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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_ the sentences using words that you hear. Use
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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
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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A True B False C Doesn’t say C

6 There are plenty of clues to allow the viewers to
solve the crime.

A True B False C Doesn’t say B

READING
3 Read the text below about detective series on 7 Crime fiction is much better than it used to be. A
TV. Decide if the sentences are A (True), B
(False), or C (Doesn’t say). True B False C Doesn’t say A
1 The detectives in crime series can be from books /7
or created by TV writers.
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A True B False C Doesn’t say A
2 Detective series are more popular in some GROUP A
countries than in others.

A True B False C Doesn’t say C

3 Even older shows can still attract lots of viewers.

A True B False C Doesn’t say A

4 Younger people seem to like detective shows
more than older people.

A True B False C Doesn’t say B

5 Some of the stories in detective shows are similar
to crime stories in newspapers.
 Switch on any TV channel nowadays and the
chances are there’ll be a detective series
showing. Some of them, like Sherlock
Holmes, are based on a well-known fictional
detective from books. Others are created
specially for television.
But wherever the stories come from, the
programmes are very popular, and they’re
watched by millions of people in many
countries all around the world. And some of
the programmes can be twenty years old, yet
they’re still shown regularly on TV channels,
and get large audiences. And a new
generation of viewers is enjoying detective
series just as much.
Yet why are these detective stories so
popular? They all involve crimes of some
kind, and in real life they wouldn’t be easy
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to read about in the newspapers. But perhaps
because they’re in a TV show, they don’t
have the same effect on us any more.
Or perhaps the best aspect of the show is that
while you’re watching, you can try to work
out who committed the crime – and solve it
more quickly than the detective! That’s
always fun – but sometimes it’s not possible
because the detective reveals something at
the last minute that we couldn’t possibly
know – and then we feel disappointed!
Crime fiction books are also popular too.
Years ago they weren’t seen as very serious
literature, but now more and more people are
buying them and enjoying them. And the
quality of the
writing has grown enormously. Happy
reading!