Practice Exam 1

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Question 3: Story
Reading
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Part 1 It was raining hard when I left home. It was my first day in
1 B 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 C my new job at the radio station and I ran down the road
to the bus stop, reaching into my bag for my umbrella.
Part 2 Then I remembered my umbrella was in another bag at
6 H 7 B 8 A 9 E 10 F home. It was too late to go back for it and the rain was
getting heavier.
Part 3
On my way to work, my boss sent me a message asking
11 A 12 B 13 D 14 A 15 B me to go to the meeting room when I arrived. When I
got there, I was soaking wet from head to toe. ‘Everyone,
Part 4 I’d like you to meet Sam,’ said my boss. ‘He’s our new
16 B 17 F 18 E 19 A 20 H weather reporter.’
Part 5
21 A 22 A 23 B 24 D 25 B 26 D Listening
Part 6 Part 1
1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 C 7 A
27 between 28 the 29 are 30 their
31 not 32 well Part 2
8 A 9 B 10 C 11 B 12 A 13 C
Writing Part 3
Part 1 14 Tuesday 15 town hall 16 60/sixty
Question 1: Email 17 photography 18 map 19 wedding
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Part 4
Hi Ben, 20 B 21 C 22 A 23 A 24 C 25 C
I think it’s a great idea to have a surprise party for Jess.
She’ll love it! Let’s have it at the Golf Club so you don’t
need to have too many people at your place. You’ll be Speaking
able to relax and enjoy yourself more if we all go out.
Part 1
Personally, I think an evening party would be better.
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Some people might be working or playing sports during
the day. Speaking of sport — why don’t we all buy her a What’s your name?
new tennis racket? She showed me which one she wants. My name is Mario González.
And don’t worry — I can keep a secret! Where do you live?
Bye for now I live in Madrid, in Spain.
Isabelle Do you work or are you a student?
I’m a student.
Part 2
Question 2: Article What do you do? What do you study?
I’m studying English.
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Do you have much free time?
Springwood is located in Australia’s Blue Mountains. I have a little bit of free time in the evenings, but I also
It’s a great place for tourists who want to get out of the have a lot of homework to do so I’m usually quite busy.
big city and enjoy nature. It’s about ninety minutes from
Sydney. What do you enjoy doing at the weekend?
The mountains are amazing. There are so many places I like going to the cinema with my friends, but if there
to go walking and fantastic views to enjoy. Some people isn’t a good film then we like cycling in the countryside
like riding mountain bikes or camping too. It’s lovely together.
at any time of year but autumn is probably the most What are your plans for next year?
beautiful and the temperature is comfortable for walking. I want to go to England to carry on learning English.
In terms of transport, there’s a reliable train service to What type of weather do you like best?
Sydney and further up the mountain but, if people want I like hot weather of course, because I live in Spain. I
to go walking and see some nature, it’s a good idea to don’t like it when it’s raining!
hire a car to reach the best spots.

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Part 2 Part 4
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Candidate A Do you like trying types of food you’ve never eaten
I can see two people who are buying plants in an before?
outdoor shop — I think it’s called a garden centre. The I really enjoy travelling to different countries, and I like
man on the left is wearing a blue sweater with a white eating the food when I’m there. It’s interesting to try new
pattern on it, and a blue hat. He’s also wearing a red things.
scarf. The girl on the right is wearing a red sweater and Do you prefer to eat indoors or outdoors?
a red hat. She’s also wearing a sort of coat, so I think the When I’m at home in Spain I like eating outdoors in
weather is cold. They’re both carrying plants in pots, and the evening, but it’s usually too hot to eat outdoors at
those flowers are red too. The two people are looking lunchtime in the summer. Then I eat indoors.
at each other and smiling, so they’re happy about what
they’re buying. Behind them there are a lot of different Where do you eat with your friends and family on
plants and flowers that people can buy. special occasions?
When I eat with my friends or family on a special
Candidate B occasion for example a birthday, we usually go to a
I can see a family of four people who are spending restaurant and celebrate there.
time together in a forest. It’s summer, and I think they’re
camping, because I can see a yellow tent behind them Do you think it’s important for families to eat together?
on the left. The family are sitting together outside the I think it’s important for families to eat together at
tent. On the left there’s a boy who’s wearing a blue and weekends, but during the week everyone’s too busy to
green shirt, and shorts. Next to him is his father and he’s sit down together. It’s nice to spend time together on a
wearing a blue shirt with short sleeves. On the right the Saturday or Sunday eating and talking.
mother is looking at the man and smiling, and she’s Which do you prefer, cooking a meal or going to a
wearing a yellow top and green skirt. In the middle of the restaurant?
family is a little girl with blond hair. They’re all holding I can cook an easy meal, like pasta, but I don’t think I’m
sticks with some food on and they are going to cook this very good at cooking other things, so I definitely prefer
food on the fire. to go to a restaurant!
Part 3
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A: So let’s think about the different places the friends
could eat.
B: They’re university friends, and they want to have a
special meal. I don’t think that a picnic is a good idea.
It’s not comfortable sitting on the ground and the
weather might not be very good.
A: I agree. A picnic isn’t very special. What do you think
about going to a kind of diner? They could all eat
burgers, which are always popular.
B: Yes, everyone likes burgers and they could talk to
each other easily because it’s not very formal. I don’t
think it’s a very good choice, though. What do you
think about having a barbecue?
A: That’s fun, but it’s not very special and someone has
to do the cooking. It’s the same if they have a meal in
one of their houses — someone has to do the cooking.
B: So we still haven’t talked about the restaurant. That
would be nice, and they could really enjoy good food
and talk to each other easily.
A: I agree — I think that’s the best choice for them.

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