TEST
(B 1)
TASK 1
Mark the correct letter
A, B or
C.
Exam ple:
You mustn’t take the computers out of
this room without asking the headteacher.
B You should check with the headteacher
before using the computers in this room.
C You must ask the headteacher for permission
to move the computers into this room
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0.
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO
MOVE COMPUTERS FROM
THIS ROOM WITHOUT
PERMISSION FROM
THE HEADTEACHER
1.
BOOKS MUST BE
LEFT ON TABLES
AND NOT PUT BACK
ON SHELVES
NOTICE
2.
CUSTOMER OFFER
BUY TWO OF OUR
LARGE CAKES AND GET A
THIRD SMALL ONE
FREE !
3.
Alton Zoo
The monkeys are fed
Daily at 9.00 a.m.
Visitors are welcome
to watch.
4.
NEW
HAIRDRESSER
Opening 17th February
Show this advert and get
10 % discount
( Except Saturdays)
A
A After you use books, put them back on the shelves.
B Leave books on the table when you finish using them.
C If you find books on tables, take them to the librarian.
A When you buy two large cake, we change you for
only one of them.
B We give you a small free cake with every large
cake you buy.
C If you pay for two large cakes, we give you a
small one as a present.
A Visitors can see how the monkeys are fed at 9.00 a.m.
B Visitors should never try to feed the monkeys before
9.00 a.m.
C Visitors can help feed the monkeys at 9.00 a.m.
A You can have a haircut every day but not on Saturday.
B
You can pay less for a haircut with this advert.
C You can get a cheaper haircut only on the opening day.
POINTS
TASK 2 Read the article carefully and choose
heading(A-H) for each
part (5-9) of the article.
A
B
C
D
Not an easy lesson
A change of heart
Not completely forgotten
A ridiculous idea
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the most suitable
F is done for you
E Not worth the pain
F Not the way to start
G A decision not to return
F
I first decided to give skiing a try when I was 21. I headed for the nursery slopes where I spent the morning
fooling around, teaching myself and not learning how to turn or even stop. Then my friend dragged me to
the top of a mountain in a blizzard, and left me to get down. Many freezing hours later I returned exhausted,
scared and having been cursed by everyone on the slopes.
5
I remember thinking that skiing wasn’t that easy, or fun. It seemed an expensive and dangerous sport for the
rude and stupid who treated beginners like slush. For thirty years, I enjoyed simple winter pleasures
on Welsh hillsides, or in faraway sunshine. The Alps in winter? Keep them.
6
And then, three years ago, I went with girlfriend / ski instructor, Jenny, to a cheerful little hotel called
La Belle Etoile in the Chamonix valley. One by one, all those prejudices against the sport had to be
rethought. The slopes were not full of rude head-bangers but sweet families and locals. They weren’t
crowded or even very expensive and there were plenty of middle-aged beginners.
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But can you really coax an unfit old man down a precipitous slope? Well I was determined to have a go
and Jenny risked our relationship deciding on the tough love approach. ‘Feel the edges’, she cried. ‘Bend
the knees’, ‘bum in, grip your poles, roll the skis, weight on the front ski’. By day three, I had grasped the
theory of parallel turns.
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Then illusions set in. Some fool at the bar that evening said he wanted to do the Vallée Blanche,
the longest offpiste ski run in the Alps, 26km down a glacier starting at 12,000ft. He’d been skiing for
umpteen years and at last felt ready for it. With him I formed a foolhardy plan: to do black runs
– the hardest – by the end of week one, and the Vallée Blanche by the end of week two. ‘Forget it,’ said
Jenny. And I did.
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Twelve months later we went back to the same place, this time straight on to harder runs. Slopes that had
looked impossible a year before now seemed pretty easy. I now found it possible to enjoy myself. Those
mountains stretched forever, beautiful and awesome. The next day, with adrenalin flowing, I was finally
on the black runs with Jenny. It was a fulfilling experience that will remain with me for ever … but the
Vallée Blanche still calls.
TASK 3 Read the text about two great women
decide if each is sentence
True or False.
If it is True mark T .
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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inventors to
If it is False mark F .
There were a large number of women inventors in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
When Margaret Knight was twelve, she told her parents she wanted to work in a factory.
Margaret Knight’s first invention made a machine stop when it became dangerous to use.
Margaret Knight won her fight to be considered the inventor of a machine to make paper bags.
In the 19th century, being an inventor was as difficult for a woman as being a business person.
Margaret knight always had great difficulty finding a buyer to her inventions.
Women found that the covers of Beulah Henry’s parasol often came off in the wind.
Beulah Henry was encouraged to invent her parasol by large umbrella manufacturers.
There is plenty of information about Beulah Henry’s private life.
Beulah Henry was prepared to admit that her technical skills were not very developed.
