A2 Assessment: Unit

Name: Total score: /100

Reading
1 Read the text and underline the correct answers to the questions. (5 points)

When I was at middle school, I played some football
and rugby. I did not like rugby much, but I enjoyed
football. I was a terrible player and nobody wanted me
to be on their team. But I started to improve slowly and,
after a few years, the other kids in the school wanted
me to play with them. When I was in high school, I
stopped playing sports. I was studying too hard and
eating too much.
That evening I went running around the park, but I had to
stop after ten minutes! I felt terrible. Everything was
hurting. The next evening, I went again. I still only did ten
minutes, but I felt better. Within a week, I was running for
fifteen minutes, then twenty, and after three weeks I ran
for thirty minutes without stopping.
Very soon, I was running longer distances and my
speed and strength were improving. After six months, I

Then one day, I was sitting in the park. I was watching
these guys running. They looked fit, and healthy, and
happy. At that moment, I decided to change my life. I
went to a sports shop, bought myself a pair of running
shoes, shorts, and a sweatshirt.
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could call myself a runner! That was last year. I now
run eight kilometers six times a week and love it. Last
month I ran my first marathon and finished in three
hours. I’m very fit now, and am so happy that I went to sit
in the park that day.

a. What is the best title for this text? 2 Read the text again and complete the summary. Use one
1. The Day that Changed my Life word for each blank. (10 points)
2. My Life in Middle School Jake enjoyed playing 1) in
3. Why I Like to Run middle school. But he stopped playing sports in
b. What type of text is this? 2) school. Then Jake started to
1. Encyclopedia entry. study and eat a lot. One day, Jake went to
2. Anecdote. the 3) where he saw some
3. Biography.
c. What is the first paragraph mostly about? 4) doing exercise. He made a
1. When Jake played sports in middle school.
decision to change his 5) and
2. Why Jake did not like playing sports.
start exercising. The first time he went out, Jake ran
3. Why the other kids did not want to play with Jake.
d. What is the last paragraph mostly about? for 6) minutes, and it was very
1. Why Jake started running. difficult for him. After three weeks, he managed to run
2. Why Jake did not like running. for 7) minutes. He gradually
3. How Jake’s life is different now. improved his strength and 8)
e. Which word best describes Jake?
and now he runs 9) six times a
1. Determined.
week. Jake recently completed his first
2. Lazy.
10) in under three hours.
3. Outgoing.

Score: /15

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A2 Assessment: Unit
Name:

Vocabular
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b. Her brother/father taught her to play soccer.
c. She played/didn’t play soccer at high school.
d. At college, Hope changed teams/positions.
e. Her team won/lost the World Cup semi-final against Brazil.
f. Hope won her first gold medal in China/London in 2008.
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g. The US women’s team were World Cup/Olympic champions in 2015.

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Listen again and complete the profile. (8 points)
2

Name: 1) Hope

Sport: 2) do

Date of birth: 3) 30, 1981

Place of birth: Richland, Washington, 4)

Education: Richland High School,

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6) table with the verbs in the correct form. (10 points)
1 Complete

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First World happen
7) go want need ,swim
2007 stop make run play surf

Number of gold medals: 8)

Regular Verbs Simple Past Irregular Verbs Simple Past

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Writing d t
Speaking
> Write a short story. Use the sentence to get > Work in pairs. Use the prompts to ask and answer questions
started. Write 35–50 words. (25 points) about a sporting event you participated in or attended. (20
Last Saturday, I was playing soccer with my points)
friends. What/sport?
Who/participate?
Where/event?
How many/people/attend?
2 Complete the text using the correct forms of the words in parentheses.
How long/event?
(5 points)
While I 1) Who/win?
(sit) in the park, I watched all the people. Some people
2) (drink) coffee. Some people 3) Do/enjoy? (run) around the park
to keep in shape. It 4) (be) interesting to watch. But when it What/favorite moment?
5) (start) raining, everyone went home.

Score: /60
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