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LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 5 A Units 9-10
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter of each word.
0 What s your favourite TV channel? BBC World, it s very interesting.
1 My friend s a j__________. He writes for the Times.
2 The Office is a great c__________ series. It s very funny.
3 What s on TV tonight? I don t know. Look in the TV g__________.
4 Which search e__________ do you use most? Google?
5 I like to know what s happening in the world so I always read the i __________ news.
6 I love listening to p__________ -in shows. You never know what people will say.
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2 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.
Celebrity Big Brother
One of the most talked about TV programmes in Britain is Celebrity Big Brother. It is a
(0) __________ TV show but with famous people. Usually they are people who have been forgotten
and want to get back into the (1) __________ columns. The celebrities don t often
(2) __________ with each other but they often (3) __________ and sometimes have terrible
arguments, shouting at each other. I don t know why they can t (4) __________ with each other.
Maybe they are just acting so that they are written about in the (5) __________ newspapers. Some
people think these shows are stupid but a girl who I used to (6) __________ loved them.
0 a) soap b) reality c) documentary
1 a) headline b) newsagent s c) gossip
2 a) fall in love b) split up with c) go out with
3 a) fall out b) fall down c) fall in
4 a) come on b) get on c) go on
5 a) gossip b) headline c) tabloid
6 a) get out with b) fall out with c) go out with
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3 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
I listen to the radio a lot and I often listen to phone-in shows. They can be really funny.
On the other (0) hand they can be really boring, too. I ve (1) _______________ listened to
one, it finished a few minutes ago and I ve (2) _______________ forgotten most of what was
said. It was about schools in England. I haven t been to school (3) _______________ about 20
years but people were still talking about the same problems. I don t think anything
(4) _______________ changed (5) _______________ I was at school. I ve
(6) _______________ telephoned to a phone-in show but maybe one day I will.
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4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: active or passive.
One of the most popular TV shows in Britain is Dr Who. It (0) (show) has been shown on
BBC television since 1963 and there have been 9 actors who (1) (play) _______________ the
part of the Doctor. It (2) (watch) _______________ by millions of people each week. The doctor
(3) (fight) _______________ many enemies, the most famous are the Daleks, a kind of robot.
The Doctor (4) (travel) _______________ through time but doesn t usually know where he will
stop. A lot of people say they (5) (watch) _______________ the programme from behind the
sofa because it is very frightening but it isn t really frightening at all because it is obvious that
the monsters (6) (make) _______________ of plastic! I liked it best when the doctor
(7) (play) _______________ by Tom Baker about 30 years ago. He (8) (act) _______________
very well and was very funny.
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5 Circle the correct words.
0 I have never seen / saw a better film than this.
1 Oh, no! Look what you have did / done!
2 Johnny isn t here. Oh. Where has he been / gone?
3 Why haven t you done / you haven t done your essay?
4 Have you heard about Dennis? Yes, I have / heard.
5 Has he eaten lunch? No, he haven t / hasn t.
6 Ssh. We haven t finished our test yet / still.
7 You re late. Where have you been / gone?
8 Has your dog come / came home?
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LISTENING SKILLS
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1 Listen to a man making a speech at his friend s wedding. Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.
1 Tony and Tina
a) have been married for a long time.
b) are going to be married soon.
c) have just got married.
2 The speaker has known Tony
a) for 7 years.
b) since they were 7.
c) for a long time but we don t know how long.
3 Tony
a) always did his own homework.
b) never did any homework.
c) copied his friend s homework.
4 Tony invited
a) one of his ex-girlfriends to the wedding.
b) all of his ex-girlfriends to the wedding.
c) none of his ex-girlfriends to the wedding.
5 The speaker has
a) never had any problems.
b) sometimes had problems.
c) often had problems.
6 The speaker has learned
a) that there is no secret to Tony and Tina s relationship.
b) that he can find someone as good as Tina.
c) about Tina s secrets.
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READING SKILLS
1 Read the description of the six radio stations. Match the questions (1-7) to the correct station (A-F).
There is one extra heading.
Online Radio
BBC stations online
A Radio 1: is the station for all other new music. There is pop music, alternative rock and some
dance music. During the day, the DJs talk a lot and there are quizzes and competitions. The music
isn t as important as the fun. In the evening, the music gets stranger and the DJ s get quieter.
Sometimes you think that the DJ s who work during the day just want to be famous but the DJ s on
the evening shows are people who really love music.
B Radio 2: is for older listeners who like pop and rock music. There is lots of music from the
1960 s and 1970 s but there is other music too like folk, country, blues and jazz. There are some
documentaries about music, for example the story of the Summer of 1967, The Summer of Love.
C Radio 3: is the classical music station but they have started to play some World Music from
Africa and other places. They also look at some of the more  intellectual rock musicians like Brian
Eno and David Byrne. If you don t know who they are, you can find out on Radio 3.
D Radio 4: says it is the home of intelligent speech. They have news, documentaries, comedy and
quizzes. A lot of people like to listen to the Today programme in the mornings because it s much
better than breakfast TV. The longest running soap opera in Britain is a radio show about a farming
village called  The Archers . It started in 1951 and there have been over 14,000 episodes since then.
E Radio 5: is also called Five Live. During the day, they have phone-in shows and news. In the
evenings and at weekends, they have sport programmes, mainly football. Cricket is usually
broadcast on Radio 4. And after the football matches they have a football phone-in show! It s often
more entertaining than the matches!
F Radio 6: is a strange mixture of Radio 1 and 2. Some old rock music is too loud for Radio 2 but
too old for Radio 1. so the BBC has started Radio 6 where you can hear this kind of music. Maybe
Led Zeppelin live from 1972 or a history of Punk Rock.
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Which station should you listen to if you want to hear:
1 loud but not new rock music? ________
2 cricket? ________
3 music from different countries? ________
4 new rock music? ________
5 a documentary about old music? ________
6 someone talking about a football match they saw? ________
7 foreign language programmes ________
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COMMUNICATION
1 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
1 A Today, we re going to talk about tabloid newspapers
B (0) What do you (1) ___________ by tabloid?
A It s a kind of small sized newspaper often with lots of gossip in it.
2 A The Present Perfect is formed by using the verb  to have and the past participle.
B Could you (2) ___________ that, please?
A I said that the Present Perfect is formed by using the verb  to have and the past participle.
3 A I was talking to Karen. She used to go out with Johnny but they ve split up now.
B Really, when was that?
A Well...
C (3) ___________ me, can I (4) ___________ say that I think that gossiping about people is
very rude&
4 A So, Sue, how was the exam?
B Well, (5) ___________ shall I (6) ___________ it? It was awful.
5 A Would you like to come to my party?
B er. I m not (7) ___________ really.
A What s wrong?
B Well, you see. The (8) ___________ is that I know Steve will be there and I don t want to
see him.
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