Name


Class    Score ___ / 50
Unit 8  Test A  Group 2
Listening TEXT 3
1 10   Listen to the recording. Match texts 1–4 Detective Hammond looked down the dark
with sentences a–e. Complete the table. There street at the three men getting out of the car.
is one extra sentence. One was overweight, the other two were tall
This speaker and (1) ________________ . Hammond felt
a couldn’t rely on someone. a little scared as he walked towards them with
b couldn’t concentrate on something. his gun in his hand. Suddenly, there was a loud
c was jealous of someone. noise, and the men started running away.
d was angry about something. Hammond realised the situation was more
e was proud of something. (2) _______________ than he had thought,
so he went back to his car and called for help
1 2 3 4 on the radio. He knew that this was just the
beginning of the investigation, and felt
Score: ___ / 4 (3) ___________________ about what might
happen next. He had no idea that it was going
Reading‌ to change his life forever …
2 Read texts 1 and 2. Fill gaps 1–3 in text 3.
TEXT 1 Score: ___ / 6
Vocabulary‌
Who are the tall, slim men in the car? 3 Label pictures 1–6.
What are they doing in the dark
street?
Where will the detective have to go
to find out the truth?
And why does he feel so nervous
this time?
This fascinating short story, by one 1 The two girls are 2 My dog is very
of the best known authors of detective a____g______ with o_______n___. He
fiction, will keep you turning the page each other. always does what
until the case is finally solved ... I tell him to do.

3 The boy is 4 It’s too

TEXT 2 a______y. d____g_______
to go near the
 Email message
building.
To: Cathy
Subject: A new book

Hi Cathy,
I’m writing to tell you about a great short story
I’ve just read. It’s about a detective who is trying
to catch some criminals. At the beginning of
the story, he is in a dangerous situation and …
well, I mustn’t tell you any more, I don’t want to
spoil it for you. I know you like detective stories, 5 He is _____t_____g 6 The woman is trying
so you really should read it. to music. to c______t_______
Love, on her work.
Gina Score: ___ / 6

Teen Explorer 8  Test A  Group 2 © Copyright by Nowa Era Sp. z o.o., 2018 1
Grammar‌
4 Re-order the words to make sentences.
1 her / love / he / he / was / with / said / in
 • say what happened to the character,
 • say what happened at the end of the story.
2 picture / I / which / a / the / happy / showed /
chose / family


3 pilot / the / that’s / father / whose / a / is / boy


4 the / we / is / place / met / this / where / first

 
5 me / she / felt / down / she / told / let
 
 
Score: ___ / 10
Use of English‌
5 Complete dialogues 1–3.
1 A:  What do you think he should do?
B: If 
I would wait until she comes back from
holiday.
2 A:  So how would you feel about it?
B: Well, to be 
feel very let down about it.
3 A:  Shall we continue without the others?
B: No, I think it 
to wait for them here.
Score: ___ / 6
6 Complete sentences 1–3. Use the correct form
of the words in brackets. Do not change the
order of the words given. Add any other words
if necessary. Fill each gap with a maximum
of three words (including the words given).
1 That’s the man (be / angry) 
 with us.
2 He told me he (look / up) 
 his grandfather a lot.
3 She said she (not / agree) 
 with his opinion.
Score: ___ / 6
Teen Explorer 8  Test A  Group 2
Writing‌
7 Write a short story with a happy ending.
Include the following information:
• introduce the main character,
Your story should be between 50 and 120 words
long.











, Score: ___ / 7
Extra Task‌
8 Read the text. Fill gaps 1–5 with words from
the box. You can change the form of the words.
There is one extra word.
 sense    feel    impress    danger 
 shame    disappoint 
Tina had a big argument with her best friend,
Nadia, and didn’t contact her for a week.
After a while she began to feel
(1) __________________________ of what she
had said and decided to call Nadia. She was
(2) __________________________ when Nadia
didn’t answer the phone but she kept trying.
Tina’s mum told her it would be more
(3) __________________________ to go to
Nadia’s house. Nadia said she had
(4) __________________________ let
down by Tina, but they made up and
are best friends again. I was really
(5) __________________________ by what
Tina did. It’s not easy saying that you are
sorry and what you did was wrong.
Score: ___ / 5
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