Listen to an interview with a young History student called Brendan. Decide if the sentences are True (T), False (F) or Doesn't say (DS).
🎧 Listening 1 — Brendan's Interview
Exercise 1 · /10
01
Brendan's main subject at university is Technology.
T
F
DS
02
Brendan studies at university in the UK.
T
F
DS
03
Brendan is most interested in the nineteenth century.
T
F
DS
04
Brendan likes studying about unsuccessful technology the most.
T
F
DS
05
The bag alarm wasn't popular because it was dangerous.
T
F
DS
06
The computer screen hat was 40 cm across.
T
F
DS
07
People felt ill when they wore the computer screen hat.
T
F
DS
08
The computer screen hat is popular with many video gamers.
T
F
DS
09
The car that Brendan talks about could go very fast.
T
F
DS
10
No one these days owns a car like the one Brendan talks about.
T
F
DS
Listening · Part 2
Cultural Activities & Likes
Listen to four teenagers talking about their countries. Match each question with the speaker (A, B, C or D). You can use letters more than once.
🎧 Listening 2 — Four Teenagers
Exercise 2 · /10
01
Which speaker thinks the weather where they live isn't warm enough?
A
B
C
D
02
Which speaker says they can get food from every continent in their city?
A
B
C
D
03
Which speaker prefers food from another continent?
A
B
C
D
04
Which speaker thinks food from their own country is better than food from other countries?
A
B
C
D
05
Which speaker says you can buy food from all over their continent in their country?
A
B
C
D
06
Which speaker thinks the weather in another country is worse than in their own?
A
B
C
D
07
Which speaker says some people in their country don't like the weather in summer?
A
B
C
D
08
Which speaker prefers the weather in another part of their country?
A
B
C
D
09
Which speaker plays in a group?
A
B
C
D
10
Which speaker watches films from all over the world?
A
B
C
D
Use of English
Grammar & Vocabulary
Choose the best option (A, B or C) to complete each task.
Exercise 1 — Choose A, B or C · /10
Complete the blog entry. Today I want to tell you all [0] about my little sister, Madeleine.
She [1] born eight years [2] and she makes me laugh.
In fact, I think she's [3] person I know! I help her to [4] her homework – she [5] get very [6] homework, not like me.
Madeleine loves helping Mum in the kitchen. At the moment, they [7] a cake together for my birthday.
I [8] be fifteen tomorrow.
I [9] a party with some of my friends at my house, but I [10] invite the rest of my family – there are too many of them!
01 — She ___ born eight years ___ …
Choose the correct option for gap [1]:
A is
B were
C was
02 — She was born eight years ___ …
Choose the correct option for gap [2]:
A old
B ago
C past
03 — I think she's ___ person I know!
Choose the correct option for gap [3]:
A the funnier
B funnier than
C the funniest
04 — I help her to ___ her homework.
Choose the correct option for gap [4]:
A do
B make
C know
05 — she ___ get very ___ homework …
Choose the correct option for gap [5]:
A doesn't
B don't
C didn't
06 — she doesn't get very ___ homework …
Choose the correct option for gap [6]:
A many
B much
C any
07 — At the moment, they ___ a cake.
Choose the correct option for gap [7]:
A 's making
B make
C 're making
08 — I ___ be fifteen tomorrow.
Choose the correct option for gap [8]:
A 'm going to
B 'm go to
C go to
09 — I ___ a party with some of my friends.
Choose the correct option for gap [9]:
A have
B 'm having
C go to have
10 — but I ___ invite the rest of my family.
Choose the correct option for gap [10]:
A doesn't
B don't
C didn't
Exercise 2 — Short Dialogues · /5
01
I can't stand Maths.
A Yes, I like it too.
B No, you can't.
C I don't like it either.
02
Let's go to the cinema.
A Did you enjoy the film?
B What a good idea!
C It's over there.
03
I think we need to do all we can to help animals.
A Sorry, but I don't agree.
B I think we can too.
C Perhaps that's not true.
04
Can I borrow your book?
A Sorry, I can't.
B Sorry, I'm using it.
C Sorry, just a second.
05
This is my friend Hattie.
A I'm fine thanks.
