Name: .............................................. Mark: ..............

MODULE 2
USE OF ENGLISH LEVEL 1

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

(50 points)
§ Complete the sentences with the verbs below. (5 points)
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operates | ended up | figure out | find out | melt | checks out | attached
pulled down | put up | spread out
1 I can’t ..................................... this maths problem.
2 Dad ..................................... new shelves in his office.
3 Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, is a huge urban area which is ..................................... over 13,500 km2.
4 Land developers ..................................... five old buildings in order to build a community centre.
5 Our company always ..................................... people ..................................... on social media before we hire them.
6 We saw Jill and ..................................... having dinner with her.
7 How did you ..................................... that Gwen and David were getting married?
8 This machine ..................................... all day long.
9 My ice cream is starting to ..................................... .
10 I’ve ..................................... two files to the e-mail.

Choose the correct answer. (5 points)

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1 Please use your … to decide what to do.
a facilities b weaknesses c common sense
2 Meg’s new flat is in a … building near the city centre.
a landmark b high-rise c lift
3 I’m sorry that I … coffee on your shirt!
a spilled b melted c surrounded
4 I’m not good at … . I can only do one thing at a time.
a attempting b checking out c multitasking
5 Most of the … of this village are elderly people.
a facilities b landmarks c inhabitants
6 I’m not a … , but even I can use this computer software!
a brick b genius c natural leader
7 We can often learn … lessons from our mistakes.
a valuable b gifted c sensitive
8 We got up early, so we could … our weekend in Venice.
a operate b make the most of c take for granted
9 It’s a large … building.
a hidden b successful c brick
10 Take the … to the fourth floor.
a facilities b landmark c lift

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Match the words in A to the definitions in B. (5 points)

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A B
1 outstanding ..... a a strong metal
2 bright ..... b a very tall building
3 steel ..... c excellent
4 successful ..... d tell of possible danger
5 skyscraper ..... e try
6 turn into ..... f clever
7 attempt ..... g change
8 warn ..... h achieving your goals
9 office block ..... i a level of a building
10 storey ..... j a commercial building

Replace the words in bold with the words below. (5 points)

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hidden | well-liked | remove | property | stick to | block of flats
contains | gifted | strengths | concrete
1 This is our land. .....................................
2 We have to take off the old blue paint before painting the walls white. .....................................
3 Tom is a popular student. .....................................
4 The shop’s security cameras are not able to be seen. .....................................
5 She’s a talented musician. .....................................
6 One of Katy’s good characteristics is her ability to listen to others. .....................................
7 Your poster will stay on the wall with this tape. .....................................
8 Most car parks are made of a hard building material. .....................................
9 We live in a residential building. .....................................
10 This box holds our old family photos. .....................................

Write sentences using the words in the chart. (6 points)

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I’m sorry, but there’s anyone I can do to help you.
Hello? Is anything for Amy’s birthday yet.
I’ve never travelled nothing breaking into a car.
I rang that number, but no one outside this country.
I haven’t bought anywhere at home?
I called the police when I saw someone answered.

1 .........................................................................................................................................................
2 .........................................................................................................................................................
3 .........................................................................................................................................................
4 .........................................................................................................................................................
5 .........................................................................................................................................................
6 .........................................................................................................................................................

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Match A to B and complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. (8 points)

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A
1 What’s the name of the place ..................................................
2 This is the park ..................................................
3 Frank Gehry is an architect ..................................................
4 This music camp is for teens ..................................................
5 He goes for long walks at times ..................................................
6 What was the invention ..................................................
7 Do you know any students ..................................................
8 I take the bus on days ..................................................
B
..... a are 14 to 18 years old.
..... b buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
..... c we ate last week?
..... d have participated in the maths competition?
..... e I don’t want to walk to school.
..... f we used to hang out.
..... g he wants to be alone.
..... h won the award?

Combine the sentences with the relative pronouns in brackets to write sentences
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with non-defining relative clauses. Make any necessary changes. (8 points)
1 One of my friends lives in my block of flats. Her name is Julie. (whose)
.........................................................................................................................................................
2 Our fitness centre is new. It has a pool. (which)
.........................................................................................................................................................
3 Michael is very popular. He’s a natural leader. (who)
.........................................................................................................................................................
4 I get home late on Tuesday afternoons. I have a piano lesson then. (when)
.........................................................................................................................................................
5 This café has got good music. We often meet there. (where)
.........................................................................................................................................................
6 We always wait at this bus stop. It’s a five-minute walk from our house.
(which)
.........................................................................................................................................................
7 GameTech is opening a factory in our town. Its head offices are in the US.
(whose)
.........................................................................................................................................................
8 Florence gets more than 13 million tourists every year. Around
400,000 people live there. (where)
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Complete the text with the correct relative pronoun or a some / no / any compound. (8 points)
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In Britain, we call them lifts. In the US, they’re elevators. Both names come from words
1.
..................................... meaning is to make 2. ..................................... higher. Since 1852,
3.
..................................... Elisha Otis invented the modern lift, it has moved only vertically. But
4.
now there’s a lift ..................................... also moves horizontally. It was developed by a German
company and is called the MULTI Elevator System. By 2099, about 70% of the world’s population
will be city inhabitants 5. ..................................... will all need 6. ..................................... to live. This will mean
more skyscrapers. However, 7. ..................................... can argue with the fact that today’s lifts are
inefficient. They stop on many floors until they reach the top. The MULTI is different. Its
sophisticated technology allows it to turn corners. The first skyscraper with a MULTI elevator
system is opening in Berlin in 2021. For now, you can check the MULTI system out online,
8.
..................................... there are videos to watch.

