Unit 5 Test

Vocabulary
1 Decide which answer (A, B or C) best fts the gap in each sentence. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 In appearance and taste, snake meat is a bit chicken.
A as B like C so
1 My main course tastes quite . It really tastes o nothing at all.
A spicy B bland C salty
2 today, I’ve sold twenty-two sandwiches.
A So much B So ar C So soon
3 I’m trying to relax and stress. My stress levels are too high right now.
A give B produce C reduce
4 We’re we could book that holiday at the last minute.
A so happy B that so happy C happy so
5 The vegetables have been in oil.
A boiled B baked C ried
6 Can I your order?
A give B take C put
7 This shop is open hours.
A all B whole C every
8 Penny ate all her pizza and did Claire.
A so B that C as
9 Our products are not or people with nut allergies.
A reliable B suitable C edible
10 The best way to avoid sick when travelling in a hot country is to take
water puri cation tablets.
A doing B making C getting

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2 Complete the comments with these words. There are three extra words which you do not need to use.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

avoid boil book cut do give go leave look make order pay take taste

We’re always being told that we should change what we eat and how we eat. Personally, I nd this annoying.
I know I should (0) avoid sugary drinks and (1) up exercise, but I don’t want to be told to!
What about you? Write and tell us what annoys you.
I hate being told to (2) down on how much salt I eat, and to (3) up salted butter
altogether. I work on a dairy arm and I’m proud o the butter we make – it’s delicious!
Matt, Bodmin
I hate being reminded o how unhealthy the ood I’m eating is when I go to a restaurant. Eating out is di cult
enough – you have to ring up in advance to (4) a table and arrive in time to (5) a drink
rom the bar be ore you sit down to eat. Then you have to make sure you have plenty o money in your bank
account to (6) the bill, and plenty o change in your pocket to (7) a tip. It becomes
even more di cult when you (8) at the menu and next to every dish there are symbols warning
you that something is atty or dangerous.
Arthur, Tunbridge Wells
I hate rozen ood. Frozen pizzas (9) like cardboard when you cook them, and I think they must
(10) rozen burgers rom old shoes. They’re aw ul. We should all eat resh ood!
Sandy, Totnes

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Grammar
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the frst sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between two and our words, including the word given. There is
an example at the beginning (0).

0 Think positively or things will go wrong. 6 We won’t go until Jo gets here.

YOU SOON
I you don’t think positively, things will go wrong. We’ll Jo gets here.
1 Pedestrians can’t cross here. 7 We won’t go to the shopping mall until we’ve had
ALLOWED lunch.
Pedestrians cross here. BEFORE
2 I don’t recommend booking tickets online. We’ll have lunch to the
shopping mall.
SHOULD
8 Try to eat healthily or you’ll get ill.
You tickets online.
DON’T
3 Wearing shoes in the sports hall is prohibited.
You’ll get ill i to eat healthily.
MUSTN’T
9 On holiday, getting up early isn’t necessary.
You shoes in the sports hall.
HAVE
4 Can we bring our own ood?
You get up early on holiday.
ARE
10 The children aren’t allowed to go outside when it’s
bring our own ood?
raining.
5 The cake will taste aw ul unless we reduce the
CAN’T
amount o sugar in it.
When it’s raining, the children
IF
outside.
I the amount o sugar in the
cake, it will taste aw ul.
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4 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fts each gap. There is an example at
the beginning (0).
Hi Mum
Thanks or your email. O course we’re still planning to come to your birthday party on Saturday. In act, i
John (0) work early on Friday, we’ll come and visit you on Friday evening. Usually, he (1) leave
the o ce be ore ve – o ce rules – but, hope ully, his boss (2) him i he asks nicely. We won’t know whether
we can come or sure (3) tomorrow morning – I’ll text you (4) . I we do come on Friday, it (5) be
late by the time we get to Norwich. You don’t (6) pick us up rom the train station. We’ll take a taxi.
We’re really looking orward to seeing you. I know Dad is planning a big surprise or you. We (7) what
it is – Dad’s told us not to! You (8) believe it when you see it!
Anyway, see you soon. We (9) there by 10 on Friday (10) John can’t get the time o work.
Love
Martha

0 A nish B nishes C will nish D will nishes

1 A can’t B won’t C mustn’t D shouldn’t
2 A lets B let C will let D won’t let
3 Ai B unless C when D until
4 A be ore we know B as soon as we know C be ore we’ll know D as soon as we’ll know
5 A must B can C should D will
6 A have to B should C must D allowed to
7 A can’t to say B aren’t allowed to say C don’t have to say D shouldn’t to say
8 A can’t B shouldn’t C don’t D won’t
9 A will be B can be C are allowed to be D must be
10 Ai B unless C when D until

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 Reading Part 2: Benefts o ood

