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PROGRESS TEST

Unit 1

Grammar

Choose the correct answers.

3 Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words

in bold.

1 I had never before seen such a beautiful sunset.

1 Did you see Jan at the concert? She wore /

was wearing a red coat.

2 Peter wouldn’t lend me his dictionary because

he didn’t finish / hadn’t finished his

homework yet.

3 I saw your sister in town yesterday. She

talked / was talking to a couple of friends.

4 Jake phoned me just after he was leaving /

had left the party.

5 When the exam results came through we all

were celebrating / celebrated!

6 While I was walking to the shops, it suddenly

started / was starting to get very windy.

7 They had waited / had been waiting for half

an hour by the time David arrived.

8 When I got to the classroom, the teacher already

started / had already started the lesson.

2 We not only went out for a meal but we went

dancing too.

3 They had no sooner started the exercise than

the lesson bell rang.

4 There has rarely been such a high wind.

Mark

2 Complete the sentences with the present perfect

simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Vocabulary

4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1 I (have) this cold

since I went swimming last Friday.

2 How often

(you be)

argumentative grumpy tolerant naive

reserved flexible stubborn hot-headed

courteous level-headed

to the USA?

3 I (often wonder) if

learning another language would be difficult.

4 Where

1 The staff at the airport were all very

to us. It was a pleasant

(you stay)

surprise.

2 My cousin is quite

for the last few days?

5 What

and

(you do) to your

doesn’t say much.

3 I was very when I went to

university but I’m much more experienced

now.

4 Don’t be so ! You can

always find something to smile about.

5 In today’s society people need to be

and listen to others’ points

hair? It looks great!

6 How long

(you

go out) with Freddy?

7 What (you eat)?

There are red marks on your shirt.

8 Katy and I (know)

each other since we were at primary school

together.

of view.

6 My dad was very when he

was young and got into a lot of trouble.

Mark

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7 I don’t think winning a lot of money will

change Sam. He’s very .

8 My sister is so you’ll never

persuade her to apologise to him.

9 You’re being very today!

You’ve disagreed with everything I’ve said!

10 We’re lucky to have Jill as an employee. She’s

and can change her hours

] You wait, hoping beyond hope that

someone has heard you and can reach you before

conditions worsen still further.

You’re lucky. The message gets relayed to a cruise

liner that is carrying thousands of passengers on

the holiday of a lifetime and just happens to be

in your vicinity. [ 2 ] You are very grateful.

You are taken on board where you’re given food

and medical assistance and start to feel human

again. You travel with the liner safely to land.

Your small boat has unfortunately had to be

abandoned in the ocean but you are safe thanks

to the cruise liner.

So far, a straightforward sea rescue. [ 3

if we need her to.

Mark

/10

Listening

5 ≤ 4.01 Listen to the people talking about

being lucky. Complete the sentences with the

correct speakers A–E.

1 Speaker

saved some money.

2 Speaker

had a surprising exam result.

3 Speaker

was successful because he/she

]

It’s certainly not unheard of for large vessels to

come to the aid of smaller ones, particularly in

the big oceans where you can drift for days

without seeing another boat. [ 4

was relaxed.

4 Speaker didn’t expect to achieve what

he/she did so quickly.

5 Speaker

doesn’t plan ahead.

] The

yachtsman whose boat got into trouble was

John Fielder, a thirty-two-year-old man from a

tiny village on the south coast of England called

Warsash. Last year John was sailing a trimaran

called (appropriately) ‘Dangerous When Wet’

from the Caribbean island Antigua to Rhode

Island, north of New York, when he got into

trouble. [ 5

Mark

/10

Reading

6 Read the text.

7 Complete the text with sentences A–F. There is

one sentence you do not need.

] She was the latest addition

to the fleet of the US based Princess Cruises and

it was captained by Captain Clark. Captain Clark

and John Fielder had never met before, which is

not surprising. What is surprising is that it turned

out the two men live round the corner from each

other in that tiny village of Warsash on the south

coast! In all probability they buy their newspapers

from the same shop but didn’t meet until their

paths crossed 4,000 miles away in the middle of

the ocean!

An amazing coincidence! If you can beat that

write in to ‘What a coincidence!, People Today

Magazines , Bristol. We’re waiting for your story.

A This happens from time to time when small

boats run into difficulties in heavy weather.

B But there is a twist to this tale.

C Less than two hours later the enormous boat

is alongside you, having altered course to

come to your rescue.

D Finally you admit defeat and put out an SOS call.

E He was stunned by the coincidence.

F The cruise liner that came to his assistance

was the Crown Princess.

Mark

/10

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IT’S A SMALL WORLD

Picture this: You’re in a boat, a small one, easily

4,000 miles away from home. You’re being

tossed from one wave to another in appalling

conditions. Your mast has been damaged in a

fierce storm and you haven’t eaten for two days

whilst trying to fix your craft and remain afloat.

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Writing

8 Imagine you witness a large fire and see fire-

fighters save a young child from the building.

Write the story of the rescue for a magazine. Use

the writing guide to help you.

Paragraph 1: Say what you were doing when the

ire started.

Paragraph 2: Say what happened and describe

the scene.

Paragraph 3: Describe how the ire-ighters

saved the child.

Paragraph 4: Comment on the bravery of the ire-

ighters and what happened to the other people

involved.

Mark

/10

Total

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