PRE-INTERMEDIATE I_B 2023 – NAME: Benigni

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Life, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 6 Test

Listening
1 Listen to five people talking about their wedding plans. Listen and match the sentences
to the correct speaker (A–E). There is an example (0).
0 All the food at the wedding is Mexican. ____E_______

1 They’re getting married in a foreign country. ____B________

2 A lot of people are going to their wedding. _____D_______

3 The bride and groom come from different countries. __C__________

4 They aren’t going on holiday after the wedding. ____________

5 They aren’t organizing their own wedding. ____B________

6 They’re going to wear bright colours at the wedding. ____A________

7 They’re going to have live music. ____D________

8 Somebody in their family is making the food. ____B________

9 They’ll get married in the morning. _____D_______

10 They’re going to travel in an old vehicle. _____E_______

(10 points)

Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. There is an example (0).
get go leave play ride start
0 It’s time to __get_______ ready for the party.
1 My sister can ____ play _____ the violin by ear.
2 Some of these ancient stories ___leave_____ back hundreds of years.
3 We should ____get_____ together soon and have dinner.
4 I don’t remember when I first learned to __ride____ a bicycle – when I was five or six,
perhaps.
5 In the UK, young people often __go____ home and find their own place to live when they are
eighteen or nineteen.
6 I’d like to ____start_____ university when I leave school.
7 When did you ___get____ married?
8 Now they’re married, do you think they’ll ____start____ a family?
(8 points)

3 Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to complete the texts. There is an example (0).
(0) Teenagers, when they are fifteen or sixteen, have to be responsible for the first time in their
lives. For example, they have to (1) ___open____ a bank account, or get a driving (2)
___licence_____. It’s a challenging time. By the time they are twenty-four or twenty-five and in
their (3) ___ mid __twenties, young adults are expected to be (4) ___doing____ a career,
earning a living and paying rent. Of course, (5) ___ middle-aged ___ people in their mid to (6)
____ early __ fifties have challenges of their own.

The festival was wonderful. There were people in amazing (7) _ costumes __: long gold
dresses, for example, with birds’ feathers all over them. Many wore (8) __ masks ____ so you
couldn’t see their faces. And they travelled along the streets on (9) ___ floats __, moving
platforms on lorries. Some of them were so (10) ______ smart _ that they carried twenty or
thirty festival-goers, dancing and singing.

0 A Children B Teenagers C Adults D Elderly

1 A open B take C make D place

2 A allowance B book C pattern D licence

3 A early B mid C over D late

4 A opening B doing C starting D putting

5 A mid-term B middle-aged C late adults D elderly

6 A late B far C early D soon

7 A costumes B fireworks C drums D candles

8 A bands B masks C parades D covers

9 A parties B carriers C ceremonies D floats

10 A delicious B smart C enormous D miserable

(10 points)

Grammar
4 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. There is an example (0).
0 Don’t worry about your driving test! I’m sure you’ll pass / you’re passing.
1 I won’t come / I’m not coming on Friday, sorry. I have an appointment at the dentist’s.
2 Are you feeling sleepy? OK, I’m going to / I’ll open the window.
3 Look at the traffic! We’re going to be / We’re being late for school.
4 Don’t leave your laptops in the classroom! Someone is going to steal / will steal them.
5 Good morning and welcome to Sackville College. In this talk I’m telling / I’m going to tell you
about ...
6 I’m sorry. I forgot your drink. I’m going to go / I’ll go and get it now.
7 I don’t think he’ll / think he won’t go to the party.
8 ‘Are you going to the cinema tomorrow evening?’ ‘Yes, I am / will.’
9 I’ll play / I’m playing tennis on Friday at three, so I can’t come on the picnic.
10 I love Susie. I’m marrying / I’m going to marry her one day.
(10 points)

