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UNIT TESTS What is / your mum’s speciality? / She prepares /

delicious pancakes / with strawberries.
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Unit 1
Lucy: I’m hungry, Damian. Do you want to go
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out?
My favourite day / of the week / is Friday. / I often
Damian: No, I haven’t got any money. Let’s cook.
go out / in the evening.
Lucy: OK, how about Chinese food?
Damian: Lucy! You don’t listen. I haven’t got any
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money for a takeaway. Anyway, Chinese
Interviewer: Today, I’m talking to young people food is unhealthy.
about their blogs. Firstly, Simon Davies.
Lucy: I mean, cook something Chinese. It’s quick
Tell us about your blog, Simon.
and easy and it’s healthy to cook at home.
Simon: Hi. Well, I love holidays and travelling
Damian: Oh, OK. That sounds good. Let’s look on
so I have lots of photos of me – selfies
the Internet to find some ideas. We can’t
– and I write about where they are and
cook without a recipe.
why they are special to me. I love
getting comments from people – Lucy: I can. I can cook a great Chinese chicken
friends and others. Some people aren’t fried rice. Where’s the food... here we are.
always kind about my photos but I can Chicken, onions, garlic, a red pepper, rice,
learn from them so I don’t mind. I add peas, a tin of bamboo shoots and some
something every Saturday but I don’t Chinese spices and sauces. Right. I can cut
write on schooldays. the meat and you can chop the vegetables
and open the bamboo shoots.
Interviewer: Thank you. Now, you’re...
Damian: OK. And I can put some music on...
Melanie: Melanie Evans. I spend about fifteen
minutes a day on my blog. It’s the last Lucy: Right, we’re ready. You can be my student!
thing I do before I go to bed. It’s a First, put some oil in the frying pan. That’s
private blog which means that only my right and now add the chicken and the
friends can read it. I’ve got twenty vegetables. Great. Add the sauce and
friends who read it so I can write about spices and mix it all together. Hey, you’re
anything. I don’t worry that other good! I think it’s ready. Let’s eat!
people can see it. It helps me to relax
Damian: Err...Lucy, what about the rice?
in the evening.
Lucy: Oh no! Well, we can boil some water and
Interviewer: Great, now Nick Lewis, what’s your
wait twenty minutes or we can eat it
blog about?
without rice. I’m hungry. I don’t want to
Nick: Well, I’ve got two! I write about stories wait.
in the news on one. I don’t do that
Damian: I’ve got an idea. We’ve got flour, milk and
often – just when I read or hear
an egg. I can make some pancakes in five
something interesting. The other blog
minutes.
is about computer games. When I buy
a new game, I write about it. I say what Lucy: Chinese pancakes? Err… no thanks. There’s
I like and what I don’t like. People some bread here. You have the pancakes.
often comment and say they really like
Damian: OK, but don’t start eating before me!
the blog. I guess some people don’t
like it but they don’t comment!
Interviewer: Great, thanks to everybody and I hope Unit 3
I can talk to more people later. Track 6
I am an engineer. / I build and repair / lots of
Unit 2 different things. / The job is well-paid.
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John: I’m working for my dad this summer. He sells I am quite well-built. / I usually wear / comfortable
furniture and I go to people’s houses with the clothes / and trendy trainers.
driver and the chairs, tables and other things
and I help to carry it inside. It’s hard work and,
sometimes, we don’t finish work until 9 or 10
p.m. Dad says it’s good for me! I can learn
about the business! I want to work in the
office with him but he’s got a secretary who Track 9
does everything there. She doesn’t like me
and I don’t like her but I like the man I work ONE
with. He’s funny. I don’t earn a lot but I’ve got It’s funny. I don’t really care about my appearance. I
some money and I hope I can have a holiday haven’t got many clothes although I try to follow the
before school starts again in September. latest fashions when I can. When I go out, I spend a
TWO lot of time looking at other people and thinking ‘Oh
no! I don’t like that.’ Or ‘Oh wow! I want a dress like
Cheryl: I’m a student. I want to work in the travel that!’ I usually wear the same kind of clothes, a shirt
business when I finish university. That’s and skirt, all the time – to school, to parties and on
why I’m working as a tour guide this dates. I feel comfortable in them. I just wear
summer. It’s good experience. I show different colours depending on my mood; bright
groups of tourists around my town. I live in colours when I’m happy, black when I’m upset. It’s
Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s home strange but a lot of people like my clothes and they
town, so there are a lot of tourists here. I often want to know where I buy them from.
love my work. It’s always interesting and
the people are friendly and happy to be
here. I don’t earn any money but the TWO
tourists usually give me something. I finish
work at five o’clock but, sometimes, the I love fashion. I spend hours trying to look like my
customers ask me to show them a nice pub favourite models and actors. I don’t know why no
or restaurant after the tour. It isn’t work, one ever asks me where I buy my clothes! Maybe
it’s fun but I often get home late and I am because my friends usually look even better than I
tired the next day. do. The most important thing, for me, is to wear the
right clothes for the right event. Some people wear
smart clothes to a rock concert or festival, which is
THREE fine, they can do what they like – but I can’t do that.
I wear jeans and T-shirts to rock concerts, dresses to
Emily: I’m working in a café. It’s hard work and restaurants or the theatre and shorts to the beach. I
quite boring but it’s well-paid. I work as a like looking good but I don’t want to stand out from
waitress but the kitchen workers the crowd too much.
sometimes don’t come to work. On those
days we also wash up. It’s very difficult.
The customers are usually friendly and I THREE
like my colleagues. The only person I don’t
like is the manager. She is never happy I’m afraid I’m not an expert on clothes or hairstyles. I
with us and, when we do two people’s don’t know what this year’s colours are. I don’t care.
jobs, she doesn’t give us any extra money. I just wear clothes that are comfortable. But now,
She just tells us to hurry up and to smile at I’ve got a girlfriend! She always looks great and I’m
the customers. I try but it isn’t always not sure she really likes my appearance! She doesn’t
possible. Of course, she doesn’t do say anything but I can see it in her eyes! So now,
anything to help us. She just stands there, before I go out, I ask my sister and her friends about
watching us. the right things to wear and what to do with my
hair. They’re two years older than me and they help
me a lot.

