Upstream INTERMEDIATE Test Booklet Virginia Evans - Jenny Dooley laos Express PublishingPart 1 TEST 1A, 1B TEST 2A 2B TEST 3A, 3B TEST 4A, 4B TEST 5A 5B Exit Test Part 2 (Units 1, 2) (Units 1, 2) (Units 3, 4) (Units 3, 4) (Units 5, 6) (Units 5, 6) (Units 7, 8) (Units 7, 8) (Units 9, 10) (Units 9, 10) (Units 1 - 10) Progress Test 1 Part 3 Key to Tests/Progress Tests and Tapescripts Sear saHuswn Report Card Contents PRPPPPPPPTED B 18 23 28 33 38 43 48 53 59 61 63 65 67 69 n B 5 7 79NAME: CLASS: ... DATE: MARK: —— 100 (Time: 80 minutes) Vocabulary & Grammar A. Circle the correct item. 1. He's of average height with a pale A parting © look B build D_ complexion 2 _Jeany has got lovely cheeks A rosy B arched C way —D thick 3. Listen! Some dogs are A. splashing © cashing B barking D walling 4 Mary's grandfather her ife in many ways. ‘A amazed encouraged B influenced D- supported 5 They built their house from A. beginning C fist B usual D scratch B. Fill in the correct word. 1. At the age of 65, Samuel from work, 2. He has been working as a carpenter. years. heen 3. What does Sandra look 2 4 don't think he'l approve the idea 5 There isno heating in our flat. 10 10 This song does NO wun £0 ME, A appeal resist B convince D approve John has down with chickenpox. ‘A broken B come brought carried ‘When Mary's grandfather died, she came a lot of ‘money. A into Bout C off D in He started to play tennis two years A since B before C after =D ago ‘Tris house has got very high fuel... A bills B prices fees D receipts Marks: — tor 10 can't concentrate ‘my work with all that noise. This song «back memaries of my sisters wedding. ‘They accused him ... cheating in the test. He refused to do the task because he thought it was a of time. He was mowing the lawn it started raining.Use of English C Complete the second sentence using the word in bold. change the word given. |. month since he started working here been He ‘a month. Paul has been absent from work for two weeks, sine Its. at work. We've never slept outdoors before, ever —tsthe soon Slept outdoots, Use two to,five words including the word given. Do not 4 It’s. long time since we last visited John, for We Fong time. 5 Their new album will be on the market next June. ‘coming Their new album nest June. Read the text. fa line is correct, put a tick (¥). If it has a word which should not be there, write this word on the line. ‘large tomado went through to the town of Sherman, Texas the last week. High winds they caused a lot of damage Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured and the town it is now getting back to normal. in the correct word derived from the word in bold. (s°) She got ajo right after GRADUATE sim broke hs eg last week. FORTUNE The new store is having . ‘roubles already. FINANCE For better ae against burglar, always lock PRorecr your doors and windows He is looking for 81655 nen job TRESS (s°5)Listening F You will hear five people talking about different houses. Listen and match’ the speakers (1-5) to the statements (A‘F), Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. ‘We have gota big fai. ‘We want an old house. {don't want to lve on a main rad ‘Our pet needs alot of space We enjoy entertaining guests na monw> | need a madern kitchen. Speaking G Complete the exchanges Miss Smith, this is Mr James, our newe assistant B: How v7 1 a pleasure to meet you. Vm afraid | failed my test. 8: That's ‘You must be disappointed, _ Mrs Parker? B: It's 15, Golden Green, Speaker 1 [=] Speaker 2] Speaker 3 [=] Speaker 4 [=] Speaker 5 [] Hello, Mr Thomson. Yes. ve got a problem with the heating in my fat. + YOU? He's short and thin with green eyes and blonde hair.Reading H_ You are going to read a magazine article about an underground town. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (A-F) for each part (1-4) of the article, There is one extra heading that you do not need to use. There is an ‘example at the beginning. A. A Perfect Future? B scaping from the Heat Life in the Year 30007 D> Costly Car Wash The Only Way to Live F ARich Lifestyle Life Down Under \ 0 c ] You may think that an underground town inhabited by 3,500 people is something out of a science-fiction film. You may not believe that such a town has shops, carparks, hotels, restaurants, cafes, swimming pools, churches, galleries, museums, cinemas, 2 golf course and much more. Well, Coober Pedy in Australia's Outback i ust such a place. though fim makers sometimes use the town as a venue for science-fiction films, it is a real lve community full of people who enjoy ving underground. 