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Listening 2 I just (fix)

the bicycle – that’s why my hands are covered with dirt.
1 03 Listen to a girl telling a friend about a visit 3 We (spend) Easter holidays by
to a city. Choose the best answers, A, B or C. the sea last year.
1 The girl visited a city that 4 Why you
A she lived in as a child. (lie) to her? Now that she’s learnt the truth she will
B she has never visited before. never believe you again!
C she visits regularly. 5 How long it
2 The centre of the city (take) you to get here from the suburbs last time you
A is much busier than last time she visited. came?
5
B has changed quite a lot.
C is exactly the same as last time she visited. 4 Put these words in the correct place in
3 She thinks the changes the sentences.
A are positive but she feels a bit nostalgic.
B are upsetting and she thinks it was better before. never • just • already • for • since
C are positive because change is always for the better.
1 Lunch? No, thank you, I’ve eaten. Maybe next time.
4 Her father
A likes the new changes.
2 I’ve tried scuba-diving. I’d like to, though.
B likes the new pubs.
C is upset about some of the changes.
3 They have been learning French the past three months
5 Her old bungalow
and now they can communicate in a few situations.
A is in the same place but with a bigger garden.
B is in the same place but with no garden. 4 I’ve heard the news about the tsunami in Japan.
C has been pulled down. It’s awful!
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2 03 Listen again and complete the sentences 5 Have you lived here you graduated from college?
with one or two words in each gap.
1 The girl said she had visited Winchester for 5
the since her parents moved to
Devon. 5 Choose the correct alternatives to complete
2 She says that all important places, like the museums, the dialogue.
King Alfred’s statue and the theatre haven’t Tom:  i, Andy. Just give me a minute, please. I need
H
. a quick shower before we go out to the cinema – I’ve
3 She thinks a lot of the changes in the city are for (1) worked / been working in the garden with my mum.
the . Andy: Again? Really?
4 Her dad was upset by the changes because he Tom: Yes. She has (2) bought / been buying some new
several times as a result of flowers and herbs, and wanted me to help her
the new one-way road system. plant them.
Andy: Y
 ou must be really tired of it. She has
5 She used to live in a bungalow in the .
(3) redesigned /been redesigning the garden
5 since you moved in. It’s been almost three months!
Total: 10 Tom: I know, I know – it needs to be finished before
winter. But now tell me more about the film we’re
Grammar going to see. I’ve (4) heard / been hearing the
music is really fantastic.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct present Andy: T
 hat’s right. I’ve already (5) bought / been buying
perfect or past simple form of the verbs given. the soundtrack and I can’t stop listening to it.
1 Ryan Gosling (star) in a number 5
of films.
Total: 15
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Vocabulary
tent.
6 Complete the sentences with words related
to city life. 4 The audience became very quiet when the president
entered the room.
1 N
 ew York is famous for its , some
more than 300 metres tall.
5 The smallest amount of this drug would knock out
2 Last year, we bought a country
an elephant.
and now we spend each weekend there away from
the city. 5
3 We were driving to the furthest
of New Dehli to see some well-known artists. Total: 15

4 The local government have recently renovated their

offices in the , where they hold
their weekly meetings. Use of English
5 This is one of the busiest
in the old town in the summer, with lots of open air cafés. 9 Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete
the diary entry.
5

Tuesday
7 Complete the text with these adjectives. There
are two extra adjectives. Today has (1) such a busy day! We’ve been
getting ready to move to the new house and I’ve had
busy • historic • modern • quiet • dirty to sort out my bedroom and pack up all my things.
clean • crowded
I’ve (2) had to do my own packing before
My city is built on a group of islands. The main districts and so I didn’t know what to expect. I started sorting
are quite traditional with a long history but I live in a part through things at 9 am this morning and I (3)
which is contemporary and (1) . haven’t finished. We’ve lived in this house (4)
It’s unfortunately also quite (2) ten years and in that time I’ve collected loads of rubbish.
because we have some factories around, which cause I’ve decided to throw a lot of clothes away or give them
pollution. But lots of my friends live nearby, so I’ve always to charity. I’ve (5) packed up ten bags
got someone to visit, which is great as I’m very sociable. and I haven’t finished (6) .
Sometimes my house gets really (3) , Mum (7) in a bad mood all day because the
too! I take the underground to school. I have to change removal lorry can’t get here before two o’clock tomorrow.
once but the journey is really quick – although my district
Dad’s been clearing out the garage and taking rubbish
is not close to the city centre. My sister doesn’t come
to the tip. He’s (8) come back from his fifth
with me. She prefers to catch a bus because it’s much
trip to the rubbish tip! This is so stressful.
more (4) than the underground
so she can read on her way without being disturbed.
1 A being B be C been
If I get bored at the weekends, I sometimes catch
the ferry across the water to the mainland with its 2 A never B ever C always
(5) district which attracts a lot of 3 A already B just C still
tourists. 4 A after B for C since
5 5 A just B ever C already
6 A yet B already C still
8 Replace the words in italics with extreme adjectives. 7 A is B have been C has been
1 T
 he temperature in our hotel room was very hot before 8 A already B has C just
we switched on the air-conditioning.
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2 The monster snake in the film was really big.

