Unit 2 Test: Higher

Name: __________________________________ Result: __/100

Vocabulary 3 Complete the adverts with the correct

1 Complete the sentences with the correct transport
words.
1 We don’t usually fly to Ireland from the UK. We
cross the Irish Sea by _______________.
2 The London _______________, or Tube, is a
famous railway below the city.
3 It’s my dream to sail around the Caribbean in an
expensive _______________.
4 Our journey by car was so slow, as we were behind
a huge _______________ carrying heavy goods.
5 _______________ are great for family holidays as
the rooms, restaurants, swimming pool and shops
are all on the boat.
Score __/5
2 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
There are two words that you do not need to use.
arrivals delay information luggage platform
service station taxi rank
accommodation words.
Our language school organises 1 _______________
accommodation in the houses of friendly local families.
Stay with a British family and carry on practising your
English after class.
Broadleaf campsite is in the middle of the beautiful
Welsh mountains. Park your 2 _______________ here
and stay there for £15 a night, or sleep under the stars in
a
3 _______________ for £7 a night. Perfect for nature
lovers.
Gorgeous 4 _______________ to rent in the south of
France. Five bedrooms and large garden with swimming
pool. Sleeps up to ten people.
Take a break from driving and park your car right outside
your room at our cheap 5 _______________. We have
two floors and are just next to the main road.

Janet: What time does Lisa’s train arrive? Score __/5

Steve: I think it’s about 10.30. Can you see it on the

4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 _______________ screen?
1 We can’t travel far in our car. It’s so old that it could
Janet: Yes, there it is. 10.34. But there’s a
break __________ at any time.
2 _______________ of ten minutes, so that
means 10.44. 2 We’ve arrived home! It’s time to get __________ the
car.
Steve: OK, so we still have 15 minutes. Which 3
_______________ does the train come into? 3 Our plane took __________ two hours late.

Janet: Number eight. It’s over there. 4 When are you setting __________ on your trip
around Europe?
Steve: Lisa says she’s bringing a lot of 4
_______________, so I don’t think we 5 Which desk do we have to check __________ at?
should take the bus home. It’s not easy Score __/5
carrying bags on the bus.
Steve: You’re right. There’s a 5 _______________
just outside the station, so we can go there
when she arrives.
Janet: Great! Look, here comes the train!
Score __/5

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Grammar
5 Rewrite the sentences in the forms given.
1 Sally and Dave met when they were getting on a
coach. (question)
_________________________________________
2 The train stopped at the airport. (question)
_________________________________________
3 Did she speak Italian while she was travelling in
Italy? (affirmative)
_________________________________________
4 Did the tram arrive on time? (affirmative)
_________________________________________
5 It was raining when he started the bike ride.
(negative)
_________________________________________
Score __/5
6 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct past
simple or past perfect form of the verbs in the box.
There are two verbs that you do not need to use.
cancel leave meet miss not check in set off take off
1
Ana: I saw your brother in the café. He’s so
friendly.
Ben: Was it the first time you _______________
him?
2
Ali: Where did you start your trip?
Max: We _______________ from Paris.
3 4 The bus ______________________________ near
Lea: Why are you so late?
Zoe: I’m sorry, but we _______________ the train
and had to wait 20 minutes for the next one.
4 early. I couldn’t fall asleep. (go)
7 Complete the text with the correct past simple, past
continuous or past perfect form of the verbs in the
box.
be fall get off hope leave miss stop travel
I 1 _______________ asleep on the train once and
missed my stop. It was two years ago when I
2 _______________ college in London to go home. I
3 _______________ on a train from Kings Cross to
Newark-on-Trent about 125 miles away. It
4 _______________ a long day in London, so I was
very tired. I had done this journey many times but had
never fallen asleep before. On this occasion, I woke up
just as the train 5 _______________ in Newark, so I
got my bags and went to the door, but unfortunately,
before I got there, the train set off again. I
6 _______________ to get off at the next stop, but the
train didn’t stop there. Finally, the train arrived in
Doncaster, 35 miles north of Newark where I
7 _______________. Luckily, I only had to wait ten
minutes for a train going in the opposite direction, and I
arrived back in Newark, only a little over an hour after I
8 _______________ my stop.
Score __/8
8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
(not) used to, be used to or would and the verbs
given.
1 I ______________________________ everywhere
before someone stole my bike. (ride)
2 I ______________________________ in cold
water, as we often spend holidays in Ireland, where
the sea is freezing. (surf)
3 My grandad ______________________________
us camping at the weekends at a farm near the
beach. (take)
my house, but now there is a bus stop just outside.
(stop)
5 I ______________________________ to bed so

Bob: When I got home, I realised I 6 ______________________________ the same

_______________ my mobile phone on the music teacher as Marie? (you have)
seat in the bus.
7 They ______________________________ on their
Zac: Oh no. Did you call the lost property office? own. I hope they manage OK. (travel)
5 Score __/7
Amy: I _______________ the small bag. We can
take it on the plane.
Sue: Good idea.
Score __/5

