Intermediate End of Course Test A

Listening Vocabulary and Grammar

1 Track 13 Listen to a teacher talking about a 4 Match 1–6 with a)–f).
school trip and complete the notes. 1 organic d a) learning
Visit to the Science Museum 2 traffic b) out
3 search c) taker
Date: 127th May 4 print d) food
Coach leaves at: 2 a.m.
5 high e) pass
Museum opens: 3 a.m. to 6p.m. 6 period f) engine
1st guided tour at: 4 7 distance g) lights
Name of exhibition: Antenna 8 risk h) on
9 driving i) achiever
5 break at: 11a.m.
10 try k) drama
Number of themed galleries: 20 11 boarding l) licence
Recommended: 6 the Modern World
and The Secret Life of the 7 5

Lunch: in picnic area at 8 p.m. 5 Complete the sentences with the prepositions in
the box. Use some words more than once.
IMAX film at: 1.15p.m.
Name of film: 9 Station with at in to on by down up
2nd guided tour at: 2.45p.m. 1 I haven’t made friends with many people at
Name of exhibition: Fast 10 work yet.
Free time: 11 to 5.30p.m. 2 We try to save energy by not leaving electrical
Home by: 8.00p.m. appliances standby.
3 The letter didn’t arrive because it was delivered to
the wrong house mistake.
5 4 Do you believe magic?
5 You’ll get better playing the piano if you
2 Listen again. Are the sentences true (T)
or false (F)? practise every day.
1 The teacher advises his students to be 6 Unfortunately, speaking a foreign language
in the car park by 7.30a.m. F doesn’t come naturally me.
2 They’ve all been to the museum before. 7 If you got up earlier, you might arrive time
3 The Wellcome Wing had been closed for a change.
until last week. 8 You shouldn’t forget to shut your computer
4 The teacher recommends two exhibitions at night.
about gadgets in the home. 9 Did you know that Ben’s split up Jo?
5 They’ll watch a film about what it’s 10 When I get home from work, I like to relax and
like to live and work in space. put my feet .
6 The afternoon guided tour is about the 11 He succeeded passing the exam after a lot
development of Formula One cars. of hard work.
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6 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form
Pronunciation of the word in capitals.
3 Track 14 Listen and write the number of words 1 She’s been unemployed for six months. She
in each sentence. Contracted forms count as can’t find a job. EMPLOY
one word. 2 The job market for university graduates is much
more these days. COMPETE
1 7 3 My son wants to specialise in
2 engineering. GENE
3 4 I heard a talk about the meaning of
4 dreams. FASCINATE
5 5 They were sent home from school for
6 the teacher. OBEY
5 6 I didn’t get an interview because I didn’t have the
right QUALIFY
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9 Complete the second sentence so that it means

