ia. TEST 7 READING ‘Questions 1-5 For each question, choose the correct answer. HOCKEY TEAM No hockey practice today because school field is too wet and the sports hall is booked for badminton practice. cone comes Jacob ‘The library doesn’t have a copy ofthe Geography book I need forthe homework project. guess I'L have to buy it. Can you lat me know ‘whore you bought yours? Alec MICROWAVE POPCORN Place bag correct side up in microwav Cook on full power 4 minutes. Leave 2 minutes before serving. A Hockey practioe today now has to tke place indoors B Badminton practice wll replace hockey practice today. © Today'shockey practice is cancelled as there's nowhere for ito take place Why has Aloe sent this text? ‘A Tosskif Jacob wants to share the cost of buying a book B__Tofind out how to get his own copy ofthe book. © Tochack when Jacob borrowed the book from the library ‘A Be careful how you put the bag of popcorn inthe microwave 1B Remove the bag of popcom fom the microwave ater two minutes ifs cooked! © Keep checking the bag of popcorn ‘whi it's inthe microwave,Kelly wants to know To: Film club menbers Ge bce A whether any other member would As we've lost several nenbers Tke to be cub secretary. recently, can we all think about how ne can increase menbership Bhat ideas people have for attract ‘ond then discuss this at the ew members t0 the cub. next monthly meeting? Kelly, Film club secretary © when club members are fee to ‘come to a meeting to discuss membership. A Pater nas spent some ofthe day ai ‘watching wild Kangaroos in the ‘countryside Arrived i tustralia yesterday. The oy fiotookabslney ape, ber |B Palais Auta wan vy afer Boo Ya fied iapco heat rer oly. ‘duce lf par a Nirvoccckonae ntiewia | © ee lokig foward cdg Iisewlyorsowepiotes | Sea ae READING TEST 7 13Questions 6-10 For each question, choose the correct answer ‘The young people below all want ta go on holy with their family (On the opposite page ae descriptions of eight holiday companies offering holidays for families with teenagers. Doce which holiday company would be the most suitable forthe people below. 6 Marco wants o go on holiday with his parents and younger Sisto to somewhere really busy. They want @ wide choles of places to eat out and don't want to stay in a hotel g 7 [Gg] Karin anc ner pret ove ding watersports on hoy but Shay ceri want ov he an. They ve snap stays motes Datos, bit now wat someting at cera ———— 8 Shunsuke and his family are looking fora touring holiday that stops at many places. They enjoy art and history but don ike Vistng busy attractions alte time. ° ‘jun and fis father want a holiday where they can stayin two iflerent places. Arun enjoys outdoor activites, whe his dad 'kes photographing landscapes. 10 ‘Amy ane her family enjoy active haldays that involve lots of challenges. They'd ais ke to see wildlife and they don't ming ‘going somewnare et 14 TEST 7 READINGHighland Holidays Vit Sootiand's capital and enjoy ts cute, Including world-famous museums and ‘allecies, staying eta hotel or apartment Inthe heart ofthe city. Then continue ‘your tp by coach through itle-known tows and villages and learn about the county's past, staying at ctferent ralional ‘eccommodation each night Discovery Travel “Take your camera and good hiking boots, but pack light as this tour of loolane moves Con each night, There aren't many museums te vat howe but the scenery is dramatic, The ‘summer season is quite short compared to other places 20 It gets busy at some sighs, Jackson Holidays Booking an apartment in a downtown location is cheaper than you right think ‘and i the perfect way to make the most of Svaly cities that never go to steep. Cultura attractions lke museums and galleries, @ ‘huge variety of cheap places to get dinner and fantastic shopping ae a within minutos of your door. Family Tips ‘This holiday starts in the mountains, with ‘amazing viows of fy lakes and snow-covered peaks, A cameras essential on tis trp, but for younger or more adventurous guests there's snowboarding, snowshoe walking and sing. Guests then transfer by luxury tran to the lively ity of Vancouver, where they stay atthe finest hotel in town, Holidays for families with teenagers Weaver Travel | This isa great rip forfamies who love | ‘exposing wild places together. The ‘conditions can sometimes gt cifcult as quests go ofoad into the extreme heat of the jungle, but Its wort it when you discover monkeys, are fogs and brightly-coloured birds. There are also chances to canoe in fest-flowing