Two Great Women Inventors
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, women had limited opportunities for a technical education
and career, and few of them had an independent income. However, the history of women inventors
in this period is very long. What sorts of women chose to become inventors under such difficult
circumstances? The personal stories of two of them give you an idea.
The nineteenth-century inventor Margaret Knight was born in the USA in 1838. As a young girl, she was
made to work in a cotton factory by her parents. While she was working there, there was an accident and
somebody was almost killed by a machine. Margaret was only 12 at the time, but she invented a way to fix
the machine so that if there was the same fault again, straight away the machine would shut down
completely.
She had more than eighty inventions, from a machine for cutting shoes to improvements for the steam
engine. But her most important invention – a machine that produced paper bags with flat bottoms – never
made her much money. In fact, the idea for the original invention was stolen by the person who made the
model for the machine. She had to go through a long legal battle to be finally recognized as the owner of
the idea.
In those days, women were not encouraged to be business people any more than they were
encouraged to be inventors. Once Margaret Knight had produced an invention, she would usually sell it to
somebody for not much cash, and when she died in 1914, all she left was 275 dollars.
These women’s lives and achievements will always inspire future generations of inventors.
Beulah Henry also began inventing things when she was a young girl. In 1912, at age 25, she got her
first patent for an ice-cream freezer. A year later, she patented a parasol – an umbrella for the sun – with
changeable covers so that a woman could match her parasol with her clothes. Working out how to fix the
covers so that they would not only fly away on windy days was difficult, but she managed to do it. In fact,
as she herself put it, ‘The biggest umbrella men in the country told me it could not be done.’ The invention
earned her about 50, 000 dollars from the manufacturers.
T
F
In all, she patented 49 inventions. But for someone with such a long career, surprisingly little is known
about Beulah Henry’s personal life. She was born in the USA in 1887 and grew up in an artistic family.
She entered university in 1909 and we suppose her education did not include technical or mechanical
subjects, as she was always honest about her lack of such skills.
TASK 4
Read the article, choose and circle the best
alternative to answer
the questions. (2 points for each correct answer).
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Lake Vinney
My favourite place for watersports is Lake Vinney, but it has only existed since 1975 when the
valley was filled with water to provide electricity. Under the water is the village, Vinnthorpe. Last
week I talked to Pat Smithers, who runs a shop on the edge of the lake and looks after the huge
car park. She gets up early to travel to her shop to sell newspapers and food and doesn’t finish
work till late because of the car park. She said drowning the village was the best thing that ever
happened as it brought a lot of business to the area, and the number of visitors from all over the
country continues to increase, especially as there is a new road which means it is easier to get
to. When I asked people enjoying the watersports, they said they never thought about the
drowned houses and streets. When I spoke to some people sitting in the cafe overlooking the
lake, I was surprised to find they still get angry about what happened. They used to live in
Vinnthrope and were moved to other places in the area, among them thirty children who are
now middle-aged, but they still miss the village. They say that nobody asked them what they
wanted – they were told one day that everything was decided. They were separated from their
friends and had to get buses to new schools instead of walking there together. It is a shame that
these people lost their homes, and I hope something similar never happens again in the future. I
would miss the watersports if they weren’t there, however, and I must say that I hadn’t ever
thought about what was under the water until last week.
1. What is the writer trying to do?
A describe what people think about the drowned village.
B persuade people to take up watersports on Lake Vinney
C discuss what might happen to Lake Vinney in the future.
D explain why people like living by Lake Vinney.
2.
What do we learn about Pat Smithers?
A She lives beside the lake.
B She used to live in Vinnthorpe.
C She often visits the area on Holiday.
D She earns her living near Lake Vinney.
3. What do we find out about Lake Vinney?
A It attracts tourists from abroad.
B There are lots of houses on the banks.
C More people are visiting it every year.
D Mainly local people do watersports there.
4. What does the writer think about Vinnthorpe?
A He agrees with Pal Smithers.
B He feels sorry for the people who lived there.
C He thinks it should now forgotten.
D He has always felt guilty about water-skiing there.
5. Which of these is an advert for Lake Vinney?
A
Come to Lake Vinney and
Water-ski or sail. No ugly car
Parks, shops or cafes around the
Lake to spoil the views.
B
Come to Vinnthorpe and
stay in a hotel in the village.
Enjoy the walks around the lake
in complete peace and quiet.
C
Lake Vinney is perfect for all kinds of
watersports. Wonderful cafe by the
side of the lake and plenty of carparking.
D
Enjoy water-skiing on lake Vinney
but leave time to visit the old
village beside the lake – nothing
has changed there for 30 years.
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TASK 5
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space For each questions, mark the letter
next to the correct word A, B, C or D . The first (0) is done for you.
