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SKILLS TEST 10 Basic

READING
1 Read the article. Put the events in the correct order (1-8).

Amelia Earhart was born in the
US on July 24, 1897. Her parents
were very rich, but always busy
with work, so Amelia lived with
her grandparents for 12 years.
During World War I, between 1914
and 1918, Amelia worked as a
nurse. She hated the war, because
a lot of people died.
In the winter of 1920, Amelia
visited an air show and a pilot
offered to take her for a ride. She
loved it and decided to learn how
to fly a plane. She worked hard
to get money, and in 1921, she
decided to buy her own plane.
In 1928, someone asked Amelia
to go on an aeroplane across the
Atlantic with two men. And so,
between June 18–19, she was
the first woman to fly across the
Atlantic.
Amelia wanted to fly more. In
1937, she decided to fly a plane
all the way around the world. She
started in Oakland, California.
But, after 22,000 miles, on July 2,
her plane crashed in the Pacific,
and she died.
She was a very important woman
in the history of flying.

a She flew around the world. f She lived with her grandparents.

b Her plane crashed. g World War I

c Amelia visited an air show. h She flew across the Atlantic.

d Amelia was born. 1 i She died.

e Amelia bought a plane.

2 Read the article again. Choose the correct answer.

0 Amelia was born in 1897 / 1987.

1 World War I ended in 1914 / 1918.

2 Amelia visited an air show in 1920 / 1937.

3 In 1928 / 1921 she decided to buy a plane.

4 She flew across the Atlantic in 1945 / 1928.

5 In 1918 / 1937 she decided to fly around the world.

6 After 23,000 / 22,000 miles, her plane crashed.

7 She died on July 22 / 2.

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LISTENING
3 Listen to the news item. For each question, choose the correct answer (A or B).
0 Where does Joe Grant come from? A
A Colorado B California

1 Which mountains in Colorado did he climb?

A All of them below 4000m B All of them above 4000m

2 How did he travel from mountain to mountain?

A by car B by bicycle

3 How many mountains did he climb in total?

A 57 B 49

4 How long did he take?

A 29 days B 19 days

5 How many pairs of running shoes did he use?

A 1 B 2

6 Why didn’t he take a tent?

A The weather was too hot B A tent was too heavy

7 Where did he sleep at night?

A outside B in a car

8 What sort of food did he eat?

A Healthy food B Food with lots of calories

4 Listen again and complete the sentences with words from the list. You have the first letter of each word.
left rained camped climbed amazing snowed take cycling

0 And now let’s hear about an amazing achievement.

1 Joe likes running, c and climbing.

2 He l his house on June 24th and cycled to each mountain.

3 He c 57 different mountains in 29 days.

4 He didn’t t many clothes with him.

5 He c outside every night.

6 Sometimes it was sunny but it often r .

7 He was very cold when it s on the mountains.

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WRITING
5 Write about a famous person from your country (about 30 words). Answer the questions below.
• Who is he/she?
• When was he/she born?
• What did he/she do?
• Why is he/she famous?
• Why do you like him/her?

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SPEAKING
6 Work in pairs. Take turns to talk about the photos.
A What did he climb? Was it hot or cold? How long did it take?

B How long did he run? Was it easy? Did he practise before? Do you like running?

A B

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TOTAL SCORE 70

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