Skills Test 3A* (Units 7–9)

Listening 1 Howard Carter was

years old when he went to Egypt
Track 5 for the first time.
2 He went there because he
1 You are going to listen to a
wanted to look for .
conversation. Are the sentences
3 Lord Carnavon gave Carter
true (T) or false (F)?
.
1 Sue got a new mobile phone last
4 Carter was in Egypt for
weekend. T / F
years when he finally found a
2 The phone was very expensive.
tomb. It was the tomb of the
T/F
pharaoh Tutankhamun.
3 For £7.50 a month, she can talk
5 Lord Carnavon came to
for 250 minutes. T / F
when Carter sent him
4 Sue doesn’t often charge the
a telegram.
phone. T / F
6 Carter went into Tutankhamun’s
5 Rebecca is a good guitar player.
tomb for the first time in
T/F
1922.
7 He saw lots of beautiful
___/10 marks in the tomb.
8 Carter went to the United States
in and talked about
Track 6
his discovery.
2 You are going to listen to a 9 The British Museum showed the
conversation. Choose the correct objects from the tomb in
options. .
1 Nick went to the USA with his 10 A and a half people
friends / parents. came to the museum to see the
2 Nick’s uncle / aunt lives in New objects.
York.
3 Nick didn’t like the weather / New ___/10 marks
York.
4 He visited a lot of parks / China Adventure in Egypt
Town. Howard Carter was born on the 9th May, 1874 in
5 He stayed / didn’t stay in New London. In 1891, when he was only seventeen, he
York all the time. went to Egypt because he wanted to look for tombs
there. He lived in Egypt for many years, but he
didn’t find anything important. All those years, a
___/10 marks man called Lord Carnavon gave him money for his
work.

Reading Then on the 4th November, 1922, after thirty years

in Egypt, Carter finally found a new tomb. He sent a
Text 1 telegram to Lord Carnavon and Lord Carnavon
travelled to Egypt. Three weeks later, on the 26th
1 Read the text. Complete the November, 1922, Carter went into the tomb for the
sentences. Use one word or a year first time. Carnavon asked him, ‘Can you see
anything?’ and Carter answered with the famous
in each gap. words, ‘Yes, wonderful things’. Carter was in the
tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun!
The tomb was in very good condition and there Alan Greene was born in 1915. He lived on a farm
were many beautiful objects inside. People around in the north of England. It wasn’t a bad life, but
the world were very interested in Carter’s discovery Alan wanted to see the world. One summer day he
and he was famous. In 1924, he went to the United got up early, put his violin and some clothes into a
States and talked about his discovery. Thousands of small bag and said goodbye to his family. He didn’t
people came and listened to him. take any money with him because he didn’t have
any.
In 1972, 50 years after the discovery, the British
Museum in London showed many of the objects It was the year 1933 and the world was very
from the tomb. One and a half million people came different from what it is today. People read about
to look at the amazing objects from Tutankhamun’s different countries in books, newspapers or
tomb. magazines and they sometimes saw films about
them at the cinema. But they didn’t find information
about them on the internet because there weren’t
any computers. And of course, most people didn’t
travel a lot.
Text 2
2 Read the text. Match 1–3 to a–c. How did Alan travel? He walked and when he came
to a village or town, he played his violin. People
1 Alan travelled by boat gave him money and he bought food. In autumn,
2 Alan travelled by train Alan arrived in the south of England and he bought
3 Alan walked a boat ticket for France. At first, he didn’t speak
French, but he soon learned a few words. From the
a from his family's farm to the south north of France, he took a train to the north of Italy.
He worked on farms to get money there. Finally, he
of England. arrived in Rome. He didn’t send a text message to
b from the south of England to the his mother because there weren’t any mobile
north of France. phones! He wrote her a long letter about his
c from the north of France to the adventures.
north of Italy.

___/3 marks Writing

1 Correct the sentences. Use the
3 Read the text again. Are the correct punctuation.
sentences true (T), or false (F)? 1 Wow, It’s very hot.
1 Alan hated his life on the farm.
T/F 2 Did you see the film last night.
2 He didn’t take a lot of clothes with
him. T / F 3 I like old films but I don’t like new
3 He was 18 years old when he left films.
home. T / F
4 He played his violin and people 4 They got up late yesterday
gave him food. T / F
5 He arrived in the south of England 5 That’s amazing
in July. T / F
6 He spoke some French when he
___/5 marks
was in France. T / F
7 He phoned his mother on his
mobile phone from Rome. T / F

___/7 marks
2 Read the travel diary. Match the
paragraphs (A–C) to the headings
(1–3).
1 The place
2 The end of the day
3 The journey

___/3 marks

3 Read the text and choose the

correct options.
My travel diary
Monday, 2nd March

A
Today we went to Cambridge. It’s only 60 miles
from London. We went there by train and the
journey took an hour. The weather wasn’t great,
1
and / but we really enjoyed the trip.
B
When we arrived in Cambridge, we were amazed.
There were a lot of beautiful old buildings and the
river was very nice, too. Our guide talked about the
history of the university. My favourite place was
King’s College Chapel.
C
We returned to London in the evening 2 and /
because our hotel was in London. We were very
tired when we got back, but it was a fantastic day.
Cambridge is beautiful!

___/2 marks

4 You went to Paris last week. Write

your travel diary. Use the notes to
help you.
Places to visit: the Louvre Museum, the
Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral,
the Jardin de Luxembourg (park)
Positive adjectives: interesting, great,
awesome, cheap, delicious
Negative adjectives: noisy, horrible,
dirty, expensive
Things to do: buy souvenirs, do a boat
trip on the River Seine, visit famous
monuments, eat French food

___/10 marks

Total: ___/60 marks