Fashions go round and round
Fashions have always changed with time. No (0) A Roman girls worried about having the
latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals (1) _____ were cool and
not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Looking (2) _____ over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the (3) _____
fashions have changed compared to earlier times. Firstly, (4) _____ more people have a choice
of clothes available to them. There are few places (5) _____ the world where the trainers, the
caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are
(6) _____ within a much shorter time than they (7) _____ to be. For instance, in the 1960s,
(8) _____ had the same low waists narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are (9) _____ of long skirts and coloured
scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really
fashionable people look on different from the (10) _____ of us, because it is only ten years
since their clothes were in fashion before!
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A doubt
B chance
C way
D matter
1
A they
B that
C these
D those
2
A about
B round
C back
D behind
3
A sort
B kind
C type
D way
4
A some
B much
C far
D even
5
A in
B on
C of
D through
6
A accepted
B returned
C exchanged
D repeated
7
A wanted
B needed
C used
D had
8
A dresses
B jackets
C trousers
D blouses
9
A filling
B filled
C full
D fuller
10
A other
B most
C rest
D all
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TASK 6 For these questions circle A, B, C or D. ( 1 point for each correct answer)
…….. from Nigel, all the group arrived on time.
A Except
B Other
C Besides
D Apart
‘I did this painting all …….. my own, Dad,’ said Milly.
A on
B with
C for
D by
As I had missed the Chemistry lesson, my friend went …….. the homework with me.
A by
B after
C over
D on
This food must be eaten …….. two days of purchase.
A within
B before
C over
D under
He’s still getting …….. the shock of losing his job.
A across
B by
C over
D through
This application …….. be handed in until the end of the week.
A doesn’t need
B doesn’t have
C needn’t
D hasn’t got
You ….. better check whether all the details are correct before we send it off.
A
8
9
would
B
had
C
should
D
did
Sixty-five? No, James ……. be so old!
A can’t
B mustn’t
C wouldn’t
D needn’t
John doesn’t need a calculator. He …….. do very difficult sums in his head.
A must
B can
C would
10 She ……. to take part in the competition by her doctor.
A wasn’t allowed
B didn’t have
C wasn’t able
D
may
D
might not
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TASK 7
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1
‘Where’s Lynne?’ ‘She ______________________ (go) to Cuba. She’ll be back next week.’
2
Mike ______________________ (work) in his study. Shall I call him for you?
3
If I had the chance to live abroad, I ___________________________ (go).
4
I’m sorry. I think I ______________________ (break) your camera when I dropped it!
5
I would have said ‘hello’ if I ________________________ (see) you!
6
I _______________(have) lunch every day with Clare in the canteen – I really enjoy talking to her.
7
‘Didn’t you hear the phone ring?’ ‘No, sorry. I ______________________ (listen) to music.’
8
She told me she _________________________ (want) to meet me the next day.
9
Between 1984 and 1986 Patricia Cornwell _____________________ (write) three novels.
10 I ___________________________(eat) less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.
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TASK 8
Complete the second sentence so that it means the
same as the first.
(2 points for each correct answer).
Example:
0.
I asked him if he could have a ride on it.
I said: ‘ Can I have
1.
a ride on it.’
My brother is too young to read computer books.
My brother isn’t .................................................. to read computer books.
2.
Jacky asked me: ‘When did your brother join the army?’
Jacky asked me ............................................................................................ the army.
3.
The castle opened to the public last year
The castle .......................................................... open to the public since last year.
4.
I think that history books are more interesting than novels.
I think that novels are not ................................................................ history books.
5.
The pool is used by people of all ages.
People of all ages .......................................................... the pool.
6.
‘I arrived from New York two weeks ago,’ said Spencer.
Spencer said .................................................................................... two weeks before.
7.
A famous French designer made my sister’s wedding dress.
My sister ….............................................................................. by a famous French designer.
8.
Why don’t you borrow a book from the library?
If I were you, I ................................................. a book from the library.
9.
I can’t pick you up. Two mechanics are repairing my car at the moment.
I ........................................................................................................... at the moment.
10.
The road isn’t wide enough for us to drive down.
The road is too __________________________ for us to drive down.
TASK 9
WRITING
POINTS 20
You must answer this question
Write an essay of between 120 and 150 words.
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Some students think that cheating during a test is not a big fault, others believe that
is not right. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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Keys
B1
TASK 1
TASK 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
has gone
is working
would go
broke
had seen
have
was listening
1–B
2- C
3–A
4- B
TASK 2
5- G
6–B
7- A
8–D
9–C
TASK 3
1–T
2–F
3–T
4- T
5 -T
6–F
7–F
8–F
9–F
10- T
8
9
10
4
5-C
6-C
7-B
8-A
9-B
10 - A
wanted
wrote
am eating
TASK 7
TASK 4
1–A
2–D
3–C
4–B
5–C
TASK 5
TASK 8
1–B
2- C
3–D
4–C
5–A
6–D
7–C
8–A
9–C
10 - C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
old enough
when my brother had joined
has been
as interesting as
use
he had arrived
had her wedding dress made
would/should
am having my car repaired
narrow
1–D
2-A
3-C
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