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LISTENING
Section 1
You will hear two people talking about a new sports centre.
Match the opinions to the speakers. Write A, B or Both (for A and B).
You will hear the recording twice.

0 The sports centre cost too much money. ____A____

1 It would be better with a swimming pool. _________

2 There isn’t enough parking. _________

3 The facilities are excellent. _________

4 Young people will use the centre most. _________

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Section 2
Now listen to the second part. Answer the questions about each speaker’s
plans. Write A, B or Both (for A and B). You will hear the recording twice.

0 Which speaker will use the fitness classes? ____B____

1 Which speaker wants to try a new sport? _________

2 Who says they might go after work? _________

3 Which speaker plans to take someone there? _________

4 Who is going to call for some advice? _________

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READING
Section 1
Use the word given in bold at the end of some lines to form a word that
fits in the gap in the same line.

Moments we’d rather forget

We have all faced embarrassing moments in their lives.

I’ve decided to recount some of mine.

A: I remember being around 13 years old and my mum

making dinner. We heard panic in the kitchen. She’d
forgotten to buy an 0 ___essential__ ingredient so my dad essence
and I rushed to the store. We stopped outside and I ran in
to get the missing item. I darted around, paid and rushed
back into the car, yelling “Victory!”. Then realised it wasn’t
my dad’s car. I was shouting at a 1 ______________. He strange
was rather surprised. I remember how embarrassed I felt.

B: I thought it was 2 ______________ for anything to possible

embarrass me more. I was wrong. My next incident also
cost me $500 in repairs! I was driving new schoolmates
home after the cinema. I wanted to make a good
3
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pretty 4 ______________ behind the wheel. So, when I competence
dropped the first person off at his home, I thought I’d
show off by speedily reversing into a parking space but
smashed into the parked car behind me. The car
turned out to belong to his father, who soon confronted me.
That was the end of my attempt at 5 ______________. popular

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C: Even today, there has been no 6 ______________ in the improve

disasters I get into. Like many others, I like to go jogging with
music playing through my headphones to 7 ______________ energy
me. But on this occasion, I found myself 8 ______________ distract
the music. I was unaware of another jogger approaching me
from behind me so when I saw him out of the corner of my eye,
it was really 9 ______________. So much so, that I fell and fright
landed in a hedge! Luckily, the other jogger came to my aid,
and we got talking. We found out we had a lot in common,
and we’re going to go jogging together in future. So, you
never know, perhaps an embarrassing situation can lead to
something 10 ______________, like a new friend. wonder

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Section 2
Read the text again. Decide which paragraph (A-C) mentions the following.
The paragraphs may be chosen more than once.

0 … overconfidence in abilities __B__

1 … the assistance of a stranger _____

2 … a favour that went wrong _____
3 … an unforgiving family _____
4 ... an embarrassing event that turned out well _____
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WRITING
You see this advert online.
Write an email inviting a friend to go with you on a skiing holiday.
Give details of the holiday and your preferences.
Add any other relevant information.

A week skiing in the mountains!

Bed and breakfast + ski hire = $360 per person

Half board + ski hire = $480 per person

Weeks available: 8–15 March, 22–29 March, 12-19 April

Email: [email protected] for more information

Write between 140–190 words.

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SPEAKING
Read the following instructions to the student.

‘I’m going to show you two photographs and I’d like you to talk about
them.’

Show the photographs to the student and read the following instructions.

‘The photographs show people spending time outside.

Compare the photographs and say why the people are doing these

activities. You have about one minute to do this.’

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TOTAL: ___ / 80

x 1.25 = ___ / 100

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