End-of-Year Test C Units 1-9

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ______

Listening
1 [Track 4]
You will hear an interview with a young professional dancer called Alicia.
Put a cross (X) in the correct box in the table to show if the sentences are True or
False.
You will hear the recording twice.

True False

1 Alicia mostly dances to hip hop.

2 Most of Alicia’s work involves dancing at concerts.

3 Alicia trains every day at the gym.

4 Alicia says that the best exercise for her is yoga.

5 Alicia often spends nine hours a day practising.

6 Alicia started dancing when she was nine years old.

7 The last country Alicia visited was Japan.

8 Alicia often travels with a member of her family.

9 Alicia usually earns about $250 a day.

10 She really wants to become a dance teacher.

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2 [Track 5]
You will hear four teenagers talking about the cultural activities they enjoy doing.
Match the questions 1–10 with the four speakers A–D.
Write the correct letters (A–D) in the table. You need to use the letters more than
once.

Questions Speaker

1 Who says they’re getting better at what they do?

2 Who doesn’t want to get a job doing the cultural activity they
enjoy?

3 Who plays a musical instrument?

4 Who watches a lot of television?

5 Who talks about only being interested in one thing?

6 Who likes watching films about love?

7 Who says that receiving a present started their interest?

8 Who doesn’t like reading books?

9 Who says what job their parents want them to do?

10 Who likes watching comedy films?

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Use of English
1 Choose A, B or C to complete the blog entry.
Today I’m 0____ to tell you all about my friend, Alastair.
A going B trying C wanting

He's 1____ person I know.

A chattier B more chatty C the chattiest

He loves talking 2____ the games he plays on his laptop.

A about B on C around

He’s absolutely 3____ about playing games, especially online.

A into B crazy C interested

I 4____ him since we were both six years old.

A am knowing B have known C knew

He's my friend because he's cheerful and 5____ – he always wants to do things for other
people.
A moody B shy C helpful

Alastair also does a lot of sport, but he doesn’t eat much healthy food.
He eats 6____ crisps and burgers!
A too many B too much C any

He’s much 7____ me at most sports, except swimming.

A better B the best C better than

I always 8____ him on Twitter – he posts some really funny tweets!

A read B follow C watch

Sometimes, he’s a bit 9____ and makes big decisions without really thinking about them
carefully.

A adventurous B aggressive C impulsive

He always works 10____ at school, so the teachers like him too.

A hard B hardly C harder

I’m lucky to have a friend like Alastair.

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2 Choose the best response, A, B or C, to complete these short dialogues.

0 You should do more to keep fit. A Thanks a lot.
B That’s a good idea.
C I’m really sorry.

1 That’s four pounds fifty please. A It is here.

B There it is.
C Here you are.

2 Is it OK for me to use your toilet? A Sure, go ahead.

B On the left.
C Never mind.

3 How are you feeling? A You should lie down.

B Have some water.
C My back hurts.

4 I’ve just failed my driving test! A Well done!

B Poor you!
C Awesome!

5 I’m sorry but I dropped your tablet and A I feel terrible!

broke it. B You can’t be serious!
C It’s all my fault!
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3 Match the word to its description.
0 Most people hang clothes in one of these
in their bedroom.
sunbathe
1 Lots of people lie on beaches and do this
in the summer. wardrobe

2 These are the things that you feel symptoms

when you are ill.
battery
3 A dangerous animal that lives mainly in rivers
crocodile
but also in the sea.
4 This is the place at school where you cloakroom

leave your coat.

5 Something that gives energy to your phone.
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Reading
4 Read the text.
Decide if sentences 1–10 are True (T), False (F), or if the text Doesn’t Say (DS).
Circle the correct answer.

THE HIGHEST CITY IN THE WORLD

The city of El Alto (a Spanish word meaning ‘the high place’) is the world’s highest city at 4,150 m
above sea level. It is Bolivia’s second biggest city, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and has a population
of around one million. The South American country also has the world’s highest capital city, La Paz.

1 El Alto is in one of the highest regions of Spain. T F DS

2 El Alto is in the south of the country. T F DS
3 Bolivia’s capital city is smaller than El Alto. T F DS

Strangely, the city of El Alto didn’t even exist until 1903, when the railway passing from Lake
Titicaca to La Paz arrived. It has very few historical buildings, unlike the nearby La Paz, which
started life 400 years earlier.

