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SKILLS TEST 1
READING
1 Read the article quickly. Choose the best summary (a–h) for each paragraph (1–8).
Fight for what you want
1 Nujeen Mustafa is a teenager with
an incredible story. She was born
with cerebral palsy, 1 . Bodrum. There, boats were waiting
For the first 15 years of her life,
she lived happily in Syria with her
family. She studied hard, learning
English through American soap
operas. Her dream was to become
an astronaut.
2 However, since 2011, normal
life in Syria has been destroyed by
war. The town where Nujeen grew
up, Kobane has now been entirely
destroyed. Millions of Syrians,
including Nujeen’s family, have been
forced to leave. Indeed, Nujeen
quickly became separated from her
family during the chaos and became
frightened, not knowing whether
she would live or die. Her dream now
was just to be a normal teenager,
someone 2 . of other desperate people, had
3 Nujeen, with only a few belongings,
and with only her sister to help push
her wheelchair, managed to leave
Syria. With absolutely nowhere to
go, except perhaps to join the rest
of her family, who were now in
a Nujeen finds what she wanted
b Nujeen starts her journey
c Life at home
d Refugees not welcome
e The lowest point
f Nujeen’s life changes completely
g The world learns about Nujeen
h Nujeen remains determined
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Germany, she spent weeks travelling of the American soap operas she had
to the Turkish seaside town of enjoyed watching, Nujeen was able
to speak to him. She told her story,
to take refugees to Greece. Nujeen which quickly made the news in
remembers being terrified while she Britain and the US.
was crossing the sea on the boat, 7 In Slovenia, Nujeen had to stay
3 . in a refugee camp behind bars. At
4 After this nightmare journey, she this point, after everything she had
travelled across Greece and two gone through, she was worn out,
other countries before she reached and felt like a prisoner. With no
the border of Hungary. Most fit idea of where she was, or
people would have been worn out 7 she started to feel
by this difficult journey, but Nujeen, as if she would never be reunited
despite her disability, stayed with her relatives.
cheerful. She knew her goal, 8 Luckily for Nujeen, she did
4 . reach her brother in Germany,
5 By this time, the Hungarian after months of travelling. She
government had stopped allowing is now hoping to stay there for a
refugees into its country, and was while, contribute to society, and
prepared to use violence against perhaps receive medical treatment
them. So Nujeen, and thousands 8 . This intelligent,
brave young woman has nowhere
no choice but to take an even else to go. The Syria that she
longer journey through two more grew up in has gone now. But, she
countries, Croatia and Slovenia, believes that people are stronger
5 . and braver than they think. Fight
6 It was at this point that Nujeen met for what you want, and you may
a journalist 6 . Because well get it.
8 2 Read the article again. Match the missing extracts
(a–h) with the gaps in the paragraphs (1–8).
a which was small and dangerously overcrowded
b when she could leave
c who was covering the story for the BBC
d which means that she has spent her life in a
wheelchair, unable to walk
e which was to fight for what she wanted
f which could help her to walk for the first time
g who woke up, went to school, came home and did
homework
h which meant crossing large rivers and other
dangerous, remote areas
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LISTENING
3 Listen to a radio show about survival. Complete the information with one word or number in each gap.
Name of boy: Jake Denham
Age: 1
Hometown: 2
Problems he had: Lost a 3
What he did: Built a 4
Temperature: 5 Below
Time when rescued: After 6
Advice: Never ski 7

4 Listen again and mark the sentences T (true), F (false), or DS (the article doesn’t say).

1 Jenny heard the story from Jake Denham.

2 Jake and his family went skiing in the same state that they live in.

3 Jake’s parents weren’t skiing when he got lost.

4 On the evening when Jake got lost, there was no wind.

5 There were lots of crevasses on the mountain he was lost on.

6 When Jake found the ski tracks, it was easy for him to get down the mountain.

7 Jake saw the lights before the rescuers found him.

8 Jake had a big meal when he got back to his parents

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WRITING
5 Think of an experience when you had an uncomfortable feeling (or, you can invent an experience). Write
an email to a friend (190–220 words) about the experience, and your feelings. Use the feelings below.
• puzzled • ashamed
• awkward • desperate
• guilty • stuck

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SPEAKING
6 You are organising some safe but fun challenges for a fun day at your school. Work in pairs and choose the
best three ideas below then try to add three more ideas of your own.

Swim as far as you can Stay silent for an Throw a

underwater hour ball into abasketball
(your school has a basket from a
swimming pool) long distance
Challenges

Keep a football off the

Draw pictures of ground using only your feet,
other students Sing karaoke knees or head
English songs

7 Discuss each of the challenges from Exercise 6 and say which ones you think you can do and which you
think your partner can and can’t do. Use the phrases below to help you.
I bet I can… No problem.
I bet you can’t… I think you’re probably right.
I challenge you to… That’s too easy. 20
You’ll never manage to… Of course I can.
TOTAL SCORE 70

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