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skills test 3a
Reading
1 Read the text. Choose the correct answer.
1 Rihanna released her first album
a before she was seventeen.
b after her seventeenth birthday.
c after her first single.
2 She moved to America
a in order to meet the record producer Evan Rogers.
b in order to form her first music group.
c when she was sixteen years old.
3 Which statement is not true about her first album?
a It became a hit and got into the top ten.
b She made it during the school holidays.
c It sold over two million copies all over the world.
4 Rihanna’s song Umbrella
a was nominated for an award but didn’t win.
b was from the album Good Girl Gone Bad.
c was written by the rap artist Jay-Z.
5 The Believe Foundation was created by Rihanna
a to raise money for children in Africa.
b to organise concerts to raise money.
c to help children with health problems.
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Making music

Many teenagers dream of having a hit single and becoming a famous musician but Rihanna
made her dream come true. By the time she was seventeen, she had released her first album
and had an international smash hit with her first single Pon de Replay. Today she is a
successful singer with fans all over the world.
Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. She grew up there
with her two younger brothers. As a child, she loved singing. She formed her first group with two
friends from secondary school when she was just fifteen. In 2004 friends introduced the group to

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American record producer Evan Rogers, who was on holiday in Barbados. Rogers thought
Rihanna could be a big star in America so she moved there aged sixteen to pursue her music
career while she finished school.
Rihanna lived with Rogers and his wife and recorded a demo of four songs during the school
holidays. As a result of the demo, she signed up with Def Jam Recordings and started work on
her first album, Music of the Sun. It came out in 2005 and got into the top ten. Over 69,000
copies of the album were sold in the first week alone. It went on to sell over two million copies
worldwide and Rihanna quickly became a big star. Her second album, A Girl Like Me, came out
a year later and included the song SOS, which was her first number one hit in America.
In 2007 Rihanna brought out her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, which had more dance
tracks than the first two albums. It featured five top ten hits, including three number one singles
in America and the worldwide hit Don’t Stop the Music. The album was nominated for nine
Grammy Awards and won Best Rap Sung Collaboration for the song Umbrella, which she sang
with rapper Jay-Z. Her fourth album, Rated R, came out in 2009, followed by her fifth album,
Loud, in 2010. These featured five international hit singles.
Rihanna has sold more than fifteen million albums and forty-five million singles worldwide, and
had nine number one singles between 2005 and 2010, the most of any artist at the same time.
However, she manages to find time for her charity work, too. She has performed in several
concerts to raise money for charity and in 2006 she created her Believe Foundation to help sick
children. She also took part in Gucci’s campaign to raise funds for children in Africa.
2 Read the text again. Tick () true or cross () false.
1 Rihanna’s first single was a hit only in America. 
2 There were three other singers in the first group she was in. 
3 Rihanna didn’t make the demo during term time. 
4 Her third album was very similar to the first two albums. 
5 Between 2005 and 2010 Rihanna had more number one hits than any other singer at that
time. 
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Listening
3 4 Listen to an interview about food and restaurants. Match the people 1-6 to the
sentence endings a-h. There are two extra sentence endings.
1 Andy ______
2 Bridget______
3 Colin______
4 Diana______

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 5 Ed______
6 Fiona______
a eats a lot of fried food.
b doesn’t eat any meat or fish.
c likes spicy food.
d isn’t very fond of fish.
e doesn’t eat meat.
f eats eggs a few times a week.
g never eats grilled fish or liver.
h loves different kinds of fruit.
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4 3 Listen to the interview again. Tick () true, cross () false or write (?) if there is o
information.
1 Andy didn’t enjoy the meal he had last week because it was too strange. 
2 Colin thinks that everyone should try a traditional English breakfast at least once. 
3 Diana says that she likes different foods but her favourite is roast lamb. 
4 Fiona doesn’t think it’s healthy to eat liver. 
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Communication
5 Complete the text with the words below. There are two extra words.

[doubled dramatically fallen fluctuated risen slightly stayed]

The graph shows how many people have downloaded information from the website.

As you can see, numbers have 1 _______ steadily over the past two months. In fact, they’ve

more than 2 ___________ from about 1,000 to over 2,000. In January, the numbers 3

___________ a lot – they went up and down. In February, the numbers 4 ___________

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 about the same – they didn’t change much. However, in March and April, the numbers

dropped 5 ___________ from 1,500 to 1,400. After that, they went up again.

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6 Complete the question/response you would use in the following situations.

1 You arrive at your hotel but the receptionist says there is no record of your reservation.

You want to clarify the situation.

‘ _______________________________________ there isn’t a room for me?’

2 There is a problem and you are asking for a solution.

‘What_______________________________________________________?’

3 You want to suggest a solution for a problem.

‘Why__________________________________________call the manager?’

4 The receptionist says he/she can’t help but you stand your ground.

‘I’m___________________________________but I think you need to find a solution.’

5 You decide to make another suggestion.

‘What__________________you ring the nearest hotel and make a reservation for me?’

/5
Marks

Reading /10 marks

Listening /10 marks

Communication /10 marks

Total: /30 marks

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