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Upper-intermediate

Robert Campbell
Gill Holley
Rob Metcalf

Unit
tests
Diagnotic test
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 are useful to help me see under the
water when I am swimming.
1 Complete the table. 4 When I went on a quad bike, the instructor
gave me a to protect my head.
• a horse • a quad bike • climbing
• dancing • football • judo • martial arts 5 In football, each team tries to get the
• photos • swimming • tennis into the goal.

1 go
Grammar __ / 30
2 ride 1 Look at the table. Read the sentences about
Hector. True or false? Correct the false sentences.
3 do

horse riding hiking football


4 play
dancing painting swimming
climbing taking photos judo
5 take

1 Hector is keen on climbing.


2 Find ten words related to equipment for free time
activities and write them. 2 He can’t stand dancing.

Z Y N T M W B S T O O B C G R 3 He’s good at football and swimming.
K M L L R Y U A I P L H T O H
K N I I L K H S P L E C G G U 4 He isn’t good at judo.
S F E E G G B A L L B T I G I
Z K W E N S W I M S U I T L H
5 He doesn’t mind horse riding.
I P E I P T B F Y A W P E E H

H G D T K A U R X E C W L S G
L I P Y Q O D N L N Z M F T X
R Q M Q G Q K S I C E M C P H 2 Complete with the present simple or present
continuous.
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E G Z E T D Q J C T T C E Y L
O I C T I C P B O J Y P G P Y Jo Hi, Mum.
A D O E R F D C G H M S S G Q Mum Hi, Jo. How are you? How
K N E B Z U O F Q E K L X P M 1
(be) the school trip?
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J Z K K Y H O L N B Y V S V B Jo It’s great Mum.


K L M P Q I H C F Y I X N U Y
Mum 2 (you / like) the place?
Jo Yes, it’s very pretty.
Mum And the food?
Jo It’s OK.
Mum What 3 (you / do) today?
Jo 4
(I / go) hiking.
Mum Great!
3 Complete with the words in exercise 2. Jo Yes, I really 5 (like) hiking
1 You should wear to protect your now.
legs when you are skateboarding.
2 Old cameras capture images on ,
but digital cameras don’t use them.
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Diagnotic test
3 Match the questions and answers.
If you 2 , it’s the worst
1 Where were you born?
match I’ve seen in a long time .
2 When were you ten years old?
3
3 What did you get for your last birthday? that?
4 How many years have you lived in your
Well… Wozniacki is too good. The game’s
town?
boring (YAWN).
5 How did you meet your best friend?
a An iPad Touch. I know 4 , but Navarro played
b In Córdoba. some good shots at the end of the first set.
c At school. 5
d Twelve years. so, but I really want her to win
6
e In 2007. and I she wants it enough.
7
at all. 8 , I think she’s
4 Complete the table. fighting hard.
Adjective Comparative Superlative OK, 9 you’re right. But as
 1 tall 10
concerned the game
 2 narrow belongs to Wozniacki.
 3 brave
 4 thick
 5 far
 6 hot Reading __ / 10
 7 beautiful
My blog
 8 bad
Hi everyone, my name’s Laura and I live in
 9 happy Madrid. I’m starting this blog because next
10 intelligent year I’m going to go travelling around the
world and I want to have lots of friends to
5 Circle the correct option. visit. I hope that you will follow this blog
and then we can meet in your country.
In my opinion, English is 1 more interesting / most I live in the city centre and personally I
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interesting than Maths or Geography. However, I think it is the best place to live. It is so easy
also think it’s the 2 harder / hardest subject of the to get to the shops or to visit friends.
three. I think Maths is 3 easier / easiest than Madrid is great, there is so much to do. I’m
Geography because I’m 4 better / the best at really keen on dancing and I go salsa
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dancing on Mondays, soon I’m going to try


numbers. But the 5 worse / worst subject is P.E.!
flamenco dancing too.
At the weekends, I love going to the cinema
6 Read the chat messages and complete. and going bowling with my friends.
• ask me • don’t think • far as I’m My grandparents live in the mountains
• I don’t agree • I suppose • maybe near Madrid. We visit them in the holidays.
• personally • what do you think of It’s very nice in the countryside but much
• what you mean • why do you say quieter than the city. I love hiking in the
mountains and we go snowboarding in
Hi everyone. Is anyone watching the Tennis? the winter, but as far as I’m concerned
1
the match between Caroline living in the city is more fun.
Wozniacki and Carla Suárez Navarro? Tell me about where you live.
Bye for now.

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Diagnotic test
1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false 2 Read the statements. Which do you agree or
sentences. disagree with? Write an opinion essay about what
to do when you leave school. Write about 60 words.
1 Laura lives in the city.
1 Going to university is really important so that
2 Laura loves dancing. you can get a good job.
2 I think that going travelling is more

important than getting more qualifications.
3 Laura and her friends go dancing at the 3 Going to university is a waste of time. The
weekends. most important thing is to get a job and start
earning money.
4 Laura’s friends live in the mountains.

5 She can’t stand the countryside. Listening __ / 10

1 1 Listen to a radio programme. Choose the
correct sentence, a or b.
2 Read again. Answer the questions.
1 a The radio programme is called What do
1 What is Laura going to do next year? you think of the monarchy?
b The radio programme is called In Your
2 Why is she writing a blog? Opinion.
2 a The journalist is in London.
3 What does Laura like doing in the city? b The journalist is in Liverpool.
3 a The journalist speaks to two people.
4 What does she like doing in the mountains? b The journalist speaks to three people.
4 a The people have the same opinion about
5 What does Laura ask her readers to do? the monarchy.
b The people have different opinions about
the monarchy.
5 a The man is keen on the monarchy.
Writing __ / 10 b The man is not keen on the monarchy.
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1 Circle the correct option.


2 1 Listen again. Write M for the quotes the man
1 I want to try ballet dancing so / because / or said or W for the woman’s.
my mother was a ballerina.
1 I’m not a big fan of the monarchy.
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2 I like basketball but / so / or I don’t like


football. 2 As far as I’m concerned they have too much
3 I hate going swimming especially / nearly / money.
personally when the showers aren’t hot 3 They represent the country internationally.
afterwards. 4 Lots of people are losing their jobs and their
4 The way I see it / I don’t think / I believe you homes.
should go hiking this weekend, because it’s 5 Tourists come to the country to see them
going to rain. and their palaces.
5 I think he’s been going to the park moreover /
firstly / instead of going to football training
after school. Speaking __ / 10
Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 1
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 Rowan Then he came up to me and … I’ve
5
what happened next. But
1 Circle the correct option. I woke up this morning with a cut on
my neck!
When I was six years old, my parents 1 split up /
brought me up. It made me very sad. My dad
Grammar __ / 30
2
remarried / moved to America and I didn’t
see him very much while I 3 was bringing up /
was growing up. My mum was amazing. She
4
1 Circle the correct option.
brought me up / split up by herself. She had a
boyfriend for a while, but she never 5 remarried / When I got home, my brother 1 watched /
grew up. was watching TV so I 2 went / was going into the
kitchen to make dinner. While I 3 cooked / was
cooking, my brother 4 came up / was coming up
2 Match the phrases with the descriptions. behind me and 5 shouted / was shouting in my
1 to take after somebody ear. It really frightened me and 6 made / was
2 to get on well making me jump.
3 an only child
4 your upbringing 2 Complete with the past perfect.
5 childhood
1 Before Eliza came to this school she
a Someone who hasn’t got any brothers or never (live) with her mum and
sisters. sisters.
b A time when most people go to school.
2 She (not see) her mum since she
c To have a similar personality to someone in
your family. was three years old.
d The way that parents or carers teach you to 3 Eliza ever (meet) her
behave. sisters?
e When two people like each other. 4 Yes, they (visit) Eliza at her dad’s
house in Prague.
5 So, until last winter Eliza never
3 Complete with the verbs in the box.
(spend) Christmas with her mum.
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• forgotten • lost • missed 6 Eliza (meet) her maternal


• remember • reminded
grandparents?
Detective O  K, Rowan, what happened last
night? 3
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Complete with the verbs in the box.


Rowan I 1 the bus. I started
• asked • had been • hadn’t expected
walking home. There was a man in
• met • started • was dancing
the street.
Detective Can you 2 what he looked Bea and Sonny first 1 when they
like? were six years old. They 2
best
Rowan He was very tall and very thin. He friends for ten years before they
had dark black hair, and he was very 3
going out together. Bea
pale. He 3 me of the 4
at her 16th birthday party
character in the film. when Sonny finally 5 her out.
Detective What did you do? Bea 6
Sonny to ask her while she
Rowan I took a picture of him with my was with her friends, but she said ‘yes’ anyway.
mobile. But I think I 4 my
phone.
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Unit test UNIT 1
Reinforcement
4 Order the words to make sentences with used to Reading __ / 10
and didn’t use to.
1 sleep with / Why did you / the light on / My book recommendation
younger / use to / when you were ? Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson
Haddix is the first book in the series The
Shadow Children. The series is set in the
future. In this society, people are only
2 used to / every year / My dad / my mum’s
allowed two children. But many people
birthday / forget have a third child. These children become
shadow children who grow up in secret.
They do not have a normal childhood.
3 brothers and sisters / smaller / get on well / They are kept hidden in their homes so
Did you / with / when you were / use to / that the Population Police can’t find them.
your ? Among the Hidden tells the story of two
teenagers, Luke and Jen. They have never
been to school or to the park or out with
friends. In fact, they’ve never had any
4 my friends / I didn’t / when / use to / with my
friends. One day, Luke sees Jen in her
sister / play / came to my house house. She is a shadow child, just like him.
For the first time in his life, Luke makes a
friend. Among the Hidden is the story of
5 live / Before / used to / they / in France / they / their friendship and the choices they make.
came here


1 Read the text. Match the sentence halves.
6 vegetarian / used to / Jane / be / a
1 The writer of the book is…
2 The recommended book is called…
3 The book is part of…
4 The main characters are…
5 Put the story in the correct order. 5 Luke has never been…
a After half an hour, I decided that she wasn’t 6 The book is set in…
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coming. I went home. a a series.


b I tried to find her on social network sites but I b teenagers.
gave up an hour later. c Margaret Peterson Haddix.
c So, an hour later I went to the church. It was d the future.
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getting dark. She wasn’t there. e The Shadow Children.


f to school.
d One afternoon when I was doing my
homework in the library, I saw a girl at
another table. She was smiling at me. I wrote 2 Read again. True or false?
my number on a piece of paper and gave it
1 A shadow child is any girl child.
to her. She just smiled at me.
2 The Population Police are trying to find the
e The next day I went back to the library, but I
shadow children.
never saw the girl again.
3 Luke and Jen become friends because they
f Later that day I got a text message. It said
go to the same school.
‘Meet me at the church tonight.’
4 Luke had not had any friends before he met
Jen.

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Unit test UNIT 1
Reinforcement
Writing __ / 10 Listening __ / 10
1 Circle the correct option. 1 Listen to Leon and Carmen. Match the
2
sentence halves.
Louise was sitting in the café 1 when / while her
phone rang. 2 By the time / As soon as the man on 1 Leon went to…
the other end of the phone said hello, she 2 Leon’s cousin…
recognised his voice. Louise started to cry 3 He went on…
3
before / while she listened to him. 4 As soon as / 4 He got home…
By the time the conversation ended, everyone in 5 Carmen…
the café was staring at her. Louise hurriedly a Saturday night.
asked for the bill 5 when / before running out of b on Sunday morning.
the café. c works at the night club.
d didn’t go to the night club.
e a night club.
2 Put the informal email in the correct order.
a As soon as we finished reading the love 2 2 Listen again. True or false?
letters, we realised that my granny’s real
grandfather was this man Ted. Now, granny 1 Leon is really tired.
and I are trying to find Ted’s family. We think 2 Carmen went to the beach at the
he emigrated to Australia, so I probably have weekend.
lots of Australian cousins. How exciting is 3 The night club was a rip off.
that?
4 Carmen asks Leon for more information.
b While I was visiting my granny, I discovered
an old box in her attic. It was full of old 5 Carmen met an attractive boy.
photos and documents that I had never seen
before. We found a photo of a young man
and woman. The man looked just like me. Speaking __ / 10
Granny said that the woman was her
grandmother, but the man wasn’t her
grandfather. We also found some letters. Total / 100
They were love letters from my granny’s
grandmother to this man whose name was
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Ted.
c How’s it going? Sorry I haven’t been in touch,
but I have had a crazy week. You won’t
believe what happened to me.
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d Anyway, catch you later. James.


e Hi Lucy,

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Unit test UNIT 1
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 1 a forgot b remembered
2 a remind b remember c forget
c missed

1 Complete with the phrases in the box. 3 a reminded b looked c remembered


4 a lost b missed c learned
• brought up • moved to • remarried
5 a miss b remembered c forgotten
• split up • was growing up

When I was six years old, my parents


1
. It made me very sad. My dad Grammar __ / 30
2
America and I didn’t see him
very much while I 3 . My mum 1 Complete with the past simple or past continuous.
4
was amazing. She me When I got home, my brother 1
by herself. She had a boyfriend (watch) TV so I 2 (go) into the
for a while, but she never 5 . kitchen to make dinner. While I 3

(cook), my brother 4 (come) up


5
behind me and (shout) in my
2 Circle the correct option.
ear. It really frightened me and 6
1 An only child / A grown-up is someone who (make) me jump.
doesn’t have any brothers or sisters.
2 Most people go to school during their
birth / childhood. 2 Complete the sentences using the past perfect.
3 If you look like somebody / take after 1 Before Eliza came to this school she / never /
somebody you have similar personalities. live / with her mum and sisters.
4 Your upbringing / childhood is the way that
parents or carers teach you to behave.
5 Marty doesn’t get on well with / look like his 2 She / not / see / her mum since she was three
brother: they don’t like each other. years old.


3 Choose the correct option.
3 Eliza / ever / meet / her sisters?
Detective OK, Rowan, what happened last
night?
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Rowan I 1 the bus. I started walking 4 Yes, they / visit / Eliza at her dad’s house in
home. There was a man in the street. Prague.
Detective Can you 2 what he looked
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like?
Rowan He was very tall and very thin. He 5 So, until last winter / Eliza / never / spend /
had black hair, and he was very pale. Christmas / with her mum.
He 3 me of the character in
the film.
Detective What did you do? 6 Eliza / meet / her maternal grandparents?
Rowan I took a picture of him with my
mobile. But I think I 4 my
phone. Then he came up to me
and … I’ve 5 what
happened next. But I woke up this
morning with a cut on my neck!

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Unit test UNIT 1
Consolidation
3 Complete with the past simple, past continuous or
4
After / Then half an hour, I decided that she
past perfect. wasn’t coming. I went home. 5 That day / The
next day I went back to the library, but I never
• ask • be • dance • meet
• not expect • start saw the girl again. I tried to find her on social
network sites but 6 one morning / an hour later I
Bea and Sonny first 1 when they gave up.
were six years old. They 2 best
friends for ten years before they
3
going out together. Bea Reading __ / 10
4
at her 16th birthday party
when Sonny finally 5 her out. My book recommendation
Bea 6
Sonny to ask her while she If you read anything this summer, I
was with her friends, but she said ‘yes’ anyway. recommend Among the Hidden by
Margaret Peterson Haddix. Among the
Hidden is the first book in the series The
4 Complete with used to or didn’t use to and the Shadow Children. The series is set in the
correct verb. future. In this society, people are only
allowed two children. But many people
1 Why did you sleep with the light on when have a third child. These children become
you were younger? shadow children who grow up in secret.
Why did you with the light They do not have a normal childhood.
on when you were younger? They are kept hidden in their homes so
2 My dad forgot my mum’s birthday every year. that the Population Police can’t find them.
My dad my mum’s birthday Among the Hidden tells the story of two
teenagers, Luke and Jen. They have never
every year.
been to school or to the park or out with
3 Did you get on well with your brothers and friends. In fact, they’ve never had any
sisters when you were smaller? friends. One day, Luke sees Jen in her
your brothers and sisters house. He knows there are already two
when you were smaller? children in the house. This girl must be a
4 I didn’t play with my sister when my friends shadow child, just like him. For the first
time in his life, Luke makes a friend. Among
came to my house.
the Hidden is the story of their friendship
I with my sister when my
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and the choices they make.


friends came to my house.
Tom Lukes
5 Before they came here, they lived in France.
Before they came here, they
1 Read the text. Circle the correct option.
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in France.
6 Jane was a vegetarian for years. 1 The author of the recommended book is
Jane a vegetarian. Margaret Peterson Haddix / Tom Lukes.
2 The recommended book is called
5 Circle the correct option. The Shadow Children / Among the Hidden.
1
One afternoon / At first I was doing my 3 The series is called The Shadow Children /
homework in the library. I saw a girl at another Among the Hidden.
table. She was smiling at me. I wrote my number 4 The main characters are called Luke and Jen /
on a piece of paper and gave it to her. She just Luke, Jen and Margaret.
smiled at me. 2 At that time / Later that day I got a 5 They have never been to school / have been
text message. It said ‘Meet me at the church hidden at a school.
tonight.’ So, 3 in the end / an hour later I went to 6 The book is set in the past / future.
the church. It was getting dark. She wasn’t there.

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Unit test UNIT 1
Consolidation
2 Read again. True or false? Correct the false Listening __ / 10
sentences.
1 The writer of the text is Margaret Peterson 1 2Listen to Leon and Carmen. True or false?
Haddix. Correct the false sentences.

1 Leon went to a night club.
2 A shadow child is the 3rd daughter in a
family.
2 Leon’s cousin is a DJ.
3 The main characters are grown ups.
3 He went on Friday night.
4 The writer of the text likes this book.
4 He got home on Sunday night.

5 Carmen didn’t go to the night club.
Writing __ / 10

1 Complete with the time connectors in the box.


2 2 Listen again. Write Leon or Carmen.
• as soon as • before • by the time
• when • while 1 is really tired.
2 went shopping.
Louise was sitting in the café 1 3 didn’t pay any money to get into
her phone rang. 2 the man on the nightclub.
the other end of the phone said hello, she 4 wants more information.
recognised his voice. Lousie started to cry 5 met someone really attractive.
3
she listened to him.
4
the conversation ended,
everyone in the café was staring at her. Louise Speaking __ / 10
hurriedly asked for the bill 5
running out of the café.
Total / 100
2 Write an informal email to your friend. Tell him or
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her about something exciting that happened to


you last week.
1 Greet and apologise that you haven’t written.
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2 Explain when it happened.

3 Say what you were doing.

4 Say what happened and how the story
finished.

5 End the email.

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Unit test UNIT 1
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 Detective O
 K, Rowan, what happened last
night?
1 Complete with the past simple or continuous of Rowan 1 .
the phrases in the box. There are two extra I started walking home. There was a
phrases. man in the street.
Detective 2
• be born • bring up • get on well with
• grow up • move • remarry • split up Rowan He was very tall and very thin. He
had dark black hair, and he was very
When I was six years old, my parents pale. 3 .
1
. It made me very sad. My dad Detective What did you do?
2
to America and I didn’t see him Rowan I took a picture of him with my
very much while I 3 . My mum mobile. 4 .
was amazing. She 4
me Then he came up to me and …
5
by herself. She had a boyfriend . But I
for a while, but she never 5 . woke up this morning with a cut on
my neck!

2 Complete the words in the sentences.


1 An o c is someone who Grammar __ / 30
doesn’t have any brothers or sisters.
2 Most people go to school during their 1 Complete with the past simple or past continuous.
c .
• come • cook • go • make • shout • watch
3 If you t a somebody you
have similar personalities. When I got home, my brother 1
4 Your up is the way that parents or TV so I 2 into the kitchen to
carers teach you to behave. make dinner. While I 3
, my
5 Marty doesn’t g o brother 4 up behind me and
w with his brother: they don’t like 5
in my ear. It really frightened
each other. me and 6
me jump.

3
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Match the sentence halves and complete the


dialogue. 2 Complete with the past perfect.

1 But I think I lost… 1 Before Eliza came to this school


2 He reminded me… (she / not live) with her mum
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3 Can you remember… and sisters.


4 I’ve forgotten… 2 She (not see) her mum since
5 I missed… she was three years old.
3 (Eliza / ever / meet) her
a the bus. sisters?
b what he looked like?
4 Yes, they (visit) Eliza at her
c my phone.
d what happened next. dad’s house in Prague.
e of the character in the film. 5 So, until last winter Eliza
(never / spend) Christmas with her mum.
6 (Eliza / ever / meet) her
maternal grandparents?

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Unit test UNIT 1
Extension
3 Complete with the past simple, past continuous or 5 Circle the correct option.
past perfect of the verbs in the box. There are two 1
One afternoon / At that time / At first I was doing
extra verbs.
my homework in the library. I saw a girl at
• ask • be • dance • go • meet another table. She was smiling at me. I wrote my
• not expect • remember • start number on a piece of paper and gave it to her.
She just smiled at me.
Bea and Sonny first 1 when they 2
2
At that time / Later that day / Earlier I got a text
were six years old. They best
message. It said ‘Meet me at the church tonight.’
friends for ten years before they
3
So, 3 once / in the end / an hour later I went to the
going out together. Bea church. It was getting dark. She wasn’t there.
4
at her 16th birthday party 4
After / That morning / Then half an hour, I
when Sonny finally 5 her out. decided that she wasn’t coming. I went home.
6
Bea Sonny to ask her while she 5
That day / The next day / Then I went back to the
was with her friends, but she said ‘yes’ anyway. library, but I never saw the girl again. I tried to
find her on social network sites but 6 one
4 Rewrite the sentences using used to or didn’t use morning / an hour later / the next day I gave up.
to.
1 Why did you sleep with the light on when
you were younger? Reading __ / 10

My book recommendation
2 My dad forgot my mum’s birthday every year. If you read anything this summer, I
recommend Among the Hidden by
Margaret Peterson Haddix. Among the
3 Did you get on well with your brothers and Hidden is the first book in a series of seven
books called The Shadow Children. The
sisters when you were smaller?
series is set in a futuristic society. In this
society, couples are only allowed to have
two children. So, what happens when a
4 I didn’t play with my sister when my friends couple have a third child? These children
came to my house. become shadow children who grow up in
secret. They are robbed of a normal
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childhood. Their parents are too scared to


send them to school, or take them to the
5 Before they came here, they lived in France.
park or even to the shops. They must
never be seen and so they are kept hidden
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in their homes while the Population Police


6 Jane was a vegetarian for years. look for them.
Among the Hidden tells the story of two
teenagers, Luke and Jen. They have never
been to school or to the park or out with
friends. In fact, they’ve never had any
friends. One day, Luke sees Jen in her
house. He knows there are already two
children in the house. This girl must be a
shadow child, just like him. For the first
time in his life, Luke makes a friend. Among
the Hidden is the story of their friendship
and the choices they make.

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Unit test UNIT 1
Extension
1 Read the text. Complete the sentences. Listening __ / 10
1 The author of the recommended book is
. 1 Listen to Leon and Carmen. Complete the
2

2 The recommended book is called sentences.


. 1 Leon went to a .
3 The series is called 2 Leon’s cousin is a .
. 3 He went on .
4 The main characters are called 4 He got home on .
and . 5 Carmen met a boy at the .
5 They
been to school.
6 The book is set . 2 2 Listen again. Write the phrases that Leon
and Carmen say that mean the following.

2 Read again. Answer the questions. 1 We didn’t have to pay any money to get into
the nightclub.
1 What is a shadow child?


2 I don’t believe it.
2 Who is trying to find the shadow children?


3 You must be really tired.
3 Why do Luke and Jen become friends?


4 I met a really attractive boy.
4 Had Luke had any friends before Jen?


5 See you later.

Writing __ / 10
1 Complete with the time connectors in the box.
Speaking __ / 10
There is an extra phrase.
• after that • as soon as • before Total / 100
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• by the time • when • while

Louise was sitting in the café 1


her phone rang. 2 the man on
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the other end of the phone said hello, she


recognised his voice. Louise started to cry
3
she listened to him.
4
the conversation ended,
everyone in the café was staring at her.
Louise hurriedly asked for the bill
5
running out of the café.

2 Write an informal email to your friend. Tell him or


her about something exciting that happened to
you last week. Write about 60 words.

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Unit test UNIT 2
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 What kind of person are they? Circle the correct 1 Order the words to make sentences.
option.
1 I / got back / Australia / from / just / have
1 Sarah works in a restaurant. She is always on
time and never misses a day. 2 Mark / beach / I’ve / at / seen / just / the
reliable / enthusiastic
2 Greg wants to be a police officer. He gets up
3 ordered / a / I’ve / sandwich / just
at 6.00 and goes running. He studies for four
hours every day.
flexible / highly-motivated 4 had / Linda / message / I’ve / just / a / from
3 Louise works with children. She always plans
fun activities, but she changes them when 5 I’ve / uploaded / just / Facebook / photos /
they don’t work well. my / on
enthusiastic / flexible
4 Charlie goes to a local drama club and takes 6 dinner / prepared / I’ve / the / just
part in every show. He helps out with making

the costumes and sets, and sells the tickets.
enthusiastic / well-organized
5 Tina uses the calendar on her smartphone to 2 Circle the correct option.
plan her week. She never misses anything. Kyra Hi, Maria, have you had your exam
hard-working / well-organized
results 1 already / yet?
Maria Yes, and I’ve 2 already / yet applied to
2 Complete with are or have. university.
Enthusiastic, hard-working people wanted as Kyra Really! Have you heard back from them
3
holiday camp leaders. 1 you good at already / yet?
dealing with young people? 2
you Maria No, not 4 already / yet.
interested in sport and drama? We are looking Kyra I haven’t decided where to apply
5
for flexible, hard-working applicants who already / yet.
3
experience working with groups of Maria Have you decided which course to
young people and 4 the ability to work study?
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under pressure. We are offering a four to six Kyra Oh yes! I’ve 6 already / yet decided to
week position as camp leader. Applicants who study film making.
5
knowledge of another language will Maria Cool!
be considered first.
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3 Choose the correct option.


3 Tick the correct adjectives. Correct the wrong 1 I’ve been working at the newsagents since…
ones. a I was ten.
b six years.
It’s very important to learn how to be 1 careful
2 He’s been feeling sick for…
with your money. Most young people want to
a Monday.
be 2 originable and 3 fashionful, but this can be
4 b two days now.
expensive. So unless you are very 5 wealthful
3 My dad’s been flying aeroplanes for…
you must choose when to buy and when to save
a 1990.
your money.
b more than twenty years.
1 3 5 4 My parents have been competing in ice
2 4 skating championships since…

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Unit test UNIT 2
Reinforcement
a they were teenagers.
b ages.
Reading __ / 10
5 You have been saying that for…
Looking for work?
a days.
If you aren’t too keen on a nine to five
b I was a kid. office job, then perhaps our featured job
6 We’ve been riding horses since… this week is for you. Have you ever
a a long time. thought about becoming a mystery
b we were little. shopper?
A mystery shopper has to visit various
4 Complete with the present perfect continuous places, for example shops, cinemas,
restaurants and theme parks. At these
and How long?
places they have to follow instructions, for
1 you example they might have to ask for a
(play) service or buy a particular product or
the violin? make a complaint. They make notes about
what happens. In this way, companies can
2 you
check how well their staff are working, and
(visit) Sicily? they can check out their competitors. And
3 you the mystery shopper? Well he or she gets
(eat) meat? free meals, free days out, free clothes, etc.
4 he So if you are observant, reliable, love
(make) shopping and have the ability to pretend
jewellery? you are a real customer, then perhaps this
is the job for you.
5 they
Andy
(live)
in England?
6 we
1 Read the text. Circle the correct option.
(wait) for him?
1 A mystery shopper is the job of the week /
Andy’s last job.
5 Complete with the verbs in the box.
2 A mystery shopper works in an office /
• been designing • been looking different places.
• been working • had • taken on • won
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3 Companies use mystery shoppers to


Recently, I’ve 1 with my cousin. check on staff / to boost sales.
He’s 2
his own business for three 4 Mystery shoppers have to make notes / phone
years now. He designs computer games. He’s the company.
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3
computer games since he was
twelve years old. He has 4 three
awards for best young computer game
programmer and designer. He’s so successful
that he has just 5 two new
designers to help him. So, this week we’ve
6
for a new, larger office space
for the company.

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Unit test UNIT 2
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Complete the table.
Mystery shoppers
Places Things Things they get Qualities
they visit they do for free
shop buy products meals observant
4
cinema ask for a service love shopping
1 3 5
ability to pretend to be a
2 normal customer
6

Writing __ / 10 Listening __ / 10
1 Match the sentence halves. 1 3 Listen to Jamie in an interview. Circle the
correct option.
1 I’m writing to apply…
2 Please, do not hesitate… 1 Jamie wants to be a chef / waiter.
3 As you can see… 2 The interview is for a job as a manager /
4 I look forward to… barista.
5 I am available… 3 The job is in a restaurant / coffee shop.
4 Jamie will have to work on his own /
a for an interview on Monday morning.
under a manager.
b for the position of journalist.
c from my CV, I have written several articles for 5 Jamie is available next week / today.
my school magazine.
d hearing from you. 2 3 Listen again. True or false?
e to contact me.
1 Jamie wants to work there because he thinks
it will be good experience.
2 Complete the covering letter with the sentences 2 The interviewer says that restaurants
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in exercise 1. and coffee shops are busy places.


Dear Sir or Madam, 3 The interviewer says that coffee shop
1 customers are always rude.
2 4 Jamie’s strengths include being
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I am very hard-working and well-organized. I am communicative and highly motivated.


enthusiastic and love going out with my friends 5 His weakness is that he doesn’t like to
to gigs at the weekends. I also love sport take control.
especially tennis and Formula 1.
I hope you will consider me for the position, as I
am very keen. Speaking __ / 10
3

4 Total / 100
5

Yours faithfully.
Faye Brown

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Unit test UNIT 2
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 What kind of person are they? Choose the correct 1 Match the sentence halves. Complete the
option. dialogue.
1 Sarah works in a restaurant. She is always on 1 I’ve just ordered… 4 I’ve just seen…
time and never misses a day. 2 I’ve just got… 5 I’ve just been…
a reliable  b flexible  c well-organized 3 I’ve just uploaded… 6 I’ve just had…
2 Greg wants to be a police officer. He gets up
at 6.00 and goes running. He studies for four a a message from Linda.
hours every day. b my photos on Facebook.
a flexible   b highly-motivated  c reliable c Mark at the beach.
d back from Australia.
3 Louise works with children. She always plans e a sandwich.
fun activities, but she changes them when f running.
they don’t work well.
a enthusiastic  b flexible  c well-organized Jess Hi, Rachel. I haven’t seen you for weeks.
4 Charlie goes to a local drama club and takes Rachel Hi Jess, 1 .
part in every show. He helps out with Jess Lucky you! Got any photos?
everything at the theatre.
Rachel Oh yes. 2 .
a reliable  b enthusiastic  c well-organized
You should have a look. How are you?
5 Tina uses the calendar on her smartphone to
plan her week. She never misses anything. You look very hot!
a flexible  b highly-motivated  Jess  3
. I go
c well-organized everyday now, I’m trying to get fit.
Rachel Good. Have you seen Linda recently?
Jess Actually, 4 –
2 Complete with the words in the box.
she’s going to the party tonight. Are you
• ability • are (x2) • at • dealing • have (x2) going to the party?
• interested • of • under
Rachel Yes, 5 and
Enthusiastic, hard-working people wanted as he invited me.
holiday camp leaders. Jess Do you want to have some lunch?
1
you good 2 3
with Rachel Oh, I’d love to but 6 .
4 5
young people? you in
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sport and drama? We are looking for flexible,


2 Complete with already or yet.
hard-working applicants who
6
experience 7 working with Kyra Hi, Maria, have you had your exam
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groups of young people and the results 1 ?


