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GROUP B

Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________

LISTENING 2 [WIDGB1_EoYtest_Listening2.mp3] Listen to

four teenagers talking about their countries.
1 [WIDGB1_EoYtest_Listening1.mp3] Listen to Match the questions 1–10 with the four
an interview with a young History student speakers A–D. You can use the letters more
called Brendan. Decide if the sentences in the than once.
table are True (), False (X) or Doesn’t say (?).
Write the correct symbol in the table. Which speaker… Speaker:
Sentences , X or ? 1 …says that technology is changing
___
the culture in their country?
Brendan’s main subject at
1 university is History. 2 …says that music from their country
is more popular than music from ___
Brendan studies at the University other countries.
2 of Technology.
3 …plays a musical instrument? ___
Brendan is most interested in the
3 nineteen eighties.
4 …likes watching films from around
___
Brendan likes studying about the world at home?
4 successful technology the most.
5 …likes the weather in their country
The bag alarm made a noise and ___
all year round?
5 coloured smoke.
6 …goes out to eat food from another
The computer screen hat was ___
6 country?
very heavy.
7 …likes food from their own
The screen of the computer ___
7 continent?
screen hat was 20 cm across.

The computer screen hat was 8 …listens to music from all over the
___
8 difficult to see. world?
9 …thinks that the weather in their
The car that Brendan talks about country is better than in another ___
9 was popular. country?
The car that Brendan talks about 10 …says many people from all over
10 was quite popular at first. their continent now live in their ___
country?
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GROUP B

USE OF ENGLISH 2 Choose the best response, A, B or C, to

complete these short dialogues.
1 Choose A, B or C to correctly complete the
blog entry. 0 You should do more A Thanks a lot.
0
Today I want to tell you all ___ my little brother, to keep fit. B That’s a good idea.
1 2
Matisse. He ___ twelve years ___ and he’s ___
3 C I’m really sorry.
4 1 That’s seven pounds A Here you are.
person I know! Last week, I tried to help him to ___ fifty, please. B I have got it.
5 6
for his exams, but he ___ want to – I ___ tell my C It is there.
mum and she got very angry with him. At the 2 Can you tell me the A Sorry you can’t.
7
moment, he ___ his guitar in his bedroom and answer, please? B Sorry, I need it.
8 9
making ___ noise as usual! I ___ if it’s for half an C Sorry, I can’t.
10 3 Is your dad cooking A No, he doesn’t.
hour, but of course he ___ stop after 30 minutes – the dinner? B No, he isn’t.
he carries on playing all evening! C No, he can’t.
0 A about B around C of 4 Do you know what I A Oh right!
1 A is B has got C was mean? B Do you mean it?
C Now I get it!
2 A past B ago C old
5 Is there a A Yes, it’s not far.
3 A the most irritating B more irritating than supermarket near B Yes, you can’t miss
C the most irritate here? it.
4 A retest B revise C review C Yes, how do I get to
it?
5 A doesn’t B don’t C didn’t
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6 A had to B didn’t have to C mustn’t
3 Write the correct word next to each definition.
7 A ‘re playing B ‘s playing C plays The first letter is given. Do not change the
8 A not enough B too many C too much first letter.
0 Most people hang clothes in
9 A don’t mind B can’t stand C don’t want one of these in their wardrobe
10 A don’t B doesn’t C didn’t bedroom.

