UNIT 8: Skills
GROUP A
Name: ______Elina Khubaeva__________________
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DICTATION
1 [WIDGB3_Utest_8_Dictation.mp3 ] Listen and
write the sentences that you hear, including
the punctuation.
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LISTENING
2 [WIDGB3_Utest_8_Listening.mp3] You will hear an
interview with a girl called Maisie, who is talking
about something that happened at her Auntie
Sheila’s house. Listen and complete the
sentences using words that you hear. Use ONE
or TWO words in each gap.
1 Maisie says there’s a big garden behind her aunt’s
house.
2 Auntie Sheila went to a cafe with Maisie’s cousins, and
then to the cinema.
3 The family knew there was a problem when they saw
the lights of their home.
4 They found that Steven’s phone wasn’t in his room.
5 Maisie suggests the burglar was frightened by the
postman, who comes in the afternoons.
6 The burglar got into the house by using a
ladder that was outside.
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READING
Holmes, are based on a well-known fictional
3 Read the text below about detective series on
TV. Decide if the sentences are A (True), B detective from books. Others are created
(False), or C (Doesn’t say). specially for television.
1 The detectives in crime series can be from books or
created by TV writers. But wherever the stories come from, the
programmes are very popular, and they’re
A True B False C Doesn’t say A watched by millions of people in many
2 Detective series are more popular in some countries countries all around the world. And some of
than in others. the programmes can be twenty years old, yet
they’re still shown regularly on TV channels,
A True B False C Doesn’t say C and get large audiences. And a new
generation of viewers is enjoying detective
3 Even older shows can still attract lots of viewers.
series just as much.
A True B False C Doesn’t say A
Yet why are these detective stories so
4 Younger people seem to like detective shows more popular? They all involve crimes of some
than older people. kind, and in real life they wouldn’t be easy
to read about in the newspapers. But perhaps
A True B False C Doesn’t say B because they’re in a TV show, they don’t
have the same effect on us any more.
5 Some of the stories in detective shows are similar to
crime stories in newspapers.
Or perhaps the best aspect of the show is that
A True B False C Doesn’t say C while you’re watching, you can try to work
6 There are plenty of clues to allow the viewers to out who committed the crime – and solve it
solve the crime. more quickly than the detective! That’s
A True B False C Doesn’t say B always fun – but sometimes it’s not possible
because the detective reveals something at
7 Crime fiction is much better than it used to be. A True the last minute that we couldn’t possibly
know – and then we feel disappointed!
B False C Doesn’t say A
Crime fiction books are also popular too.
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Years ago they weren’t seen as very serious
UNIT 8: Skills literature, but now more and more people are
buying them and enjoying them. And the
GROUP A quality of the
Switch on any TV channel nowadays and the writing has grown enormously. Happy
chances are there’ll be a detective series reading!
showing. Some of them, like Sherlock

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