Unit 1 Test A

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2 Put the words given in the correct

 Grammar places in the sentences.
1 Complete the dialogues with the 1 I use social networking sites. (never) They take
correct present form of these verbs. up too much time.

play do work write use leave

2 We don’t chat online at the weekends. (often)

1 A: What __________ you __________?

B: Just an email to Vicky. 3 He’s shy when he meets new people. (always)
His avatar is very different, though.
2 A: Why __________ you __________ college
early on Fridays?
B: Because I have computer club. 4 Jake is changing his avatar’s identity! (always)
3 A: Why __________ you __________ your At the moment, he’s a bit bossy!
laptop in the garden?
B: Because it’s too hot in the house today!
5 Do you react the same way as your avatar
4 A: What __________ your avatar __________
does? (usually)
at the moment?
B: He’s on the island with his best friend, Ria!
5 A: How often __________ you __________ 6 My dad plays computer games. (rarely) He’s
computer games? too impatient! (usually)
B: Oh, two or three times a day!
6 A: __________ your dad __________ in the
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B: Yes. He’s a lawyer for a big company.

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3 Find and correct the mistakes in the 5 Find and correct the mistakes with
sentences. One sentence does not the words in italics in the sentences.
have a mistake.
1 Jack is a very pretty man.
1 I do go to the local college.

2 Ben is quite well-grown, but he’s not really fat!

2 Do you coming with us today?

3 I don’t like my fair hair. I’d prefer to be blonde.

3 We don’t often chat online.

4 My sister’s got medium-height curly hair.

4 Your dinner is on the table. It gets cold.

5 I’d love to be as long as you. I’m too short!

5 He always doesn’t wait for me after class.

6 Sue isn’t pretty or ugly – she’s just quite

6 Why does he sit over there? Ask him to join us. straight.

7 This work is geting quite difficult.

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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with these
words.

shy selfish arrogant clever bossy

reliable

1 My sister was quite __________ when I was

young and I had to do everything she wanted!
2 People who are __________ think they know
better than everyone else and I don’t like that at
all.
3 In my opinion, it’s important to be __________
and do exactly what you say you will.
4 My dad was very __________ at school and got
top marks in all his exams.
5 Don’t be so __________. Think about me for a
change!
6 When Helena met the famous footballer, she
was very __________ and didn’t know what to
say to him!

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Reading
6 Choose the correct alternative to
complete the sentences. 7 Read the article about identity.
Decide if the statements are true (T),
1 My brother isn’t that ___, but he’s got a great false (F) or not mentioned (NM).
personality.
A New Identity Every Week!
A beautiful
Imagine having a job where you have to take
B pretty
on a new identity every week or month! That’s
C handsome what actors do. For every play or film, they have
2 I’m really ___ you phoned. I was getting quite to become a different person, often with a different
bored! personality and different appearance. One week
A cheerful they’re kind, generous and blonde, and the next
B glad week, they’re tall, thin and arrogant! So, how do
they do it? And do it so well?
C sociable
Actors think about acting their new characters
3 I met Ben’s new girlfriend yesterday. She’s in different ways. Some, like the famous Robert
very attractive – tall and ___. De Niro, want to ‘live’ the role. They learn
A slim everything they can about the new person they are
B thin going to become. Then they do everything their
C skinny character would do. They dress the same, they eat
the same things, they talk in the same way and
4 Maria is always very ___ with the new even try to walk like them. The idea is to start
students. ‘thinking’ like the new character. And they don’t
A reliable behave like this only in the studio or on stage, but
B outgoing they take the character home as well! That must be
C friendly difficult for the rest of the family! Who’s going to
be at breakfast with us today – Al Capone, the
5 Scientists believe that there is almost certainly
President of the USA, Jack the Ripper??
___ life on other planets.
Other actors create their characters in different
A bright
ways. Some say that changing their appearance
B intelligent helps them to become the new person. Costume
C clever and make-up are very important, but some actors
do even more to change their appearance. Some
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like Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones films
and then diet to get thin again for the next film!
Some grow their hair long or even go bald! Some
really good actors can make us believe that they’re
taller or stronger than they really are just by the
way they act. Others need a bit of help – like Tom
Cruise in his high shoes, or Robert Redford, who
sometimes had to stand on a box because he’s
quite short!
The best actors are the ones who don’t take
their own personality with them into the role. They
take on the new identity completely and we don’t
think of the actor, but of the character. Heath
Ledger, who died in 2008, was like this. He could
change so completely that we don’t immediately
think ‘oh that’s Heath Ledger’! He could be
handsome, ugly, blonde or dark. He could be
clever, stupid, funny or serious. He was a master at
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Actors have a difficult job and I admire them a

lot. Personally, I think it’s quite enough to have
just one identity!
1 Actors usually try to think like the
new character.
2 Some actors spend time with the
people who they are trying to copy.
3 Actors sometimes have weight
problems because of the stressful life.
4 Actors might be shorter than we think. T/F/NM
5 Not recognising an actor is a good
thing.
6 The writer of the article would like to
be an actor.
Listening (Tests CD, Track 1)
8 You are going to hear five people
talking about their friends. Listen and
match the speakers A–E with what
they say in 1–5.
1 I got to know my best friend through sport.
Speaker ___
2 My best friend is a relative.
Speaker ___
3 I like people who are usually happy.
Speaker ___
4 I haven’t always been nice to my best friend.
Speaker ___
5 My best friend has got a lot of positive
characteristics.
Speaker ___
Use of English
9 Read the email from Tina about
people she met on holiday. Choose
the correct alternative to complete
T/F/NM each gap.
T/F/NM Hi Jim,
I’m on holiday in Spain with Mum and Dad (and
T/F/NM my laptop!) and I’m (1) ___ an amazing time!
There are some really nice people here, and I’m
sending you a photo I took yesterday. That’s me in
the middle (of course!). My hair’s quite (2) ___,
isn’t it? That’s the sun. The tall boy with the beach
T/F/NM ball is Brandon. He’s really crazy about beach
volleyball, and we (3) ___ it all the time! Next to
him is Mia. She’s rather shy and serious, but she’s
T/F/NM
very kind. The young girl in front of me is Mia’s
sister, Kerry. She looks a bit shy too in the picture,
but she (4) ___ really. She’s very talkative, not
/6 like her sister! I think she looks a lot like Mia,
doesn’t she? Then on my other side, the short boy
with curly, dark hair is Frank. He lives here. Lucky
thing! His dad owns the hotel. He’s very (5) ___
and tells lots of jokes. He’s also got a sister called
Emily, who (6) ___ the manager of the hotel.
She’s very attractive and also very intelligent. She
isn’t in this picture, but she often comes out with
us.
So, these are my lovely holiday friends! (7) ___
soon and tell me what you’re doing. I’ll see you
when I get back next week!
All the best,
Tina x
1 A have B having C has
2 A dark B blonde C long
3 A play B plays C playing
4 A isn’t B is C doesn’t

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A fun B funny C humour
A is B is being C are
7 A Writing B You write C Write

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Writing
10 Imagine you are on holiday. Write an
email to a friend and tell him or her
about some of the people you have
met.

Write 100–120 words.

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