New matrix upper intermediate test

Vocabulary 2 Complete the sentences with one of the phrasal verbs in the correct form.. Grammar 4 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets.. 5 Complete the

New Matrix Upper- Intermediate Tests

Achievement Test 1

Reading

1 From statements 1-10, circle five which reflect the content of the text

1 If you cannot sleep, walking around will make things worse

2 What you do just before bedtime can affect how you sleep

3 Occasional sleeping problems should not be ignored

4 It is helpful to try to sleep for the same amount of time each night

5 Recording sleeping patterns seldom helps

6 It is important to sleep in a darkened room

7 You can help yourself to sleep at night by working things out in the day

8 You have to focus on your body in order to relax properly

9 The old idea of counting sheep is no longer recommended

10 Imaginary conversations may help you sleep

Time for bed

When you can't sleep, two things can be guaranteed to upset you The first is being told to calm down And the second is telling yourself that if you don't go to sleep at once, you're going to feel dreadful in the morning But at 3 a.m what are the options? Get up and walk around, say the experts Read a book,

listen to music, drink some milk Only when you are sleepy should you go back to bed, and if you still can't drop off, then get up again, as many times as you need to And if this lying awake is getting to be a habit, then decide the next day on a plan of action

The most common advice is to get into a routine Going to bed and getting up at the same time help the body establish a pattern (bodies like patterns), and keeping a record of your routine and noting down what it is that wakes you up, and when, might help further Winding down and preparing for bedtime are also strongly advised Stick to calming activities such as warm baths, and avoid vigorous exercise, exciting books, tense films and heated arguments If you like a dark room, make sure it is dark Get the temperature right and the bed comfortable and switch off your phone

Rather than lying awake going over things, take some time during the day to write down those worries Make a list of the problems you can deal with, decide how you are going to deal with them, then put them out of your mind

Once you get into bed, active relaxation seems to be what's required Concentrate intently on relaxing all your muscle groups, starting with your scalp and working down to your toes

And for the mind there are all sorts of intriguing possibilities, including the old favourite of counting sheep Visualising a blackboard at school with someone slowly writing numbers on it, is

one suggestion Another is to think of a living room you know well Then fill the sofa and chairs with friends - or pop stars Then start talking to them Tell them what you're going to accomplish tomorrow and And what's that? They've all fallen asleep without you? Oh well Maybe it's time for your first little walkabout

Vocabulary

2 Complete the sentences with one of the phrasal verbs in the correct form

come across • run out • give up • face up to • put off • break up • send out

1 Today Mrs Lyle all the invitations to her daughter's wedding

2 Oh no, I of paper I'll have to buy some more

3 My sister is feeling depressed as last week she with her boyfriend

4 I an old photograph of myself as a child when I was tidying up my room

5 Marie is going to having a birthday party until her brother has returned from holiday

6 We'll have to the fact that we can't afford a holiday this year

7 I am trying to eating chocolate, but it's very hard!

3 Complete the text with the correct prepositions

to • on • with • in • from • as • around • for • of

How to make real coffee

The British have always been well known 1 their tea-drinking habits, and if they drank coffee at all, it was always instant These days, however, the consumption 2 real coffee has been increasing dramatically all 3 the British Isles But the British have yet to learn how 4 make it properly The following tips for perfect coffee come

5 a well-known restaurateur Always buy freshly roasted coffee beans and keep them 6 an airtight container

7 up to a week Grind just what you need (or it will taste bitter as the ground coffee reacts 8 the air) If you want to make a cappuccino, professionals use an espresso machine, frothing some milk in a jug and then pouring it over the coffee You can also sprinkle a little chocolate

9 the top 10 an extra!

Grammar

4 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets

1 Alice (speak) French when she was a child, but she

(not / use) the language for five years

2 Jim (worry) about his business all last year, so yesterday he

(decide) to postpone his summer holiday

3 My sister and I (enjoy) singing in the choir at the moment, as we are singing

some of our favourite songs

4 you (not / enjoy) the film last night? I saw that you (not / laugh) at the jokes

