Name


Class    Score ___ / 50
Unit 8  Test A  Group 1
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 was jealous of someone. a little scared as he walked towards them with
b was proud of something. his gun in his hand. Suddenly, there was a loud
c couldn’t concentrate on something. noise, and the men started running away.
d couldn’t rely on someone. Hammond realised the situation was more
e was angry about 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

 Email message Vocabulary‌

To: Cathy 3 Label pictures 1–6.
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,
1 The boy is 2 The woman is trying
so you really should read it.
a______y. to c______t_______
Love,
on her work.
Gina

TEXT 2

Who are the tall, slim men in the car?

What are they doing in the dark
street?
3 He is _____t_____g 4 The two girls are
Where will the detective have to go to music. a____g______ with
to find out the truth? each other.
And why does he feel so nervous
this time?
This fascinating short story, by one
of the best known authors of detective
fiction, will keep you turning the page
until the case is finally solved ...

5 My dog is very 6 It’s too

o_______n___. He d____g_______
always does what to go near the
I tell him to do. building.
Score: ___ / 6

Teen Explorer 8  Test A  Group 1 © Copyright by Nowa Era Sp. z o.o., 2018 1
Grammar‌
4 Re-order the words to make sentences.
1 pilot / the / that’s / father / whose / a / is / boy
 • say what happened to the character,
 • say what happened at the end of the story.
2 me / she / felt / down / she / told / let
 long.

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


4 her / love / he / he / was / with / said / in


5 picture / I / which / a / the / happy / showed /
chose / family
 
 
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:  Shall we continue without the others?
B: No, I think it 
to wait for them here.
3 A:  So how would you feel about it?
B: Well, to be 
feel very let down about it.
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 She said she (not / agree) 
 with his opinion.
2 That’s the man (be / angry) 
 with us.
3 He told me he (look / up) 
 his grandfather a lot.
Score: ___ / 6
Teen Explorer 8  Test A  Group 1
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












, 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.
  danger       disappoint      feel 
  impress      sense    shame 
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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