vers and to go surfing. Az Tips ‘Tis camping trp is perfect for those who want to enjoy Afican animal in the wild, such as ons, rhinos, elephants and grates. {Guests sty n tents in the Etosha National Park but camp assistants do everything for ther, ineuding cooking tree delicous meals ade Island Holidays: ‘This ea great place to spend your holiday Ht you love surfing or swimming inthe sea, ‘Thare ae views ofthe Welsh mountains from the fve-star hotel, which has an award \winning restaurant and an entertainment ‘programe for all the fay. Theres also ‘a choice of several excellent places to ‘eat nearby. Footsteps Travel ‘This inxury camping hotiday inthe mide Cf the peaceful lish countryside ls perfect {for those who want comfortable bods ‘and a proper cooker to make meals on, “The ate is next to a lake where daly or ‘weekty watersking and saiing lessons can bbe booked. READING TEST 7136 TEST TREADING ‘Questions 14-15 For each question, choose the correct answer. ‘My school 100 years ago by Jess Eames, [Above the entrance to my schoo! fs astone on which the date 1900 is writen. tye often wondered what the school was tke when it opened and how cert | was for the students then. Recently | decided just had to find some answers to ry questions. My history teacher didnt know about the school's ealy history and suggested try the local history section ofthe public brary | dnt know there was ‘a section for tat inthe Nbrary and was amazed to find dozens of tiles including ‘ones wth od photos of my schoo | botrowed as many books as | was allowed. The fist one | looked at contained ‘a photo ofa class of students and ther teacher at my school, There was nothing bout tl recognised except the schoo! logo above a blackboard on which there were sums, There were about fifty students, with diferent year groups all mixed together, Noone was smiling, but! read that was commen in photos then “Turing the pages ofthe other books, It was inoredible to see so many photos. Cchidren satin long rows with nothing in front of them except a textbook and sm board for doing sums oF speling tests on The teachers were mainly women and conlyin their twenties. | ater learnt that was because when a female teacher got smarted, she generally gave up her ob. And everyone was dressed in smart clothes. From my reading, |eert loads more, Now Im thinking about whether to write a report forthe schoo! newspaper or ask to give a talk to my classmates. Anyway, this ‘all made me ease Im relly ucky I wasn't at school n those days. know chien had more holidays, but that was because they had to work nthe feds, And they probably did't get as good an education as us. Most kid left school before the ‘ag2of twelve, Not only that, but schoo! wasn't aheatthy place to bein winter, asthe classrooms were probably freezing. Only those_n the front row benefited from the salt heater beside the teacher's desk." 2 2 4 18 \Wmen Jess started ressarching her school, sho was a 8 c > ‘When Jess looked atthe photo inthe fst book A 8 © > ‘What dose Jess say about the school photos she found in other books? com> ‘convinced she would leam alt of things. sappointed there were 80 few books about local history. surprised that so few people knew much about it cautious to know how schoo ite today compared wit the past ‘she thought twas taken at a diferent schoo ‘she reais how stetteachors were then. ‘she noticed there were students of various ages Inthe class. ‘she decided th leazons looked very boring, Most ofthe tezchers looked quite young, “The seats seemed to be uncomfortable, “The students had nothing to writs on The chiles clothes were torn. What Jess doing in the final paragraph? A 8 © > [Arguing for changes tothe length of the school day Explaining why she's grateful to be a student now. Describing what people did to Improve the schoo ‘Suggesting that schools copy the old teaching methods. ‘What might Jass say about researching the history of her scheo!? | realy exoyed leaving about Finding out about my school education 1900, especialy was easy because so much has because | found out tings that been written about it, but | wish ‘my history teacher didnt know. \ ad found more photos. te was relly intresting to do this independent research, but | have’ desided fm going to tll My history teacher enjoyed my port so much that hes now asked ‘the whole class to do a project on others about what | discovered, this topic during lessons. READING TEST 7 iy138 TEST TREADING zu Questions 16-20 Five sentences have