End-of-year Test Listening 1 Listen to an interview with environmentalist and author Joel Kuder talking about his book on ecovillages. Tick () three characteristics of an ecovillage that Joel mentions. (3 marks) Ecovillage residents: 1 want to live in harmony with the natural world. 2 try to live independently of the government. 3 use the fossil fuels that are available to them. 4 do not allow anyone to use a car. 5 follow different rules depending on the village. 2 Listen again. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences. (7 marks) 1 What did Joel do when he got home from his first trip to Italy? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 Other than running out of deodorant, what everyday things did Joel have to do without when staying at some ecovillages? _______________________________________
4 Read the text. Replace the word(s) in bold with another word that has a similar meaning. (5 marks) A few years ago Brian Potter, a rubbish collector from Swindon, UK, won the lottery. At the time he had no money, apart from a small amount of cash. He was (1) very poor. Winning the lottery was an (2) amazing and unusual thing to happen to someone like him. At first he felt very (3) enthusiastic about it. He was finally rich! He gave up his job and spent money on holidays and fast cars. He didn’t see his friends anymore. He went home to his (4) enormous new house and he didn’t know what to do with himself. He felt lonely and (5) tired and impatient. So he decided to go back to work as a rubbish collector, give lots of money away to charity and see his friends again. It was the best decision he ever made. 1 b__________ 2 e__________ 3 e__________
4 m__________ 5 b__________
5 Complete the sentences. (10 marks) 3 How does Joel feel about the ecovillage in LA? Why? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4 What does Joel say to support the view that ecovillages are becoming more popular? _______________________________________ _______________________________________
Vocabulary 3 Read the definitions and write the words. (5 marks) 1 provide food or drink, often in a restaurant: __________ 2 feeling a need to drink: __________ 3 ship destroyed at sea: __________ 4 substance capable of causing illness or death: __________ 5 single part of a TV series: __________
1 Keith was very unhappy when his football team lost. He was in a bad __________ all day. 2 Fiona is very __________; she doesn’t do enough exercise. 3 Liz won an __________ for her painting; the prize money was £2,000. 4 Sadly, there were only eight __________ of the plane crash. 5 A __________ won the final of the talent show. His jokes were hilarious.
Practical English 6 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks) Esther Ali Esther Ali Esther Ali Esther
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(1) ________ I use the computer please? Not right now. I’m using it. That’s not (2) ________! I won’t be (3) ________. You (4) ________ say that. I promise! I’ll give it to you in 10 minutes. OK? OK … it’s a (5) ________.
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End-of-year Test Grammar
Consolidation
7 Complete the dialogues with one or more words. (10 marks)
10 Complete the text with one word in each space. (10 marks)
1 A B 2 A B 3 A B 4 A B 5 A B
When did you __________? We got here late last night. So what did you buy? I bought __________ a black dress for Friday night. Have you __________ to Turkey? No, I haven’t. Have you? Excuse me, does this coat belong to __________? Oh, it’s mine! Thank you! __________ change our habits, global warming will get worse. I agree. We all have to make an effort.
8 Read the sentences. Then write new sentences that have a similar meaning. Use the correct form of the word in brackets. (10 marks) 1 We were walking along the beach and we saw a whale. (suddenly) _______________________________________ 2 You mustn’t walk on the grass. (allowed) _______________________________________ 3 Did Jack go for a run in the park? (was) _______________________________________ 4 We have no more chicken. (have got) _______________________________________ 5 There are three tomatoes left. We need more to make a sauce. (enough) _______________________________________
Meet Aelita Andre, the ‘Little Picasso’. She is an Australian artist who is famous for her abstract art and for being very young. Aelita learned to paint before she (1) _________ walk. Her parents are both artists and saw the potential in her work from an early age. Art critics compare her work to Picasso and Jackson Pollack, and many of her works (2) _________ for up to £30,000. She was born in 2007 and is the world’s youngest professional artist. She started showing her work to the public when she was two years old. People immediately embraced it. Her paintings are colourful and energetic. She uses paints and also pieces of tree branches and birds’ feathers in her paintings. She has even had an art show in New York. When interviewed by a newspaper (3) _________ she said, ‘I love painting – I’m (4) _________ to paint for 24 hours without stopping!’ The public and the media are fascinated by this young artist and her fame continues to grow all over the world. Many predict that as Aelita gets older her paintings will (5) _________ in value.
