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Listening

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NAME: ____________________________ CLASS: __________

LISTENING
Part 1
You will hear an interview with a young man called Harry Miller, who is a singer.
Circle the best answer, A, B or C.

1. Harry started singing after 2. Where did Harry do his first show?
A going to a concert. A in a café
B hearing a relative. B in the street
C watching an online video. C at school

3 How often does Harry practise now? 4 What does Harry say about the musicians he
works with?
A every day
A They get on with each other really well.
B every two days
C every week B They’re the best in the world.

C He’s known them for a long time.

5 Harry says that if he wasn’t a singer, he would

A work with numbers.

B become a teacher.

C go to university.

[Total: 5 marks]

Part 2
You will hear five teenagers talking about writing a blog.
Choose from the list A–H what each speaker says about writing a blog.
Write the correct letter in the box next to each speaker.
There are three extra letters that you do not need to use.

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A I started writing it recently.

B I get upset by negative comments. 6 Speaker 1

C I write about a range of topics. 7 Speaker 2

D My first few posts were badly written. 8 Speaker 3

E I might give up writing it soon. 9 Speaker 4

F More people read my posts than I expected. 10 Speaker 5

G I write it with someone else’s help.

H I upload posts more often than before.

Reading and Use of English

Part 1
For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
Example:
0 My name’s Danielle, and I love snowboarding – it’s my (0)…………. sport.
A nicest B most C favourite

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Why I do snowboarding

You need lots of skills to be able to snowboard, including strength, (1) and agility. I live in the
………….…
(2)
UK, which isn’t very cold and doesn’t………….… (3)
much snow. Fortunately, there’s an ………….…
(4)
skiing and snowboarding centre near where I live so I can ………….… snowboarding even when there
isn’t any snow outside.

(5)
I started ………….… (6)
snowboarding competitions there a few months ago. I haven’t………….… won
(7)
any yet, but I came second in one last weekend, so I’m definitely ………….… In the future, I want to
(8)
………….… part in big international events like the Winter Olympics.

1 A courage B courageous C encourage

2 A make B keep C get

3 A inside B indoor C into

4 A practise B prepare C exercise

5 A playing B entering C arriving

6 A anyway B already C actually

7 A completing B growing C improving

8 A take B have C do
[Total: 8 marks]

PART 2
Read the sentences about big sporting events.
Circle the best word to complete each sentence.
Example:

0 I love sport so anything / nothing can stop me watching it when it’s on TV!

9. I’ve never seen anything / everything as amazing as the football World Cup final.

10. Everything / Anything has to be really well organised at big sporting events.

11. Somebody / Nobody won a medal at the 1940 Olympics because they were cancelled.

12. Anybody / Everybody wants to see their own team or country win.

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PART 3
Here are some sentences about a young woman called Simone who went exploring in the desert.
Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or past continuous. The verbs can be active or passive.
Example:

0 The sun was shining (shine) very strongly already when Simone decided (decide) to go
exploring in the Mojave desert, in the USA.

13. She ……was looking………………..…. (look) for rare animals because she ……
wanted………………..…. (want) to photograph them.

14. Unfortunately, she ……wasn’t carrying………………..…. (not carry) enough water with her, so she
soon ……became………………..…. (become) very thirsty.

15. When the rescue services ………found……………..…. (find) Simone, she …was
lying…………………..…. (lie) under a cactus, feeling very ill.

16. It ……was starting………………..…. (start) to get dark when the rescue team ……
saw………………..…. (see) Simone from the helicopter, so she was very lucky.

17. She …………was getting…………..…. (get) better last night, and doctors …said…………………..
…. (say) she would soon be home.

PART 4
Look at the text in each question. What does it say?
Circle the correct letter, A, B or C.
Example:

0 A Lily’s dad wants Lily to make an appointment at the

dentists later today.
Lily,
I haven’t forgotten that B Lily’s dad will pick Lily up from school and take her
you’ve got an appointment to the dentists.
after school today. If you go
straight to the dentists, I’ll C Lily’s dad will meet Lily at the dentists and take her
see you there and give you back to their house.
a lift home.
Dad

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18 Why did Juan send this message?

From: Juan
A to ask Andrew for a favour
To: Andrew
B to invite Andrew to a party
As you know, it’s my party next
weekend. I was wondering if C to remind Andrew about an agreement
you’d be able to organise the
music. You’ve got so many great
songs on your laptop!

19 A Some of the animals in the National Park are

The animals in the dangerous.
National Park are all wild
and should never be fed. B It’s very difficult to see wild animals in the
National Park.