8
to work 9 pressure. We are Maria Yes, and I’ve 2
applied to
offering a four to six week position as camp university.
leader. Applicants who 10 knowledge Kyra Really! Have you heard back from them
of another language will be considered first. 3
?
Maria No, not 4
.
3 Complete the adjective suffixes. Kyra I haven’t decided where to apply
5
It’s very important to learn how to be .
1
care with your money. Most young Maria Have you decided which course to
people want to be 2 origin and study?
3
fashion , but this can be Kyra Oh yes! I’ve 6 decided to study
4
expens . So unless you are very film making.
5
wealth you must choose when to buy Maria Cool!
and when to save your money.
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Unit test UNIT 2
Consolidation
3 Choose the correct option. 5 Complete with the present perfect or present
perfect continuous.
1 I’ve been working at the shop since…
a I was ten. • design • have • look for
• take on • win • work
b six years.
c a long time.
Recently, I’ve 1 with my cousin.
2 He’s been feeling sick for…
He’s 2 his own business for three
a 2012.
years now. He designs computer games. He’s
b Monday. 3
computer games since he was
c two days now.
twelve years old. He has 4 three
3 My dad’s been flying aeroplanes for…
awards for best young computer game
a 1990.
programmer and designer. He’s so successful
b more than twenty years.
that he has just 5 two new
c I was born.
designers to help him. So, this week we’ve
4 My parents have been competing in ice 6
a new, larger office space for
skating championships since…
the company.
a three years.
b they were teenagers.
c ages.
5 You have been saying that for…
Reading __ / 10
a days.
Looking for work?
b I was a kid.
Welcome to this week’s online edition of
c yesterday.
Looking for work?, your guide to cool jobs.
6 We’ve been riding horses since… If you aren’t too keen on a nine to five
a a long time. office job, then perhaps our featured job
b we were little. this week is for you. Have you ever
c a year. thought about becoming a mystery
shopper? A mystery shopper visits various
places, for example shops, cinemas,
4 Write questions using the present perfect restaurants and theme parks. They are
continuous and How long? there to test the level of customer service.
They follow specific instructions, for
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1 you / play / the violin? example they might have to ask for a
service or buy a particular product or
2 you / visit / Sicily? make a complaint. Then they make notes
about what happens and feedback to the
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3 you / eat / meat? client. In this way, companies can check


how well their staff are working, they can

spot possible problems in their businesses
4 he / make / jewellery? and they can check out their competitors.
And the mystery shopper? Well, he or she
5 they / live / in England? gets free meals, free days out, free clothes,
etc. So if you are observant, reliable, love
6 we / wait for / him? shopping and have the ability to pretend
you are a real customer then perhaps this

job is for you.

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Unit test UNIT 2
Consolidation
1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false 1 Greeting
sentences.
2 Reason for writing
1 The article is posted once a month.


2 Each edition describes different jobs. 3 Why you are a good candidate for the job

3 The job described this week is a mystery 4 Availability for interview
shopper.
5 End the letter
4 Mystery shoppers always shop online.

5 Mystery shoppers never make complaints.

6 Companies use mystery shoppers to check
Listening __ / 10
how well the business is running.

1 3 Listen to Jamie. True or false? Correct the
false sentences.
1 Jamie wants to be a waiter.
2 Read again. Complete the table.

Mystery shoppers 2 The interview is for a job as a coffee shop
manager.
Places Things Things they Qualities
they visit they do get for free

3 The job is in a coffee shop.
shop make a clothes reliable
1 complaint 3 4
4 The job starts next week.
2

5 Jamie is available next month.

Writing __ / 10
2 3 Listen again. Complete the sentences.
1 Complete with the words in the box.
1 Jamie wants to work as a barista because he
• apply • forward • hesitate • response • see thinks it will be .
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2 Jamie’s strengths include being ,


1 I’m writing to for the position of not shy, very and can work
sports instructor. very quickly.
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2 Please do not to contact me. 3 His weakness is that he likes to .


3 As you can from my CV I have a lot 4 The interviewer says that restaurants and
of experience.
coffee shops are similar because they are
4 I look to hearing from you.
both very .
5 I’m writing in to your advertisement.
5 The interviewer says that coffee shop
customers are always .
2 Read the job advertisement. Use the notes to
write a cover letter.
Wanted Journalist for local entertainment Speaking __ / 10
magazine Where to be.
Applicants should be good at writing and have
good knowledge of cultural events in the local Total / 100
area. They must be willing to work evenings and
weekends and be reliable.
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Unit test UNIT 2
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 It’s very important to learn how to be
1
with your money. Most young
1 Match the adjectives with the people. people want to be 2 and 3 ,
4
but this can be . So unless you are
1 flexible very 5
you must choose when to buy
2 well-organized and when to save your money.
3 reliable
4 highly-motivated
5 enthusiastic Grammar __ / 30
a Sarah works in a restaurant. She is always on
time and never misses a day. 1 Complete the sentences with just and the present
b Greg wants to be a police officer. He gets up perfect. Then complete the dialogue.
at 6.00 and goes running. He studies for four
hours every day. 1 I (order) a sandwich.
c Louise works with children. She always plans 2 I (get back) from Australia.
fun activities, but she changes them when 3 I (upload) my photos on Facebook.
they don’t work well. 4 I (see) Mark at the beach.
d Charlie goes to a local drama club and takes 5 I (be) running.
part in every show. He helps out with
6 I (have) a message from Linda.
everything at the theatre.
e Tina uses the calendar on her smartphone to Jess Hi Rachel, how are you? I haven’t seen
plan her week. She never misses anything. you for weeks.
Rachel Hi Jess, 1 .
2 Complete with be or have. Complete the text with Jess Lucky you! Got any photos?
the correct form of the phrases. Rachel Oh yes. 2 .
1 to experience You should have a look. How are you?
2 to good at You look very hot!
Jess  3
. I go
3 to knowledge of
everyday now, I’m trying to get fit.
4 to the ability to
Rachel Good for you. Have you seen Linda
5 to interested in
recently?
Enthusiastic, hard-working people wanted as Jess Actually, 4 –
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holiday camp leaders. she’s going to the party tonight. Are


1
dealing with young people? you going to the party?
2
sport and drama? We are Rachel Yes, 5 and
looking for flexible, hard-working applicants he invited me.
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who 3 of working with groups of Jess Do you want to have some lunch?
young people and 4 work under Rachel Oh, I’d love to but
pressure. We are offering a 4 to 6 week position 6
.
as camp leader. Applicants who
5
another language will be 2 Complete with the correct form of the verbs and
considered first. already or yet.
Kyra Hi, Maria, have you 1 (have)
3 Match the boxes and complete the sentences.
your mock exam results 2 ?
care able origin expen ful Maria Yes, and I’ve 3 4

(apply) to university.
fashion al wealth y sive Kyra Really! Have you 5 (hear) back
from them 6 ?

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Unit test UNIT 2
Extension
Maria No, I haven’t 7 (hear) from 5 Complete with the present perfect or present
8
them . perfect continuous. There are two extra verbs.
Kyra I haven’t 9 (decide) where to
10
• choose • design • do • have
apply . • look for • take on • win • work
Maria Have you decided which course to
study? Recently, I 1 with my cousin. He
2
Kyra Oh yes! I’ve 11 12
his own business for three
(choose) to study film making. years now. He designs computer games. He
3
computer games since he was
3 Match the sentence halves and circle the correct twelve years old. He 4 three
option. awards for best young computer game
programmer and designer. He’s so successful
1 I’ve been working at the newsagents that he 5 just
for / since… two new designers to help him. So, this week we
2 My ten-year-old brother’s been feeling 6
a new, larger office space for
sick for / since… the company.
3 My dad’s been flying aeroplanes for / since…

4 My parents have been competing in ice skating


championships for / since…
Reading __ / 10
5 My grandad has been camping for /
Looking for work?
since…
Welcome to this week’s online edition of
6 We’ve been riding horses for / since…
Looking for work? Your guide to cool jobs. If
a they were teenagers, which is more than you aren’t too keen on a nine to five office
twenty years! job, then perhaps our featured job this
b we were little. We have one called Buzzy. week is for you. Do you love shopping and
c four days now and he still has a temperature. going out? Would you like to be paid to go
d I was sixteen. I love magazines! shopping or out for a meal? Have you ever
e he was forty. He still has his first tent! thought about becoming a mystery
f more than twenty years. He loves flying! shopper? A mystery shopper visits various
places, for example shops, cinemas,
restaurants and theme parks. They are
4 Write questions for the answers using the present
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there to test the level of customer service.


perfect continuous and How long. They follow specific instructions, for
1 example they might have to ask for a
I’ve been playing the violin for about ten service, such as gift wrapping, or buy a
particular product or make a complaint.
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years.
2 Then they make notes about what
We’ve been coming to Sicily every year since happens and give feedback to the client.
2005. In this way, companies can check how well
3 their staff are working, they can spot
I’ve been eating meat again for about seven possible problems in their businesses and
months. they can check out their competitors. And
4 the mystery shopper? Well he or she gets
He’s been making jewellery since I was little. free meals, free days out, free clothes, etc.
5 So if you are observant, reliable, love
They’ve been living in England since they shopping and have the ability to pretend
had the baby. you are a real customer then perhaps this
6 job is for you.
I think we’ve been waiting for him for nearly
twenty minutes.

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Unit test UNIT 2
Extension
1 Read the text. Complete the sentences. 2 Read the job advertisement. Write a cover note.
Write about 60 words.
1 The article is posted once a .
2 The article describes different . Wanted Journalist for local
3 The job described this week is a . entertainment magazine
4 use mystery shoppers to check The Where to be magazine needs young
customer service. journalists. Applicants should be good at
5 Mystery shoppers might a shop, a writing and should have good knowledge
hotel, a cinema, a restaurant or a theme park. of cultural events in the local area. They
must be willing to work evenings and
weekends, be reliable, highly-organized
2 Read again. Answer the questions. and hard-working. Send your CV and a
1 What is a mystery shopper? covering letter.

2 Who employs the mystery shopper?

3 What is the difference between a mystery
shopper and a real shopper?
Listening __ / 10

4 What is the benefit of being a mystery
1 3 Listen to Jamie. Complete the sentences.
shopper? 1 Jamie wants to be a .
2 The interview is for a job as a
5 Why does a mystery shopper have to be .
observant?
3 The job is in a .

4 The job starts .
5 Jamie is available .

Writing __ / 10
2 3 Listen again. Answer the questions.
1 Complete with the words in the box. There are two
1 Why does Jamie want to work as a barista?
extra words.

• apply • available • forward • hesitate 2 What suitable experience does Jamie have
• position • response • see
for this job?
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1 I’m writing to for the position of


sports instructor. 3 What does the interviewer believe are the
2 Please do not to contact me. differences and similarities between Jamie’s
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3 As you can from my CV, I have a lot old job and the job in the coffee shop?
of experience.
4 I look to hearing from you. 4 What does Jamie think his strengths are?
5 I’m writing in to your
advertisement. 5 What does Jamie think his weakness is?

Speaking __ / 10
Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 3
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 It is very hard for people to
harsh polar climates.
in the

1 Look at Lily’s family tree. True or false? 4 In most first world countries there is not
enough for the people.
5 I think that world leaders have the
Jane Sam Amanda David Sue
responsibility to issues such as
pollution, employment and world debt.
Ruby Lily Oliver Lola Megan

1
2
Ruby is Lily’s cousin.
Lily is David’s niece.
Grammar __ / 30
3 Lola and Megan are classmates. 1 Circle the correct option.
4 Jane is Amanda’s sister-in-law.
5 David is Amanda’s partner. Jen Hi James, I’m just calling to let you know
it’s my birthday on Saturday.
James Hi Jen, that’s great! What 1 do you do / are
2 Circle the correct option. you doing?
My sister Lyn is having a hard time at the Jen  2
I have / I’m having a beach party with a
moment. She has just got a new 1 boyfriend / DJ. Do you want to come?
relative, his name is Rob. She’s been seeing him James I’d love to. What time?
for about three weeks now. The problem is that Jen 3 We meet / We’re meeting at the beach at
he’s horrible and no-one likes him. Her about 9.00.
2
workmate / flatmate won’t let Rob into the flat. James Great! I’ll get the bus that 4 leaves /
Her 3 workmates / strangers don’t want Rob to is leaving at 8.30 and I should be there
come out with them to bars after work. And by 9.15.
even worse her 4 ex-boyfriend / niece Charlie is Jen OK. The last bus home 5 goes / is going at
really jealous and wants her to go out with him 3.00 a.m. but we could just get a taxi
again. And all my sister’s 5 parents / friends love later.
Charlie and are telling her to go back out with James Thanks Jen. See you on Saturday!
Charlie. She is so confused.
2 Complete with will / won’t or (not) be going to.
3 Find the words and complete.
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Dear Auntie Rachel,


Thank you for the money you sent me. I
M E S A P C N S O L V E X E S 1
spend it now. When I go to university
U U V M E V S O Q P G L O T Q
I2 have to buy lots of books for my
Y D J I W H Q F I L V O B U H
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C E Z I V C B S C T E N L L V
course and they are very expensive. I’m sure
R J B U P R O G G R U S L L Z mum and dad 3 be able to buy all of
R I E L K A U V F H E L E O H them for me. So thank you very much!
D P H D K V T S E A T V O P Z Did I tell you that before I go to university I
4
T N E M Y O L P M E I P J S C go to Peru as a volunteer? It’s only for
B B G V Y R Y N S V A D M O H a month, but I’m sure it 5 be very
W U M M W O Z T R Y U F N Q D interesting. I’ll send you a postcard.
Love,
Adam
1 Exhaust fumes from cars the air we
breathe.
2 I believe that there is one for every
problem.

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Unit test UNIT 3
Reinforcement
3 Complete the text. Use the prompts to help you. will have learnt how to fly a plane and by the
end of the course they 2 will be taking /
Hi Mum, just to let you know that I will have taken their first solo flight. Before they
1
(future simple / be home) on progress to intermediate level they
Sunday. I think the coach 2 3
will be earning / will have earned their Private
(present simple / arrive) at about 5.00 in the Pilots Licence. Trainees are monitored through a
afternoon. I 3 (future simple / series of exams, and by the end of the course
negative / be able / call) you before I leave here they 4 will be doing / will have done fourteen
as this afternoon we 4 (going to in total. Trainees who complete all five levels
/ go) camping for three days and we 5
will be working / will have worked on
5
(present continuous / leave) multi-crew commercial flights.
our mobiles at the centre. I can’t wait to get
home! See you on Sunday, Jessica.
Reading __ / 10
4 Complete the dialogue with the future
continuous. We ask scientist Josh Gordon ‘how we
A You know what? I think I 1 will communicate in the future.’
(work) as a record producer when I’m 40. Josh, we already have the ability to
communicate virtually instantaneously
B Where 2 you (live)?
with anyone anywhere in the world, so
A I 3
probably (live) in Paris what do you predict will be the biggest
or Berlin. change in communication in the future?
B 4
you (see) someone? Well, I believe that eventually we will all
A No, I 5 (see) anyone and I communicate telepathically.
won’t be married either! From our brains?
Yes, without the need to talk to each other.
How?
5 Look at the table. Complete the dialogue. Use the Scientists will have developed special
future perfect. devices which we all be wearing. These
will enable us to communicate
By the time they are 21 Jo Emma
telepathically. A ‘brain mouse’ already
write a novel exists. The wearer puts the brain mouse on
their head and the sensors in it react to
get a degree at university
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their thoughts and enable them to play


move to Hollywood computer games. This is the start of
telepathic communication. I believe that in
win the Nobel Peace Prize the near future proper conversations will
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be possible.
Jo By the time I’m 21 I 1
and I also 2 .
And you, Emma? Will you have written a 1 Read the text. True or false?
novel by the time you’re 21?
Emma No, I 3 but I 1 Josh Gordon is a scientist.
4
and 2 He is talking about education in the future.
5
. 3 He believes that in the future we won’t have
to communicate verbally.
4 To communicate telepathically we will
6 Circle the correct option.
probably have to wear special devices.
If you are thinking of becoming an airline pilot 5 It is not possible to play a computer
then come and train with us. Our courses take game telepathically at the moment.
fifty-seven weeks and consist of five levels.
In the very first level trainees 1 will be learning /
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Unit test UNIT 3
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Complete the sentences. c It is probably true to say that all young
people use text messages as a major form of
• brain mouse • developed • devices communication. But what are the
• heads • thoughts implications of this on our behaviour?
d In conclusion, texting is vital for the way we
1 Telepathy is the ability to communicate by live our lives, but perhaps we should think
. about where and when texting is or is not
2 The is a device that enables suitable.
someone to play a computer game without e On the other hand, some people use texting
using a mouse or a computer keyboard. as a way to avoid talking face to face with
3 Josh thinks that we’ll all be wearing people or to deliver bad news.This can’t be
good for our society.
communication on our heads.
4 These devices react to .
5 The technology needed in order to
communicate telepathically exists but needs
Listening __ / 10
to be .
1 4Listen to a radio interview. Circle the correct
option.

Writing __ / 10 1 The radio programme is called the Tomorrow


show / This evening show.
1 Choose the correct option. 2 The topic is teen / arranged marriages.
3 Zoe Thorne is an expert in
Going abroad to study languages is a really personal relationships / nutrition.
good way to immerse yourself in the language 4 Zoe Thorne believes that there are some
and 1 you get to learn more about the culture positive / negative aspects to arranged
of the language you are learning. 2 there is a marriages.
major disadvantage, these courses are very 5 Arranged marriages and forced marriages
expensive. 3 some people feel homesick when are the same / different.
they are in another country, 4 for some people
it’s an opportunity to travel and to meet people
2 4 Listen again. True or false?
from other cultures. 5 it’s a great experience to
put on your CV. 1 Arranged marriages are more likely to end in
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divorce than non-arranged marriages.


1 a what’s more, b although
2 Arranged marriages involve parents
2 a In addition b Nevertheless
3 a In addition choosing or helping to choose future
b Besides
4 a although partners.
b what’s more
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5 a nevertheless 3 The interviewer believes that all young


b what’s more
people would like their parents to be
involved in choosing their boyfriends or
2 Put the advantages and disadvantages essay in girlfriends.
the correct order. 4 Zoe doesn’t believe that parents can tell if a
a On the one hand, text messaging is a quick person is right for you.
and cheap way of staying in touch with 5 There is a difference between arranged
people all over the world. What’s more, it’s marriages and forced marriages.
easy to text whilst multi-tasking.
b What’s more, it can be very hurtful for the
person receiving the text. And this perhaps
leads to the most common disadvantage of Speaking __ / 10
texting – the ability to misinterpret what
someone is trying to say. Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 3
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 4 In most developed countries,
big problem.
is a

1 Look at Lily’s family tree. True or false? Correct the 5 Many experts that China’s power as
false sentences. a world leader will increase.

Jane Sam Amanda David Sue


Grammar __ / 30
Ruby Lily Oliver Lola Megan
1 Complete with the present simple or present
continuous.
1 Ruby is Lily’s cousin.
Jen Hi James, I’m just calling to let you know

it’s my birthday on Saturday.
2 Lily is David’s niece.
James Hi Jen, that’s great! What
1
(you / do)?
3 Lola and Megan are classmates.
Jen I 2
(have) a beach party

with a DJ. Do you want to come?
4 Jane is Amanda’s sister-in-law.
James I’d love to. What time?

Jen Well, we 3 (meet) at the
5 David is Amanda’s partner.
beach at about 9.00.

James Great! I’ll get the bus that
4
(leave) at 8.30 and the
2 Complete with the words in the box.
last bus home 5
(go) at
• boyfriend • ex-boyfriend • flatmate 3.00 a.m.
• friends • workmates

My sister Lyn is having a hard time at the 2 Complete with will / won’t or (not) be going to.
moment. She has just got a new 1 , his My Auntie Rachel sent me some money.
name is Rob. He’s horrible and no-one likes him. 1
(I / spend / it) now because
Her 2 won’t let Rob into the flat. Her when I go to university 2
3
don’t want Rob to come out with (I / have / to buy) lots of books. I’m sure mum
them to bars after work. And even worse her and dad 3 (not be able to / buy)
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4
Charlie is really jealous and wants her all of them for me. But before I go to university
to go out with him again. And all my sister’s 4
5
(I / go to / Peru) as a volunteer.
love Charlie and are telling her to go
It’s only for a month, but I’m sure
back out with him. She is so confused.
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5
(it / be / very interesting).

3 Complete the sentences. There are three extra 3 Circle the correct option.
words.
Hi Mum, just to let you know that I 1 will be / be
• employ • employment • pollute • predict home on Sunday. I think the coach
• prediction • solution • solve • survive 2
will arrive / arrives at about 5.00 in the
afternoon. I 3 am not able / won’t be able to
1 Exhaust fumes from cars the air we
call you before I leave here as this afternoon we
breathe. 4
are going to go / go camping for three days and
2 I believe that there is a for every
we 5 are leaving / leave our mobiles
problem.
at the centre. I can’t wait to get home!!
3 It is very hard for people to in the
harsh polar climates.

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Unit test UNIT 3
Consolidation
4 Complete with the future continuous. Reading __ / 10
• live (x2) • see (x2) • work
We ask scientist Josh Gordon ‘how we
A You know what? I think I 1
as will communicate in the future. ’
Hi Josh. We already have the ability to
a record producer when I’m 40 abroad.
communicate virtually instantaneously
B But where 2 you ? with anyone anywhere in the world.
A I 3 probably in Paris.
Yes, that’s right. Our communication
B And 4 you someone? systems are already very advanced.
A No, I 5
anyone. What do you predict will be the biggest
change in communication in the future?
5 Complete the table and the dialogue. Use the Well, research suggests that eventually we
future perfect. will all communicate telepathically
without any need for verbal
By the time they are 21 Jo Emma communication
a And how will that be possible?
w a novel
Well, I think scientists will have developed
b
g a degree at devices which we will all be wearing, like
university headbands. These will enable us to
c communicate telepathically with each
m to Hollywood
other and with machines. A brain mouse
d
w the Nobel already exists. The wearer puts the brain
Peace Prize mouse on their head and the sensors react
to their thoughts and enable them to play
Jo By the time I’m 21, I computer games. This is the start of
1
and I also telepathic communication.
2
. And you, Wow! But that’s still quite a long way
Emma? Will you have written a novel by from being able to have conversations
with each other telepathically, isn’t it?
the time you’re 21?
Emma No, I 3 but I Perhaps, but I predict that we will have
4 solved that problem in the near future.
and
5
.
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1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false


6 Complete with the future continuous or future sentences.
perfect. 1 Josh Gordon is a scientist.
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If you are thinking of becoming an airline pilot,


then come and train with us. In the very first 2 He is talking about education in the future.
level trainees 1 (learn) how to fly
a plane and by the end of the course they 3 He believes that in the future we won’t have
2
(take) their first solo flight. to communicate verbally.
Before they progress to intermediate level they
3
(earn) their Private Pilots 4 To communicate telepathically we will
Licence. Trainees are monitored through a series probably have to wear special devices.
of exams, and by the end of the course they
4
(do) fourteen in total. Trainees 5 It is not possible to play a computer game
who complete all five levels 5 telepathically at the moment.
(work) on multi-crew commercial flights.

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Unit test UNIT 3
Consolidation
2 Read again. Match the sentence halves. Listening __ / 10
1 Telepathy is…
2 The ‘brain mouse’ is… 1 4Listen to a radio interview. Complete the
3 Josh thinks that we’ll all be wearing… sentences.
4 These devices react to… 1 The radio programme is called the
5 The technology needed in order to .
communicate telepathically… 2 The topic is .
3 Zoe Thorne is an expert in .
a communication devices on our heads.
b a device that enables us to play a computer 4 Zoe Thorne believes that there are some
game without using a mouse. aspects to arranged
c exists but needs to be developed. marriages.
d the ability to communicate by thought. 5 Arranged marriages and
e thoughts. marriages are different.

2 Listen again. True or false? Correct the false


Writing __ / 10
4
sentences.

1 Complete with the words in the box. 1 Arranged marriages are more likely to end in
divorce than non-arranged marriages.
• although • in addition • nevertheless
• what’s more (x2) 2 Arranged marriages involve parents
choosing or helping to choose future
Going abroad to study languages is a really partners.
good way to immerse yourself in the language
and 1 , you get to learn more about the 3 The interviewer believes that all young
culture of the language you are learning. people would like their parents to be
2 involved in choosing their boyfriends or
there is a major disadvantage; these
girlfriends.
courses are very expensive. 3 some
people feel homesick when they are in another 4 Zoe doesn’t believe that parents can tell if a
country, 4 for some people it’s an person is right for you.
opportunity to travel and to meet people from
5 There is a difference between arranged
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other cultures. 5 it’s a great experience


to put on your CV. marriages and forced marriages.

2
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Write the notes for an advantages and


disadvantages essay about text messaging. Speaking __ / 10
1 General statement on the topic

2 Advantages
Total / 100

3 Disadvantages

4 General conclusion

5 A summary of your opinion

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Unit test UNIT 3
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 Look at Lily’s family tree. Complete the sentences. 1 Complete with the present simple or present
continuous.
Jane Sam Amanda David Sue • do • go • have • leave • meet

Ruby Lily Oliver Lola Megan Jen Hi James, I’m just calling to let you
know it’s my birthday on Saturday.
1 Ruby is Lily’s . James Hi Jen, that’s great! What 1
you ?
2 Lily is David’s .
Jen I 2
a beach
3 Lola and Megan are .
party with a DJ. Do you want to come?
4 is Amanda’s sister-in-law.
James I’d love to. What time?
5 David is Amanda’s .
Jen Well, we 3 at
the beach at about 9.00.
2 Complete with the words in the box. There are two James Great! I’ll get the bus that
4
extra words.
at 8.30 and the last bus home
• boyfriend • ex-boyfriend • flatmate • friends 5
• nephew • stranger • workmates
at 3.00 a.m.
My sister Lyn is having a hard time at the
moment. She has just got a new 1 , his 2 Complete with will / won’t or (not) be going to.
name is Rob. He’s horrible and no-one likes him. Then write FF (future fact), FP (future prediction),
Her 2 won’t let Rob into the flat. Her SD (spontaneous decision) or P (plan).
3
don’t want Rob to come out with Auntie Rachel sent me some money.
them to bars after work. And even worse her 1
(I / spend / it) now because
4
Charlie is really jealous and wants her when I go to university 2
to go out with him again. And all my sister’s (I / have / to buy) lots of books. I’m sure mum
5
love Charlie and are telling her to go and dad 3 (not be able to /
back out with him. She is so confused. buy) all of them for me. But before I go to
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university 4 (I / go to / Peru)
as a volunteer. It’s only for a month.
3 Write the nouns and complete the sentences.
I5 (send) Rachel a postcard.
a employ
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b predict 1 3 5
c pollute 2 4
d survive
e solve 3 Circle the correct option.
1 Exhaust fumes from cars the air. Hi Mum, just to let you know that I 1 will be /
2 I believe that there is a for every be / am being home on Sunday. The coach
2
problem. won’t arrive / will arrived / arrives at about 5.00
3 It is very hard for people to in the in the afternoon. I 3 am not able /
harsh polar climates. am not being able / won’t be able to call you
4 In most developed countries, is a before I leave here as this afternoon we
big problem. 4
are going to go / go / will go camping for three
5 Many experts that China’s power as days and we 5 are leaving / leave / won’t leave our
a world leader will increase. mobiles at the centre. I can’t wait to get home!!

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Unit test UNIT 3
Extension
4 Complete with the future continuous. Put the Trainees are monitored through a series of
dialogue in the correct order. exams, and by the end of the course they
4
fourteen in total. Trainees who
• live (x2) • see (x2) • work complete all five levels 5 on
multi-crew commercial flights.
A (a) No, I 1 (see) anyone.
B (b) But where 2 you ?
A (c) You know what? I think I
Reading __ / 10
3

as a record producer abroad when I’m 40.


B (d) And 4 you someone? We ask scientist Josh Gordon, ‘how we
A (e) I 5 probably in Paris. will communicate in the future. ’
Hi Josh. We already have the ability to
communicate virtually instantaneously
5 Complete the table with the verbs in the box. with anyone anywhere in the world.
There are two extra verbs. Then use the Yes, that’s right. With satellite phones,
information to complete the dialogue. Use the mobile phones and wireless internet our
future perfect. communication systems are already very
advanced.
• destroy • get • lose • move • win • write What do you predict will be the biggest
change in communication in the future?
By the time they are 21 Jo Emma Well, research suggests that eventually we
a will all communicate telepathically not
a novel only verbally. I think scientists will have
b
a degree at developed devices which we will all be
university wearing that will enable us to communicate
c
telepathically with each other and with
to Hollywood machines.
d
the Nobel Peace What kind of devices?
Prize Well, a brain mouse already exists. This is a
device that the wearer puts on their head
and the sensors react to their thoughts
Jo By the time I’m 21 I 1 and enable them to play computer games.
and I also 2 . Another example is the development of a
And you, Emma? Will you have written a brain-controlled wheelchair which helps
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novel by the time you’re 21? people with physical disabilities to move
Emma No, I 3 but I around.
4 Wow! But that’s still quite a long way
and
5
from being able to speak to each other
.
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telepathically, isn’t it?


That’s true, but I predict that we will have
solved that problem in the future.
6 Complete with the future continuous or future
perfect.
1 Read the text. Complete the sentences.
• do • earn • learn • take • work
1 Josh Gordon is a .
If you are thinking of becoming an airline pilot 2 He is talking about in the future.
then come and train with us. In the very first 3 He believes that in the future we won’t have
level trainees 1 how to fly a to communicate only.
plane and by the end of the course they 4 To communicate telepathically we will
2
their first solo flight. Before probably have to wear .
they progress to intermediate level they 5 It is possible to play a .
3
their Private Pilots Licence. telepathically at the moment.

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Unit test UNIT 3
Extension
6 The other example of the technology Josh
Gordon gives is a .
Listening __ / 10
1 4Listen to a radio interview. Answer the
2 Read again. Choose the correct option. questions.

1 Telepathy is… 1 What is the radio programme called?


a the way we communicate with each
other. 2 What are they talking about?
b the ability to communicate by thought.
2 The ‘brain mouse’ is… 3 Who is Zoe Thorne?
a a device that enables someone to play a
computer game without using a mouse or 4 Is Zoe Thorne for or against the topic they are
a computer keyboard. discussing?
b an animal used in a laboratory to test how
the brain works.
3 Josh thinks that we’ll all be wearing 2 4 Listen again. Complete the sentences.
communication devices on our…
a wrists. 1 Zoe Thorne believes that there are some
b heads. positive aspects to .
4 The technology needed in order to 2 Arranged marriages involve parents
communicate telepathically… choosing for their children.
a exists but needs to be developed. 3 Arranged marriages are likely to
b will never exist. end in divorce than non-arranged marriages.
4 The interviewer questions if young people
would like their parents .
Writing __ / 10 5 Zoe believes that parents can tell if a person
is .
1 Complete with the words in the box. There is an 6 There is a difference between arranged
extra word. marriages and marriages.
• although • besides • in addition
• nevertheless • what’s more (x2)
Speaking __ / 10
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Going abroad to study languages is a really


good way to immerse yourself in the language
and 1 you get to learn more Total / 100
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about the culture of the language you are


learning. 2 there is a major
disadvantage; these courses are very expensive.
3
some people feel homesick
when they are in another country,
4
for some people it’s an
opportunity to travel and to meet people
from other cultures. 5 it’s a great
experience.

2 Write an advantages and disadvantages essay


about text messaging. Write about 60 words.

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Unit test UNIT 4
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 Match the holidays with the descriptions. 1 Match the sentence halves and complete with a
gerund.
1 an activity holiday
2 a beach holiday 1 (leave) your passport in the hotel…
3 a camping holiday
4 a city break 2 (carry) photocopies of your
5 a skiing holiday important documents is…
3 (go) on tours with unofficial
a We only took backpacks and sleeping bags
guides…
and a tent. We made campfires every night.
b I’m exhausted. There was lots of snow and we 4 (stay) in a local house is…
were on the slopes every morning at 9.00 5 (eat) in tourist restaurants is
and didn’t get back to our hotel until 6.00 in often…
the evening. 6 (use) sun cream is…
c We stayed in a rented apartment and spent
most of our time swimming in the sea and a essential in hot countries.
sunbathing. We only packed bikinis, towels,
b important when travelling.
summer dresses, and plenty of suntan lotion.
d We explored the streets in the old town most c is a good idea.
evenings. We bought a museum pass and we d a great way to meet local people.
visited different galleries and museums every e can be dangerous.
day. f more expensive than in local restaurants.
e We stayed in a youth hostel all together. We
got up at 6.00 every morning and did
different things like hiking, climbing, 2 Circle the correct option.
potholing and rafting. When travelling, most people are afraid 1 of / in
not knowing what to do or where to go, so they
2 Circle the correct option. take a travel guide, but 2 before / about buying a
One day on holiday, we took a boat to a 1 tiny / travel guide there are several things you should
furious island. When we got to the island we consider. Think about the type of holiday you’re
went swimming. We decided to swim all the going on, for example, if you are thinking 3 by /
about backpacking, then choose a guide which
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way around it, which actually took us about an


focuses on budget accommodation and travel. If
hour, so when we finally got out of the water we
you are interested 4 of / in working abroad then
were 2 huge / exhausted and 3 tiny / starving. We
find a guide that outlines the possibilities. 5 By /
walked around the few streets and found a cute
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Of checking guides online first you can see


little restaurant. It was very pretty and looked
4
spotless / exhausted. We ate great big bowls of which ones appeal to you, but remember that a
pasta which were 5 delicious / hilarious. It was a guide can be heavy and 6 of / after carrying a
large one for a couple of weeks, you’ll wish you
great day out.
had bought a smaller one!

