TEST 3A (Unit 3)

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100
(Time 50 minutes)

Listening
A Directions: You will hear a recording twice. Before you listen to it, you will have 2
minutes to read questions 1-5. While listening for the first time, you can look at the
questions, but you are not allowed to take notes. After you hear the whole recording, you
will have 3 minutes to answer the questions, choosing the answer (A, B, C or D) which
you think fits best. Then you will hear the recording again and you will have 1 minute to
check your answers.

1 Fashion from the 90s … 4 The sunglasses that teens wore in the 90s
A is still popular today. were …
B is becoming popular again. A very small.
C was popular a few years ago. B square.
D is extremely unpopular today. C very big.
D round.
2 In the 90s, teenage girls …
A carried tiny handbags. 5 You can buy cheap fashionable things …
B didn’t like small bags. A in shopping centres.
C didn’t like colourful clothes. B at your local market.
D had small bags on their backs. C in charity shops.
D at a local clothes shop.
3 What did a lot of girls wear in the 90s that is not
popular today?
A hats with flowers
B baggy jeans
C loose T-shirts
D trainers

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B Directions: You will hear a recording twice. Before you listen to it, you will have 2
minutes to read statements 6-10. While listening for the first time, you can look at the
statements, but you are not allowed to take notes. After you hear the whole recording,
you will have 3 minutes to mark the statements as T (True), F (False) or NI (No
Information). Then you will hear the recording again and you will have 1 minute to check
your answers.

6 Abigail drove to work that morning. …. 9 There were 40 cars in the car park. ….
7 It was raining heavily when Abigail 10 The boat couldn’t carry many
got to work. …. people at a time. ….
8 Abigail didn’t leave the building at
lunchtime. ….

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Reading
C Directions: Read the text below. Then, read the questions that follow it and circle the
correct answer (A, B or C) to each one.

Animal Rain

History books are full of tales of strange things happening with the weather, but few are stranger than ‘animal rain’.
Stories of raining frogs and fish sound like something from a fairy tale, but there are reports of it actually happening
from as far back as the first century.
Scientists believe this unusual weather occurs when storms cause waterspouts – tornadoes over water – in areas
of the sea, lakes or even small ponds. The air current picks up the small marine life and carries it into the clouds.
These big storm clouds can travel long distances before releasing the animals all at once in the ‘animal rain’.
There are reports of this happening all over the world but in the small Honduran town of Yoro it appears to happen
very often. For the last 100 years, every May to July after massive rain storms, the people go into the fields with
wooden baskets to collect the fish that fall from the skies. They even have an annual festival which started in 1998
called Lluvia de Peces to celebrate this ‘Rain of Fish’.

11 ‘Animal rain’ … 14 In the town of Yoro, there is …

A has got a long history. A always lots of rain.
B is a new weather event. B ‘animal rain’ all year round.
C comes from a fairy tale. C a ‘rain of fish’ every summer.
D started happening after the first century. D not enough rain in July.

12 Waterspouts … 15 Lluvia de Peces …

A can’t form over any body of water. A started 100 years ago.
B don’t form over big bodies of water. B happens every year.
C only form over salt water. C takes places in a field.
D are a type of tornado. D means ‘frog rain’.

13 The storm clouds …

A follow the air currents.
B are small in size.
C don’t travel very far.
D drop the fish all in one place.

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 TEST 3A
Use of English
D Directions: Read the text and circle the answer (A, B or C) that best suits each gap.

Summer Storm

Maria and her friends were hiking in a deep canyon in the desert during the long, summer 16) …. . It was a hot day
and the sun was 17) …. brightly. But the group didn’t realise that the 18) …. called for rain later. As they were
walking over some rocks, they became 19) …. when they heard 20) …. in the distance. Maria looked up and saw
that clouds were forming in the sky over their heads and the wind was 21) …. hard. The raindrops started falling
and soon it was 22) …. heavily. Luckily, Maria and her friends brought their 23) …. and wore heavy 24) …. on their
feet to keep them dry. They waited in a cave until the storm was over and when the sun came 25) …. again, they
made their way back home safely.

16 A drought B hail C snow D shower

17 A hiding B falling C shining D scorching
18 A price B forecast C offer D shout
19 A shocking B painful C worrying D anxious
20 A lightning B thunder C shower D storm
21 A blowing B flying C hanging D falling
22 A drizzling B dropping C pouring D flooding
23 A suits B jeans C dresses D jackets
24 A socks B flat shoes C high-heeled shoes D boots
25 A up B around C out D with

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E Directions: Circle the answer (A, B or C) which best completes each sentence.

26 Mum ….. a programme about earthquakes at 9 32 Larry was walking home when the snow …..
o’clock yesterday. falling.
A was watching C watching A started C start
B watches D is watching B is starting D starting

27 “Were you sleeping all morning?” 33 Liam ….. wake up during the loud storm last
“Yes, ….. .” night.
A I was sleeping C I was A wasn’t C doesn’t
B I slept D I sleeping B isn’t D didn’t

28 The girls ran ….. to protect themselves from the 34 John was surfing while ….. .
rain. A Andy was swimming
A into the house quickly yesterday B Andy is swimming
B yesterday quickly into the house C Andy swam
C into the house yesterday quickly D was Andy swimming
D quickly yesterday into the house
35 Tom washed the dishes, dried them and …..
29 Tony ….. a tie and a suit when I saw him, just a them away.
T-shirt and jeans. A was putting C put
A wasn’t wore C didn’t wear B did put D puts
B wasn’t wearing D isn’t wearing

30 It was a freezing cold day and snow ….. .

A gently was falling C was falling gently
B gently falling D did gently fall

31 “….. all night?”

“Yes, it was.”
A Raining was it C It was raining
B Was it raining D Did it raining
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 TEST 3A
Writing
F Directions: Your school’s English club is having a short story competition. The story must
end with the sentence: I was so happy to be safe again! Your story must include:
 bad weather.
 a boat.
Write your story for the competition (80-100 words).

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