5 Harry_ (never / drive) a car until he started lessons last week

5 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the gerund or infinitive

1 Can I borrow your bicycle tomorrow? I need (go) to the other side of town

2 Many people are really interested in (learn) about their family history

3 My parents have been trying (improve) their spoken Italian, but

they don't seem to have made much progress

4 I cannot work in here if you keep on (make) so much noise

5 I remember (love) books about animals when I was a child

6 Complete the sentences using the following expressions:

in spite of • despite the fact that • without doubt • since • apart from

1 It was one of the nicest holidays I have ever had

2 Mr Lyman is over ninety, he still enjoys going for a walk

3 Everyone enjoyed the party_ me

4 The Smith family had a great time on their trip to London

the terrible weather

5 I started reading this book, I haven't watched any TV

Listening

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You are going to hear a radio programme about food in Britain As you listen, number the comments A-E in the order in which you hear them

1 A Chinese food is the second favourite takeaway in Britain

2 B You can see where the cooking takes place

3 C The takeaway is furnished very basically

4 D The shop looks like a typical Chinese takeaway

5 E There are several Indian restaurants nearby 8

Now listen to John Green's interview with Ricky Tan, and decide if statements A-E

are true or false

A East End has been open for less than two years

B Ricky has worked in the shop since it opened

C Ricky has to work in the mornings

D Ricky has worked since leaving school

E As a child, Ricky wished he lived somewhere different

Answers to Achievement test 1

1 Statements 2, 4, 7, 8,10

2 1 sent out / has sent out 2 've run out 3 broke up

4 came across 5 put off 6 face up to 7 give up

3 1 for 2 of 3 around 4 to 5 from 6 in 7 for

8 with /to 9 on 10 as

4 1 spoke, hasn't used

2 was worrying / had been worrying, decided

3 are enjoying

4 Didn't you enjoy, weren't laughing / didn't laugh

5 had never driven

5 1 to go 2 learning 3 to improve 4 making 5 loving

6 1 without doubt 2 Despite the fact that 3 apart from

4 in spite of 5 Since

7 Tapescript

Hello and welcome to our weekly series about the different foods that you can eat in

Britain Today John Green goes to Birmingham to meet a Chinese family, the Tans,

who have been serving up Chinese takeaway meals for more than a quarter of a

century

John Green:

This is Stirchley in Birmingham, and although I can see four Indian restaurants

in the space of one hundred yards, I've actually come to East

End, a Chinese takeaway The Tans haven't spent a huge amount on interior

design, just peering through the window, it's simple, just four chairs, a counter, a

TV, a Chinese calendar, there's always a Chinese calendar and from the outside

what is pretty impressive is that you can see straight through to the kitchen in the

background This is a hive of activity with Mr and Mrs Tan, together with their

daughter, hard at work East End, I suppose, is probably representative of all the

other 10,000 Chinese takeaways up and down the country And we British have an

almost insatiable appetite for Chinese food and it's reckoned now that, after fish

and chips, a 'Chinese' is still the most popular takeaway, accounting for about

210 million meals annually Well, I can see a menu which looks set into the top

of the counter, so I want to go in and find out a bit more

1E 2C 3B 4D 5A

8 Tapescript

Ricky Tan: Hello, I'm Ricky Tan and I'm here with my family who run the

business, my mum and dad and my little sister who helps out

on Fridays and Saturdays

John Green: So you've got your parents in the kitchen cooking away tell me,

what's the history of this particular shop?

Ricky: It's been here about a year and a half, er no, no, a year and three quarters now, so it's building up quite a big regular

business

John: Your parents started it?

Ricky: Yes, but they'd been in the business for 25 years before that I've worked in this shop from day one-unfortunately

John: Why do you say that?

Ricky: Well, I don't get time to socialise with my friends or do things like that 'cos I'm stuck here six days a week from three p.m

onwards till twelve

So since school you've always been working?

Ricky: Well actually, after school, I went to university and studied

history, but after that with no job to go to I thought I'd come

and join the family business for the time being, until I've

saved enough to do a postgraduate degree

John: So when you were growing up, were you expected to help your parents out 7

Ricky: We all helped out now and again, yeah, mopping the floors, maybe cutting some vegetables We always lived above the family shop really so I couldn't get away from it If I wanted a glass of milk I had to come downstairs in my pyjamas, it was embarrassing I used to envy other children who didn't

have to share their house, but in fact the other kids at school

envied me, with all that food around!