7 Correct one mistake in each question.
the same as the first.
1 What for did you do that?
1 We last saw each other six months ago.
What did you do that for?
We haven’t seen each other for six months.
2 Who did gave you those lovely flowers?
2 There aren’t many nice places to eat here.
There are only .
3 If you saw him, what would you said?
3 If sales don’t improve, I’ll lose my job.
Unless .
4 Where were made these shoes?
4 They’re building a new factory near the river.
A new factory .
5 Who’s the man that he stole your bag?
5 He told them they shouldn’t smoke so much.
He warned .
6 Have you speak to her last night?
6 I wasn’t able to get in touch with her.
I didn’t .
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8 Underline the correct answer: a), b), c) or d).
10 Complete the text about popular words with
1 We don’t c eat out on Tuesdays.
one word in each gap.
a) easily b) early c) usually d) never
Do you tweet on Twitter?
2 I couldn’t leave at six because I finished It 1 will probably come as no surprise that
the report. not only was Twitter the fastest growing website
a) had b) hadn’t c) wasn’t d) wouldn’t 2
2009, but ‘Twitter’ was also the most
widely used word in the media. ‘Obama’ was in
3 We talked for hours about we used to live. 3
place and ‘H1N1’, the name of the
a) where b) which c) that d) which swine flu virus that spread all over 4
world, was in third. More surprisingly, the success
4 She to get promoted before me. of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series of
a) should b) might not c) won’t d) isn’t likely 5
and films pushed the word ‘vampire’
into fifth place.
5 Your order sent by first class post and will
arrive tomorrow. The popularity of the 6 ‘Twitter’
a) is being b) has being c) will d) is summed up the rise of social networking on the
Internet. It was also a ‘fun’ word, 7 led
6 He asked me what time arrive. to the creation of a whole new set of vocabulary. For
a) we’ll b) we’d c) would we d) we have example, ‘tweet’, ‘tweetaholic’ and even ‘tweet up’,
which means to arrange to 8 up with
7 If I’d seen you, I hello. your friends.
a) ’d say b) ’ll say c) would’ve said d) had said If further proof of social networking as
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huge cultural force was needed, the
8 We them since we were children. New Oxford American Dictionary chose ‘unfriend’
a) know b) knew c) ’ve been knowing as its 2009 Word of the 10 . To
d) ’ve known ‘unfriend’ means to remove someone as a friend on
a social networking 11 like Facebook.
9 While we to check in, they announced that Have you unfriended anyone recently?
our plane was delayed.
a) waited b) are waiting c) were waiting
d) had waited 10

10 He’s been working there since .

a) five months b) March c) two years
d) a long time.

11 we arrived, the concert had started.

a) While b) Until c) As soon as d) By the time
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Reading
a) The cold and the lack of oxygen has killed many
11 Match gaps 1–6 in the text with sentences climbers in the past.
a)–g) opposite. There is one extra sentence b) It’s my dream we are following.
you do not need. c) Their knowledge and experience of the mountain
Teenage boy climbs Everest will help keep us all safe.
d) He conquered the first one, Mount Kilimanjaro
In May 2010, American teenager Jordan Romero
(5,895m), in Africa when he was ten.
made history by becoming the youngest person to
e) Jordan was 13 years old.
climb the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest
f) Age has nothing to do with anything.
(8,848m). 1 e . The first thing he did when he
g) Jordan says he was first inspired to climb at the
reached the summit was to make a phone call,
age of nine.
saying, ‘Mom, I'm calling you from the top of the
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world!’
12 Read the text again and choose the correct
Jordan made the climb with his father Paul, his step-
answer: a), b) or c).
mother Karen Lundgren and three Sherpa guides, all
1 When Jordan got to the top of Everest, he called
experienced mountaineers. However, despite
his c .
Jordan’s age, he was by no means an inexperienced
a) father
climber. In fact, this was his sixth major
b) friends
achievement in his dream to climb the Seven
c) mother
Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents.
2
. Between 2007 and 2009, he climbed five 2 He’d already climbed of the highest
others in North and South America, Australia and mountains in the world.
Europe. Having climbed the Asian one, this left only a) five
the Vinson Massif (4,892m) in Antarctica to achieve b) six
his dream of being the youngest person to climb all c) seven
seven.
3 3 Jordan climbed Kilimanjaro when he was .
. There was a painting on a corridor wall in
a) seven
his California school which showed the highest
b) nine
point on every continent, and it fascinated him. He
c) ten
did some research and then one day he said to his
father, ‘Dad, I want to climb the Seven Summits.’
4 Some people thought Jordan shouldn’t climb
His father immediately started training him and the
Everest because .
following year they climbed Kilimanjaro.
a) he would get frostbite
Despite Jordan’s achievements, the Everest climb b) the mountain was too high
also attracted criticism from people who said he was c) he wasn’t old enough
too young to take such risks. It is true that climbing
at such high altitudes can be dangerous. 4 5 Before the climb, .
Furthermore, a previous record holder for the a) Jordan trained very hard
youngest person to climb Mount Everest, 16-year- b) he spent several months on Everest
old Temba Tsheri from Nepal, lost five fingers from c) his father was very worried
frostbite during his climb due to the extreme cold.
6 Jordan would like .
But Jordan’s father rejected the criticisms, saying,
a) everybody to climb mountains
‘We were so prepared, everything went absolutely
b) to inspire other teenagers
perfectly. 5 ’. He said they’d spent several
c) to find more challenges
weeks getting used to the high altitude. He thought 5
Jordan had trained hard and had been ready for the
challenge.
Jordan himself said, ‘I’m the one who started this
project. 6 . I know it’s a big goal and luckily
for me, my family is supporting me every step of the
way. In fact my family is my team.’
He hopes his adventure will inspire young people
around the world to set themselves challenges – to
get fit and aim high.