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FOUR Melissa: Hmm. Well, I don’t usually agree with

Fiona but I think she’s right this time.
I get quite annoyed about my colleagues. They all
Stratford is great. It’s close to Warwick,
follow the latest fashion. I follow alternative
which is a beautiful town with an amazing
fashions. I don’t want to look better than other
castle and it’s a good place to walk too.
people. I just want to be happy with my appearance.
You can walk along the River Avon and
The problem is that, every time we go out, someone
there are parks and forests not far away.
says something not very nice about my appearance.
I don’t know why they don’t like it. I think I have the Simon: Great ideas. You should come to the next
right to make my own choices and to be an meeting and tell everyone your ideas.
individual and I can’t understand other people’s
Melissa: Well, let me think about it. When is the
intolerance but I guess they just want everyone to
next meeting?
look the same as them.
Unit 5 Simon: On Tuesday, after school. Have you got any
extra lessons that day?
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Melissa: No, but we always get a lot of homework
My worst subject is Maths. / I often have to / retake on Tuesdays. I don’t know. Ask me again
tests / but I am improving my skills. on Monday.
Simon: OK, great.
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Melissa: Hi, Simon. Where were you earlier? Unit 6
Simon: Hi, Melissa. I was at a school trip meeting. Track 12
Melissa: Wow! Are you a student representative? He is into cycling. / His sister / enjoys kite surfing /
That’s new. You weren’t interested in the and bungee jumping. / What sports / are you
school at all last year. interested in?
Simon: I know but I’m glad. It’s really interesting.
You should come.
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Melissa: I can’t this year. I go to three extra classes
Jason: So, Helen, are you ready for the fun run on
after school. I spend all my time studying.
Saturday?
I’m surprised you have time with all your
sports. Helen: I hope so, Jason. I usually do some running
before school but the weather is really bad
Simon: It’s only one sport now. I play basketball
at the moment so I prefer to stay in bed.
twice a week but that’s all. What about
you? Jason: How far do you run?
Melissa: Me! Play sport? No way! Anyway, tell me Helen: I’m not sure. I run for about an hour but
about the school trip. Where are we going? not very fast. I probably run about eight
kilometres. How about you?
Simon: Well, I don’t know yet. We couldn’t agree.
The teachers want to go somewhere Jason: I run ten kilometres every day but after
educational. Their idea was Stratford- school.
upon-Avon and a trip to see Hamlet at the
Helen: I’d like to but my parents say I must do my
Shakespeare theatre. Fiona was very happy
homework first and, by the time I finish,
with that idea but the rest of us weren’t.
it’s dark. Then they say I can’t go out
We want to go walking somewhere. There
because it’s dangerous. But I don’t get up
are some beautiful national parks near
early at the weekend. I run after breakfast.
here.
Jason: That’s great. I work all day Saturday and
Melissa: What if it rains?
Sunday so the only running I do is to and
Simon: It doesn’t matter! Rain doesn’t hurt you! from the restaurant!
We can wear coats.
Helen: I’d hate to work at the weekend. We go to
visit my aunt quite often. She lives in a