AT BT CF DF ET

Achievement Test 2

Reading

1 Read the text and choose the best answer, a, b, c or d, to questions

1-5 The return of skateboarding

By the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank, a group of skateboarders are practising their manoeuvres while, a few feet away, passers-by take in the view of the Thames on this bright summer's afternoon

These skateboarders are dedicated guys And the spins and leaps, when they succeed, are impressive But there are many more misses than hits, and when

I heard one onlooker mutter, 'Not very good, are they?' I was inclined to agree Then I was corrected by Alan Glass, who was making a video of the action for a skateboarding company

'Not everybody gets it right the first time,' he explained 'You might need a lot of attempts Even with the guys you see on MTV doing incredible jumps, you have to remember all the misses that have been edited out.'

Skateboarding's roots in the UK, legend has it, lie in the long hot summer of

1976, when it was a kid's toy, nothing more and nothing less It's been in and out of fashion ever since, but there are two aspects - apparently contradictory

- of the latest craze for it that are significantly new One is the degree to which skateboarding has developed into a way of reacting against government policies: it has allied itself with the forces of urban protest and with a youth culture that has succeeded in retaining some of the spontaneity and integrity of the sport in the face of growing commercial interest The other is the way it

has been taken up by a new generation who have been sold an image of street credibility through music videos and computer games

At 24, with more than half a lifetime of skateboarding behind him, Alan Glass bemoans the way it has become cool again 'For me and my friends, the best times were when it wasn't fashionable No embarrassing adverts on

TV, no awful boy bands posing with boards on the cover of magazines, nothing Just me and my friends skateboarding while you lot were at work, blissfully unaware that we were out there.' So speaks a true fan And to give you an idea of Alan's credentials, he broke his leg skateboarding in a

Safeway car park a couple of years ago 'How uncool is that?'

1 The manoeuvres of the South Bank skateboarders are a

incredibly slow.,

b not very skilful

c frequently unsuccessful d always spectacular

2 What does Alan Glass say about the MTV skateboarders?

a Their jumps are computer-generated

b Their unsuccessful jumps are not shown c Their first jump is

usually successful

d Their most dangerous jumps do not appear

3 What do we learn about the skateboard?

a It was originally used by younger children b It was popular in hot

climates

c It was an immediate success with teenagers

d It has been continuously popular since the 1970s

4 In what way is skateboarding changing, according to the text?

a It has little appeal for urban demonstrators b It is no longer a

spontaneous movement

c It has become linked to political issues d It is an entirely

commercial activity

5 How does Alan feel about the changes?

a He feels older than other skateboarders

b He enjoy the attention being given to the sport

c He prefers skateboarding in a livelier environment d He dislikes the media

image of skateboarders

Vocabulary

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these phrasal verbs

make for • look into • draw into • give away • move in • stand up for •

move on

1 What they were saying was so interesting that I was their conversation

2 You signed a contract, so you must be prepared to your rights if they do not keep to the agreement

3 It was getting dark so we decided to the nearest village and find somewhere to stay

4 After an unhappy time in his first job, Dave decided it was time to

and try something different

5 The bank said they were sorry that there had been a problem with my account, and they

3 Choose the best answer, a, b, c or d, to complete the sentences

1 It will be easier to wash your muddy trousers if you leave them to in water first

a drown b soak c moisten d bathe

2 If you are caught coming into the country as an illegal immigrant, you will be

a dispatched b dismissed c discharged d deported

3 It was not until Sue left home that she realised the importance of close family

a ties b ropes c cords d strings

4 A really collector of modern art will appreciate the importance of these paintings

a ingenious b knowing c discerning d sensitive

5 That meat is for human consumption

a unfit b inadequate c incompetent d uneven

6 You are very if you think everything that you read about famous pop stars is true

a believable b gullible c trustworthy d faithful

4 Fill in the gaps with within, of, from, at, to, or beneath

1 The lesson consisted a listening text and then some comprehension

rank in the army

6 The caged bird pecked his reflection in the mirror, he must have thought

it was another bird

Grammar

5 Fill in the gaps using can't have, must have, needn't have, ought to have or could have,

with the correct form of the verb in brackets

1 If you had finished writing the invitations, I (catch)

tonight's post Now they won't arrive until after the weekend

2 I've tried phoning Jim but there's no answer He (get back)

yet

3 I've never seen Mike in that jacket before He (just / buy)

it

4 I feel really bad about arriving late I know I (ring) and let them know

5 I (run) all the way to the station The train was ten minutes late

6 Complete these sentences using the passive form of the verb in brackets

1 The Great Fire of London is known (start) in Pudding Lane, near London Bridge

4 People (not / allow) to sell food for the pigeons in

Trafalgar Square any more

5 It is estimated that after it is re-opened, the Millennium

Bridge (use) by 4 million people to cross the Thames each year

7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the third conditional

1 If I (wake up) so late, I (miss) the bus 2 Paul

(be) so angry if you (tell) him earlier about breaking his stereo

3 I (go) to the disco if I (finish) my work

Listening

You are going to hear five extracts from weather forecasts Decide which extract 1-5 matches statement A-F There is one statement that you do not need You will hear the extracts twice

