TRAVELER LEVEL B1+ AMERICAN EDITION – TEST BOOKLET – TEST 3

MidTerm Test
Name: ANDREA SOLEDAD ALFARO PARRA
AVANZADO II

2. GRAMMAR
E. Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Progressive
or the Past Simple of the verbs in parentheses.

1. David was working (work) for the company since 2004.

2. Louise was enjoying (enjoy) painting since she was a young girl.
Last

year, she wing (win) first prize in an Art competition.

3. Alex was decideing (decide) to take part in the marathon.

4. Natalie was want always (want / always) to go to Peru and walk on the
Inca

trail.

5. I justing have finish (just / finish) cooking dinner. We can eat in ten
minutes.

6. A: How long you have learn (you / learn) English?

B: Well, I start (start) taking lessons in March.

7. I cleaning (clean) the house all day and now I’m exhausted.

8. Anne and her husband was not have (not have) a vacation for ten
years

because they run their own business.

F. Complete the sentences with who, which, that, whose, where or when.

1. Becky Brown is the girl in my class who won the national swimming competition.

2. Jennifer, with mother is an actress, has joined a drama course.

3. The venue where the concert was held was rather small.

4. Jeremy is the boy when bike was stolen yesterday.

5. The present that she gave me for my birthday was great.

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6. Alex’s apartment, where was bought for him by his parents, overlooks Central Park.

7. Media Studies, whose is a course at university, has become very popular in recent
years.

8. Our house was built in 1981, when my second daughter was born.

3. READING
I. Read the text below and answer the questions 1-5. Choose a, b, c or d.

Zadie Smith is a successful British novelist who caused a sensation in the publishing world at
the age of 21 when the first 80 pages of her first novel were sold to a publisher. She was born on
line 3› October 25, 1975 in a working class area of London. Her mother grew up in Jamaica and emigrated
to England, where she met and later married an Englishman. Zadie was originally named Sadie but
when she was fourteen, she changed her name to Zadie because it sounded more exotic.
Zadie attended a state high school and she later went on to get a degree in English Literature
from the University of Cambridge. While she was in her senior year, she completed her first novel,
White Teeth. The novel was an instant success and won several literary prizes, including the
line 9› Whitbread First Novel Award. It’s a coming-of-age story about three ethnically diverse families set in
multicultural London. The novel tackles subjects such as history, multiculturism and war. White
Teeth has been translated into over twenty languages and the novel was adapted into a television
drama.
Her most recent book On Beauty won the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith
continues to write essays and short stories for magazines. Her writing has provided people with a
valuable insight into contemporary topics, in particular, multicultural families. Despite her young age
and modest background, Zadie Smith has become one of the leading novelists of her generation.

1. Zadie Smith spent her early years in

a. Jamaica.

b. different countries.

c. London.

d. exotic places.

2. What do you think the word emigrated in line 3 means?

a. to marry someone

b. to publish a book

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c. to change your name

d. to go and live in another country

3. What does It in line 9 refer to?

a. the Whitbread First Novel Award

b. college

c. London

d. White Teeth

4. On Beauty

a. is a coming-of-age story.

b. is a short story.

c. has won an award.

d. is Zadie’s most successful book.

5. According to the writer, Zadie Smith

a. wrote her first novel just after she graduated from college.

b. is a very modest person.

c. is the most successful novelist of her generation.

d. enjoyed fame and success at a young age.

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