Part 1: Notices and labels A

Is cheese good or you? Surprisingly, despite its reputation
A
or being atty, there is plenty o scienti c evidence to
suggest that it is. For example, recently, Scandinavian
SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. researchers discovered that young men who ate large
quantities o cheese had signi cantly reduced levels o
cholesterol compared to other groups. In other studies,
it was ound that cheese might protect our teeth rom
B cavities. We all know that cheese is a great source o
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PULL calcium and phosphate, both o which help build teeth,
but it wasn’t understood until recently that it also has
THIS LEVER – PENALTY FOR
bacteria which kill germs in our mouths that harm our
IMPROPER USE. teeth.
B
Back when I was in my thirties, struggling to lose the
C weight I put on with each pregnancy, I decided once
and or all to give up peanuts. At the time I considered
Warning: anything containing calories and at to be my enemy.
Do not lean out of the window.
But, later, once my kids started to love the taste o peanut
butter, I ell in love with peanuts again. And I now know
that peanuts – in moderation, o course – can have great
health bene ts. Studies have ound eating peanuts ve
D times a week decreases heart disease and reduces the risk
Do not o diabetes. Not only that, but, because they are so lling
leave in
direct
they are, in comparison to crisps or chocolate, a much
sunlight. better snack to eat between meals.
C
E Americans love avocados. I’ve always loved them. When
the annual sporting event the Super Bowl is on TV,
Items not for millions o the at- lled ruit are eaten across the States!
sale separately. The problem is that they’re so delicious nobody believes
they can be good or you! Luckily, though, studies show
that avocados are ull o nutrients and vitamins, and that
people who eat them are healthier. They also o er loads
F o health bene ts. They help ght chronic infammation in
the body, something which causes arthritis, heart disease
Please show your receipt and cancer. There’s no need to worry they might make
to prove purchase.
you at – I have a diet rich in avocados.
D
Low in calories, and a good source o protein (which
makes you eel uller a ter eating), oysters are something
G o a super ood to me. They’re delicious too. Ever since
Please return items I was a kid, growing up in Alabama, where oysters are
o ten available, I’ve eaten them more or less every day. A
borrowed to the shelf. source o vitamins and iron, one o their most signi cant
bene ts is that they give you lots o energy to help you
through the day. And I guess that, since they are easily
H armed, and grow in large numbers, they are better or the
environment. They’re one o the ew oods rom the ocean
we can eat without worrying about reducing the number
Objects in window display
NOT FOR
are not for sale. o creatures in the sea.
SALE.

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5a Look at Reading Part 1. Write the correct letter
(A–H) next to each statement (1–5). There are
two notices or labels you don’t need. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
0 You can use this no matter how old you are. A
1 Currently, you can’t buy any o these things.
2 You may have to move this away rom the window.
3 You mustn’t use this unless there is a problem.
4 You can use these things – but don’t take them
home with you.
5 You can purchase the whole box but you can’t buy
just one thing in it.
5b You are going to read about the benefts o some
kinds o ood. For questions 1–5, choose rom sections
A–D in Part 2. The sections may be chosen more than
once. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 The writer mentions one age group which this ood
is particularly good or. A
1 The writer has always considered this ood healthy.
2 The writer says where this ood is o ten eaten in
large quantities.
3 The writer explains that the ood is good or a part
o our body or at least two di erent reasons.
4 Apart rom taste and health bene ts, the writer
gives a urther reason or eating this ood.
5 The writer says that he or she hasn’t always eaten
this ood.
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Writing
7 Read the task below.
The bus stop near your house is going to be moved.
The prices in the car park in your town centre are going
to be doubled.
The hotel opposite your house is going to have live
bands on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Write a ormal letter (approximately 200 words) in
response to one o the situations above. Make sure you:
• say why you are writing and complain about the
actions.
• say what consequences will happen.
• request action to be taken.
• use a ormal style and start Dear Sir or Madam.
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Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation in
class.
Prepare a two-minute presentation or your teacher
and classmates describing your avourite dish and
how you make it.
In your presentation, remember to:
• talk about the ingredients and the recipe.
• say what it tastes like and why you like it.

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6 [108] You will hear fve di erent people talking
about healthy eating. For questions 1–5, choose rom
the list (A–F) what each person says. Use the letters
only once. There is one extra letter which you do not
need to use.
Speaker 1 ___
Speaker 2 ___
Speaker 3 ___
Speaker 4 ___
Speaker 5 ___
A Eating a really healthy diet is a really challenging
thing to do.
B People who eat really healthy diets can be annoying.
C Having a really healthy diet is the best way o eating.
D People on really healthy diets can cause harm to
themselves.
E The number o people on really healthy diets is rising.
F People don’t have to listen to advice about eating
healthily.