1 A It will be dry, cloudy and windy

2 B A very cold night is expected in most places

3 C It will be quite cold today and wet tomorrow

4 D The weather will improve during the day

5 E Snow is a strong possibility overnight

F Fog may cause problems in certain areas

9 Listen to the five extracts once more, and decide if statements A-E are true or false Write

T or F in each box

Extract 1

A There will be excellent weather conditions at

Manchester Airport all day

E The weather will get colder tonight

Answers to Achievement test 2

1 1c 2b 3a 4c 5 d

2 1 drawn into 2 stand up for 3 make for 4 move on

5 look into 6 given away 7 move in

3 1 b 2 d 3a 4c 5a 6b

4 1 of 2 within 3 beneath 4 from 5 to 6 at

5 1 could have caught 2 can't have got back

3 must have just bought 4 ought to have rung

5 needn't have run

6 1 to have started 2 are visited 3 have been cleaned

4 are not allowed 5 will be used

7 1 hadn't woken up wouldn't have missed

2 wouldn't haw been, had told

3 would have gone, had finished

8-9 Tapescript

1 … there are still some patches of fog around chiefly in the Midlands, and also in

the West England with a particularly thick chunk in the

Manchester Airport area just now, that's around the fringes of southern

Greater Manchester and into Cheshire, with some possible disruption to flights

That'll take a few hours to clear

2 in Scotland it's dry just about everywhere, the Highlands and Islands are

rather cloudy though, and any sightings of the sun here are best

regarded as a bonus It will be quite blustery and in Southern Scotland there

could be gusts of strong wind; temperatures for Scotland around 8

to 10 degrees

3 and now for England and Wales, temperatures are still at or near freezing

so there could be ice underfoot, those fog patches I mentioned

should disperse in an hour or two, then realty a very nice day with blue skies, almost unbroken sunshine with maybe just a slight breeze, and after that rather chilly start, temperatures of 8 to 10 which is really pretty good for the middle

8 1F 2A 3D 4B 5C

9 1F 2T 3T 4F 5T

Test 2

Reading

1 Read the article and decide whether statements 1-7 are true or false according to the text Write T or F in each box

1 There is no agreement on what makes people happy

2 Person A is more contented with her lifestyle than Person

B

3 Feelings about important events in our lives can change very quickly

4 We should stop thinking about our own wishes

5 Happiness can occur when you are focusing on other things

6 Other people's high opinion of your work will give you inner satisfaction

7 Happiness is connected with a sense of your own identity

Happiness

Whatever anyone says, there doesn't appear to be any universal blueprint for happiness While it

is encouraging that happy people seem to have characteristics in common, the fact remains that one person's definition of heaven might be another's idea of hell

Thus Person A might be happiest when she is stressed at work, dealing with problems and meeting deadlines, whilst Person B prefers other activities, spending her leisure time painting and

travelling Just to add to the confusion, happiness tends to be related to a particular situation at a particular time - a career choice, relationship or even an impulse buy that makes us happy one day might make us perfectly miserable the next

Bearing this in mind, maybe it's time to loosen our grip on the fantasy of the perfect life and start concentrating on what we want - and what we've got Far from being the ultimate goal, happiness might simply be the product of a fulfilled, centred life Moreover, outward achievements are often less important than we think: whilst these achievements may impress other people, they may not make you happy At the end of the day, how we choose to be happy is how we choose to be

ourselves - once you have sorted that out the

rest should fall into place

Vocabulary

2 Complete these sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets

1 Adam always talks about the future (optimist)

2 When someone criticises you, it's easy to become very (defend)

3 If I don't get enough sleep, I feel very the following day (irritate)

4 Sometimes children feel by their friends to buy clothes they don't really like (pressurise)

5 Jim was by the violence in the film he saw last nigh (horrify)

6 I know it was wrong, but I felt of my friend's success (resent)

7 I had a big with my best friend, but we've made it up now (argue)

8 Lucy has always had a good with her brothers, even though they used to tease her (relation)

9 My father has always believed that a good job is the key to a

life (meaning)

10 A trip to the UK or the US can be a good way of increasing the

of students learning English (motivate)

3 Choose the best answer, a, b, c or d, to complete the gaps in the text Steps to feeling

happier!