3 Complete the table.


3 Choose the correct sentence, a or b.
unpleasant freezing furious big funny 1 a Where do you recommend to stay in
very London?
really
b Where do you recommend staying in
London?
absolutely

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Unit test UNIT 4
Reinforcement
2 a I’ve never been to see Shakespeare’s driving everywhere. The nearest shop is 30
Globe theatre. minutes from their house. It’s hard for me too
b I’ve never been seeing Shakespeare’s because I 4 was / got used to seeing them every
Globe theatre. weekend. I think they’ve 5 been / got used to the
3 a London’s very expensive, I can’t afford to different lifestyle now – it’s definitely much
buy presents for anyone. slower than their old lifestyle, but I don’t know if
b London’s very expensive, I can’t afford they will ever 6 be / get used to the time
buying presents for anyone. difference – they always call us in the middle of
4 a To decide to go to the UK on holiday was the night!
the best decision I’ve made.
b Deciding to go to the UK on holiday was
the best decision I’ve made. Reading __ / 10
5 a I really enjoy to walk along the
embankment next to the London Eye. InterRailing
b I really enjoy walking along the We recommend InterRailing for anybody
embankment next to the London Eye. who wants to travel around Europe on a
6 a What do you feel like to do tomorrow? budget. With an InterRail pass you can use
trains in thirty European countries and you
b What do you feel like doing tomorrow?
choose where and when you go, and how
long you stay.
Only got a limited time to travel? Don’t
4 Complete with the infinitive or the gerund.
worry, you can buy an InterRail pass for
Welcome to Havana, Cuba. This is a wonderful just ten days or if you have more time, for
city. You are going to have a fantastic holiday. a whole month. The InterRail pass allows
My job is to help you 1 (explore) and to you to travel unlimited on all European
train lines including long-distance
keep you safe. Most people worry about crime,
international trains, night trains and
food and health, so here are my tips: high-speed trains such as the TGV.
Havana is generally safe, however 2 However, some trains may require advance
(take) taxis after dark is a sensible idea, and booking and may charge a reservation fee.
don’t go 3 (wander) away from the To qualify for an InterRail pass you must be
centre on your own. Cuban food is very good, a European resident and under 26 years
try 4 (eat) where locals are eating and old.
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avoid empty restaurants. The biggest risk to


your health is the sun, but you’ll soon get used
to 5 (avoid) the hottest parts of the 1 Read the text. Choose the correct option.
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6
day. (drink) lots of water and juice is
1 InterRail is a method of…
really important. Have a great time!
a travel. b education.
2 An InterRail pass allows you to use…
5 Circle the correct option. a buses. b trains.
3 The InterRail system is for travelling…
When my cousins moved to Australia, they
a in Europe. b in Africa.
couldn’t 1 be / get used to speaking English every
4 To buy an InterRail pass you must…
day. There were lots of other things that were
a live in Europe. b be a student.
different too. In Spain, they lived in the middle
5 On some trains you have to…
of the city, but in Australia they moved to the
a stand up. b make a reservation.
countryside. My auntie 2 was / got used to
walking to the shops and living near her friends,
but in Australia she had to 3 be / get used to

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Unit test UNIT 4
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Match the numbers or letters and the 5 to stunning beaches and / Easy day
items from the text. excursions / Lisbon / take / unspoilt fishing
villages / you / from
1 30
2 26
3 10
4 1
5 TGV Listening __ / 10
a a high speed train
b the age you have to be under to buy an
1 5Listen to two friends. Circle the correct
InterRail pass option.
c the number of European countries the pass is 1 They are choosing a photo for the school
valid in magazine / the local newspaper.
d the number of months you can travel for
2 The photos are of the school play / skiing trip.
e the shortest number of days you can travel
for 3 There are two / three photos to choose from.
4 The photo they choose is of students
on the ski slopes / in the mountain village.
Writing __ / 10 5 Jess doesn’t like posed / natural-looking
photos.
1 Circle the correct option.
Fowey (pronounced Foy) is a 1 natural / historic 2 5 Listen again. True or false?
town situated on the South East coast of 1 One photo shows the mountain village, one
Cornwall. Cornwall is the south eastern photo shows the students and the other
peninsula of the UK. Cornwall is famous for its shows students skiing.
2
stunning / baroque coastline and Fowey is no 2 The photo of the students has the mountains
exception with its 3 natural / traditional harbour in the background.
and 4 spectacular / narrow streets. The town itself 3 Jess thinks that the photo on the slopes
is very 5 unspoilt / lively with many galleries, looks too posed.
shops, restaurants and cafés. 4 Craig thinks that the light is good in the
photo on the slopes.
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2 Order the words to make sentences about Lisbon. 5 There is a snowboarder in the photo they
choose.
1 capital / is / Lisbon / Portugal / lively / the / of

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2 hillsides, / Built / on steep / the city / many / Speaking __ / 10
has / different areas

Total / 100
3 to visit / are gothic cathedrals, / fascinating
museums and / There / breathtaking
monasteries


4 something special / wandering / there is /
the timeless narrow lanes and backstreets /
through / about / However,

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Unit test UNIT 4
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 My sister didn’t come home on Friday night.
My mum and dad are very / absolutely furious
1 Complete the names of the holidays. with her.
4 Have you been to the new shopping mall? I
1 We only took backpacks and sleeping bags went last night, it’s very / absolutely big.
and a tent. We made campfires every night. A 5 I really like Jim Carrey films – he’s very /
c holiday absolutely funny.
2 I’m exhausted. There was lots of snow and we
were on the slopes every morning at 9.00
and didn’t get back to our hotel until 6.00 in
the evening. A s holiday
Grammar __ / 30
3 We stayed in a rented apartment and spent 1 Complete with the gerund.
most of our time swimming in the sea and
sunbathing. We only packed bikinis, towels, • carry • eat • go • leave • stay • use
summer dresses, and plenty of suntan lotion.
1 your passport in the hotel safe is a
Ab holiday
good idea.
4 We explored the streets in the old town most
2 photocopies of your important
evenings. We bought a museum pass and we
documents is important.
visited different galleries and museums every
3 on tours with unofficial guides can
day.
be dangerous.
Ac b
4 in a local house is a great way to
5 We all stayed in a youth hostel together.
meet local people.
We got up at 6.00 every morning and did
5 in tourist restaurants is often more
things like hiking, climbing, potholing
expensive than in local restaurants.
and rafting. An a holiday
6 sun cream is essential in hot
countries.
2 Complete with the words in the box.
• delicious • exhausted • spotless 2 Circle the correct option.
• starving • tiny
When travelling, most people are afraid 1 of / in /
One day on holiday, we took a boat to a by not knowing what to do or where to go, so
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1
island. When we got to the island we they take a travel guide, but 2 before / about / of
went swimming. We decided to swim all the buying a travel guide there are several things
way around it because it was so small, however you should consider. Think about the type of
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it actually took us about an hour, so when we holiday you’re going on, for example, if you are
finally got out of the water we were thinking 3 after / by / about backpacking, then
2
and 3 as it was after choose a guide which focuses on budget
lunchtime. We walked around the few streets accommodation and travel. If you are interested
and found a cute little restaurant. It was very 4
of / by / in working abroad then find a guide
pretty and looked 4 . We ate great big that outlines the possibilities. 5 By / Of / After
5
bowls of pasta which were . It was a checking guides online first you can see which
great day out. ones appeal to you, but remember that a guide
can be heavy and 6 of / after / before carrying a
3 Circle the correct option. large one for a couple of weeks, you’ll wish you
had bought a smaller one!
1 I can’t stand my brother-in-law – he is really /
absolutely unpleasant.
2 Last year, it was very / absolutely freezing all
winter.
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Unit test UNIT 4
Consolidation
3 Complete with the infinitive or the gerund. 5 Complete with the verbs in the box.
1 Where do you recommend (stay) in • get (x3) • getting • was (x2)
London?
2 I’ve never been (see) Shakespeare’s When my cousins moved to Australia, they
Globe theatre. couldn’t 1 used to speaking English
3 London’s very expensive, I can’t afford every day. In Spain, they lived in the middle of
(buy) presents for anyone. the city, but in Australia they moved to the
4 (decide) to go to the UK on holiday countryside. My auntie 2 used to
was the best decision I’ve made. walking to the shops and living near her friends,
5 I really enjoy (walk) along the but in Australia she had to 3 used to
embankment next to the London Eye. driving everywhere. The nearest shop is thirty
6 What do you feel like (do) minutes from their house. It’s hard for me too
tomorrow? because I 4 used to seeing them every
weekend. I think they’re 5 used to the
different lifestyle now – it’s definitely much
4 Choose the correct option. slower than their old lifestyle, but I don’t know if
Welcome to Havana, Cuba. My job is to help you they will ever 6 used to the time
1
and to keep you safe. Most people difference – they always call us in the middle of
worry about crime, food and health, so here are the night!
my tips:
Havana is generally safe, however, 2
taxis after dark is a sensible idea, and don’t go Reading __ / 10
3
away from the centre on your own.
Cuban food is very good, try 4 where InterRailing
locals are eating and avoid empty restaurants. We recommend InterRailing for anybody
The biggest health risk is the sun, but you’ll who wants to travel around Europe on a
soon get used to 5 the hottest parts of budget. With an InterRail pass you can use
trains in thirty European countries and you
the day. 6 lots of water and juice is
choose where and when you go, and how
really important. Have a great time! long you stay. Or if you prefer, you can buy
an InterRail pass for just one country like
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1 a explore b exploring c to explore Italy or Germany and explore that country


2 a take b taking c to take at your own pace.
Only got a limited time to travel? Don’t
3 a to wander b wander c wandering
worry, you can buy an InterRail pass for
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4 a eating b to eat c eat just ten days or if you have more time, for
5 a avoiding b to avoid c avoid a whole month. The InterRail pass allows
6 a Drink b To drink c Drinking you to travel unlimited on all European
train lines including long-distance
international trains, night trains and
high-speed trains such as the TGV.
However, some trains may require advance
booking and may charge a reservation fee.
To qualify for an InterRail pass you must be
a European resident and under 26 years old.

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Unit test UNIT 4
Consolidation
1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false 2 Complete the notes of a description of
sentences. your hometown or city.
1 InterRail is a method of international 1 Location
education.
2 Layout / special geographical features
2 The InterRail system is for travel in Europe
only. 3 Places to see

3 An InterRail pass allows you to use any public 4 Atmosphere
transport system.
5 Why you like your hometown.
4 On some trains you might have to make
reservations.

5 To buy an InterRail pass you must be a
student under the age of 26.
Listening __ / 10

1 5 Listen to two friends. Complete the sentences.
1 They are choosing a photo for
2 Read again. Complete the sentences. .
a The pass is valid in European 2 The photos are of the .
3 There are photos to choose from.
countries.
4 The photo they choose is of students
b If you don’t want to travel around all of
.
Europe, you can buy a pass for just
5 Jess doesn’t like photos.
country.
c The shortest pass is valid for days.
d The longest pass is valid for month. 2 Listen again. True or false? Correct the false
5
sentences.
e The is an example of a high-speed
European train. 1 One photo shows the mountain village, one
photo shows the students and the other
shows students skiing.

Writing __ / 10 2 The photo of the students has the mountains
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in the background.
1 Complete with the words in the box.
3 Jess thinks that the photo on the slopes
• historic • lively • narrow
looks too posed.
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• natural • stunning

Fowey (pronounced Foy) is a 1 town 4 Craig thinks that the light is good in the
photo on the slopes.
situated on the South East coast of Cornwall.

Cornwall is the south eastern peninsula of the 5 There is a snowboarder in the photo they
UK. Cornwall is famous for its 2 choose.
coastline and Fowey is no exception with its
3
harbour and 4 streets. The
5
town itself is very with many
galleries, shops, restaurants and cafés. Speaking __ / 10
Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 4
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 4 Have you been to the new shopping mall? I
went last night, it’s absolutely big.

1 Write the name of the type of holidays. 5 I really like Jim Carrey films – he’s really funny.
1 We only took backpacks and sleeping bags
and a tent. We made campfires every night. A
holiday
2 I’m exhausted. There was lots of snow and we Grammar __ / 30
were on the slopes every morning at 9.00
and didn’t get back to our hotel until 6.00 in 1 Rewrite the sentences using a gerund.
the evening. A holiday 1 It’s a good idea to leave your passport in the
3 We spent most of our time swimming in the hotel safe.
sea and sunbathing. We only packed bikinis, is a good idea.
towels, summer dresses, and plenty of 2 It is important to carry photocopies of your
suntan lotion. A holiday important documents.
4 We explored the streets in the old town most is important.
evenings. We bought a museum pass and we 3 It can be dangerous to go on tours with
visited different galleries and museums every unofficial guides.
day. A can be dangerous.
5 We stayed in a youth hostel all together. We 4 A great way to meet local people is to stay in
got up at 6.00 every morning and did different a local house. is
things like hiking, climbing, potholing and a great way to meet local people.
rafting. An holiday 5 It is often more expensive to eat in tourist
restaurants than in local restaurants.
2 Change the adjectives in bold into extreme than in local
adjectives. restaurants.
6 It is essential to use sun cream in hot
One day on holiday, we took a boat to a 1 small
countries.
(t ) island. When we got to the island we
in hot countries.
went swimming. We decided to swim all the way
around it, which actually took us about an hour,
2
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so when we finally got out of the water we were Complete with the prepositions.
2
tired (e ) and really 3 hungry
• about • after • before • by • in • of
(s ). We walked around the few streets
and found a cute little restaurant. It was very
When travelling, most people are afraid
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pretty and looked 4 clean (s ). We ate 1


not knowing what to do or where to
great big bowls of pasta which were tasty5
go, so they take a travel guide, but
(d ). It was a great day out. 2
buying a travel guide there are
several things you should consider. Think about
3 Correct the adverbs in three of the sentences. the type of holiday you’re going on, for example,
1 I can’t stand my brother-in-law – he is really if you are thinking 3 backpacking, then
unpleasant. choose a guide that focuses on budget
accommodation and travel. If you are interested
2 Last year, it was very freezing all winter. 4
working abroad, then find a guide

3 My sister didn’t come home on Friday night. that outlines the possibilities. 5
My mum and dad are very furious. checking guides online first you can see which
ones appeal to you, but remember that a guide

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Unit test UNIT 4
Extension
can be heavy and 6 carrying a large 5 Complete with the correct form of be or get.
one for a couple of weeks, you’ll wish you had
When my cousins moved to Australia, they
bought a smaller one!
couldn’t 1 used to speaking English
every day. There were lots of other things that
3 Match the sentence halves and complete with the were different too. In Spain, they lived in the
infinitive or the gerund.
middle of the city, but in Australia they moved
1 Where do you recommend to the countryside. My auntie 2 used to
(stay) walking to the shops and living near her friends,
2 I’ve never been (see) but in Australia she had to 3 used to
3 London’s very expensive, I can’t afford driving everywhere. The nearest shop is thirty
(buy) minutes from their house. It’s hard for me too
4 (decide) because I 4 used to seeing them every
5 I really enjoy (walk) weekend. I think they’re 5 used to the
6 What do you feel like (do) different lifestyle now – it’s definitely much
slower than their old lifestyle, but I don’t know if
a presents for anyone.
b Shakespeare’s Globe theatre. they will ever 6 used to the time
c tomorrow? difference – they always call us in the middle of
d to go to the UK on holiday was the best the night!
decision I’ve made.
e in London?
f along the embankment next to the
London Eye.
Reading __ / 10
InterRailing
4 Complete with the infinitive or the gerund of the
We recommend InterRailing for anybody
verbs in the box. There are two extra verbs. who wants to travel around Europe on a
• avoid • carry • drink • eat • explore budget. With an InterRail pass you can use
• stay • take • wander trains in thirty European countries and you
choose where and when you go, and how
Welcome to Havana, Cuba. My job is to help you long you stay. Or if you prefer, you can buy
1
and to keep you safe. Most people an InterRail pass for just one country like
worry about crime, food and health, so here are Italy or Germany and explore that country
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at your own pace. Only got a limited time


my tips:
to travel? Don’t worry, you can buy an
Havana is generally safe, however, 2 InterRail pass for just ten days or if you
taxis after dark is a sensible idea, and don’t go have more time, for a whole month. The
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3
away from the centre on your own. InterRail pass allows you to travel second
Cuban food is very good, try 4 where class, unlimited on all European train lines
locals are eating and avoid empty restaurants. including long-distance international
trains, night trains and high-speed trains
The biggest risk to your health is the sun, but
such as the TGV. However, some trains may
you’ll soon get used to 5 the hottest require advance booking and may charge
parts of the day. 6 lots of water and a reservation fee. To avoid this, we
juice is really important. Have a great time! recommend that you look at the local train
timetables and choose the slower regional
trains for these journeys.
To qualify for an InterRail pass you must be
a European resident and under 26 years
old.

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Unit test UNIT 4
Extension
1 Read the text. Complete the sentences. 2 Write a description of Lisbon. Use the information
in the fact file. Write about 60 words.
1 An InterRail pass allows you to travel around
.
2 It is good for people on a , who Lisbon
can’t spend so much money.
3 It is only valid for travel on the . Position: capital city
4 With an InterRail pass you can only travel in
Layout: steep hillsides, seafront
class.
5 Train travel is with an InterRail pass. Attractions: cathedrals, museums,
monasteries, narrow
2 Read again. What are the following related to? lanes and backstreets

1 30 Nearby: beaches, fishing villages




2 10
Listening __ / 10

3 1 1 5 Listen to two friends. Answer the questions.
1 What are they choosing a photo for?

4 26 2 What are the photos of?

3 How many photos do they have to choose
5 TGV from?

4 What is the photo they choose of?

5 What kind of photos doesn’t Jess like?
Writing __ / 10
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1 Complete with the words in the box. There are two


extra words. 2 5Listen again. Write VP (village photo), GP
(group photo) or SP (slope photo).
• cold • dirty • historic • lively
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• narrow • natural • stunning 1 There’s lots of movement in the photo.


2 The photo looks posed.
Fowey (pronounced Foy) is a 1 town 3 There are snowy mountains in the
situated on the south east coast of Cornwall. background.
Cornwall is the south eastern peninsula of the 4 There aren’t any students in the photo.
UK. Cornwall is famous for its 2 5 The photo is amusing.
coastline and Fowey is no exception with its
3
harbour and 4 streets.
Speaking __ / 10
5
The town itself is very with many
galleries, shops, restaurants and cafés.

Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 5
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 Complete with the words in the box.
• extracurricular • fees • grades
1 Read and tick five pieces of advice for Geraldine. • optional • uniform

Hi, I’m Geraldine. I am in Year 4 at secondary


Wyn Hi Gracie, how’s it going at your new
school and I have exams next month. I am an OK
student but I get very worried about exams. I try college?
to study for about three hours every evening Gracie It’s good thanks. My parents are happy
and five hours on Saturdays and Sundays. I don’t because my 1 have improved.
have time to see my friends at the moment, but Although they say they are paying
I do play football on Sunday mornings for an enough as the 2 are really
hour. As it’s winter, I don’t really go out much expensive.
and I think I look very pale. I usually have a
Wyn Cool. What about you? Do you like it?
sandwich or a burger for supper. I drink cola to
keep me awake while I’m studying. Gracie Yeah, I’ve started doing ice-skating and
horse riding.
You should … Wyn What? Don’t tell me those are part of
1 go to bed earlier. the curriculum!
2 eat a more balanced diet. Gracie No! Those are 3 activities.
3 relax more. Mind you, there are some really good
4
4 spend less time watching TV. subjects like Mechanics and
Psychology.
You shouldn’t … Wyn Wow! I wish we had those at this
5 drink so many fizzy drinks. school.
6 stay up late. Gracie Yes, but on the other hand I do have to
7 get so stressed about your exams. wear a 5 !
8 spend so much time indoors.

2 Circle the correct option. Grammar __ / 30


1 When I was eight, I went to primary /
secondary school.
1 Circle the correct option.
2 Now I am 15, I go to primary / secondary My cousin is a triathlete. She competes in
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school. swimming, cycling and running. She learnt to


3 Both my schools have been private / state swim when she was two years old and
1
schools as my parents cannot afford to pay is able to / was able to swim 50 metres by the
for my education. time she was three. She’s sixteen now and she
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4 I play the violin, but it’s not in the Music c2 can / could swim 300 metres front crawl in
curriculum at my school, so I have private / one minute twenty seconds, she 3 can / could
compulsory classes on Wednesday. run 10 kilometres in just under twenty minutes
5 My aunt and uncle work in Africa, so my and she 4 can / could cycle 3 kilometres in just
cousins go to an extracurricular / a boarding over ten minutes. She’s so fit. I still 5 can’t / can
school here in Spain. run for more than 6 kilometres. However, she’s
not so good at ball games. We played tennis last
week and she 6 isn’t able to / couldn’t beat me!

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Unit test UNIT 5
Reinforcement
2 Complete the sentences meaning the opposite 4 We must tidy up before my parents get
using will or won’t be able to. home.
5 Do you have any homework you have to do
1 Now, we can’t live on Mars.
tonight?
In the future we
6 You don’t have to come to the cinema if you
on Mars.
don’t want to.
2 I can’t drive a car.
By the time I’m 18 I
a car. 5 Complete with had to or didn’t have to.
3 We can’t solve world hunger. A How old was your great-grandad when
By 2040, he 1 go to work?
world hunger. B He 2
help out in his parents
4 Scientists can’t make people live forever. shop when he was very little.
I’m sure in the distant future scientist
A So he 3 serve customers?
people
B No, he 4
serve customers, just
live forever.
helped stack shelves and clean up, I think.
5 We are able to walk around towns and cities
A Did he work long hours?
safely.
B He told me that he 5 work
Our grandchildren
every afternoon after school, but he
around towns and cities safely. 6
work at the weekends.
6 I still can’t go on a plane without feeling
scared.
I’m sure when I’m older I
on a plane Reading __ / 10
without feeling scared.
The brain
The human brain is generally agreed to be
3 Tick if the modal of permission is correct.
the most intelligent brain on the planet.
My school rules But this wasn’t always the case. 1.7 million
1 At my school you are not allowed to run in years ago, our ancestor homo erectus’
the corridors. brain was half the size of ours.
2 At primary school, we cannot leave the The modern brain is like the most complex
computer. It has a storage capacity
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school gates without an adult.


equivalent to about 1,000 terabytes. It has
3 Now we could come and go on our own.
the capacity to grow and regenerate
4 We can choose whether to wear a uniform or throughout your life. And how does it do
not. this? With its 100,000,000,000 brain cells.
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5 We couldn’t wear trainers or swimsuits to These cells start ‘programming’ who you
school. are from inside your mother’s womb.
6 What about you? Are you allowed to wear Remember your brain needs your help to
trainers? function properly. It is about 80% water
and needs water to work well; it needs
positive thoughts; it needs lots of mental
4 Write O (obligation), NO (lack of obligation) or NP activity to create new neurons; and
(not permitted). perhaps, most importantly, it needs sleep.
Sleep is when your brain ‘backs up’ all the
1 I have to pick up my little sister from school.
images and new thoughts of the day.
2 My mum says I mustn’t be late for granny’s
birthday party.
3 I don’t have to be home before 11.00 on
Friday night.

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Unit test UNIT 5
Reinforcement
1 Read the text. Circle the correct option. gender or simply have different likes and
dislikes, so 2 .
1 The text is about the human / dolphin brain.
2 What?
2 The human brain is the biggest /
Just because you know this person, it doesn’t
most intelligent brain.
mean that you know the right thing to buy
3 The text compares the brain to a computer /
them. 3
robot.
.
4 The brain is mainly fat / water.
3 Where?
5 Sleep / Balanced diet is important if you want
Try shopping online or at the shops. Buying
to remember things.
the right present takes time and effort.
4
.
2 Read again. True or false? 4 What else?
1 The brain has evolved over time. When you have found the best present
5
2 The brain cannot store very much .
information at one time.
3 The brain only grows in the womb.
4 Brain cells don’t determine what you Listening __ / 10
will be like.
5 Using your brain helps it to stay healthy. 1 6 Listen to Kim and Marga. Circle the correct
option.
1 Marga is feeling depressed / ill.
Writing __ / 10 2 Kim suggests that Marga goes to the doctor /
a yoga class.
1 Match the sentence halves. 3 The yoga class is on Thursday / Friday.
1 It’s important… 4 Kim says that yoga is good for your mind,
2 Don’t… body and spirit / brain, body and weight.
3 Make an… 5 Marga is / isn’t keen to go to yoga.
4 Think…
5 Remember to… 2 6 Listen again. Tick the benefits of yoga you
hear.
a about the person you are buying the present
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for. a Helps you to relax.


b effort to find out what they might need b Lowers your blood pressure.
or want. c Increases the amount of oxygen to
c buy or make a birthday card too!
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your brain.
d not to think about your own tastes.
e give up if you can’t find the right present d Gets rid of stress.
at first. e Helps you lose weight.
g Makes you feel positive.
h Makes you more flexible.
2 Complete the leaflet with the sentences in
exercise 1. i Improves your memory.

Worried about buying presents for friends and


family? Read our top tips for easy gifting.
1 Who?
Speaking __ / 10
This present is NOT for you! 1
. He or she may Total / 100
be older or younger than you, a different

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Unit test UNIT 5
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 Wyn Cool. What about you? Do you like it?
Gracie Yeah, I’ve started doing ice-skating and
1 Read and complete the advice for Geraldine using horse riding.
should or shouldn’t and the verbs in the box. Wyn What? Don’t tell me those are part of
the curriculum!
Hi, I’m Geraldine. I am in Year 4 at secondary
Gracie No! Those are 3 e r
school and I have exams next month. I am an OK
student but I get very worried about exams. I try activities. Mind you, there are some
to study for about three hours every evening really good 4 o l subjects like
and five hours on Saturdays and Sundays. I don’t Mechanics and Psychology.
have time to see my friends at the moment, but Wyn Wow! I wish we had those at this school.
I do play football on Sunday mornings for an Gracie Yes, but on the other hand I do have to
hour. As it’s winter, I don’t really go out much
wear a 5 u !
and I think I look very pale. I usually have a
sandwich or a burger for supper. I drink cola to
keep me awake while I’m studying.
Grammar __ / 30
• drink • eat • get • spend • try
1 Circle the correct option.
1 You so worried about your
My cousin is a triathlete. She competes in
exams.
swimming, cycling and running. She learnt to
2 You to relax more.
swim when she was two years old and 1 is able to /
3 You so much time indoors.
was able to / wasn’t able to swim 50 metres by
4 You a more balanced diet.
the time she was three. She’s sixteen now and
5 You so many fizzy drinks.
she 2 can / could / was able to swim 300 metres
front crawl in one minute twenty seconds, she
2 Complete with the words in the box. There is an 3
can’t / can / could run 10 kilometres in just under
extra word. twenty minutes and she 4 can / isn’t able to / was
• boarding school • primary school able to cycle 3 kilometres in just over ten
• private classes • private school minutes. She’s so fit. I still 5 can’t / can / weren’t
• secondary school • state schools
able to run for more that 6 kilometres. However,
When I was eight, I went to 1 . she’s not so good at ball games. We played
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Now I am 15, I go to 2
. Both my tennis last week and she 6 isn’t able to / couldn’t /
schools have been 3
as my can’t beat me!
parents cannot afford to pay for my education. I
2 Write opposite sentences using will or won’t be
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play the violin, but it’s not in the Music


curriculum at my school, so I have able to.
4
on Wednesday. My aunt and 1 Now, we can’t live on Mars.
uncle work in Africa, so my cousins go to In the future
5
here in Spain. 2 I can’t drive a car.
By the time I’m 18
3 Complete the words. .
Wyn How’s it going at your new college? 3 We can’t solve world hunger.
Gracie It’s good thanks. My parents are happy By 2040, .
because my 1 g have improved. 4 Scientists can’t make people live forever.
Although they say they are paying I think in the future,
enough as the 2 f are really .
expensive.

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Unit test UNIT 5
Consolidation
5 We are able to walk around towns and cities 5 Match the sentence halves and complete with had
safely. to didn’t have to.
Our grandchildren
1 A How old was your great-grandad…
.
2 B He help out in his parents
6 I still can’t go on a plane without feeling
shop…
scared.
3 A So what he …
I’m sure when I’m older
4 B He serve customers…
.
5 A he work…
6 B He told me that he work
3 Correct three of the modals of permission. everyday after school,…
My school rules
1 At my school you are not allowed to run in a when he was very little.
the corridors. b but every weekend.
2 At primary school, we cannot leave the c when he go to work?
school gates without an adult. d do there?
3 Now we could come and go on our own. e and clean up, I think.
f long hours?
4 We can choose whether to wear a uniform or
not.
5 We couldn’t wear trainers or swimsuits to Reading __ / 10
school.
6 What about you? Are you allowed to wear The brain
trainers? The human brain is generally agreed to be
the most intelligent brain on the planet.
But this wasn’t always the case. 1.7 million
4 Complete with must, mustn’t, have to or don’t years ago, our ancestor homo erectus’
have to. brain was half the size of ours.
1 I pick up my little sister from The brain is like the most complex
computer. It has a storage capacity
school. (obligation)
equivalent to about 1,000 terabytes. It has
2 My mum says I be late for granny’s the capacity to grow and regenerate
birthday party. (not permitted)
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throughout your life. In other words, we


3 I be home before 11.00 on Friday can all get cleverer and quicker as we grow
night. (no obligation) older. And how does it do this? With its
4 We tidy up before my parents get 100,000,000,000 brain cells. These cells
start ‘programming’ who you are from
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home. (obligation)
inside your mother’s womb.
5 Do you have any homework you
Remember your brain needs your help to
do tonight? (obligation)
function properly. It is about 80% water
6 You come to the cinema if you and needs water to work well; it needs
don’t want to. (no obligation) positive thoughts; it needs lots of mental
activity to create new neurons; and
perhaps, most importantly, it needs sleep.
Sleep is when your brain ‘backs up’ all the
images and new thoughts of the day.

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Unit test UNIT 5
Consolidation
1 Read the text. Complete the summary. There is an 2 Write a leaflet on how to avoid stress. Use the
extra word. notes. Write about 60 words.
• brain • computer • fat 1 Start with an introduction explaining what
• most intelligent • sleep • water the leaflet is about.
2 Think of your headings, for example, types of
This text focuses on the most amazing organ we stress, etc.
have: our 1 . Out of all mammal brains, 3 Use formal language to give tips and
the human brain is the 2 and the information for each section.
3
article compares it to a . The brain is
4
mainly and to keep it healthy it
needs mental activity and 5 . Listening __ / 10
2 Read again. True or false? Correct the false
1 6Listen to Kim and Marga. True or false?
Correct the false sentences.
sentences.
1 Marga is feeling depressed.
1 The brain has evolved over time.


2 Kim suggests that Marga goes to the doctor.
2 The brain cannot store very much

information at one time.
3 The yoga class is on Friday.


3 The brain only grows in the womb.
4 Kim says that yoga is good for your brain,

body and weight.
4 The brain cells don’t determine what you will

be like.
5 Marga isn’t keen to go to yoga.

5 Using your brain helps it to stay healthy.

2 6 Listen again. Complete the benefits of yoga.
1 Helps you to r .
Writing __ / 10 2 Increases the amount of o to your
brain.
1 Complete the tips on buying a present for a friend. 3 Gets rid of s .
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1 Think the person you are buying 4 Makes you feel more p .
the present for. 5 Makes you more f .
2 It’s important not think about your
own tastes.
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3 Make an to find out what they Speaking __ / 10


might need or want.
4 give up if you can’t find the right
present at first. Total / 100
5 Remember buy or make a birthday
card too!

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Unit test UNIT 5
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 Wyn Cool. What about you? Do you like it?
Gracie Yeah, I’ve started doing ice-skating and
1 Read and write advice for Geraldine using should horse riding.
or shouldn’t. Wyn What? Don’t tell me those are part of the
curriculum!
Hi, I’m Geraldine. I am in Year 4 at secondary
Gracie No! Those are 3 e activities.
school and I have exams next month. I am an OK
student but I get very worried about exams. I try Compulsory subjects are English, Maths,
to study for about three hours every evening Geography, etcetera – all the same as
and five hours on Saturdays and Sundays. I don’t you have. Mind you, there are some
have time to see my friends at the moment, but really good 4 o subjects like
I do play football on Sunday mornings for an Mechanics and Psychology.
hour. As it’s winter, I don’t really go out much
Wyn Wow! I wish we had those at this school.
and I think I look very pale. I usually have a
sandwich or a burger for supper. I drink cola to Gracie Yes, but on the other hand I do have to
keep me awake while I’m studying. wear a 5 u !

1 You / get / so worried / about / your exams


Grammar __ / 30
2 You / try / to relax / more
1 Complete with the verbs in the box. There is an
3 You / spend / so much time / indoors extra verb.

