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Quiz ___

Vocabulary Comprehension (20 Marks)

A. Unscramble the letters. (10 Marks)

1. plya eth drmus _______________________

2. lsitne to DCs _______________________

3. haevy metla _______________________

4. calssicla msuic _______________________

5. piloticain _______________________

6. Sdynye _______________________

7. Lsa Vgesa _______________________

8. Hoovre Dma _______________________

9. Grnda Cnayno _______________________

10. Ciaor _______________________

B. Give the meaning of the following words below. (10 Marks)

0. history book a book that describes (and explains) the history of a country, area or subject

1. whale _______________________________________________________________________________

2. beach _______________________________________________________________________________

3. camel _______________________________________________________________________________

4. junk food _____________________________________________________________________________

5. mosque ______________________________________________________________________________

6. news ________________________________________________________________________________

7. go camping ___________________________________________________________________________

8. museum ______________________________________________________________________________

9. newspaper _____________________________________________________________________________

10. classical music _________________________________________________________________________

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Grammar Practice (32 Marks)

A. Circle the correct words. (5 Marks)

1. People who ( go / play / listen ) to museums like history.
2. People who ( watch / listen / play ) to CDs like music.
3. People who ( read / watch / go ) film magazines like the cinema.
4. People who ( go / play / watch ) sports programmes like sports.
5. People who ( play / watch / read ) the drums like music.

B. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. (5 Marks)

1. like / on TV / watching / the news / I _______________________________________.
2. really / don’t / like / I / noise _______________________________________.
3. I’ m / history and politics / interested / really / in _______________________________________.
4. playing / I / love / the drums / really _______________________________________.
5. quite / the opera / I / going to / enjoy _______________________________________.

C. Complete the paragraph by using the words in parentheses in the past simple tense. (22 Marks)

Last year my friend, Evan, and I 1. __________________ (take) a trip to France. I never
2. ____________________ (travel) to another country before that trip. We 3. _______________________
(study) French for two months before we 4. ________________________ (leave). When the day of our flight
finally 5. _____________________ (arrive), we 6. _____________________ (be) so nervous and excited! The
flight 7. ____________ (be) fun because the flight attendants 8. _____________________ (speak) French,
and we 9. __________________ (practice) speaking with them. Finally we 10. __________________ (arrive)
in Paris. It 11. _________________ (be) so beautiful! We 12. ________________ (ride) on the subway to get
from the airport to our hotel. After that first day, we 13. _________________ (ride) the subway every day.
I 14. ______________________ (feel) so thrilled to finally be in another country.
Evan 15. ___________________ (fall) inlove with the city, and wants to move there permanently. While we
were there, we 16. ________________ (eat) croissants, 17. _________________ (go) to many museums,
18. ______________________ (see) a lot of monuments, and 19. _________________ (meet) a lot of
interesting people. We 20. ______________________ (make) so many new friends, and some of them are
going to come visit us in New York! My trip to Paris 21. ___________________ (be) so wonderful, I feel like I
22. _____________________ (catch) a lucky star. I can’t wait to return.

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Listening Comprehension (10 Marks)

A. People are comparing their new roommate with their old roommate. Which one does each person
prefer? Listen and check (✓) the correct answer. (6 Marks)

The The
new one old one

B. Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words. (4 Marks)

terribly loud really timid really inconsiderate extremely kind

A: How do you like your new roommate?

B: I don’t know… She’s ____________________________!

A: What do you mean?

B: She’s __________________________ at night. She watches TV and sings in her room.

A: So she’s not as nice as your last roommate?

B: No. My last roommate was __________________________ and considerate.

A: So what are you going to do?

B: Well, you know me… I’m ________________________. I guess I won’t do anything!

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Reading Comprehension (5 Marks)

My last holiday

My last holiday was a five-day trip to Prague in the Czech Republic. I know Prague well because I lived
there when I was at university, more than ten years ago. Instead of staying in a hotel, I stayed with one of
my old friends. It was so much fun, and a little bit like my old life. I wanted to do all the same things I did in
my university days, so I visited the university. It has changed a lot and looks more modern. I also went to the
supermarket near my old house. I loved seeing all the different foods. I was really happy to find my favourite
cheese and chocolate biscuits but they were a bit more expensive than I remember! We did some touristy
things too. We walked up beautiful Petrin Hill and around the castle. The views of the city are amazing up
there. We walked across the historic Charles Bridge. My friend’s flat is very near the TV Tower so we saw the
famous baby statues climbing up it. Those things haven’t changed, of course.

A. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. (5 Marks)

1. The writer knows Prague because …
a. they lived there for ten years.
b. they lived there before.
2. On their holiday, they wanted to …
a. do new things.
b. do familiar things.
3. Staying with a friend was like …
a. the writer’s old life.
b. staying in a hotel.
4. They were surprised about …
a. finding the cheese.
b. the price of the cheese.
5. Charles Bridge and the TV Tower …
a. have changed a lot.
b. haven’t changed a lot.

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Reading Answer Key

Task 1

1. b

2. b

3. a

4. b

5. b

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