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2 TEST
Name ___________________________________________ No. _______ Class: _________ Date ___________
LISTENING
1. Listen to three teenagers talking about bullying and fitting in. Match the
speakers in column A with the ideas they express in column B. All the ideas
are used once.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
2. Listen to the text about Billie Eilish and complete it with the ten missing
words.
Billie Eilish became the youngest Grammy award winner in history at 18 years old. But her
a._________________ was not easy. On the way to her big wins, Billie struggled with clinical
b._________________ and suicidal thoughts.
Billie believes that her rise to success led her to feel c._________________ in the world as her
friends could no longer relate to her d._________________. At 16 years old, it can be challenging to
survive high school, let alone survive being one of the biggest e._________________ stars on the pop
scene.
She entered into f._________________ for her depression and claims that today she is doing
much better and now has the g._________________ and skillset to help her work through hurdles
that sometimes still h._________________. She now uses her i._________________ platform to tell
her story about mental j._________________ in hopes of helping others who are too afraid to speak
up.
You are going to read a letter that a woman entering her sixties wrote to her 16-year-old self.
a. return 1. struggling
b. quite 2. achievement
d. triumph 4. conscientious
e. responsible 5. go back
2. Match the words with who or what they refer to. There is one extra word/expression
you do not need to use.
4. most people
3. Choose from the underlined sentences in the text the one that matches each of the
following ideas.
a. You will be pleased to be able to push yourself into unfamiliar situations.
______________________________________________________________________________
b. You will be thankful for things in your life you failed to appreciate before.
______________________________________________________________________________
c. You will experience both victory and defeat.
______________________________________________________________________________
d. You will learn a lot from the mistakes you make.
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Choose the most suitable meaning of the following expressions as they are used in the
text.
4.1 “my parents were struggling to make ends meet” (lines 6-7)
a. to have enough money to survive b. to fulfil life goals
4.2 “what a roller coaster ride of a life you are going to have” (lines 16-17)
a. a fun life b. life full of ups and downs
4.3 “you will put your heart and soul into it.” (line 21)
a. be fully committed b. fall in love
can set you up may help you manage may struggle may not have
You make potentially life-altering decisions every single day. However, you a._________________
skills to make healthy decisions yet. As a result, you b._________________when you're faced with
decisions like: Should I get a job? What should I say to a friend who offers me a cigarette? Should I
ask someone out on a date? Good decision-making skills c._________________for success later in
life. Additionally, good decisionmaking skills d._________________your stress levels better.
https://www.verywellfamily.com (adapted; accessed in January 2021)
2. Choose from the list of adjectives given the one that best describes the people below.
a. I always go to my father for good advice. I really trust his good judgement and wisdom. He is a
really _________________ person.
b. You are asking Lewis for help?! Forget it! He is only concerned about his own personal profit.
He is the most _________________ person I know!
c. The main character in this book lacks liveliness and interest. In fact, I find it quite
_________________.
d. Alice is always considerate about other people’s feelings and is always willing to help
everybody. She is really _________________.
3. Complete the sentences using the present simple, present continuous, past simple or
past continuous.
a. Last week, while I _________________ (go) through my future options, I came across some very
interesting information about courses abroad.
b. When Christine finally got to the shop, they _________________ (close) down for the holiday.
c. Is she still looking at herself in the mirror?! She (look) great! Let’s go!
d. At primary school, I _________________ (not feel) accepted; now that I’m in high school, it
_________________ (not get) any better!
e. What _________________ (you / think) about yesterday when I met you in the street? You
looked so absent-minded.
5. Complete the sentences replacing the underlined part with a modal verb.
a. I would advise you to show more initiative.
You __________________________________________________________________________
b. I will probably go to university after high school. I don’t know yet.
I ______________________________________________________________. I don’t know yet.
c. She is able to make friends quite easily.
She __________________________________________________________________________
d. I don’t think it’s a good idea to postpone important decisions.
You __________________________________________________________________________
e. It is mandatory to fill in the college application before the deadline.
We ___________________________________________________________________________
WRITING
Imagine that you have just arrived in a
new school. You don’t know anybody and
you are kind of shy, so you are finding it
difficult to make friends. You are feeling
lonely and don’t know what to do.
Write an email to a Help Page recounting
what has happened so far, expressing your
feelings and asking for advice.