Unit 1 Test: Standard

Vocabulary 7
1 will
1 foot 2 used to
2 brains 3 would
3 ears 4 are used to
4 backs 5 is always
5 hand 6 will always

2 8
1 decision 1 is always
2 kindness 2 used to
3 action 3 was always
4 speaker 4 am used to
5 probability 5 normally
6 punishment 6 will

3 Use of English
1 B
2 C 9
3 A 1 B
4 A 2 A
5 C 3 C
4 B
5 A
4 6 B
1 yelling 7 D
2 gasped 8 A
3 whispered
4 groaned
Listening
10
Grammar 1 T
5 2 F – Initially the nurses weren’t allowed to
1 have been learning treat the soldiers …
2 went 3 F – When the war ended in 1856, Florence
3 had started returned home to find she was famous.
4 had been painting 4 F – an illness left Helen both deaf and blind
5 were walking 5 T
6 haven’t read 6 F – She wrote the first of 14 books in 1903,
her autobiography The Story of My Life.

6
1 I saw that film last week, it’s fantastic. 11
2  1 get married
3 They were tired because they had been 2 prepared simple healthy meals
working for hours without stopping. 3 India
4 I was running when I fell over and hurt my 4 six/6
leg. 5 water
5 For years, scientists have been 6 deaf and blind charities
investigating the best way to communicate
faster.
6 I was going to do my homework before tea,
but in the end I did it after.
7 

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Unit 1 Test: Standard

Reading Rachel and her family to go up the tower and

they said goodbye.
12 Rachel was sitting at the back of class on the
1 C first day of school, when their teacher walked
2 F in. ‘Quiet, everyone!’ she called. ‘I’d like you to
3 B welcome a new student. This is Sylvia.’ Rachel
4 E couldn’t believe her eyes – it was the girl she’d
5 D met in Paris! ‘Sylvia and I have met before’,
Rachel gasped loudly. The two girls smiled
happily. It was going to be a good year.
13
1 B [233 words]
2 C
3 B
4 A Speaking
5 B
6 C 16
7 B Students’ own answers

Marking criteria
14 Use the marking criteria below to give a score
Possible answer: out of 10.
I think the most surprising research was about 9–10 Full contribution. Basic and some
the brains of the team that went to the complex structures, accurate and well-
Antarctic. I didn’t expect their brains to have organised. Pronunciation mostly clear.
changed so much since they were with eight 7–8 Adequate contribution. Basic and some
other people. Also, it was surprising that it complex structures, generally accurate
affected everyone more or less the same, I and well-organised. Pronunciation
would have expected it to affect different mostly clear.
people differently. Finally, it was unexpected 5–6 Adequate contribution. Basic structures,
how the protein levels were lower, so they generally accurate and some
would get stressed more easily. organisation. Pronunciation mostly clear.
3–4 Limited contribution. Basic structures,
often inaccurate but some organisation.
Pronunciation mostly clear.
Writing
1–2 Very limited contribution. Basic
15 structures, mostly inaccurate and little
Sample answer: organisation. Pronunciation not always
The meeting clear.
Rachel would never forget the day they spent 0 Contribution too small or too
in Paris. They’d been staying on the coast in incomprehensible to mark.
France for ten days and would be flying home
the next day. They’d saved sightseeing in the
city for the end of the holiday.
Rachel had always wanted to visit the Eiffel
Tower so it was like a dream come true.
Unfortunately, it was hot and the queue was
moving really slowly. ‘Why do we have to wait?
It’s so boring!’ her little sister Sarah whined.
‘Hey, do you like magic?’ someone whispered
to Rachel and Sarah. It was the girl from the
family behind them in the queue. She was
about Rachel’s age. The girl started doing
magic tricks and Sarah watched happily. She
was as quiet as a mouse now! Later, Rachel
and the girl chatted, it turned out they both
loved art and dance. Finally, it was time for

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