Upper Intermediate semester test units 3-4a

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Listening
Vocabulary
1 Track 3 Listen to six recordings. What annoys
the speakers? Match 1–6 with answers a)–g). 4 Complete the story with the correct form of the
There is one extra answer you do not need. words: crawl gaze sigh wander whisper yawn
Speaker 1 e Emma (1) gazed out of the window at the moonlit
Speaker 2 garden beneath. She really longed to explore the
Speaker 3 strange silver world outside. She took a deep
Speaker 4 breath and (2) _______________ gently, her
Speaker 5 breath misting up the glass of the window pane.
Speaker 6 ‘Perhaps tonight I’ll visit the forest,’ she (3)
_________________ quietly to herself. ‘I’ll (4)
a) the sight of people’s unhygienic habits in public _________________ under the garden gate and
b) the gap between the rich and the poor run along the path to the woods. It’s late,
c) the damage caused to the environment by everyone’s asleep, so I’ll be all alone and I’ll able
excessive waste to (5) ___________________ around without
d) being ignored by waiters and shop assistants anyone seeing me.’ Suddenly she (6)
e) trying to get through to customer services ____________________ , her mouth wide open.
assistants on the phone She felt terribly tired. Her adventure would have
f) the way her husband behaves when he’s driving to wait for another night.
g) being disturbed by the use of mobile phones on
public transport 5
5 Put the letters in italics in the correct order to
10 complete the
sentences.
Grammar 1 The gardens at the Palace of Versailles are truly
2 Underline the correct alternative. _________________
1 When we got / had got to the station, the train duelflight!
left / had left . 2 The views from Santorini are absolutely
2 He was / ’d been waiting for her to call for an hour __________________
when the phone suddenly was ringing / rang. He abathingtrek.
hesitated / was hesitating for a moment and then 3 If you want a city break, Barcelona is the
had picked / picked it up. __________________________ tcefrep choice.
3 They had / were having a picnic in the woods 4 The food on Koh Samui is truly
when it had begun / began to rain heavily. They ’d _____________________ tapelexicon.
been jumping / jumped up and ran to the car. 5 The Blue Ridge Mountains are a
4 I’d read / been reading my book for hours when I ___________________ busrep location for hiking.
suddenly had noticed / noticed the time. I’d been
missing / missed lunch! 5

10 6 Complete the words in the sayings.

1 Every c l o u d has a silver l i n i n g.
3 Underline the correct alternative. 2 Where there’s l , there’s h .
1 I expect they ’ll / ’re going to be late again. 3 Let’s c that bridge when we c to it.
2 They say it might / ’s likely to be sunny tomorrow 4 When in R , do as the R do.
but I think it won’t / ’ll rain. 5 What g around, c around.
3 Look! That car ’s going to / may well crash into 6 Nothing v , nothing g .
the bus!
4 The library usually opens / is opening at 9 and 5
closes / closing at 5.30.
5 I won’t take / ’m taking a sandwich in case I get /
’ll get hungry.
6 You ’re definitely missing / ’ll definitely miss the
plane. It leaves / ’s going to leave at 12.30 and it’s
already 12 o’clock.
7 He’s a very promising footballer. There’s a good
chance that he may well / ’ll play for England one
day.

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 Upper Intermediate semester test units 3-4a

Functions in the bestselling fiction section, which he found

quite embarrassing. He’d never heard of most of the
7 Complete the words in the sentences.
authors, and began to wish he’d shown more interest
1 The p o i n t is to try to get to checkmate.
in literature at school. However, he’s much happier
2 The way it w is that you r the dice to
since he was moved to the sports section, where he’s
see who starts.
more knowledgeable about the subject. He’s also
3 The k thing is to sieve the icing sugar before
discovered he can download ebooks to his MP3
you s it on the cake.
player and read them on the bus. His favourites are
4A you’ve done that, u the
autobiographies of great sports stars such as Chris
machine.
Hoy and Wayne Rooney.
5 The a is to make the sauce smooth so s it
over a low heat.
Which person:
6 The last t you do is d -click on
1 hardly ever buys new books? B
this icon to save your work.
2 didn’t have books in their house when they were
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younger?
Reading 3 has provided a comfortable place for people to
read?
8 Read the texts and match questions 1–11 with 4 is happier working with a subject they’re familiar
the people A–C. with?
5 likes reading about the lives of kings?
What books mean to them 6 felt uncomfortable in their job at first?
7 runs their own business?
A Hugo Thompson is an independent bookseller, 8 reads books about sports celebrities?
rather a high risk business nowadays given 9 meets weekly to discuss books with other people?
competition from online bookstores like Amazon, 10 works in a supportive community?
discounted books in supermarkets and large 11 has been able to meet like-minded people with
bookshop chains. However, Hugo’s not the help of a friend?
complaining. His bookshop is in a delightful market
town in Dorset, in the south of England, where 15
many of the inhabitants believe in supporting their
local shops. He has a loyal group of customers who Total: 70
regularly buy books from him. Furthermore, he’s
recently opened a small café in the shop, where
customers can sit and leaf through books they like
the look of over a latte and home-made carrot cake.
He’s not only made very good friends as a result,
but his business is thriving.

B Marian Taylor is an avid reader, particularly of

historical fiction and biographies of British
monarchs. However, she rarely buys new books
these days. She’s a retired nurse, and although she’d
love to support the local bookshops, she can’t really
afford to now. Fortunately, Marian loves browsing
in second-hand bookshops and charity shops, where
she can buy two or three books for the price of a
new one. Moreover, a friend of hers has introduced
her to a local book group, which gets together every
week to talk about books they’ve chosen. They take
it in turns to host the meeting, providing drinks and
snacks for the others. Naturally, they often find
chatting about their own lives more interesting than
the books!

C Mark Williams has been working in a bookshop

in Manchester for about three years. He found it
very hard at first. He hadn’t been used to having
books around at home and his friends were mostly
interested in music and sport. Initially, Mark worked

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