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GRAMMAR

1 Underline the correct word(s).

Example: My bus to leave / leaves in five minutes.
1 The team is due to / due arrive at six o’clock.
2 Bob’s will go / going to New York next week.
3 Will / Are we be meeting outside the cinema?
4 I’m about going / to go to the shops. Do we need more milk?
5 We ’re move / move into our new flat next month.
6 You’re going getting / to get a new car next year, aren’t you?

2 Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: I think he had a good time even though he didn’t say so.
1 She went to Paris ________ didn’t see the Eiffel Tower.
2 A Did you go to the party?
B No, but Joanne ________. She said it was a lot of fun.
3 I felt really sad when ________ realized that Minoo had left without saying goodbye.
4 You didn’t help make dinner last night, but you really should ________.
5 A Are you going to the office picnic tomorrow?
B I suppose ________, unless it rains.
6 A Did Lo Chi get the job she wanted?
B I’m afraid ________. They offered it to someone else.
7 The kids wanted to go to the lake, but I told them not ________. It’s too far.
8 Brett said I would enjoy the concert, but I don’t think I ________. I’ve never liked jazz,
so I’d probably be bored.
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3 Order the words to make emphatic sentences.

Example: much / it / so / was / cost / taxi / the / that
It was the taxi that cost so much.
1 happy / be / to / is / want / I / all
2 happened / that / was / late / he / what / was
3 I / a / what / need / holiday / is
4 was / I / bored / because / left / is / the / why / I / reason
5 her / it / saw / was / I / when / month / last
6 place / we /was / a / the / where / met / café
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Grammar total 20
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VOCABULARY

4 Underline the odd word(s) out.

Example: day trip touristy city break guided tour
1 trait grumpy fussy serene
2 a nest a hive a horse a tank
3 dog bark kennel lunatic
4 roar grunt stable squeak
5 breathtaking dull spoilt overcrowded
6 delay postpone cancel put off

5 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: We went on a package holiday to Greece last year.
1 If you go on a l________-haul flight, you should stretch and get up and move around as
often as possible.
2 Don’t forget to t________ out travel insurance before you set off.
3 I really like to get off the beaten t________ when I go on holiday.
4 Instead of a nose and mouth, a bird has a sharp b________.
5 The blue whale, the giant panda, and the snow leopard are all endangered s________.
6 Some animals can be bred in c________, for example in zoos.
7 If you have a problem at work, you’ve got to take the b________ by the horns and sort
it out before it gets worse.
8 Juan made a real p_______ of himself at dinner. He even ordered two desserts!
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6 Underline the correct word(s).

Example: Given the choice / choose I’d take the train rather than the bus.
1 When I was in Vietnam, I enjoyed meeting other backpackers / backpacks and
sharing stories and information.
2 Getting a job in Japan was a bit of dream / a fluke, but it made me very happy.
3 Thailand is pretty crowded these days, but Cambodia hasn’t gone too far / walked
down that road yet.
4 Traditional Chinese wisdom says you should obey / pursue and honour your parents.
5 When we visited New York, we stayed in a suit / suite in an expensive hotel in
Manhattan.
6 Try to lie / lay down and go to sleep. We have a really busy day tomorrow.
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Vocabulary total 20
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PRONUNCIATION

7 Match the words with the same sound.

picturesque deny currently neigh biased

donkey

Example: fish picturesque

1 besides ________, ________
2 charity ________, ________
3 cage ________
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8 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: lively
1 insurance
2 pursue
3 definitely
4 tolerant
5 eccentric
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Pronunciation total 10

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50

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6 Reading and Writing

READING

Read the article and tick () A, B, or C.

LEARNING ABOUT ANIMALS AT SCHOOL

How do children learn about wildlife? And is what they learn the sort of thing they
should be learning? It is my belief that children should not just be acquiring
knowledge of animals but also developing attitudes and feelings towards them
based on exposure to the real lives of animals in their natural habitats. But is this
happening?

Some research in this area indicates that it is not. Learning about animals in school
is often completely disconnected from the real lives of real animals, with the result
that children often end up with little or no understanding or lasting knowledge of
them. They learn factual information about animals, aimed at enabling them to
identify them and have various abstract ideas about them, but that is the extent of
their learning. Children’s storybooks tend to personify animals as characters rather
than teach about them.

For direct contact with wild and international animals, the only opportunity most
children have is visiting a zoo. The educational benefit of this for children is often
given as the main reason for doing it but research has shown that zoo visits seldom
add to children’s knowledge of animals – the animals are simply like exhibits in a
museum that the children look at without engaging with them as living creatures.
Children who belong to wildlife or environmental organizations or who watch wildlife
TV programmes, however, show significantly higher knowledge than any other
group of children studied in research. The studies show that if children learn about
animals in their natural habitats, particularly through wildlife-based activities, they
know more about them than they do as a result of visiting zoos or learning about
them in the classroom.

Research has also been done into the attitudes of children towards animals. It
shows that in general terms, children form strong attachments to individual animals,
usually their pets, but do not have strong feelings for animals in general. This
attitude is the norm regardless of the amount or kind of learning about animals they
have at school. However, those children who watch television wildlife programmes
show an interest in and affection for wildlife in its natural environment, and their
regard for animals in general is higher.

However, there is evidence that all of this is changing, and changing fast. The
advent of the computer and interactive multimedia instruction in schools is changing
the way that children learn about and perceive animals. The inclusion of pictures
and audio enables children to look at and hear an animal at the same time. There is
evidence that children recall more when they have learnt about animals in this way,
and furthermore this is the case whether the animal is one they were previously
familiar or unfamiliar with.