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 Unit 6 Test
Vocabulary
1 Complete the text with these words. There are three extra words which you do not need to use. There
is an example at the beginning (0).

between book coincidentally diagrams distinguished drawings gures gradually incredibly

long shape temporarily time un ortunately

Leonardo da Vinci was one o the greatest painters in history. He was also a brilliant engineer, architect and
inventor. His list o achievements is, o course, just too (0) long to include in this lecture. Instead,
I’ll limit mysel to mentioning a ew o my personal avourites. Firstly, there are his amazingly beauti ul and
li elike (1) o the inner workings o the human body, which revolutionized medicine, and his
brilliant and care ully labelled (2) o working machines. (3) , Leonardo designed
a helicopter, a tank and a parachute a long (4) be ore they were ever actually invented.
In his li etime, Leonardo was nanced by some o the richest princes in Europe. He began his career in
Milan, but, (5) , over time, his ame spread across Italy. He went to Rome to work or the
Pope and later moved to Venice then Paris. Perhaps his most amous works are The Mona Lisa (or La Gioconda)
and the painting The Last Supper, which shows the (6) o Jesus and his ollowers. (7) ,
some o his paintings are un nished, and others lost. And, because Leonardo took anywhere (8)
our and ten years to complete a painting, he did not produce as many works as other painters. What we have,
however, is magni cent.
Some o his wonder ul illustrations are on display in the National Gallery – but only (9) ,
I’m a raid. The exhibition ends on the ninth. You can (10) a ticket online. Go there while you can.

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2 Complete each pair o sentences with the same word. Use these words. There is an example
at the beginning (0).

book fy land line long pattern plan point record remains test

0 a He drew a straight line through the essay title and started again.
b Please stand in line and wait or the cinema to open.
1 a We have a vocabulary on Monday.
b Scientists wanted to the theory that the light may be rom inside the cells.
2 a Rachel sat outside all day .
b How do you have to wait or an appointment?
3 a Do you to go away or the weekend?
b I don’t know what to do – I hope you’ve got a .
4 a Lewis holds the national in the long jump.
b This device can your voice. You can listen back to it later.
5 a Could you an appointment at the dentist’s or me?
b It’s probably the longest I’ve ever read.
6 a We’re going to by helicopter.
b There’s a in my soup. Ughh!
7 a A ter eight days at sea, they stepped on dry at last.
b The plane can’t because o the og.
8 a Jill made a good , and I agree with her. We should have the party outside i it’s sunny.
b to Tom in the picture. I don’t know which one he is.
9 a The o Mallory’s body were ound on Everest in 1999.
b To this day, Windsor Castle home to the royal amily.
10 a Her dress has a pretty foral .
b I can see a to his behaviour – he does the same things every day.

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Grammar
3 Read the text below and think o the word which best fts each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Last summer, an expedition set out (0) to solve one o the world’s strangest mysteries. Legend has
it that a monster lives at the bottom o Loch Ness in Scotland, a monster which (1) have been
there ever since the last ice age – nobody knows or sure. Over the years, there have been many sightings,
but no conclusive evidence. That’s why the expedition was organized, (2) prove, once and
or all, whether ‘Nessie’ was real or not.
The expedition’s scientists used a glass-bottomed boat (3) that they could look deep into the
dark waters o the loch (loch is a Scottish word or lake). They also brought with them a lot o sophisticated
equipment (4) photographing and scanning the bottom o the lake. O course, none o the
scientists really expected to nd Nessie. ‘A sh as large as a monster (5) survive in a loch this
size,’ said expedition leader, Mike Dart. ‘And any dinosaurs in the lake (6) have died out millions
o years ago.’ Still, despite this doubt, the expedition went ahead. The truth was that the story o searching
or Nessie was largely an attempt (7) create interest and bring in sponsorship. ‘We aren’t
doing this (8) un,’ said Mike, at the time. ‘We’re mapping the loch so (9) people
will know exactly what’s down there. This will help with protecting the lake.’
Even so, many people continue to believe, with absolute certainty, that a monster (10) be living
deep down at the bottom o the loch.

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4 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the frst sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between two and our words, including the word given. There
is an example at the beginning (0).

0 I play ootball because I love the game. 6 She probably missed the bus.
FOR COULD
I play ootball or the love o the She the bus.
game. 7 That noise was de nitely made by the wind –
1 We hired a helicopter in order to fy over the wasn’t it?
canyon. MUST
THAT The wind that noise.
We hired a helicopter 8 I don’t think Lucy will get here on time.
could fy over the canyon.
MIGHT
2 I carry all my camera equipment in this bag.
Lucy on time.
FOR
9 I guess Graham isn’t enjoying school as much as I
I use this bag all my expected.
camera equipment.
MAY
3 I you stop singing right now, I’ll pay you.
Graham school as much
TO as I expected.
I’ll pay you right now. 10 That didn’t happen – the chances o Sarah
4 I can’t see it – can you hold it up or me? orgetting to go to her sister’s wedding are zero.
THAT HAVE
Can you hold it up or me Sarah to go to her
see it? sister’s wedding. Surely, it didn’t happen!
5 Getting a tan is important or some people, so they
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GET
Some people sit in the sun all day
because it’s important
to them.

