Name: ..................................................... Mark: ....................

Reading 20 points
1 Read the text. Then complete the sentences. (10 points)

On your perfect weekend, do you prefer going hiking or hanging out at a

shopping centre? Do you like going to a concert or taking a trip to a special
department store? How do you feel about shopping for clothes?
For some people, shopping is more fun than going to an amusement park, but
many people hate buying clothes. It can take hours to walk around all the shops
and find what you need. Buying clothes from catalogues is also a problem
because you can’t see the clothes on you. According to computer programmers,
we are going to have a solution to this problem very soon. Avatars are going to
go shopping for us!
The programmers are developing virtual department stores. These department
stores are going to make shopping for clothes very easy. First, a computer
programme asks for information about you, such as your hair and eye colour
and your size and weight. Then they give you a personal avatar. The avatar
looks like you and it walks around a virtual department store and finds clothes
for you. The department stores are going to have fashions from the real
department stores. Before you buy the clothes, you can see them on your avatar.
Do you like the way “you” look? Then you can buy the clothes online.
Technology is changing the future very fast and virtual shopping is one exciting
example. Perhaps our avatars can all hang out at a virtual department store soon.

1. Some people prefer ……………………………… or ……………………………… to going

shopping.
2. It is difficult to buy clothes from a catalogue because ……………………………… .
3. To receive your personal avatar, you must give the programme ……………………………… .
4. The clothes in the virtual department store are from ……………………………… .
5. Virtual shopping is an example of …………………… .

2 Answer the questions. (10 points)

1. Why do some people hate shopping for clothes?
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2. What does your avatar look like?
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3. What is shopping at the virtual department stores going to be like?
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4. What do the avatars in the programme do?
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5. How do people buy the clothes with the programme?
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 Vocabulary 20 points
1 Complete the sentences. (7 points)
1. The opposite of tall is s…………………… .
2. We live in a d…………………… h…………………… with a garden around it.
3. I can’t go out. I must s…………………… a …………………… h…………………… to look after
my sister.
4. The boys are going to c…………………… a mountain.
5. There are many people in the café. It’s c…………………… .
6. There’s a small boy in the river and he can’t swim! We must s…………………… him.
7. There are famous a…………………… in this film.

2 Complete the text with the words and phrases below. (13 points)
fizzy drinks  cycling  forest  went camping  restaurant  blankets
friendly  got up  coats  Thursday  amazing  ants  listened to music
Last Monday, we 1.…………………… next to the lake. We took camping
equipment and some warm 2.…………………… to make our beds. We took
warm clothes such as sweaters and 3.…………………… , too. On Tuesday
morning, we hired bikes and went 4.…………………… around the area. We were
tired the next morning so we 5.…………………… late. After breakfast, we went
hiking in the 6.…………………… . We walked very far beside the trees. That
evening, we ordered pizza from a 7.…………………… and ate it next to the lake.
On 8.…………………… , we went for a trip in the mountains. They were 9.
…………………… ! We met some very 10.…………………… people on our trip
and they came to visit us at the lake. They brought some food and 11.
…………………… and we had a party. We 12.…………………… and danced
until late. The food was delicious, but in the morning our clothes were full of tiny
black 13.…………………… !

Grammar 30 points
1 Choose the correct answer. (8 points)
1. That is Jean’s house. The car is theirs / her / hers, too.
2. There wasn’t any / an / a living room in the house.
3. Cherries are bigger than / as big as / not as big as apples.
4. There was / There are / There is a new chef now.
5. Is / Are / Were the TV host funny?
6. Can Louis dance good / well / better than?
7. Be quiet! You mustn’t / can’t / must talk in the library.
8. Are they taking / Do they take / Did they take their swimsuits tomorrow?

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. There can be more
than one correct answer. (7 points)
1. We …………………… (leave) the museum in one hour.
2. I …………………… (not buy) any rolls yesterday.
3. …………………… Rob …………………… (visit) your relatives next year?
4. Cathy …………………… (study) English twice a week.
5. …………………… you often …………………… (hang out) with your friends?
6. The athletes …………………… (not work out) at the moment.
7. …………………… you …………………… (enjoy) the concert last night?

3 Complete the e-mail. Write one or two words in each space. There can be more than
one correct answer. (15 points)

Hi Paul!

…………………… are you doing tonight? I 2.…………………… in Nuremberg,

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Germany, at the moment with 3.…………………… friend Kurt. I love Nuremberg.

It’s 4.…………………… exciting than our small town. Tonight, we are 5.
…………………… to eat out with Kurt’s family, but we 6.…………… going to
an ordinary restaurant. We are 7.…………………… dinner at ’s Baggers.
’s Baggers is an unusual restaurant because 8.…………………… looks like an
amusement park. 9.…………………… some rides in the restaurant, but people 10.
…………………… go on them. The rides are for the food! All the tables in the
restaurant 11.…………………… computer screens. You 12.……………………
choose your meal from the menu on the screen. Then, the food and drinks 13.
…………………… from the kitchen to your table! According to Kurt, the food 14.
…………………… very tasty. He 15.…………………… orders the steak and
chips, but tonight we’re going to try the ham.

See you next week,

Brian

Writing 10 points
Write a blog entry about your plans for your birthday, a friend’s birthday or a family
member’s birthday.