Life, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 4 Test

Vocabulary
1 Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
0 Sophie is very nice and ___________ .
A friend B friendly C patience D patiently
1 Some people ___________ themselves difficult challenges in life.
A give B do C take D play
2 Don’t ___________ risks in the mountains when the weather is bad.
A do B make C get D take
3 Joel is very ___________-working. He spends a lot of time at work.
A strong B good C hard D long
4 After spending twenty years in my job, I think I can say I am ___________ .
A experienced B positive C kind D intelligent
5 What is the biggest ___________ we have to solve today?
A challenger B challenge C challenging D challenged
6 Did you ___________ for the exam?
A test B memory C score D study
7 We need to find a ___________ to the problem.
A solve B score C solution D achievement
8 Jill left her bag on the bus but, ___________, we found it later.
A really B fortunately C while D next
9 Thanks for buying me flowers on my birthday. That was very ___________ of you.
A positive B intelligent C kind D patient
10 On our way home, we drove ___________ a tunnel.
A across B through C on D onto
(10 points)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in CAPITAL LETTERS. There is an example
at the beginning (0).
0 Yousuf Karsh was one of the world’s best-known __photographers__ . PHOTOGRAPH
1 Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro was my greatest personal ____________ . ACHIEVE
2 Hillary and Tenzing were the first ____________to climb Everest. MOUNTAIN
3 We’re trying to find a ____________to the problem. SOLVE
4 Ollie is trying to ____________the capitals of every state in the USA. MEMORY
5 It was a ____________journey across snow and ice. CHALLENGE
6 I don’t know anybody as kind or as ____________as Josie. PATIENCE
7 We were lost but, ____________ , we found a path that took us back to the campsite. LUCK
8 Be ____________when you go down those steps. They’re dangerous. CARE
9 Some people think paragliding is safe, but I think it’s ____________ . RISK
10 Jake is an ____________ . He travels to dangerous places around the world. ADVENTURE
(10 points)

Grammar
3 Complete the text with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Ellen MacArthur (0) _was_______ (be) born in Derbyshire in the UK in 1976 . She (1) ___________
(grow) up far from the sea, and her parents and brothers (2) ___________ (not be) very interested in
sailing. However, she (3) ___________ (have) an aunt who was a yachtswoman and she (4)
___________ (learn) to sail while she (5) ___________ (stay) with her aunt on the east coast of England.
Ellen (6) ___________ (buy) her first small boat while she (7) ___________ (study) at school. After that,
she (8) ___________ (spend) all her free time sailing. In 2005, she (9) ___________ (become) world
famous when she (10) ___________ (break) the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of
the globe in a yacht.
(10 points)
4 Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
0 The yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester ____________in 1972.
A die B died C is dying D was dying
1 We missed the train because it ____________at the station.
A not stop B didn’t stop C wasn’t stopping D don’t stop
2 We were ___________ tired so we went home.
A feel B feels C feeling D felt
3 While she ___________ through the country, she visited many interesting places.
A was travelling B were travelling C travelling D is travelling
4 What ___________ when you saw him?
A was Tom doing B were Tom doing C Tom was doing D Tom were doing
5 I ___________ my leg when I fell off the ladder.
A break B broke C am breaking D was breaking
6 ___________ you see the film last Friday?
A Do B Was C Did D Were
7 While ___________ watching the match, it started to rain.
A we were B she were C were we D were she
8 I was hoping to pass the exam but, in the end, I ___________ it.
A fail B failed C was failing D am failed
9 Fiona and I ___________ get on during the holidays last summer.
A don’t B wasn’t C weren’t D didn’t
10 I ___________ breakfast when the alarm went off. I stopped eating and ran outside.
A ate B was eating C eat D am eating
(10 points)
Reading
5 Read the article about two adventurers. Is the following information given for Krzysztof (K), Ashima
(A) or both of them (B)? There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Their age when they started doing a new sport or skill __B________
1 Their plans for the future ___________
2 A course they did once ___________
3 How people in their family help them ___________
4 Why they are famous now ___________
5 A place they were the first person to go to ___________
6 Where they first started doing a new sport or skill ___________
7 A medical problem they had ___________
8 Problems they had when they first tried a new sport or skill ___________
9 Two different sports or skills they can do ___________
10 How they felt after trying a sport or skill for the first time ___________
(10 points)

Two adventurers of the year

When Polish explorer Krzysztof Starnawski was eighteen years old, he went on a diving course and tried
to dive, but couldn’t because he had problems with pressure in his ears. A few years later, he decided to
take up a new challenge: caving. From the start, he loved his new sport. In Poland, there are a number
of deep caves and Krzysztof began to explore them. Every time he reached the end of a new cave, he
came across deep, dark water, but he knew that he couldn’t go into the water because of his ears.
Then, during a cycling trip, he met a diving instructor who taught him how to deal with the problems
with his ears. As a result, he completed a diving course. He was interested in an underwater cave in the
Czech Republic called Hranicka Propast. The cave was deeper than any he knew. He wondered how deep
it really was and spent many hours diving into the cave to explore it. Eventually, he decided that it
wasn’t safe to dive any deeper so he started using an ROV, a type of robot explorer, to go down into the
cave. In November 2016, the ROV hit the bottom, 404 metres below the surface. It was the deepest
underwater cave in the world.
A New Yorker, Ashima Shiraishi discovered rock climbing when she was six years old. She was playing
with friends after school in Central Park and saw some men on a climbing wall known as Rat Rock. She
decided that she wanted to have a try. She started climbing in trainers and kept falling, but she loved it.
She was having so much fun that she didn’t mind that the men were laughing at her because she was
hopeless at climbing. Eventually she got to the top. From that moment she was determined to be a
champion climber.
Ashima’s climbing is a family effort. Her father travels round the world with her, and her mother helps
make the clothes she wears. Although only fifteen, she is a champion American rock climber, and well
known in her own country. Many people believe that she could be the best climber in the world one
day. Ashima’s ambition is to win an Olympic medal at the next Olympic Games. Her talent and her
dreams are big.

Listening
6 [Track 102] Listen to Dan talk about his holiday trip. Select the two activities (A–L) which Dan did on
each day. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Sunday ___E_______ __ H_______
1 Monday ___________ ___________
2 Tuesday ___________ ___________
3 Wednesday ___________ ___________
4 Thursday ___________ ___________
5 Friday ___________ ___________
A went for a walk G went cycling
B sat on the beach H ate on the beach
C did some shopping I went to a restaurant
D took a lot of photographs J read a book
E arrived at the hotel K went to a café
F went swimming L went to museums
(10 points)
Writing
7 Follow the instructions below.
Write five sentences about a holiday you went on in the last five years. Include information about where
you went, when, how long for, and where you stayed. Write about what you did and what you liked.
(10 points)

Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation in class.
Prepare to tell a story about a journey you made. Talk about where you went, and what happened.
(10 points)