TERM TEST 1

Name ………………………………………….

Ex.I Listen to five people talking about big changes in their lives. Match the speakers to the events that changed their
lives. There is one extra event that you do not need. 5 points / ..

Speaker 1 ___ A Leaving school

Speaker 2 ___ B Getting a boyfriend/ girlfriend
Speaker 3 ___ C Leaving home
Speaker 4 ___ D Getting a job
Speaker 5 ___ E Having a holiday
F Going to university

Еx.II. Listen again and answer the questions. 10 points / ..

1. How old was Speaker 1 when the change happened? ……………….
2. What didn’t Speaker 2 want to do? …………………………….
3. What happened when Speaker 3 was fifteen? …………………….
4. When did Speaker 4 realise what he should do? …………………………..
5. What couldn’t Speaker 5 afford to do? ……………………………………

Ex. III You are going to read a magazine article. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the
sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an
example at the beginning (0). 14 points / ..

MAKING MIRRORS
Jane Thomas, together with her husband Clive, returned to Britain after nearly 30 years of living abroad with wonderful
memories ( 0 ....I.....)
Determined to use them rather than just keep them in a box or throw them out. Jane made a shell mirror for her bathroom.
This was very much admired by friends and neighbours who came to visit her. ( 1 ........ )
That was two years ago. Jane now runs her own small mirror-making business. She buys shells from all over the world
through a wholesale company and has converted a spare bedroom in her house into an office-cum-studio.
( 2 ....... ) .
A local carpenter makes frames for her and a glazier then fits the glass inside. Jane does everything else herself: the design,
the initial painting of the frame and then the final making up. (3 ........ )
Clive is a banker and was able to advise Jane on deciding how much money should be invested when she decided to set up
the business. Around £ 3000 was spent on shells alone. (4 ........ ) Jane’s main problem was knowing how to market her work
more widely.
Local shops could only sell a small number because once they had added their profit margin, the mirrors became rather
expensive. However, Jane has now made contact with another company that makes and sells mirrors of a different type.
(5 ........) At such events, the right sort of people get to see the mirrors and can order them directly.
Venturing into other areas, Jane plans to approach restaurants and hotels directly as she thinks her mirrors might be attractive
to them. She has also taken a website on the Internet. (6 .......) It means Jane doesn’t have the expense of travelling around
with her range of mirrors in the back of the car.
Jane reckons it will take another year before her business starts to make money. (7 ........) She would like to employ someone
to help her with the administration and preparation of the frames, for example, which would allow her to devote more time to
the artistic side.

A Together they can afford to take stands at specialist exhibitions and craft fairs.
B This represents about one week’s work and each mirror brings in anything between £ 100 and £ 400 for the business.
C As Jane discovered, it’s a good idea to find a company willing to sell goods on your behalf.
D Before long, she was being asked to make mirrors for other people.
E But it didn’t end there, Jane also had to think about equipment such as the heavy-duty boxes needed to send the mirrors
abroad.
F She works there, surrounded by shells of every shape and colour and the other materials needed to make the mirrors.
G Once this happens, she feels she will be able to concentrate on the side of the business she enjoys.
H This is a very economical way of selling.
I She also brought back a huge collection of sea shells collected from beaches around the Indian Ocean.

Ex. IV For Questions 1-5, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given. 10 points / ..

1.I find Robert‟s taste in music very hard to tolerate. PUT I find it hard ........................................... Robert’s taste in music.

2. I find waiting for buses very boring. GET I .................................................. waiting for buses.

3. It‟s very difficult to predict the weather here. TENDS The weather ....................................................... unpredictable
here.

4. People say learning lists of words is not a good use of time. WASTE

Learning lists of words is .................................... of time.

6. Christine complained formally when her course of study was cancelled. MADE

Christine ....................................................... when her course of study was cancelled.

Ex.V Complete the sentences using words formed from the words in capitals. 5 points / ..

1. He was suffered from ………………………………… for years and now finds it hard to hear anything. DEAF
2. A lot of people don’t understand how serious …………………………………………. Is. DEPRESS
3. I do badly at school because of an ………………………………. disability. INTELLECT
4. I have to bring a matter to your ……………………… ATTEND
5. Unfortunately we have received a lot of complaints from customers about late …………………of parcels.
DELIVER

Ex. VI Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense: past continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.

6 points / ..

1. I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I ………………………. (write) for over two hours.
2. 2. When thieves stole my favourite leather jacket, I was really upset. I …………….. (have) it for over ten years.
3. We didn’t really want to go and see the musical again. We ………………….(already see) it twice – so we said “no”
and we went to a restaurant instead!
4. I arrived over an hour late to the office and everyone was working. Actually, they ………………….. (work) for
over two hours on the new project and I felt really guilty.
5. The kitchen was full of steam when we arrived. Joan was in the kitchen and she ………………….. (cook) a huge
meal for everyone at the party.
6. It was a bit embarrassing to arrive at their house and find Mary looking so sad. I think she ……………………. (cry)
before we got there.

Total 50 points / ……
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Listening

Ex.I 1 C 2 B 3 E 4 F 5 A

1 eighteen

2 go to university

3 her boyfriend left her

4 when he got his exam

5 go on holiday

Ex. III 0 – I; 1 D; 2 F; 3 B; 4 E; 5 A; 6 H; 7 G

Ex.IV 1.to put up with ; 2 get bored ; 3 tends to be very ; 4 said to be a waste ; 5 made a formal complaint

Ex.V 1 deafness; 2 depression ; 3 intellectual; 4 attention; 5delivery

1 - had been writing.

2 - had had.

3 - had already seen.

4 - had been working.

5 - was: was cooking.

6 - had been crying.