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Use of English
9 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
I had always 1 _______________ to fly in a hot-
air balloon. One day, as I was
2 _______________ a travel blog, I noticed an
advert for a competition, asking you to write in
and tell them about the most intrepid journey
you had ever 3 _______________ on. The first
prize was a balloon ride. I entered the
competition online and then forgot all
4 _______________ it, never thinking I might
win.
A few weeks later, they announced the winners.
I 5 _______________ won first prize! It was a
dream come true. When the morning arrived,
the sun was 6 _______________.
I 7 _______________ into the basket with the
guide, and the hot-air balloon took
8 _______________. It floated high into the blue
sky through the clouds. It was one of the best
days of my life.
Score __/8
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Listening
10 XðListen to a conversation between a girl, Jess,
and a boy, Sam. Put the topics they discuss in the
order that you hear them.
A Jess recommends somewhere to stay. o
B Sam tells Jess about the holiday he is planning. o
C Jess talks about an experience she had on
holiday.o
D Jess gives her opinion about travelling by train. o
Score __/4
11 Listen again and answer the questions.
1 Why did Jess choose a short helicopter ride?
_________________________________________
2 How does Jess describe the pilot?
_________________________________________
3 How did the helicopter ride change Jess?
_________________________________________
4 What is special about Sam’s train ticket?
_________________________________________
5 What did Jess and Sam used to have in common?
What do they agree on now. (2 marks)
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
6 Give two reasons why Sam wants to stay in a
hostel. (2 marks)
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Score __/8
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Reading The road was noisy and polluted. But it’s so much
better now’, she says. The journey is actually relaxing,
floating above the city looking down on tiny office
Subway in the sky buildings, football fields and rivers. It’s a quiet and calm
The most spectacular transport system in the start to the day.
world.
12 Read the magazine article and complete the
In the past, it wasn’t easy visiting La Paz as a tourist. sentences with 2–3 words in each gap.
You either used to have to walk everywhere or risk your
1 Getting around La Paz used to be difficult because
life using tiny minibuses, which looked like they were
different parts of
about to break down at any moment. Few tourists
______________________________ are at
attempted cycling because of the steep, narrow roads.
different heights.
La Paz, which is situated at an astonishing 3,650 metres
high, has hills and mountains all around it, so transport 2 Before they created the teleférico, tourists had to
along the ground takes a long time. As one of the travel ______________________________ or by
highest cities in the world, getting around used to be bus.
challenging. 3 Part of the teleférico’s electricity is from
But now, tourists can move around the city on its ______________________________.
amazing cable car system, the teleférico, which opened 4 At the end of the red line, you can see spectacular
in 2014. Operating 4000 metres above sea level, it is the scenery, such as the
highest cable car system in the world. So, instead of a ______________________________.
subway or underground, the neighbourhoods in La Paz
5 The local people like the teleférico because it saves
link together with cable car lines. The system consists of
them ______________________________.
eight lines: red, yellow, green, blue, orange, white, sky
blue and purple. It runs on electricity, part of which Score __/5
comes from solar power, and it is silent and quick.
13 Read the article again. Are the statements True (T),
Although minibuses still fill the streets and there is a lot
False (F) or is the information Not Mentioned (NM)?
of traffic in the early hours of the morning, the new
system definitely helps, and it is, without doubt, better 1 The writer recommends cycling as a way of getting
for pollution levels, a major issue in La Paz. around the city. T / F / NM
A single ticket costs just three bolivianos – around 2 The city of La Paz used to have an underground
30 cents, and it can get you to most of the main tourist system. T / F / NM
sites, with the most spectacular views of the city on the 3 The streets in La Paz are very polluted. T / F / NM
way. For example, you can get on the red line in the city
centre where it starts, and in 20 minutes it will take you 4 Nobody uses minibuses anymore in La Paz.
all the way to El Alto, the end of the line. There, you can T / F / NM
get off and enjoy amazing views of the snow-capped 5 You can get from one end of a cable car line to the
mountains or experience local Bolivian life at the largest other in 20 minutes. T / F / NM
open-air market in the world. From the end of the line,
6 You can take a cable car from the centre of La Paz
a short ten-minute taxi ride will get you to La Paz’s
to the airport. T / F / NM
international airport.
7 The local people don’t like the tourists using the
The operators are proud that the cable car is the most cable car system. T / F / NM
popular tourist attraction in the city. However, its main
aim was always to transport the local people of La Paz. Score __/7
It gets children to school and people to work in half or a
third of the time it used to take them. It’s also cheaper
than other types of transport. Local people are
delighted. ‘I used to travel for three or four hours just to
go shopping’, says Mónica Pérez, a secondary school
teacher. Now, the journey is much quicker. Mercedes
Blanco, a student, is equally happy and says her stress
levels are much lower. ‘Before, I had to take three
buses to get to college. Sometimes it took two hours.

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14 Compare the lives of local people in La Paz before

and after the cable car system. Use ideas and facts
in the text to support your answer. Give three
examples and describe the improvements in your
own words.
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

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Writing
15 Write a blog post about an experience you had
while travelling somewhere, e.g. by train, plane or
boat. Use a variety of past tenses. Write 140–180
words.
Checklist
Use words and expressions for giving emphasis:
• What a …!
• so/such
• do/did in affirmative sentences
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Speaking
16 Imagine you are at an airport information desk.
Read the information below and have a
conversation with your partner.
Student A:
You are a passenger requesting information about the
best way to get from Barcelona airport to Girona in
Spain. It’s noisy in the airport and you need to ask for
clarification at times during the conversation.
Before you start the dialogue, make notes about what
information you need, and what questions you are
going to ask.
Student B:
You are an information officer in the airport. Answer
Student A’s questions.

_______________________________________________ Before you start the dialogue, think about the questions
that Student A might ask, and complete the notes
_______________________________________________ below.
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________ Train Bus Taxi

_______________________________________________ Direct or change?
_______________________________________________ Depart from?

_______________________________________________ Length of journey?

_______________________________________________ Price?

_______________________________________________ Platform/Bay?

_______________________________________________ Frequency?

_______________________________________________ Time of
departure/arrival?
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________
Score __/10
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_______________________________________________ Vocabulary __/20

_______________________________________________ Grammar __/25
_______________________________________________ Use of English __/8
Listening __/12
_______________________________________________
Reading __/15
_______________________________________________
Writing __/10
_______________________________________________ Speaking __/10
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________
TOTAL __/100

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Score __/10

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