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Vocabulary Grammar
1 Complete the sentences score: 5 3 Rewrite the sentences score: 10
with the missing words. using the beginnings
1. Adriana Grande was playing given.
in a stadium when there was a terrorist 1. Singers record new songs every day.
attack. New songs  .
2. The new album won’t be a great success 2. The Beatles recorded this song for the first
if the band doesn’t go on time in 1970.
and promote it. This song  .
3. There was a problem with the microphone 3. We don’t wear jeans at the office.
and the Derek had to record the main Jeans  .
in the album three times. 4. The boss gave the secretaries chocolates
4. The article says that Twenty One Pilots for Christmas.
are planning to release their new The secretaries  .
soon. 5. Paul didn’t offer me a new job.
5. When ‘Morning Chaos’ was played on I .
the radio, it quickly went to
one and lots of teenagers downloaded it 4 Complete questions 1–5.  score: 10
from the Internet. Then match them with
answers a–e.
2 Complete the sentences score: 5 1. When you last given
with the negative form of a present?
the adjectives below. 2. Who the best scripts
written by nowadays?
patient • necessary • logical • happy • reliable
3. Where can this album
1. What you are asking me to do is bought?
. It’s absolutely impossible 4. you given a watch for
to finish this today. your last birthday?
2. It is to bring more chairs. 5. What prize your sister
Twenty are more than enough. given when she won the competition?
3. Doctor Smith’s secretary is .
She is never on time and forgets to write a. No, not a watch. I was given a book by
down his appointments. my favourite writer.
4. Please, don’t be so . Wait b. A medal.
a minute and I will help you. c. Last year, for my birthday. My mum gave
5. My neighbour seems to be the most me a T-shirt.
woman I have ever seen. d. You can buy it at the record shop in town
I can hear her cry every day. or online.
e. By Steven Spielberg. He is excellent!

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 Reading Listening
5 Read the text and answer score: 10 6 08Listen to an  score: 10
the questions. interview with Malcolm,
the producer of Talents On,
and complete the sentences.
Raymond Dunster, an office clerk, lives in George
Town in the Caribbean with his wife Norah and 1. Malcolm watched a similar programme
three teenage boys. When Raymond was a child, he when he was on holiday in the USA
discovered his passion for singing. He joined the .
school choir when he was only five years old. At the 2. George is the .
age of seven, he performed solo in an inter-school
singing competition and got the first prize. Raymond’s 3. The participants are really
parents were so excited that they encouraged him to and they are selected very .
have singing lessons. The boy studied under Professor 4. Hundreds of people go to the auditions
Andrews for only a year because the classes were
expensive. Raymond was very unhappy when he had
every .
to stop going to classes, but he continued practising 5. Between and ten participants
on his own. He has always liked singing blues and are chosen every Friday and those who
started singing in local pubs when he was eighteen. are not selected are given
At present, he has thousands of followers on
YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. why they can’t be part of the show.
Last week, Raymond received an invitation to
participate in a British talent show. The programme Writing
is called Talents On and is on at 7 pm every
Friday. It is watched by thousands of people all 7 Write a description of a  score: 20
over Europe. In the show, participants are invited
to dance or sing well-known songs and their
famous singer or band
performance is judged by a group of five British that you do not like. Include
celebrities. The contest final event is programmed reasons to explain your dislike.
for the end of the year. Every Friday a candidate Write about 120 words.
for the final is chosen and there is usually an
atmosphere of uncertainty in the TV studios.
When Raymond heard the voice message from the
producer of the programme on his mobile phone,
he got excited. He immediately phoned his wife
and told her the news. Now his entire family are
very anxious because Raymond will be on TV next
Friday. Will he become a finalist?

1. Do you think Raymond sang well as

a child? Justify your answer.

2. Why couldn’t Raymond continue studying
with Professor Andrews?

3. What happened last week?

4. How many candidates are chosen every
Friday?

5. How did Raymond react when he heard
the producer’s voice message on his
mobile phone?

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