4 You / have / a more balanced diet • can (x3) • can’t • couldn’t
• was able to • will be able to

5 You / drink / so many / fizzy drinks
My cousin is a triathlete. She competes in
swimming, cycling and running. She learnt to
swim when she was two years old and
2 Complete the words. 1
swim 50 metres by the time she was
Between the ages of six and twelve, I went to three. She’s sixteen now and she
1
p s . Now I am 15, so I go to 2
swim 300 metres front crawl in one
2
s s . Both my schools have minute twenty seconds, she 3 run 10
been 3 s s as my parents kilometres in just under twenty minutes and she
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cannot afford to pay for my education. I play the 4


cycle three kilometres in just over ten
violin, but it’s not in the Music curriculum at my minutes. She’s so fit. I still 5 run for
school, so I have 4 p c on more than 6 kilometres. However, she’s not so
Wednesday. My aunt and uncle work in Africa, so
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good at ball games. We played tennis last week


my cousins go to 5 b s here in and she 6 beat me!
Spain.
2 Write sentences using will (positive) or won’t be
3 Complete the dialogue. able to (negative).
Wyn Hi Gracie, how’s it going at your new 1 we / live / Mars (negative)
college? In the future .
Gracie Yeah, it’s good thanks, Wyn. My parents 2 drive a car (positive)
are happy because my 1 g have By the time I’m 18
improved. Although they say they are .
paying enough as the 3 we / solve / world hunger (positive)
2
f are really expensive. By 2040, .

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Unit test UNIT 5
Extension
4 scientists / make / people / live forever 5 Complete with had to or didn’t have to. Put the
(negative) dialogue in the correct order.
In the future, .
a A 
So he serve customers?
5 walk around / towns and cities / safely
b A How old was your great-grandad
(negative)
when he go to work?
Our grandchildren
c B 
No, he serve customers, just
.
helped stack shelves and clean up, I think.
6 go on a plane / without / feel scared
d B He told me that he work every
(positive)
afternoon after school, but he
I’m sure when I’m older
work at the weekends.
.
e B He help out in his parents shop
when he was very little.
3 Complete with modals of permission. f A 
I imagine he work long
My school rules hours.
1 At my school you run in the
corridors. (negative)
2 At primary school, we leave the Reading __ / 10
school gates without an adult. (negative)
3 Now we come and go on our own. The brain
(positive) The brain is like the most complex
4 We choose whether to wear a computer. It has a storage capacity
uniform or not. (positive) equivalent to about 1,000 terabytes. It has
the capacity to grow and regenerate
5 We wear trainers or swimsuits to
throughout your life. In other words, we all
school. (negative) have the capacity to get cleverer and
6 What about you? to wear trainers? quicker as we grow older. And how does it
(question) do this? Through its 100,000,000,000 brain
cells. These cells start ‘programming’ who
you are from inside your mother’s womb.
4 Complete with must, mustn’t or don’t have to
and a verb from the box. There are two extra The human brain is generally agreed to be
verbs. the most intelligent brain on the planet.
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But this wasn’t always the case. 1.7 million


• arrive • be • come • do years ago, our ancestor homo erectus’
• forget • pay • pick • tidy brain was half the size of ours.
Remember your brain needs your help to
1 I up my little sister from
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function properly. It is about 80% water


school. (obligation) and needs water to work well; it needs
2 My mum says I late for positive thoughts; it needs lots of mental
granny’s birthday party. (not permitted) activity to create new neurons; and
3 I home before 11.00 on perhaps, most importantly, it needs sleep.
Friday night. (no obligation) Sleep is when your brain ‘backs up’ all the
images and new thoughts of the day.
4 We up before my parents get
Cleverly, when you are asleep, to stop you
home. (obligation) from acting out your dreams your brain
5 Do you have any homework you sends a hormone through the body which
tonight? (obligation) makes it almost impossible to move. What
6 You to the cinema if you a clever machine it is!
don’t want to. (no obligation)

1 Read the text. Complete the summary.

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Unit test UNIT 5
Extension
This text focuses on the most amazing organ we
have: our 1 . Out of all mammal brains,
Listening __ / 10
the human brain is the 2 and the 1 6Listen to Kim and Marga. Answer the
3
article compares it to a . The brain is questions.
4
mainly and to keep it healthy it
needs mental activity and 5 . 1 How is Marga feeling?

2 What does Kim suggest that Marga does?
2 Read again. Answer the questions.

1 How has the brain changed over time? 3 What day is the yoga class?

2 How much information can the brain store at
4 Why is yoga holistic?
any one time?

3 Approximately how many brain cells do you 5 Is Marga keen to go to the yoga class?
have?

4 What do the brain cells do when you are in
the womb?
2 6 Listen again. Complete the benefits of yoga.
1 Helps you to .
5 What does mental activity help your brain to 2 Increases the amount of to your
do?
brain.

3 Gets rid of .
4 Makes you feel more .
5 Makes you more .
Writing __ / 10
1 Complete with the words in the box. There are two
extra words.
Speaking __ / 10
• about • do • don’t • effort •not • sure • to

1 Think the person you are buying Total / 100


the present for.
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2 It’s important to think about your


own tastes.
3 Make an to find out what they
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might need or want.


4 give up if you can’t find the right
present at first.
5 Remember buy or make a birthday
card too!

2 Write a leaflet on how to avoid stress. Write about


60 words.

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Unit test UNIT 6
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 Match the sentence halves.
1 Did you have to get permission…
1 Complete the crossword. 2 How much pocket money…
1
3 Do you get…
4 It’s raining, we’re going to get soaked…
5 What time did you get home…
a the bus to school?
b to have a party on the beach?
2
c last night?
3 d do you get a week?
4 5 e on the way home!

Grammar __ / 30
1 Choose the correct sentence, a or b.
1 a  Steve Jobs was the man who controlled
Apple.
b  Steve Jobs was the man whose controlled
Apple.
Across 2 a Google docs is a place which you can
2 A portable computer. store documents on the internet.
4 Small listening device. b Google docs is a place where you can
store documents on the internet.
Down 3 a The 70’s was the time which the company
1 The latest multimedia handheld device that launched its first computers.
b The 70’s was when the company launched
allows you to watch videos, use the internet
its first computers.
and make calls. 4 a Tweeting is the verb which is used to talk
3 A non-portable computer. about use on Twitter.
5 A programme made for a mobile phone. b Tweeting is the verb whose is used to talk
about use on Twitter.
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5 a The Xbox is a console that you can play


2 Circle the correct option. interactive computer games on.
b The Xbox is a console when you can play
Jane Zac, do you know how to 1 install / upload
interactive computer games on.
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Skype on my laptop? 6 a A gadget reviewer is someone who job is


Zac Yes, it’s really easy. to compare similar gadgets and write
Jane Great. What does that mean on the reports about them.
screen? b A gadget reviewer is someone whose job
Zac It’s asking you to 2 update / download your is to compare similar gadgets and write
reports about them.
system. Hey, do you want me to
3
upload / download the new Hi-Prom
game from the internet for you? 2 Circle the correct option.
Jane Yes, please – thanks. By the way… I’ve just Brazil, 1 whose / which ex-president was once
started a blog and I don’t know how to described as ‘the most popular politician on
4
install / upload photos on to it. Earth’, is an amazing country. It is famous for
Zac OK – Pass me the 5 touch screen / mouse, many things: Ipanema beach, the Sugarloaf
click on here and that’s it! Mountain, the Amazon…

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Unit test UNIT 6
Reinforcement
Its most famous city is probably Rio de Janeiro, 5 Write questions using have something done.
2
which / when is host to the 2016 summer
1 how often / you / your hair / cut?
Olympics, but this is no longer the capital of
Brazil. Brasilia, 3 who / where Oscar Niemeyer 2 how often / she / her photos / take?
created his stunning, state-of-the-art
architecture, is the capital. Luiz Inacio Lula da 3 how often / they / their car / wash?
Silva, 4 whose / who is known as Lula, fought for
Brazil’s international prominence and 4 how often / you / your eyes / test?

particularly the popularity of Rio. Back in the
5 how often / he / his hearing / check?
90s, 5 when / which Rio hosted the Earth Summit,
crime was a major problem in Rio. It has been a 6 how often / your parents / their windows /
long hard battle to clean it up. However, the clean?
people of Brazil, 6 whose / that minimum wage
has more than doubled, are optimistic about the
future of their country.
Reading __ / 10
3 Complete with the verbs in the box.
• is bought • is used • was launched State-of-the-art cinema
• was used • were installed • were sold Perhaps the best-known examples of
gadgets in films are those in the James
1 Eighteen million tablets Bond films. But did you know that the
in 2010. writers of those films were often ahead of
2 Geolocation to find out the technology? For example, the first
digital watch ever seen on screen was seen
where another person’s data is being
in Live and Let Die in 1973. In 1964, Bond
inputted from. used a homing device in Goldfinger.
3 Security cameras on all the Homing devices can now be found in your
school buildings last year. mobile phone. In 1977, James Bond rode a
4 Which smartphone mainly jet ski, which is like a motorbike on water,
by teenagers nowadays? in The Spy Who Loved Me, and this led to jet
5 When the latest iPhone ? skiing becoming a new multi-million
pound water-sport industry. Hidden
6 Laser eye-recognition software first
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cameras, as seen in On Her Majesty’s Secret


in airports in the UK in 2002. Service in 1969, are now used by reporters
in pens and are in smartphones. Excitingly,
4 Complete with the future passive. it is now possible to ride on a jetpack, as
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seen in Thunderball in 1965, and it appears


The school website is now up and running. In that scientists are creating ‘invisible’
order to protect all students, a cyberbullying material like Bond’s invisible car from
policy 1 (put) in place. This Die Another Day in 2002.
2
policy strictly (enforce). To
ensure that cyberbullying does not take place,
1 Read the text. Match the films to the years.
traffic on the website 3
1 Thunderball a 1964
(monitor). Any material which is thought to be
2 Die Another Day b 1969
inappropriate or offensive 4 (not
3 Goldfinger c 1965
allow) to remain on the site. In the event of
4 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service d 1977
cyberbullying, parents 5
5 The Spy Who Loved Me e 2002
(contact) and if necessary the police
6
(inform).

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Unit test UNIT 6
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Match the gadget with the film.
• digital watch • hidden camera Type of gadget
• homing device • invisible car • jet ski
Good points
1 The Spy Who Loved Me 1
2 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 2
3 Die Another Day 3
4
4 Goldfinger
5
5 Live and Let Die
6

Bad points
Writing __ / 10 1
2
1 Circle the correct option.
General recommendation
1 I like the new dictionary app, although /
in spite of I find the audio difficult to
understand.
2 Although / In spite of the price, I would
recommend this product as a ‘must have’.
3 The latest model is great, although / in spite of
I would have liked a faster connection. Listening __ / 10
4 It hasn’t proved to be very popular, although /
in spite of an aggressive advertising campaign. 1 7 Listen to two people. True or false?
5 Although / In spite of being very trendy to 1 When Ruth and James go into the
look at, it isn’t very easy to use. house, the house alarm goes off.
2 Ruth knows how to switch the alarm off.
2 Read the review and complete the notes. 3 James doesn’t know anything about alarms.
We’ve tried out the top five best-selling new 4 The alarm is in the kitchen drawer.
digital cameras on the market. This week we 5 When they turn the electricity off
review the Tri870. This camera is the cheapest of the alarm stops.
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the top five and so will probably be very popular.


It is certainly a very attractive camera and light
enough to carry round wherever you go. It has
2 7 Listen again. Tick the things Ruth and James
loads of megapixels and we were impressed by do.
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the excellent face recognition. 1 Pressing the reset button.


Although the camera adapted well to all weather 2 Switching the alarm to manual.
conditions outside, we were disappointed with 3 Calling the helpline.
the quality of photos taken indoors. In addition,
4 Turning the electricity off.
when using rechargeable batteries, the camera
wasn’t very efficient. In spite of the Tri870 being 5 Leaving the house.
one of the cheapest models on the market, to 6 Pressing the off button.
constantly use and replace lithium ion digital 7 Finding the instructions.
camera batteries would make this an expensive
choice, and not environmentally friendly.
Overall, we would not recommend this particular
digital camera in spite of its good looks, as there
Speaking __ / 10
are others that are better and only slightly more
expensive. Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 6
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 4 It’s raining, we’re going to get interesting /
soaked on the way home!
5 What time did you get home / a present last
1 Order the letters and complete the sentences.
night?
1 pap
2 raohnesep
3 popalt Grammar __ / 30
4 horasmenpt
5 potkeds 1 Circle the correct option.
a A is the latest multimedia 1 Steve Jobs was the man who / where
handheld device that allows you to watch controlled Apple.
videos, use the internet and make calls. 2 Dropbox and Google docs are examples of
b A is a portable computer. places when / where you can share or store
c A is a non-portable computer. large documents on the internet.
d sit inside your ears. 3 The 70’s was which / when the company
e An is a programme made for a launched its first computers.
mobile phone. 4 Tweeting is the verb which / who is used to
talk about use on Twitter.
2 Complete with the words in the box. There is an 5 The Xbox is a console that / whose you can
extra word. play interactive computer games on.
6 A gadget reviewer is someone whose / that
• download • install • mouse
• touch screen • update • upload job is to compare similar gadgets and write
reports about them.
Jane Zac, do you know how to 1
Skype on my laptop? 2 Complete the text with the relative sentences a-f.
Zac Yes, it’s really easy.
Brazil, 1 , is an amazing country. It is famous for
Jane Great. What does that mean on the
many things: the Sugarloaf Mountain, the
screen?
Amazon, etc. It’s most famous city is probably
Zac It’s asking you to 2 your system
Rio de Janeiro, 2 , but this is no longer the
to keep it working properly. Hey, do you
capital of Brazil. Brasilia, 3 , is the capital.
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want me to 3 the new Hi-Prom


Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 4 , fought for Brazil’s
game from the internet for you?
international prominence. Back in the 90s, 5 ,
Jane Yes, please – thanks. By the way… I’ve
crime was a major problem in Rio. It has been a
just started a blog and I don’t know how
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long hard battle to clean it up. However, the


to 4 photos on to it.
people of Brazil, 6 , are optimistic about the
Zac OK – Pass me the 5 , click on
future of their country.
here and that’s it!
a when Rio hosted the Earth Summit
3 Circle the correct option. b where Oscar Niemeyer created his stunning,
state-of-the-art architecture
1 Did you have to get permission / soaked to
c which is host to the 2016 summer Olympics
have a party on the beach? d who is known as Lula
2 How much pocket money / cold do you get a e whose minimum wage has more than
week? doubled
3 Do you get the bus / a driver’s license to f whose ex-president was once described as
school? ‘the most popular politician on Earth’

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Unit test UNIT 6
Consolidation
3 Complete with the present or past passive. Reading __ / 10
1 Security cameras (install) on all the
school buildings last year. (past passive) State-of-the-art cinema
2 Which smartphone mainly Perhaps the best-known examples of
gadgets in films are those in the James
(buy) by teenagers? (present passive)
Bond films. But did you know that the
3 When the latest iPhone writers of those films were often ahead of
(launch)? (past passive) the technology? For example, the first
4 Laser eye-recognition software first digital watch ever seen on screen was seen
(use) in airports in the UK in 2002. in Live and Let Die in 1973. In 1964, Bond
(past passive) used a homing device in Goldfinger.
5 Eighteen million tablets (sell) in Homing devices can now be found in your
mobile phone. In 1977, James Bond rode a
2010. (past passive)
jet ski, which is like a motorbike on water,
6 Geolocation (use) to find out where in The Spy Who Loved Me, and this led to jet
another person’s data is being inputted from. skiing becoming a new multi-million
(present passive) pound water-sport industry. Hidden
cameras, as seen in On Her Majesty’s Secret
Service in 1969, are now used by reporters
4 Complete with the future passive.
in pens and notebooks and are in
• contact • enforce • inform smartphones. Perhaps even more
• monitor • not allow • put excitingly, it is now possible to ride on a
jetpack, as seen in Thunderball in 1965.
The school website is now up and running. In And it appears that scientists are well on
order to protect all students, a cyberbullying their way to creating ‘invisible’ material
policy 1 in place. This policy along the lines of Bond’s invisible car from
2 Die Another Day in 2002.
strictly . To
ensure that cyberbullying does not take place,
traffic on the website 3 . Any
material which is thought to be inappropriate or
1 Read the text. Write the gadget and the year next
to each film title.
offensive 4 to remain on the site.
In the event of cyberbullying, parents 5 • digital watch • hidden camera
• homing device • invisible car • jet ski
and if necessary the police 6 .
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• 1964 • 1969 • 1973 • 1977 • 2002


5 Write questions using How often…?
1 1 The Spy Who Loved Me
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I have my hair cut every six weeks.


2 2 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
She has her photo taken by reporters every
week. 3 Die Another Day
3
My parents have their car washed at the
garage every weekend. 4 Goldfinger
4
I have my eyes tested every six months. 5 Live and Let Die
5
My brother has his hearing checked every
year.
6
My neighbours have their windows cleaned
three times a week.

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Unit test UNIT 6
Consolidation
2 Read again. True or false? Correct the false 2 Write a review of the latest Tri870 digital camera.
sentences. Use the notes. Write about 60 words.
1 The article is about modern film-making Positive Negative
techniques. good face recognition short battery life
loads of mega pixels doesn’t take good pictures
lightweight indoors
2 It mentions transport, communication and
weapons.


3 Hidden cameras can only be used by Listening __ / 10
reporters.
1 7 Listen to two people. True or false? Correct
the false sentences.
4 Jet skiing was not a big business until after 1 When Ruth and James go into the house, the
the James Bond film in 1977. house alarm goes off.

2 Ruth knows how to switch the alarm off.
5 Scientists have created an invisible car.
3 James doesn’t know anything about alarms.

4 The alarm is in the kitchen drawer.

Writing __ / 10 5 When they turn the electricity on the alarm
stops.
1 Complete with the phrases in the box.

• although I find • although I would have liked


• in spite of an aggressive
• in spite of being very trendy
2 7 Listen again. Complete the things Ruth and

• in spite of the price James do.


1 Press the reset .
1 I like the new dictionary app, 2 Switch the to manual.
the audio 3 Find the in the kitchen drawer.
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difficult to understand. 4 Open the on the alarm.


2 , I would 5 Turn the off.
recommend this product as a ‘must have’.
3 The latest model is great,
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connection.
a faster
Speaking __ / 10
4 It hasn’t proved to be very popular,
advertising Total / 100
campaign.
5 to look at, it isn’t
very easy to use.

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Unit test UNIT 6
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 a
b
take or catch
receive
c obtain
1 Complete with the words in the box. There are two d become or start to be
extra words. e arrive
• app • desktop • earphones • laptop
• pen drive • ringtone • smartphone

1 A is the latest multimedia


Grammar __ / 30
handheld device that allows you to watch 1 Complete with a relative pronoun.
videos, use the internet and make calls.
2 A is a portable computer. 1 Steve Jobs was the man controlled
3 A is a non-portable computer. apple.
4 sit inside your ears. 2 Dropbox and Google docs are examples of
5 An is a programme made for a places you can share or store large
mobile phone. documents on the internet.
3 The 70’s was the company
launched its first computers.
2 Complete the words.
4 Tweeting is the verb is used to talk
Jane Zac, do you know how to 1 i about use on Twitter.
Skype on my laptop? 5 The Xbox is a type of console you
Zac Yes, it’s really easy. can play interactive computer games on.
Jane Great. What does that mean on the 6 A gadget reviewer is someone job
screen? is to compare similar gadgets and write
Zac It’s asking you to 2 u your reports about them.
system to keep it working properly. Hey,
do you want me to 3 d the new 2 Complete the text with the phrases a-f and a
Hi-Prom game from the internet for you? relative pronoun.
Jane Yes, please – thanks. By the way… I’ve
Brazil, 1 , is an amazing country. It is famous for
just started a blog and I don’t know how
many things: Ipanema beach, the Sugarloaf
to 4 u photos on to it.
Mountain, the Amazon, etc. It’s most famous city
Zac OK – Pass me the 5 m , click on
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is probably Rio de Janeiro, 2 , but this is no


here and that’s it!
longer the capital of Brazil. Brasilia, 3 , is the
capital. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 4 , fought for
3 Circle the correct option. Then match the Brazil’s international prominence and
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sentences with the meaning of get. particularly the popularity of Rio. Back in the
1 Did you have to get permission / soaked 90s, 5 , crime was a major problem in Rio. It has
to have a party on the beach? been a long hard battle to clean it up. However,
2 How much pocket money / cold do you get a the people of Brazil, 6 , are optimistic about the
week? future of their country.
3 Do you get the bus / a driver’s license to
a is host to the 2016 Summer
school?
Olympics
4 It’s raining, we’re going to get interesting /
b is known as Lula
soaked on the way home!
c minimum wage has more than
5 What time did you get home / a present
doubled
last night?
d Oscar Niemeyer created his
stunning, state-of-the-art architecture

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Unit test UNIT 6
Extension
e ex-president was once described as 5 Match the phrases. Write questions using How
‘the most popular politician on Earth’ often…?
f Rio hosted the Earth Summit 1 have your parents’ car a checked for
2 have your hair virus
3 Complete with the present or past passive. 3 have her photos b taken
4 have your eyes c cleaned
1 Security cameras (install) on all the 5 have your brother’s d tested
school buildings last year. computer e cut
2 Which smartphone mainly 6 have your neighbours’ f delivered
(buy) by teenagers in 2011? windows g washed
3 When the latest iPhone 7 have your pizza
(launch)?
1 How often do your parents have their car washed?
4 Laser eye-recognition software first
2
(use) in airports in the UK in 2002.
3
5 18 million tablets (sell) in 2010.
4
6 Geolocation (use) to find out where
5
another person’s data is being inputted from.
6
7
4 Complete with the future passive. There are two
extra verbs.
• contact • enforce • help • inform
• monitor • not allow • not post • put
Reading __ / 10
State-of-the-art cinema
The school website is now up and running. In
Perhaps the best-known examples of
order to protect all students, a cyberbullying
gadgets in films are those in the
policy 1 in place. This policy
2 James Bond films. But did you know
strictly . To
that the writers of those films were
ensure that cyberbullying does not take place,
often ahead of the technology?
traffic on the website 3 . Any
Some gadgets, which are now
material which is thought to be inappropriate or
common or even obsolete, were
offensive 4 to remain on the site.
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‘invented’ by the writing team. For


In the event of cyberbullying, parents
5 example, the first digital watch ever
and if necessary the police
6 seen on screen was seen in Live and
.
Let Die in 1973. In 1964, Bond used a
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homing device in Goldfinger. Homing


devices can now be found in your
mobile phone. In 1977, James Bond
rode a jet ski, which is like a
motorbike on water, in The Spy Who
Loved Me, this led to jet skiing
becoming a new multi-million pound
water-sport industry. Hidden
cameras as seen in On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service in 1969 are now
commonplace in pens and

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Unit test UNIT 6
Extension
1 Read the text. Complete the sentences. 2 Write a review of your mobile phone or hand-held
device. Write about two positive and two negative
1 The Spy Who Loved Me was released in
aspects and a final general recommendation.
and featured the gadget.
Write about 60 words.
2 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was released in
and featured the gadget.
3 Die Another Day was released in
and featured the gadget. Listening __ / 10
4 Goldfinger was released in and
featured the gadget. 1 7 Listen to two people. Answer the questions.
5 Live and Let Die was released in and 1 What happens when Ruth and James go into
featured the gadget. the house?

2 Read again. Answer the questions. 2 Does Ruth know how to switch the alarm off?
1 What is the article about?
3 Does James know anything about alarms?
2 Name two types of gadgets mentioned.
4 Where are the instructions?
3 Who uses hidden cameras according to the
article?
5 What happens when they turn the electricity

4 How did a Bond film influence a water-sport? on and off?

5 Is the invisible car a possibility in the future?
2 Listen again. Complete the things Ruth and
7
James do. Put them in the order you hear them.
a Find the in the kitchen drawer.
Writing __ / 10 b Press the reset .
c Turn the off.
1 Complete with the phrases in the box. There are
d Switch the to manual.
two extra phrases.
e Open the on the alarm.
• although I find • although I like
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• although I will like


• although I would have liked
• in spite of an aggressive • in spite of being Speaking __ / 10
very trendy • in spite of the price
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1 I like the new dictionary app, Total / 100


the audio
difficult to understand.
2 , I would
recommend this product as a ‘must have’.
3 The latest model is great,
it to have a
faster connection.
4 It hasn’t proved to be very popular,
advertising
campaign.
5 to look at, it isn’t
very easy to use.
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Unit test UNIT 7
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 Complete with the phrasal verbs.

• came across • gave up • get round to


1 Read the texts. Circle the correct option. • put off • took up
Anna I don’t like doing whatever everyone
else is doing – I prefer to do things
differently! But I get upset easily if My diary (December 31st)
someone says unkind things.
Another year has gone by. I’m
Zak My mum says I talk too much but I just
think I’m friendly. But she does say she
thinking about all the things I have
can trust me because I always think (and haven’t!) done this year:
before I do something. 1 I golf. I’m not too
Dylan I get cross quite often – I can’t help it. bad at it!
2 I chocolate for
1 Anna is sensitive / moody. the month before Easter.
2 Anna isn’t conventional / chatty. 3 I learning to
3 Zak is talkative / proud. drive. Maybe next year!
4 Zak is moody / sensible. 4 I a brilliant
5 Dylan is moody / sensible.
Japanese manga film called
Akira.
2 Order the letters to complete the sentences. 5 I didn’t to
1 A person who doesn’t like meeting new learning how to write my own
people is (tian-osalci). website.
2 Billy is (wot-cafed)! He says
he likes you but then he says bad things to
another person.
3 Luke gets angry so quickly! He’s
(thors-predmeet).
4 Colette is so kind and Grammar __ / 30
(mraw-dearteh).
1 Match the sentence halves. Write Z (zero
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5 My brother is very
(tsgnor-idmnde) if he says he will do conditional) or F (first conditional).
something, he never changes his mind. 1 People usually like you…
2 If I help you, …
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3 If he calls, …
4 When he smiles, …
5 If they are rude, …
6 If you don’t buy the painting, …

a tell him I’m busy.


b don’t tell them.
c will you buy me a coffee?
d if you are friendly.
e someone else will buy it.
f people always smile back.

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Unit test UNIT 7
Reinforcement
2 Correct the sentences. 4 B
5 A 
have needed / Would James / to sleep / if
1 Unless you will help me, I won’t pass the exam.
he / his keys / in the car / hadn’t lost ?
2 We will be late unless you will hurry up.
6 B
3 Don’t eat that unless you will want to be sick!

4

Unless you will be careful, it will bite!
Reading __ / 10
5 Unless you don’t help me, I will get lost.
Global perspectives

6 Unless you smile, people think you are American culture is everywhere: U.S.
unfriendly. television programmes, products, music
and fashion have increasingly become
part of global culture over the last fifty
years. So does this mean that all over the
3 Circle the correct option to make the second world we all now share the same
conditional. characteristics? No! There are still many
examples where the way we behave is
Terry If you 1 have / had more money, what more about our historical culture than
2
will / would you buy? what we watch on TV.
Sam I would / will buy a fast car.
3
In some countries, for example Italy, it is
Terry If you 4 can / could be any nationality, considered normal to touch people when
which one 5 will / would you be and why? talking. However, this is not at all common
Sam I 6 will / would be Australian. for British people. It is important to be
sensitive to these differences, especially if
you are visiting countries such as Australia
4 Circle the correct option. or Japan, where touching people is not
This is the story of how James lost his door key acceptable.
last night and got locked out of his own house. Latin cultures are generally more chatty
and outgoing when meeting new people
His parents were away so they didn’t answer, so
or strangers, than other nationalities, such
he needed to sleep in his car. as the British.
If James 1 hasn’t / hadn’t lost his key, he
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2
wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been locked out of
his house. His parents 3 would have answered /
1 Read the text. True or false?
would answer the door if they 4 weren’t /
hadn’t been away. James 5 would have need / 1 We are all becoming the same because of
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wouldn’t have needed to sleep in the car if U.S. culture.


they 6 weren’t / hadn’t been away. 2 Italians talk and touch people at the same
time.
3 British people touch people more often than
5 Order the words to make questions. Then write
Italians when they talk.
the short answers. Use the information in exercise
4. 4 Japan is an example of a culture where
touching is acceptable.
1 A 
James / lost his key / hadn’t / if he / have 5 The British are more anti-social than people
been / of his house / Would / locked out ? from Latin cultures.

2 B
3 A 
would they have / hadn’t / opened the
door / his parents / If / been away, / they ?

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Unit test UNIT 7
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Complete the summary. c Many people have a dog as a pet in their
homes. Some people believe it is wrong
• characteristics • global • sensitive
• talk • touch to keep them and think they should
live in the wild. However, I think having
The article asks if we will all eventually become a pet is a positive thing.
1
humans. The writer focuses on the d The main reason is that we can learn
topics of 2
and 3 in order to about friendship and how to look after
prove that different nationalities have different another living being. Even though it is
4
. The writer emphasises that it is hard work sometimes, it is worth it.
important to be 5 to the differences e Another reason to have a dog is that
which still exist between cultures. they can keep us fit and healthy, as they
need walking. Moreover, you can meet other
people when you walk a dog.
Writing __ / 10
1 Circle the correct option. Listening __ / 10
Many people go abroad to learn a foreign
language. Some people believe that it is a waste
1 8 Listen to the text. True or false?
of time and money. 1 However, / Furthermore, I 1 The speaker likes air travel.
think all young people should live abroad if 2 The speaker loves visiting exotic lands by
possible. plane.
I think that living abroad helps make you more 3 The speaker prefers travelling by train.
open-minded. 2 Even though / Moreover, because 4 The speaker makes five main points.
you mix with people from other nationalities, it
helps you understand different people and 2 8 Listen again. Circle the correct option.
cultures.
3 1 Flying will heat up / speed up the planet.
Furthermore, / However, living abroad can give
2 Local holidays are more expensive / cheaper.
you an advantage later in life when you are
3 Train travel is more comfortable /
looking for a job as it shows you are
less relaxing.
independent. 4 Furthermore, / However, it can be
4 Air travel is economical / bad for your health.
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quite expensive.
5 You need to walk on the plane / book tickets
To sum up, 5 even though / furthermore living
early.
abroad can seem scary, it is a very useful life
6 You often pay for your bags / forget your bags.
experience.
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2 Put the opinion essay in the correct order.


Speaking __ / 10
Should dogs be kept as pets?
a To sum up, having a dog is a lot of work and
you need to be sure you are committed. Total / 100

b Furthermore, you can make a dog’s life better
by having a pet. Many dogs are
in dog homes and need someone
to take care of them.

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Unit test UNIT 7
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 Complete the text with the phrasal verb in the
box. There are two extra phrasal verbs.
1 Read the texts. True or false? Correct the false • came across • found out • gave up
sentences. • get round • made up • put off • took up

Anna I don’t like doing whatever everyone else


is doing – I prefer to do things
My diary (December 31st)
differently! But I get upset easily if
someone says unkind things. Another year has gone by. I’m
Zak My mum says I talk too much but I just thinking about all the things I have
think I’m friendly. But she does say she (and haven’t!) done this year:
can trust me because I always think 1 I golf. I’m not too
before I do something. bad at it!
Dylan I get cross quite often – I can’t help it. 2 I chocolate for
the month before Easter.
1 Anna is sensitive. 3 I learning to
drive. Maybe next year!
2 Anna is conventional. 4 I a brilliant
Japanese manga film called
3 Zak is talkative. Akira.
5 I didn’t to
4 Zak is moody. learning how to write my own
website.
5 Dylan is sensible.

2 Match the boxes and complete.


Grammar __ / 30
anti strong two minded warm
1 Complete the zero and first conditional sentences.
faced short social tempered hearted
1 If you (be) friendly, people usually
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like you.
1 A person who doesn’t like meeting new 2 If I help you, (you / buy) me a
people is . coffee?
2 Billy is ! He says he likes you 3 If he
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(call), tell him I’m busy.


but then says bad things to another person. 4 If he smiles, people always (smile)
3 Luke gets angry so quickly! He’s back.
. 5 If they (be) rude, don’t tell them.
4 Colette is so kind and . 6 If you (not buy) the painting,
5 My brother is very if he says someone else will buy it.
he will do something, he never changes his
mind.