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small village and I love going there. I can parties. So, you eat in the same restaurants
run or walk or cycle. I’d love to live but they are quieter.
somewhere like that.
Andy: OK, let’s do that.
Jason: Really? I love living in a big city. I like
Clara: Wait a minute. The third option is a private
shopping and going out with my friends to
tour. On that, you can decide where to go
the cinema or to concerts. And, of course,
and how long to stop at each place. It’s
there are things like the fun run here.
expensive but I like the idea. If a place is
Helen: That’s true. Was there a fun run last year? boring, we can just leave.
Jason: Yes, there was. I didn’t run in it but I Andy: So, how much are the tours?
watched it. It was great fun. That’s why I
Clara: The bus tour is £10 each. On a minibus, we
started running. It looked cool.
pay £25 each and the car costs £140
Helen: I started a few years earlier but I don’t altogether.
remember the fun run at all. Maybe I was
Andy: £70 each. No way!
at my aunt’s house. None of my friends like
running so no one talked about it or Clara: Well, you can get four people in a car so
wanted to watch it. Who did you go with? we can find two other people and pay £35
each.
Jason: Gareth and Paul. My friends from the
athletics club. You can run with us on Andy: But they may not like the same places as
Saturday if you like. us.
Helen: OK, great. I hope I’m not too slow. Oh no, Clara: That’s true. OK. So, what do you think? The
break time is over. I’ve got Physics now. mini-bus or the bus?
Jason: Never mind. It’s almost the end of the
week. See you later.
Helen: Bye.
TWO
Alec: Hey, Sara, have you ever been on a
Unit 7 camping holiday?
Track 14 Sara: Yes, I have. My family and I go camping
Her children went on holiday / by coach. / They every year. Last year we went to Wales. It
stayed / at a youth hostel / in the mountains. was my first time there. It was great.
Alec: What about the weather? I mean, what do
you do when it rains?
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Sara: Well, it doesn’t matter. The tent is dry and
ONE there’s room inside to read or play games.
Andy: Hi, Clara. Have you booked the tour yet? We always take lots of things to do.

