OXFORD FILE

INTERMEDIATE PLUS 9
FINAL EXAM
NOMBRE: Laura Ramirez
FECHA: 29/04/2021
GRAMMAR:
1 Underline the correct word(s).
Example: I'm going to stay at Zoe / Zoe's tonight.

1 I always go to the same hairdressers / hairdresser's.

2 She would like to start her own / she own business.
3 The film's end / end of the film was very disappointing.
4 I can’t stand looking at other people’s / peoples’ holiday photos.
5 Sunita finally bought a place her own / of her own.
6 Raoul is a very good my friend / friend of mine.
7 We went to Elsa's / Elsa house for dinner last night.
8 What’s Denis / Denis' phone number? Can you remember?
9 I wonder what that sister of your/ of yours is doing right now.
10 Dmitry and Mila's / Dmitry's and Mila's wedding was a wonderful occasion.
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2 Correct the mistakes in the underlined words / phrases.

Example: She’s a person very selfish.
a very selfish person
1 Do you think you were happyer when you were a child?
Happier.
2 Max really should apologize to what he said.
Apologize to.
3 A lot of small shops sell they own produce.
Their own.
4 Do you know that new Thai restaurant? What’s it’s name?
What’s it name?
5 The kitchen is by far the most big room in the house.
The biggest room.
6 Our boss writes a lot of emails every day and he sends them we.
He sends us.
7 The woman was standing in front the shop.
In from of the shop.
8 I think cycling is the dangerousest form of transport.
The most dangerous.
9 We went to Vanessa and Kevins party last weekend.
Vanessa and Kevin’s party
10 Green won’t look as good than white in the bedroom.
As good as white.
VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to shops.
Example: A department store sells a wide variety of items.

1 Gareth says you get the best men's haircut and shave at the Turkish barber’s in
West Street.
2 A Do you ever shop at chain store?
B Sometimes, but I prefer going to small local shops.
3 If you want to buy fresh fish, you should try that fishmonger’s on the high street.
4 We bought our new house through a local estate agent’s.
5 When our washing machine stopped working, I took my dirty clothes to the launderette.
6 The off - licence sells wine and other drinks.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
Example: I've printed out our booking confirmation so we can show the hotel when we
arrive.

Visa driving licence booking confirmation

1 This glass souvenir is fragile so we need to wrap it carefully before putting it in the
suitcase.
Wrap roll fold

2 A Where are you off to?

B I’m going to the shopping. See you later.
Shops shopping to the shopping

3 That's a really good price. I think I'll buy it before the shop sells out of my size.
Sells out looks round closes down

4 A I like your dress. Is it new?

B Well, it's second-hand, actually. I got it in a charity shop.
pound shop craft fair charity shop

5 Shoe shops nearly always seem to be out of Ben's size. He has very big feet.
out from out to out of

6 A Can I help you?

B Yes, I'm looking for this T-shirt in blue.
looking round looking for trying on
READING

Read the article about a trip to the Grand Canyon. Five sentences have been
removed. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–5). There is
one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Water wonder
The view from the top of the Grand Canyon in Arizona is famous all over the world, but if you
go several miles down and look back up, the view’s even more amazing. 0  G  The best
way to reach the floor of the canyon is by raft, or small rubber boat. And that’s exactly what
my friend and I did last year.

Our six-day adventure began with a lesson in packing our bags. When you book a rafting
trip, you’re sent a list of the things to take with you. 1  E  It’s a very, very short list! If it
doesn’t float, or might harm the environment in the canyon, then it’s not going with you.

All our normal kit went back into our suitcases to be delivered to the end point of the trip in
six days’ time. If we ever got there, that is. By the time our talk on safety began, half of the
group was nervous about the trip. 2  A We were about to meet our guides, pull on our life-
jackets, and get into our rafts. We’d only just discovered that on a scale of one to ten, when
one is flat and easy, several of the rapids – parts of the river which were difficult to travel
through – ahead of us were perfect tens. We also learned that once we set off, there was no
going back.