been removed from the text below, For each question, choose the conect answer, ‘There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use, ‘Alexander Selkirk ~ the real Robinson Crusoe ‘Alexander Sokirk was a sallor who had many adventure, including ving alone on an island in the South Pacific Ocean. Many people bobeve the novel callec Robinson Crusoe was based on Alexander’ te [Alexander Ser’ real family name was Sera. He was bom ina Scottish fishing itage in 1676 and was known throughout the vilage for his bad behaviour, After getting into a ight with his brothers, ne was tld to appear bofore a court of aw. lis [Changing his sumame to Selkirk, he left Scotland to take part in an ‘expedition to South America. However, this wast an ordinary tip at al: Alexander had joined @ pirate ship. Liteon boar the ship was tougher than nineteen-year-ld Alexander had imagines. 47 |__| Tris ed to anger and cisagreements among the crew. What made the situation worse was thatthe ship's captain, Charles Pickering, became it witha fever, and an ofcer called Thomas Stracling ook contol ofthe ship. [48 Both Thomas Strading and Alexander Selkirk were young, proud and had strong characters. Ther clsike of each ater Increased while the ship stopped at an Unknown itand in the South Paes ‘When twas time forthe ship to continue its journey, Alexander refuse 10 go, insisting the ship wasn't safe, [ 48. | He was sure the rest ofthe crew would agree with him ang not with the captain, but he was wrong. However, Alexander was Convinced it was dangerous to stay onthe ship so he demanded that they leave him || on the island. Unfortunately for him, the ship sailed off and left him alone there with hata any food, ‘Aexandor had olive al by himeel uti he wae rescued four years later by another pssing ship. During his ime on th island, he hunted for lobster and other shettisn, [20 He kept himself busy building fres and a hut tole in, but he was always lonely, When Alexander was finally rescued, he Iam that Thomas Strading’s ship had been unsafe and had sunk,mooe > “This new captain was extremely unpopular, and fights Became commen. He aloo collected wild rut and vegetables to at. Alexandr regretted his decision to leave th stand “Tha sar had ite to at and sued many nesses. ‘The two of them had nothing in eoman. “To suppor his argument, he pointed outa the repairs t needed. His family never stopped worying about him, “To avoid being punished, he decided to run away. READING TEST 7 a— = ‘Questions 21-26 For each question, choose the correct answer. 0 TEST 7 READING ‘The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA, was bul btween 1999 and 1937. The idea for building the bridge was fst suggested back in 1872, but at ‘thal time the project was fl to be impossible. Fray, 1924, the decision was, (21)... 10_buld the bxidge. When I fst opened, it was the longest bridge of Hs 2) oa he word, ‘The bridge (29)... the San Francisco bay and is 27 Klemates long, tis 27 metres wide and its towers (28)... 227 meltes above the water. The other thing you notice about the bridge Is that's painted orange, or ‘intemational orange’ tobe 5), “Today, the bridge is one of the 26), ie known all over the worl tourist attractions in San Francisco and mA oot B made = Gat brought A way B method «fashion. «=n 2 A crosses -B covers ats Dcontirues 24 A dewiop = B cay © gow Disa 25 A sight B proper exact, «Dect 25 A total 8 main © certain strong‘Questions 27-32 For each question, write the correct answer ‘Write one word for each gap. [My visit to Liverpool football stadium by Joachim Hantelmann Last summer my family and I traveled from Germany to the UK, We went thee to Visit my mum's cousin 27), ow Ives in Lverpool Teas ourfrt time inthe city so we decided to (28)... Sightsoving, starting ‘withthe famous Liverpool Football stadium at Anfield. The tickets were les ‘expansive than | expected. 29)... ¢8 tours ofthe stadium almost every ‘day during summer, and these re offered (30), rine languages. My mum ‘sald we had to do the English-speaking tour because it was usetul language practice for us. ‘The tour was amazing, We saw the dressing rooms (31)... the foams get changed, and we satin the players’ box beside the pitch, The best part of the whole tour was wien we ran out onto the pitch just (2) the players do atthe stat ofa game. | READING TEST 7 uta ‘TEST 7 WAITING ‘You must answer this question, ‘rite your answer in about 100 words, ‘Question 1 Road this email from your English fiend Morgan and the notes you have mace. From: Morgan Subjects Cooking competition = “Thanks for sending me the recipe book. usingit to make lots of things a [eves] Every year my schoo orgies # cooking competion for dat nd this year Re decided to ener the competion, «-—[ Good ue] te dain to Bake a coke but dorthnow fist to maka cts cake or another nd of cake What do you tink? = ‘The competition's in two weaks' time. '¢ realy love to win Fst 4 pres. Doyou have any adhce for me about how I can dowell?