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Name Alena Pshenichnaya Score ______/50

Part A

Vocabulary
Word formation

1 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets with the prefix self- or the
suffix able / ible.

a) You need to be organized and self-disciplined when you work at home.

b) I hate dancing. I always feel very self-conscious .
c) Is this building accessible for disabled people?
d) Bea has very low self-esteem . She’s always putting herself down.
e) Francis never realized swimming could be so enjoyable .

(5 points)

Collocations

2 Complete the collocations using the words in the box. There are two extra
words.

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a) There’s no way he’s going to finish that pizza. It’s huge!

b) Can you help me? I can’t figure out the solution to this puzzle.
c) As I was falling, it seemed as if everything was in slow motion .
d) I can’t undo this zip. It’s stuck.
e) Who’s in charge here? I need to speak to the manager.

(5 points)

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Phrasal verbs

3 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in
brackets.

a) Don’t leave your jacket on the floor. __________ ! (pick)

b) I’m not at all like my mother, but I __________ my father. (take)
c) Shelly’s accident __________ horse-riding for a long time. (put)
d) We’re exhausted. Going to the gym has really __________ . (wear)
e) I feel awful. Maybe I’m __________ a cold. (come)

(5 points)

Grammar
Narrative tenses

4 Complete the sentences with the past simple, past continuous, past perfect
simple and past perfect continuous form of the verbs.

Dear Mum
Well, here I am on my cycling holiday, and I have finally arrived in Wales after six hours. When I
got to the campsite, Liz and Jack had already arrived because they took the train. When we all got
to the campsite it was raining hard, and the ground was like a river because it had raining for two
weeks. Then, while I try to put up the tent, it blew away into a tree. I finally got it down, but it was
torn and so I spent a very uncomfortable night in Liz and Jack’s tiny tent with them. I did not sleep at
all. I have decide that I don’t really like camping. I can’t wait to get home.

Love,

Ben

(10 points)

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Future continuous and future perfect

5 Underline the correct word.

a) By the time he gets this message, I will already have left .

b) This time next month, we will finished our course.
c) At 12.00 tomorrow, we’ll be taking off for Rio.
d) What do you think we’ll be doing this time next year?
e) By the end of today, we will walked ten kilometres.

(5 points)

Useful phrases
6 Complete the conversation with the words in the box. There are two extra
words.

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Judy: What’s wrong? You’re limping.

Mark: I’ve done something to my knee. It’s killing me.
Judy: Oh dear, you poor thing. Let me see.
Mark: Yes, when I turn it like that ... ow! It really hurts.
Judy: Oh, that must be awful . It looks really swollen. When did it start?
Mark: Well, it started after I’d been skateboarding for a few hours.
Judy: Oh well, it serves you right then, doesn’t it?
Mark: What?
Judy: Skateboarding at your age! What do you expect? You’ve only got yourself to blame!
Mark: Thanks for the sympathy!

(5 points)

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Part B

Reading
7 Read the text and choose the best words to complete the sentences.

1) Not many people _____ .

c) escaped from the Khmer Rouge
2) Chris _____ after he stepped on a landmine.
b) was lucky to survive
3) Chris survived his landmine injuries because _____ .
a) he was determined to live
4) Chris has achieved a lot in his lifetime _____ .
b) despite being disabled
5) Chris’s _____ inspires audiences all over the world.
b) positive thinking

Chris Moon is an extraordinary man. In 1993 this former Army officer, while voluntarily clearing mines in the
jungle in Cambodia, was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Against the odds, Chris managed to escape. In fact, he
is one of very few people to survive kidnap by the Khmer Rouge.

Two years later Chris was clearing landmines in Mozambique when he stepped on a mine. He lost his lower right
leg, and his right arm. He lost a lot of blood and could have died, but survived through sheer determination and
the will to live. Chris was fitted with prosthetic limbs, but refused to let his disability hold him back. Incredibly,
within a year of leaving hospital, he ran the London Marathon. Since then he’s completed more than fifteen other
marathons, including the 250-km Great Sahara Run, a race across the Sahara desert, which has been described
as ‘the toughest footrace on earth’ and a gruelling 135-mile race through Death Valley in the USA.

Chris’ determination to overcome his disability has resulted in achievements most of us never manage in a
lifetime. As well as completing some of the world’s toughest races and raising thousands of pounds for charity, he
has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, written an autobiography ‘One Step Beyond’ and appeared on TV.

These days, as well as raising money for charity, Chris earns a living as a motivational speaker. Chris is someone
who, through the power of positive thinking, has overcome incredible bad fortune, and refuses to be limited by his
physical disability. He gives presentations to audiences around the world on motivation and leadership, and has
inspired many people with his passion and determination. Indeed, he is an inspiration to us all.

(5 points)

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Pronunciation
Intonation

[Track 7]

8 Listen and choose whether the speaker sounds sympathetic or unsympathetic.

a) Oh, it’s awful when that happens. unsympathetic

b) Yeah. I know what you mean. unsympathetic
c) Well, you’ve only got yourself to blame. sympathetic
d) That must be very painful. sympathetic
e) Oh dear, you poor thing. unsympathetic

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Listening
[Track 8]

9 Listen to Nigel and Lynn. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a) Nigel thinks he hasn’t really done anything very challenging.T

b) Lynn had done a lot of running before she gave up smoking.F
c) When Lynn took up running, she felt she didn’t want to stop. T
d) Nigel would like to run a marathon, but he isn’t very fit.F
e) Lynn is doing the New York marathon to raise money for charity.T

(5 points)

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