B See you later.
C Pleased to meet you.
Exercise 3 — Match definitions to words · /5
Type the correct word for each definition. Words: sandwich, afternoon, projector, commuter, tournament
01 A meal made with cheese or other food between two pieces of bread.
02 The time between the morning and the evening.
03 A teacher uses this to show things to all the pupils.
04 A person who is travelling to or from work.
05 A competition, usually with lots of matches in it.
Reading · Part 1
The World's Most Difficult Weather
Read the text and decide if sentences 1–12 are True (T), False (F) or Doesn't say (DS).
The World's Most Difficult Weather
(1, 2)Humans now live in most places around the world. We are good at using our intelligence to survive in some very difficult places. But there are some places on Earth which are impossible to live in. Here's one of them.
(3)It's hard to say exactly where the hottest place in the world is because this can change from year to year. At the moment, though, this record belongs to the Loot Desert in Iran. (4)This part of the Asian country beat America's Death Valley and Africa's El Azizia in Libya by quite a few (5, 6, 7, 8)degrees. The maximum at El Azizia was 58°C, slightly more than Death Valley's 57°C in the west of the USA, but well below the temperature of 70.7°C recorded in the east of Iran in 2005.
(9)We often think that deserts have no water in them, but there is water here in the spring, as snow melts in the nearby mountains and flows in rivers through the area. But this soon dries up and there is little or no water there for the rest of the year. The maximum rainfall is only 100 mm (10)per year compared to 50 mm in much of the Sahara.
(11)In a seven-year study from 2003 to 2010, American scientists found that Loot was the hottest place on Earth for five of those seven years. They used satellites in space to measure this (12)because it's too hot for scientists to live there!
Exercise 1 · /12
01
Humans now live on every continent on Earth.
T
F
DS
02
Humans can't live in some parts of the world.
T
F
DS
03
We know where the hottest place in the world is.
T
F
DS
04
Iran is in Asia.
T
F
DS
05
Libya is in the West of Africa.
T
F
DS
06
Death Valley is the second hottest place on Earth.
T
F
DS
07
It was over 70°C in Death Valley.
T
F
DS
08
The Loot Desert is in the east of Iran.
T
F
DS
09
There are very long rivers in the Loot Desert in spring.
T
F
DS
10
There's more rain in the Loot Desert than in most of the Sahara Desert.
T
F
DS
11
The Loot Desert was the hottest place on Earth in every year from 2003 to 2010.
T
F
DS
12
Scientists can't visit the Loot Desert in the summer because it's too hot.
T
F
DS
Reading · Part 2
My First Concert
Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
My First Concert
(1)Hi, I'm Lori. I play the guitar in a band. I started learning about two years ago and the group got together last year. Anyway, a week ago we had our first concert and I want to tell you about it.
(2, 3)It was at the local town hall, not far from my school, where we practise, and near the hotel where my mum works. The concert was to make some money for three local charities that help (4)nature and animals. There were two other groups on as well as us. Another group wanted to play too, but their singer was ill so they couldn't do it.
(5)The town hall is big enough for about three hundred people, but unfortunately there were only about eighty people there (and thirty of them were our friends and families!).
(6)Anyway, my friend's band played first, then us and finally a band of older teenagers, who were really good. My friend's band was OK, but they made a lot of mistakes. They played a lot of pop songs, which most of the audience liked, but I can't stand.
(7, 8)We play rock and the older kids' band plays hip-hop, so there was a good mix of music. When we started playing, we could see that the audience liked pop more than rock. Some of them left the building and didn't come back. Then some others started shouting. At first I thought it was because they liked us, but then I realised it was the opposite! To make things worse, I fell off the stage in the middle of our fourth song and hurt my leg! I didn't have to go to hospital, but it still hurts.
We're doing another concert in two weeks' time – I hope it goes better than this one!
Exercise 2 · /8
01
Lori joined her band:
A last year
B a week ago
C two years ago
02
Lori's first concert was at:
A a hotel
B her school
C the town hall
03
Money from the concert went to:
A some charities
B one of the singers
C the bands
04
How many bands played at the concert?
A two
B three
C four
05
How many people can watch a concert at the town hall?