END-OF-YEAR TEST ● GROUP B

Listening, Use of English and Reading

Name: ___________________________________
Class: ___________________________________ 2 [Track 19] You hear two friends, Ella and Tom,
Total: ____ /60 talking about studying for exams. Are the
statements 1-5 true (T) or false (F)?
Listening
1 [Track 18] You will hear five different recordings. T F
Listen and choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 Ella is surprised to find that Tom
1 You hear a young man calling a friend. is studying.
What does he think they should do?
A meet at his friend’s house
2 Tom thinks he is better prepared
B see each other at 1.30
for the Physics exam than Ella is.
C go and buy some tickets for £20

2 You hear a news item about a football match. 3 Ella performed well in the last
What does the announcer say about one player, test they did.
Andy Νorris?
A He won the match for his team. 4 Tom is keen to do some sport for
B He wasn’t expected to play. a while, instead of revising.
C He played much better than usual.
5 They both decide to have a study
3 You hear a boy talking to his teacher about break and watch TV.
becoming a doctor.
What does his mother think about his decision?
A She thinks it’s a good plan. /10
B She’s worried it will be a difficult job.
C She’s already given him advice on courses.

4 You hear two friends talking about some exams

they’ve done.
What do they agree on?
A Geography was worse than they’d expected.
B Maths was harder than Geography.
C Today’s exam was very difficult.

5 You hear someone talking about the playwright,

William Shakespeare.
What does the speaker say about him?
A The school he attended was not far from his
house.
B He got some acting experience while he was at
school.
C He did well in Latin and Greek at school.
/10

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Listening, Use of English and Reading

Use of English 5 Complete the second sentence so that it has a

similar meaning to the first.
3 Read the text and choose the correct answer, A,
B, C or D. 0 It won’t rain tomorrow, I don’t think.
I don’t think it will rain tomorrow.
MY BIRTHDAY
1 I can help you choose something to wear for the
How do you usually 0 A your birthday? I don’t want
party, if you want.
to have a party this year. There are too many I don’t mind  ________________ __ you
things to worry 1 _____, like who will come, and choose something to wear for the party.
whether they will have a good time. But I really
can’t stand 2 _____ at home all day either. My best 2 Tom still needs to tidy his bedroom
friend had 3 ___ good idea. She used to volunteer Tom  _______________ __ his bedroom yet.
for a charity and is always looking for ways to raise
money. So for my birthday we are going to dress 3 My grandparents gave me some money for my
up in funny costumes and collect money. It will be birthday.
I  ________________ __ some money for
just as fun 4 ___ a party because I’ll be spending my birthday by my grandparents.
time with all my friends, but it will be much more
5
___. 4 There weren’t many people at the cinema
yesterday.
There were very  ________________ ___
0 A celebrate B pass C hold D share people at the cinema yesterday
1 A on B about C over D from
2 A to staying B stayed C stay D staying 5 ‘I’ve worked here all my life’ said Jack.
Jack said he ________________ ___ there
3 A such B such a C so D so a
all his life.
4 A as B like C such D so
5 A relieved B exhausting 6 I can’t buy a new phone, I can’t afford it.
C rewarding D delighted I’d like to buy a new phone but I don’t have
________ ______________ .
/5
7 I’m going to stop eating sweets and chocolate.
I’m going to  ________________ __ out
sweets and chocolate.
4 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
8 I will only arrive on time if I take a taxi.
WEST COLLEGE I won’t make it on time  _____________ __
0
Do you like the school or college you attend? I’d I take a taxi.
say my college, West College, has something for
everyone. It’s the kind of place 1_____ _ you
/8
can discover completely new things that you’ve
2
_____  _ tried before. There are so 3 ____  _ _
subjects to choose from, such 4 ____  _ painting
or advanced IT, that you won’t know what to
study! The lessons 5 _________ taught by
excellent teachers who really want to help you
succeed. And you don’t 6________ to worry, there
are no stressful exams to take. If I 7 ____  _ you,
I’d definitely apply to study at West College!