1 ‘The name Coober Pedy come’ from the Aboriginal phrase kipa pit which means ‘white man in a hole’ Miners and their families hoa to live like tis, hoping to get rch looking for the precious stones that Australia is famous for — ops. Ling underaround is the only way to sheter ftom the sandstorms and the igh temperatures above ground, where it can be up to SO degrees C (122 F. Deep down inthe town far below the desert surface, the temperature is between 19 and 20 degrees Cand ifs coo z ‘Mary Deane believes that it's the possibly of being poor one day and rich the next that makes Coober Pedy so addictive. he and her hhusband Jim are among the lucky ones. They lve in a huxurious ‘home, built wth money from the opals Jim has found. “Whenever people hear we live underground, they always imagine a dusty cave," says Mary, “but they are amazed when they sit in my spotlessly clean kitchen eating home-made apple ple. Everyone t loves our pine furniture and | have every electrical appliance money ‘can buy in here, Whatever | need | can have and | whenever | need, ? ‘more space we just dig out a few more raoms! I love my home.” | } { { | 3 However, not everything is perfect in Coober Pedy. Mary has tiny ‘garden that she is very proud of, but the grass is not real, like the grass ofthe town's golf course, its made of astro-tuf. lant life is) rare. Water is ao five times more expensive than overground diols pay. Reoycing i way of fife, so Jim sual washes his car ith bath water and they hav special system tore-use the water { from the, dishwasher and washing machine. “We must be very careful about how we use water," he says, “its not quite as | precious a the opas, but it sill vey scarce!” | } a Nonetheless, most families enjoy life in Coober Pedy. The children cannot ss much ose sty wnt athena carats From the nelghbouts because the thick wals stop sounds fom travelling. Adults cherish the peace and quiet away from the world above. An ideal word? Well not quite, but Coober Pedy certainly offers an alternative ifesye to thousands of peopl ina town that | i getting bigger every day nthe future there may be many more towns and cles like Coober Pedy, rot just for miners and their fame, but for everyone wo wants to esape from useable temperatures and polluted, ot Ife, Atleast we know that fe deep vm ne convo iWriting | Your friend wants to spend the summer in your area. He/She has asked you to help find a house. Write a letter to your friend describing the house and giving further details. Write 120-180 words. == - ,(Time: 80 minutes) Vocabulary & Grammar ‘A. Circle the correct item. 1. He's got a wide forehead with deep .. A sideburns © wrinkles B eyebrows D freckles 2. They had to build an extra room when they became short of A room — B space C place —D flat 3 They go to the theatre once in a ‘gon A blue = B black Cred D purple 4. Sr a BEN sn frOM his jb. A thrown —B dismissed C given up D_ registered 5. {really don’t know how he with two full-time jobs. ‘A does B supports C satisfies copes B Fill in the correct word. 1) She's exhausted. She been typing letters since morning. Afre John hasn't arrived ‘out in our schoo! lastnight We to play in the street when we were young, ‘They are planning to have a security installed, Ifyou wash the dishes, .-the ironing. 10 10 The two rooms ae joined by 2. lass door A builtin B sliding = C-moving fitted She was brought... by her unde A ot 8 dom Cup Din They've got a FeAl ss ROUSE A spacious © tied 8 terraced D brand She has QF = YOU Must se her garden! A fingers Byes C toes. dimples “They always wanted to lve sornewiere out ofthe A normal 8 harsh © usual ordinary Do you believe magic? ‘Ann is siteen, so she's stil in her He was cleaning the attic when he came his grandfather's camera They told her a ite want to upset her. le, as they didn't Marks: — to 1