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Test-Taking Skills Booster

UNIT 6
READING
A Complete the five conversations.

1 A: Why don’t we go bike riding Sunday? 1 See you.

B: 1 2 3 2 Great idea.
3 How come?

2 A: How about Monday at 2:00? 1 Is that good?

B: 1 2 3 2 When’s good for you?
3 That’s good for me.

3 A: Don’t you usually run on Fridays? 1 Yes, but I hurt my foot.

B: 1 2 3 2 Yes, I am.
3 Because I’m busy this Friday.

4 A: Do you play basketball? 1 Too bad.

B: 1 2 3 2 Do you play?
3 Yes. I’m crazy about it.

5 A: Do you stay in shape? 1 Not as much as I’d like to.

B: 1 2 3 2 I avoid small portions.
3 No, she’s so out of shape.

B Choose the correct word to complete the sentences in the reading.

Despite the Odds

Mark Zupan and Bethany Hamilton are extraordinary athletes.

Zupan is a quadriplegic rugby champion. He uses his arms to (1) his wheelchair.
He stays (2) and lifts weights at the (3) every day. He has good eating
habits and avoids (4) food. He gives (5) and raises money for his sport.

Surfer Hamilton (6) her arm to a shark when she was 13. But she is still a
competitive surfer, and she (7) every day at the beach. She has a prosthetic
(8), but she never uses it when surfing. Bethany appears on TV often. She wants
to help other people follow their (9), even when they face great difficulties. Her
advice: Never (10).

Top Notch 1, Third Edition Unit 6

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  1 A move B stop C play
2 A in bed B at home C in shape
3 A park B gym C pool
4 A healthy B tasty C fatty
5 A lectures B money C things
6 A lost B gave C took
7 A reads B relaxes C practices
8 A foot B leg C arm
9 A dreams B lives C diets
10 A surf B complain C give up

LISTENING
A    1.11 Listen to each statement. Choose the one that goes with the picture.

1  A  B  C  D 2  A  B  C  D

3  A  B  C  D 4  A  B  C  D

B    1.12 Listen to the statement or question. Choose the letter of the correct response.
1  A  B  C 5  A  B  C

2  A  B  C 6  A  B  C

3  A  B  C 7  A  B  C

4  A  B  C 8  A  B  C

Top Notch 1, Third Edition Unit 6

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