4 El Alto is a modern city. T F DS

The first school opened in 1939, mainly for the children of railway workers who lived there. The city
grew enormously in the 1950s when it became connected to the water pipes that came under the
ground from La Paz. Until then, water had to be brought to El Alto in lorries.

5 The city grew quickly as soon as schools

started opening. T F DS

The majority of people in El Alto are not of Spanish origin, but are Aymara people, who lived in
Bolivia before Europeans arrived.

6 Most people who live in El Alto came from Spain. T F DS

7

The city’s traffic police officers, are largely Aymara women dressed in traditional brightly-coloured
skirts and shirts, which seems an unusual sight to most outsiders.

7 Most police officers in El Alto work for the traffic police. T F DS

8 The traffic police in El Alto have unusual uniforms. T F DS

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The climate there is cool. Even in summer, the maximum daytime temperature is only 17 oC in the
warmest month, November. In winter, it’s about 7oC in the coldest month, but it’s much drier than the
warmer summers, the driest month being June.

9 It rains most in El Alto in November. T F DS

10 The coldest month is June. T F DS

For a long time, El Alto was a residential area housing the workers from La Paz, with little industry of
its own, but this has changed over the last 20 years or so. The city now even has a special day when
they celebrate the date when politicians decided that El Alto should have its own city council (March
6th 1985) and when El Alto became an independent city.

11 El Alto now has some industry. T F DS

12 The city got its own government 20 years ago. T F DS

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2 Read the text and choose the correct answers, A, B or C.

DAILY RESPECT
Growing up is hard work! Many young people complain that they are not given enough help by those
people who should be helping them most – adults! ‘I can’t understand it.’ says 15-year-old Hayley
Lomas, ‘Adults have all been teenagers at some point so they know how it feels. But instead of
understanding, sympathy and support in getting through this difficult time, we often get criticism.’

1 The text says that some teenagers think

A adults should help them more.
B adults have never been teenagers.
C adults understand teenagers’ problems.

2 According to the text, which sentence is true?

A Teenagers unfairly criticise adults.
B Teenagers prefer to help themselves.
C Teenagers want support from adults.

Hayley isn’t alone in thinking this, but there are, of course, many adults who do want to pass on their
experience and knowledge. In fact, some of them have now set up a website and mobile phone app
called Daily Respect to do just that. So how does it work?

3 The text says that

A teenagers set up the Daily Respect website.
B adults set up the Daily Respect website.
C adults and teenagers set up the Daily Respect website.

‘It’s easy!’ says Geraint Tillotson, the man who started Daily Respect, the organisation that provides
the app and website. ‘You download the app and then you get a daily message through the app about
an issue that’s important for many teenagers. If you then want to find out more, there will be a link to
the relevant section of our website which will give much more detail about the subject.’

4 The Daily Respect app

A sends you a daily email.
B sends you detailed information.
C sends you a link to a web page.

Daily Respect contacted over a thousand teens to get their ideas on which subjects to cover before
they even started the site, and now ask their app and website users to email them ideas for other topics
they could cover.

5 The text says that over 1,000 teenagers

A use the app at the moment.
B helped decide what should go on the website.
C emailed Daily Respect with their ideas.

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‘The most popular area of the site are the pages about relationships,’ explains Tillotson. ‘But
problems at school including bullying are not far behind. An area that’s growing fastest are probably
the pages about problems online – you know, cyber-bullying and abuse on sites like Facebook.’
The site and messages aim not to judge young people but to provide simple, practical information to
help them make good decisions and so get as much as possible from life.
‘We aim to supply information so that teenagers can make their own decisions, free of other peoples’
opinions,’ says Geraint. ‘No advice is given, just information, so we won’t tell you what you should
do – we will give you the tools to manage situations yourself, or with support.’

6 The text says that most teenagers look for information about
A relationship problems.
B problems online.
C problems at school.

If you are interested in getting the daily messages, look for the free app in your usual app store. To
visit the website, click on the link here – what have you got to lose?

7 If you want to receive Daily Respect messages you should

A go to the Daily Respect website.
B download the app to your device.
C buy the app at an app store.

8 Where is this text from?

A a magazine.
B a newspaper.
C the internet.
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Listening ___ / 20 Use of English ___ / 20

Reading ___ / 20
Your total score ___/ 60

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