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Unit test UNIT 7
Consolidation
2 Correct four of the sentences. 5 Complete the questions and write the short
1 Unless you will help me, I won’t pass the answers. Use the information in exercise 4.
exam. 1 A 
Would James have been locked out of the
house if his keys?
2 We will be late unless you hurry up.
2 B

3 Don’t eat that unless you will want to be sick! 3 A 
If James’ parents hadn’t been away, would
they the
4 Unless you will be careful, it will bite! door?
4 B
5 Unless you don’t help me, I will get lost. 5 A 
Would James have needed to sleep in the

car if his
6 Unless you smile, people will think you are
unfriendly. keys?
6 B

3 Complete the second conditional sentences.


Reading __ / 10
Terry If you 1 (have) more money,
2
what (you / buy)? Global perspectives
Sam I 3
(buy) a fast car. Denis Sylvester asks ‘Are we all becoming
Terry If you 4
(can be) any the same?’
nationality, which one 5 (you / American culture is everywhere; U.S.
be) and why? television programmes, products, music
Sam I 6 (be) Australian. and fashion have increasingly become
part of global culture over the last fifty
years. So does this mean that all over the
4 Complete the text with the phrases in the box. world we all now share the same
• had left the spare key in the garage
characteristics? No! There are still many
• hadn’t been away • hadn’t lost examples where the way we behave is
• would have opened the door more about our historical culture than
• wouldn’t have been locked out what we watch on TV.
• wouldn’t have had to sleep You will probably find Latin people more
chatty and outgoing when meeting new
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This is the story of how James lost his door people or strangers, than other
key last night and got locked out of his own nationalities, such as the British who can
house. His parents were away so they didn’t seem anti-social at first. In some countries,
for example Italy, it is considered normal
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answer, so he had to sleep in his car. If James


1
his front door to touch people when talking. However,
2 this is not at all common for British people.
key, he of his
3
It is important to be sensitive to these
house. His parents if differences, especially if you are visiting
they 4 . James countries such as Australia or Japan, where
5
in the car if touching people is not acceptable.
6
they . However, it is important to remember that
we are all different and these tips are just a
guide!

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Unit test UNIT 7
Consolidation
1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false 2 Complete the notes to write an opinion
sentences. essay: ‘Should we keep dogs as pets?’
1 General statement and your opinion
1 We are all becoming the same because of
U.S. culture.
2 Three reasons for your opinion
2 Latin people are more anti-social than the
British.

3 Italians talk and touch at the same time. 3 Summary or conclusion


4 British people touch people more often than
Italians when they talk.

5 Japan is an example of a culture where Listening __ / 10
touching people is acceptable.
1 8Listen to the text. True, false or not
mentioned?
2 Read again. Complete the summary. There are two
1 The speaker thinks air travel is necessary in
extra words.
some situations.
• characteristics • global • main 2 The speaker loves visiting exotic lands by
• same • sensitive • talk • touch
plane.
The article asks if we will all eventually become 3 The speaker prefers travelling by train.
1
humans. The writer focuses on the 4 The speaker makes five main points.
topics of 2 and 3 in order to
prove that different nationalities have different 2 8 Listen again. Circle the correct option.
4
. The writer emphasises that it is
1 Flying will heat up / help / slow down the
important to be 5 to the differences
planet.
which still exist between cultures.
2 Local holidays are more expensive / cheaper /
the same price.
3 Train travel is more comfortable /
Writing __ / 10 less relaxing / as stressful.
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4 Air travel is economical / bad for your health /


1 Complete the words in the opinion essay.
good for criminals.
Many people go abroad to learn a foreign 5 You need a long time to walk to the plane /
language. Some people believe that it is a waste
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a passport / to book tickets early.


of time and money. 1 H I think all young 6 You often lose / pay for / forget your bags.
people should live abroad if possible.
I think that living abroad helps make you more
open-minded. 2 M , because you mix
with people from other nationalities, it helps
Speaking __ / 10
you understand different people and cultures.
3
F , living abroad can give you an Total / 100
advantage later in life when you are looking for
a job as it shows you are independent.
4
H , it can be quite expensive.
5
To sum up, e t living abroad
can seem scary, it is a very useful life experience.

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Unit test UNIT 7
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 Complete with the correct form of the phrasal
verbs in the box. There are two extra phrasal
1 Read the texts. Complete with the adjectives in verbs.
the box. There are two extra adjectives. • come across • find out • not get round
• give up • make up • put off • take up
• anti-social • moody • sensible • sensitive
• talkative • two-faced • unconventional

Anna I don’t like doing whatever everyone else My diary (December 31st)
is doing – I prefer to do things differently!
But I get upset easily if someone says Another year has gone by. I’m
unkind things. thinking about all the things I have
Zak My mum says I talk too much but I just (and haven’t!) done this year:
think I’m friendly. But she does say she 1 I golf. I’m not too
can trust me because I always think bad at it!
before I do something.
2 I chocolate for
Dylan I get cross quite often – I can’t help it.
the month before Easter.
1 Anna is and . 3 I learning to
2 Although Zak is , he is also very drive. Maybe next year!
. 4 I a brilliant
3 Dylan is . Japanese manga film called
Akira.
5 I to learning how
2 Circle the correct option.
to write my own website.
1 A person who doesn’t like meeting new
people is short-tempered / two-faced / anti-
social.
2 Billy is short-tempered / two-faced /
anti-social. He says he likes you but then says
bad things about you to another person.
Grammar __ / 30
3 Luke gets angry so quickly! He’s
1 Write zero or first conditional sentences using the
warm-hearted / short-tempered / two-faced. prompts.
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4 Colette is so kind and warm-hearted / single-


1 If you / friendly, / people / usually / like / you
minded / two-faced.
(Zero conditional)
5 My brother is very warm-hearted /
single-minded / two-faced – if he says he will 2 If / I / help / you, / you / buy / me / a coffee ?
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do something, he never changes his mind. (First conditional)



3 If / he / call, / tell / him / I / be / busy
(Zero conditional)

4 If / he / smile, / people / always / smile / back
(Zero conditional)

5 If / they / be / rude, / not tell / them
(Zero conditional)

6 If / you / not buy / the painting, / someone /
else / buy it (First conditional)

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Unit test UNIT 7
Extension
2 Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning 3 A 
his parents / open the door / if / they / not
without using ‘unless’. be away ?

1 Unless you help me, I won’t pass the exam.
4 B

2 We will be late, unless you hurry up. 5 A 
if / his parents / leave / the spare key / in
the garage, / James / have to / sleep / in
3 Don’t eat that unless you want to be sick! the car ?

4 Unless you are careful, it will bite! 6 B

5 Unless you help, I will get lost.

6 Unless you smile, people will think you are Reading __ / 10
unfriendly.
Global perspectives
Denis Sylvester asks ‘Are we all becoming
3 Complete the second conditional sentences with the same?’
the correct form of the verbs in the box. American culture is everywhere; U.S.
television programmes, products, music
• be (x2) • buy (x2) • can be • have and fashion have increasingly become
part of global culture over the last fifty
Terry If you 1 more money, what years. So does this mean that all over the
2
you ? world we now share the same
Sam I 3 a fast car. characteristics? Think again. There are still
Terry If you 4 any nationality, which many ways in which the way we behave is
one 5 you and why? much more about our historical culture
than what we watch on TV.
Sam I 6 Australian.
It may be a generalisation, but you will
probably find Latin people chatty and
4 Complete the third conditional sentences.
outgoing in initial meetings, whereas
This is the story of how James lost his door key other nationalities, such as the British, can
last night and got locked out of his own house. seem anti-social at first.
His parents were away so they didn’t answer, so In some countries, for example Italy, it is
he needed to sleep in his car. If James considered normal to touch people when
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1
(not lose) his front door key, he talking. However, this is not at all common
2
(not be locked out) of his for British people. The main exception is in
sport, where team players, such as
house. His parents 3 (open) the
footballers embrace one another during or
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4
door if they (not be) away. after games. It is important to be sensitive
5
James (not need to sleep) in to these differences, especially if you are
the car if they 6 (leave) the spare visiting countries such as Australia,
key in the garage. Germany or Japan, where touching people
is not considered to be acceptable.
5 Write third conditional questions about the story However, it is important to remember that
in exercise 4. Use the prompts. Then write short we are all different and these tips are just a
answers. guide!

1 A 
James / be locked / out of his house / if /
he / not lose / his key ?

2 B

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Unit test UNIT 7
Extension
1 Read the text. Answer the questions. 2 Write an opinions essay: ‘Should we keep dogs as
pets?’ Write about 60 words.
1 Which culture is associated with the idea of a
global culture?

2 Give one example of how the writer Listening __ / 10
compares British and Latin people.
1 8Listen to the text. True, false or not
3 What two things does the writer suggest mentioned? Correct the false sentences.
Italians do at the same time? 1 The speaker thinks air travel is necessary in
some situations.
4 How does the writer use the example of
team sports to contrast ideas? 2 The speaker loves visiting exotic places by
plane.


5 What is Japan an example of? 3 The speaker prefers travelling by train.

4 The speaker makes five main points.
2 Read again. Complete the summary.

The article asks if we will all eventually become


1
humans. The writer focuses on the
2 8 Listen again. Answer the questions.

topics of 2 and 3 in order to 1 What is the danger of flying for the planet?

prove that different nationalities have different
4

. The writer emphasises that it is 2 Give two reasons why it is better to take
important to be 5 to the differences holidays locally.
that still exist between cultures.

3 What does the speaker dislike about
Writing __ / 10
airports?


1 Complete with the linkers in the box. 4 Why is air travel unhealthy?
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• even though • furthermore


• however (x2) • moreover
5 What doesn’t the speaker like about plane
Many people go abroad to learn a foreign tickets?
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language. Some people believe that it is a waste


of time and money. 1 , I think all young
6 What is sometimes the problem with bags?
people should live abroad if possible.

I think that living abroad helps make you more

open-minded. 2 , because you mix with
people from other nationalities, it helps you
understand different people and cultures.
3
, living abroad can give you an
Speaking __ / 10
advantage later in life when you are looking for
a job as it shows you are independent. Total / 100
4
, it can be quite expensive.
To sum up, 5 living abroad can seem
scary, it is a very useful life experience.

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Unit test UNIT 8
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 Match the numbers with the words. 1 Read the dialogue. Circle the correct option.
1 ½ a sixty percent Dan Hi Julie, how are you?
2 60% b nine tenths Julie I’m not feeling very well actually.
3 1/3 c five percent Dan Oh no! What’s wrong?
4 9/10 d a third Julie I’ve had a nasty headache for a couple of
5 5% e a half days now.
Dan Oh, my dad had that last week. Have you
been to the doctor?
Year 4 students with pets Year 4 students’ pets
Total number of students Total number of students
Julie No. Do you think I should?
asked: 100 asked: 75 Dan Yes, I’ll phone the doctor for you now.
3% Julie Thanks, Dan. Have you got the number?
Dan Yes, I have. I expect he will give you some
7%
medicine.
25% Julie I hope so.
25%
30% Julie said that she 1 isn’t / wasn’t feeling very
75%
75%
35% well. She said that she 2 had been / had had a
nasty headache for a couple of days. Dan told
her that his dad 3 had / had had the same
students with pets cats rabbits snakes headache last week. Dan said that he 4 will /
students without pets dogs horses
would phone the doctor for Julie. He said that he
5
had / had had the doctor’s number. Dan
2 Look at the charts. True or false? thought that the doctor 6 will / would give Julie
some medicine.
1 More than half the students in Year 4 have a
pet.
2 About 50% of students with pets have 2 Tick ( ) the correct sentences.
rabbits. 1 Yesterday my best friend said me a
3 Just under 5% of students with pets have secret.
snakes. 2 She said that her mum was having
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4 The minority of students have pets. another baby.


5 Roughly one out of every ten students with a 3 I told that was impossible.
pet has a horse. 4 She told me that her mum had told
her, so it must be true.
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3 Circle the correct option. 5 I told my mum didn’t want any more babies
now.
1 It’s unusual / disusual to learn Chinese at
6 She said that she was really excited
school.
about having a baby brother.
2 It’s inpossible / impossible to get into
university without passing your exams.
3 Whether we can solve the problems in 3 Order the words to make sentences.
redeveloped / underdeveloped countries is a 1 denied / new shoes / had borrowed /
big question. My sister / my / that / she
4 In the States it is illegal / unlegal to drink
2 had been seeing / four months / My brother /
under the age of 21.
revealed / that / someone / for / he
5 I overnamed / renamed our pet when I got her
and called her Susie.

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Unit test UNIT 8
Reinforcement
3 met / who / her parents / astronauts / that / 1 Kim explained / denied to Helen it was / is her
were / I / a girl / claimed first day at that school.
2 Helen asked Kim if she liked / like it so far.
4 bring / Ellen / her toothbrush /
3 Kim admitted / insisted she liked it.
the sleepover / Lucy reminded / to / to
4 Helen asked Kim what / if school she went /
5 didn’t like / any more / that she / had gone to before.
Lauren admitted / Lewis 5 Kim said she went to school in Africa because
her parents are / had been teachers in Kenya.
6 couldn’t come / would be studying / James 6 Helen asked Kim if / where they would / will
explained / to the party / because / that / he / go back to Africa in the future.
he

4 Match the questions in direct speech with the


Reading __ / 10
reported questions and complete.
Hollywood versus Bollywood
1 Where were you on Monday night? Was the last film you watched a Hollywood
2 Have you ever been to America? blockbuster? There’s every chance that it
3 Is there a toilet? was, as America produces several hundred
4 Are you going home now? films a year. The biggest selling films ever
released have been Hollywood films:
5 Will the Maths exam be difficult?
Titanic at number one and Avatar at
6 Do you know where the bank is? number two. Surprisingly though,
Hollywood is not the world’s biggest
a She asked if there a toilet.
producer of films; its not even second.
b He asked the man where he on Both India and Nigeria make more films on
Monday night. average every year. In fact, Bollywood,
c The woman asked me where the bank which is the nickname for India’s film
. industry, makes twice as many films as
d I asked her if she ever to Hollywood and yet the revenue from its
whole industry is still only half as big as
America.
the Disney studio’s yearly revenue.
e My friend asked me if I home. Hollywood as a whole takes roughly three
f I asked my Maths teacher if the Maths exam quarters of the film revenue. So how does
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difficult. it do this? Well, about half of all Hollywood


earnings comes from sales from abroad,
5 Read the dialogue. Circle the correct option in the whereas in comparison Bollywood only
generates about 20% of its income from
reported dialogue.
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foreign sales.
Kim Hi, I’m Kim. Today it’s my first day at this
school.
Helen I’m Helen. How do you like it?
Kim Seems OK so far.
1 Read the text. True or false?
Helen Where did you go to school before? 1 The text is about the film industry.
Kim In Africa actually. My parents are 2 Avatar is the biggest selling film ever.
teachers and they were working in 3 Hollywood is where films are made in
Kenya. Have you ever been to Kenya?
America.
Helen No, I haven’t. And will you go back to
Africa? 4 America is the world’s biggest producer of
Kim I hope so – I love it there. films.
5 Bollywood is the nickname for Nigeria’s film
industry.

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Unit test UNIT 8
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Write H (Hollywood) or B (Bollywood). d The aim of this report is to evaluate the
school website and to make suggestions for
1 Produces several hundred films a year. improvements.
2 Produces the most films of any film industry e Areas for improvement
a year. It appears that the majority of students do
3 Takes about 75% of the entire film not find the site appealing or interesting. A
number of students suggested extending
revenue.
the site so that students could upload their
4 One of its film studios is Disney. photos and share them with their
5 Gets roughly one fifth of its income from schoolmates. In addition, a few parents
foreign sales. suggested a parent only communication
page where parents could post questions,
comments or thoughts to other parents
Writing __ / 10 about their children.

1 Circle the correct option.


1
The aim of this report is to / In general evaluate
Listening __ / 10
the school’s current after-school activities 1 9 Listen to the text. True or false?
programme and 2 in addition / to make
suggestions for future clubs. 3 In general / 1 The presentation is about crime in the local
Even though there are over twenty clubs town.
running, only 32% of students attend them. 2 The data is from the last three years.
4
In general / Even though students see 3 Street crime includes mugging and fighting.
after-school clubs as more schoolwork.
5
In addition / As far as the students are concerned 4 Street crime doesn’t include stealing cars.
students often do not want to spend time with
classroom teachers at the end of a school day. 2 9 Listen again. Circle the correct option.
1 The number of people arrested decreased /
2 Put the report in the correct order. increased between 2008 and 2010.
2 The number of people arrested
a Positive features
has decreased / has increased since 2010.
Even though only about half the students
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appear to use the website, in general 3 The number of police on the streets
students were very positive about the forum has doubled / has halved in the last two years.
and the online journal. 4 The youth club has opened / has closed.
b The website 5 Overall the town is getting safer /
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The school website has been in use for one more dangerous.
year now. There are sections for students and
6 There is a worrying increase in street /
parents. Only about 48% of students and
20% of parents log on to the website at least teenage crime.
once a week.
c Recommendations
Create a student website team to create Speaking __ / 10
‘interesting’ content.
Create a chatroom for parents.
Create a communication channel between Total / 100
students and teachers.

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Unit test UNIT 8
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 Write the numbers or the words. 1 Complete the reported dialogue.
a = a half • had • had had (x2) • wasn’t • would (x2)
b 60% =
c 1/3 = Dan Hi Julie, how are you?
d = nine tenths Julie I’m not feeling very well actually.
Dan Oh no! What’s wrong?
e = five percent
Julie I’ve had a nasty headache for a couple of
days now.
2 Look at the charts. Circle the correct option. Dan Oh, my dad had that last week. Have you
been to the doctor?
Year 4 students with pets Year 4 students’ pets
Julie No. Do you think I should?
Total number of students Total number of students
asked: 100 asked: 75 Dan Yes, I’ll phone the doctor for you now.
3% Julie Thanks, Dan. Have you got the number?
Dan Yes, I have. I expect he will give you some
7%
medicine.
25% Julie I hope so.
25%
30% Julie said that she 1 feeling very well.
75%
75% 2
35% She said that she a nasty headache
for a couple of days. Dan told her that his dad
3
the same headache last week. Dan
students with pets cats rabbits snakes said that he 4 phone the doctor for
students without pets dogs horses 5
Julie. He said that he the doctor’s
1 More than / Less than half the students in Year number. Dan thought that the doctor
6
4 have a pet. give Julie some medicine.
2 The minority / About a quarter of students
with pets have cats.
2 Complete with said or told.
3 Just over / Just under 5% of students with pets
have snakes. 1 Yesterday my best friend me a
4 Just over / Nearly half of all students with pets secret.
have a dog.
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2 She that her mum was having


5 The majority / The average of students with another baby.
pets have either a dog, cat or rabbit. 3 I that that was impossible.
4 She me that her mum had told her,
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3 Complete the words with the prefixes in the box. so it must be true.
5 I my mum didn’t want any more
• il- • im- • re- • un- • under-
babies.
1 It’s usual to learn Chinese at school. 6 She that she was really excited
2 It’s possible to get into university about having a baby brother.
without passing your exams.
3 Whether we can solve the problems in 3 Circle the correct option.
developed countries is a big
1 ‘I did not borrow your new shoes!’
question.
My sister reminded / denied that she had
4 In the States it is legal to drink until
borrowed my new shoes.
you are 21.
2 ‘OK, I want to tell you something. I’ve actually
5 I named our pet when I got her and
been seeing someone for the last four
called her Susie.
months but I didn’t tell you.’
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Unit test UNIT 8
Consolidation
My brother revealed / reminded that he had • admitted • explained • had been working
been seeing someone for four months. • had gone • if • liked • was
3 ‘My parents are astronauts.’ • what • would go
I met a girl who claimed / denied her parents 1 Kim to Helen it her first
were astronauts. day at that school.
4 ‘Don’t forget to bring your toothbrush to the 2 Helen asked Kim she it so
sleepover, Ellen.’ far.
Lucy explained / reminded Ellen to bring her 3 Kim she liked it.
toothbrush to the sleepover. 4 Helen asked Kim school she
5 ‘I have to say that I don’t really like Lewis.’ before.
Lauren admitted / reminded that she didn’t 5 Kim said that in Africa because her parents
like Lewis. in Kenya.
6 ‘I really can’t come to the party because I’ll be 6 Helen asked Kim if they back to
studying.’ Africa in the future.
James insisted / denied that he couldn’t come
to the party because he would be studying.
Reading __ / 10
4 Write the questions in direct speech.
Hollywood versus Bollywood
1 She asked if there was a toilet.
Was the last film you saw a Hollywood
Is ?
blockbuster? There’s every chance that it
2 He asked the man where he was on Monday was, as America produces several hundred
night. films a year. The biggest selling movies
Where ? ever released have been Hollywood films
3 The woman asked me if there was a bank with Titanic at number one and Avatar at
nearby. number two. Surprisingly though,
Is ? Hollywood is not the world’s biggest film
producer; its not even second as both
4 I asked her if she had ever been to America.
India and Nigeria make more films on
Have ? average every year. In fact Bollywood,
5 My friend asked me if I was going home. which is the nickname for India’s film
Are ? industry, makes twice as many films as
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6 I asked my Maths teacher if the Maths exam Hollywood and yet the revenue from its
would be difficult. whole industry is still only half as big as
the Disney studio’s single yearly revenue.
Will ?
Hollywood as a whole takes roughly three
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quarters of all film revenue. But how? Well,


5 Read and complete the reported dialogue. it has a bigger market. About half of all
Kim Hi, I’m Kim. Today it’s my first day at this Hollywood earnings come from abroad,
school. whereas in comparison, only 20% of
Helen I’m Helen. How do you like it? Bollywood’s do. But why is Bollywood
Kim Seems OK so far. relatively unpopular outside of India?
Helen Where did you go to school before? Perhaps it’s that many people find the
Kim In Africa actually. My parents are Indian accent difficult to understand, or
teachers and they were working in perhaps that Bollywood films are generally
Kenya. Have you ever been to Kenya? about one fifth song and dance routines.
Helen No, I haven’t. And will you go back to
Africa?
Kim I hope so – I love it there.

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Unit test UNIT 8
Consolidation
1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false 2 Complete the notes to write a report on your
sentences. school’s website.
1 The text is about the film industry. 1 Introduce the school website

2 Avatar is the biggest selling film ever. 2 Talk about who uses it, when they use it and
what for

3 Hollywood is the place where films are made
3 Outline the positive features
in America.
4 Suggest areas for improvement
4 America is the world’s biggest producer
of films. 5 Make recommendations

5 Bollywood is the nickname for Nigeria’s film
industry.
Listening __ / 10
2 Read again. Complete the sentences. 1 9 Listen to the text. True or false? Correct the
false sentences.
1 Hollywood produces several films a
year. 1 The presentation is about crime in the local
2 Bollywood produces the films of town.

any film industry a year.
2 The data is from the last three years.
3 Hollywood takes about % of the
total film revenue. 3 Street crime includes mugging and fighting.
4 One of Hollywood’s film studios referred to in
the text is . 4 Street crime doesn’t include stealing cars.
5 Bollywood gets roughly of its
income from foreign sales.
2 9 Listen again. Complete the sentences.
• closed • decreased • doubled
Writing __ / 10 • increased • safer • teenage
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1 Complete the report. 1 The number of people arrested


between 2008 and 2010.
• even though • in addition • in general
• the aim of • to make suggestions 2 The number of people arrested has
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since 2010.
1
this report is to evaluate the 3 The number of police on the streets has
school’s current after-school activities in the last two years.
programme and 2 for future 4 The youth club has .
3
clubs. there are over twenty 5 Overall the town is getting .
clubs running, only 32% of students attend 6 There is a worrying increase in
them. 4 students see crime.
after-school clubs as more schoolwork.
5
students often do not want to
spend time with classroom teachers at the end Speaking __ / 10
of a school day.

Total / 100

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Unit test UNIT 8
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 4 In the States it is
you are 21.
legal to drink until

1 Write the numbers or the words. Order the 5 I named our pet when I got her and
quantities from highest 1 to lowest 5. called her Susie.

a = a half
b 60% =
c 1/3 =
Grammar __ / 30
d = nine tenths 1 Read the dialogue. Then complete the reported
e = five percent dialogue.
Dan Hi Julie, how are you?
2 Look at the charts. Complete with the words in the Julie I’m not feeling very well actually.
box. There is an extra word. Dan Oh no! What’s wrong?
Year 4 students with pets Year 4 students’ pets
Julie I’ve had a nasty headache for a couple of
Total number of students Total number of students days now.
asked: 100 asked: 75 Dan Oh, my dad had that last week. Have you
3% been to the doctor?
Julie No. Do you think I should?
7%
Dan Yes, I’ll phone the doctor for you now.
25% Julie Thanks, Dan. Have you got the number?
25%
Dan Yes, I have. I expect he will give you some
30%
75%
75%
medicine.
35% Julie I hope so.

Julie said that she 1 feeling very well.


2
students with pets cats rabbits snakes She said that she a nasty headache
students without pets dogs horses for a couple of days. Dan told her that his dad
3
the same headache last week. Dan
• about • nearly • just under • more than
• the average • the majority said that he 4 the doctor for Julie. He
5
said that he the doctor’s number. Dan
1 half the students in Year 4 have a thought that the doctor 6 Julie some
pet. medicine.
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2 a quarter of students with pets


have cats. 2 Match the sentence halves and complete with the
3 5% of students with pets have correct form of say or tell.
snakes.
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4 half of all students with pets have a 1 Yesterday my best friend …


dog. 2 She that…
5 of students with pets have either a 3 I that…
dog, cat or rabbit. 4 She me…
5 I her…
6 She that she…
3 Complete the words with prefixes.
a her Mum was having another baby.
1 It’s usual to learn Chinese at school.
b that her mum had told her, so it must be true.
2 It’s possible to get into university c was really excited about having a baby
without passing your exams. brother.
3 Whether we can solve the problems in d me a secret.
developed countries is a big e my mum didn’t want any more babies.
question. f that was impossible.

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Unit test UNIT 8
Extension
3 Complete with the correct form of the reporting 5 Read the dialogue and complete the reported
verbs in the box. Then complete the reported questions.
sentences. Kim Hi, I’m Kim. Today it’s my first day at this
• admit • claim • deny • insist school.
• remind • reveal Helen I’m Helen. How do you like it?
Kim Seems OK so far.
1 ‘I did not borrow your new shoes!’ Helen Where did you go to school before?
My sister that she my Kim In Africa actually. My parents are teachers
new shoes. and they were working in Kenya. Have
you ever been to Kenya?
2 ‘OK, I want to tell you something. I’ve actually
Helen No, I haven’t. And will you go back to
been seeing someone for the last four Africa?
months but I didn’t tell you.’ Kim I hope so – I love it there.
My brother that he
someone for the last four months. 1 Kim explained to Helen it
3 ‘My parents are astronauts.’ school.
I met a girl who her parents 2 Helen asked Kim it so far.
astronauts. 3 Kim admitted it.
4 ‘Don’t forget to bring your toothbrush to the 4 Helen asked Kim before.
sleepover, Ellen.’ 5 Kim said that in Africa because
Lucy Ellen her toothbrush teachers and they in Kenya.
to the sleepover. 6 Helen asked Kim if they in
5 ‘I have to say that I don’t really like Lewis any the future.
more.’
Lauren that she Lewis
any more. Reading __ / 10
6 ‘I really can’t come to the party because I’ll be
Hollywood versus Bollywood
studying.’
Was the last film you saw a Hollywood
James that he couldn’t come to the blockbuster? There’s every chance that it
party because he . was as America produces several hundred
films a year. The biggest selling movies
4 Write the reported questions using the prompts. ever released have been Hollywood films
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with Titanic at number one and Avatar at


1 Is there a toilet? (she / asked) number two. Surprisingly though,
Hollywood is not the world’s biggest film
2 Where were you on Monday night? producer; it's not even second as both
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(he / asked / the man) India and Nigeria make more films on
average every year. In fact Bollywood,
3 Is there a bank nearby? which is the nickname for India’s film
(the woman / asked / me) industry, makes twice as many films as
Hollywood and yet the revenue from its
4 Have you ever been to America? whole industry is still only half as big as
(I / asked / her) the Disney studio’s single yearly revenue.
Hollywood as a whole takes roughly three
5 Are you going home? quarters of all film revenue. But how? Well,
(my friend / asked / me) it has a bigger market. About half of all
Hollywood earnings come from abroad,
6 Will the Maths exam be difficult? whereas in comparison, only 20% of
(I / asked / my Maths teacher) Bollywood’s do. But why is Bollywood
relatively unpopular outside of India?

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Unit test UNIT 8
Extension
5
students often do not want to
Perhaps it’s that many people find the
spend time with classroom teachers at the end
Indian accent difficult to understand, or
perhaps that Bollywood films are generally of a school day.
about one fifth song and dance routines.
However, things may be changing with hit 2 Write a report on your school’s website. Write
Bollywood films like Monsoon Wedding, about 60 words.
and British director Danny Boyle’s nod to
Bollywood with his hit film Slumdog
Millionaire.
Listening __ / 10
1 Read the text. Explain what each of the following 1 Listen to the text. Answer the
9
refers to in the text. questions.
1 several hundred 1 What is the presentation about?
2 75%
2 What period does the data cover?
3 1/5

4 Disney 3 What includes mugging and fighting?
5 Monsoon Wedding
4 Describe the trend in the number of people
2 Read again. Answer the questions. arrested over the last five years.

1 Which industry is the text about?


2 Where are films made in America?

3 Which is the biggest selling film ever made? 2 9 Listen again. Complete the sentences.

4 Which country is the biggest producer of 1 The number of people arrested have
films? between 2008 and 2010.
2 The number of people arrested has
5 What is Bollywood? since 2010.

3 The number of police on the streets has
in the last two years.
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4 The youth club has .


Writing __ / 10 5 Overall the town is getting .
6 There is a worrying increase in
1 Complete with the phrases in the box. There is an
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crime.
extra phrase.
• as far as the • even though
• in addition • in general
• the aim of • to make suggestions Speaking __ / 10
1
this report is to evaluate the
school’s current after-school activities Total / 100
programme and 2 for future

clubs. 3 there are over twenty
clubs running, only 32% of students attend
them. 4 students see after-
school clubs as more schoolwork.

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Unit test UNIT 9
Reinforcement
Vocabulary __ / 30 Grammar __ / 30
1 Circle the correct option. 1 Read the sentences and write C (certain), P
(possible) or I (impossible).
1 I remember the excitement / sadness of my
birthdays when I was little. I loved seeing all 1 There are tables out in the street: they must
the presents waiting on the table. be having a street party.
2 I have a sadness / fear of birds. 2 I saw that girl on the bus yesterday as well:
3 It’s a good thing to have a sense of anger / she might live near here.
pride in your work. 3 That can’t be my phone ringing; I’ve changed
4 There is so much sadness / fear in his voice my ringtone.
when he sings about the girl who left him. 4 Luke’s late; he could have missed the bus.
5 Lots of people believe that they know the 5 I’m going to get off the phone now; my dad
secret of pride / happiness, but I believe that may be trying to call me.
it’s about having good friends and close 6 Jane didn’t tell her mum that she had a new
family. boyfriend; they can’t be very close.

2 Complete with the adjectives in the box. 2 Circle the correct option.
• annoying • disgusted • disgusting 1 I’m going to the café after school with Lola so
• embarrassing • surprised
I must be / might be home late.
2 The exam might be / can’t be on Tuesday
1 When my dad dances in public it’s really
because our final revision session is on
.
2 My uncle cooked for us last night and it was Wednesday!
. 3 That must be / can’t be John in the photo; he’s
3 When I read that my favourite clothes label much taller than that.
had factories of children making their clothes 4 Haven’t you got a coat? You could be /
I was . must be freezing!
4 My brother is so , he refuses to 5 ‘Oh look! Someone’s left their money on the
leave the room when my boyfriend comes table.’ ‘It can’t be / must be Jed’s because he
over. was sitting here when we arrived.’
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5 I was really when my teacher gave 6 Linda won’t talk to me, she might be / can’t be
me the award for best student. upset that I didn’t invite her to my party.

3 Match the words with the descriptions. 3 Complete with a modal of deduction (must, could /
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may / might, can’t) and the verbs in brackets.


1 a jug 4 tools
2 gold coins 5 a vase Can you hear that noise? It’s coming from the
3 stone steps school: it 1 (be) the fire alarm
because I can hear fire engines coming. And
a These were used for buying and selling
now there’s smoke over the school. At least it’s
things.
b This was used for carrying water. the weekend, so there 2 (be)
c This was used for dispensing liquids such as anyone inside. The smoke is over the left-hand
water or wine. side of the building so it 3 (be)
d Leading up to the temple there are sixty-five coming from the canteen, or there
of these. 4
(be) a fire in the science labs.
e These are used to excavate ancient sites and
relics.