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MODULE 2
STANDARDS ASSESSMENT LEVEL 1

WRITTEN COMPREHENSION

(20 points)
understand essential information • locate specific information

Read the web page about a tourist site in Los Angeles. Then read the comments and
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match them to the headings on the web page. (10 points)

Discover Los Angeles

Beaches | Homes of the Stars | Off the Beaten Track
Movie Studio Tours | Museums
Watts Towers
In south-central Los Angeles there is an area known
as Watts, where you can see the Watts Towers.
This landmark, which was created by one man, took
more than three decades to build.
Building the Towers
Simon Rodia (1879-1965), who immigrated to the
US from Italy at age 15, built the towers by himself.
He began in 1921. Rodia was a construction genius.
He drew no plans, had no architectural or engineering training and used
only simple, non-electric tools. In 1955, Rodia completed his project, and
then he gave his property to a neighbour and moved away.
Special Features
Rodia’s work is the world’s largest structure built by one person. It ‘s got
three towers rising to 30, 29.5 and 16.5 metres and several shorter ones.
Art historians believe that the tall lilies at the annual lily festival Rodia saw as
a child in Italy gave him the idea for the towers. He used concrete, steel
and wire to build the structures in an “openwork” style – like the Eiffel Tower.
Then he decorated them with colourful pottery and tiles, mirrors, glass
bottles and seashells.
Safety Concerns
In 1959, the city of Los See
Angeles
See photos
photos ordered
here the destruction of the towers for
here
safety reasons. But some people, who wanted to save them, paid for a
safety test to be done. A cable was attached between the tallest tower
and a lorry, which attempted to pull down the tower. It held so firmly that
the lorry moved off the ground!
Weird but True
• The towers were unharmed during protests in 1965, when nearly
1,000 buildings in Watts were damaged or destroyed.
• Simon Rodia appears on the album cover of the Beatles’
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1 “It certainly sounds like his childhood influenced him.”

.........................................................................................................................................................
2 “I imagine the lorry driver was shocked!”
.........................................................................................................................................................
3 “The protests caused a lot of destruction.”
.........................................................................................................................................................
4 “Rodia was in his early 40s when he started this project.”
.........................................................................................................................................................
5 “I wonder why Rodia left the area.”

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The sentences below are false. Correct them. (10 points)

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1 It took 24 years to complete the Watts Towers.
.........................................................................................................................................................
2 Rodia had drawn a design before building the towers.
.........................................................................................................................................................
3 The Watts Towers are the only towers built by one person.
.........................................................................................................................................................
4 The writer compares the Watts Towers to the Eiffel Tower because they
were both built with concrete, steel and wire.
.........................................................................................................................................................
5 The safety test proved that the towers weren’t strong enough.
.........................................................................................................................................................

WRITTEN PRODUCTION

(10 points)

Task 1: An Online Forum

describe impressions • express and justify opinions

Write comments for an online forum about mobile phones.

Include the following about your mobile phone:
a its functions
b what you like and don’t like about it, and why
c why you would / wouldn’t recommend it to people your age

Task 2: A Report
provide essential information • describe a place

Write a report about a building you have visited on a school trip

(such as a museum, cathedral or castle) or have seen on TV.
Include the following:
a name and location
b what it looks like, what people do there (and its history, if you know it)
c your opinion of the building

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ORAL COMPREHENSION

(10 points)
understand main points • understand relevant details

Listen to the podcast about a special award and choose the correct answers. (5 points)
1 02
04

1 You can hear the podcast Wow! every day / week / month.
2 The people who receive the award are gifted scientists / are creative artists /
contribute to society.
3 About 25 / 1,000 / 2,000 people have received this award since 1981.
4 Winners don’t know about the award until they get a telephone call / receive the award /
become a candidate.
5 Winners get $125,000 / $625,000 / $525,000.

Listen again and complete the sentences with one word. (5 points)
2 02
04

1 The MacArthur Fellowship’s informal name is the ..................................... Award.

2 The award is given to people in different areas of ..................................... or work.
3 ..................................... choose the candidates.
4 The winners get the prize money for ..................................... years.
5 There are no ..................................... about spending the money.

ORAL PRODUCTION

(10 points)
conduct habitual transactions • request information

Student A Floor: 8, lift, on your right

You are checking into a hotel and your partner Breakfast: 7.00-10.00
Swimming pool: Yes, 1st floor
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is a hotel receptionist. Ask your partner Fitness centre: No
questions to complete the chart.
Student B
Room number:
Floor: You are a hotel receptionist and your partner is
Breakfast: 1
checking in. Answer your
Swimming pool:
partner’s questions according to the chart.
Fitness centre:
Room number: 905
You are a hotel receptionist and your partner is Floor: 9, lift, on your left
2 Breakfast: 6.30-9.30
checking in. Answer your partner’s questions
Swimming pool: No
according
to the chart. Fitness centre: Yes, 2nd floor

Room number: 824

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YOU ARE CHECKING INTO A HOTEL AND Room number:
2 Floor:
YOUR PARTNER IS A HOTEL Breakfast:
RECEPTIONIST. ASK YOUR PARTNER
QUESTIONS TO COMPLETE THE CHART. Swimming pool:
Fitness centre:

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