C Visitors should not give wild animals any of their

food

20 A Ingrid wants to go diving again on holiday next year.

Dear Grandad,
B Ingrid would like to have a go at doing something new.
The holiday’s great! We’ve
swum in the sea every day. I C Ingrid learned how to dive quite a long time ago.
want to try diving, but dad
thinks I’m too young.
Maybe he’ll let me do it next
year.

Ingrid

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A Anna will let Diana know if their arrangement for the

21 weekend can’t happen.
Diana,
B Anna’s mum has changed her plans and won’t go into
Going shopping on town this weekend.
Sunday should be fine. I
haven’t asked my mum
C Anna wants Diana to persuade Anna’s mum to let
yet, but she goes into
town every weekend. I’ll them go shopping with her.
text if there’s a change of
plan.

Anna

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22 A It costs $5 to travel to the Science Museum and $5 to

go in.
Science museum trip
B Students need to make a decision about going to the
Inform the school secretary by
24 February if you’d like to go museum by 24 February.
on the museum trip on 3 March. C The trip to the museum has been moved from
$5 per student, including 24 February to 3 March
transport and entrance fee.

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PART 5
You are going to read an article about a girl who enjoys writing poetry.
Read the questions on the next page.
For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.
Writing poetry
By 15-year-old Heather Armstrong

I first got into reading poetry in my free time when I was 12 years old. It was after we studied a
poem called ‘The Shout’ at school. My English teacher saw how much I liked it and gave me a
special copy of the poem. It was after my mum and dad showed me a book of poetry that my
maternal grandmother wrote 50 years ago that I decided I’d like to have a go at creating my
own poems.
I didn’t really know how to do it, so I decided to join a weekend poetry class for teenagers at the
local college. In our first class, the teacher wouldn’t let us write anything at all. We spent the whole
lesson listening to him telling us how important poetry was. He was quite a well-known poet, so it
wasn’t that I thought what he was saying was wrong, it just seemed like a complete waste of time.
As the course continued, I realised why he’d done it and what a great teacher he was. I was soon
writing poems that I was really proud of, and he suggested trying to get them published. I sent one
to a poetry website, which put it on their site a few weeks later, and another to our local newspaper,
which printed it the following week. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having one of my poems in the
school magazine though. I’m hoping that one will appear in a book of poetry by teenagers one day.
Although my poems are quite short, I’m not that fast at writing them. It's sometimes hard to get ideas,
and I can spend weeks thinking about them before I write anything. I find that walking in beautiful
landscapes or watching wild animals gives me far more ideas than thinking about my own life, so I’ve
used this to create almost all of my poems. And I try to avoid being too old-fashioned and copying poets
from the past. I love my hobby!

23 Why did Heather decide to start writing poetry?

A A school teacher persuaded her.
B She read a relative’s work.
C She received a poem as a gift.
D Her parents suggested it.

24 What did Heather think of her poetry teacher at first?

A He wasn’t very good at writing poems.
B He talked too much.

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C He didn’t explain things well.

D He was too strict.

25 The first of Heather’s poems to be published appeared

A in the school magazine.
B on a poetry website.
C in a local newspaper.
D in a book of teenage poetry.

26 Heather says that most of her poetry

A is inspired by nature.
B is about her own life.
C is written quite quickly.
D is quite traditional.

27 What would Heather write in her diary?

A I’m so glad I’ve got a new poetry teacher now. The old one was absolutely terrible!
B I never knew my dad’s side of the family wrote poetry. I’ll have to ask Dad if he’s written any.
C I’ve been thinking about butterflies for weeks. Finally I’ve started writing a poem about them.
D I’d already written lots of poems, so I felt I was ahead of the other students in my poetry class

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Writing

PART 1
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words.

1 I’ve never thrown the javelin as far as my brother.

My brother can throw the javelin …………………..…….. me.

2 I can’t jump as high as my sister.

My sister can jump …………………..…….. me.

3 Yasmin isn’t as good at playing cricket as her sister.

Yasmin is …………………..…….. her sister at playing cricket.

4 “Don’t play with fire”, she advised me

She told me …………………..……... with fire.

5 Marcela uses the internet to search for information about space travel

The internet __________________ by Marcela to search for information about space travel.

PART 2
In your English class, you have been talking about clothes.
Your teacher has asked you to write an essay about this statement:
Students should be allowed to wear whatever they want at school.
Write your essay in 100–120 words in an appropriate style below.
You do not have to agree with this statement in your essay.