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Unit test UNIT 9
Reinforcement
Look! The firemen are going in. There’s so much 1 The owner (go) for a walk
smoke; they 5 (be) very brave to with the dog.
do that job. I’m getting a headache, it 2 He (lose) the dog on that
6
(be) from standing too close to walk.
the smoke, or perhaps I’m just in shock! 3 The dog (chase) his ball into
the dunes and lost his owner.
4 Read the text. Then circle the correct option. 4 Or the dog (follow) a smell of
a rabbit or a cat.
Recently scientists discovered the remains of a
dinosaur which challenged previous knowledge 5 The owner (see) where the
about dinosaurs. We have always believed that dog went.
dinosaurs were viviparous creatures, in other 6 The dog (hear) the owner
words, that they laid eggs. However, the newly calling him.
discovered dinosaur remains are those of a
pregnant female Plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were
giant sea reptiles that lived around 75 million
years ago. The suggestion is that Plesiosaurs and Reading __ / 10
possibly other dinosaurs took care of their
babies for some time. Reality or just an illusion?
Illusionist Derren Brown returns to our
1 Some dinosaurs can’t / must have screens with the latest in a series of
experiments concerning the human mind.
given birth to live babies.
In the latest TV programme, Derren
2 Plesiosaurs must / can’t have laid eggs. attempts to hypnotise an unsuspecting
3 Other dinosaur species can’t / might member of the audience into becoming
have given birth to live babies too. an assassin and to kill a celebrity.
4 The pregnant Plesiosaur can’t / must Surprisingly, the ‘assassin’ is completely
have been preserved in the Earth’s unaware that he is being hypnotised. We
watch as he follows all the instructions and
layers for all these years.
shoots the celebrity. The idea for this
5 Plesiosaurs must / can’t have been programme came from the infamous
able to swim. assassin Sirhan Sirhan who shot dead
6 Plesiosaur mothers may / can’t have presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy
looked after their babies in the way that in 1968. He claimed that he could not
remember doing it and that he had been
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marine animals such as whales or


dolphins do today. brainwashed by the CIA. But how does it
work? Derren uses a trigger, something
that the assassin hears or sees that makes
5 Read the poster. Complete the sentences with a him commit the act. In this case, the
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modal of deduction (must, could / may / might, trigger is an unusual ringtone.


can’t) in the past.

1 Read the text. True or false?


Have you seen Wolfie?
1 The text is about a TV programme.
I have lost my lovely dog, Wolfie. He
was last seen on the beach two days 2 The star of the programme is called
ago. He loves chasing his ball and Sirhan Sirhan.
running over the sand on long walks. 3 Derren Brown is an illusionist.
Please help me. 4 A hypnotist is a person who can control
another person’s mind.
5 Derren Brown tries to use hypnosis
to make someone kill himself.

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Unit test UNIT 9
Reinforcement
2 Read again. Match the sentence halves. Listening __ / 10
1 The idea behind the programme…
2 The presidential candidate was 1 10 Listen to Ben and Jude. Tick ( ) the five
shot by… items you hear.
3 In the programme, the ‘assassin’… 1 Germany
4 Sirhan Sirhan… 2 England
5 A trigger… 3 cousin
4 friend
a attempted to kill a celebrity. 5 birthday
b claimed he was hypnotised.
6 book
c is a signal that makes someone do
something. 7 bookshop
d was the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. 8 online
e Sirhan Sirhan. 9 nephew
10 comic

Writing __ / 10 2 10 Listen again. True or false?


1 Circle the correct option. 1 The speaker was on holiday when this
experience happened.
A terrifying thing happened to me in the
3 His cousin is called Otto.
summer. I was sitting in my room. 1 Suddenly /
2 His favourite book as a small boy was
Initially I heard a loud crash. I ran downstairs and
The Adventures of Tintin.
tried to open the door into the kitchen, but it
4 He couldn’t find a copy of the book in
wouldn’t open. I pushed and pushed, then
2 English.
amazingly / eventually I called my neighbours.
5 The copy that he bought was his father’s
Together we pushed our way into the kitchen
book.
and found that the ceiling had fallen through!
3
Amazingly / Initially no one had been in the
kitchen at the time. 4 Suddenly / Thankfully my
mum and dad were at work and my sister was Speaking __ / 10
playing football. 5 Initially / Eventually the
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workmen thought that it would take three


Total / 100
months to repair the damage. I have to admit
that I was terrified!
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2 Read the story in exercise 1 again and complete


the notes.
1 When did it happen?

2 Where did it happen?

3 Were there any other people in the story?

4 What happened?

5 How did the person feel?

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Unit test UNIT 9
Consolidation
Vocabulary __ / 30 1
things.
were used for buying and selling

1 Complete the sentences. 2 A was used for carrying water.


3 A was used for dispensing liquids
• excitement • fear • happiness
• pride • sadness
such as water or wine.
4 Leading up to the temple there are sixty-five
1 I remember the of my birthdays you have to climb up.
when I was little. I loved seeing all the 5 are used to excavate ancient sites
presents waiting on the table. and relics.
2 I have a of birds.
3 It’s a good thing to have a sense of
in your work. Grammar __ / 30
4 There is so much in his voice when
he sings about the girl who left him. 1 Complete with modals of deduction. Use the
5 Lots of people believe that they know the prompts to help you.
secret of , but I believe that it’s 1 There are tables out in the street: they
about having good friends and close family. be having a street party. (Certain)
2 I saw that girl on the bus yesterday as well:
2 Complete with the correct form of the adjectives she live near here. (Possible)
in brackets. 3 That be my phone ringing; I’ve
1 When my dad dances in public it’s really changed my ringtone. (Impossible)
(embarrass). 4 Luke’s late; he miss the bus.
2 My uncle cooked for us last night and it was (Possible)
(disgust). 5 I’m going to get off the phone now; my dad
3 When I read that my favourite clothes label be trying to call me. (Possible)
had factories of children making their clothes 6 Jane didn’t tell her mum that she had a new
I was (disgust). boyfriend; they be very close.
4 My brother is so (annoy), he refuses (Impossible)
to leave the room when my boyfriend comes
over. 2 Circle the correct option.
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5 I was really (surprise) when my 1 I’m going to the café after school with Lola so
teacher gave me the award for best student. I must / might / can’t be late home.
2 The exam might / can’t / must be on Tuesday
3
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Find the words and complete. because our final revision session is on
Wednesday!
O P G H S S T Y U P B H S G E
3 That must / might / can’t be John in the
Y Z H X I P V L N T P N J K N
T O O L S E J A F S I P U M D photo; he’s much taller than that.
K J S W C T X M S O N L G Z E 4 Haven’t you got a coat? You can’t / could /
G D K P X S U D C E T T J Y S must be freezing!
X W W Y M E X D T M I Z X B X 5 ‘Oh look! Someone’s left their money on the
U E P L R N L E V I Q W L S F table.’ ‘It can’t / must / may be Jed’s because
H Y J A N O M B D B I N C G Y he was sitting here when we arrived.‘
O V A Y G T N A C A V U Y B B 6 Linda won’t talk to me, I don’t know why. I
L P R Q L S G W Z A H Z G K O suppose she might / can’t / must be upset
that I didn’t invite her to my party.

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Unit test UNIT 9
Consolidation
3 Complete with the phrases. 5 Read the poster. Complete with a modal of
a may be from standing too close deduction in the past and a verb.
b might be coming from the canteen
c must be the fire alarm
d could be a fire Have you seen Wolfie?
e can’t be anyone inside I have lost my lovely dog, Wolfie. He
f must be very brave was last seen on the beach two days
ago. He loves chasing his ball and
Can you hear that noise? It’s coming from the running over the sand on long walks.
school: it 1 because I can hear fire engines
Please help me.
coming. And now there’s smoke over the school.
At least it’s the weekend, so there 2 . The smoke
is over the left-hand side of the building so it 3 ,
• chase • follow • go • hear • lose • see
or there 4 in the science labs. Look! The
firemen are going in. There’s so much smoke; 1 The owner for a walk with
they 5 to do that job. I’m getting a headache, it the dog.
6
to the smoke, or perhaps I’m just in shock! 2 He the dog on that walk.
3 The dog his ball into the
4 Read the text and correct the sentences. dunes and lost his owner.
Recently scientists discovered the remains of a 4 Or the dog a smell of a rabbit
dinosaur which challenged previous knowledge or a cat.
about the dinosaurs. We have always believed 5 The owner where the dog went.
that dinosaurs were viviparous creatures, in 6 The dog the owner calling him.
other words that they laid eggs. However, the
newly discovered dinosaur remains are those of
a pregnant female Plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were
giant sea reptiles that lived around 75 million Reading __ / 10
years ago. The suggestion is that Plesiosaurs and
possibly other dinosaurs took care of their Reality or just an illusion?
babies for some time. Illusionist Derren Brown returns to our
screens with the latest in a series of
1 Some dinosaurs can’t have given birth to live experiments concerning the human mind.
babies.
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In the latest programme, Derren attempts


to hypnotise an unsuspecting member of
2 Plesiosaurs must have laid eggs. the audience into becoming an assassin
and killing a celebrity. Luckily the celebrity
3 Other dinosaur species can’t have given birth is aware of the plot and his death is faked.
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to live babies too. We watch as the ‘assassin’ follows all the


instructions and shoots the celebrity. He
4 The pregnant Plesiosaur can’t have been does not react in any way to the killing
preserved in the Earth’s layers for all these until Derren releases him from the
years. hypnosis. The idea for this programme
came from the infamous assassin Sirhan
5 Plesiosaurs can’t have been able to swim. Sirhan who shot dead presidential
candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. He
6 Plesiosaur mothers must have looked after claimed that he could not remember
their babies in the way that marine animals doing it and had been brainwashed by the
such as whales or dolphins do today. CIA. But how does it work? Derren uses a
trigger, something that the ‘assassin’ hears
or sees that makes him commit the act.
The trigger was an unusual ringtone.

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Unit test UNIT 9
Consolidation
1 Read the text. True or false? Correct the false 2 Complete the notes to write a story.
sentences. 1 When did it happen?
1 The text is about a TV programme.
2 Where did it happen?
2 The star of the programme is Sirhan Sirhan.
3 Were there any other people in the story?
3 Derren Brown is an illusionist.
4 What happened?
4 A hypnotist is a person who can control
another person’s mind. 5 How did you feel?

5 Derren Brown tries to use hypnosis to make
someone kill himself.
Listening __ / 10
2 Read again. Circle the correct option. 1 Listen to Ben and Jude. Put the events in
10
order as you hear them.
1 The idea behind the programme was the
There is an extra event.
assassination / hypnosis of the presidential
candidate Robert F. Kennedy. a He couldn’t find it in any of the second-hand
2 The presidential candidate was shot by shops.
Derren Brown / Sirhan Sirhan. b He was in Germany.
3 In the programme, the assassin / illusionist c It was his cousin’s birthday.
attempted to kill a celebrity. d He couldn’t find it in any of the
4 Sirhan Sirhan claimed he was hypnotised / ill, bookshops.
and couldn’t remember the killing. e He decided to buy his cousin a book.
5 A ringtone / trigger is a signal that makes f He was with his cousin.
someone do something.
2 10 Listen again. True or false? Correct the false
sentences.
Writing __ / 10 1 The speaker was on holiday when this
experience happened.
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1 Complete with the words in the box.


2 His cousin is called Otto.
• amazingly • eventually • initially

• suddenly • thankfully
3 His favourite book as a small boy was
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The Adventures of Tintin.


A terrifying thing happened to me in the

summer. I was sitting in my room. 1 4 He wanted to buy a copy of the book in
I heard a loud crash. I ran downstairs and French.
tried to open the door into the kitchen, but it
wouldn’t open. I pushed and pushed, then 5 The copy that he bought had been his
2
I called my neighbours. Together we father’s book.
pushed our way into the kitchen and found that
the ceiling had fallen through! 3 no
one had been in the kitchen at the time.
4
my mum and dad were at work and Speaking __ / 10
my sister was playing football. 5 the
workmen thought that it would take three
months to repair the damage. Total / 100
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Unit test UNIT 9
Extension
Vocabulary __ / 30 3 Complete the crossword.
1 2

1 Order the letters and complete the sentences.


3
a dripe
b pihapesns
c texemicten
4
d sdensas
e refa

1 I remember the of my birthdays 5

when I was little. I loved seeing all the


presents waiting on the table. Across
2 I have a of birds. 1 A was used for dispensing liquids
3 It’s a good thing to have a sense of such as water or wine.
in your work. 3 are used to excavate ancient sites
4 There is so much in his voice when and relics.
he sings about the girl who left him. 4 Leading up to the temple there are sixty-five
5 Lots of people believe that they know the you have to climb up.
secret of , but I believe that it’s 5 A was used for carrying water.
about having good friends and close family.
Down
2 were used for buying and selling
2 Complete with the adjectives in the box. There are
things.
three extra adjectives.
• annoyed • annoying • disgusted
• disgusting • embarrassed • embarrassing
• surprised • surprising Grammar __ / 30
1 When my dad dances in public it’s really 1 Match the sentence halves. Complete with modals
. of deduction.
2 My uncle cooked for us last night and it was 1 There are tables out in the street:
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. 2 I saw that girl on the bus yesterday as


3 When I read that my favourite clothes label well:
had factories of children making their clothes 3 I’ve changed my ringtone so
I was . 4 Luke’s late;
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4 My brother is so , he refuses to 5 I’m going to get off the phone now;


leave the room when my boyfriend comes 6 Jane didn’t tell her mum that she had a new
over. boyfriend;
5 I was really when my teacher gave
me the award for best student. a that be my phone ringing.
(Impossible)
b they be very close. (Impossible)
c my dad be trying to call me.
(Possible)
d they be having a street party.
(Certain)
e he miss the bus. (Possible)
f she live near here. (Possible)

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Unit test UNIT 9
Extension
2 Complete with modals of deduction. dinosaurs took care of their babies for some
time.
1 I’m going to the café after school with Lola so
I be late home. 1 some dinosaurs / give birth / to live babies
2 The exam be on Tuesday because
our final revision session is on Wednesday! 2 Plesiosaurs / lay eggs
3 That be John in the photo; he’s
much taller than that. 3 other dinosaur species / give birth / to live
4 Haven’t you got a coat? You be babies too
freezing!
5 ‘Oh look! Someone’s left their money on the 4 the pregnant Plesiosaur / be preserved / in
table.’ ‘It be Jed’s because he was the Earth’s layers / for all these years
sitting here when we arrived.’
6 Linda won’t talk to me, I don’t know why. I 5 Plesiosaurs / be able to swim
suppose she be upset that I didn’t
invite her to my party. 6 Plesiosaur mothers / take care of / their
babies / in the way that marine animals do
3 Complete with modals of deduction and the today
phrases in the box.
• be a fire • be anyone inside
• be coming from the canteen
• be from standing too close
5 Read the poster. Complete with modals of
• be the fire alarm • be very brave deduction in the past and the verbs in the box.
There are two extra verbs.
Can you hear that noise? It’s coming from the
school: it 1 because I can hear
fire engines coming. And now there’s smoke Have you seen Wolfie?
over the school. At least it’s the weekend, I have lost my lovely dog, Wolfie. He
so there 2 . The smoke is over the was last seen on the beach two days
left-hand side of the building so it ago. He loves chasing his ball and
3 running over the sand on long walks.
, or there 4
in the science labs. Look! The firemen are going Please help me.
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in. There’s so much smoke; they


5
to do that job. I’m getting
a headache, it 6
to the smoke, or • bark • chase • find • follow • go
• hear • lose • see
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perhaps I’m just in shock!


1 The owner for a walk with
4 Read the text. Write sentences using modals of the dog.
deduction in the past. 2 He the dog on that walk.
Recently scientists discovered the remains 3 The dog his ball into the
of a dinosaur which challenged previous dunes and lost his owner.
knowledge about the dinosaurs. We have 4 Or the dog a smell of a rabbit
always believed that dinosaurs were viviparous or a cat.
creatures, in other words that they laid eggs.
5 The owner where the dog
However, the newly discovered dinosaur
remains are those of a pregnant female went.
Plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were giant sea reptiles 6 The dog the owner calling
that lived around 75 million years ago. The him.
suggestion is that Plesiosaurs and possibly other

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Unit test UNIT 9
Extension
Reading __ / 10 4 Sirhan Sirhan claimed he was
couldn’t remember the killing.
, and

Reality or just an illusion? 5 A is a signal that makes someone


Illusionist Derren Brown returns to our do something.
screens with the latest in a series of
experiments concerning the human mind.
He sets out to test whether it is possible to
Writing __ / 10
influence another person’s mind. In the
latest programme, Derren attempts to
1 Complete the adverbs in the text.
hypnotise someone into becoming an I was sitting in my room. 1 Su I heard a
assassin. The aim is to make an loud crash. I tried to open the door into the
unsuspecting member of the audience kill kitchen, but it wouldn’t open. I pushed and then
a celebrity. Luckily, the celebrity in 2
ev I called my neighbours. We pushed
question is aware of the plot and his death our way into the kitchen. The ceiling had fallen
is faked. Surprisingly, the member of the through! 3 Am no one had been in the
audience Derren chooses as the assassin is
kitchen at the time. 4 Th my mum and
completely unaware that he is being 5
dad were at work. In it would take
hypnotised. We watch as he follows all the
instructions and shoots the celebrity. He three months to repair the damage.
does not react in any way to the killing
until Derren releases him from the 2 Write a story that happened to you. End your
hypnosis. The idea for this programme story with ‘I have to admit I was terrified!’. Write
came from the infamous assassin Sirhan about 60 words.
Sirhan who shot dead presidential
candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. He
claimed that he could not remember
doing it and that he had been
Listening __ / 10
brainwashed by the CIA. But how does it 1 10 Listen to Ben and Jude and complete.
work? Derren uses a trigger, something
that the ‘assassin’ hears or sees that makes 1 You’ll never guess what happened to me
him commit the act: an unusual ringtone. .
2 I was with .
3 It was his .
1 Read the text. Answer the questions. 4 I decided to .
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1 What is the TV programme about? 5 I couldn’t find it .



2 Who is the star of the programme? 2 10 Listen again. Answer the questions.

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1 When was the speaker in Germany?


3 What is his skill?
2 What was his favourite book as a child?
4 What does a hypnotist do?
3 How old is his cousin?
5 What does Derren try to get someone to do?
4 What language did he want the book in?

2 Read again. Complete the sentences. 5 What was special about the book he bought?

1 The idea behind the programme was the
of Robert F. Kennedy.
2 The presidential candidate was shot by . Speaking __ / 10
3 In the programme, the attempted
to kill a celebrity. Total / 100

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Speaking UN IT TE ST S

Diagnostic Test

Student A Student B

Ask Student B their opinion on living with Tell Student B what you think about living
their parents. Find out: with your parents. Student A starts the
• What does he/she think and why? conversation.
• What’s the best/worst thing about it?
Then ask Student A what they think about
• What are his/her parents like? going on holiday with friends. Find out:
You start the conversation. •• What is his/her opinion and why?
•• What’s the best/worst thing about it?
Now discuss what you think about going on
•• What experience does he/she have of this?
holiday with your friends. Answer Student
B’s questions. You can use these expressions:
Personally, I think…
You can use these expressions:
If you ask me, …
Personally, I think…
I can’t stand/love…
If you ask me, …
I know what you mean, but…
I can’t stand/I love…
I completely agree.
I know what you mean, but…
I don’t agree at all.
I completely agree.
I totally disagree. A So what do you think about living with your
parents?
A So what do you think about living with your
B Personally, I think…
parents?
B Personally, I think…

Unit Test 1 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

Tell Student B that something expensive you Ask Student A about something expensive
bought has broken and answer Student B’s they bought that has broken. Find out:
questions. Student B starts the conversation. •• What was it?
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•• When did he/she buy it?


Then ask Student B about a theme park they
•• Where did he/she buy it?
visited. Find out:
•• What happened to it?
•• Where was it?
•• What is he/she going to do now?
•• When did he/she go?
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•• Who did he/she go with? You start the conversation.


•• How was it?
Now talk about a theme park you visited.
•• Did anything exciting happen?
Answer Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions:
No kidding!
No kidding!
It was really dodgy.
It was really dodgy.
It was a total rip-off.
It was a total rip-off.
Go for it!
Go for it!
I’ll catch you later.
I’ll catch you later.
Good luck with it.
Good luck with it.
B Hi [name]! How is it going?
B Hi [name]! How is it going?
A Hi [name]. Not great actually… My…
A Hi [name]. Not great actually… My…

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Unit Test 1 - Consolidation


Student A Student B

Tell Student B that something expensive you Ask Student A about something expensive
bought has broken and answer Student B’s they bought that has broken. Find out:
questions. Student B starts the conversation. •• What was it?
•• When did he/she buy it?
Then ask Student B about a theme park they
•• Where did he/she buy it?
visited. Find out:
•• What happened to it?
•• Where was it?
•• What is he/she going to do now?
•• When did he/she go?
•• Who did he/she go with? You start the conversation.
•• How was it?
Now talk about a theme park you visited.
•• Did anything exciting happen?
Answer Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions:
No kidding.
No kidding.
It was really dodgy.
It was really dodgy.
It was a total rip-off.
It was a total rip-off.
B Hi [name]! How is it going?
B Hi [name]! How is it going?
A Hi [name]. Not great actually… My…
A Hi [name]. Not great actually… My…

Unit Test 1 - Extension

Student A Student B

Tell Student B that something expensive you Ask Student A about something expensive
bought has broken and answer Student B’s they bought that has broken. Find out the
questions. Student B starts the conversation. following information:
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•• Describe the thing.


Then ask Student B about a theme park they
•• When did it happen?
visited. Find out the following information:
•• Where did it happen?
•• Location of the theme park.
•• Explain the problem.
•• What happened?
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•• Who did he/she go with? You start the conversation.


•• Describe the experience.
Now talk about a theme park you visited.
B Hi [name]! How is it going? Answer Student A’s questions.
A Hi [name]. Not great actually… My…
B Hi [name]! How is it going?
A Hi [name]. Not great actually… My…

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Unit Test 2 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

You are at a job interview for a vacancy for a Interview Student A for a vacancy for a
mobile ice-cream salesperson for seasonal mobile ice-cream salesperson for seasonal
summer work. Student B is the interviewer. summer work.
Answer Student B’s questions. Student B
starts the conversation. Find out:
•• Why does he/she want the job?
Swap roles. You are the interviewer. Find out: •• What experience does he/she have?
•• Why does he/she want the job? •• What are his/her strengths or weaknesses?
•• What experience does he/she have? •• Does he/she have any questions?
•• What are his/her strengths or weaknesses?
You start the conversation.
•• Does he/she have any questions?
Swap roles. Answer Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions:
I’ve been working as… You can use these expressions:
I’m keen on/good at… I’ve been working as…
We’ll be in touch as soon as possible. I’m keen on/good at…
I look forward to hearing from you. We’ll be in touch as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
B Thanks for coming in today. Why would you like
this job? B Thanks for coming in today. Why would you like
A I’d like to work as a… this job?
A I’d like to work as a…

Unit Test 2 - Consolidation

Student A Student B

You are at a job interview for a vacancy for a Interview Student A for a vacancy for a
mobile ice-cream salesperson for seasonal mobile ice-cream salesperson for seasonal
summer work. Student B is the interviewer. summer work.
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Answer Student B’s questions. Student B


starts the conversation. Find out:
•• Why he/she is applyingfor the job.
Swap roles. You are the interviewer. Find out: •• His/Her experience.
•• Why he/she applies for the job. •• His/Her strengths or weaknesses.
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•• His/Her experience. •• If he/she has questions.


•• His/Her strengths or weaknesses.
You start the conversation.
•• If he/she has questions.
Swap roles. Answer Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions:
I’ve been working as… You can use these expressions:
I think I tend to… I’ve been working as…
I’m good at… I think I tend to…
I’m good at…
B Thanks for coming in today. Why would you like
this job? B Thanks for coming in today. Why would you like
A I’d like to work as a… this job?
A I’d like to work as a…

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Unit Test 2 - Extension


Student A Student B
You are at a job interview for a vacancy for a Interview Student A for a vacancy for a
mobile ice-cream salesperson for seasonal mobile ice-cream salesperson for seasonal
summer work. Student B is the interviewer. summer work.
Answer Student B’s questions. Student B
starts the conversation. Find out:
•• Why he/she applies for the job.
Swap roles. You are the interviewer. Find out: •• Professional experience.
•• Why he/she applies for the job. •• Strengths and weaknesses.
•• Professional experience.
You start the conversation.
•• Strengths and weaknesses.
Swap roles. Answer Student A’s questions.
B Thanks for coming in today. Why would you like
this job? B Thanks for coming in today. Why would you like
A I’d like to work as a… this job?
A I'd like to work as a…

Unit Test 3 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

Tell Student B your opinion on teen Ask Student A about their opinion of teen
marriages. Answer Student B’s questions. marriages. Find out:
Student B starts the conversation. •• What is his/her opinion?
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•• What are the positive things about it?


Swap roles. Ask Student B about their
•• What are the negative things about it?
opinion on big age differences between
•• Does he/she have any personal experience
girlfriends and boyfriends. Find out:
of the topic?
•• What is his/her opinion?
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•• What are the positive things about it? You start the conversation.
•• What are the negative things about it? Swap roles. Tell Student A your opinion on
•• Does he/she have any personal experience big age differences between girlfriends and
of the topic? boyfriends. Answer Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions: Student A starts the conversation.
What do you mean? You can use these expressions:
So, what you’re saying is… What do you mean? In other words…
I suppose what I’m trying to say is… So, what you’re saying is…
In other words… I suppose what I’m trying to say is…
So, if I understand you correctly… So, if I understand you correctly…
B Tell me what you think about teen marriages. B Tell me what you think about teen marriages.
A In my opinion… A In my opinion…

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Unit Test 3 - Consolidation

Student A Student B

Tell Student B your opinion on teen Ask Student A about their opinion on teen
marriages. Answer Student B’s questions. marriages. Find out:
•• His/Her opinion.
Student B starts the conversation.
•• Positive things about it.
Swap roles. Ask Student B about their •• Negative things about it.
opinion on big age differences between •• Any personal experience.
girlfriends and boyfriends. Find out:
You start the conversation.
•• His/Her opinion.
•• Positive things about it. Swap roles. Tell Student A your opinion on
•• Negative things about it. big age differences between girlfriends and
•• Any personal experience. boyfriends. Answer Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions: Student A starts the conversation.
What do you mean? You can use these expressions:
So, what you’re saying is… What do you mean?
I suppose what I’m trying to say is… So, what you’re saying is…
In other words… I suppose what I’m trying to say is…
B Tell me what you think about teen marriages. In other words…
A In my opinion…
B Tell me what you think about teen marriages.
A In my opinion…

Unit Test 3 - Extension

Student A Student B

Tell Student B your opinion on teen Ask Student A about their opinion on teen
marriages. Answer Student B’s questions. marriages.
Student B starts the conversation. Find out:
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•• His/Her opinion.
Swap roles. Ask Student B about their
•• Positive things.
opinion on big age differences between
•• Negative things.
girlfriends and boyfriends.
•• Any personal experience.
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Find out:
You start the conversation.
•• His/Her opinion.
•• Positive things. Swap roles. Tell Student A your opinion on
•• Negative things. big age differences between girlfriends and
•• Any personal experience. boyfriends. Answer Student A’s questions.
B Tell me what you think about teen marriages. Student A starts the conversation.
A In my opinion…
B Tell me what you think about teen marriages.
A In my opinion…

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Unit Test 4 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

Describe your photo. Student B asks the Ask Student A about their photo. Find out:
questions and starts the conversation. •• What is the photo of? What is in the photo?
•• Does it remind him/her of anything?
•• Does he/she like it?
You start the conversation.
Swap roles. Describe your photo. Answer
Student A’s questions.

Swap roles. Ask Student B about their photo.


•• What is the photo of? What is in the photo?
•• Does it remind him/her of anything?
•• Does he/she like it?
You can use these expressions: You can use these expressions:
It looks as if… It reminds me of… It looks as if… It reminds me of…
In the foreground/background… In the foreground/background…
In the top/bottom right-hand corner… In the top/bottom right-hand corner…
B Can you tell me about your photo? B Can you tell me about your photo?
A Yes. It looks like a photo of… A Yes, It looks like a photo of…

Unit Test 4 - Consolidation

Student A Student B

Describe your photo. Student B asks the Ask Student A to describe their photo.
questions and starts the conversation. •• What is the photo of? What is in the photo?
•• Does it remind him/her of anything?
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•• Does he/she like it?


You start the conversation.
Swap roles. Describe your photo. Answer
Student A’s questions.
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Swap roles. Ask Student B about their photo.


•• What is the photo of? What is in the photo?
•• Does it remind him/her of anything?
•• Does he/she like it?
You can use these expressions: You can use these expressions:
It looks as if… It reminds me of… It looks as if… It reminds me of…
In the foreground/background… In the foreground/background…
B Can you tell me about your photo? B Can you tell me about your photo?
A Yes, it looks like a photo of… A Yes, it looks like a photo of…

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Unit Test 4 - Extension

Student A Student B

Describe your photo. Student B asks the Ask Student A to describe their photo:
questions and starts the conversation. •• What is the photo of? What is in the photo?
•• Does it remind him/her of anything?
•• Does he/she like it?
You start the conversation.
Swap roles. Describe your photo. Answer
Student A’s questions.

Swap roles. Ask Student B to describe their


photo. Find out:
•• What is the photo of? What is in the photo?
•• Does it remind him/her of anything?
•• Does he/she like it?
B Can you tell me about your photo?
A Yes, it looks like a photo of… B Can you tell me about your photo?
A Yes, it looks like a photo of…

Unit Test 5 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

It’s your birthday. Discuss your plans with It’s Student A’s birthday. Discuss Student A’s
Student B. Answer Student B’s questions. plans. Find out:
Student B starts the conversation. •• Do you always celebrate birthdays?
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•• What ideas does he/she have?


Swap roles. Discuss Student B’s plan to start
•• What are the good/bad points of each idea?
a new sport. Find out:
•• Who is going to celebrate his/her birthday?
•• Why does he/she want to start a new sport?
•• What is the new sport? Swap roles. Explain to Student A that you
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•• What other sports does he/she do or has he/ want to start a new sport with him/her.
she done in the past? Answer Student A’s questions.
•• Do you have any sporting interests in
You can use these expressions:
common?
That reminds me… Well, let me see…
You can use these expressions: That’s too bad/great. Is that right?
That reminds me… Well, let me see… Actually…
That’s too bad/great. Is that right? Now you come to mention it…
Actually…
B What are you doing at the weekend?
Now you come to mention it…
A Actually it’s my birthday… I’m trying to decide
B What are you doing at the weekend? what to do.
A Actually it’s my birthday… I’m trying to decide
what to do.

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Unit Test 5 - Consolidation


Student A Student B

It’s your birthday. Discuss your plans with It’s Student A’s birthday. Discuss Student A’s
Student B. Answer Student B’s questions. plans. You start the conversation. Find out:
Student B starts the conversation. •• Do you always celebrate birthdays?
•• Ideas he/she has.
Swap roles. Discuss Student B’s plan to start
•• Good and bad points of each idea.
a new sport. Find out:
•• Who is going to celebrate his/her birthday?
•• Why he/she wants to start a new sport.
•• What the new sport is. Swap roles. Explain to Student A that you
•• What other sports he/she does or has done want to start a new sport with him/her.
in the past. Answer Student A’s questions.
•• Any sporting interests in common.
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions: Well, let me see… Is that right?
Well, let me see… Is that right? Really? That’s great! Actually…
Really? That’s great! Actually… Now you come to mention it…
Now you come to mention it…
B What are you doing at the weekend?
B What are you doing at the weekend? A Actually it’s my birthday… I’m trying to decide
A Actually it’s my birthday… I’m trying to decide what to do.
what to do.

Unit Test 5 - Extension

Student A Student B

It’s your birthday. Discuss your plans with It’s Student A’s birthday. Discuss Student A’s
Student B. Answer Student B’s questions. plans.
Student B starts the conversation.
You start the conversation. Try to keep the
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Swap roles. Discuss Student B’s plan to start conversation going.


a new sport.
Find out:
You start the conversation. Try to keep the •• Do you always celebrate birthdays?
conversation going. •• Ideas.
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•• Good and bad points of each idea.


Find out:
•• Who is going to celebrate his/her birthday?
•• Reasons to start a new sport.
•• Description of the sport. Swap roles. Explain to Student A that you
•• Other sports he/she does or has done want to start a new sport with him/her.
in the past. Answer Student A’s questions. Student A
•• Sporting interests in common. starts the conversation.
B What are you doing at the weekend? B What are you doing at the weekend?
A Actually it’s my birthday… I’m trying to decide A Actually it’s my birthday… I’m trying to decide
what to do. what to do.

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Unit Test 6 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

Your computer has frozen. You don’t have Student A’s computer has frozen. There isn’t
any space left on your start up drive and you any space left on the start up drive. Help
may have to delete some files. Ask Student B Student A to fix the problem. Suggest:
to help you to fix the problem. •• Close some applications.
•• Delete unnecessary files.
Student B starts the conversation.
•• Reboot the computer.
Swap roles. Help Student B to set up their
You start the conversation.
new smartphone. Suggest:
•• Put the SIM card in. Swap roles. Ask Student A to help you to set
•• Follow the set up instructions. up your new smartphone.
•• Set a password on the phone.
You can use these expressions:
•• Charge the phone.
Do you know anything about…?
You can use these expressions: Have you tried…?
Do you know anything about…? It’s still not working.
Have you tried…? I haven’t got a clue.
It’s still not working.
B Hi [name]! How are you?
I haven’t got a clue.
A Hi [name]. Not great actually. My computer has
B Hi [name]! How are you? frozen and there’s a message saying…
A Hi [name]. Not great actually. My computer has
frozen and there’s a message saying…

Unit Test 6 - Consolidation

Student A Student B

Your computer has frozen. You don’t have Student A’s computer has frozen. There isn’t
any space left on your start up drive and you any space left on the start up drive. Help
may have to delete some files. Ask Student B Student A to fix the problem. Suggest:
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to help you to fix the problem. •• Close some applications.