Interactive multimedia instruction has opened up a whole new world of learning

about animals. It has made it possible to educate children about wildlife beyond
simple facts and to inspire in children an understanding of their real lives and
affection and respect for them. This is particularly important in modern urban life,
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where children’s only direct experience of animals is likely to be with domestic pets.
Without first-hand experiences of wildlife, children need other ways of gaining an
appreciation of and respect for animals. Previously, only the minority of children who
belonged to wildlife organizations or watched TV wildlife programmes developed this
attitude. Now, computer technology is transforming the way children gain knowledge
of wildlife. Games, stories, audio recordings, photographs, movies and spoken
narration all combine in multimedia form to present animals as real living creatures,
as well as providing factual information about them.

In this way, children can appreciate the unique qualities of different animals and
engage with wildlife in a more personal way than in the past. This is important,
because what happens to the world’s wildlife will depend to at least some extent on
the attitudes towards animals that people acquire as children. If they learn about
them as real, living creatures in their natural habitats, they are more likely to have
respect for them and to be concerned about their treatment when they are older.

1 What issue does the writer raise in the first paragraph?

A The outcome of what children learn about animals     
B The amount of learning about animals that children do     
C The level of interest that children have in learning about animals     
2 What opinion does the writer express in the second paragraph?
A Children’s learning about animals at school has the wrong emphasis.     
B What children learn about animals at school is often inaccurate.     
C Children’s storybooks are an effective way of teaching them about animals.     
3 What does the writer say about zoo visits?
A Children don’t enjoy them as much as adults think they do.     
B They have less educational benefit than they are believed to have.     
C They can be upsetting for some children.     
4 What does the writer say about learning about animals in their natural habitats?
A It is very difficult for most children to do this.     
B It teaches children more about animals than other methods.     
C It requires a lot of effort from children.     
5 Research shows that children’s attitudes to animals ________.
A differ from what adults might expect them to be     
B depend on whether or not they have pets     
C are not affected by what they learn about them at school     
6 The writer says that the use of interactive multimedia instruction ________.
A is most effective for teaching about animals children know nothing about     
B increases the amount that children can remember after lessons     
C works better for some children than for others     
7 The writer says that in modern urban life, interactive multimedia instruction ________.
A is a good substitute for direct contact with wildlife     
B is particularly effective for children who do not have pets     
C can relate the lives of animals to children’s own lives     
8 What does the writer say about children who watch TV wildlife programmes?
A They are very keen on interactive multimedia instruction about animals.      B
They no longer know more about animals than other children.      C There are now
more of them because of interactive multimedia instruction.     
9 The writer says in the last paragraph that what children learn about animals at school
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A has an effect on how their personalities develop     
B may change as they get older     
C will have some effect on attitudes to wildlife in the future     
10 The writer’s main point in the text as a whole is that ________.
A children should learn about how animals really live     
B children enjoy learning about animals with interactive multimedia instruction     
C some children are much more interested in animals than others     

Reading total 10

WRITING

Choose one of the essay titles below and write approximately 250 words:
1 A lot of computer games are addictive and violent. As a result the minimum age for
most games should be 18.
2 To reduce the number of accidents on the roads anyone using their mobile whilst
driving should be arrested.
3 To help reduce CO emissions people should only be allowed to fly once or twice a
2

year.
Writing total 10
Reading and Writing total 20
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LISTENING

1 Listen to five people discussing issues connected with animals. Match the
speakers (1–5) to what their main topic is (A–H).
Speaker 1     
Speaker 2     
Speaker 3     
Speaker 4     
Speaker 5     
A people who think their attitude to animals makes them superior
B people whose attitude to animals is inconsistent
C the way attitudes to animals have changed
D the danger presented by certain animals
E the difficulties involved in treating certain animals well
F the conditions in which certain animals are kept
G people who assume their attitude towards certain animals is widely shared
H people who take no interest in animals at all
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2 Listen to a talk about Ellis Island near New York, a place where many
immigrants went when they arrived in the US. Complete the sentences using
no more than three words.
ELLIS ISLAND
Immigrants were received and processed at the 1________ on Ellis Island.
First and second class passengers were inspected 2________ and then went straight into the
US.
Steerage and third class passengers were inspected by doctors so quickly that doctors
called these inspections 3‘________’.
The legal inspection of steerage and third class passengers was based on a document
containing 4________.
Just 5________ of the people arriving at Ellis Island were not allowed to enter the US.
5
Listening total 10

SPEAKING

Student A

1 Ask your partner these questions.

1 Which part of the world would you most like to visit?
2 Which place in your own country would you most recommend to visitors?
3 What’s your favourite animal?
4 Which animal frightens you the most?
5 If you went to live in another country, what would you miss most?
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2 Now answer your partner’s questions.

3 Now talk about one of these statements, saying if you agree or disagree. Give
reasons.
1 ‘Tourism does more harm than good.’
2 ‘Too many animals are badly treated.’
3 ‘Immigrants bring many benefits to the countries they go to.’

4 Now listen to your partner. Do you agree with him/ her?

Speaking total 15
Listening and Speaking total 25

Student B

1 Answer your partner’s questions.

2 Now ask your partner these questions.

1 What’s the best place you have ever visited?
2 What’s the most difficult journey you’ve ever taken?
3 Which animals do you have most contact with?
4 What are the most common pets in your country?
5 If you could live in another country, which country would it be?

3 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him/ her?

4 Now talk about one of these statements, saying if you agree or disagree. Give
reasons.
1 ‘Everyone should visit at least one foreign country in their life.’
2 ‘There is no reason for anyone to have a pet.’
3 ‘Second-generation immigrants have more problems than their parents.’
Speaking total 15
Listening and Speaking total 25