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 Reading
Flight 19 and the Bermuda Triangle
On a sunny day over seventy years ago, ve Navy planes
took o rom their base in Florida on a routine training
mission, known as Flight 19. Neither the planes nor the
crew were ever seen again. The mysterious disappearance
made all the newspaper headlines, and a legend was born
– the legend o the Bermuda Triangle.
The Bermuda Triangle is an area o tropical ocean roughly
bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. No one
keeps statistics, but in the last century, numerous ships
and planes have simply disappeared without a trace
within the imaginary triangle. So, how mysterious is it?
The Bermuda Triangle region certainly has some unusual
eatures. In parts, it is very deep, and it has very strong
ocean currents and the weather can be strange at times
– there are hurricanes and storms quite o ten. Its most
unusual recorded eature, though, is the act that, because
o its location, it is hard to get a correct compass reading
within the triangle. Even Christopher Columbus, back
in the teenth century, wrote in his ship’s log book that
there were strange compass bearings in the area. Despite
all this, the region didn’t get its name until August 1964,
when Vincent Gaddis coined the term Bermuda Triangle in
a cover story or Argosy magazine about the disappearance
o Flight 19. A ter the article was published, journalists
all over the world started looking or more stories about
strange happenings in the mysterious tropical triangle.
Many theories have been used to explain what happened
to the missing pilots, and to the many other travellers
who have disappeared. Some have suggested enormous
sea monsters, giant squid or extra-terrestrials may have
been responsible, or that the pilots were kidnapped by
aliens living under the sea. The reality, say many, is ar
less dramatic. They point out how dangerous weather
conditions, human error, badly designed machines or
just plain bad luck can explain the many disappearances.
What most experts say is that the region south o Miami
is ull o ships and planes, o all shapes and sizes, at all
times o the day, and that when an area is really busy it is
statistically more likely to have more unusual accidents
or disasters than quieter parts o the ocean. ‘To say quite a
ew ships and aeroplanes have gone down in the Bermuda
Triangle is like saying there are an aw ul lot o car
accidents on a busy motorway,’ says one expert.
The legend o the Bermuda Triangle, however, will be
orever linked to the ate ul fight that took place on 5th
December 1945, and plenty o people will always re use
to believe that it was just an accident. The pilots were
on a routine navigational training mission, but they got
completely lost, and had to fy around the area trying to
nd out where they were. There are no landmarks in the
middle o the ocean. The planes few in one direction then
another as daylight turned to stormy seas in the darkness.
On his radio, the lead pilot, Taylor, is heard making a
plan – as soon as the rst plane’s uel level went below 10
gallons, all ve planes were to try to land at sea.
It seems likely that the planes must have carried out
Taylor’s plan. The problem was that their planes, although
very strong and well-built, were not designed to land in
water. The possibility o anyone surviving a landing in high
seas was slim, the chance o surviving the night in the cold
water was zero, and the likelihood o their broken planes
making a quick descent to the bottom o the ocean was high.
A massive land and sea search was mounted, but neither
bodies nor wreckage were ever ound. In the Navy’s nal
report, the disappearance o Flight 19 was blamed on pilot
error. Taylor’s amily protested and, a ter several reviews,
the verdict was changed to ‘causes or reasons unknown’.
Whatever the cause, the American Navy certainly didn’t eel
it was due to the mysterious e ects o the Bermuda Triangle.
Still, given a choice between the horri ying idea o a
giant monster pulling an innocent ship to the sea foor, or
human error, poor engineering or bad weather, who could
resist the legend o the Bermuda Triangle?

5 You are going to read an article about Flight 19 and the Bermuda Triangle. Are the sentences true (T) or alse (F)? Or
is there not enough in ormation (N) to say i the sentences are true or alse? There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Flight 19 disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle seventy years ago. F
1 At the time, the disappearance o Flight 19 was not reported by the press.
2 The exact number o ships to have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in the twentieth
century is not known.
3 The ocean’s depth, currents and weather patterns are given as reasons why it is hard to get an
accurate compass reading in the Bermuda Triangle.
4 Vincent Gaddis was the rst person to write about the disappearance o Flight 19.
5 The majority o people suggesting theories say that the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle
can’t be explained by usual events.
6 On a daily basis, only a ew ships or planes are likely to cross the Bermuda Triangle region.
7 The pilots o Flight 19 had only just begun their training mission when they got lost.
8 One reason why they got lost was that there were no objects or structures at sea to help them
nd out where they were.
9 It must have been night time when the planes tried to land at sea.
10 The amily o one o the pilots re used to accept the Navy’s conclusion in their nal report.