•• Delete unnecessary files.
Student B starts the conversation.
•• Reboot the computer.
Swap roles. Help Student B to set up their
You start the conversation.
new smartphone. Suggest:
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•• Put the SIM card in. Swap roles. Ask Student A to help you to set
•• Follow the set up instructions. up your new smartphone.
•• Set a password on the phone.
You can use these expressions:
•• Charge the phone.
Do you know anything about…?
You start the conversation. Have you tried…?
You can use these expressions: Do you know how to…?
Do you know anything about…? B Hi [name]! How are you?
Have you tried…? Do you know how to…? A Hi [name]. Not great actually. My computer has
B Hi [name]! How are you? frozen and there’s a message saying…
A Hi [name]. Not great actually. My computer has
frozen and there’s a message saying…

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Unit Test 6 - Extension


Student A Student B

Your computer has frozen. You don’t have Student A’s computer has frozen. There isn’t
any space left on your start up drive and you any space left on the start up drive. Help
may have to delete some files. Ask Student B Student A to fix the problem. Suggest the
to help you to fix the problem. following:
•• Close some applications.
Student B starts the conversation.
•• Delete unnecessary files.
Swap roles. Help Student B to set up their •• Reboot the computer.
new smartphone. Suggest the following:
You start the conversation.
•• Put the SIM card in.
•• Follow the set up instructions. Swap roles. Ask Student A to help you to set
•• Set a password on the phone. up your new smartphone.
•• Set up a Gmail account in order to download
Student A starts the conversation.
apps.
•• Charge the phone. B Hi [name]! How are you?
A Hi [name]. Not great actually. My computer has
You start the conversation.
frozen and there’s a message saying…
B Hi [name]! How are you?
A Hi [name]. Not great actually. My computer has
frozen and there’s a message saying…

Unit Test 7 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

Tell Student B why you don’t want to join a Try to persuade Student A to join a
student demonstration against Government demonstration against Government plans to
plans to introduce high fees per year for introduce high fees per year for university
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university courses. Answer Student B’s courses. Give your reasons:


questions. Student B starts the conversation. •• It will make university too expensive.
•• It is our social responsibility/duty.
Swap roles. Try to persuade Student B to get
•• It will be peaceful.
a tattoo. Give your reasons:
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•• It looks fashionable/individual. You start the conversation.


•• It’s ‘part of the gang’.
Swap roles. Tell Student A why you don’t
•• It shows independence/identity.
want to get a tattoo done together.
You start the conversation.
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions: That’s not the point.
That’s not the point. It’s against my beliefs.
It’s against my beliefs. It’s up to every individual to decide…
It’s up to every individual to decide… Anyway, it’s not a good idea…
Anyway, it’s not a good idea…
B Let’s join this demonstration tomorrow against
B Let’s join this demonstration tomorrow against Government cuts. What do you think?
Government cuts. What do you think? A I told you. It’s against my beliefs…
A I told you. It’s against my beliefs…

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Unit Test 7 - Consolidation


Student A Student B

Tell Student B why you don’t want to join a Try to persuade Student A to join a
student demonstration against Government demonstration against Government plans to
plans to introduce high fees per year for introduce high fees per year for university
university courses. Answer Student B’s courses. Give your reasons:
questions. Student B starts the conversation. •• It will make university too expensive.
•• It is our social responsibility/duty.
Swap roles. Try to persuade Student B to get
•• It will be peaceful.
a tattoo. Give your reasons:
•• It looks fashionable/individual. You start the conversation.
•• It’s ‘part of the gang’.
Swap roles. Tell Student A why you don’t
•• It shows independence/identity.
want to get a tattoo done together.
You start the conversation.
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions: That’s not the point.
That’s not the point. Anyway, it’s not a good idea.
Anyway, it’s not a good idea. You know you want to really!
You know you want to really! It’ll be really good!
It’ll be really good!
B Let’s join this demonstration tomorrow against
B Let’s join this demonstration tomorrow against Government cuts. What do you think?
Government cuts. What do you think? A I told you. It’s against my beliefs…
A I told you. It’s against my beliefs…

Unit Test 7 - Extension

Student A Student B

Tell Student B why you don’t want to join a


Try to persuade Student A to join a
student demonstration against Government
demonstration against Government plans to
plans to introduce high fees per year for
introduce high fees per year for university
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university courses. Answer Student B’s


courses.
questions.
Give your reasons:
Student B starts the conversation.
•• University too expensive in the future.
Swap roles. Try to persuade Student B to get •• If we don’t demonstrate, the students won’t
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a tattoo. have a ‘voice’.


•• Our social responsibility/duty.
Give your reasons:
•• Peaceful demonstration.
•• Looks fashionable.
•• Looks individual. You start the conversation.
•• ‘Part of the gang’.
Swap roles. Tell Student A why you don’t
•• Shows independence/identity.
want to get a tattoo done together.
You start the conversation.
Student A starts the conversation.
B Let’s join this demonstration tomorrow against
B Let’s join this demonstration tomorrow against
Government cuts. What do you think?
Government cuts. What do you think?
A I told you. It’s against my beliefs…
A I told you. It’s against my beliefs…

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Unit Test 8 - Reinforcement


Student A Student B
Look at the data for holidays of UK residents Student A is giving a presentation on the UK
over the last five years. trends in holidays. Listen and find out:
•• Which period the data covers.
Year Abroad In UK No holidays
•• What has happened with the trends of:
2012 29.5 million 7 million 24 million going abroad/own country and no holidays.
2011 31 million 6 million 23.5 million Swap roles. Look at the data for education in
2010 36 million 5 million 21 million the UK.
Give a short presentation about the trend in Year Home State Private
holidays to Student B. Answer Student B’s 2012 2.3% 92% 5.7%
questions. You start the presentation. 2011 2.2% 94% 3.8%
Swap roles. Listen to Student B’s presentation 2010 2% 93% 6%
on the trends in education. Find out:
•• What period the data covers. Give a short presentation about the trend in
•• What has happened to the figures for state/ education in the UK to Student A. Answer
private education and home schooling. Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions: You can use these expressions:
Now let’s look at… Firstly/Secondly… Now let’s look at… Firstly/Secondly…
To conclude Do you have any questions? To conclude Do you have any questions?
The number of … rose/decreased/halved… The number of … rose/decreased/halved…
A Today, I’d like to talk to you about… B Today, I’d like to talk to you about…

Unit Test 8 - Consolidation

Student A Student B

Look at the data for holidays of UK residents. Student A is giving a presentation on the UK
trends in holidays. Listen and find out:
Year Abroad In UK No holidays
•• Which period the data covers.
2012 29.5 million 7 million 24 million
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•• What has happened with the trends of:


2011 31 million 6 million 23.5 million going abroad/own country and no holidays.
2010 36 million 5 million 21 million Swap roles. Look at the data for education in
the UK.
Give a short presentation about the trend in
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holidays to Student B. Answer Student B’s Year Home State Private


questions. You start the presentation. 2012 2.3% 92% 5.7%
Swap roles. Listen to Student B’s presentation 2011 2.2% 94% 3.8%
on the trends in education. Find out: 2010 2% 93% 6%
•• What period the data covers.
•• What has happened to the figures for state/ Give a short presentation about the trend in
private education and home schooling. education in the UK to Student A. Answer
Student A’s questions.
You can use these expressions:
Now let’s look at… To conclude… You can use these expressions:
There has been a fall in the number of… Now let’s look at… To conclude…
There has been a fall in the number of…
A Today, I’d like to talk to you about…
B Today, I’d like to talk to you about…

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Unit Test 8 - Extension

Student A Student B

Look at the data for holidays of UK residents. Student A is giving a presentation on the UK
trends in holidays. Listen and find out:
Year Abroad In UK No holidays
•• Which period the data covers.
2012 29.5 million 7 million 24 million •• What has happened with the trends of:
2011 31 million 6 million 23.5 million going abroad/own country and no holidays.
2010 36 million 5 million 21 million Swap roles. Look at the data for education in
the UK.
Give a short presentation about the trend in
holidays to Student B. Answer Student B’s Year Home State Private
questions. You start the presentation. 2012 2.3% 92% 5.7%
Swap roles. Listen to Student B’s presentation 2011 2.2% 94% 3.8%
on the trends in education. Find out: 2010 2% 93% 6%
•• What period the data covers.
•• What has happened to the figures for state/ Give a short presentation about the trend in
private education and home schooling. education in the UK to Student A. Answer
Student A’s questions. You start the
A Today, I’d like to talk to you about… presentation.
B Today, I’d like to talk to you about…

Unit Test 9 - Reinforcement

Student A Student B

Tell Student B an anecdote about something Student A is telling you an anecdote. Listen
funny that happened to you. Answer and respond to the anecdote. Find out:
Student B’s questions. You start the •• What happened?
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conversation. •• When/Where did it happen?


•• Why was it funny?
Swap roles. Student B is telling you an
anecdote. Listen and respond to the Student A starts the conversation.
anecdote. Find out:
Swap roles. Tell Student A an anecdote about
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•• What happened?
something scary that happened to you.
•• When/Where did it happen?
Answer Student A’s questions.
•• Why was it funny?
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions:
You’re kidding!
You’re kidding!
What happened next?
What happened next?
How funny!
How funny!
I can’t believe it.
I can’t believe it.
A Have I told you about the time…?
A Have I told you about the time…?
B No, you haven’t. What happened?
B No, you haven’t. What happened?

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Unit Test 9 - Consolidation

Student A Student B

Tell Student B an anecdote about something Student A is telling you an anecdote. Listen
funny that happened to you. Answer and respond to Student A’s anecdote.
Student B’s questions. You start the Find out:
conversation. •• What happened.
•• When it happened.
Swap roles. Student B is telling you an
•• Where it happened.
anecdote. Listen and respond to Student B’s
•• Who he/she was with.
anecdote. Find out:
•• Why it was funny.
•• What happened.
•• How he/she felt.
•• When it happened.
•• Where it happened. Student A starts the conversation.
•• Who he/she was with.
Swap roles. Tell Student A an anecdote about
•• Why it was funny.
something scary that happened to you.
•• How he/she felt.
Answer Student A’s questions.
Student B starts the conversation.
You start the conversation.
You can use these expressions:
You can use these expressions:
You’re kidding! How funny!
You’re kidding! How funny!
What happened next? I can’t believe it.
What happened next? I can’t believe it.
A Have I told you about the time…?
A Have I told you about the time…?
B No, you haven’t. What happened?
B No, you haven’t. What happened?

Unit Test 9 - Extension

Student A Student B

Tell Student B an anecdote about something Student A is telling you an anecdote. Listen
funny that happened to you. Answer and respond to Student A’s anecdote.
Student B’s questions. You start the Find out:
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conversation. •• What happened.


•• When it happened.
Swap roles. Student B is telling you an
•• Where it happened.
anecdote. Listen and respond to Student B’s
•• Who he/she was with.
anecdote. Find out:
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•• Why it was funny.


•• What happened.
•• How he/she felt.
•• When it happened.
•• Where it happened. Student A starts the conversation.
•• Who he/she was with.
Swap roles. Tell Student A an anecdote about
•• Why it was funny.
something scary that happened to you.
•• How he/she felt.
Answer Student A’s questions.
Student B starts the conversation.
You start the conversation.
A Have I told you about the time…?
A Have I told you about the time…?
B No, you haven’t. What happened?
B No, you haven’t. What happened?

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Tests Unit Test 1


Diagnostic Test Reinforcement
Vocabulary Vocabulary
1 1 climbing, dancing, swimming 2 a quad bike, a horse 3 judo, 1 1 split up 2 moved to 3 was growing up 4 brought me up
martial arts 4 football, tennis 5 photos 5 remarried
2 2 1 c 2 e 3 a 4 d 5 b
Z Y N T M W B S T O O B C G R 3 1 missed 2 remember 3 reminded 4 lost 5 forgotten
K M L L R Y U A I P L H T O H
K
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N
F
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E
I
E
L
G
K
G
H
B
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A
P
L
L
L
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B
C
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I Grammar
Z K W E N S W I M S U I T L H
I P E I P T B F Y A W P E E H
1 1 was watching 2 went 3 was cooking 4 came up 5 shouted
H G D T K A U R X E C W L S G 6 made
L I P Y Q O D N L N Z M F T X 2 1 had … lived 2 hadn’t seen 3 Had … met 4 had visited
R Q M Q G Q K S I C E M C P H
E G Z E T D Q J C T T C E Y L
5 had … spent 6 Had … met
O I C T I C P B O J Y P G P Y 3 1 met 2 had been 3 started 4 was dancing 5 asked 6 hadn’t
A D O E R F D C G H M S S G Q expected
K N E B Z U O F Q E K L X P M 4 1 Why did you use to sleep with the light on when you were
J Z K K Y H O L N B Y V S V B
K L M P Q I H C F Y I X N U Y younger? 2 My dad used to forget my mum’s birthday every
year. 3 Did you use to get on well with your brothers and
sisters when you were smaller? 4 I didn’t use to play with
ball, boots, court, film, goggles, helmet, kneepads, pitch,
my sister when my friends came to my house. 5 Before they
riding hat, swimsuit
came here, they used to live in France. 6 Jane used to be a
3 1 kneepads 2 film 3 Goggles 4 helmet 5 ball
vegetarian.
5 1 d 2 f 3 c 4 a 5 e 6 b
Grammar
1 1 False – He is keen on football, swimming and judo. / He can’t Reading
stand climbing. 2 True 3 True 4 False – He isn’t good at horse
1 1 c 2 e 3 a 4 b 5 f 6 d
riding, dancing or climbing. / He is good at judo. 5 False – He
2 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 True
doesn’t mind hiking, painting or taking photos. / He can’t
stand / doesn’t like / hates horse riding.
2 1 is 2 Do you like 3 are you doing 4 I’m going 5 like Writing
3 1 b 2 e 3 a 4 d 5 c 1 1 when 2 As soon as 3 while 4 By the time 5 before
4 1 taller, the tallest 2 narrower, the narrowest 3 braver, the 2 1 e 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 d
bravest 4 thicker, the thickest 5 farther / further, the farthest /
the furthest 6 hotter, the hottest 7 more beautiful, the most Listening
beautiful 8 worse, the worst 9 happier, the happiest 10 more
intelligent, the most intelligent 1 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 d
5 1 more interesting 2 hardest 3 easier 4 better 5 worst 2 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 False 5 True
6 1 What do you think of 2 ask me 3 Why do you say 4 what you
mean 5 I suppose 6 don’t think 7 I don’t agree 8 Personally
9 maybe 10 far as I’m

Reading Unit Test 1


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1 1 True 2 True 3 False – They go to the cinema and bowling. Consolidation


4 False – Her grandparents live in the mountains. 5 False – She
likes the countryside.
2 1 She’s going travelling. 2 To make international friends to Vocabulary
visit when she goes travelling. 3 Shopping, visiting friends,
1 1 split up 2 moved to 3 was growing up 4 brought … up
dancing, going to the cinema, going bowling. 4 Hiking and
5 remarried
snowboarding. 5 Tell her about the place they live.
2 1 An only child 2 childhood 3 take after somebody
4 upbringing 5 get on well with
Writing 3 1 c 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 c
1 1 because 2 but 3 especially 4 I don’t think 5 instead of
2 Students' own answers Grammar
1 1 was watching 2 went 3 was cooking 4 came 5 shouted
Listening 6 made
1 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 2 1 she had never lived 2 she hadn’t seen 3 Had Eliza ever
2 1 M 2 M 3 W 4 M 5 W met her sisters? Yes, they had visited 4 Eliza had never spent
Christmas with her mum 6 Had Eliza met

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3 1 met 2 had been 3 started 4 was dancing 5 asked 6 hadn’t 2 1 A third child in a family. 2 The Population Police. 3 They are
expected both shadow children. 4 No, he hadn’t.
4 1 use to sleep 2 used to forget 3 Did you use to get on well
with 4 I didn’t use to play 5 used to live 6 used to be Writing
5 1 One afternoon 2 Later that day 3 an hour later 4 After 5 The
next day 6 an hour later 1 1 when 2 As soon as 3 while 4 By the time 5 before
2 (Student’s own answer.)
Reading
Listening
1 1 Margaret Peterson Haddix 2 Among the Hidden 3 The
Shadow Children 4 Luke and Jen 5 have never been to school 1 1 night club 2 doorman 3 Saturday night 4 Sunday morning
6 future 5 supermarket
2 1 False – The author of the recommended book is Margaret 2 1 We got in for free. 2 No kidding.
Peterson Haddix. 2 False – A shadow child is the 3rd child in 3 You must be shattered. 4 I met a really fit boy. 5 Catch you
the family. 3 False – They are teenagers. 4 True later.

Writing
1 1 when 2 As soon as 3 while 4 By the time 5 before
2 (Student’s own answer.) Unit Test 2
Listening Reinforcement
1 1 True 2 False – He’s a doorman. 3 False – He went on Saturday
night. 4 False – He got home on Sunday morning. 5 True Vocabulary
2 1 Leon 2 Carmen 3 Leon 4 Leon 5 Carmen
1 1 reliable 2 highly-motivated 3 flexible 4 enthusiastic 5 well-
organized
2 1 Are 2 Are 3 have 4 have 5 have
3 1 2 original 3 fashionable 4  5 wealthy
Unit Test 1
Grammar
Extension 1 1 I have just got back from Australia. 2 I’ve just seen Mark
at the beach. 3 I’ve just ordered a sandwich. 4 I’ve just had
a message from Linda. 5 I’ve just uploaded my photos on
Vocabulary Facebook. 6 I’ve just prepared the dinner.
1 1 split up 2 moved 3 was growing up 4 brought … up 2 1 yet 2 already 3 yet 4 yet 5 yet 6 already
5 remarried 3 1 a 2 b 3 b 4 a 5 a 6 b
2 1 only child 2 childhood 3 take after 4 upbringing 5 get on well 4 1 How long have you been playing the violin? 2 How long
3 1 c 2 e 3 b 4 d 5 a have you been visiting Sicily? 3 How long have you been
1 I missed the bus. 2 Can you remember what he looked like? eating meat? 4 How long has he been making jewellery?
3 He reminded me of the character in the film. 4 But I think I 5 How long have they been living in England? 6 How long
lost my phone. 5 I’ve forgotten what happened next. have we been waiting for him?
5 1 been working 2 had 3 been designing 4 won 5 taken on
Grammar 6 been looking

1 1 was watching 2 went 3 was cooking 4 came 5 shouted


6 made
Reading
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2 1 she hadn’t lived 2 she hadn’t seen 3 Had Eliza ever met 1 1 the job of the week 2 different places 3 check on staff
4 had visited 5 had never spent 6 Had Eliza ever met 4 make notes
3 1 met 2 had been 3 started 4 was dancing 5 asked 6 hadn’t 2 1 restaurant 2 theme park 3 make a complaint 4 clothes
expected 5 days out 6 reliable
4 1 Why did you use to sleep with the light on when you were
younger? 2 My dad used to forget my mum’s birthday every Writing
year. 3 Did you use to get on well with your brothers and
sisters when you were smaller? 4 I didn’t use to play with 1 1 b 2 e 3 c 4 d 5 a
my sister when my friends came to my house. 5 Before they 2 1 I am writing to apply for the position of journalist. 2 As you
came here they used to live in France. 6 Jane used to be a can see from my CV, I have written several articles for my
vegetarian. school magazine. 3 Please, do not hesitate to contact me. 4 I
5 1 One afternoon 2 Later that day 3 an hour later 4 After 5 The am available for an interview on Monday morning. 5 I look
next day 6 an hour later forward to hearing from you.

Reading Listening
1 1 Margaret Peterson Haddix 2 Among the Hidden 3 The 1 1 chef 2 barista 3 coffee shop 4 under a manager 5 next week
Shadow Children 4 Jen, Luke 5 have never 6 in the future 2 1 True 2 True 3 False 4 False 5 False

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Unit Test 2  Grammar


Consolidation 1 1 ’ve just ordered 2 ’ve just got back 3 ’ve just uploaded 4 ’ve
just seen 5 ’ve just been 6 ’ve just had
1 I’ve just got back from Australia. 2 I’ve just uploaded my
photos on Facebook. 3 I’ve just been running. 4 I’ve just had a
Vocabulary message from Linda. 5 I’ve just seen Mark at the beach. 6 I’ve
1 1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 c just ordered a sandwich.
2 1 Are 2 at 3 dealing 4 Are 5 interested 6 have 7 of 8 ability 2 1 had 2 yet 3 already 4 applied 5 heard 6 yet 7 heard 8 yet
9 under 10 have 9 decided 10 yet 11 already 12 chosen
3 1 careful 2 original 3 fashionable 4 expensive 5 wealthy 3 1 (d) since 2 (c) for 3 (f ) for 4 (a) since 5 (e) since 6 (b) since
4 1 How long have you been playing the violin? 2 How long
Grammar have you been coming to Sicily? 3 How long have you been
eating meat? 4 How long has he been making jewellery?
1 1 e 2 d 3 b 4 c 5 f 6 a 5 How long have they been living in England? 6 How long
1 I’ve just got back from Australia. 2 I’ve just uploaded my have we been waiting for him?
photos on Facebook. 3 I’ve just been running. 4 I’ve just had a 5 1 ’ve been working 2 ’s had 3 ’s been designing 4 ’s won 5 ’s …
message from Linda. 5 I’ve just seen Mark at the beach. 6 I’ve taken on 6 ’ve been looking for
just ordered a sandwich.
2 1 yet 2 already 3 yet 4 yet 5 yet 6 already
3 1 a 2 c 3 b 4 b 5 a 6 b
Reading
4 1 How long have you been playing the violin? 2 How long 1 1 week 2 jobs 3 mystery shopper 4 Companies / Businesses
have you been visiting Sicily? 3 How long have you been 5 visit
eating meat? 4 How long has he been making jewellery? 2 1 Someone who is paid to shop or visit a certain place. 2 The
5 How long have they been living in England? 6 How long company or rival company. 3 A mystery shopper is given a
have we been waiting for him? task / instructions to follow. 4 You get free things. 5 Because
5 1 been working 2 had 3 been designing 4 won 5 taken on they have to make notes of the experience.
6 been looking for
Writing
Reading 1 1 apply 2 hesitate 3 see 4 forward 5 response
1 1 False – It is published once a week. 2 True 3 True 4 False – 2 Students' own answers
They visit shops and other places. 5 False – Sometimes they
make complaints / might be asked to make complaints. 6 True Listening
2 1 cinema, restaurant, theme park 2 buy a product, ask for a
service 3 days out, meals 4 observant, love shopping, ability 1 1 chef 2 barista 3 coffee shop 4 as soon as possible 5 from
to pretend to be a real customer next week
2 1 He thinks it will be good experience as he wants to become
a chef. 2 He has worked as a waiter in a restaurant. 3 Both are
Writing very busy places but in a coffee shop customers are often
1 1 apply 2 hesitate 3 see 4 forward 5 response in a hurry. 4 Being communicative, not shy, very organised
2 Students' own answers and having the ability to work very quickly. 5 He likes to take
control.
Listening
1 1 False – He wants to be a chef. 2 False – It’s for a barista.
3 True 4 False – It starts as soon as possible. 5 False – He’s
available from next week.
Unit Test 3 
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2 1 good experience 2 communicative, organised 3 take control Reinforcement


4 busy places 5 in a hurry

Vocabulary
Unit Test 2 1 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 False 5 False
2 1 boyfriend 2 flatmate 3 workmates 4 ex-boyfriend 5 friends
Extension 3
M E S A P C N S O L V E X E S
U U V M E V S O Q P G L O T Q

Vocabulary Y
C
D
E
J
Z
I
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W
V
H
C
Q
B
F
S
I
C
L
T
V
E
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B
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R J B U P R O G G R U S L L Z
1 1 c 2 e 3 a 4 b 5 d R I E L K A U V F H E L E O H
2 1 have 2 be 3 have 4 have 5 be D P H D K V T S E A T V O P Z
1 Are you good at 2 Are you interested in 3 have experience T N E M Y O L P M E I P J S C
B B G V Y R Y N S V A D M O H
4 have the ability to 5 have knowledge of W U M M W O Z T R Y U F N Q D
3 1 careful 2 original 3 fashionable 4 expensive 5 wealthy
1 pollute 2 solution 3 survive 4 employment 5 solve

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Grammar Writing
1 1 are you doing 2 I’m having 3 We’re meeting 4 leaves 5 goes 1 1 what’s more 2 Nevertheless 3 In addition 4 although
2 1 ’m not going to 2 ’ll 3 won’t 4 ’m going to 5 will 5 what’s more
3 1 will be home 2 arrives 3 won’t be able to call 4 are going to 2 Students' own answers
go 5 are leaving
4 1 ’ll be working 2 will … be living 3 ’ll … be living 4 Will … be Listening
seeing 5 won’t be seeing
5 1 will have written a novel 2 will have moved to Hollywood 1 1 This Evening show 2 arranged marriages 3 personal
3 won’t have written a novel 4 will have got a degree at relationships 4 positive 5 forced
university 5 (will have) won the Nobel Peace Prize 2 1 False – Arranged marriages are less likely to end in divorce.
6 1 will be learning 2 will have taken 3 will have earned 4 will 2 True 3 False – Most young people would not like their
have done 5 will be working parents to be involved. 4 False – She does believe that parents
can tell if a person is right for you. 5 True
Reading
1 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 True 5 False
2 1 thought 2 brain mouse 3 devices 4 thoughts 5 developed Unit Test 3 
Writing Extension
1 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 b
2 1 c 2 a 3 e 4 b 5 d Vocabulary
Listening 1 1 half-sister 2 niece 3 sisters 4 Sue 5 brother
2 1 boyfriend 2 flatmate 3 workmates 4 ex-boyfriend 5 friends
1 1 This Evening show 2 arranged 3 personal relationships 3 a employment b prediction c pollution d survival e solution
4 positive 5 different 1 pollute 2 solution 3 survive 4 employment 5 predict
2 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 False 5 True
Grammar
1 1 are … doing 2 am having 3 are meeting 4 leaves 5 goes
Unit Test 3 2 1 I’m not going to spend it (P) 2 I’ll have to buy (FF) 3 won’t be
able to buy (FP) 4 I’m going to go to Peru (P) 5 will send (SD)
Consolidation 3 1 will be 2 arrives 3 won’t be able 4 are going to go 5 are
leaving
4 1 (c) ’ll be working 2 (b) will … be living 3 (e) ’ll … be living
Vocabulary 4 (d) will … be seeing 5 (a) won’t be seeing
5 a write b get c move d win
1 1 False – Ruby is Lily’s half-sister. 2 True 3 False – They are 1 will have written a novel 2 will have moved to Hollywood
sisters. 4 False – Sue is Amanda’s sister-in-law. 5 False – He’s 3 won’t have written a novel 4 will have got a degree at
Amanda’s brother. university 5 (will have) won the Nobel Peace Prize
2 1 boyfriend 2 flatmate 3 workmates 4 ex-boyfriend 5 friends 6 1 will be learning 2 will have taken 3 will have earned 4 will
3 1 pollute 2 solution 3 survive 4 employment 5 predict have done 5 will be working

Grammar Reading
1 1 are you doing 2 am having 3 are meeting 4 leaves 5 goes 1 1 scientist 2 communication 3 verbally 4 special devices
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2 1 I’m not going to spend it 2 I’ll have to buy 3 won’t be able to 5 computer game 6 brain-controlled wheelchair
buy 4 I’m going to go to Peru 5 it will be very interesting 2 1 b 2 a 3 b 4 a
3 1 will be 2 arrives 3 won’t be able 4 are going to go 5 are
leaving
4 1 ’ll be working 2 will … be living 3 ’ll … be living 4 Will … be
seeing 5 won’t be seeing
Writing
5 a write b get c move d win 1 1 what’s more 2 Nevertheless 3 In addition 4 although
1 will have written a novel 2 will have moved to Hollywood 5 what’s more
3 won’t have written a novel 4 will have got a degree at 2 Students' own answers
university 5 (will have) won the Nobel Peace Prize
6 1 will be learning 2 will have taken 3 will have earned 4 will Listening
have done 5 will be working
1 1 This Evening show. 2 About arranged marriages. 3 She’s
an expert in personal relationships. 4 She’s for arranged
Reading marriages.
1 1 True 2 False – He is talking about communication in the 2 1 arranged marriages 2 partners 3 less 4 to be involved 5 right
future. 3 True 4 True 5 False – It is possible to play a computer for you 6 forced
game telepathically at the moment.
2 1 d 2 b 3 a 4 e 5 c

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Unit Test 4  Reading


1 1 False – It’s a method of transportation / travel. 2 True
Reinforcement 3 False – It’s only for use on trains. 4 True 5 False – You must be
a European resident and under 26.
2 a 30 b 1 c 10 d 1 e TGV
Vocabulary
1 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 d 5 b Writing
2 1 tiny 2 exhausted 3 starving 4 spotless 5 delicious 1 1 historic 2 stunning 3 natural 4 narrow 5 lively
3 very: big, funny really: unpleasant, freezing, furious, big, 2 Students' own answers
funny absolutely: freezing, furious, funny
Listening
Grammar
1 1 the school magazine 2 skiing trip 3 three 4 on the ski slopes
1 1 (c) Leaving 2 (b) Carrying 3 (e) Going 4 (d) Staying 5 (f ) 5 posed
Eating 6 (a) Using 2 1 True 2 False – The photo of the village has the mountains
2 1 of 2 before 3 about 4 in 5 By 6 after in the background. 3 False – She thinks the photo of the
3 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 b students looks too posed and that the photo on the slopes
4 1 explore 2 taking 3 wandering 4 to eat 5 avoiding 6 Drinking looks natural. 4 True 5 True
5 1 get 2 was 3 get 4 was 5 got 6 get

Reading
1 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 b
Unit Test 4 
2 1 c 2 b 3 e 4 d 5 a Extension
Writing
1 1 historic 2 stunning 3 natural 4 narrow 5 lively Vocabulary
2 1 Lisbon is the lively capital of Portugal. 2 Built on steep 1 1 camping 2 skiing 3 beach 4 city break 5 activity
hillsides, the city has many different areas. 3 There are 2 1 tiny 2 exhausted 3 starving 4 spotless 5 delicious
gothic cathedrals, fascinating museums and breathtaking 3 1 2 really / absolutely freezing 3 really / absolutely furious
monasteries to visit. 4 However, there is something special 4 very / really big 5 
about wandering through the timeless narrow lanes and
backstreets. 5 Easy day excursions from Lisbon take you to
stunning beaches and unspoilt fishing villages.
Grammar
1 1 Leaving your passport in the hotel safe 2 Carrying
Listening photocopies of your important documents 3 Going on tours
with unofficial guides 4 Staying in a local house 5 Eating in
1 1 The School Magazine 2 skiing trip 3 three 4 on the ski slopes tourist restaurants is often more expensive 6 Using sun cream
5 posed is essential
2 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 True 5 True 2 1 of 2 before 3 about 4 in 5 By 6 after
3 1 (e) staying 2 (b) to see 3 (a) to buy 4 (d) Deciding 5 (f )
walking 6 (c) doing
4 1 explore 2 taking 3 wandering 4 to eat 5 avoiding 6 Drinking
Unit Test 4  5 1 get 2 was 3 get 4 was 5 getting 6 get
Consolidation Reading
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1 1 Europe 2 budget 3 trains 4 second 5 unlimited


Vocabulary 2 1 number of European countries the pass is valid for
2 minimum number of days the pass is valid for 3 number of
1 1 camping 2 skiing 3 beach 4 city break 5 activity
months the maximum pass is for / a pass can be valid for only
2 1 tiny 2 exhausted 3 starving 4 spotless 5 delicious
one country 4 age limit for the pass 5 one of the European
3 1 really 2 absolutely 3 absolutely 4 very 5 very
high-speed trains
Grammar Writing
1 1 Leaving 2 Carrying 3 Going 4 Staying 5 Eating 6 Using
1 1 historic 2 stunning 3 natural 4 narrow 5 lively
2 1 of 2 before 3 about 4 in 5 By 6 after
2 Students' own answers
3 1 staying 2 to see 3 to buy 4 Deciding 5 walking 6 doing
4 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 a 6 c
5 1 get 2 was 3 get 4 was 5 getting 6 get Listening
1 1 the school magazine 2 the school skiing trip 3 three
4 students on the ski slopes 5 posed photos
2 1 SP 2 GP 3 VP 4 VP 5 SP