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 Intermediate End of Course Test A

Speaking Writing
13 Cross out the option or response that is not
15 Underline the correct alternatives.
possible.
1 So should I dress smartly tonight? The best meal of my life!
a) I see. b) Of course. c) That’s right. What’s the 1more / most delicious food you’ve ever
2 I’m afraid the party’s been cancelled. eaten? Mine was chicken soup. 2In general / In all
a) Really? b) Well done. c) That’s a shame. likelihood it wasn’t just the soup itself, but where
3 A: Do you recommend taking a sweater? and 3what / when it was eaten. It happened when I
B: Yes, quite cold in the evenings. was working in Morocco 4while / during Ramadan,
a) it’s generally b) on the whole, it’s when Muslims don’t eat 5or / but drink anything
c) it tends to from sunrise to sunset, and never complain.
4 A: That was a fantastic meal, wasn’t it? 6
B: Yes, but I the food was overpriced. Although / However I’m not a Muslim, I admired
a) for one thing b) do think c) must say the willpower of my friends so much 7than / that one
5 Did you know that if you listen to Bach, it helps day I decided to share the experience with them. It
you to learn better? was one of the most memorable days of my life, full
a) Oh, really? b) I have no idea. of unexpected feelings and emotions.
c) Does it? That’s interesting. 8
Finally / By the time the sun was setting, I’d joined
6 What should we get Harry and Sara for their the crowds of people in the square, 9which / where
wedding anniversary? the cafés had prepared bowls of steaming chicken
a) Don’t forget to buy them a plant. soup 10as well as / also deliciously sweet desserts.
b) I don’t know. Everyone had a bowl of soup in front of them and
c) If I were you, I’d just send them a card. held their spoons ready to eat. 11After that / As soon
5 as the sun went down, we lifted our spoons. Food
14 Match gaps 1–11 in the conversation with had never tasted so good.
a)–k) below.
5
A: 1Have a my car keys, Anna?
B: I’m 2 sure I left them on the table. 16 Choose one of the topics below and write an
A: No, I’ve looked there. Did you put them in your essay / a story on a separate piece of paper.
handbag? Use the paragraph notes to help you. Write
B: Maybe. I 3 . Where is my handbag anyway? 130–150 words.
A: I haven’t got 4 . You know, I think we
should buy a red carpet! Topic A
B: 5 ? Why red? If you could choose to be a famous person from
A: I read an article about it. Apparently red helps history, who would you choose?
you remember details better. Para 1: say who the person is and what they are
B: You’ve 6 . famous for
A: Well, 7 thing, we’re getting very forgetful Para 2: give two or three reasons why you would
these days. like to be them
B: Yes, but 8 I see it, that’s because we spend Para 3: say what things you would do differently
too much time using computers. from them, and why
A: Exactly! I think I’ll try using a red screen on
mine. Topic B
B: OK, but whatever 9 , don’t buy a red carpet!
Write a story beginning with these words:
A: Don’t worry. Hey, you’ll 10 what!
It was the most important day of my life.
B: You found the keys?
A: Yes, in my pocket … Para 1: say why the day was important
Para 2: describe what happened on this day
B: 11 joking!
Para 3: say what the conclusion was – positive or
negative
a) you seen g) Really
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b) the way h) a clue
c) you do i) lost me
Total: 100
d) fairly j) can’t remember
e) never guess k) for one
f) You’re
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