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Progress Test 2A

1 Read the text and answer the questions.

BAND ON THE ROAD

Tom Nlxon of tfre banć 7he Fuctges. taOcs about the ufe o! a rock musicm.

A! the moment. we re tounrg rourd Europę. I m wnting triu on our lour Dus and we re travellng (ran London to Amsterdam. Im lisienrg to musie. The ether members ot the band are sleeping Out I m not feelng Bred. I really >ke iravelmg and l'm feelr>g <ery exated abotf tongłnts concert. Our guitar player, Henry, nates traveling and he always wants to be at hem*. 8ut I Ser.* It.

Ute co the road' Is differem from our usuai dały routoe. We •ra.el every day and theo we play a ccreer. In the e.enng. There a'e usualy about 2,000-3,OCO people m the audience. and w* semebmes piay ter 10.000 people. Tl-jey aways gp mad w fen they see us and they always sng me wonls to the songs. ns grear I il.e ptaymg at b>g venues - is great Ctetng tamcus' We usually start playlng at tOpm and fmtsh at 12pm. Then we go bach to our hotel and we always ha.e a part/ after every show. We go lo oed very late and we get up late the nexl day We hardly e.er get up betore lunchtime. Then the Dus comes and w* trave! to the next c*y ter me next concert lt's gol a TV and a musie system, so travelling & ne-.er bormg. tt s rot ail easy. I lite gang to new places bul w* see very Im* ot mem - we oni/ see our hotel and the concert hall I den! see my tnenes ano lamii/ ter a long ume But Im havtng a great time. We‘re selmg lots ot CDs and DVDs and we re małjrg a lot ot money. l'm dolng whal I really »ke domg - l'm singing wtth a very successhJ rock band. So IVe got a great Ife.

Question 1 (ęirclt^the correct answer.

1 What does Tom say in the text?

A The band is always travelling.

B He doesn't want to llve at home.

C Some things are difficult.

Questions 2-10 Write T (True) or F (folie).

2 Tom is in a hoiel at the moment._

3 Tom is eating and writing at the same time._

4 Tom loves being famous._

5 Tom thinks that his life is interesting._

6 They play in a difteient pL-ice every night._

7 Audiences are sometimes quiet at the band's

concerts._

8 They sometimes go to bed before 12pm._

9 Tom doesnt see much of the places they visit.

10 The tneinbeis of the band haven‘t got any money.

2 Write about the lives of young people in your country. Include:

• their habits, using frequency adverbs

• facts about them, using possessives and apostiophe ’s

• facts about them, using like/love/haie ing

• whal they like doing at the moment, usmg the piesent continuous

Use vocabulary for clothes, dates, months. seasons and weather in your answer.

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3 (ęircU^the correct answers.

1 Miranda hates_Maths homework.

A do B to doing C doing

2 How_are the tickets?

A lot B many C much

3 What_for lunch today?

A aie we haveing B are we having C arewehave

4 Robeit is a good peison and I like__

A he B hlm C his

5 _eleven players in a cricket team.

A U is B There’s C Theie are

6 I _TV.

A hardly evei watch B waich hardly ever C hardly watch ever

7 The_clothes are in the bag.

A chi!dren's B childiens C childiens'

8 Let’s_to the cineina.

A going B togo C go

9 I really like_shoes.

A those B this C that

10 This is my pendl and that pendl is__

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A your B yous C yours

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