Intermediate Mid-course Test B

Pronunciation
1 Track 13 Listen and underline the stressed words.
Can you tell me your date of birth?
1 Did you have a nice holiday?
2 Where are you living now?
3 How is your new job?
4 When’s your birthday?
5 What does your brother do?

2 Track 14 Listen and underline the linked words in these sentences.

I’ve been living here for about a month.
1 We’ve known each other for a while.
2 Tom’s been hanging around since eight o’clock.
3 My parents moved to the new apartment a few weeks ago.
4 I quit my old job in August.
5 Lucy started university in America.

Listening
3 Track 15 Listen to speakers talking about places they have visited. Choose the
correct answer: a, b or c.
Speaker 1 is describing _a .
a a festival b a museum c a shopping mall
1 Speaker 2 is describing .
a a beach b a cliff c a harbour
2 Speaker 3 is describing .
a a bridge b a waterfall c a cliff
3 Speaker 4 is describing .
a a market b a monument c a shopping mall
4 Speaker 5 is describing .
a ruins b farmland c a village
5 Speaker 6 is describing .
a a forest b an island c a hill

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Language focus
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
know have think go study work
Do you know my sister Hannah?
1 John in a café at the moment because he wants to save some money.
2I any friends at first when we moved to London.
3 Paul law when he met Lucy.
4 We always to the same place for our summer holiday when we
were children.
5I history is a really interesting subject.

5 Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

London is not as expensive _a_ Tokyo.
a as b than c from
1 Italian food is far the most delicious in my opinion. I could eat pasta every day.
a at b by c in
2 The cost of living in England is a higher than it is in Spain.
a more b much c lot
3 My neighbours are the happy people I know. They’re always complaining about
something or other.
a least b less c most
4 What’s your favourite place the world?
a in b around c of
5 The village where I live is different from how it used to be.
a more b exactly c completely

6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
meet want see win lose go
Have you ever met anyone famous?
1 you to the première of George Clooney’s latest film last Thursday?
2I Mark for ages. How is he?
3 Emily her car keys for the second time this month. She’ll have to stop driving if
it happens again!.
4 I really to leave the party because we were having such a good time, but it was
already after midnight.
5 Who the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010?

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7 Choose the correct answers.
John is planning / thinking of looking for a new job.
1 Laura is worried that she’s failing / going to fail her final exams.
2 We will get / are getting married in the summer.
3 Paul will leave his job as soon as / until he has found another one.
4 I intend to spend some time in Australia when / before I settle down.
5 I hope I’ll see / am seeing you again soon.

8 Rewrite the sentences/questions as reported speech.

‘I don’t want to go out’.
Jane said she didn’t want to go out.
1 ‘Has Paul met your parents, Julie?’
Sally asked .
2 ‘We’re getting married in July.’
William said .
3 ‘When did John go into hospital?’
Sarah asked .
4 ‘I’ll introduce you to my sister.’
Harry told .
5 ‘We’ve had a few problems recently.’
Matt said .

Vocabulary
9 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. You won’t need all the words.
make-up children hair nothing shopping ironing friends paperwork
texting gym
Mum usually puts on make-up for special occasions.
1 Our neighbours look after the when we go out in the evening.
2 Sally usually goes to the twice a week because she’s training for a marathon.
3 Lucy and Emma often go together because they love looking at clothes.
4 Who does your ? That style really suits you.
5 Peter will often sit around doing . He’s so lazy.

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10 Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.
My parents were very _a_, so there were a lot of rules in our house.
a strict b ashamed c rude
1 Please don’t me if you’re not going to be helpful.
a praise b criticise c encourage
2 Dan’s always into trouble. He’s so naughty.
a getting b going c being
3 When we were teenagers, my brothers and I all the time. We really didn’t get
on at all.
a punished b behaved c argued
4 My parents me the confidence to follow my dreams.
a made b gave c got
5 Whenever I did something wrong, I felt really of myself.
a badly b angry c ashamed

11 Choose the odd one out.

canal lake waterfall forest
1 view market skyscraper shopping mall
2 temple farmland mosque cathedral
3 museum palace monument factory
4 docks festival factory harbour
5 bay beach skyscraper cliff

12 Complete the sentences with a suitable verb.

After Alison lost her job, she became very depressed.
1 I’ve just heard that I all my exams, so let’s go and celebrate!
2 We have to house again next month because Ken has a new job.
3 you ever in love with somebody at first sight?
4 It doesn’t look good on your CV if you jobs too often.
5 Alice has applied to university in America, so we won’t see her very often if she
succeeds.

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13 Complete the table.

Verb Noun Adjective

distract distraction 1
imagine 2 3
know 4 5
6 production 7
8 9 successful
improve 10 improved

Functional language
14 Complete and match the conversations.
A
We saw you at the concert yesterday. a
1 You’re looking really tired.
2 Paul’s in town at the moment.
3 I haven’t been here before.
4 The weather was awful yesterday.
5 I don’t enjoy watching horror movies.

B
a Did you? Why didn’t you say hello?
b ? I didn’t really notice.
c ? I love them.
d ? I hope we can get together.
e ? We come here all the time.
f ? Well, I’ve been working really hard.

15 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences/questions.

Jason Peters / to / please / I’d / to / speak / like
I’d like to speak to Jason Peters, please.
1 advert / the / I’m / job / about / in / newspaper / calling / the

2 ask / calling / who’s / I / can ?

3 to / call / you / back / her / ask / me / could ?

4 ask / I / about / is / call / what / the / could ?

5 if / is / see / free / I’ll / Mr Weaver / just

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Reading
16 Read the article and put sentences a–f in the correct place in the text.

The world of work

By L Smithson
c Musicians, writers, teachers and doctors perhaps, but otherwise I
think many of us just ‘fall’ into a job because we’re in the right place at the right time.
Clearly, however, you need specific skills or qualifications for certain jobs. If you want to be an
accountant or banker, you need to be good with numbers, though you don’t necessarily need
good communication skills. 1
There are, of course, many other factors to consider when starting out on the career ladder.
Are you ambitious? How important is money? 2 Are you able to work
in a stressful environment? Is security important to you? What about responsibility or
opportunities to travel?
These are some of the questions I asked myself when it was time for me to think about the job
I would like to have most. 3 I’m much better suited to working with
people and have never liked routine.
4
Although many of my friends thought I didn’t have the right
personality, I knew it was the right decision for me. When I found a course, I gave up the job I
had been doing and started training. The course was the most challenging thing I have ever
done and at times I wondered whether I had made the biggest mistake of my life.
5

And here I am ten years later still teaching and still enjoying my work.

a If, however, you want to be a teacher or work in public relations, those skills will be vital if
you are to succeed and be happy.
b I knew that a career in the world of finance was not for me as I don’t enjoy working with
numbers.
c There are very few people who know from an early age what they want to do when it’s time
to choose a career.
d But when I’d qualified and actually started working, I realised it was the best decision I’d
ever made.
e So, with all of those thoughts in mind I decided to train to become an English teacher.
f Are you prepared to work long hours in order to get an early promotion?

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Writing
17 An informal email
You lost touch with one of your best friends when you moved to a new area. After finding their
profile on a social networking site, you have decided to send them an email. You should
include the following:
- introduction
- questions for them
- your personal update
- reason for email
Write 120–150 words.

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Total: 100

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