100 Test

Skills
Reading
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1a Read the text and complete the table.

name The Nazca lines The Yeti
country / countries 1
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where? 2
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___________________________ People say it’s a 9 ________________________
shapes
what is it? pictures of:
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and 6 _____________________ in the sand
scientists know that … the Nazca people made them don’t know if the Yeti is real or
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It’s a mystery!
The Nazca lines
In the Nazca desert in Peru is one
of the world’s great mysteries –
thousands of huge lines, shapes and
pictures of animals, birds and people
in the sand. The lines are so big you
can only see the shapes from the air. But the Nazca lines are
over 1,500 years old – much older than the first aeroplanes!
So who made these shapes? Aliens? Perhaps UFOs came
down to Earth using these lines. Or maybe people built them?
Why did they make lines that you can’t see from the ground?
Perhaps people had aeroplanes thousands of years ago…
Scientists now know that the Nazca people lived in this desert
around 2,000 years ago, and made these lines. But they still
don’t know why!
The Yeti
Some people believe that a large
type of human or ape called
a Yeti lives in the Himalayas
in Nepal and Tibet and the
mountains of Siberia, Russia.
People say it’s a big gorilla. There are lots of old stories
about the Yeti. There are also photos. People say
they are of the Yeti or the Yeti’s footprints. In 2007, an
explorer found giant Yeti footprints in the mountains of
Siberia. They were 33cm long and they had five toes.
In 2008, a British explorer found some Yeti hair and a
Yeti’s bed. Some scientists say the Yeti is real, but other
scientists say it is just a story.

1b Read the text. Decide if the information is Right, Wrong or Doesn’t say.
1 There are thousands of lines and shapes in the Nazca 6 The lines are maps of Peru.
desert. a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say 7 Scientists know why the Nazca people made the lines.
2 You can see the shapes from the ground. a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say 8 There are lots of old stories about the Yeti.
3 The Nazca lines are over 1,500 years old. a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say 9 There are photos which people say are of the Yeti.
4 The Nazca people lived in the desert. a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say 10 In 2007, scientists looked for the Yeti in the
5 Aliens made the shapes. mountains of Siberia.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say

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 11 Scientists found the Yeti. 14 Yetis eat meat.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
12 The footprints were 33cm long. 15 All scientists agree that the Yeti is real.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
13 An explorer found a Yeti’s bed.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
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Over to you…

2 Answer the questions.

1 Where do you live?
2 What football team do you like?
3 How do you get to school?
4 What time do you get up in the morning?
5 What are you doing on Saturday?
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Listening
3a 11 Listen to Paola, Stefan, Sally and Rafael and complete the sentences.
Paola
1 Paola can see __________ of the city from the Sally
London Eye. 5 Sally is _____________under the Eiffel Tower.
2 Paola is looking at the River Thames and 6 Sally is having _______________ at one o’clock.
______________.
7 Sally is visiting Notre Dame Cathedral in the
Stefan ___________.
3 Central Park has got lots of _____________. Rafael
4 Stefan is going to the ____________ tonight. 8 It’s very hot and _____________ in Rio.
9 Rafael is having a picnic at ________________.
10 Rafael is going __________ in the afternoon.

3b 11 Listen again and check your answers.

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Writing
4 Write a paragraph (30-40 words) for an email entitled My life! Include this information:

• Where you live

• Your friends
• Your favourite sports and interests
• What you are doing tomorrow evening
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