Start to build up a new 1 of yourself Make a list of your

2 attributes - words like kind, generous, attentive Then list your skills - things like

playing the piano, great cook etc Then say them out loud to yourself Ask your most trusted friend

for some encouraging statements about yourself Keep a journal and 3 all the good things that happen to you and good things that people say to you Make a

4 decision to rid yourself of negative thoughts and to

5 too much self-criticism This will help you become more 6

and by events, , you have a positive When you do feel

7 don't panic If you can keep 8

better chance of getting through difficult times

1 a painting b sight c scene d picture

2 a affirmative b positive c absolute d definitive

3 a write back b write down c write away d write off

4 a conscious b planned c alert d aware

5 a avoid b hide c demand d summon

6 a interested b self-centred c confident d absorbent

7 a overtired b overdone c overcast d overwhelmed

8 a calm b quiet c peaceful d steady

Grammar

4 Put each verb in brackets in the correct form (gerund or infinitive) to complete the text

There has been quite a lot of research into the nature of happiness, and what we need (do) to achieve it Interestingly, it seems that money doesn't buy happiness That is, a basic

standard of material possessions is necessary to be happy, but if you keep on 2 (add) to it, it doesn't seem to make much difference 3 (feel) in control of your life or your job helps Three out of five people who say they are in control say they are happy So, how can you help yourself 4 (be) happy? An American psychologist has been trying

(climb) or mad about (play) football What they had in common was that they wanted 11 (follow) their pursuit for its own sake, not for any material reward

5 Complete the text with a verb from the list below in the correct form

make • have • include • forget

When I was a child, I remember 1 an imaginary friend Her name was

Jill My parents tell me that they needed 2 her when they were discussing plans with me such as where we were going on holiday My sister used to tease me about Jill, but she was very important to me When I changed school, I tried 3 about her, but she remained part of my life until I was about ten My sister now has children of her own, and says she regrets 4 fun of me all those years ago

Writing

6 Write a personal account (200-250 words) entitled:

The best or worst day of my life

Include:

• how the day started

• what happened

• how you felt about it

• what happened at the end

Speaking

Negotiating: persuading and reaching a decision

Preparation time: 1 minute Work in pairs

You have about 2 minutes to reach an agreement: Student A

• Suggest a short holiday together after your English course has finished

• Try and persuade your partner to cancel his / her previous arrangement in order to come with you

• If your partner definitely can't cancel, suggest an alternative time You speak first

Student B

• Agree to your partner's suggestion of a holiday together but explain that you cannot go at that time Say why

• Explain why you cannot cancel your previous arrangement

• Accept your partner's suggestion for an alternative time and say how you feel about the suggestion

Wait for your partner to speak first

Answers to Test 2

1 1T 2F 3T 4F 5T 6F 7T

2 1 optimistically 2 defensive 3 irritable / irritated

4 pressurised 5 horrified 6 resentful 7 argument

8 relationship 9 meaningful 10 motivation

3 1d 2b 3b 3a 4a 5a 6c 7d 8a

4 1 to do 2 adding 3 Feeling / To feel 4 to be

5 to answer 6 doing 7 studying 8 reading

9 climbing 10 playing 11 to follow

5 1 having 2 to include 3 to forget 4 making

Test1

Reading

1 Choose from sentences a-h the one which fits each gap 1-7 There

is one sentence you do not need

a In many cases, however, explorers were lucky to survive their

expeditions

b There, every object larger than 60 metres has been located

c Until recently, all maps were two-dimensional

d The oldest known examples date back over 4000 years, but the idea

may be far older

e And we still have better maps of other planets than we do of our own

f Even now, cartographers are still busy mapping the world

g More recently, there was a near disaster during the Apollo 11 space

mission

h For it's almost impossible to look at a map without wondering what

is happening in the places upon it

Images of the world - the history of maps

No one knows who invented maps, or when or even where

1 These earliest maps are 4300-year-old clay tablets showing various regions of Persia (now Iran)

It is not surprising that maps have inspired so many to great achievement

2 Countless explorers have been inspired by maps,

to test the truth of what they describe and explore their frontiers

3 The lack of accurate maps almost led to a murderous mutiny aboard Columbus' ship in 1492

4 Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin came frighteningly close to crashing into a huge crater that lunar cartographers had

