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MID TERM TEST

UNITS 4-5
1) GOING TO EXTREMES
A) Read this passage and complete the gaps with a word in the box.
about

much

when

but
than

more
the

as

Most people can hold their breath for a bit longer ....................a minute- long enough
to dive down ................ four metres to the bottom of a swimming pool. .............. in
April 2009, Sara Campbell went .................... deeper than that. She held her breath
for over three and a half minutes and became ............... world free-diving champion
by diving ninety-six metres below the surface of the sea. Freediving is
much ................. dangerous than you think and Sara is very brave- fifty people a
year die doing this sport. Whats more extraordinary is that the Mighty
Mouse .............. she is known (shes only one metre fifty-two centimetres tall) only
started diving in 2006, .................. she was thirty-three years old.
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B) Complete the sentences using comparative and superlative adjectives.
1. Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner ......................................... (not / famous) as
Hillary and Tnzing.
2. Peter and Reinhold achievements ..........................................( extraordinary) than
theirs. +
3. It is much .....................................(difficult) to breathe up at the top of Everest
without bottled oxygen. +
4. Every time they climbed a bit .......................(high), their progress became a
bit ........................(slow).+
5. They reached the top of Mount Everest without oxygen, feeling
physically.....................(bad), but also.......................(happy), than they ever
imagined.
6. Sara Campbell is a talented diver and she ..................................(fit) ever before.
7. She is determined to go ...........................(far) in this sport.
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2) ONE LANGUAGE THREE CULTURES
Make the questions indirect.
1.
2.

In which country do people usually leave the biggest tip? (Do/know)

How do you say to queue in the US? (Can/tell)

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What will you soon learn as a visitor in a new country? (Could/tell)
4.
In which side of the road do you drive in the UK? (Do/know)
5.
Can I borrow your dictionary to lear the differences between French
fries and chips? (Do/mind)
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3) LIFE AT EIGHTEEN
Choose the correct words in italics.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

You can/have to study whatever you want.

You have to/should get a job and earn some money.
You can/have to become an adult and take responsibility for your life.
You can/should socialise with your friends whenever you want.
In Russia men usually can/have to go into the army.
Luckily, I shouldnt/dont have to do military service because Ive got health
problems.

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4) TINA ARMSTRONG
A) Complete the sentences.
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2.
3.
4.
5.

I have worked in the same office since 2004...

He bought a new car....
My sister belongs to a tennis club-...
We lived in Spain before, ...
When I left school, ...

...she has been a member for three years.

...I started work as a trainee hairdresser.
...but now we live in France
...about six months ago.
...and I still love it!
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B) Complete the passage with the correct tense, simple past or past perfect.
Since I ................... (leave) school, I .................. (travel) a bit and had a few different
jobs including workingon a cruise ship in the Caribbean. I................... (work) for the
same company for the last two years. I ................(live)in Manchester since 2006.
I....................(buy) a flat about a year ago near the city centre. I ................... (join)
FriendsBook in April last year so I ....................... (be) a member of this site for
nearly a year.
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5) HOW LONG AM I GOING TO LIVE?
A) Answer the questions.

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1. Why do Japanese people live a long time?
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2. Did Jeanne Clament use to have good lifestyle habits?
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3. What do Scientist think about the genes?
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B)
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Write complete sentences using used to in the correct form.

......................................................................(Jeanne/ have) good lifestyle habits?
She ..........................................................(not eat) junk food.
She ...........................................................(not worry) about things.
She............................................................(be) a heavy smoker.
...................................................(she/ eat) more than two pound s of chocolate a
week?
Jeannes sister ..............................................(be) a pet owner, but now she isnt.
Jeannes sister................................................(eat) healthily, but now she does.
...................................................................(Jeannes sister/ do) a lot of physical
exercise when she was a child?
...................................................................(people/be) more mentally active 100
years ago?

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Total mark:

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