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Reading

10 Read the article about changing city centres. The headings have been A Reducing traffic can be good for
removed from the article. Choose the best headings (A–F) to complete business
the article.
B Charges for car owners – an effective
solution?
The future of city centres C The problems of traffic in our cities
1 D But have we done enough?
For many of us, getting around in cities has undoubtedly become a great deal easier
E Public transport solutions
over the last few years. In the past few decades there had been a growing need for
city councils to try and ease the traffic jams that were causing drivers’ frustration and F Get fit while travelling!
creating problems of air pollution in city centres. Changing the travelling habits of 6
thousands of commuters is not an easy thing to do, but in many places the strategies
used to do this have been successful and traffic in city centres has become much 11 Read the article again. Are these
more manageable, while air quality has improved. There are several reasons for this. statements True (T) or False (F)?
2 1 Changes in travelling habits
One is the increased use of ‘congestion charges’ for drivers of private vehicles using have been successful in many
the roads in city centres. This has not always been a popular solution with motorists cities. T/F
who need to travel into the city centre by car every day and don’t want to pay for 2 Congestion charges have
this. Nevertheless, it has definitely been effective in significantly reducing the amount been an effective solution
of traffic traveling through city centres. It has also been successful in improving in reducing city traffic. T/F
the air quality in those areas, making them healthier for pedestrians to walk in. Taxi 3 In pedestrianised zones
and bus drivers are also happy with the charges as the reduced traffic, which results around historical sites even
from them, means they have more freedom to travel through previously busy streets police cars are banned. T/F
in a reasonable time. 4 Improved public transport
3 makes people use buses
Another solution for reducing the volume of traffic in the city centres has been and coaches instead of cars
the introduction of pedestrianised zones. In these areas traffic is completely banned, and saves them money. T/F
apart from essential vehicles like police cars or vans unloading goods. We were used 5 People encouraged city councils
to seeing some pedestrianised streets in capital cities, for example around historical to put money into the system
monuments, but now whole areas in some places are becoming no-car zones. of cycle lanes. T/F
A positive effect of this idea is that it has allowed the culture of street cafés and 6 Cities in Scandinavia are
outdoor markets to flourish. These areas are pleasant places to socialise and shop cleaner and greener because
because the air is cleaner and the streets are quieter now that traffic is absent. they have more ecologists. T/F
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To enable commuters and visitors to access the town and city centres, many places
now operate a ‘park and ride’ system, where travellers leave their cars at a special car Total: 12
park in the city suburbs and are brought into the centre by special buses or coaches.
In many cases a large amount of investment has gone into improving public transport
services to encourage people to leave their cars at home and travel by bus or train.
In the largest cities, extensions to rail networks and underground systems have been
built and additional bus services have been introduced. Many of these solutions save
people money, as well as reducing congestion.
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Some commuters have decided to swap their cars for bicycles! Not only is cycling
to work good for their health, it’s also good for the environment. Councils have
realised the advantages of encouraging people to use bikes and have put money
into creating networks of cycle lanes to encourage more of their citizens to cycle
more in greater safety.
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Whilst getting around our cities is now easier than before and the problems of
congestion and pollution have been partly solved, people are still asking whether
we could go further. Ecologists are still demanding that more is done to reduce air
pollution and hold up the example of cities in Scandinavia, which are cleaner and
greener because of their stricter policies on traffic control.

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12 Imagine that you recently spent a few days in a big 13 You are going to talk about places to visit.
city. Write an email to your English-speaking friend Use the ideas in the box to help you make brief
and tell him/her about it. notes before you begin.
In your email you should:
• Where is the most beautiful place that you
• include some basic facts about the city.
have ever visited?
• describe the architecture. • Which place would you most like to visit?
• talk about any special places or things to do in the city. • Now work with a partner. Take turns to ask
Write 150–180 words. and answer the questions.

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Total: 80

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Total: 70

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