9 Complete the sentences with appropriate verbs in the present perfect. (10 marks) 1 Paul ____________ five jobs in the last year! 2 I ____________ Thai food, but I’d like to. 3 Sally ____________ several big events for her school. 4 ________ you ________ anything from wood? 5 Rajesh ____________ at this company for seven years.
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End-of-year Test Reading 11 Read the text. Which job made Phoebe mentally stronger? Why? (2 marks) _________________________________________ _________________________________________ www.nottingham.ac.gb Careers » Students » Taking a year out » Read about what our students have done Name: Phoebe Coulson From: York, England
Age: 24
When I graduated from Nottingham University with a degree in Modern Languages I didn’t know what I wanted to do! So when my best friend Ella asked me to travel around the world with her I immediately said yes. Travelling around the world is something I used to dream about doing, so it was fantastic to get the chance to make it a reality! We got jobs as waitresses in a café in York and we saved up enough money to get us to Australia. While we were working in the café we planned out the stages of our trip. I decided to write a blog about my travels so that my friends and relatives could follow what I was doing. We started our journey in Sydney, Australia. I got a job as a sales assistant in a shoe shop and Ella worked for a telesales company. We did this for about three months. The experience taught me how to deal with customers, solve problems and operate a cash register. I was good at the job but I didn’t feel particularly excited by it. I always looked forward to coming back to our apartment and writing funny stories and reflections about my day. Ella hated having to sell things over the phone and felt bored and miserable the whole time. After Sydney, we travelled to Thailand where we found work teaching English in a primary school in Bangkok. It was a creative and social job which required organization skills and the ability to think on your feet. We loved working with the children. Three months after arriving in Thailand, we moved on to Argentina where we (eventually!) found work on a farm. We had to wake up at 5 a.m. every morning to pick fruit and vegetables. It was physically hard and, to be honest, we both hated it.
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We became quite fit and healthy, but we were constantly tired. At the end of each day I crawled into bed, opened my laptop and wrote about the day and what I was going to do on the next stage of the trip. It was the only thing I looked forward to. One other benefit of this experience was that it gave me a chance to use my Spanish. The final part of our trip was spent in Spain, where I worked as an assistant to an events organizer in Barcelona. Ella taught English at a private language school and really liked it. My job was quite stressful, as there were so many things to think about and the woman I worked for was the rudest, meanest person I have ever met. It was hard to deal with that, but I did, and but I’m a better person for it. After we returned home, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I read through my blog and realised something. The one thing I loved doing was writing and talking to people. So I applied for a job as a journalist. Six months later, I got a job at an online magazine as a junior travel writer. Next month I’m going back to Spain to do research for an article on the top ten cities in Spain. I have been very fortunate to have visited so many amazing places and I feel very lucky to have finally got my dream job!
12 Read the text again. Answer the questions. (8 marks) 1 Why did Phoebe react the way she did to Ella’s offer? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 What did Phoebe gain from her job in Australia? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 3 What did Phoebe always find time to do during her trip abroad? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4 What event led Phoebe to the career she now has? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 5 How does Phoebe feel about her year abroad? _______________________________________ _______________________________________
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End-of-year Test Writing 13 Write an autobiographical article about your life so far. Use the prompts to help you. Remember to use a variety of grammatical structures and vocabulary that you have learnt over the year. Write about 150 words. (10 marks) Paragraph 1: Introduce yourself. Give your name, age, where you live and the school you go to. Say what it is like. Briefly mention the activities you like doing in your free time. Paragraph 2: Describe your life when you were younger. Say what you remember about life then. Describe the best and worst things about life at that time. Describe your past habits at that time. Paragraph 3: Describe what you have and haven’t done in your life so far. Compare life now to life then. End by describing your hopes, plans and intentions for the future.
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Listening _____ / 10 Grammar _____ / 30 Writing _____ / 10
Vocabulary _____ / 20 Consolidation _____ /10
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Practical English _____ / 10 Reading _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100
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