End-of-term Test 3

Listening 5 Find the words in the word snake and complete

the sentences. (10 marks)
1  Listen to Park Ranger Jim Stanton give
advice to a group of students about a camping
expedition to Yosemite National Park. According
to Jim, which of the animals you might see is
the most dangerous? (2 marks) 1 There is some yoghurt in the ________.
A snakes C bears 2 Can you pass me a ________; I want to chop up
B mountain lions D wolves these onions.
3 It gets really cold at night here, so I’m going to
2  Listen again. Answer the questions. (8 marks) buy a ________ for my bed.
1 Name two pieces of equipment Jim thinks it is 4 The firefighter who rescued the people from the
essential to take. building was very ________.
_______________________________________ 5 Molly is ________ and considerate to others.
_______________________________________
2 Why does Jim think that taking bathroom Practical English
products is not a good idea?
_______________________________________ 6 Number the dialogue in the correct order.
_______________________________________ (8 marks)
3 What does Jim say most people forget? ___ Don’t worry, it’s all under control.
_______________________________________ ___ Of course I don’t. I asked my parents and they
4 What does Jim advise the students not to do if said we can use the garden too if we want.
they are close to a bear? ___ Good idea. Chris, do you mind if we have it at
_______________________________________ your house?
5 Name two things you should do if you encounter ___ OK everyone, let’s organize the party. Who’s
a mountain lion. going to be the DJ?
_______________________________________ ___ Thanks. So that’s the music sorted. Can
_______________________________________ anyone bring any food?
___ Great, that’s really kind of them. Have we
forgotten anything?
Vocabulary
___ I will. I’ve DJ-ed at parties before.
3 Put the words in the correct category. (6 marks) ___ We can all bring some. We can go to the
cheap supermarket in town the day before.
air conditioning bench mug post box
timer tissues
Grammar
Everyday Street objects Kitchen
items gadgets 7 Choose the correct option. (12 marks)
1 You shouldn’t / don’t have to eat too much
chocolate. It’s bad for you.
2 I’m going to get yourself / myself a new bike.
4 Match 1–4 to A–F to form a word. There are two
3 You mustn’t / shouldn’t smoke in bars,
endings in A–F you do not need. (4 marks)
restaurants or other public places. It’s not
1 st ___ A ed
allowed.
2 pat ___ B ies
4 Does someone / anyone want this last biscuit?
3 mir ___ C aid
5 We haven’t got enough / some bread to make
4 afr ___ D eps
sandwiches.
E ient
6 They didn’t give us many / much information.
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End-of-term Test 3
8 Write the words in the correct order to make
sentences. (10 marks)
1 much / fruit / eat / do / a / how / you / day ?
_______________________________________
2 we / any / cheese / have / got ?
_______________________________________
3 without / can / how / comforts / live / anyone /
their / home ?
_______________________________________
4 the / some / rice / there / in / is / cupboard .
_______________________________________
5 want / go / to / somewhere / summer / this / I /
nice .
_______________________________________
9 Complete the questions with the correct
question tags. There is one tag you do not need.
(10 marks)
can’t do hasn't is hadn’t isn’t
1 Tom is very tall, ______ he?
2 You don’t like fish, ______ you?
3 This film isn’t very interesting, ______ it?
4 Catherine and Beth can come to the party,
______ they?
5 Jane has got two sisters, ______ she?
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Consolidation
10 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)
Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to
give up my home comforts for a month. The first
things I gave up were my skin and haircare
products. I stopped washing (1) me / myself with
shower gel and putting (2) moisturizer /
conditioner on my skin. That was really hard
because I have naturally dry skin. I didn’t feel as
nice and clean as I normally do during that month! I
also gave up using my (3) hair dryer / shampoo.
That was terrible! It was very messy and I felt really
(4) afraid / embarrassed when I went out of the
house because I felt like everyone was staring at
my wet hair! I also gave up my smartphone and the
internet. Wow, I didn’t realise quite how difficult that
was going to be! I didn’t know what to do with
myself! I often found myself reaching for my phone
to text (5) anyone / someone or to just look
something up on the internet, but my phone wasn’t
there! When the challenge was over I decided to
limit the time I spend using gadgets and the time I
spend online.
End-of-term Test 3
Reading The next experiment was a ‘Swap Box’. This was a
box that people could leave things in that they
11 Read the text. Where exactly did the students do no longer wanted and ask for things they wanted.
their project? (2 marks)
Each object in the Swap Box had a paper tag
________________________________________ attached with a short story about the history of
the object and why the owner wanted to swap it.
This idea was quite successful and proved an
Designing in the street
effective way of recycling objects and reducing
A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam waste.
University in the UK did a research project
Another rather humorous idea that emerged as a
about innovative street design. The purpose of
result of the research was the ‘Gossip Vehicle’.
their project was to explore how design can be
This is an electric car that could be shared by
used to create interesting and innovative urban
the people living on the street in an effort to
spaces. The students focused on a section of
reduce the number of cars in the area. In order
Gloucester Road in London. They considered the
to gain access to the car, the passenger has to
street in terms of the people who lived there
whisper an exciting piece of news or gossip to
permanently, such as home owners and shop
the car!
owners, the people who passed through, such as
pedestrians, and those who regularly interacted The students’ creative ideas helped to
in the street, such as post men, taxi drivers, temporarily transform a typical London street
bus drivers and rubbish collectors. At the time into a friendly and helpful place with a real
of the study there were plans to reduce the sense of community.
number of vehicles in the street by only
allowing electric cars. 12 Read the text again. Answer the questions.
(8 marks)
The students started the project by observing
1 Name two categories of people who were of
what went on in the street over a week. They
interest to the researchers.
also talked to people in the street, asking
_______________________________________
their opinions about what they would like to see
_______________________________________
made better and how they wanted the street to
2 What change was going to happen on the
change in the future. Then the students went
street?
away and thought about how they could improve
_______________________________________
the neighbourhood. They didn’t just focus on
_______________________________________
design, but also on how they could encourage a
3 Where were the people who wrote on the
sense of community and sharing between
notepad? What were they asked to do?
strangers.
_______________________________________
One of the ideas they came up with was ‘Bus Stop _______________________________________
Messaging’. They put a large notepad on a bus 4 What do you have to do to get into a ‘Gossip
stop with the question, ‘What are you thinking Vehicle’?
about to pass the time?’ Many people on the _______________________________________
street wrote their thoughts on the pad. The _______________________________________
students discovered that people liked sharing
their stories with each other and reading other
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End-of-term Test 3
Writing
13 Write an article about one of the following
topics:
 the best or worst event in your life
 the best or worst holiday of your life
Use the questions and the prompts to help you.
Remember to use some grammatical structures
that you have learnt from Units 7–9 and the
following linking words to explain and contrast
your ideas. (10 marks)
also and as well because but
Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Where and when
did you go? Who were you with? What did you do?
I’m going to tell you about …
Last year / summer I went to … with …
It was the … of my life.
Paragraph 2: Give further details about the event or
holiday. What was great / terrible about it?
I loved / hated it because …
I had to / didn’t have to…
I normally like / dislike … but …
It was … but ...
There were … as well as …
Paragraph 3: Conclude the article. Did you enjoy
yourself in the end? What did you learn from the
experience? If you are writing about an event, do
you have any advice to share? If you are writing
about a holiday, what advice would you give to
someone considering that type of holiday?
I enjoyed myself and / but I would …
I learnt that …
If you … you should(n’t) / must(n’t) …

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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Practical English _____ / 8

Grammar _____ / 32 Consolidation _____ /10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100

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