Name ________ Date
UNIT TEST 8
Section 1: Listening (Tapescript 48)
Listen and choose the correct answer a, b or c.
(1) Richard E Grant went on holiday with a) three b) four c) five other people.
(2) One day, they went a) sailing b) swimming c) fishing in a lagoon.
(3) A shark a) knocked b) stopped c) started the boat.
(4) Grant's a) brother b) mother c) father became a local hero.
(5) Local people later a) filmed b) took pictures of c) caught the shark.
Section 2: Grammar and Vocabulary
Complete each sentence using the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
When I lived in Portsmouth, one weekend we (6) _________ (drive) to a very small town on the coast. We (7) _________ (stay) at the Bridgeport Sands Hotel. We (8) _________ (have) a wonderful time. First, David (9) _________ (take) photographs of the beach and I (10) _________ (go) swimming in the sea. Then we (11) _________ (spend) the afternoon in the hotel because the weather (12) _________ (be) too hot. There we (13) ________ (meet) Peggy and Dave, a couple from Portsmouth. We (14) _________ (play) cards and then we (15) _________ (enjoy) a very nice game of tennis. Peggy and Dave are now our best friends.
Put the correct word in each sentence. Choose from: at, in, ago, last or on.
(16) I last saw Gerry _________ 1999.
(17) Francesca doesn't work _________ Mondays. It's her day off.
(18) Most shops close ________ six o'clock today.
(19) His father started the company twenty three years _________.
(20) I think I lost my passport _________ weekend.
Put in the missing vowels a, e, i, o or u in these watersports.
(21) sc__b__ d__v_ng
(22) r__w__ng
(23) s__rf__ng
(24) w__nds__rf__ng
(25) c__n__ __ __ng
Section 3: Reading
Read the text about `Learning to swim' and answer the questions. Which person:
(26) enjoyed the experience?
(27) doesn't feel comfortable in water?
(28) learnt to swim on his / her own?
(29) took swimming lessons?
(30) learnt when he / she was very young?
LEARNING TO SWIM
Rachel Robbins: I learnt to swim when I was seven years old. I went to the local swimming pool with my two sisters. It was old and cold and not very nice. I can still remember my instructor: his name was Colin Firth, like the actor. But he wasn't as good-looking!
Geoffrey Hopkins: It took me a long time to learn. I wasn't a natural. I still don't swim very well. I certainly wouldn't like to be in a boat in rough seas. I never really learnt to put my face in the water. It hurts my eyes and I can't see.
Simon Fordham: My father was a swimming instructor so I guess it's in the blood. I can't remember a time when I couldn't swim. I spent most of my childhood holidays at the beach and I still go at any opportunity I get.
Karen Marks: One day I was standing by the deep end of the swimming pool and I suddenly fell in. I don't know how I did it but I managed to get to the side. I was coughing but I could swim! My brother saw me when I got out and thought it was very funny. He didn't laugh when I hit him, though.
Phillip Parker: I was on a small boat with about ten other boys. It was very small and someone pushed me in the water. The water was very clean and I could see everything. I remember feeling very peaceful and comfortable, I wasn't worried at all. I started swimming, not very well, but another boy helped me to return to the beach.