they made it
to the top of K2. One thing I was
(5) ____________ by was a really ANNOY
(6) ____________ man who sat next BORE
to me and kept on talking to
me during the talk.

2 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

My father is a famous musician. He started (0) going to music school (1) ______________ he was 6 years old, that's 42 years (2) ______________. In 1985, he was sitting at home when he suddenly came (3) ______________ with a tune which he wrote (4) ______________ before he forgot it. After that, he didn't think about it. At the same time, a TV producer was looking
(5) ______________ the problems that new musicians had in getting their music played. It turned (6) ______________ that he and my dad were at school together and he used my dad's tune in the programme. It became popular and my father became famous.

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

0 Last week I (go) went to the cinema to see the new James Bond film.

1 I (paint) ______________ the living room ceiling when I (drop) ______________ my brush onto the TV.

2 I (not do) ______________ my homework last night, I forgot.

3 Where (be) ______________ you yesterday?

4 I (not come) ______________ to see you yesterday because I (sleep) ______________ all evening.

4 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

Last week, I (0) __________ a book on local history. It's fascinating. The phone rang while I
(1) __________ but I (2) __________ it. I couldn't stop (3) __________. In the book it says that a man called John Collins built our house over 200 years ago in 1796. He was a soldier and died fighting when he was 38 years old. He (4) __________ his horse when some soldiers
(5) __________ him and shot him. It's funny, at school I never (6) __________ history but now it's my favourite subject!

0 a) was starting reading b) used to start reading c) started reading

1 a) used to read b) was reading c) read

2 a) wasn't answering b) didn't answer c) didn't use to answer

3 a) to read b) read c) reading

4 a) was riding b) rode c) used to ride

5 a) were seeing b) used to see c) saw

6 a) used to like b) didn't like c) was liking

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5 Complete the questions and answers.

A (0) Did you go to the party last night?

B No, I (1) ________________. I went to bed early.

A (2) What ________________ at eleven o'clock yesterday morning?

B I was cooking dinner.

A (3) ________________ scared when you saw those dogs?

B Yes, (4) ________________. They were really frightening.

A (5) ________________ watch cartoons when you were young?

B Yes, (6) ________________. I used to watch them all the time.

LISTENING SKILLS

CD Track 3

1 Listen to Professor Sykes talking about George Orwell. Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

1 Professor Sykes works
a) at Oxford University.
b) as a writer.
c) for the radio station.

2 George Orwell came back from India

a) when he was three
b) in 1903.
c) when he was four.

3 Orwell's family
a) paid a lot of money for his school.
b) paid a lot of money for his university.
c) didn't pay for his education.

4 After school he became a
a) writer.
b) student.
c) policeman.

5 In Paris Orwell
a) wrote a book.
b) had a number of poor jobs.
c) couldn't find work.

6 The Road to Wigan Pier is about
a) real people's lives.
b) Orwell's time in Paris.
c) the war in Spain.

7 Animal Farm and 1984
a) were true 60 years ago but not now.
b) are his most famous two books.
c) are true stories.

READING SKILLS

1 Read the texts about five important events in recent British history. Match the headings (A-F) to the correct texts (1-5). There is one extra heading.

5 Events That Changed Britain 1 The Great Train Robbery In 1963 a gang of 13 men carried out one of the biggest robberies in British history. They stopped a train and stole £2.3 million. During the robbery, the train driver was hit on the head and died 7 years later. The police found their fingerprints and the gang travelled all over the world to escape but, in the end, the police caught all thirteen of them. Nobody ever found the money. 2 The Coronation of Elizabeth II King George VI was a very popular king and the country was heartbroken when he died in 1952. The coronation of his daughter, Elizabeth, took place on June 2nd 1952. Twenty million people watched on television and another 11 million listened to the coronation on the radio. While they were listening and watching, news came in from Nepal that Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tensig had climbed to the top of Mount Everest, the first people to do so. They reached the top on May 29th but news took four days to come through. 3 Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party in Britain in 1975 when the Labour Party were in power. There were many problems in Britain in the late 1970's. People found it hard to get jobs, prices were going up and, in 1979, the Conservative Party came up with a famous slogan: `Labour isn't working'. In May that year, Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister, the first woman ever to be Prime Minister in Britain. She led the country for 11 years and changed it forever. 4 The Beatles in America At the end of 1963, The Beatles were the most popular pop group in England. Fans screamed at their concerts and they sold millions of records. But, in America, nobody knew who they were. No English groups were popular in America. Two months later, in February 1964, The Beatles were number one in America and millions of people watched them on television on the Ed Sullivan show. Over the next few years, many groups like The Rolling Stones and The Who also went to America and changed the world of rock and roll. 5 The 1966 World Cup In 1966, the world cup was played in England. The excitement started four months before when the cup disappeared. A dog, named Pickles, found it in a garden and nobody ever knew who took it and how it got into the garden. When the football started, England made it to the final against their old enemies West Germany. It was an exciting match with 6 goals altogether, England winning 4-2. Just before the last goal, some fans started running onto the pitch. The commentator famously said: `They think it's all over' and then, when the goal went in he continued: `It is now'

A A new kind of leader. __________

B A sad day. __________

C How did it get there? __________

D Listen to us. __________

E They couldn't escape. __________

F On top of the world. __________

COMMUNICATION

1 Complete the text with the words and phrases in the box.

was walking unforgettable most exciting date excited happened felt when was

It (0) happened a few years ago. I remember the (1) ____________ very well. It
(2) ____________ June 4th 1998. I was in my first year of secondary school.

I (3) ____________ to school (4) ____________ I saw a big, white car with black windows. Suddenly, it stopped and out stepped the film star, Bobby Davies. I (5) ____________ really
(6) ____________ - I love his films.

I talked to him for a few minutes. He was lost and asked me where the Grand Hotel was. It was an (7) ____________ time. He gave me his autograph and I've got a photo of us together. It was the (8) ____________ day of my life.

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