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B1.1 FINAL EXAM – NEW LANGUAGE LEADER: PRE-INTERMEDIATE

1. Listening

Listen to each woman’s story. Write T (true) or F (false).

a) Chimokel married Benjamin when she was 25. ____

b) Chimokel has two children and lives on a small farm. ____
c) Chimokel won the Nairobi marathon. ____
d) Soula designs and sells greeting cards and photographs. ____
e) Soula studied medicine. ____
f) Soula started her business ten years ago. ____
g) Sarah started her journey in August 2011. ____
h) Sarah travelled from London. ____

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 2. Reading Comprehension

Read the article about the future for the family and find the corresponding answers for the sentences
below. Match the paragraphs A, B, C with sentences from 1-6.

Germany: What future for the family?

A) Germany has one of the highest percentages of childless women in the world. Thirty per cent of
German women have not had children, and this figure rises to nearly 40% among female graduates.
Germany’s Labour Minister, Ursula von der Leyen, has said that if the birth rate does not go up,
Germany will die.
B) Germany’s birth rate is one of the lowest in Europe, with an average of 1.41 children per
woman, compared with 1.67 in Sweden and 1.91 in the UK. German mothers are also (with British
mothers) the oldest, with an average age of 30 when they have their first child – and most parents
choose to have only one child. According to Professor Norbert Schneider of Mainz University, the
reasons for Germany’s low birth rate include poor childcare, a school day that still ends at 1 p.m. for
many children, and old-fashioned attitudes among employers.
C) The minister has developed a plan to encourage people to have more children. First of all, if
parents need private childcare, they will get help from the government, by paying less tax. Secondly,
families will get up to 1,800 euros a month from the government if men stay at home for two months
after the birth of a new child. Still, the typical family picture is very much alive in Germany. Women look
after the children while men go out to work.

Match the numbers with paragraphs A, B, C.

1. The minister developed a plan to increase birth rate. ____
2. Fifty per cent of German women have not had children. ____
3. The typical family picture is still alive. ____
4. A school day ends at 5 p.m. ____
5. The name of Labour Minister is Ursula von der Leyen. ____
6. Germany has one of the lowest percentages of childless women in the world. ____

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 3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in the Present Simple.
a) He _______ (drive) to work every day.
b) _____ we ______ (have) enough time?
c) I _________ (eat) cereal in the morning.
d) She ___________ (walk, not) to school.
e) He _________ (catch) a cold every winter.
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4. Underline the correct verb form in Present Continuous.
a) He is walking / walks to school now.
b) He didn’t waiting / isn’t waiting for the bus.
c) I am not sleeping / don’t sleep now.
d) She is eating / eat chocolate at the moment.
e) We are cooking / to cook dinner now.
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5. Fill in the gaps with the correct verb form of Present Simple or Present Continuous.
a) _____ she _______ (work) at the moment?
b) Every day, I _______ (visit) my mother.
c) Usually, she __________ (eat, not) chocolate.
d) He ____________ (go, not) to the cinema very often.
e) They ________ (play) tennis every Saturday.
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6. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate article –a, -an, -the or zero -/ article.

The Internet is _____ great way for kids to have different kinds of fun, keep in touch with old friends and
make new friends. They can also find ______ materials for homework and sometimes buy ______
things like _______ music, ______ books and ______ games. On the other hand, it is easy for ______
kids to see ______ images that are harmful to them. They need to feel that they can talk to ______ adult
when they see something they don’t like. Also, it is not ______ good idea for ______ children to meet
people from the Internet without ______ responsible adult.
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 7. Use the Past Simple and Past Continuous to make sentences from the words in the brackets
like in the example.

a) (The/police/arrive/while/I/have/breakfast)

The police arrived while I was having breakfast.

b) (I, sit, in, a, cafe, when, you, call)

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c) (We, play, tennis, when, John, hurt, his, leg)

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d) (He, live, in, Russia, when, the, Revolution, start)

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e) (John, work, in, the, bank, when, he, meet, his, wife)
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8. Underline the correct verb form – past simple and present perfect simple.
a) Have you done / Did you do the shopping today?
b) I’ve seen / I saw this film!
c) Jane went / has been to the gym yesterday.
d) When did you travel / have you travelled to Mexico?
e) She gave / has given birth to her baby three days ago.
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9. Circle the correct word in italics:
a) Many / much animals are in danger of extinction.
b) We don’t have many / much time left.
c) You bought a lot of / many rice.
d) We have a few / little money in the bank.
e) Are there any bananas left? – Yes, there are still few / little.
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10. Complete the sentences in the first conditional.
a) If it rains (rain), I will take (take) an umbrella.
b) If I ________________________ (be) late for work, my boss __________________________
(be) angry with me.
c) She ____________________________ (go) jogging if it _________________________ (be)
sunny.
d) If he ___________________________ (buy) her a present, she ________________________
(be) happy.
e) If he ____________________________ (not / show up) in 5 minutes, I
_______________________ (go) home.
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11. Complete the gaps with who, which, where.
a) A hotel is a place ______ people stay when they are on holiday.
b) That is the girl ______ works in a restaurant.
c) Lions are animals ______ live in Africa.
d) A dictionary is a book _____ gives definitions of words.
e) Can you tell me _____ is the president of the USA?
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12. Complete the sentences by putting the adjectives in brackets in the correct comparative or
superlative form.
a) Singapore is the flattest (flat) of all three islands.
b) London is the ________________________________ (good) place for shopping than Bristol.
c) The history of Sicily is ___________________________________ (complicated) the history of
Sardinia.
d) Of all three regions we visited, the last one was ___________________________________
(bad).
e) The coast is _____________________________________ (hot) than the mainland.
f) Travelling by train is ___________________________________ (easy) than by bus.

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13. Fill in the gaps with will, won’t, may.
A: She ______ definitely go to the university. I know that 100%.
B: I don’t agree. I think she ______ go to the university.
A: Okay, that is your opinion. What about you?
B: I _______ apply to some additional education.
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14. Choose the correct word in italics.

a) I always take my umbrella on dry / rainy days.
b) The airport is closed because of sun / fog.
c) I love watching the snow / ice fall from the sky.
d) Look! The wind / windy is blowing the leaves from the trees.
e) It’s a lovely warm / cloudy day. Let’s go to the beach.

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 15. Writing

Last week you stayed abroad at your friend’s house and you had a wonderful time. Now that you’re
back, you want to thank your friend for the hospitality and for showing you around his / her town. Write
an informal thank-you e-mail to your friend by including the typical greetings, opening phrases and
endings.

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