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Unit Test 5  5 must / have to 6 don’t have to


5 1 (c) had to 2 (a) had to 3 (d) did … have to 4 (e) had to 5 (f )
Reinforcement Did … have to 6 (b) didn’t have to

Reading
Vocabulary 1 1 brain 2 most intelligent 3 computer 4 water 5 sleep
1 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 2 1 True 2 False – The brain has the capacity to store the
2 1 primary 2 secondary 3 state 4 private 5 boarding equivalent of 1,000 terabytes of information. 3 False – The
3 1 grades 2 fees 3 extracurricular 4 optional 5 uniform brain can continually grow and regenerate. 4 False – The brain
cells determine what you will be like. 5 True
Grammar
Writing
1 1 was able to 2 can 3 can 4 can 5 can’t 6 couldn’t
2 1 ’ll be able to live 2 ’ll be able to drive 3 we will be able to 1 1 about 2 to 3 effort 4 Don’t 5 to
solve 4 will be able to make 5 won’t be able to walk 6 ’ll be 2 Students' own answers
able to go
3 1 2  3  4  5  6  Listening
4 1 O 2 NP 3 NO 4 O 5 O 6 NO
1 1 True 2 False – She suggests a yoga class. 3 True 4 False – It’s
5 1 had to 2 had to 3 had to 4 didn’t have to 5 had to 6 didn’t
good for mind, body and spirit. 5 False – She is keen to go to
have to
yoga.
2 1 relax 2 oxygen 3 stress 4 positive 5 flexible
Reading
1 1 human 2 most intelligent 3 computer 4 water 5 Sleep
2 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 False 5 True
Unit Test 5 
Writing Extension
1 1 d 2 e 3 b 4 a 5 c
2 1 Think about the person you are buying the present for. 2 it’s
important not to think about your own tastes. 3 Make an Vocabulary
effort to find out what they might need or want. 4 Don’t give
up if you can’t find the right present at first. 5 remember to 1 1 You shouldn’t get so worried about your exams. 2 You
buy or make a birthday card too! should try to relax more. 3 You shouldn’t spend so much
time indoors. 4 You should have a more balanced diet. 5 You
shouldn’t drink so many fizzy drinks.
Listening 2 1 primary school 2 secondary school 3 state schools 4 private
1 1 depressed 2 a yoga class 3 Friday 4 mind, body and spirit classes 5 boarding school
5 is 3 1 grades 2 fees 3 extracurricular 4 optional 5 uniform
2 a, c, d, g, h

Grammar
1 1 was able to 2 can 3 can 4 can 5 can’t 6 couldn’t
Unit Test 5  2 1 we won’t be able to live on Mars 2 I’ll be able to drive a car
Consolidation 3 we will be able to solve world hunger 4 scientists won’t
be able to make people live forever 5 won’t be able to walk
around towns and cities safely 6 I’ll be able to go on a plane
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without feeling scared


Vocabulary 3 1 can’t / aren’t allowed to 2 couldn’t / weren’t allowed to 3 can /
1 1 shouldn’t get 2 should try 3 shouldn’t spend 4 should eat are allowed to 4 can / are allowed to 5 can’t / aren’t allowed to
5 shouldn’t drink 6 Are you allowed
2 1 primary school 2 secondary school 3 state schools 4 private 4 1 must pick 2 mustn’t be 3 don’t have to arrive 4 must tidy
classes 5 boarding school 5 must do 6 don’t have to come
3 1 grades 2 fees 3 extracurricular 4 optional 5 uniform 5 a had to b had to c didn’t have to
d had to, didn’t have to e had to f had to
Grammar 1 b 2 e 3 a 4 c 5 f 6 d

1 1 was able to 2 can 3 can 4 can 5 can’t 6 couldn’t


2 1 we’ll be able to live on Mars 2 I’ll be able to drive a car 3 we
Reading
will be able to solve world hunger 4 scientists will be able 1 1 brain 2 most intelligent 3 computer 4 water 5 sleep
to make people live forever 5 won’t be able to walk around 2 1 It has got bigger. 2 The brain has the capacity to
towns and cities safely 6 I’ll be able to go on a plane without store the equivalent of 1,000 terabytes of information.
feeling scared 3 100,000,000,000. 4 They start programming / sculpting how
3 1 2 couldn’t 3 are allowed to / can 4  5 can’t 6  you will be. 5 To grow new neurons.
4 1 must / have to 2 mustn’t 3 don’t have to 4 must / have to

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Writing Unit Test 6 


1 1 about 2 not 3 effort 4 Don’t 5 to
2 Students' own answers
Consolidation
Listening Vocabulary
1 1 She is depressed and tired. 2 Go to a yoga class. 3 It’s on 1 1 app 2 earphones 3 laptop 4 smartphone 5 desktop
Friday. 4 Because it’s good for your mind, body and spirit. a smartphone b laptop c desktop d Earphones e app
5 Yes, she is. 2 1 install 2 update 3 download 4 upload 5 mouse
2 1 relax 2 oxygen 3 stress 4 positive 5 flexible 3 1 permission 2 pocket money 3 the bus 4 soaked 5 home

Grammar
Unit Test 6 1 1 who 2 where 3 when 4 which 5 that 6 whose
2 1 f 2 c 3 b 4 d 5 a 6 e
Reinforcement 3 1 were installed 2 is … bought 3 was … launched
4 was … used 5 were sold 6 is used
4 1 will be put 2 will be … enforced 3 will be monitored 4 won’t
Vocabulary be allowed 5 will be contacted 6 will be informed
5 2 e 3 b 4 d 5 a 6 c 7 f
1 Across: 2 laptop 4 earphones Down: 1 smartphone 3 desktop
2 How often do you have your hair cut? 3 How often does she
5 phone app
have her photo taken? 4 How often do they (your parents)
2 1 install 2 update 3 download 4 upload 5 mouse
have their car washed? 5 How often do you have your eyes
3 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 c
tested? 6 How often does he (your brother) have his hearing
checked? 7 How often do your neighbours have their
Grammar windows cleaned?
1 1 a 2 b 3 b 4 a 5 a 6 b
2 1 whose 2 which 3 where 4 who 5 when 6 whose Reading
3 1 were sold 2 is used 3 were installed 4 is … bought 5 was …
1 1 jet ski, 1977 2 hidden camera, 1969 3 invisible car,
launched 6 was … used
2002 4 homing device, 1964  5 digital watch, 1973 
4 1 will be put 2 will be … enforced 3 will be monitored 4 won’t
2 1 False – It’s about the gadgets in the James Bond films.
be allowed 5 will be contacted 6 will be informed
2 False – It does not mention weapons. 3 False – They are used
5 1 How often do you have your hair cut? 2 How often does she
by everyone with a smartphone. 4 True 5 False – They are in
have her photos taken? 3 How often do they have their car
the process of creating ‘invisible’ objects.
washed? 4 How often do you have your eyes tested? 5 How
often does he have his hearing checked? 6 How often do your
parents have their windows cleaned? Writing
1 1 although I find 2 In spite of the price 3 although I would
have liked 4 in spite of an aggressive 5 In spite of being very
Reading trendy
2 Students' own answers
1 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 d
2 1 jet ski 2 hidden camera 3 invisible car 4 homing device
5 digital watch Listening
1 1 True 2 False – She doesn’t know. 3 True 4 False – The manual
Writing is in the kitchen drawer. 5 False – The alarm doesn’t stop.
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2 1 button 2 alarm 3 instructions 4 flap 5 electricity


1 1 although 2 In spite of 3 although 4 in spite of 5 In spite of
2 Type of gadget: digital camera
Good points: 1 attractive 2 cheap 3 lightweight 4 good in all
weather conditions outside 5 lots of megapixels 6 good face
recognition
Unit Test 6 
Bad points: 1 uses a lot of batteries 2 takes bad pictures
indoors
Extension
General recommendation: Don’t buy this camera.
Vocabulary
Listening
1 1 smartphone 2 laptop 3 desktop 4 Earphones 5 app
1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 True 2 1 install 2 update 3 download 4 upload 5 mouse
2 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 3 1 (c) permission 2 (b) pocket money 3 (a) the bus 4 (d) soaked
5 (e) home

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Grammar away, would they have opened the door? 4 Yes, they would.
1 1 who 2 where 3 when 4 which 5 that 6 whose 5 Would James have needed to sleep in the car if he hadn’t
2 1 (e) whose 2 (a) which 3 (d) where 4 (b) who 5 (f ) when 6 (c) lost his keys? 6 No, he wouldn’t.
whose
3 1 were installed 2 is … bought 3 was … launched 4 was … Reading
used 5 were sold 6 is used 1 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 False 5 True
4 1 will be put 2 will be … enforced 3 will be monitored 4 won’t 2 1 global 2 touch / talk 3 talk / touch 4 characteristics
be allowed 5 will be contacted 6 will be informed 5 sensitive
5 2 (e) How often do you have your hair cut? 3 (b) How often
does she have her photos taken? 4 (d) How often do you
have your eyes tested? 5 (a) How often does your brother
Writing
have his computer checked for virus? 6 (c) How often do your 1 1 However 2 Moreover 3 Furthermore 4 However 5 even
neighbours have their windows cleaned? 7 How often do you though
have a pizza delivered? (f ) 2 1 c 2 d 3 b 4 e 5 a

Reading Listening
1 1 1977, jet ski 2 1969, hidden camera 3 2002, invisible car 1 1 False 2 False 3 True 4 False
4 1964, homing device 5 1973, digital watch 2 1 heat up 2 cheaper 3 more comfortable 4 bad for your health
2 1 It’s about the gadgets in the James Bond films. 2 Transport 5 book tickets early 6 pay for your bags
and communication devices. 3 They are used by reporters and
by everyone who has a camera in their mobile phone. 4 Jet-
skiing became a popular water-sport after James Bond rode
something similar. 5 Yes, it is. Unit Test 7 
Writing Consolidation
1 1 although I find 2 In spite of the price 3 although I would
have liked 4 in spite of an aggressive 5 In spite of being very Vocabulary
trendy
2 Students' own answers 1 1 True 2 False – She’s unconventional. 3 True 4 False – Dylan
is moody. / Zak is sensible. 5 False – Dylan is moody. / Zak is
Listening sensible.
2 1 anti-social 2 two-faced 3 short-tempered 4 warm-hearted
1 1 The alarm goes off. 2 No she doesn’t. 3 No, he doesn’t. 4 In 5 strong-minded
the kitchen drawer. 5 The alarm doesn’t stop. 3 1 took up 2 gave up 3 put off 4 came across 5 get round
2 a instructions b button c electricity d alarm e flap
1 b 2 a 3 e 4 d 5 c Grammar
1 1 are 2 will you but 3 calls 4 smile 5 are rude 6 don’t buy
2 1 Unless you help me, I won’t pass the exam. 2  3 Don’t eat
Unit Test 7  that unless you want to be sick! 4 Unless you are careful, it will
bite! 5 Unless you help me, I will get lost. 6 
Reinforcement 3 1 had 2 would you buy 3 would buy 4 could be 5 would you
be 6 would be
4 1 hadn’t lost 2 wouldn’t have been locked out 3 would have
Vocabulary opened the door 4 hadn’t been away 5 wouldn’t have had to
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sleep 6 had left the spare key in the garage


1 1 sensitive 2 conventional 3 talkative 4 sensible 5 moody 5 1 he hadn’t lost 2 No, he wouldn’t. 3 have opened 4 Yes, they
2 1 anti-social 2 two-faced 3 short-tempered 4 warm-hearted would. 5 he hadn’t lost / had had 6 No, he wouldn’t.
5 strong-minded.
3 1 took up 2 gave up 3 put off 4 came across 5 get round
Reading
Grammar 1 1 False – There are still many ways in which the way we
behave is much more about our historical culture than what
1 1 d (Z) 2 c (F) 3 a (Z) 4 f (Z) 5 b (Z) 6 e (F) we watch on TV. 2 False – British are usually more anti-social
2 1 Unless you help me, I won’t pass the exam. 2 We will be late than Latin cultures. 3 True 4 False – Italians touch people more
unless you hurry up. 3 Don’t eat that unless you want to be than the British when they talk. 4 False – In Japan touching is
sick! 4 Unless you are careful, it will bite! 5 Unless you help unacceptable.
me, I will get lost. 6 Unless you smile, people will think you are 2 1 global 2 touch 3 talk 4 characteristics 5 sensitive
unfriendly.
3 1 had 2 would 3 would 4 could 5 would 6 would
4 1 hadn’t 2 wouldn’t have been 3 would have answered
Writing
4 hadn’t been 5 wouldn’t have needed 6 hadn’t been 1 1 However 2 Moreover 3 Furthermore 4 However 5 even
5 1 Would James have been locked out of his house if he hadn’t though
lost his key? 2 No, he wouldn’t. 3 If his parents hadn’t been 2 Students' own answers

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Listening Unit Test 8 


1 1 Not mentioned 2 False 3 True 4 False
2 1 heat up 2 cheaper 3 more comfortable 4 bad for your health
Reinforcement
5 to book tickets early 6 pay for
Vocabulary
1 1 e 2 a 3 d 4 b 5 c
Unit Test 7  2 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 True
3 1 unusual 2 impossible 3 underdeveloped 4 illegal 5 renamed
Extension
Grammar
Vocabulary 1 1 wasn’t 2 had had 3 had had 4 would 5 had 6 would
2 2, 4, 6
1 1 sensitive, unconventional 2 talkative, sensible 3 moody 3 1 My sister denied that she had borrowed my new shoes.
2 1 anti-social 2 two-faced 3 short-tempered 4 warm-hearted 2 My brother revealed that he had been seeing someone for
5 single-minded. four months. 3 I met a girl who claimed that her parents were
3 1 took up 2 gave up 3 put off 4 came across 5 didn’t get round astronauts. 4 Lucy reminded Ellen to bring her toothbrush to
the sleepover. 5 Lauren admitted that she didn’t like Lewis any
Grammar more. 6 James explained that he couldn’t come to the party
because he would be studying.
1 1 If you are friendly, people usually like you. 2 If I help you,
4 1 (b) was 2 (d) had … been 3 (a) was 4 (e) was going 5 (f )
will you buy me a coffee? 3 If he calls, tell him I’m busy. 4 If he
would be 6 (c) was
smiles people always smile back. 5 If they are rude, don’t tell
5 1 explained, was 2 liked 3 admitted 4 what, had gone 5 had
them. 6 If you don’t buy the painting, someone else will buy it.
been 6 if, would
2 1 If you don’t help me, I won’t pass the exam. 2 We will be
late if you don’t hurry up. 3 Don't eat that if you don't want to
be sick. 4 If you aren’t careful, it will bite! 5 If you don’t help, Reading
I will get lost. 6 If you don’t smile, people will think you are 1 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 False
unfriendly. 2 1 H 2 B 3 H 4 H 5 B
3 1 had 2 would … buy 3 would buy 4 could be 5 would … be
6 would be
4 1 had not lost 2 would not have been locked out 3 would Writing
have opened 4 had not been 5 would not have needed to
sleep 6 had left 1 1 The aim of this report is to 2 to make suggestions
5 1 Would James have been locked out of his house if he hadn’t 3 Even though 4 In general 5 In addition
lost his key? 2 No, he wouldn’t. 3 Would his parents have 2 1 d 2 b 3 a 4 e 5 c
opened the door if they hadn’t been away? 4 Yes, they would.
5 If his parents had left the spare key in the garage, would Listening
James have had to sleep in the car? 6 No, he wouldn’t. 1 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False
2 1 increased 2 has decreased 3 has doubled 4 has closed
Reading 5 safer 6 teenage
1 1 The American culture. 2 British – anti-social, don’t touch –
Latin people – chatty, and touch a lot. 3 Talk and touch. 4 The
writer talks about a different mentality when British and other
more uptight nationalities play team sports. 5 A culture where Unit Test 8 
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it is unacceptable to touch people.


2 1 global 2 touch 3 talk 4 characteristics 5 sensitive Consolidation
Writing
1 1 However 2 Moreover 3 Furthermore 4 However 5 even
Vocabulary
though 1 a 1/2 b sixty percent c a third d 9/10 e 5%
2 Students' own answers 2 1 More than 2 About a quarter 3 Just under 4 Nearly
5 The majority
Listening 3 1 unusual 2 impossible 3 underdeveloped 4 illegal 5 renamed
1 1 Not mentioned 2 False – He is against all air travel (on
principle). 3 True 4 False – There are six.
Grammar
2 1 Flying will uncontrollably heat up the planet. 2 Local 1 1 wasn’t 2 had had 3 had had 4 would 5 had 6 would
holidays are cheaper and you are supporting the local 2 1 told 2 said 3 said 4 told 5 said 6 said
economy. 3 The security checks make you feel like a criminal. 3 1 denied 2 revealed 3 claimed 4 reminded 5 admitted
4 Disease is spread by air-conditioning. 5 You need to 6 insisted
book tickets early (you can’t just walk on the plane). 6 They 4 1 Is there a toilet? 2 Where were you on Monday night?
sometimes charge you to take them on the plane. 3 Is there a bank nearby? 4 Have you ever been to America?

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5 Are you going home? 6 Will the Maths exam be difficult? Writing
5 1 explained, was 2 if, liked 3 admitted 4 what, had gone 5 had 1 1 The aim of 2 to make suggestions 3 Even though
been working 6 would go 4 In general 5 In addition
2 Students' own answers
Reading
1 1 True 2 False – Titanic is the biggest selling film ever. 3 True Listening
4 False – India is the world’s biggest producer of films. 1 1 Crime in the local town. 2 The last five years. 3 Street crime.
5 False – It’s for India’s film industry. 4 First it rose/went up/increased and then it fell/went down/
2 1 hundred 2 most 3 75 4 Disney 5 one fifth decreased.
2 1 increased 2 decreased 3 doubled 4 closed 5 safer 6 teenage
Writing
1 1 The aim of 2 to make suggestions 3 Even though
4 In general 5 In addition
2 Students' own answers Unit Test 9 
Listening Reinforcement
1 1 True 2 False – It’s from the last five years. 3 True 4 False – It
does include stealing cars. Vocabulary
2 1 increased 2 decreased 3 doubled 4 closed 5 safer 6 teenage
1 1 excitement 2 fear 3 pride 4 sadness 5 happiness
2 1 embarrassing 2 disgusting 3 disgusted 4 annoying
5 surprised
Unit Test 8  3 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 e 5 b

Extension Grammar
1 1 C 2 P 3 I 4 P 5 P 6 I
2 1 might be 2 can’t be 3 can’t be 4 must be 5 must be 6 might be
Vocabulary 3 1 must be 2 can’t be 3 could/might/may be 4 could/might/
1 a 1/2 b sixty percent c a third d 9/10 e 5% may be 5 must be 6 could/might/may be
1 d 2 b 3 a 4 c 5 e 4 1 must 2 can’t 3 might 4 must 5 must 6 may
2 1 More than 2 About 3 Just under 4 Nearly 5 The majority 5 1 must have gone 2 must have lost 3 could/might/may have
3 1 unusual 2 impossible 3 underdeveloped 4 illegal 5 renamed chased 4 could/might/may have followed 5 can’t have seen
6 can’t have heard
Grammar
Reading
1 1 wasn’t 2 had had 3 had had 4 would phone 5 had 6 would
give 1 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 True 5 False
2 1 (d) told 2 (a) said 3 (f ) said 4 (b) told 5 (e) told 6 (c) said 2 1 d 2 e 3 a 4 b 5 c
3 1 denied, had borrowed 2 revealed, had been seeing
3 claimed, were 4 reminded, to bring 5 admitted, didn’t really Writing
like 6 insisted, would be studying 1 1 Suddenly 2 eventually 3 Amazingly 4 Thankfully 5 Initially
4 1 She asked if there was a toilet. 2 He asked the man where 2 1 It happened last summer. 2 It happened in the house. 3 Yes,
he had been on Monday night. 3 The woman asked me if there were some neighbours, the workmen, and his/her mum,
there was a bank nearby. 4 I asked her if she had ever been to dad and sister. 4 The ceiling in the kitchen fell down. 5 He/She
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America. 5 My friend asked me if I was going home. 6 I asked felt terrified.
my Maths teacher if the Maths exam would be difficult.
5 1 was her first day at that 2 if she liked 3 she liked 4 where
she had gone to school 5 her parents were, had been working
Listening
6 would go back to Africa 1 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
2 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 False
Reading
1 1 Number of films that Hollywood produces a year.
2 Hollywood takes about 75% of the total film revenue
worldwide. 3 Bollywood gets roughly one fifth of its income
Unit Test 9
from foreign sales. 4 Disney is a Hollywood studio. 5 An Consolidation
example of a popular Bollywood film.
2 1 The film industry. 2 In Hollywood. 3 Titanic is the biggest
selling film ever. 4 India is the world’s biggest producer of Vocabulary
films. 5 India’s film industry.
1 1 excitement 2 fear 3 pride 4 sadness 5 happiness
2 1 embarrassing 2 disgusting 3 disgusted 4 annoying
5 surprised

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Answer Key UN IT TE ST S

3 O P G H S S T Y U P B H S G E
3 1 must be the fire alarm 2 can’t be anyone inside 3 might be
Y Z H X I P V L N T P N J K N coming from the canteen 4 could be a fire 5 must be very
T O O L S E J A F S I P U M D brave 6 may be from standing too close
K J S W C T X M S O N L G Z E
G D K P X S U D C E T T J Y S
4 1 Some dinosaurs must have given birth to live babies.
X W W Y M E X D T M I Z X B X 2 Plesiosaurs can’t have laid eggs. 3 Other dinosaur species
U E P L R N L E V I Q W L S F could / might / may have given birth to live babies too. 4 The
H Y J A N O M B D B I N C G Y pregnant Plesiosaur must have been preserved in the Earth’s
O V A Y G T N A C A V U Y B B
L P R Q L S G W Z A H Z G K O layers for all these years. 5 Plesiosaurs must have been able
to swim. 6 Plesiosaur mothers could / might / may have taken
1 Gold coins 2 vase 3 jug 4 stone steps 5 Tools care of their babies in the way that marine animals do today.
5 1 must have gone 2 must have lost 3 could / might / may have
chased 4 could / might / may have followed 5 can’t have seen
Grammar 6 can’t have heard
1 1 must 2 could / might / may 3 can’t 4 could/might/may
5 could / might / may 6 can’t Reading
2 1 might 2 can’t 3 can’t 4 must 5 must 6 might 1 1 It’s about an illusion / hypnosis. 2 Derren Brown. 3 He’s an
3 1 must be the fire alarm 2 can’t be anyone inside 3 might be illusionist. 4 They control other people’s minds. 5 To kill a
coming from the canteen 4 could be a fire 5 must be very celebrity.
brave 6 may be from standing too close 2 1 assassination 2 Sirhan Sirhan 3 assassin 4 hypnotised
4 1 must have given 2 can’t have laid 3 could / might / may 5 trigger
have given birth 4 must have been preserved 5 must have
been 6 could / might / may have looked after Writing
5 1 must have gone 2 must have lost 3 could / might / may have
chased 4 could / might / may have followed 5 can’t have seen 1 1 Suddenly 2 eventually 3 Amazingly 4 Thankfully 5 Initially
6 can’t have heard 2 Students' own answers

Reading Listening
1 1 True 2 False – It’s called Derren Brown. 3 True 4 True 5 False – 1 1 while I was in Germany 2 my little cousin Oscar 3 sixth
To make someone kill a celebrity. birthday 4 buy him a book 5 in any of the bookshops
2 1 assassination 2 Sirhan Sirhan 3 assassin 4 hypnotised 2 1 In the holidays. 2 The Adventures of Tintin. 3 Six. 4 English.
5 trigger 5 It was his own book.

Writing
1 1 Suddenly 2 eventually 3 Amazingly 4 Thankfully 5 Initially
2 Students' own answers

Listening
1 1 b 2 f 3 c 4 e 5 d
2 1 True 2 False – He’s called Oscar. 3 True 4 False – He wanted
to buy a copy of the book in English. 5 False – It was his own
book.

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Extension

Vocabulary
1 a pride b happiness c excitement d sadness e fear
1 excitement 2 fear 3 pride 4 sadness 5 happiness
2 1 embarrassing 2 disgusting 3 disgusted 4 annoying
5 surprised
3 Across: 1 jug 3 tools 4 stone steps 5 vase Down: 2 gold coins

Grammar
1 1 (d) must 2 (f ) could / might / may 3 (a) can’t 4 (e) could /
might / may 5 (c) could / might / may 6 (b) can’t
2 1 could / might / may 2 can’t 3 can’t 4 must 5 must 6 could /
might / may

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Diagnostic on Saturday night and left at


eleven o’clock yesterday morning.
Unit Test 3 4

Test 1 Carmen No way! You must be Presenter Welcome to the This


shattered. Evening show. Zoe Thorne, our
Journalist Hi and welcome to In Leon Yes – totally. What about you? expert in personal relationships
Your Opinion, the programme How was your weekend? is here to discuss arranged
that asks people in the street Carmen Actually it was very marriages. Zoe?
what they think. Today, we are interesting. I met a really fit boy. Zoe Well. There are some good
in London to ask people what Leon Where? things about arranged marriages.
they think about the British Carmen Actually… at the In Western society we focus on
monarchy. Excuse me, do you supermarket! falling in love, whereas in some
have a moment? I’d like to ask Leon Tell me more… other cultures it’s about finding
you, what’s your opinion of the Carmen I’d love to, but I’ve got the right life-partner first. I
British monarchy? Maths now… catch you later. suppose what I’m trying to say
Man  Ooh…well… to be honest I’m Leon Carmen! is that we put more importance
not a big fan of the monarchy. As
on love than on finding things in
far as I’m concerned they have
common. And statistics suggest
too much money and do too
that that is the wrong thing to do.
little work.
Woman  I don’t agree at all. They Unit Test 2 3 Couples who marry for love are
more likely to get divorced than
work really hard. They represent
Interviewer Hi Jamie, thanks for couples in arranged marriages.
the country internationally.
coming. So, why would you like This is possibly because of
Man  I suppose so, but I still think
this job? parental involvement in arranged
they have too many properties…
Jamie I’d like to be a chef eventually marriages.
Especially at the moment when
and have my own restaurant. Presenter I imagine a lot of young
lots of people are losing their
Interviewer But you know this job is people would think that parental
jobs and their homes.
as a barista? involvement is a bad thing.
Woman  I know what you mean, but
Jamie Yes, but I think its good Zoe Yes, but parents can think about
at the same time the royal family
experience of working with whether a person is right for you.
are a tourist attraction; tourists
customers in the food industry. Presenter What about stories of
come to the country to see them
Interviewer That’s true. Do you have abuse in arranged marriages?
and their palaces and while
any experience? Zoe Well, in a true arranged marriage
they are here they spend a lot of
Jamie Well … I’ve been working as a the final decision to be together
money.
waiter in a beach restaurant. is made by the couple. This is
Journalist I’m afraid that we have
Interviewer Good. Just like a different than a forced marriage
to stop there. Join me next time
restaurant, the coffee shop where the couple aren’t allowed
when I’ll be asking people… to make their own choice.
can be very busy, however our
customers are in a hurry. Perhaps
you can tell me about your
strengths and weaknesses?
Unit Test 1 2
Jamie OK … I am very Unit Test 4 5
communicative, I’m not shy …
Carmen Hi Leon, how was your um … I’m very organised and I Craig Jess, can you help me choose a
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weekend? can work very quickly. photo to go on the front cover of


Leon Oh, hi Carmen. It was great Interviewer OK … And any the school magazine?
thanks. weaknesses? Jess Of course.
Carmen What did you do? Jamie Well … I suppose I like to take Craig I’ve got three photos to choose
Leon We went to the Shakall Club control if I think something needs from the skiing trip. Look.
in town. to be done … some people don’t Jess Ooh – I like this one of the
Carmen Cool! like that. mountain village.
Leon Yeah, and we got in for free. Interviewer True … and of course Craig Yes…, but… it doesn’t have
Carmen No kidding! How? you would be working under a any of the students in it.
Leon Well, my cousin has just got a manager. Jess I know, but it has got the snowy
job there, as a doorman. Jamie Oh, yes, of course. mountains at the background.
Carmen That’s amazing. So how Interviewer OK … When would you Craig True – but what about this one
was it? be available from? of the group?
Leon You wouldn’t believe it – so Jamie I could start next week. Jess It looks too posed. I like natural-
good. We got there at midnight Interviewer Great! I’ll be in touch. looking photos best.

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Craig Good point. What about this


one on the slopes?
Unit Test 6 7 3  You are treated like a criminal
at airports – all those security
Jess Yes! I like this one – it looks James Ah… quick! Switch the alarm checks – and anyway train travel
natural with lots of movement. off Ruth. is far more civilised.
Craig And it was a really sunny day Ruth How? 4  It’s unhealthy – think of all
so the light is good. James Don’t you know? the diseases spread by the air
Jess And look at the snowboarder in Ruth I haven’t got a clue. Do you conditioning on a plane.
the top left-hand corner. It looks know anything about alarms? 5  You can’t just walk on to a plane
as if he’s about to land on Tim’s James No. – you have to book a long time in
head. That’s hilarious! Ruth So what do we do? advance.
Craig Shall we choose this one? James Have you tried pressing the 6  They now often charge you to
Jess Definitely. off button? take bags on!
Ruth Yes, and the reset button. Air travel? Forget it.
They’re not working.
James We could try the instructions.
Unit Test 5 6 Where are they?
Ruth In the kitchen drawer. I’ll get Unit Test 8 9
Kim Hi Marga, how are you? them.
Marga Actually, I’m not feeling great. James What does it say? Good afternoon, everyone. Today,
Kim That’s too bad. You look tired. Ruth Open the flap. Switch the alarm I’d like to talk to you about safety
Marga Yeah… I can’t sleep. I’m to manual. The alarm should stop. in our town. I believe that our town
worried about my exams and James That’s not working either. Is has become much safer over the last
mum and dad keep arguing all there a number to call? five years. Firstly, I’d like to show you
the time. I feel really depressed Ruth Um… No. the data regarding street crime; this
and I can’t stop eating. James How about turning all the includes mugging, graffiti, stealing
Kim Oh Marga! You should come to electricity off? cars, fighting and shoplifting.
my yoga class with me on Friday. Ruth Do you think that will work? As you can see, the number of
Have you ever done yoga? James I don’t know. Let’s try it. people arrested increased between
Marga No, but now you come to Ruth OK. 2008 and 2010, however the figures
mention it, I’ve always wanted to. have decreased since 2010. This
Kim You really should. It’s totally Ruth Phew! could be due to the increase in the
holistic so it’s good for your body, James Brilliant! number of police on the streets,
mind and spirit. Ruth Shall I switch the electricity which, as shown, has doubled since
Marga Really? back on? 2009. However, the number of
Kim Yes. Because it focuses on James Yes, I want a cup of tea. teenage arrests has risen in the last
breathing and it really helps you Ruth Me too! two years. One reason for this could
to relax. be the closure of the youth club. To
Marga Is that right? Ruth and James NOOOOOOO!!!!!!! conclude, overall our town is getting
Kim Yes. My yoga teacher is always safer, but we need to discuss a
saying that yoga increases the solution to the worrying increase in
amount of oxygen in your body teenage crime.
which is great for your organs,
especially your brain. And all the
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meditation helps you to get rid of


People ask me why I am completely
the stress. It makes you feel really
positive and fresh.
against air travel. Don’t you want to Unit Test 9 10
arrive in exotic, faraway lands in a
Marga Sounds good, but do you
few hours? Well, no! That’s not the Ben Hey Jude, you’ll never guess
think I could do it?
point. It goes against my principles what happened to me while I was
Kim Absolutely! When you first
to fly. Here’s why: in Germany during the holidays.
start it can be a bit difficult, but
1  It’s extremely damaging Jude What happened?
you soon get more flexible and
to the environment – if we Ben Well, I was with my little cousin
stronger.
carry on flying at the current Oscar. It was his sixth birthday
rate, our planet will heat up and I decided to buy him a
uncontrollably. book. I remembered that at his
2  It’s expensive – much better to age my favourite book was The
take a holiday locally and support Adventures of Tintin and I thought
the local economy. that Oscar might really like it.

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Jude Yeah – that’s a great book!


Ben Well, I couldn’t find it in any of
the bookshops so I decided to
try the second-hand bookshops
instead.
Jude Good idea.
Ben Of course most of the books
were in German, but I really
wanted Oscar to read it in
English. Well, eventually we
amazingly found a copy in
English.
Jude That’s quite amazing in a
German second-hand bookshop.
Ben I know, but the most amazing
thing was that when I opened the
book to write ‘Happy birthday,
Oscar’ in it there was already a
name inside the book.
Jude Right… and?
Ben It was my name!
Jude You’re kidding!
Ben No – it was my book from when
I was young.
Jude How funny!
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