somehow failed to chart

5 Some jungle-covered areas of South and Central

America and the polar regions have yet to be mapped in full detail

6 For example, it will be many years before we have an atlas of the Earth as good as the one we have for the Moon

7 To produce a world map with that much detail would be a huge challenge even with modern-day technology

Vocabulary

2 Choose the best answer, a, b, c, or d, to complete the sentences

1 Most young people today are very interested in their

a look

b expression c appearance d attitude

2 The bank robber managed to from the police for several weeks

than on the telephone

a pronounce

b propose c express d expose

3 Complete the text with the correct form of these phrasal verbs

stand for • fall behind • drop out of • get ahead • fall over

1 I had so much work last week that I with the arrangements for my party

2 Jean on the first day of her skiing holiday, and broke her leg

3 If you want in the pop world, you will need a good agent

4 My uncle college after six months, now he wishes he had finished the course

5 According to the travel agency, the images in their current advertisement

adventure and change, as well as environmental responsibility

4 Add one of these prefixes or suffixes to the words in brackets to complete the

sentences

un- • in- • -ful • -less

1 My holiday in Greece was (wonder), I want to go back there next year

2 If you want to have an (expensive) meal on holiday, ask local people where they

eat

3 I found that book very_ (help) when I was writing my project

4 John thought his china plate was very valuable, but he was told it was (worth)

5 These days it is (common) to see horses in a big city

Grammar

5 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect

1 Last week, I (start) tennis lessons, and this week I

(do) two hours of practice

2 Alan (not / see) his cousin for ages, as she (move)

abroad last year

3 My grandmother (live) in this country for 40 years, but she

(never / return) to visit the country where she spent her

childhood

4 Dad (learn) to ski in 1990, techniques

(change) a bit since then

6 Complete the sentences using when, if or until

1 you haven't finished your homework by six o'clock, it will be too late to go to the

cinema

2 Mark can't leave his job he has found another one

3 I'll phone you I've found out the time of the train

4 I have collected my photographs, you can see them

5 I can't get on the train I've bought a ticket

6 you've got Sally's email address with you, we can send her an email now

7 I'll lend you this book I have finished reading it

• examples from at least 2 different areas, such as films, music, etc

• examples of famous personalities

• why you feel these people are important to your country's popular culture

Speaking

Exchanging information: in a photography shop

Preparation time: 1 minute Work in pairs

You have about 2 minutes to exchange the following information:

Student A

You are on holiday in Britain and go into a photography shop with 2 rolls of film Ask about:

• the cost of developing 24 and 36-exposure films

• the cost of ordering enlargements

• collecting the photos

You speak first

Student B

You have a summer job in a photography shop Answer the customer's questions, giving the following information:

• the cost of developing 24 and 36-exposure films

• the cost of ordering enlargements

• when the customer can collect the photos

Wait for your partner to speak first

Answers to Test 1

1 1 d 2 h 3a 4g 5f 6e 7b

2 1c 2c 3a 4b 5 d 6a 7 d 8c

3 1 fell behind 2 fell over 3 to get ahead

4 dropped out of 5 stand for

4 1 wonderful 2 inexpensive 3 helpful 4 worthless

5 uncommon

5 1 started, have done 2 hasn't seen, moved

3 has lived / has been living, has never returned 4 learnt, have changed

6 1 If 2 until 3 when 4 When 5 until 6 If 7 when

Test 3

Reading

1 Read the following text and match headings a-h with paragraphs

1-7 There is one heading you do not need

a Second thoughts

b Learning the hard way

c The wrong time to start

d Make use of your holidays e Realities of the job

f Settling in

g A lucky break

h A spell in the capital

Hungry for words

1 You'd better like photocopying And faxing And searching through half-filed, old copies of the Boxwood News, or whatever, hunting for an article from

1983 about football If you're considering a career in journalism, it's worth spending your holidays making coffee, answering telephones and taking notes for a local or national publication (unpaid, of course)

2 The idea occurred to me halfway through university, where everyone else was already muttering about becoming bankers I sent off a handful of letters and managed to get a temporary job on a fashion magazine While my friends were earning extra money working in bars, I was sleeping on a friend's floor

in London, trying to look like a professional journalist

3

My first experience of professional journalism did not go smoothly During

my first week at the magazine, I spent most of my time covered in photocopying ink, mastering (slowly) the art of transferring telephone calls I tried not to be scared by the pencil-thin fashion journalists, but would take the stairs so I could avoid standing next to them in the lift

