LINGUATA – SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

Final test Da
Face2Face Upper- Intermediate
Name___________________
Score _____/100 marks
VOCABULARY
Exercise 1: Fill in the gaps with one word. (10p.)
1. Sue is reasonably good ____ languages.
2. Australia is famous ____ its beaches.
3. Were you aware ____the problem?
4. I’m not sure I can cope ____ all the extra work I’ve got.
5.6. I complained ____ the manager_____ the terrible food.
7. He went to the football match _____ being very ill.
8. What do you do ____ living?
9. Thanks for the card. It really made my____.
10. My parents live in the middle of _______ .It takes an hour to drive to the nearest shop.

Exercise 2: Complete these words. (10p.)

1. the amount of money you pay to go to a private school or a university f_______
2. stealing from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war, natural disaster, etc.
l_______
3. money paid as a punishment for a crime they have committed f______
4. become conscious again after being shocked out c______ r________
5. a book that has a cover made of thin card p________
6. very strong thin material produced by spiders and silkworms s_________
7. certain to happen, impossible to avoid i__________
8. not to appreciate, expect that smb will always be there t______smb for g________
9. a website where a person regularly writes his/her ideas and thoughts b________
10. money owed to another person d________

GRAMMAR
Exercise 3: Choose the correct verb form. (10p.)
1. They said they_______ come later. They’re not sure.
a) might b) can c) must
2. My sister ______ just ______ her degree. We are all really proud of her.
a) has finished b) has been finishing c) is finished
3. Ruth _______ to the wedding by Jessica’s parents.
a) has invited b) did invite c) was invited
4. I _________ for my wallet all afternoon but I still don’t know where it is.
a) ’m looking b) look c)’ve been looking
5. “Jenny’s having another baby, _______ she?”
a) has b) isn’t c) does
6. They ________for four days when they finally reached a small town.
a) were travelling b) had been travelling c) have been travelling
7. My flight ________ at 6.30 so I’ll have to get up at 5.
a) leaves b) is going to leave c) will leave
8. You look awful. Have you _______
a) cried b) been crying c) been cried
9. I wish I ______ enough money to buy a scooter.
a) would have b) had c) had had
10. Celebrities don’t enjoy _________ by TV cameras when they haven’t won.
a) to be filmed b) be filmed c) being filmed
Exercise 4: Fill in the gaps with a verb in the necessary form. (20p.)
1. I learnt a bit of Chinese while I ________________(live) in Hong Kong.
2. Foreign languages _________________(not teach) at my primary school.
3. By the time she was 25 my mother ____________(learn) four languages.
4. More and more companies _____________(use) English for their e-mail
correspondence.
5. I ______________(think) of learning Chinese when I retire.
6. Lauren’s hair’s bright red. She _____________(have sth dyed).
7. I can’t find my old trainers anywhere. Mum must_____________(chuck sth out).
8. She can’t____________(feel) very well. She looks pale.
9. -What have you been doing all morning?
She wanted to know __________________________________________________
10. -Could you take my suit to the dry cleaner’s?
I asked her_______________________________________________

Exercise 5: Tick the correct sentences. Change the incorrect ones. (10p.)
1. She managed passing her driving test.
2. They’ve been living there for years.
3. It took me years to be used to the cold winters.
4. Were you hearing all that noise last night?
5. The hotel couldn’t provide us with a map.
6. That’s a very unmoral way to behave.
7. What you will be doing this time tomorrow?
8. This city seems very polluted.
9. I’m not used to work with people.
10.This film is set on in Istanbul.

LISTENING
Exercise 6: Listen to an interview with Charlie Griffin, a mountain climber. Choose
a, b or c. (10p.)
1. Charlie Griffin has
a) climbed the Everest three times.
b) climbed K2 twice.
c) climbed K2 three times.
2. Charlie is sorry that
a) he doesn’t have a more normal job.
b) he has not spent more time with his family.
c) some of his friends aren’t alive any more.
3. He never thought of being a professional climber when he was young because he
a) didn’t take it seriously as a job.
b) really wanted to be a teacher.
c) didn’t do very well at school.
4. He wishes he had
a) become a teacher.
b) continued with his studies.
c) been better at sport.
 5. When he was at school he
a) was better at football than at climbing.
b) was better at climbing than at football.
c) only liked climbing.

READING
Exercise 7: Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). (10p.)

Girl saves father with biscuits and cuddles

A five-year-old girl helped to save her father’s life after he collapsed into a diabetic
coma while having a bath.
Charlotte Carter found her father John slumped unconscious with his head under water.
She realized that if he stayed under the water he would drown, and tried to lift his head up.
When that failed, she had the presence of mind to pull out the bath plug to let out the
water. She then run to the kitchen and found a chocolate biscuit, which she pushed
between his teeth and into his mouth. She then noticed that he was turning blue with cold,
and tried to climb up the side of the bath to close the window. But she couldn’t reach it, so
she covered him with a thick towel, wrapped herself in another, got into the bath and
hugged and cuddled her father for 90 minutes to keep him warm until help arrived.
Mr Carter, a supermarket worker, had been looking after Charlotte and her four-year-
old sister while his wife visiting a friend.
Charlotte’s vigil ended when her older sister Laura came home, and went to fetch their
mother.
Mrs Carter immediately ran home where she found her tearful daughter clinging to the
unconscious Mr Carter. She was able to revive her husband within 10 minutes after giving
him a glucose injection and Mr Carter suffered no ill effects from the incident.
Mrs Carter said, “Charlotte must have got the idea of the chocolate from seeing me
giving John chocolate when he has gone into less serious comas. But I’d never thought of
telling her to do it”, she said. “It must have been awful for her, lying there all that time
with her dad unconscious. When I arrived she was very upset and scared”. “It is just
amazing”, said Mr Carter. “The chocolate biscuit she gave me, the towels and her cuddles
all helped me to survive. But if she hadn’t pulled out the plug I would have definitely
drowned. There aren’t many fathers who can say they owe their life to their five-year-old
daughter”.

1. John Carter became ill before he got into the bath.

2. Charlotte did not know how to get the water out of the bath.
3. John Carter ate the chocolate biscuit that Charlotte gave him.
4. She wasn’t tall enough to close the window.
5. Charlotte put her arms around her father to keep him warm.
6. Charlotte has two sisters.
7. Mr Carter was seriously ill as a result of the incident.
8. Charlotte’s mother had taught her to give her father chocolate.
9. Charlotte kept calm all the time.
10.Mr Carter thought that the chocolate biscuit was the main thing which saved his
life.
WRITING: You have entered a short story competition. The story must be 120-150
words and must start with these words: (20p.)
I sat in the hotel lounge and nervously looked at my watch. It was half past three, and
my friend should have arrived at two o’clock ___________________________________
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