Mid-Year Test B Units 1-4

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Listening

1 [AUDIO 10] You will hear four teenagers talking about what they enjoy doing. Match questions 1–5
with the four speakers A–D. You need to use one letter more than once.

Questions Speaker

1 Who mentions a present?

2 Who doesn’t like watching TV at home?

3 Who says his/her parents wants him/her to be a doctor?

4 Who likes writing stories?

5 Who played a musical instrument?

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Vocabulary

2 Complete the text with the words in the box. There is one extra word.

watching battery come home console

ignore advice outgoing playing

I love gadgets! My favourite is my tablet. I use it for 0 watching video clips, 1_________________________ online

games and as an e-reader for checking out my favourite books. The 2_________________________ lasts for
about 8 hours so I don’t have to charge it very often.

I also have a really nice new games 3_________________________ which has a good joystick connected to it so
I can control the game better.

I don’t 4_________________________ late or do dangerous things like some teenagers do.

I’m an 5_________________________ person so I love going to the cinema or to parties with friends.

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3 Read the definitions and choose the correct option.

0 An animal like a horse with black and white stripes. zebra / donkey

1 What you need to empty if you have a cat. litter tray / pet’s fur

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2 Transfer a file from your computer to the internet. upload / view

3 If you are not interested in something, you think it is this. frightening / boring

4 An animal that lives for a long time and sleeps in winter. parrot / tortoise

5 What you read or watch to find out about the weather. forecast / headlines

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4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. There is one extra word.

make wash keep in play

take get watch

0 Teenagers often make a lot of noise.

1 I’d like to _________________________ a film on TV tonight – how about you?

2 If you have a dog, you need to _________________________ it to keep it clean – especially on rainy days!

3 I would like to _________________________ part in a running competition next summer.

4 Facebook is a great way to _________________________ touch with your friends.

5 Megan needs more than an hour to _________________________ ready for school in the morning.

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Grammar

5 Complete the table with the correct verb forms.

Present Simple
Verb -ing form Past Simple
with he/she

0
call calls calling called

invent invents inventing 1_______________

study 2________________ studying studied

put puts putting 3_______________

see sees 4_______________ saw

send sends sending 5_______________

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6 Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms where
possible.

Matt: Hi, Michelle. Where 0 were (be) you yesterday? I 1_________________________ (phone) you a few times.

Michelle: I 2_________________________ (go) to buy some new clothes with my mum and dad. I hate shopping
but they 3_________________________ (want) to buy me some new things so I didn’t complain.

Matt: So what 4_________________________ _________________________ _________________________ (you / buy)

then?

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Michelle: I decided 5_________________________ (get) a new hoodie and some jeans.

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7 Read the sentences and choose the correct verb form.

0 I don’t watch / didn’t watch any television last night – there were no good programmes on.
1 Look, it rains / is raining! Let’s stay in and play some games.
2 She brushes / brushed her dog every morning in the park.
3 I enjoy to take / taking photos – my parents say some of my photos are very good!
4 Did you do / did all of your homework last night?
5 She hadn’t / didn’t have any technical problems with her new computer.

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Speaking

8 Read the text and choose the correct options.

Dan: Anne, 0 you take my smartphone? I can’t find it anywhere.

Anne: Dan, I’m 1
sorry! I 2 it on the table this morning and put it in my handbag – I thought it
3
was mine! And I left it on the train…
Dan: Anne Brown, you 4 be serious! It was a birthday present from mum and dad!
Anne: It’s all my 5
. I feel terrible!
Dan: I’ll never forgive you!

0 A are B do C did

1 A quite B so C often

2 A gave B left C saw

3 A at first B suddenly C then

4 A aren’t B can’t C don’t

5 A fault B problem C accident

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Reading

9 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B or C.

0 The text says that some teenagers think

A adults should help them more.

B they work too hard.

C adults understand teenagers’ problems.

1 The text says that

A adults and teenagers set up the Daily Respect website.

B teenagers set up the Daily Respect website.

C adults set up the Daily Respect website.

2 The Daily Respect app

A sends you a link to other websites.

B sends you a daily email.

C sends you a detailed information.

3 The text says that over 1,000 teenagers

A helped decide what should go on the website.

B emailed Daily Respect with their ideas.

C use the app at the moment.

4 The text says that most teenagers look for information about

A technical problems.

B relationship problems.

C problems online.

5 If you want to receive Daily Respect messages you should

A download the app to your device.

B buy the app at an app store.

C go to the Daily Respect website.

DAILY RESPECT
Growing up is hard work! Many young people complain that they don’t get enough help from those people
who should be helping them most – adults! ‘I can’t understand it.’ says 15-year-old Hayley Lomas, ‘Instead
of understanding, sympathy and support in getting through this difficult time, we often get criticism.’

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Hayley isn’t alone in thinking this, but there are, of course, many adults who do want to pass on their
experience and knowledge. In fact, some of them set up a website and mobile phone app called Daily
Respect. So, how does it work?
‘It’s easy!’ says Geraint Tillotson, the man who started Daily Respect, the organisation that provides the app
and website. ‘You download the app and then you get a daily message through the app about an issue that’s
important for many teenagers. If you then want to find out more, there will be a link to the relevant section
of our website which will give much more detail about the subject.’

Daily Respect contacted over a thousand teens to get their ideas before they even started the site. Now their app
and website users can email their ideas for other topics they are interested in. ‘The most popular area of the
site are the pages about relationships,’ explains Tillotson. ‘But problems at school including bullying are
also popular.’
Daily Respect tries to provide simple, practical information to help young people make good decisions and so
get as much as possible from life.
If you are interested in getting the daily messages, look for the free app in your usual app store. To visit the
website, click on the link here – what have you got to lose?

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English in Use

10 Read the sentences and choose the correct option A, B or C.

0 I’m getting to go out with my friends.

A ready B forward C better

1 He didn’t remember to his dog so it was very hungry.

A dinner B feed C food

2 Alan’s about singing and dancing.

A mad B interested C into

3 Some teenagers are and don’t think carefully before they make decisions.
A aggressive B adventurous C impulsive
4 A pen drive is a gadget stores information.
A which B where C who
5 Wow! Your cat’s is so soft!
A claws B wing C fur

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Writing

11 You are doing a project in your class at school about writing biographies. You decide to write about
one of your friends. Write the biography in the next column.

In your biography:

• Introduce your friend.

• Write about the cultural activities your friend likes doing.
• Say when and how you met each other.
• Say why you like your friend.

Your biography should be between 100 and 130 words.

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