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SKILLS TEST 7 & 8

READING
1 Read the article quickly. Match the summaries (a–h) to the paragraphs (1–8).

270 stations in one day stations, you couldn’t so do unless with cancer, and Alisdair wanted to
you had a very good checklist. And raise £100 in his memory. The plan
1 If you love lists, then the London
suppose you wanted to visit all 270 was that he would ask people to
Underground makes a great source
stations in a single day – . give him money, .
of facts and figures. For example,
it’s the oldest metro system in the 4 However, that’s exactly what 7 Luckily, as soon as people heard
world, and it currently has 270 one 13-year-old boy, Alisdair Clift, about Alisdair’s plans, they turned
stations, the deepest of which wanted to do. The teenager, a big out to cheer him on. Drivers on
(Hampstead) is 58.5 metres below fan of the London Underground, the Underground train let him ride
the ground. Its network of tunnels worked out the best possible in the front cab for the first few
and tracks stretches for 402 km. timetable: where to start, which journeys. Passengers, when they
If you could use them without stations to travel to, as well as which realised who Alisdair was, were
interruption, . platforms to be at, all by himself. He happy to give him money on the
2 The average speed of the knew that if he missed a connection, spot. TV and newspapers wanted
underground trains is 33 kph, or got anything wrong, . to interview him, but of course,
meaning that if you could travel 5 His journey began at 5.15 am Alisdair had no time to stop and
continuously across the network, on a Monday at the North London chat, otherwise .
. However, you would station of Chesham. Several hours 8 Shortly before 1 am, having
also have to calculate the extra time and 269 stations later, his plan was checked hundreds of stations off
it takes to use the 423 escalators to reach Heathrow airport. As long his list, Alisdair reached Heathrow
and 196 lifts, as well as trying to get as he could do this before 1 am the Terminal 5. His parents, who
past the other 4.8 million journeys next day, then . hadn’t helped him at all, were
being made by other passengers on 6 Alisdair was feeling apprehensive, extremely proud of him, but of
the Underground’s busiest days. but he had a good motive for taking course, . But in the end,
3 All in all, if you wanted to try visiting on this challenge. His 17-year-old he had raised £35,000 to help
all of the 270 London Underground brother had just lost a 7-year battle people with cancer.

a It would take a long time to fully cross the 2 e Alisdair achieved more than he had expected.
London Underground.
f It would be impossible to visit all 270 stations
b One teenager wanted to visit each station in without a lot of organisation.
the London Underground in one day.
g Alisdair got a lot of support from other people.
c The London Underground is very large.
h The reason why Alisdair decided to do this
d The teenager set off early in the morning. journey.

2 Read the article again. Match the missing extracts (a–h) with the gaps in the paragraphs (1–8).
a he would miss his next station e it would take you 12 hours

b you would need to plan every detail extremely f it would cost him precious time
carefully 
g he would achieve his goal before the
c it would be greater than the distance
Underground closed down for the night
between London and Paris
d they would have been just as proud if he h if he managed to visit all 270 stations
had raised only £100
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LISTENING
3 Listen to two people talking about an app. Match the information to the people who say them, Sara (S)
or David (D).
1 has created something to help people be more positive about life

2 thought the app wouldn’t be useful at first

3 can’t think of anything positive they did today

4 finds a way to change a negative thing into a positive thing

5 didn’t have a coffee

6 didn’t use to be a positive person

7 stayed away from negative people he/she knows

8 changed his/her attitude to life

4 Listen again. Complete the summary with one word the speakers use.
1 The ‘Silver Linings Journal’ app is similar to a .

2 It sends five to your phone every day.

3 It gives you a of all the positive things that happened to you in a day.

4 The inventor of the app says that this people to be more positive in life.

5 David advises Sara to think more positively, for example, by doing something fun when it’s .

6 When Sara says that she had a bad experience at a café, David tells her to on something more positive.

7 David said he used to be a in front of his friends, which is why he needed to change.

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WRITING
5 Write a list of five things people can see or do in the place where you live. Then, choose the thing you
think is best or most interesting. Write an essay (190–220 words) about your choice, explaining what and
where it is, and why it is the best.
Your list:
•
•
•
•
•

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SPEAKING
6 Work in pairs. Look at the ideas below, showing situations in which people might feel apprehensive. First,
talk to each other about why people might feel apprehensive before these situations.
meeting
someone for
the first time

having a job
interview going to
Why might the doctor
people feel
apprehensive before
these situations?

going to
speaking in
a party
public

7 Now work together and decide which two situations make people most apprehensive. Take turns to
imagine one of the situations above is going to happen to you. Use the language below to try and make
each other feel more positive.
Cheer up! Try to look on the bright side.
Hang in there. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
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Don’t let it get you down.
TOTAL SCORE  70

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