NAME...............................................................

DATE.................................

TEST PAPER

I. Read the text:

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Rebecca Taylor was just eight when her book was accepted by a publisher with the promise of a fat
cheque to come. Even so her book, The Kitnapping of Mittens, which was inspired by the real-life
adventures of her two cats, exceeded Rebecca’s wildest expectations. Published by Penguin three years
ago, the book has sold 1,000 hardback copies and is about to go into paperback. Rebecca’s final cheque
should exceed £ 2,500.
Rebecca is very fortunate. New authors rarely get any book published before the age of twenty. Yet
each year a handful of teenagers surprise us all and write books which make it on to a publisher’s list.
Victoria Coren, whose father is a writer, got a regular column in a national newspaper after winning
a competition when she was sixteen. Her work was spotted by a publisher and she was asked to expand
her pieces into a book called Love Sixteen, which is a humorous look at the problems of being a
teenager.
Victoria, who is now nineteen, insists that her father’s reputation had nothing to do with her success.
But she does acknowledge his influence in other ways. ‘He bought me a plastic typewriter when I was
just three’, she says. ‘He was always encouraging me to read and write. And when I saw what fun he
had I decided, more than anything else, I wanted to be a famous writer too.’

A. Mark the following statements True (T) or False (F): (8x 0,2= 1,6p.)

1. Rebecca got a cheque for £ 2,500 when she was eight. ______
2. Her book is based on the things her cats do. ______
3. She was surprised the book did so well. ______
4. Very few teenagers are successful in getting their books published. _____
5. According to the text, Victoria’s father writes a column for a national newspaper. _____
6. Victoria wrote an amusing book about being a teenager. _____
7. She thinks her father had nothing to do with her success. _____
8. She wants to be as funny as her father. _____

B. Answer the following questions: (3x 0,2= 0,6p.)

1. How is Rebecca’s book called?
2. How old was Victoria when she won the competition?
3. What did Victoria’s father buy her when she was three?

II. Circle the correct answer. (15x0,2=3p.)

1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film __.

a) began b) had began c) had begin d) has began
2. When Charlie came home, his brother__ TV.
a) was watching b) watched c) did watch d) is watching
3. Mark and Mike __ each other since high school.
a) know b has known c) are known d) have known
4. __ in London?
a) were you ever b) have you ever been c) has you been d) did you ever go
5. When mom arrived at the train station, the train__.
a) left already b) has already left c) did already leave d) had already left
6. Yesterday I __to the party because I __ sick.
a) didn’t go / was b) went / were c) haven’t gone/ was d) hadn’t gone / were
7. Yesterday my friend __ me in my new flat.
a) has visited b) did visit c) visited d) had visited
8. When I __ a child, I __ speak French.
a) was / couldn’t b) have been / could c) was / can d) wasn’t / couldn’t
9) What time __ work yesterday?
a) have you left b) did you left c) left you d) did you leave
10 I …………….(tidy) for 2 hours before my mum came home.
a) have tidied b) have been tidying c) had tidied d) had been tidying
11. I __ watching TV when suddenly the phone __
a) am watching / rang b) was watching / was ringing c) was watching / rang d) watched / rang
12. Antony is very tired. He __ basketball for hours.
a) has been playing b) had played. c) played d) used to play
13. I invited him to go to the movies, but he __the film.
a) saw already b) has already seen c) was already seeing d) had already seen
14. They __ a shower when there was a blackout.
a) took b) have taken c) were taking d) are taking
15. I………………..(learn) all week for the test?
a) learnt b) have learnt c) have been learning d) was learning

III. Match the words or phrases which have a similar meaning. 6x0,2= 1,2

1. emigrate
a. fill with admiration
2. interpret
b. find a solution
3. cooperate
4. work out c. work together
5. impress d. try to win
6. compete e. move abroad
f. change words into another
language

IV. Write a paragraph (8-10 lines) about a country in which you would like to emigrate. In the paragraph
you should mention:

a. your name, your age and the name of country where you live now; 0,6
b. the name of the country and of the city where you would like to live; 0,2
c. two reasons that made you choose that country; 0,6
d. two things that you think it would be difficult to adapt at; 0,6
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