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Listening
6 [109] You will hear the story o a ship called the Mary Celeste. For questions 1–10, choose the correct
option to complete the sentences. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 The radio programme is called Mystery Hour / Mystery Time.
1 The crew o the Mary Celeste disappeared in 1862 / 1872.
2 When discovered, the Mary Celeste was sailing towards / away rom New York.
3 There were eight / ten people on the Mary Celeste, including the wi e and child o the captain.
4 All the crew’s valuable items / ship’s li eboats were still on the ship when it was discovered.
5 One theory suggested that the ship might have been attacked by monsters / pirates.
6 The speaker says that loose barrels o alcohol were dangerous because they may have allen on people /
caused an explosion.
7 The speaker says that the crew might have got on to the li eboat to try to escape rom the ship /
wait to see what happened on the ship.
8 The speaker explains that the decision to get on to the li eboat was quite sensible / very surprising.
9 The speaker suggests the li eboat may have sunk because it was broken / the weather changed.
10 They later / never ound the li eboat.

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Writing
7 Read the task below.

Lost at sea or two weeks

Aliens land but don’t say hello
Strange object ound in armer’s eld

Write a news story (approximately 200 words) with one o the headlines above.
Make sure you:
• write what happened, where it happened and who was involved.
• write what happened in the end.
• use interesting adverbs.

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Speaking
8 Read the task below and take part in a debate with your classmates.

Prepare to give your point o view with regard to the ollowing:

• Aliens have already visited our planet.
• There are aliens living among us.
• There is li e on other planets.
• We will nd alien li e on other planets in our li etime.

In the debate, remember to:

• give your view and give reasons.
• be prepared to ask others or their opinions.

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 Unit 7 Test
Vocabulary
1 Use the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end o each sentence to orm a word that fts in the gap
in the same sentence. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 The fnancial district is near the city centre. FINANCE
1 Many are unhappy with the way their apartments have been built. RESIDE
2 Florence has many buildings which are over ve hundred years old. HISTORY
3 This is a copy – the painting is worth millions. ORIGIN
4 I pre er documentaries to ctional dramas. FACT
5 This used to be popular with young people, but nowadays nobody NEIGHBOUR
wants to live here.
6 Jenny is a very person. She’s interested in music, writing and dance. ARTIST
7 I only use products on my skin. NATURE
8 People living in areas have been a ected by the fooding. COAST
9 Flowers? For me? I didn’t know you could be so . ROMANCE
10 Fresh air is or your good health. BENEFIT

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2 Complete the text with these words. There are three extra words which you do not need to use.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

as atmosphere blocks built-up central centre coast coastal economical

energetic acilities like skyscrapers transport

I live in the (0) centre o the city. It’s a really (1) area, ull o shops, restaurants and
apartments, and (2) with as many as ty foors. However, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere
else because the (3) o this part o the city is great – it’s so lively and (4) . Not only
that, but the (5) are so good here it’s unbelievable – I’m ve minutes rom a post o ce,
a supermarket, a gym, a theatre, a cinema and at least twenty restaurants! I also live three (6)
rom the nearest subway station, and not ar rom a bus stop, so it’s easy to get around. Public (7)
round here is great. As well as buses and the subway, there are also late-night trams. (8) many
major inner city areas, it has plenty o crime and vandalism, but none o this concerns me. (9)
a long-term resident, I pre er to ocus on its strengths – the amazing nightli e and the vibrant street li e.
My city has got it all. It’s busy and exciting in the centre, and it’s not ar rom the mountains to the north
or the (10) to the west – I can catch a bus and be on the beach in an hour. It’s like no other place
on earth!

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Grammar
3 Complete the text with the correct orm o the verbs in brackets – past simple, used to or would.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
When I was a young girl in the 1960s, my riends and I (0) used to do (do) a lot o things which
shocked our parents. We (1) (cut) our hair short, and wear really short skirts, and we
(2) (go) dancing and we (3) (not come) home until late. I really
(4) (like) the Beatles, and once I (5) (get) the chance to see them live at
a concert. It (6) (be) amazing. In those days, people (7) (not have)
as much money as people do now, so, quite o ten, we (8) (walk) in the park instead o going
to co ee shops or restaurants. In act, I think I only (9) (go) to a restaurant three or our times
be ore starting university in 1966. I remember that my riends and I (10) (be) at our happiest
when going or picnics on Sunday a ternoons in the summer. They were lovely days. I’ll always remember them.

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4 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the frst sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between two and our words, including the word given.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Girls in the college are more hard-working than boys.
THAN
Girls in the college work harder than boys.
1 It’s easy to book by phone or online.
JUST
You can book online you can book by phone.
2 People want to buy the products i the price is high.
THE
, the more likely it is that people will want to buy the products.
3 Finding a nice place to live is getting increasingly di cult.
AND
It’s getting di cult to nd a nice place to live.
4 Joy’s sister is better at tennis than Joy.
AS
Joy doesn’t play tennis her sister.
5 In comparison to other cars, the Morris 400 is extremely reliable.
THAN
No other car runs the Morris 400.
6 Go to the top o the tower or the best view.
BETTER
The higher up the tower you are, .
7 When skiing, Maria lacks Eddie’s con dence.
LESS
Maria skis Eddie.
8 On the day, Sandy’s team didn’t do as well as expected.
THAN
On the day, Sandy’s team did expected.
9 George was quicker than Simon in the race.
AS
In the race, Simon didn’t run George.
10 I think being smart is a good thing.
THE
The , I think.

