6-7 Test

Vocabulary Reading
1 Complete the sentences with an expression 3 Read the text and complete the sentences.
using the word in brackets.
1 You don’t have to hurry. You can Zorbing
. (time) Zorbing is the latest very popular adventure
2 There was nobody there. I was activity to come out of New Zealand. The sport
. (own) involves rolling down a hill in a large inflatable
ball called a zorb. The zorb is made up of two
3 We can buy everything from the same shop if different balls, both made of flexible plastic. The
we go to a . (store) outer ball is about three metres in diameter, and
4 I’ve had a terrible morning. the inner ball is about 60 cm smaller. They are
I overslept and then I missed the bus! connected by hundreds of different cords. The air
(first) between the two balls absorbs the shock of the
5 It’s a beautiful day. Why don’t we ball hitting the ground as the riders roll downhill.
? (walk) There are two types of zorbing rides: dry and
6 My little brother can be very annoying wet. On a dry ride, the rider wears a harness
. (at) inside the zorb whereas on a wet ride, there is
7 These dresses aren’t made in a factory. They’re no harness. Instead warm or cold water –
made depending on the weather – is
. (hand) added to the zorb. The wet ride experience is
1 Zorbing was invented in .
8 They haven’t got bikes, so they go to school
. (foot) 2 Zorbs are made of .
9 I didn’t finish the exam because I 3 The balls are connected by .
. (ran) 4 On a dry ride, riders have to wear a .
10 When my handbag was stolen, we went to the 5 Riders say the wet ride is like being in a .
to report the crime. (police) Marks: /5
Marks: /10
4 Read the text again and answer the questions with a
2 Complete the text. complete sentence.
1 What is a zorb?
The summer holidays are an ideal time to take up
a new sport, whether you’re 1
holiday 2
the
seaside or 3 the mountains. As 4
as you arrive at your holiday 2 How many balls make up a zorb?
destination, go to the
5
information office and find out what activities
are available. Don’t 6
time, or all the places 3 How big is the inner ball?
may be taken by the time you get around to
booking. Most activity courses start early 7 4 Why don’t the riders get hurt?
the morning, so
make sure you arrive 8
time. If you go 5 What are the different types of
rides?
9
car, your first job will be finding a safe
place to leave it. After 10 , you can go off and Marks: /15

enjoy an unforgettable experience, be it kite

surfing or mountain biking, jet skiing or hang
gliding.
Marks:
/10
Aim High 1 Test Unit 6-7 © Oxford University Press 2010 PHOTOCOPIABLE
 Grammar Language skills
5 Find the mistake in each line. Write the 7 Complete the dialogue.
correction below.
Beth Hi. Sorry, I’m late.
1 The American Thomas Nuttal were a famous
nineteenth Sophie Where 1 you? I 2 to call
you, but your phone 3 on.
2 century botanist. However, his expeditions
wasn’t very Beth No, I 4 in the library so I 5 it off.
3 successful because he can never find his way Sophie We have to hurry. The film started five minutes
back
6
.
4 to camp. His colleagues often help him by Beth 7
is the cinema?
lighting torches Sophie It’s not far.
5 to show him the way. One night, his colleagues Beth Is it the one opposite the 8
could office? Sophie
6 find him, and so a group of men start looking for No, it’s the one 9
to the art
him.
gallery. Beth We’re late. Let’s go shopping
7 Unfortunately, Nuttal decided that the men are
instead.
8 probably Indians and so he tryed to escape.
Sophie OK. There’s a department 10 near here.
9 The men stoped looking for him three days later, Come on.
10 when he accidentally walks back into the camp.
Marks: /10
1 6
2 7 8 Complete the mini-
3 8 dialogues.
4 9 /10
Marks:
5 10
6 Complete the dialogue.
Dialogue 1
Rob Hi, Nick. How 1 your weekend? A Where was Dostoyevsky from?
Nick Terrible. I 2
enjoy it at all.
B 1

Rob Why? What did you 3 ? He was born in Moscow.

Nick We 4
camping. We 5
A What language did Shakespeare speak?
home on Friday evening
at about six, but there 6 B 2

a lot of cars. We didn’t 7 to the He lived in Stratford and London.

campsite until midnight.
Dialogue 2
Rob How 8 you put up the tent?
A 3 ?
Nick We didn’t. We slept in the car.
B I was born in Madrid, Spain.
Rob What about the rest of the weekend?
A 4 ?
Nick We put up the tent the next morning,
and then it 9 to rain. B My parents got married in 1985.
We 10 all weekend inside the tent Dialogue 3
waiting for the rain to stop. I’m never
A 5 ?
going camping again!
B Yes, I did my homework last night.
Marks:
/10

Writing
5 Write an email to a friend to describe
your last holiday. Write 90–110 words
and include the following information:
Marks: /10 • where you went 1
• who you went with
• what you did

Marks:
/20 TOTAL:
/100

© Oxford University Press 2010 PHOTOCOPIABLE Aim High 1 Test Unit 6-7
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