Clara: Hi, Andy. No, I haven’t. There’s some more Alec: And is it comfortable? I mean, to sleep?
information that I need to tell you. We’ve Sara: Yes, it is. The only problem is the light. In
got three choices. A bus tour with forty or the summer, the sun comes up at about
fifty other people. You see all the sights five o’clock and then it’s difficult to sleep.
but with a big group so it’s difficult to get
nice photos and there are always queues Alec: Five o’clock! That sounds terrible!
for toilets and in restaurants. Sara: Not really. I just go to bed early. If you
Andy: That doesn’t sound great. want to sleep until late in the morning, it’s
best to find a campsite in a forest. The
Clara: You can do the same tour on a minibus trees keep out the sunlight.
with fifteen people on it. It leaves and
returns at the same time as the bus tour Alec: Good idea. What about food? Do you cook
but goes to the sights in a different order your own?
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Sara: Sometimes. My parents have got a small them feed their young in the spring. When the skies
gas cooker. Sometimes we have takeaways are clear you can watch them flying up above. They
or eat out. So, why all the questions? are looking for mice and snakes to catch.
Where are you thinking of going? Unfortunately, the number of birds in the forest is
Alec: Some friends are going camping in France falling so I hope scientists will do something to
and they’ve asked me to go with them. protect all the wildlife living here.
Sara: Do it. It’s fantastic!
TWO
I travelled around Asia a few years ago and the place
THREE that left the biggest impression on me was Nepal.
Girl: Excuse me, is this the train to London? The scenery there is breathtaking, especially the
mountains which are the highest in the world. The
Man: I hope so. That’s where I’m going. people who live there have adapted to live In these
Girl: Oh great. conditions, but I actually felt quite sick from being so
Man: Can I help you with your backpack? high above sea level. I hope global warming doesn’t
change the area too much, but every year there is
Girl: Thanks. less snow falling and it melts faster. I’m quite
Man: It’s heavy. Where have you been? worried about what will happen in the future.
Girl: I’ve just got back from Madeira.
THREE
Man: Madeira? Where’s that? I spent last summer in Northern Spain. It was great
Girl: It’s in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a Portuguese because I lived a five-minute walk from the sea
island but it’s closer to Africa than where I saw some amazing wildlife. Not many
Portugal. It’s beautiful and the weather people know that there are dolphins and whales
was fantastic. swimming there. I went to Spain to escape from a
Man: Lucky you. I’ve been on a business trip to stressful job and luckily I found a new passion. I now
Chicago. work for a charity which fights against water
Girl: Wow. I’d love to go to the United States. pollution. We work to keep lakes, rivers and seas
Did you enjoy it? clean from toxic waste and to protect all the wildlife
living there. I absolutely love my new life.
Man: Well, I arrived on Wednesday after an all-
night flight, I went straight to a meeting,
had a meal in my hotel, slept and caught a
flight back the next morning. I didn’t see
anything. I hate business trips. Oh, look FOUR
out. Here’s the ticket inspector. I hope this I’ve always wanted to go to Australia. There are so
is the right train. many wonderful creatures there. Of course I’d be
scared of all the poisonous snakes and spiders but as
long as you are careful, there is no need to be afraid.
Unit 8 I’ve finally saved up enough money and I’m going to
Track 16 fly to Sydney in two weeks. I think the temperature
Scientists think that / in a hundred years / there will will be difficult for me, I don’t like too much heat but
be eleven billion / humans on Earth. there is wetter weather forecast so I think I’ll
survive. I can’t wait to see all the amazing things I’ve
read about in books. It’s going to be the trip of a
Track 17 lifetime.
ONE
FIVE
I live in a small village but there is a beautiful forest I’m trying to do my part to stop climate change so I
a few hundred metres away. Many rare birds come try not to travel by plane but it’s very difficult and I
to spend the colder months here and I love to watch still fly a few times a year. I live in Norway, where it

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is very cold, but in the last few years I’ve noticed the and then does the same for the kitchen
weather getting warmer. Last winter we even saw staff.
polar bears close to our village. Usually they stay far Carole: Wow. He sounds like a good boss.
away but they came looking for food. I’m really
Josh: Yes, we all like him. Well, the chefs don’t.
scared it will happen again but luckily there are They’re rude to him but he doesn’t say
people trained to scare them away and keep us, and anything because they are really good at
the bears, safe. their jobs. They’re rude to all of us. The
only people they aren’t rude to are the
customers but that’s only because they
END-OF-YEAR TEST never meet them!