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3 A inside B indoor C into

4 A practise B prepare C exercise

5 A playing B entering C arriving

6 A anyway B already C actually

7 A completing B growing C improving

8 A take B have C do
[Total: 8 marks]

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Part 2
Look at the text in each question. What does it say?
Circle the correct letter, A, B or C.
Example:

0 A Lily’s dad wants Lily to make an appointment at the

dentists later today.
Lily,
I haven’t forgotten that B Lily’s dad will pick Lily up from school and take her
you’ve got an appointment to the dentists.
after school today. If you go
straight to the dentists, I’ll C Lily’s dad will meet Lily at the dentists and take her
see you there and give you back to their house.
a lift home.
Dad

9 Why did Juan send this message?

From: Juan
A to ask Andrew for a favour
To: Andrew
B to invite Andrew to a party
As you know, it’s my party next
weekend. I was wondering if C to remind Andrew about an agreement
you’d be able to organise the
music. You’ve got so many great
songs on your laptop!

10 A Some of the animals in the National Park are

The animals in the dangerous.
National Park are all wild
and should never be fed. B It’s very difficult to see wild animals in the
National Park.

C Visitors should not give wild animals any of their food.

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11 A Ingrid wants to go diving again on holiday next year.

Dear Grandad, B Ingrid would like to have a go at doing something new.

The holiday’s great! We’ve C Ingrid learned how to dive quite a long time ago.
swum in the sea every day. I
want to try diving, but dad
thinks I’m too young.
Maybe he’ll let me do it next
year.

Ingrid

12 A Anna will let Diana know if their arrangement for the

Diana, weekend can’t happen.
Going shopping on B Anna’s mum has changed her plans and won’t go into
Sunday should be
fine. I haven’t asked town this weekend.
my mum yet, but she
goes into town every C Anna wants Diana to persuade Anna’s mum to let
weekend. I’ll text if them go shopping with her.
there’s a change of
plan.

Anna

13 A It costs $5 to travel to the Science Museum and $5 to

go in.
Science museum trip
B Students need to make a decision about going to the
Inform the school secretary by
24 February if you’d like to go museum by 24 February.
on the museum trip on 3 March.
C The trip to the museum has been moved from
$5 per student, including
24 February to 3 March.
transport and entrance fee.

[Total: 5 marks]

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Part 3
Complete the conversation between two friends.
What does Omar say to Yousef?
Write the correct letter, A–H, from the answers on the next page.
Example:
Yousef: Hi Omar. Are you free this evening?
Omar: 0 ………….
H

Yousef: Nothing exciting! We need to begin writing our homework project.

Omar: 14 ………….

Yousef: We do, and we haven’t even started it yet. It’s about transport, isn’t it?
Omar: 15 ………….

Yousef: I’ve already got lots of information about them.

Omar: 16 ………….

Yousef: Great! So do you want to come and work on it at my house?

Omar: 17 ………….

Yousef: That’s true! OK, is 6.30 OK for you?

Omar: 18 ………….

Yousef: No problem! Let’s say 7 o’clock then. See you then.

[Total: 5 marks]

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A Me too. My dad’s got two good books we can use.

B That time’s fine with me.

C Oh, yes. We need to finish it before Friday.

D It’s probably quieter there. My brother’s really noisy!

E We need to decide which type to choose.

F Yes, and we decided to write about trains.

G Could I come a bit later? I usually have dinner quite late.

H Why? What are you thinking of doing?

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Part 4
For each question, write the correct answer.
Write one word for each gap.

From: Amir
To: Cameron

Hi Cameron,

Remember me telling you (0) ………….……

about a new film club at school? Well, I (19) …………….
talking to my English teacher today, and she said that it’s starting next week. You love films, so
(20) ……………. don’t you join too? I’ve just checked on the school website and (21) …………….
are lots of details on there, saying when the meetings are and (22) ……………. often the club meets,
and so on.

The first film they’re showing at the film club is (23) ……………. of my favourites. It’s an action
movie called The Long Run. (24) …………….. you ever seen it? It’s very exciting and I think it’s
(25) ……………. kind of film you really like.

What (26) ……………. you think? Would you like to join?

Amir
[Total: 8 marks]

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Part 5
You are going to read an article about a girl’s first job.
Choose from the sections A–D to answer the questions on the next page. The sections may be
chosen more than once.

