B1 Exam
B1 Exam
B1 Exam
WRITTEN QUIZ
TIME: 75 min.
Grammar Part
A) Combine the two sentences using the second sentence as a relative clause. (10 Points)
1. She worked for a man. The man used to be an athlete.
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3. The television was stolen. The television was bought 20 years ago.
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4. The customer liked the waitress. The waitress was very friendly.
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B) Complete the following sentences using Past Simple or Present Perfect Tense of the verbs in brackets.
(10 Points).
1. The weather _________________ (be) awful in the past few weeks.
7. How long ______________________ (Vicky, not have) that car? – For about a month.
C) Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous. (10 Points)
If you 1................................ (love) surfing and 2.............................. (want) to get a university degree, you should go
to Plymouth University in Britain. Students who 3..............................(surf) three or four times a week for fun can now
do a degree in surfing, and make a career of it. While surfing 4.............................. (look) easy when you watch from
the beach, getting a degree is quite hard to achieve. Jim and Helen are in their last year of school, and
5.............................. (take) their A-levels this summer. They both 6.............................. (own) surfboards, but they
7............................... (not surf) much these days. They 8.............................. (study) very hard for their Alevels.
They 9.............................. (know) the academic requirements for acceptance to the surfing course are high, and the
course itself is also hard. It 10.............................. (include) oceanography, marine biology, ecology and the design of
wetsuits and surfboards, as well as actual surfing. But Jim and Helen both believe it’s worth the effort. Let’s wish
them luck.
Vocabulary Part
Complete the sentences with an adjective from the box. (10 Points).
ambitious – amusing - careless – cautious – cheerful - greedy - healthy - outgoing - polite –slim - tall
1. My girlfriend likes to do sports and eat fresh vegetables. She doesn't smoke so I guess she's a very
___________________ person.
2. ___________________ people always want more and more. They are never satisfied with what they have.
3. Since she has gone on a diet and lost 10 kg, she has become a ___________________ young lady.
4. My sister is not very ___________________. She never goes to parties and doesn't like to meet people.
5. Nobody is more ___________________ than by little brother. He never picks up anything and throws all his
belongings around.
6. Dan and Benny are very ___________________ when they cross the street. They are afraid of being hit by passing
cars.
8. Nothing seems to make grandfather sad. He is such a ___________________ person and smiles all the time.
10. We taught our children to be ___________________ and always say "please" and "thank you".
Listening Part
3.David …
a. prefers a structured approach.
a. a vote.
Reading Part
Robot Teachers
If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It’s
easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we
underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness.
Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could
there be a place for robots in education after all? British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has
a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring
information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students’ faces, movements and maybe
even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It’s not a popular opinion and it’s unlikely
robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can. One thing is
certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren’t enough
teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don’t go to school. That problem could be partly solved by
robots because they can teach anywhere and won’t get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid
job. Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all over the world are leaving
because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not ‘Will robots replace teachers?’ but
‘How can robots help teachers?’ Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails,
arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11
hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports,
teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.
A. Match the definitions (a–e) with the vocabulary (1–5). (10 Points).
Vocabulary Definition
1. …… a takeover a.the ability to deeply understand someone’s situation or feelings
2. …… to adapt b. to think something is less than it is
3. …… to underestimate c. to work out what kind of illness someone has
4. …… empathy d. when someone takes control of something like a job or a place
5. …… to diagnosee. to change something so that it fits better
4. One advantage of robot teachers is that they don’t need to rest. ………
Translation Part
Egypt has a very special location and it has played a very big part in Egyptian history. Egypt is part of the Sahara
Desert runs all across the south of Africa. But it is a dry place, so people do not live there. But even in ancient times, it
didn’t rain much in Egypt. The reason people lived in Egypt was the Nile River. It flows through the middle of Egypt.
The Nile is a long river. It starts in the rain forest south of Ethiopia, south of Egypt, and flows north into the
Mediterranean Sea.
Writing Part
In this writing part, think of something interesting, funny, strange, or sad you or your family experienced in the
past and write about it. Think of a title. (120-150 words). (20 Points).
In your story write:
- When it happened
- Where it happened