Still, we strapped ourselves into the rafts and started to paddle. And that’s when it all started
to go right. A lot of good feeling came from our seven-strong team of guides and raft leaders.
We had the perfect mix, from fresh young university graduates to river tour guides with forty
years’ experience. 3  F  At first, this mainly involved them yelling: ‘Pull! Pull! Left! Left! Now
right! I said right!’ at us all. But when we finally got it right, they took advantage of the
occasional strange silence to tell us about the area. We learned lots about the canyon’s
history, its plant and animal life, and even some old stories from the past.

As the days passed, and we went deeper and deeper into the canyon, the atmosphere
became more and more mysterious. 4  D  Nights were just as special because we slept
under the stars. After all, there were no campsites on the canyon floor. Our beds might have
been basic, but our meals were anything but that. The guides used the ingredients they’d
carried in boxes on the rafts to cook some delicious meals, with pancakes for breakfast and
steaks for dinner.

There wasn’t a lot of privacy and it’s not the best holiday for people who like a daily shower
and a clean pair of socks every morning. 5  B  We didn’t just look at the Grand Canyon as it
towered ever higher above us. We felt it. For six glorious days, we lived in it. The only bad
thing was that on the very last day we had a pretty difficult climb getting out of it!

A The rest of us were terrified.

B It was worth it so that we could talk about the view from below.
C From the start they never stopped talking, but we didn’t mind that.
D At times, it felt almost magical.
E And if you’re looking for the second page, there isn’t one.

G Getting all the way down there is, in fact, a holiday in itself.
LISTENING

1 Listen to a young woman talking about a summer camp she has visited. Choose the
correct answer.
1 Holly’s already been to ClubCamp ___
A once.
B twice.
C three times.
2 Holly thinks ClubCamp is special because of ___
A its location.
B the weather it gets.
C the things on offer there.
3 Holly has enjoyed ___ most so far.
A the social activities.
B the sporting activities
C the practical activities
4 Holly says that ___ come from other countries.
A only some students
B a few teachers
C both students and teachers
5 Holly explains that ClubCamp serves ___
A mostly food made from fresh ingredients.
B food that’s unsuitable for vegetarians.
C too much junk food.

2 Listen to five people talking about the worst thing they have ever bought. What
problem does each person describe about what they’ve bought?
A It wasn’t safe.
B It was bought as a result of a sudden decision.
C It was unreliable.
D It was too expensive for what it was.
E It was difficult to look after it.
F It wasn’t the real thing.
Speaker 1  B 
Speaker 2  D 
Speaker 3  A
Speaker 4  F 
Speaker 5  E 
WRITING

Choose one topic and write 190 words.

1 Write an article about the following topic.
‘Life in my town / city’
Include the following information:
• give some basic information about your town / city
• describe what kind of things people can do there
• say if you enjoy living there and why / why not

2 Write an email to a friend telling him / her about a shopping trip you’ve just been on. Include
the following information:
• say where you went shopping and who with
• describe the things you bought
• suggest that you go shopping together soon

3 Write a description of the following.

‘My childhood home’
Include the following information:
• say if you still live in the same house and why / why not
• describe what the house looked like when you were a child
• explain what you liked / disliked about the house
Writing total 10

I live in a big city called Suba - Bogota. My city is very beautiful, it has large buildings, several
international companies, and a very good industry. La Candelaria is the center of the city and has
cobblestones, has colonial sites such as the neoclassical theatre Colón and the Church of San
Francisco of the seventeenth century. It also has several popular museums, including the Botero
Museum, which exhibits art by Fernando Botero, and the Gold Museum, with pre-Columbian gold
pieces. You can walk in the central park, visit Monserrate, go to play in the Salitre Magico, dance in
several places, eat in different restaurants and you can ride bikes all over town.

The city’s airport, El Dorado International Airport, named after the mythical El Dorado, has the largest
volume of cargo transported in Latin America and is the second in some people. It is the city of
Colombia with the largest number of universities (114) and research centers. It has a wide cultural
offer represented in a large number of museums, theaters, and libraries. I like living here because it
has several places to visit, several things to do and that every day you can do a different activity.
Bogota also has several towns around it that if you want you can visit with your family.