5 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets. There is an example (0).
When I was in my early twenties, I had (0) __to choose____ (choose) between getting married
and going abroad (1) ___working____ (work). My girlfriend wanted (2) ___to get____ (get)
married, but I enjoyed (3) __to be__ (be) single and, in my opinion, it was important (4) ___to
see____ (see) the world before starting a family. ‘Let’s (5) ____going____ (go) away together,’ I
said. ‘We should (6) _makeing____ (make) some great memories, then we’ll be ready (7)
____to buy___ (buy) a house.’ She wasn’t interested in (8) ___traveling_____ (travel) but, in the
end, she agreed (9) ___waiting___ (wait) for me for a year. Six months later, I was back home.
It was difficult (10) _____to spend__ (spend) so much time away from her. Now, we’re married
and we have three children.
(10 points)
Reading
6a Read the blog about lessons learned from travelling. Match the headings (A–F) to the
lessons (2–4). There are two headings you don’t need. There is an example (1).
A Don’t be scared of travelling
B Be ready to talk to people you don’t know when you are in your home town
C Always be ready to change your itinerary during a journey
D Sometimes be careful when you are on buses, trains or planes.
E Be prepared to meet people who are different to you when you’re travelling
F Never be afraid of listening to other travellers’ advice.
(10 points)

6b Read the blog again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? If there isn’t enough
information to say if the sentences are true or false, write doesn’t say (DS). There is an
example (0).
0 The writer was never worried about travelling. __F_________
1 Travel experiences changed the writer. ___T______
2 In Marrakech, the writer met a person who helped her with directions. ___T______
3 The people the writer met in London were not the same as people in Virginia. ___E_________
4 The writer says that she has visited mosques in Bosnia, Turkey and the United States.
____A________
5 The writer is trying to change the way she behaves with people when she’s in San Francisco.
___B_________
6 Chien Yu told the writer where he was from in China. ____________
7 The writer told Chien Yu things about her life. ____________
(10 points)

The lessons I learned from travelling

Lesson 1: ___A________
Before I went travelling for the first time, I worried about it. I was frightened that something might
go wrong. I soon learned not to worry. Here are some other lessons I learned.
Lesson 2: ____D________
One of the first things travel taught me is that things won’t always go according to plan: buses
will break down, flights will be delayed, and maps will occasionally be difficult to read. These
problems made me more patient and helped me accept that I can’t control most things. They
also resulted in some exciting adventures – the woman in Marrakech, for example, who, when I
asked her for directions, invited me into her home for coffee.
When we’re travelling, our most memorable experiences are usually the result of something we
didn’t plan. We should continue to think like this when we get home from our travels – when
things don’t go to plan, we should enjoy the adventure.
Lesson 3: ___E_________
Growing up in Virginia, I rarely met people who were very different from me. That changed when
I moved to London. I soon found myself at a dinner party where every guest came from a
different country. You can learn a lot from listening to people from different places.
When I began travelling beyond Europe, I experienced many different cultures. I celebrated the
Hindu festival Diwali in India and families in Turkey invited me to stay in their homes. Now, in
my new hometown of San Francisco, whenever I pass a mosque or a temple, I’m happy that I
live in a multicultural city.
Lesson 4: ____B________
When I’m travelling, I have an open heart and mind. I smile at people I pass on the street and
talk to people on the bus. I ask their name and learn a bit of their story. Now that I’m home, I try
to be as friendly as I am when I’m travelling.
Earlier this year, a young Asian man asked me for directions. I decided to start a conversation
with him. I learned his name was Chien Yu, and that he was from Taiwan. He told me stories
about growing up in his grandmother’s home, and taught me how to say thank you in his native
language. Even at home, we can have experiences and meet people. Thinking like a traveller,
when we’re at home, helps us understand the world better.

Writing
7 Write a short paragraph (100 words) about an interesting event you attended. It could
be a party, a wedding, a festival, a sports event, etc. Include information about where you
went, when and why, and what you saw and enjoyed.
(10 points)
Write your paragraph here:

NEW YEAR CELEBRATE IN MY HOME

At the end of the year my family and friends celebrated the arrival of the new year.

We prepared a party in my house for this occasion, we decorated and beautified the house and the park,
we used candles and colored lights

To celebrate, the Guests brings a variety of cold foods and drinks to share. Salads, roast chicken, vitel
tone, sweet and savory rolls are typical. To drink brings, wine, sidra, champagne and sodas.

This day we dancing fun music, in a long night.

In this day, we wear informal dress, the man wear jeans, t-shirts or hawaiian shirt, and woman wear
colorful dress.

In the midnight, I like the moment when we count down the last minutes of the year. This is a very
exciting time. And eat 12 grapes for the good luck in teh new year.

This celebrates during at sun rise