My first job
16-year-old Antonella Smith talks about her weekend job.
A
I’ve worked in a café near my home for about four months now. My hobby is horse-riding, which
really isn’t cheap. I didn’t think it was fair to ask my parents to pay, so I do a few hours at the café
every weekend, which allows me to cover the cost. I can’t actually believe how enjoyable it’s been
so far. When I’ve visited cafés as a customer, I’ve often thought how dull the jobs there seemed, but
I was wrong. Because I do lots of different things there, from preparing food and cooking to taking
orders and serving customers, I never feel bored.
B
I’ve always enjoyed cooking, so it was no surprise that I’d like that part of the work, and I can now
make lots of dishes that I’d never even heard of before. There’s nothing I like more than chatting to
people who come into the café. Quite a famous author came in for lunch with her husband last week.
She writes really good novels for teenagers and I’d actually read one of her books. I asked her how
she’d thought of the story for it and whether there’d be another book in the future with the same
characters. Her replies were all really interesting.
C
The café’s owned by a really nice couple, who are more like my friends than my bosses. It’s a real
pleasure to work for them. They’re originally from Poland but have lived in the town for about seven
years. Some of the things we prepare are actually based on Polish dishes. They’re all very tasty, and
customers seem to love them. In fact, they’re probably the most popular items on the menu. There are
20 tables in the café altogether, so there can be over 50 customers when it’s full – it can get
really busy.
D
A couple of other part-time staff also have weekend jobs there, which is when the café’s at its busiest.
So there are usually five of us doing all the various jobs that need doing then. The café’s open during the
week too, and I sometimes go there with my friends after school, but as a customer of course, not to work.
I work there for seven hours every Saturday, which still gives me plenty of time to do all of the other
things I’m interested in. Who knows? Maybe I’ll end up serving you one day!

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In which section does the writer:

27 describe what she talked to a customer about? ……….……

28 say that she occasionally visits the café in her free time? ……….……

29 show surprise at how much she likes the work? ……….……

30 describe some of the food that is served at the café? ……….……

31 say what she’s learned to do by working at the café? ……….……

32 explain the reason for getting her job? ……….……

33 say how many people work at the café? ……….……

34 say what she enjoys most about her job? ……….……

35 describes her relationship with the people she works with? ……….……

36 explain why her roles at the café suit her? ……….……

[Total: 10 marks]

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Part 6
You are going to read an article about a girl who enjoys writing poetry.
Read the questions on the next page.
For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Writing poetry
By 15-year-old Heather Armstrong

I first got into reading poetry in my free time when I was 12 years old. It was after we studied a
poem called ‘The Shout’ at school. My English teacher saw how much I liked it and gave me a
special copy of the poem. It was after my mum and dad showed me a book of poetry that my
maternal grandmother wrote 50 years ago that I decided I’d like to have a go at creating my
own poems.
I didn’t really know how to do it, so I decided to join a weekend poetry class for teenagers at the
local college. In our first class, the teacher wouldn’t let us write anything at all. We spent the whole
lesson listening to him telling us how important poetry was. He was quite a well-known poet, so it
wasn’t that I thought what he was saying was wrong, it just seemed like a complete waste of time.
As the course continued, I realised why he’d done it and what a great teacher he was. I was soon
writing poems that I was really proud of, and he suggested trying to get them published. I sent one
to a poetry website, which put it on their site a few weeks later, and another to our local newspaper,
which printed it the following week. I wouldn’t feel comfortable having one of my poems in the
school magazine though. I’m hoping that one will appear in a book of poetry by teenagers one day.
Although my poems are quite short, I’m not that fast at writing them. It's sometimes hard to get ideas,
and I can spend weeks thinking about them before I write anything. I find that walking in beautiful
landscapes or watching wild animals gives me far more ideas than thinking about my own life, so I’ve
used this to create almost all of my poems. And I try to avoid being too old-fashioned and copying poets
from the past. I love my hobby!

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37 Why did Heather decide to start writing poetry?

A A school teacher persuaded her.
B She read a relative’s work.
C She received a poem as a gift.
D Her parents suggested it.

38 What did Heather think of her poetry teacher at first?

A He wasn’t very good at writing poems.
B He talked too much.
C He didn’t explain things well.
D He was too strict.

39 The first of Heather’s poems to be published appeared

A in the school magazine.
B on a poetry website.
C in a local newspaper.
D in a book of teenage poetry.

40 Heather says that most of her poetry

A is inspired by nature.
B is about her own life.
C is written quite quickly.
D is quite traditional.

41 What would Heather write in her diary?

A I’m so glad I’ve got a new poetry teacher now. The old one was absolutely terrible!
B I never knew my dad’s side of the family wrote poetry. I’ll have to ask Dad if he’s written any.
C I’ve been thinking about butterflies for weeks. Finally I’ve started writing a poem about them.
D I’d already written lots of poems, so I felt I was ahead of the other students in my poetry class.

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42 What is Heather doing in this text?

A explaining why more teenagers are writing poetry these days
B suggesting which styles of poetry young people should write
C encouraging other teenagers to start writing poetry
D describing her experiences of learning to write poetry.
[Total: 6 marks]

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