Name: _______________________________

R1

Progress Test 2
I.

Complete the sentences with who or which. 0.25 x 4 = 1p

1.
2.
3.
4.

II.

Coffee plants, ________________ only grow in the tropics, need a hot moist climate.
Sofia, _______________ is the capital of Bulgaria, has a population of over one million.
Women, ____________ live longer than men, have an average life of 77 years.
A Dutchman, ______________ bought Manhattan island in 1626, only paid about 24$.

Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
0.25 x 8 = 2p
1. I _________________ (eat) my lunch when the flight attendant __________________ (take) my meal
tray away.
2. Everyone ________________________ (stop) speaking when the captain __________________ (tell)
us that there was a bomb alert.
3. An American who ____________________ (visit) Russia, ___________________ (want) t go on a wild
bear hunt and ______________(pay) a lot of money for the sport.
4. The travel agent ______________________ (take) the American to Moscows Perdelino Forest.

III. Match the following words with their meaning: 0.25 x 4 = 1p

foreigner
1.
2.
3.
4.

waiter

customer

crowded

Someone who buys something

Full of people
Someone from another country
A man who serves you in a restaurant

IV. Match the adjectives in the box with with their strong equivalent: 0.25x 4 = 1p
terrifying

fascinating

freezing

furious
1

angry ___________________________________

frightening ________________________________

cold _____________________________________

interesting _______________________________

V.

Read the text and choose the correct answer: 0.25 x 4 = 1p

1. Where did Josephine and Nguyen meet?

a. At a party
b. On the streets of Los Angeles
c. In Ho Chi Min city
2. Where was Nguyen living?
a. With a friend
b. With Cathy Kelly and some other people
c. With Josephine
3. How was Nguyen coping with life in Los Angeles in the first nine or ten weeks?
a. he was well, but it was difficult for him
b. he was feeling very lonely
c. he was feeling great, he was attending parties and having lots of fun
4. Why were they having the party?
a. because they were feeling lonely
b. to help people like Nguyen to get to know others in the neighbourhood
c. because they were bored