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1  Listen to Leo’s conversation at the ticket office Different holidays

in a railway station. Answer the questions. Use
In the past people usually spent their holidays by the
one word, a time or a number.
beach. Then new types of holidays started, like winter
1 How many tickets does Leo want to buy? sports holidays. They became very popular with
____two______ young people. They 1 wanted / didn’t want to lie on a
2 Where does Leo want to travel to? beach for a week − they wanted to 2 take / go skiing or
____Rome______ 3 What time is the Friday walking in the mountains instead. But now there’s a
afternoon train?
completely new type of holiday − cooking holidays,
__________
and they are becoming really popular. As TV-cooking
4 How much is one return ticket? ____260______
euros 5 What platform does the train leave from? programmes became popular in the 1990s, holiday
____nine______ companies 3 decided / didn’t decide to start to sell
cooking holidays. Nowadays you 4 can / can’t choose
2 points for each correct answer 10 from thousands of cooking holidays on the internet.
2  Listen to a conversation between Barbara and These courses will teach you things like how to bake
Leo. For questions 1–5, complete the sentences. cakes, or how to 5 mix / roast beef in the French style.
Use one or two words in each space.
You generally don’t need to buy 6 any / much
1 Barbara is hungry and wants to have some ingredients and you 7 don’t have to / should bring your
____________________. own equipment – the companies usually give you
2 Barbara likes the ____________________ in the everything you need. And you 8 should / shouldn’t
Thai restaurant. wear old clothes because you could get dirty in the
3 Leo doesn’t like ____________________ food. kitchen. Also remember to 9 take / leave a notebook
4 Barbara wants to have a table by the because there is 10 a lot of / any information to
____________________.
remember.
5 They decide to take a ____________________ to
the restaurant. 1 point for each correct answer 10
2 points for each correct answer 10

3 Choose the correct answer from the

words in italics to complete the text.

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4 Read the Stopping traffic problems

text.
Many large cities have traffic problems, but it’s
Decide
difficult to stop people using their cars. We know we
if the
shouldn’t drive everywhere and should take public
transport, but we don’t do it. People love their cars
and public transport in many places is not very good.
A GPS company studied why there are lots of traffic
problems in cities. What did they find? They found
that a third of cars on the roads are drivers looking for
a parking place. These drivers are driving around and
around the city when they don’t need to. Now there is
technology that can tell drivers where there are empty
parking spaces, but the problems continue. The most
important reason for traffic problems is people. Did
you know that most people drive too fast10 or too slow?
Angry drivers do things too quickly and nervous
drivers are too slow. Both these actions make traffic
problems.
In the past we didn’t know what to do about this
problem, but now there are lots of answers. For
example, there’s technology for cars to ‘talk’ to each
other and tell each other about the traffic situation. A
company tested the technology and it stopped many
traffic problems. The cars sent messages to each other
about the area and the drivers could plan their
journeys better. Some cities want to make public
transport better. For example, ten years ago Istanbul
and Sydney didn’t have good public transport. But
they increased the number of boats for public transport
and now the service is much better. Not all cities can
do this, but it is great for cities beside10
rivers or next to
the sea. In the future there could be more ideas such as
bicycle-only roads or buses with robot drivers. At the
moment people choose their cars because they are
comfortable and they can listen to music or the radio.
The public transport of the future needs to be better.

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sentences are true (T) or false (F). If there is no 1 There is technology to tell cars about the
information about this, choose ‘not given’ (NG). __________.
2 Technology can help drivers __________ their
1 People drive their cars a lot because public travel around cities better.
transport is too expensive. __________ 3 Istanbul and Sydney have a good _________
2 People don’t have to use public transport in small service now.
cities. __________ 4 Other ideas for the future include buses without
3 About 33% of drivers are trying to find drivers and roads only for people on a
somewhere to park. __________ __________.
4 The way people drive their cars is the main reason 5 Nowadays people prefer their cars because they
for traffic problems. __________ are __________.
5 Angry drivers make more problems than slow
drivers. __________ 2 points for each correct answer

2 points for each correct answer

5 Read the text again. Complete the sentences with

one or two words from the text.
6 Choose the correct word in italics.

1 My flight was at 8.00 a.m. because / so I got up at

5.00 a.m.
2 Tom likes driving because / so public transport isn’t very good where he lives.
3 My sister likes Indian food because / so she makes a lot of it at home.
4 I like to have dinner with my grandmother because / so she’s a very good cook.
5 Pedro is a photographer because / so he has a lot of expensive cameras.

2 points for each correct answer 10

7 Write an email to your friend, Paula recommending a restaurant. Write 40–50 words.

In your email, you should write about:

• the food and prices.
• the view.
• why you like it.
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SPEAKING

Student A

8 Work with a partner. Ask for and give opinions.

• Ask you partner for his/her opinions about children playing video games.
• Agree or disagree with your partner and say why.
• Give your opinions about children playing video games.
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SPEAKING

Student B

8 Work with a partner. Ask for and give opinions.

• Ask you partner for his/her opinions about how to be healthy.

• Agree or disagree with your partner and say why.
• Give your opinions about how to be healthy.
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