4 Back at university, I edited the student newspaper before I began to have doubts about whether this was really the career for me I wasn't entirely sure I had the sort of toughness that journalists are supposed to possess I didn't think I'd ever grasp shorthand In short, I decided that it was a nasty business and I'd rather be a hairdresser

5 Shortly after I'd telephoned a hairdressing school, I won an award which gave me some work experience on a national Sunday paper It was a fantastic four

weeks Although it was yet more filing and photocopying, for the first time I felt that I was actually part of the publication; I sat in on meetings -I even interviewed a couple of fashion designers

6

In September, I moved to my present job, and it's here I've been happiest It's like any job - six months down the line I'm still finding out everyone's name, and how to use the computers, and where everything is I even still feel nervous when I speak to my section editor!

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It's different from student journalism Deadlines are tougher, the need for accuracy greater There are certainly jobs that pay better, offer longer holidays and more sociable hours People write and complain and it's still the most mortifying thing in the world to know you've got your facts wrong and let everyone down But it's worth it At least for me, it is

Vocabulary

2 Complete the sentences using one of the following verbs in the correct form

grab • stare • strike • prove • maintain • leap • avoid

1 Yesterday, thieves Sarah's handbag while she was out shopping

2 Nobody believed that John got to the top of the mountain, but he had photos

it

3 The film star said she hated the way people used at her when she went

shopping

4 Chris's hobby is fixing and old motorcycles

5 jean ran all the way to the station and managed onto the train just before it left

6 If you want to do your best in these exams, you should too many late nights

7 The earthquake the city unexpectedly and many people were killed

3 Choose the best answer, a, b or c, for each gap

1 When we arrived at the training course, we were to different groups a allocated b shared

c placed

2 The speaker that children should read rather than watch

TV

a told b maintained c discussed

3 My teacher me to enter the singing competition, didn't think I was nearly good enough

a encouraged b supported c organised

4 Nathan was to go on an expedition through the jungle a applied b preferred

c selected

5 Suzy was chosen to her school at the national youth festival

a represent b substitute с display

6 The principle of free medical care for everyone was in Britain in 1948

a formed b installed с established

7 The writer's house a fascinating collection of old photographs

a defined b enclosed с contained

8 The second part of the lesson was to practising the language in pairs

a committed b devoted с occupied

9 After spending a whole weekend working on his motorcycle, Sam felt he had a great deal

a achieved b won с reached

10 The crowds hours before the pop concert began so they could get the best view of the stage

a grouped b gathered с collected

11 There are differences between the two political parties a deep b severe с

fundamental

6 Complete the sentences using the phrases below

Grammar

4 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun

1 The friend party I'm going to is eighteen tomorrow

2 This detective story, is set in Florence, is really exciting

3 The person answered the phone wasn't the person I was looking for

4 The house Dominic is living has a big garden

5 Sarah told me all about the play, she said was fantastic

5 There is a mistake in each of these sentences Circle the mistake and write the correct sentence underneath

1 This is the coat what Suzy bought last week

2 That is the person where I want to teach me the violin

3 Is this the cinema who you were trying to find?

4 I don't know which shoes these are - do they belong to you?

5 Laura agreed with everything who you suggested

6 Complete the sentences using the phrases below

nevertheless • all in all • without doubt • apart from • according to

1 Charlie, everyone else in his family loves chocolate

2 We had sun, sea and wonderful food on holiday; we had a great time

3 The world is at real risk from global warming, the experts

4 I know you don't like Mark; I think you should accept his invitation to dinner

5 I have to say that it was the worst film I've ever seen

Writing

7 Write an article (200-250 words) for a national student magazine entitled:

The need for the Internet in schools

Here are some points you could mention:

• current situation in your school

• why the Internet is (not) important

• financial issues, e.g paying for computers and Internet access

• dealing with problems of misuse

Speaking

Giving a short presentation: TV Preparation time:

as homework

You are going to give a short presentation for about 2 minutes on the topic:

What I like and dislike on television and why

Here are some points you could mention:

