End-of-term Test 3 5 Find the words in the word snake and complete the sentences. (10 marks)
Listening 1
Listen to Park Ranger Jim Stanton give advice to a group of students about a camping expedition to Yosemite National Park. According to Jim, which of the animals you might see is the most dangerous? (2 marks) A snakes B mountain lions
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C bears D wolves
Listen again. Answer the questions. (8 marks) 1 Name two pieces of equipment Jim thinks it is essential to take. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 Why does Jim think that taking bathroom products is not a good idea? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 3 What does Jim say most people forget? _______________________________________ 4 What does Jim advise the students not to do if they are close to a bear? _______________________________________ 5 Name two things you should do if you encounter a mountain lion. _______________________________________ _______________________________________
Vocabulary 3 Put the words in the correct category. (6 marks) air conditioning bench mug post box timer tissues Everyday items
Street objects
Kitchen gadgets
4 Match 1–4 to A–F to form a word. There are two endings in A–F you do not need. (4 marks) 1 2 3 4
st pat mir afr
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A B C D E F
ed ies aid eps ient ror
1 There is some yoghurt in the ________. 2 Can you pass me a ________; I want to chop up these onions. 3 It gets really cold at night here, so I’m going to buy a ________ for my bed. 4 The firefighter who rescued the people from the building was very ________. 5 Molly is ________ and considerate to others.
Practical English 6 Number the dialogue in the correct order. (8 marks) ___ Don’t worry, it’s all under control. ___ Of course I don’t. I asked my parents and they said we can use the garden too if we want. ___ Good idea. Chris, do you mind if we have it at your house? ___ OK everyone, let’s organize the party. Who’s going to be the DJ? ___ Thanks. So that’s the music sorted. Can anyone bring any food? ___ Great, that’s really kind of them. Have we forgotten anything? ___ I will. I’ve DJ-ed at parties before. ___ We can all bring some. We can go to the cheap supermarket in town the day before.
Grammar 7 Choose the correct option. (12 marks) 1 You shouldn’t / don’t have to eat too much chocolate. It’s bad for you. 2 I’m going to get yourself / myself a new bike. 3 You mustn’t / shouldn’t smoke in bars, restaurants or other public places. It’s not allowed. 4 Does someone / anyone want this last biscuit? 5 We haven’t got enough / some bread to make sandwiches. 6 They didn’t give us many / much information.
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End-of-term Test 3 8 Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. (10 marks) 1 much / fruit / eat / do / a / how / you / day ? _______________________________________ 2 we / any / cheese / have / got ? _______________________________________ 3 without / can / how / comforts / live / anyone / their / home ? _______________________________________ 4 the / some / rice / there / in / is / cupboard . _______________________________________ 5 want / go / to / somewhere / summer / this / I / nice . _______________________________________ 9 Complete the questions with the correct question tags. There is one tag you do not need. (10 marks) can’t do hasn't is hadn’t isn’t 1 2 3 4
Tom is very tall, ______ he? You don’t like fish, ______ you? This film isn’t very interesting, ______ it? Catherine and Beth can come to the party, ______ they? 5 Jane has got two sisters, ______ she?
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Consolidation 10 Choose the correct option. (10 marks) Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to give up my home comforts for a month. The first things I gave up were my skin and haircare products. I stopped washing (1) me / myself with shower gel and putting (2) moisturizer / conditioner on my skin. That was really hard because I have naturally dry skin. I didn’t feel as nice and clean as I normally do during that month! I also gave up using my (3) hair dryer / shampoo. That was terrible! It was very messy and I felt really (4) afraid / embarrassed when I went out of the house because I felt like everyone was staring at my wet hair! I also gave up my smartphone and the internet. Wow, I didn’t realise quite how difficult that was going to be! I didn’t know what to do with myself! I often found myself reaching for my phone to text (5) anyone / someone or to just look something up on the internet, but my phone wasn’t there! When the challenge was over I decided to limit the time I spend using gadgets and the time I spend online.
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End-of-term Test 3 Reading
The next experiment was a ‘Swap Box’. This was a
11 Read the text. Where exactly did the students do their project? (2 marks) ________________________________________
box that people could leave things in that they no longer wanted and ask for things they wanted. Each object in the Swap Box had a paper tag attached with a short story about the history of the object and why the owner wanted to swap it.
Designing in the street
This idea was quite successful and proved an effective way of recycling objects and reducing
A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam
waste.
University in the UK did a research project about innovative street design. The purpose of
Another rather humorous idea that emerged as a
their project was to explore how design can be
result of the research was the ‘Gossip Vehicle’.
used to create interesting and innovative urban
This is an electric car that could be shared by
spaces. The students focused on a section of
the people living on the street in an effort to
Gloucester Road in London. They considered the
reduce the number of cars in the area. In order
street in terms of the people who lived there
to gain access to the car, the passenger has to
permanently, such as home owners and shop
whisper an exciting piece of news or gossip to
owners, the people who passed through, such as
the car!
pedestrians, and those who regularly interacted in the street, such as post men, taxi drivers,
The students’ creative ideas helped to
bus drivers and rubbish collectors. At the time
temporarily transform a typical London street
of the study there were plans to reduce the
into a friendly and helpful place with a real
number of vehicles in the street by only
sense of community.
allowing electric cars. The students started the project by observing what went on in the street over a week. They also talked to people in the street, asking their opinions about what they would like to see made better and how they wanted the street to change in the future.
Then the students went
away and thought about how they could improve
12 Read the text again. Answer the questions. (8 marks) 1 Name two categories of people who were of interest to the researchers. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 What change was going to happen on the street?
the neighbourhood. They didn’t just focus on design, but also on how they could encourage a sense of community and sharing between strangers.
_______________________________________ _______________________________________ 3 Where were the people who wrote on the notepad? What were they asked to do?
One of the ideas they came up with was ‘Bus Stop Messaging’. They put a large notepad on a bus stop with the question, ‘What are you thinking about to pass the time?’ Many people on the street wrote their thoughts on the pad. The students discovered that people liked sharing their stories with each other and reading other people’s stories.
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_______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4 What do you have to do to get into a ‘Gossip Vehicle’? _______________________________________ _______________________________________
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End-of-term Test 3 Writing 13 Write an article about one of the following topics:
the best or worst event in your life the best or worst holiday of your life
Use the questions and the prompts to help you. Remember to use some grammatical structures that you have learnt from Units 7–9 and the following linking words to explain and contrast your ideas. (10 marks) also and as well because but Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Where and when did you go? Who were you with? What did you do? I’m going to tell you about … Last year / summer I went to … with … It was the … of my life.
Paragraph 2: Give further details about the event or holiday. What was great / terrible about it? I loved / hated it because … I had to / didn’t have to… I normally like / dislike … but … It was … but ... There were … as well as … Paragraph 3: Conclude the article. Did you enjoy yourself in the end? What did you learn from the experience? If you are writing about an event, do you have any advice to share? If you are writing about a holiday, what advice would you give to someone considering that type of holiday? I enjoyed myself and / but I would … I learnt that … If you … you should(n’t) / must(n’t) …
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Listening _____ / 10 Grammar _____ / 32 Writing _____ / 10
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Vocabulary _____ / 20 Consolidation _____ /10
Practical English _____ / 8 Reading _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100
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