/7

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Listening, Use of English and Reading

Reading 1 Mark says that when da Vinci drew some robots,

he
6 Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B A copied earlier work from someone else.
or C. B made them look like real people.
C also built the robots he’d designed.
MAN AND MACHINE
2 Mark says that robots nowadays
BY MARK RAVENS A can already do a wide range of tasks.
Science and technology have developed a lot since B are better at simple tasks than difficult ones.
the fifteenth century, when the artist Leonardo da C don’t seem safe in some of the jobs they do.
Vinci drew mechanical figures that looked like
men – the first known robot designs. Now, of 3 In the second paragraph, Mark says that
course, robots are everywhere, from factories to A it will not be long before robots develop feelings.
space stations, and they safely carry out all sorts B science fiction writers were wrong about robots.
C he can’t imagine having a robot as a friend.
of tasks, from cutting the grass to performing
surgery. However, until recently most of them 4 How does Mark describe one robot that already
haven’t looked like humans at all, as Leonardo exists?
imagined, and they certainly haven’t had feelings. A It can have a conversation.
But now all that is beginning to change. B It understands what you’re feeling.
C It knows what’s going on around it.
Imagine a world in which robots not only look like
us but also know our moods, and have feelings 5 Mark thinks that in the future, robots will
A look just like we do.
themselves. It might even be possible for robots to
B be more advanced than we are.
become our friends! Science fiction writers have C do all the things that we do.
written about a world just like that for many years,
/10
and scientists are now predicting that intelligent
robots like these will exist quite soon. In fact,
they’ve already produced one that recognizes
sound, movement and touch. Its bright red heart,
which you can see through its plastic body, beats
faster if you are rough, with the robot, or shout at
it. But its heart slows down if you are gentle with
it. Although it can’t talk, it’s easy to believe the
robot actually has feelings!

It’s true that so far ‘human’ robots do not really

move, talk or respond in the way we humans do,
but they are becoming more advanced all the
time. At some point in the future, a robot will
definitely be created that may not look like us, but
will be capable of doing anything that we can. And
then we will truly be in the world of science fiction
stories!

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Listening, Use of English and Reading

7 Read the text. Complete gaps 1-5 with sentences TEEN TYCOON
A-F. There is one extra sentence.
BY SARAH MARSH
Have you ever bought something on the Internet
A Kyle did it by creating a website called ‘One red that wasn’t new? (1) _____ However, if it’s
paperclip’ and also blogging about his something expensive, like a car or a computer, it’s
adventures. a good idea to see it first. That will ensure you
don’t make a mistake that will cost you money.
B He became the owner of a car worth about
$10,000 that he saw online – but he got it Of course, some people get things from the
without any money! Internet that they don’t need to pay for! One
person who has got second-hand things online is
C It’s becoming a more popular way to buy teenager Steven Ortiz, from the US. (2) _____ So
second-hand things, and you can certainly pick how did he do it? With patient and clever use of a
up some bargains. website he discovered, which advertises items
that people want to exchange for something else.
D Kyle was unsure whether or not he’d be The whole process took him two years.
successful, but he never gave up.
It all started when Steven was given an old mobile
E Kyle has written a book about what he did, and phone by a friend. (3) _____ Next came several
is often asked to give talks at events and bikes, a laptop and then a series of cars. With the
conferences. fourteenth exchange, he ended up with a Porsche
– a very expensive sports car. Luckily, by then he
F He traded it for a better phone, which he then was old enough to drive it!
exchanged for an MP3 player.
The story may sound too good to be true, but in
/10 fact, Steven isn’t the first person to do something
like this. In 2005, Kyle MacDonald was in the news
when he started with a small red paperclip, and
ended up with an entire house. He did this in only
fourteen moves. (4) _____ Followers contacted
him with offers of items to exchange, and
altogether the process took him a year.

Steven and Kyle have both become celebrities in

their home countries since sharing their stories.
(5) _____ On the other hand, Steven is planning to
sell his Porshce. He is thinking of buying a car that
is less expensive to repair.

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