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Places to visit
A
The Back Bay neighbourhood is home to what is surely
Boston’s most likeable street. Newbury Street is probably
the most popular shopping strip in the city, but it never
eels busy or crowded. It has a riendly, easy-going
atmosphere and is ull o unusual shops and ca és
where you can meet interesting people and buy weird
and wonder ul things. The street is lined with attractive
nineteenth-century brownstone buildings with large
windows at the ront, and many have small gardens
which the shop owners look a ter more care ully than you
would expect. Many shops have steps leading down to a
lower level, and the lower-level stores are more interesting
than those above ground. Locals go there to hang out
in trendy smoothie bars and hip second-hand ashion
boutiques. World- amous shoemaker John Fluevog works
rom one o these places. Elsewhere, there are outdoor
gear stores, bookshops, local clothes designers and a shop
selling antasy and sci- comics.
B
Everyone knows that Sydney has golden sandy beaches
and beauti ul bays, but the less ashionable city o
Melbourne, the rst Australian city to host the Olympic
Games, in 1956, is also an exciting outdoor destination.
With less rain all than Sydney and a generally fat layout,
Melbourne is a great place to explore by bicycle.
I’m ollowing a 25-mile trail that takes in meadows,
public art and the Yarra River. Leaving behind the
central business district, out here there’s just me, a ew
joggers and hundreds o red gums, a type o Australian
eucalyptus tree that has grown here or thousands o
years. On my rental bike I ollow a path that soon brings
me to a scene straight out o the Cotswolds region o
England. There is an old church and lots o sheep in green
elds – time seems to move more slowly here. In an old,
nineteenth-century building, there are recently opened art
galleries, co ee shops and restaurants.
5 You are going to read three descriptions o places by a travel writer. For questions 1–10, choose rom texts A–C.
The texts may be chosen more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0).
In which description does the writer describe
0 a place near a river? B
1 a neighbourhood which has changed recently?
2 an annual cultural event she went to?
3 speci c shops in the area?
4 the geography o the place?
5 a person who must have once lived in the area?
6 a place that is surprisingly well-cared- or?
7 a place that reminds her o somewhere else?
8 a place that seems extremely expensive to go to?
9 a place which has ew people?
10 why people have started living in a particular area?
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In one o the galleries, I attend an ‘indigenous language
workshop’, part o the Next Wave Art Festival, held each
year. An artist leads an audience through a presentation
about Melbourne’s Aboriginal history – the history o
the people who were in Australia be ore Europeans
arrived – and she holds up a walert-walert she made. It’s
a traditional coat made rom many possum skins, and
the rst one made in Melbourne in more than a hundred
years.
C
There are ew areas o London that show o the city’s
diversity as clearly as the neighbourhood o Dulwich and
Peckham in south-east London.
Dulwich has expensive lawn tennis clubs, lea y parks and
a seventeenth-century boarding school, called Dulwich
College, which, incidentally, charges over £13,160 per
term. It is also the proud home o some o London’s most
underrated museums, including the Dulwich Picture
Gallery, the world’s rst purpose-built public art gallery,
and the Horniman Museum, the brainchild o Victorian
tea trader Frederick John Horniman, who opened his
house to showcase his collection o unusual objects. For a
taste o local li e, however, I visited Lordship Lane in East
Dulwich, a vibrant neighbourhood ull o independent
shops, ne restaurants and great pubs like the East
Dulwich Tavern, a riendly, busy place, with an upstairs
lm club, The Bigger Picture, where you can sit on leather
so as with a beer and watch movies on the big screen.
Not long ago, Peckham used to have a reputation or being
poor, uninteresting and a little dangerous, but the area is
no longer what it was. Many young pro essionals have
moved to the neighbourhood because they can live more
cheaply than in other parts o London, and the vibrant
nightli e and growing cultural scene attracts visitors. There
are still traditional pubs, but there is also an arts venue
housed in an old nineteenth-century warehouse.
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Listening
6 [110] You will hear an interview with Geert
Wenders, who is talking about an alternative orm o
housing. For questions 1–10, choose the best answer
(A, B or C). There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 When did authorities in Amsterdam decide to build
a student village rom shipping containers?
A when the accommodation crisis began
B approximately a decade ago
C when Geert Wenders became an expert in
architectural design
1 Why did the authorities decide to build a student
village rom containers in the rst place?
A because they weren’t short o containers
B because they had a business deal with China
C because the containers were easy to redesign
2 Where is the student village located?
A quite close to the city centre
B close to one o the city’s metro stops
C very close to the university colleges
3 How does Geert describe the student village’s
acilities?
A It contains a place to buy ood and a place to
wash clothes.
B It has a gym and sports centre.
C It has a small centre with ca és and restaurants.
4 How does Geert describe the apartments in the
student village?
A More than one student lives in each apartment.
B No apartment is bigger than another.
C The apartments aren’t all that com ortable.
5 Which o the ollowing are in each apartment?
A two bedrooms
B a com ortable study
C a big bathroom
6 Which o the ollowing acilities is only common to
a ew fats?
A a small garden
B a big kitchen
C a laundry room
7 Why did the Amsterdam authorities decide not to
close down the fats?
A Because they built them as a long-term project.
B Because it was too expensive to build other
accommodation.
C Because the students really liked being there.
8 Why does Geert say that container villages are
use ul or big cities?
A It doesn’t take very long to build them.
B You can nd new materials or them cheaply.
C They won’t all down easily.
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9 Why did they rst use shipping containers or
accommodation in Berlin?
A to house people escaping rom countries with
problems
B to house students who needed somewhere to stay
C to house young people coming rom broken
homes
10 Why have they used shipping containers or
accommodation in London?
A or students
B or re ugees
C or the homeless
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Writing
7 Read the task below.
Your English teacher has asked you to write a
description o a city you know. You can write
either a personal blog or a description or a tourist
in ormation website.
Write your description (approximately 200 words). Make
sure you include:
• a description o the place.
• its good and bad points.
• what you can do there.
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Speaking
8 Read the task below and take part in a discussion
with your classmates.
Read about these three hotels and say which one you
would pre er to stay in and why.
City Hotel Stay in the heart o the action close to the
best bars, clubs and restaurants, and not ar rom the
historical quarter.
Hotel Calm In the heart o the countryside, near Lake
Rest and the Blue Mountains, our hotel o ers great
chances or walking and relaxation.
Seaview Hotel Only two minutes rom sandy beaches
and sa e swimming, our hotel is great or that beach
holiday – not ar rom restaurants and shops too.
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Vocabulary
1 Use the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end o each sentence to orm a word that fts in the
gap in the same sentence. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Susie got ood poisoning on holiday. POISON
1 There is only a 10 kilo baggage , so don’t bring anything heavy. ALLOW
2 I always get travel on long fights. SICK
3 Show your card when you get on the plane. BOARD
4 We ollowed Annie’s and booked a table at Mario’s restaurant. RECOMMEND
5 On holiday, I love going – it’s great to go and look at amous SIGHT
monuments.
6 I like being on holiday. I love walking, swimming and going ACT
water-skiing.
7 Climbers use a lot o expensive to help them get up mountains. EQUIP
8 is a growing problem in some o our most beauti ul places. POLLUTE
9 Hannah has missed her home and will have to spend the night in FLY
an airport hotel.
10 I have red hair so I use a very strong to make sure I don’t burn when SUN
I’m in the sun.