2 1 grabbed 2 to prove 3 to stare 4 maintaining

5 to leap 6 avoid 7 struck

3 1a 2b 3a 4c 5a 6c 7c 8b 9a 10 b

11 c

4 1 whose 2 which 3 who / that 4 where 5 which

5 1 This is the coat (which / that) Suzy bought last week

2 That is the person (who / whom) I want to teach me the violin

3 Is this the cinema (which / that) you were trying to find?

4 I don't know whose shoes these are - do they belong to you?

5 Laura agreed with everything (which / that) you suggested

6 1 Apart from 2 all in all 3 according to

4 nevertheless 5 without doubt

on his face He suffers from a disability which means he has difficulty

communicating with the rest of the world, but the presence of playful dolphins

elicits attention and squeals of pleasure His parents are happy, too 'In the past, he wouldn't even touch anything solid, and now he's grabbing hold of the dolphin's fin', says May, Jamie's mother 'It's opening a new world for him.'

The captive dolphins are part of the Dolphin Human Therapy programme, established by Dr David Nathanson, who uses dolphins to help children with

mental and physical disabilities The dolphins are not treated as miracle healers Instead, the

possibility of touching their grey-suede skin or even having a swim with a dolphin is a reward that encourages children like Jamie to respond to their teachers, who sit with the children at the water's edge The sessions start with the teacher encouraging the child to motion 'hello' to a dolphin,

which responds with a shake of its head or fin The child is offered another chance to play with the dolphin if he or she works hard during the session

Adults too are attracted to swimming with captive dolphins as well At a theme park near Orlando, people pay to have a 30-minute swim with them It is a deeply memorable experience When a swimmer slides into water alongside a dolphin they can actually feel their skin tingling as the

dolphin scans them

with sonar Then with a flip of their powerful tails, the dolphins are off, gliding around effortlessly, clearly observing their human visitors

Anyone tempted to swim with wild dolphins, however, should be careful They can have a vicious streak Male dolphins will sometimes kill baby dolphins, to attract the attention of females They have also been filmed killing small porpoises (animals similar to dolphins), probably mistaking them for baby dolphins

Scientists have discovered that dolphins 'talk' to each other, through a form of whistling The animals practise 'whistle matching', which is when one dolphin whistles and another repeats the sound within three seconds

Back at Dolphin Cove, the dolphins' contribution to the children's progress is acknowledged 'I think dolphins are incredible,' says Jeffrey Bicknell, who works with the children 'I've seen them look at a child and observe what the problem is, and change their behaviour according to the nature

of the problem They are more dominant with some children, more patient with others.'

1 Jamie benefits from his sessions with the dolphins because a he has never been

swimming before,

b he plays with the dolphins in the water, c he can talk to the other

children,

d he has always enjoyed being with animals

2 What is the aim of using dolphins?

a to study the effects of disability on children b to offer replacement

treatment to children

c to help parents understand their children

d to help children work better with their teachers

3 When the dolphins are with the children, they a sometimes play amongst

themselves

b try to attract the children's attention c ignore the adults in the

water

d react when the children wave at them

4 Adults enjoy swimming with captive dolphins because a the dolphins help them

swim faster

b they can sense the dolphins' sonar,

c the dolphins can cure skin conditions,

d captive dolphins swim more slowly than wild dolphins

5 Studies of wild dolphins have shown that some are a aggressive towards other

dolphins

b willing to swim with humans,

c more unfriendly than they used to be, d frightened of porpoises

6 'Whistle matching' is how dolphins a communicate with

humans,

b send messages to each other, c vary the sounds they

make,

d react to unknown situations

7 Jeffrey Bicknell points out that dolphins

a prefer playing with particular types of children, b enjoy the attention they

get from the children,

c behave according to the needs of individual children, d communicate with each

other about the children

Vocabulary

2 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words in brackets

1 Most mammals are completely when they are born and depend on their mothers (help)

2 Scientists are concerned for the of the Tusker elephant (survive)

3 We had a very sale in aid of an animal charity (success)

4 The effects of environmental damage is very worrying.(globe)

5 Lead-free petrol reduces in our cities (pollute)

6 Most people know that they need to be about the disposal of rubbish (care)

7 You need to be well-qualified to work with wild animals (exceptional)

8 Some people feel that animals should not be kept in

.(captive)

9 In a very cold winter many wild animals are at risk of dying from

.(starve)

10 Humans and chimpanzees share many (characterise)

3 Choose the best answer, a, b or c, to complete the sentences

1 I apologise for the trouble I caused you yesterday a deeply

7 After such a difficult day, Patrick will think before going sailing again

a second c double b twice