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f________
most.
2 This is something you use
to play music on, like a i_________
guitar.
3 This is your mum or dad’s
g__________
mum.
4 Someone who walks around
p_________
a town or a city.
5 You do lots of these in your
e__________
Science classes.
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GROUP B

READING The World’s Most Difficult Weather

1 Read the text and decide if sentences 1–12 Humans now live in all of the continents. We are
are True, False, or Doesn’t say. Put a cross
(X) in the correct place in the table. good at using our intelligence to survive in some
very difficult places. But there are some places on
True False Doesn’t
say Earth which are impossible to live in. Here’s one
There are people living on of them.
1
every continent.
For a long time, people thought that the coldest
The coldest place on Earth is
2 place on Earth was in Russia. Russia is so big that
in Russia.
it is in two continents, Asia and Europe. Scientists
Half of Russia is in Europe
3 measured the temperature of -67.6 °C in the Asian
and half in Asia.
Scientists measured a part of Russia in a place called Verkhoyansk in
4 temperature of -67.6 °C in 1885. In 1933, in Oymyakon, about 650 km (400
the eighteenth century. miles) to the south-east of Verkhoyansk, scientists
Oymyakon is 650 km from recorded a temperature of -67.7 °C.
5
Verkhoyansk.
It wasn’t until 1957 that scientists found it was
Scientists first travelled to
6 actually a bit colder in Antarctica, measuring
Antarctica in 1957.
−73.6 °C that year. The record for the coldest
Russian scientists measured
place actually measured by scientists working on
7 the temperature of
the ground comes from 1983. It was the −89.2 °C
−89.2 °C.
measured at the Russian Vostok Research Station
Most scientists researching
8
Antarctica don’t travel there.
in Antarctica.
The population on Antarctica Scientists working in many countries can now
9 in April is about one measure temperatures from space using satellites.
thousand. They found a temperature of −93.2 °C in 2010 in
4,000 people live on Antarctica.
10
Antarctica in August. Amazingly, people now live in Antarctica
You can go on holiday to throughout the whole year. Thirty countries have
11
Antarctica in the summer.
got permanent research stations on the continent,
Research scientists only so the population there goes from around 1,000 in
12 work on Antarctica in the
the coldest months (March to September) to 4,000
winter.
in summer (October to February). The people
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there are all scientists and their support teams.
But when you’re booking your next holiday, it’s
probably best to choose somewhere different to
Antarctica (unless, of course, you want to work as
a research scientist!), at least in the winter!

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GROUP B

2 Read the text and choose the correct answer, My First Big Tennis Match
A, B or C.
1 Mario started playing at a tennis club My name’s Mario and I love tennis! My first game
A when he was three. was when I was three. Then, four years ago, I
B four years ago.
C a month ago. joined my first club and started playing against
other clubs. A month ago, my coach said that the
2 Mario’s first big match was for area team wanted me to play for them. If I do well,
A his area team.
B his tennis club. the next step is to play for my country at national
C the national team. level. So my first big match was very important!

3 How many people does Mario say usually go to I played against the under-16 national champion.
his matches? At most of my matches there are maybe twenty
A 5
people watching, including five from my family.
B 20
C 200 At this match, there were two hundred people! I
surprised myself, not by how relaxed I was – I was
4 Mario was surprised by
A how relaxed he was. very nervous, or how good the other player was,
B how good the other player was. but by winning the first four games. After that, I
C how well he did at the beginning of the match. didn’t do so well. First, I hurt my foot. Most tennis
5 What did Mario break? courts I play on are soft grass, but this one was
A his racket hard. I jumped to get the ball and hurt it when I
B his foot
came down (my racket hit the court too and broke
C the court.
into two pieces!). I was OK, but I wasn’t as fast
6 Mario says his family after that.
A didn’t come to the match.
B were very near to where Mario’s match was. Anyway, the other guy got really tired after
C were too anxious to watch some of the match. winning the first set so I started doing better. It
7 Why did the other player try to end the match was close and my family had to stop watching,
early? they were so worried! I can’t remember the last
A He said he was too tired. four games very well. I suddenly felt good and
B He said he was injured.
C He said he was worried. won three of the games easily, then the other
player tried to stop the match, saying he was hurt.
8 At the moment, Mario
I said we had to carry on and so we played the
A is spending time with his family.
B is playing another match. final game. It was close, but I got the final point
C has a painful foot. with a lovely shot.
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I’m playing in another match in two weeks – I
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