A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

TEST
NAME NAM
END OF YEAR

1 Read the text. For gaps 1-7, use the correct form of 3 Choose the best answer. Rea
the word in capitals.
0 I my red dress tonight, but I’m not sure. 1 R
Going Away q
a may wear b would wear
It was about 7:30 on a Friday morning and
c ’ll wear d ’m going to wear
I was lying comfortably in my bed thinking,
1 Let's write to during the holidays. In 1
1 ‘At this time on Sunday, I FLY
he
to Russia!’ Suddenly the phone rang. a each other b us c ourselves d both has
2 After it, I realised it was my ANSWER The
3 mother and that I should her last CALL 2 If we more time, the choreography would have been
per
week to tell her about my plans. My Mum better.
ap
4 is great and I love her but if I NOT KEEP a have had b had had 195
her up-to-date with what I’m doing, she c will have had d would have had sta
gets angry with me. Mum asked me what wa
3 I can’t see you tomorrow because I Beth.
5 I and I told her that I was about DO a fe
to get up and get ready for work. Then, a meet b will meet c would d am meeting but
I said, ‘Oh, Mum, I forgot to tell you something, she
4 I to watch a lot of films when I was younger.
wh
6 I away on Sunday. I’ve already GO
a would b used c didn’t d enjoyed Bon
7 bought my ticket! My plane TAKE OFF
5 You didn’t enjoy the concert, you? but
at 7 am.’ Bro
/7 a didn’t b were c did d weren’t wif
The
/5
2 Read the text. For gaps I-VII, choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 to and
Bro
complete each gap correctly. Circle the answer you 4 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. The
choose.
Bro
0 I want you to come/get/think up with some ideas. dire
Kevin’s Blog Sad
1 I’m looking up/through/forward to seeing you again.
Hi, all! Thanks 1 looking at my blog again. Last sta
week I 2 to write about my main interest. 2 I went through a valley/plain/cliff between two mountains. dur
What interests me most…is me! I know I shouldn’t 3 We would save energy if we used/shared/reused cars. 200
really write about 3 but…! pla
4 We’re going to carry out/up/off some experiments. New
So, firstly, I’m from a place in Canada called Prince
5 I loved the play. Everyone in the plot/cast/set was wonderful. Os
Edward Island. Many people say that Prince Edward
In 2
Island is one of Canada’s greatest beauty 4 /5 mu
and I agree. It’s got a wet 5 and it gets really rev
cold in the winter but I love it here. 5 Read the text. For gaps 1-6, use the correct form of the word as
Secondly, about my hobbies. I love all sports and I’m in capitals. wa
good 6 white-water rafting and sea-kayaking. act
I’m not a very ‘arty’ person but I like music. My School
Finally, about my school. I go to a state secondary 1 If you don’t get a good , you’ll miss EDUCATE 1
school and the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. out on a lot of things when you get older. I’m very
Some of my friends go to a same-sex school but if lucky because I go to a really good school. It’s a
I went to one of those, I don’t think I would be very 2 single-sex school and I love it for a lot of DIFFER
happy. reasons.
Next week at this time I’ll be on a 7 to To begin with, I believe that when you are in a single 2
Russia—hope I don’t miss the plane. Bye for now! -sex school, you don’t have the same stereotypes
I 1 on 2 about 3 for 4 of 3 about that you have in a mixed school. APPEAR
What I mean is, in an all girls’ school people like you
II 1 promised 2 told 3 warned 4 claimed 4 for your not what you look like. PERSON
III 1 ourselves 2 myself 3 itself 4 himself In addition, your popularity doesn’t depend on
5 the clothes you wear. I think the which FRIEND 3
IV 1 countries 2 places 3 spots 4 locations
I feel for my classmates at this school will last for
V 1 temperature 2 weather 3 climate 6 a very long time. Yes, I think this , going ARRANGE
4 environment to an all girls’ school, is the best!
VI 1 in 2 with 3 for 4 at /5
VII 1 flight 2 voyage 3 ride 4 travel
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 SKILLS
A

