Aim High TB1 Test 8

8 Test
Vocabulary
1 Rewrite the sentences, replacing the underlined words with a suitable word
or expression.
1 Sportsmen often become well-known people.
________________________________________________________
2 We need to discover what time the train leaves.
________________________________________________________
3 My aunt is a woman without a husband.
________________________________________________________
4 I prefer meat without fat.
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5 We cooked some eggs in hot water for lunch.
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6 Eating three times a day is normal.
________________________________________________________
7 Tina stopped eating chocolate last week.
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8 Everyone in my family is very strong and well.
________________________________________________________
9 We often cook a chicken in the oven on special occasions.
________________________________________________________
10 My steak was very easy to cut.
________________________________________________________
Marks: __ /10
2 Complete the text.

A traditional English breakfast is bacon and eggs. People used to 1________ their
food in butter, but now we know that this isn’t very 2________. To reduce the content
of 3________ in food, many people now 4________ the bacon at the top of the oven
instead. However, things have changed, and most people in Britain only have a bowl
of 5________ for breakfast today. Some follow this with a slice or two of 6________
with butter and 7________. In the past families made a pot of 8________ to drink, but
nowadays many people have a cup of 9________ instead. In general, they don’t drink
espresso though! Some people also have a glass of orange 10________ with their
breakfast.
Marks: __ /10
Reading
3 Read the text and complete the sentences.
A diet fit for a champion
American swimmer Michael Phelps consumes an amazing 12,000 calories a day. He
starts off by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes,
fried onions and mayonnaise. He follows this up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg
omelette, a bowl of cereal and three slices of toast topped with powdered sugar and
three chocolate-chip pancakes. For lunch Phelps has half a kilo of enriched pasta and
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two large ham and cheese sandwiches covered with mayonnaise. He finishes the meal
by downing 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks. For dinner Phelps loads up the
carbohydrates with another half a kilo of pasta and a whole pizza. Then he drinks
another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks. His diet is designed to give him the
energy he needs to complete his five-hours a day, six-days-a-week training regime.
1 Michael Phelps takes part in ________ competitions.

2 The sandwiches he has for breakfast contain ________ different ingredients.
3 He has ________ and pancakes on his toast.
4 The main liquid he consumes comes from ________.
5 He eats so many carbohydrates to get ________.
Marks: __ /5
4 Read the text again and answer the questions with a complete sentence.
1 How many eggs does Phelps eat for breakfast?
_______________________________________________________
2 How much pasta does Phelps eat every day?
_______________________________________________________
3 What drinks does Phelps have during the day?
_______________________________________________________
4 What is Phelps’s biggest meal?
_______________________________________________________
5 How many hours does Phelps train per week?
_______________________________________________________
Marks: __ /15
Grammar
5 Find the mistake in each line. Write the correction below.
1 To have the balanced diet, you should eat a
2 variety of foods from all of the five basic group.
3 How many bread can you eat? Bread, pasta,
4 potato and rice are all in the first group. These
5 foods should be the main part of all meals you
6 eat. How many fruit should you have? You should
7 eat five portions of fruits and vegetables every day.
8 Are meat bad for you? Of course not. You need to
9 eat any fish or meat every day, but you shouldn’t
10 eat some fat. Cut this off the meat before you cook it.
1 ____________ 6 ____________
2 ____________ 7 ____________
3 ____________ 8 ____________
4 ____________ 9 ____________
5 ____________ 10 ____________
Marks: __ /10
6 Use the words to write sentences, adding any extra necessary words.
1 I / not have / computer / at / home
______________________________________________________

2 There are / bananas / in / kitchen
______________________________________________________
3 How / milk / be / in / fridge?
______________________________________________________
4 We / listen to / radio / during / day
______________________________________________________
5 What time / you have / breakfast / in / morning?
______________________________________________________
6 Linda / go cinema / every week / to see / film
______________________________________________________
7 How / people / go / work / in your family?
______________________________________________________
8 My father / go work / by / car
______________________________________________________
9 My friends / not have got / money / in bank
______________________________________________________
10 You / watch television / in / evening?
______________________________________________________
Marks: __ /10
Language skills
7 Complete the dialogue.
Dan There isn’t anything for dinner.
BenI’m sure there’s 1________ bread. We could have toast.
Dan We had sandwiches 2________ lunch and we finished 3________ bread.
BenWhat about eggs. Are there 4________ eggs in the fridge? We could make
5
________ omelette.
Dan No, there 6________ any eggs either. ________
Ben 7________ there any fruit?
Dan There 8________ two apples, and I think there’s 9________ banana.
BenGreat! I know, you make a cup of tea, and I’ll make a fruit salad.
Dan I can’t make tea, because there 10________ any milk!
Marks: __ /10
8 Complete the mini-dialogues.

Dialogue 1
A How much coffee is there?
B 1______________________________________________________
I just had the last cup.
A How many biscuits are there?
B 2______________________________________________________
You ate them all yesterday.
Dialogue 2
A 3______________________________________________________?
B I usually have cereal and toast.
Dialogue 3
A 4______________________________________________________?
B My brother’s got two cars.

Dialogue 4
A 5______________________________________________________?
B Sam usually drinks water.
Marks: __ /10

Writing
9 Imagine you want to organize a weekend at a hotel for you and a group of
friends. You want to find out: if the hotel is available, the price of a room, if
the hotel has a car park. Write a formal letter to the hotel. Write 90–110
words and include the following information:
• how many people are in the group
• what the occasion is
• the date
Marks: __ /20
TOTAL: __ /100

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8 Test

2 Complete the text.

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1 Michael Phelps takes part in ________ competitions.

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8 Complete the mini-dialogues.

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