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2 Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fts the gap in each sentence. There is an example at
the beginning (0).
0 Last year, James on a round-the-world trip.
A got B went C took D had
1 I o ten have to or work. I take the train to cities all over the south.
A go B visit C travel D practise
2 When we go to Southsea, I always time with my grandparents. I don’t see them
very o ten, you see.
A spend B play C lose D give
3 I enjoy it easy on holiday – just relaxing, you know.
A going B getting C doing D taking
4 I pre er amous monuments to lying on the beach.
A doing B going C visiting D spending
5 Last May, Jo a painting course at the local college. She learned a lot.
A took B spent C played D practised
6 It’s raining outside so we’re having a lazy day at home. We’re board games.
Would you like to join us?
A going B having C spending D playing
7 I always my suitcase the day be ore I go on holiday.
A ll B complete C pack D hold
8 Tom has good progress in Spanish since he changed his teacher.
A done B made C had D given
9 I spent a week in the mountains trying to mysel – you know, asking questions
about my li e, and how I elt about things.
A take B nd C go D get
10 During dinner, the power out. It was completely dark and we couldn’t see anything.
A made B did C got D went

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Grammar
3 Read the text below. Write the correct orm o the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end
o the lines to ft the gap in the same line. Do not write more than three words in each gap. There
is an example at the beginning (0).
Since June, my riends and I (0) have been travelling round the world. TRAVEL
We (1) more than twenty di erent countries, including India, VISIT
a country I just loved (2) time in. While we were in India, we SPEND
decided (3) to the Taj Mahal, the amous mausoleum in Agra, GO
and while we were there, we managed (4) some great photos. TAKE
We went there early to avoid (5) to tour the place with large HAVE
crowds, and we were surprised (6) how beauti ul it was FIND
rst thing in the morning. A ter India, we intended (7) to Nepal, but FLY
we changed our minds. I adore (8) on beaches, so I persuaded my LIE
riends to go to Thailand instead. I’m good at (9) my own way GET
when I really want to do something. (10) with riends is great, TRAVEL
but only when they agree to go where you’d like to go!

