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Progress Test 1A
1 Read the text and answer the questions.
!'m Sting In my Sedroom ard wnbrg ths. IVe |ust g« baok from my trp to the USA wtb Oan. I've been on locs cf tnps abccad belcre. but IVe never been on one lite thi»!
I asted Dan to 90 with me beoause ne's usually a very socable person and I trougtit he woukl be a goad travellng companon But be was comptetety dilferent when we were travellng. W hen we were srsłting ctes. he ceni want to do any of the things I wanted to do. I ttougnt he was realty tazy. And he was mean tco. he rreuer wanted to pay nts share. Whie we were tra.elmg aroond. he borrowed sots ot money trom me and 1 haven't had n back yet. Atso. be s usually a very contdent person, but he waśni lite that on tbe trtp. When we arrtved h a new olace. he was a ways nereous that scmecne would rob us. He thought everycne m the Street was a mogger! Ot course, nothng happened. And he was so mconsicerate! I tock a backpack but he tcok an enormous sutcase. He often sad it was loo heaey fet him and I had to cairy it! He oent care tnat« was hard tor me. 1 gol angry wtft hm guite otten but when 1 did. he goi upset and tok) me that I was betrg unknd to hm.
So it waśni exactty an enpyabe inp. Since we goi back. I haeenl seen Dan and ne hesnt coniacled me yet. But l'.e already staited ptanning my red trtp - to Scanciram 1 haven1 tcoted anythmg yet. but IVe already decded one thrrg - l'm gong cn my own!
Question 1 Tick (✓) the correct box.
1 Where is the iexi fronr?
a □ an aiticle b □ a letter c □ a novel
Questions 2-10 Write Tt-ue or Faluc. li the text doesnl say. write ?.
2 The writer is talking about somethlng that
happened a long limę ago._
3 The writei often goes on trips abtoad._
4 The writer has be en to the USA several limes.
5 The writer didn‘t want Dan to go with him.
6 Dan wanted to do things the writer didn't want to
do._
7 The writer was generous to Dan during tire trip.
2 Write ahout your experiences ot' travelling. Include:
• your norrnal travel habits, using the present sinrple and continuous, and ftequency words and phrases
• places you have been to. using the present perfect
• a description of a particular irip. using the past simple and continuous
Include appropriate travel socabulaty.
Mark
3 (CircTgjlhe correct answers.
1 During_1 met a lot of nice people.
A I was siaying B my stay C I stayed
2 _this kind of programtne on TV.
A I dani watch usually B I donl usually watch C lin not usually waiching
3 He rang me whlle_ary hornework.
A I did B I was doing C I doing
4 Have_a pr ize in a competition?
A you won eser B ever you won C you ever won
5 Do you know where_?
A he lives B does he live C he does live
6 _tlrese instruetions?
A Are you understanding B Are you understand C Do you understand
7 My parents_to another country.
A have never been B have never gone
C haven‘t nevet been
8 'Have you paid the bill_?' ‘No. I
haven't.’
8 Someone stole theu money during the trip.
9 DatTs suitcase was very heavy._
10 The writer plans to contaet Dan agaitr._
A already B just C yet
9 We arrived_the hotel very late at night.
A to B at C in
10 The shop assistant was very_to us.
A impohte B unpolite C inpolite
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