TEST
NAME
END OF YEAR

Reading 4 The Producers:

a didn’t win any awards. b didn’t get good reviews.
1 Read the text. Choose the correct answer to the c didn’t make very much money.
questions.
5 Mel Brooks:
a stopped making films at the end of the 1970s.
In 1968 Mel Brooks directed his first film from a script that
he had written himself. The film was The Producers and it b had his biggest successes in the 1970s.
has become famous as one of the funniest films ever made. c wrote a second film called The Producers in 2001.
been There are two main actors in the film and they are both 6 The second The Producers film:
perfect in their parts. Zero Mostel played Max Bialystock,
a poor Broadway play producer. For eight years, between a wasn’t a comedy. b won several awards.
1951 and 1959, Mostel wasn’t able to work in films or on c didn’t earn enough to cover the costs of making it.
stage in the USA because of his political opinions, but he
was a famous theatre actor and he had also appeared in /6
a few films. He didn’t want to be in The Producers at first,
but his wife persuaded him that it was a good part when
she read the script. The other lead actor was Gene Wilder,
who had become famous in 1967 in the Oscar-winning film Listening
Bonnie and Clyde. He had had only a small part in that film 2 15 Listen to someone talking about the Ecolabel and
but had received good reviews. He had actually met Mel
complete the information with a number or one or two
Brooks in 1963, when he appeared in a play with Brooks’
wife, Anne Bancroft. words in each gap.
The Producers got mixed reviews. Some critics didn’t like it
/5 1 The Ecolabel has a picture of a .
and said it wasn’t funny. Others thought it was brilliant and
Brooks won an Oscar for the screenplay (story and script). 2 The label appears on different products
The film made only a small amount of money, but it made and services.
Brooks famous, and he was the most successful comedy
director of the 1970s with films such as Blazing 3 French companies use the Ecolabel.
Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Silent Movie, all three 4 The materials used to make the All in One computer are
starring Gene Wilder. Brooks continued making films easy to .
ns. during the 1980s and 1990s, but with less success. Then, in
2001, he rewrote The Producers and made it into a musical 5 The parts of the All in One computer can be .
play. The play was performed 2,502 times on Broadway in 6 The EcoSabatini laboratories are in .
New York and won twelve Tony Awards, the theatre’s
erful. Oscars. It also had three years in London’s West End. 7 The Benwiskin Hotel asks guests not to waste water
In 2005 Brooks worked with Thomas Meehan to turn the or .
/5 musical play into a musical film. Again, the film had mixed
reviews and a lot of critics felt that no film could be as funny
/7
word as the original. Again, it wasn’t a great success and there
was no Oscar this time. It earned about $38 million, but it
actually cost $45 million to make.
Communication
CATE 1 In 1968 Mel Brooks: 3 Complete the sentences with one word. The first letter
of each word has been given.
a starred in The Producers.
FFER b wrote and directed The Producers.
0 Lisa’s a great singer. Don’t you agree ?
c was already a successful Hollywood film director.
1 Could I p have a word with you please?
2 Zero Mostel:
2 Would it be all r if I had another sandwich?
a hadn’t done any acting between 1951 and 1959.
PEAR b was a politician as well as an actor. 3 What activities do you r for someone of my age?
c liked the idea of acting in The Producers as soon as 4 What does ‘artificial intelligence’ m ?
RSON he read the script.
5 Do you k where the Van Gogh exhibition is?
RIEND 3 Gene Wilder:
6 Do you m if I take my jacket off?
a won an Oscar for his part in Bonnie and Clyde.
7 Do you t I could have some money today?
ANGE b met Mel Brooks when he was making The
Producers.
c knew Mel Brooks because he had worked with /7
/5
Brooks’ wife.
TOTAL SCORE /20
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