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READING
Lionel Messi – football hero
Lionel Messi is an Argentinian footballer. He was born
on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. He has two
brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and a sister, María Sol.
Messi started playing football when he was five. He
started playing with the local first-division team,
Newell’s Old Boys, when he was only eight. Three
years later, doctors found out that he was ill. The
medical treatment in Argentina was very expensive
and his parents didn’t have enough money to pay for it.
The family decided to move to Europe, and Messi’s
father arranged a trial with the famous football team
FC Barcelona. When the directors of Barcelona saw
Messi play, they signed the young player right away!
The club paid for his treatment, and Messi started
playing for the team. He played his first game for the
senior team in October 2004 and he scored his first
goal on 1 May 2005. He was only seventeen years old.
In his first six years, he scored more than a hundred
goals for FC Barcelona, and helped them win the
championship trophy four times, and the European
1 Read the article. Write true (T) or false (F).
1 Lionel Messi says he’s the best footballer in the
F
world. ___
2 His parents have a daughter and two sons. ___
3 He wasn’t ten when he started playing for
Newell’s Old Boys football team. ___
4 Doctors discovered his medical problem when
he was eleven. ___
5 FC Barcelona thought Messi played football
very well. ___
6 He scored his first goal for FC Barcelona in
2005. ___
7 He scored a hundred goals for Barcelona before
he was 21 years old. ___
8 Argentina won a World Cup with Messi. ___
9 He’s an Olympic champion. ___
10 His charity helps poor children play football
professionally. ___
11 He started working for UNICEF in 2007. ___
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Champions League twice. Messi spent his career at
Barcelona and won 30 trophies and scored over 600
goals! Many people think that he is the best footballer
ever.
Messi played in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups for
Argentina, but without much success. He helped his
national team win the gold medal in the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing. In 2014, as the captain of Argentina, he took
his team all the way to the World Cup final where they
lost to Germany 1-0. Messi was awarded the Golden
Boot as the best player of the tournament.
In 2007, he decided to start a charity to help children
with their education and health care. He said in an
interview, ‘Being a bit famous now gives me the
opportunity to help people who really need it,
especially children.’ To recognize his work with the
charity, UNICEF made Messi its goodwill ambassador
for children’s rights in 2010.
2 Match the underlined words to the
definitions.
1 learning education
______________
2 test ______________
3 prize ______________
4 chance, possibility ______________
5 unwell ______________
6 adult ______________
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WRITING
1 Fill in the job application form for you.

Job Application
NAME ____________________________________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH ____________________________________________________________________
SURNAME ____________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________
MOBILE PHONE ____________________________________________________________________
PRESENT JOB ____________________________________________________________________
PREVIOUS JOBS ____________________________________________________________________
LANGUAGES ____________________________________________________________________
INTERESTS ____________________________________________________________________

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2 Read this advertisement for a job.

TOURIST GUIDE
 Do you know your town?  Do you like working with people?
 Do you like working outdoors?  Can you speak any foreign languages?
Work at our Tourist Information Offices in the town centre during your holidays!
Email Robert Kelly at robert.kelly@outlook.pl.

Write an email applying for the job. Write your email in 60–100 words.

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LISTENING
1 Listen to a conversation between two 11 Walter and Angela want to play tennis
people, Angela Ramírez and Walter a on Saturday.
Schmidt. Tick () three more activities that b on Monday.
they talk about. 12 They agree to meet
a at eight a.m.
a having dinner 
b at the park.
b giving a presentation
c having breakfast 2 points for each correct answer 22
d going to the beach
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e going for a swim
f playing tennis
g speaking a foreign language
SPEAKING
1 point for each correct answer 3 1 Ask and answer the questions with a
partner.
2 Listen again. Circle the correct letter.
1 Do you want to be famous? Why? Why not?
1 Walter and Angela 2 What can you do at weekends in your town?
a met last year. What do you usually do?
b meet for the first time. 3 Is there anything you can’t do that you want to
2 Walter came to the airport learn? Why? What is it?
a late. 4 What happened around the world in the year
b early. when you were born?
3 The conference starts 5 What do you always take with you when you
a this evening. go out (e.g. iPod, mobile phone)? Do you take
b tomorrow morning. them with you when you leave the house?
4 Angela says she is Why? Why not?
a nervous.
b tired. max. 1 point for each topic 5
5 They go to the conference centre by
a taxi.
b car.
6 Before her trip, Angela had
a lunch.
b dinner.
7 Angela’s bags
a are really heavy.
b aren’t heavy.
8 Angela’s first visit to Camford
a was a year ago.
b is today.
9 Walter says that at the hotel Angela can
a go for a swim.
b use the gym.
10 There is a tennis court
a at the hotel.
b near the conference centre.

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2 Look at the photos. Talk about what jobs you think these people have, and what they do in their
jobs. Who has the best job? Why?

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3A Look at the information. Use the words to make five questions.

Will (Carroll) Smith

Date and place of birth: 25 September 1968, Philadelphia, USA

Occupation: comedian and actor

Musical skills: vocals, piano
Languages: English and Spanish

1 from ?
2 age ?
3 birthday ?
4 musical instruments ?
5 languages / speak ?

1 point for each correct question 5

B Answer the questions.

1 point for each correct answer 5

Speaking total 25
Skills test 2 total 100

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