-a~m| Give some advice ‘Say which Is better \irite your email to Morgan using all the notes. Cchoose one ofthese questions. rite your answer in about 100 words. ‘Question 2 ‘You £00 this announcementin your school English-language magazin. ‘Articles wanted! ‘SHOPPING ‘What do you and your fiends like te buy when you go shopping? ‘Do you think shopping is @ good way for young peopl to spend tei fr te? | The bet artes answering these questions wil be publehad next month rite your article. Questions ‘Your Engish teacher has asked you to wnte a story Your story must begin wih this sentence. Just as my friend and I were ieving the museum, the alarm bel started ringing ‘write your storyQuestions 1-7 For each question, choose the correct answer 4. What dd the boy take photos of? 3 Student Discount Student Discount Student Discount USTENING TEST 7 ua4 TEST 7 LISTENING 4 Which rucksack does the git cnoose? oa @ 5 What cd the gi daw in he at clas?ize ‘Questions 8~13, For each question, choose the correct answer 8 You wit hear agi telng a end about her trip to Canada How did she fel before she started the tip? A concoened about fying alone B_ worried about her language skills (© unsure if she was prepared forthe weather 9 Youll hear two frends talking about performing in a school concert What do they agroo was the hardest pat? ‘A knowing who was in the audionce Binding the time to do enough practice © remembering what they'd been told to do 410 Youwil heer two frends taking about homework What does the gil advise the boy to do? Aa search on the internet 1B compare notes wit a ciassmate © ask someone to suggest a website 11. Youwit hear two frends taking about a collection of shor stores. Wmat isthe boy doing? A. explaining why he's enjoyed reading it B comparing It with another simbar book © suggesting who the witer might be 12 You will ar two trends taking about a dance clu. \What does the git think about 8? ‘A the musics rather uninteresting B the bulding needs clearing © the teachers quite strict 43. You will heartwotands talking about a statue. ‘What does the gi ike about 1? A what looks ke B what's made rom © whatiteminds her of USTENING TEST 7 5‘Questions 14-19 For each question, wie the corect answer inthe gap. Wite one or two words ora ‘umber 0% a dato or atime, ‘You wil har a teenage footballer called Selma talking about a football summer camp which has epecil traning for goalkeepers, Goalkeeper training Salas (14h ho he fot sme carp. Salma erioyed pact her 18|__sis wah tre wile group aves. | ‘Te pee ring for oakoopers sated (8)... seoskinemoring. | Sia ay ah node to prac (17___ sil loner gokening | Selma inks tha goakeepers shoud anays wear (18)___as pao rt “The company wich us the taing called (9)... | M6 ‘TEST 7 USTENINGick) Questions 20-25 For each question, choose the correct answer. "You wi ear an interview with a young singer songwriter calles Marcus Bushel 20 Marcus cays that a a young chil ‘A. he prefered playing the piano to singing. B he didn't ke the idea of performing in public. © he had lots of rends wha shared his interests, 21 Marcus thinks he won the schoo! talant compstition because ‘A he was an experienced songwriter. Be thought about what he was singing © he was able to play his oven instrument. 22 What does Marcus say about his training as a singer? ‘A He missed lessons in ther subjects to doit He was showin the mistakes that he was making, © —Heleamt how to make the most af his natural abity 23 Marcus prefers not to sing in a bend because ‘A hethinks i doesn’ suit his character Be distkes the typeof musi they play. © _he/sn't keen on working with other people 24 Marcus says that the singor Steff Phioxis going to ‘A promote him as a recording artist 1B _puthimin touch with a recording studio, © sing seme of his songs on her next album, 25 Marcus would advise talented young musicians ‘Ato put thelr ganaral education fist. B_tomake every effort to make it the career. © to-accept that they're unica to be successful USTENING TEST 7 a var