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4 Complete the sentences with the correct orm o the verbs in brackets. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Living (live) on a desert island isn’t as much un as I’d expected.
1 Amy was too embarrassed (go) out in that dress.
2 Jake re used (help) us.
3 John and I plan (buy) a new house
4 (get) around town is easy when you use this app.
5 Hurry up. It’s really late and I’ve (wait) ages.
6 My sister’s (leave) home. Now she’s not here, it’s just me and my parents in this big house.
7 My headache’s (get) worse all day. I don’t know when it’ll stop.
8 So ar, this holiday (be) boring. Perhaps it’ll get better in the second week.
9 We’re interested in (hear) all about your trip.
10 How long (you /own) this yacht?

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Reading
5 You are going to read an article about Puglia. Six sentences have been removed rom the article. Choose rom the
sentences A–G the one which fts each gap (1–5). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
A I soon discovered that the whole region is a place where towns all silent at noon, where there is birdsong
everywhere, and where old roads pass older olive trees.
B Others, such as the war-like Lombards and Saracens, came to conquer and control the region.
C From my high viewpoint on a dry, rocky cli , I turn towards the sea and watch it turn red as the sun sets.
D However, when Elena, the tourist guide in my hotel, suggested walking down to a small rocky beach by the sea,
not ar rom where I was staying, I agreed to go with her.
E Much o this intensity o eeling is down to their love o the land, and its produce.
F At Monopoli, a medieval shing port 25 miles south, I ound an equally simple culinary tradition, based on
produce straight rom the sea.
G Whereas other Italian regions have Roman ruins and Renaissance architecture, Puglia’s landscape has
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 Puglia
I’ve always visited Puglia, the hot, dry region in the south
o Italy, not or the coastline but or the ood and the
sightseeing. (0) D At rst, it didn’t seem a particularly
inspiring place, but I was surprised to nd strange red
stones in the rock pools and unusual holes in the walls
o the cli s. I discovered that the stones were pieces o
Roman pottery, and the holes were two-thousand-year-old
Messapian tombs. The thing about Puglia, you see, is that
there is a surprising amount o history everywhere, and
much o it astonishingly beauti ul.
All Italians are proud o their region, o course, but the
Pugliese are especially so. I you meet one living abroad,
they’ll talk o how much they miss their homeland.
(1) I’ve been told that the cuisine o the region is
based on poverty, and is o ten very simple. They use what
they grow. Rice with potatoes and sea ood is a typical dish,
as is pasta with plain tomato sauce. Despite the simplicity,
local che s manage to make each dish taste delicious.
Each area o Puglia – every town, even – has its own cuisine.
Historically poor, that o the city o Bari is basic. (2)
Knowing that what was on my plate was swimming around
not so long ago, and being able to look out at where it came
rom, made my lunchtime meal in that historical place
particularly wonder ul. The slow-cooked octopus I ordered
ell apart on the ork. There’s no ancy cooking here.
I adore visiting Puglia. However, a stranger’s love or
Puglia is nothing new. Foreigners have been coming
here since ancient times, and they have been surprised at
its unique historical monuments. (3) Centuries-
old, the latter were once de ences against the outsiders
who’ve always migrated here. Some came in peace, like
the eighth-century Basilian monks feeing Jerusalem, who
built underground churches. (4) All have le t their
mark – on the ood, the architecture, the language and the
appearance o the local people.
The region o Puglia ends at Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy’s most
south-easterly point. This is where, legend has it, Saint Peter
landed on his way to Rome. The temple that once stood here
has become a church, and I decide to climb up towards it.
(5) De Finibus Terrae, the Romans called this place – the
end o the land – the last o that living dark-coloured earth,
and the point at which the Adriatic and Ionian come together. I
look closer – at lines in the water below – and think, once more,
what a wonder ul and special place Puglia is.
Listening
6 [111] You will hear an interview with Stephanie
Kerr, a backpacker, who is talking about airports. Are
the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Or is there not
enough information (N)? There is an example at the
beginning (0).
Stephanie hates
0 the carpets in airports. F
1 the poor quality o the toilets in airports.
2 the distance between check-in and departures at an
airport.
3 the act that airports are so ar rom city centres.
4 the long queue at the check-in desk.
5 having to use a li t at an airport.
6 the cost o products in the Duty Free section.
7 the price o ood in the ca és in an airport.
8 the act that all the restaurants look the same.
9 the act that there are too many designer shops.
10 having to pay to go online.
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Writing
7 Read the task below.
You are on holiday in a place you know well. Write an
email or text message to a riend to say that you have
sa ely arrived.
Write your email (approximately 200 words). Make sure
you include information about:
• where you are staying.
• how you got there.
• what you’ve been doing.
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Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation.

Prepare to talk about a place you have been to on

holiday.

In your presentation, include:

• how many times you have been to the place.
• why you visited it.
• what you’ve done there.

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