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Carole: Hi, Josh. Are you OK? ONE
Josh: Hi Carole. No. I’ve just finished work and Neil: Come on Stephen, move.
I’m exhausted. Stephen: I’m trying. It isn’t easy.
Carole: Don’t worry. It’s Sunday tomorrow. Neil: Look out, the ball’s coming. Stephen, the
Josh: Yes, but I work on Saturdays and Sundays. ball! Hey. That was a good catch. Do you
At least the restaurant is quieter on play for your school cricket team?
Sundays. On Saturdays it’s impossible. Stephen: No. I’ve never played cricket but I can
Sometimes I think I should stop working catch a ball. Hey, this ball will be a nice
there. souvenir of our day here.
Carole: Why don’t you? Neil: You can’t keep it. You have to give it back
Josh: I need the money! I don’t earn much but to them. They need it to continue the
it’s better than nothing. match. Ah. Here are our seats. At last. Now
we can sit down and enjoy the game.
Carole: Do you work alone?
Stephen: Have you got some water? I’m thirsty after
Josh: No, there are two other waiters there but running from the bus stop.
we have about ten tables each to look
after and it isn’t easy.
Carole: Oh well, I guess you must get quite a bit of TWO
money from the customers. As you all know, last week, the local council decided
Josh: Well, one or two people leave money but to cut down hundreds of trees in the forest to build
most don’t. houses. This area of natural beauty will disappear if
we don’t do anything. Next week, we are going to
Carole: Maybe it’s you! Do you smile? Do the have a meeting with council members but, if they
other two waiters get more than you? don’t agree to stop the building plans, we will
Josh: No, they don’t. It’s because there is a ten protest starting on the 23rd of this month. It’s the
per cent service charge so people think we 10th today so that’s in just under two weeks’ time,
get that. Of course we don’t. one week after our meeting. We will make sure the
whole country knows what is happening here!
Carole: That’s terrible. Can the restaurant do that?
Josh: I don’t know. I should find out really. I’ll
look on the Internet later. Or, I could ask THREE
the manager tomorrow. Hi. Welcome to my vlog. It’s Saturday night and here
Carole: What’s he like? I am talking to a camera on my computer. All my
friends are at a party, having an exciting time and
Josh: He’s OK. He works harder than any of us. I’m at home with nothing to do. I’ve got a
At least we get breaks. He never stops. He temperature. I feel fine but my parents say I can’t go
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school next week. I think going to a party and

missing school sounds fine but I have to do what
they say.

FOUR
Lucy: Hi Tom. Do you want to walk with me as
far as the Maths room on your way to
Physics?
Tom: I’ll walk with you but I haven’t got Physics.
Lucy: Yes you have. You always have Physics last
lesson on a Tuesday.
Tom: Not today. Our teacher is ill and we can go
home.
Lucy: Really?
Tom: Yes, there are about eight teachers off
today because of flu. We’re all over
eighteen so we can go home. Younger
students have to stay at school. Enjoy your
Maths lesson!

FIVE
Hi Jake. It’s Simon. I’m sorry I haven’t phoned and I
didn’t come to your party. I’ve been ill in bed. The
doctor gave me some medicine but it didn’t do any
good. I’ve had blood tests and I’ve seen three
doctors and no one knows what’s wrong. So they’ve
just told me I have to go to hospital for a few days so
they can do some more tests. If you have some free
time, it’d be nice to have a visitor and I guess I
should find out what school work I’ve missed. Call
me.

SIX
Cathy: Hi Jason. Are you waiting for Heather?
Jason: No. Heather can’t come out tonight. I’m
with Lee. Well, he was here. He’s waiting
for his girlfriend, Anna. She’s late and she
isn’t answering her phone so Lee’s gone to
look in her favourite shops! That’s where
he usually finds her! How about you? What
are you doing?
Cathy: I’m waiting for my mum and dad. They’ve
gone shopping for shoes. Dad always takes
ages to decide what to buy. Oh, here they
come now. See you later. Have a good
evening.

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