Beyond B2

Test 4 Units 9-10

Section 1
LISTENING
I. 10 Points
Part 1 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1) During the conversation, the girl becomes more and more __________ .
A) uninterested B) excited C) annoyed
2) The girl has ________ had problems with this airline.
A) never B) always C) sometimes

Part 2 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

3) The dress the girl wants is __________ .
A) unavailable in medium B) available in her size C) sold out
4) By the end of the conversation, the girl is __________ .
A) excited B) anxious C) disappointed

Part 3 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

5) By the end of the conversation, we can understand that the man is __________ .
A) angry B) excited C) sad
6) The price of the holiday __________ .
A) includes additional costs B) is twice the price advertised C) has decreased

Part 4 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

7) The boy is concerned about __________ .
A) making sushi B) giving something Japanese C) the cost of the present
8) By the end of the conversation, the boy is __________ .
A) enthusiastic B) interested C) uninterested

Part 5 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

9) The man is calling because he __________ .
A) wants to change his password B) received a strange email C) can't access his email
10) The assistant is __________ .
A) eager to help B) unhelpful C) sorry that she can’t help

Section 2
GRAMMAR
I. 8 Points
Complete the conversation with the missing words.
Marc: I’m late, (0) aren’t I?
Jerome: Marc, you promised to be on time. You (1) ________ forget the laptop, did you?
Marc: No, of course not. You don’t think I’d be as forgetful as that, (2) ________ you?
Jerome: I don’t know. I really don’t.
Marc: Well, here it is.
Jerome: Great, so let’s log in, (3) ________ we?
Marc: Sure. What’s the password?
Jerome: I don’t know, you’re the one who set it. You (4) ________ that, didn’t you?
Marc: Erm … yes. Only I thought I told you what it was. Jerome: You didn’t tell me anything. You haven’t
forgotten it, (5) ________ you?
Marc: I must have written it down somewhere. Sorry about this.
Jerome: Forget it. I’m going to ask if I can work with Paul instead.
Marc: You (6) ________ do that to me, would you?
Jerome: Of course I would. You’re too unreliable Marc.
Marc: I’m (7) ________ that bad, am I? Jerome: I don’t really need to answer that, (8) ________ I?
II. 6 Points
Choose the correct options to complete the text.
At the (0) very / nicely good Grok School of Unusual Languages there are (1) so many / such unusual languages
to learn that I’d be (2) extremely / absolutely surprised if you didn’t find one for you.
In my opinion, there aren’t nearly (3) enough opportunities / opportunities enough to learn unusual
languages. These languages are (4) much too / so important to be taught by just anyone. That’s why we
employ (5) such a / such highly qualified, hard-working teachers. I’m remarkably / utterly convinced that our
school is the best.

III. 7 Points
Complete the reported speech sentences.
0) He said, "I like this song." 4) "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
He said he liked that song. He said ________.
1) "Where is your sister?" she asked me. 5) "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
She asked me _________. She told the boys ________.
2) "I don't speak Italian," she said. 6) "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
She said ________. She asked him ________.
3) "Say hello to Jim," they said. 7) "I never make mistakes," he said.
They asked me ________. He said ________.

IV. 7 Points
Rewrite the sentences using the reporting verbs from the box.
Promise insist suggest remind admit apologise. beg

0) Could you help me, please, please. John begged for help.
1) „Remember to lock the door „ my mum said.
2) „Let’s go to the cinema” Tom said.
3)„I’m so sorry that I have destroyed the laptop” Tom said.
4) „You must watch this programme” Kate said.
5) „ Kate killed Ann „ John said.
6) „I did steal this watch „ Katy said.
7) „ I will give you money back this weekend” Ann said.

Section 3
VOCABULARY
I. 7 Points
Complete the gaps with the correct prefix before the words in brackets.
0) Why did you behave badly in my class today? Why did you misbehave (behave) in my class today?
1) I prefer reading factual books to novels. I prefer reading ________ (fiction) to novels.
2) However hard I try, my sister manages to do better than me. However hard I try, my sister always manages
to ________ (do) me.
3) My friend Zoe can speak four languages! My friend Zoe is ________ (lingual).
4) My parents hate the way I dress, but I don’t care. My parents ________ (like) the way I dress, but I
don’t care.
5) Don’t throw those jam jars away – we can use them again. Don’t throw those jam jars away – we can
________ (use) them.
6) Are you good at working with other people? Are you good at ________ (operating) with other people?
7) There were lots of demonstrations against war during the 1960s. There were lots of ________ (protests)
during the 1960s.
II. 6 Points
Choose the correct options.
0) Ancient Greek died _d_ a long time ago, but it is still studied in Greek schools.
a) up b) down c) off d) out
1) It must be really hard to make ________ a whole new language!
a) up b) out c) with d) through
2) I was really good at French at school and that’s how I ended ________ becoming a French teacher.
a) on b) to c) up d) into
3) Jenny can get ________ in Italian, but she isn’t fluent in it.
a) up b) through c) off d) by
4) Children can pick ________ new languages very quickly, but adults find it more difficult.
a) out b) down c) up d) away
5) I tried to explain what I wanted in English, but I couldn’t get my message ________ .
a) across b) by c) in d) on
6) The only way to improve in a foreign language is to try ________ new words and phrases.
a) up b) off c) out d) over

III. 7 Points
Complete the idioms in the replies to each comment with one word or more
0) ‘I wish I didn’t have to go to on holiday with my parents.’ ‘Look on the bright side. You can just lie in the
sun for two weeks and do nothing!’
1) ‘What if I don’t pass my exams? ‘We’ll cross ________ we come to it!’
2) ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’ ‘You might feel better if you got it ________ chest.’
3) ‘I’m really sorry about what happened.’ ‘Don’t worry – it’s water ________ now.’
4) ‘What do you think I should do?’ ‘I don’t know. At ________ day, it’s your decision’
5) ‘I know Eva’s been talking about me behind my back.’ ‘Eva? No, I think you’ve got _________ of the stick.’
6) ‘I’ve never seen you so angry before!’ ‘I know! In the ________ moment, I just lost control.’
7) ‘It’s been a really difficult year, but at last I can see ________ of the tunnel!’ ‘Yeah, I know what you mean.
Only one more week to go before the holidays!’

IV. 6 Points
Complete the text with the correct phrasal verbs.
come across as end up keep up look up make up try out pick up
Claire: Oh, no! My t-shirt’s all mucky.
Jose: Mucky? Is that a real word or did you (0) make it up?
Claire: It’s real! If you don’t believe me, (1) ________ it ___ in the dictionary!
Jose: OK …. yes, here it is. ‘An informal word meaning dirty’. I’m going to (2) ________ on my English teacher
tomorrow!
Claire: I think you (3) ________ more English from me than you do from your English classes!
Jose: (4) ________ the good work, then! I’ve got my exam at the end of the month.
Claire: I know. And I don’t want to (5) ________ big-headed, but if you (6) ______ getting an A in the end, it
will be thanks to me!

V. 6 Points
Complete the colloquial phrases in the conversations with the words from the box below.
toilets guy good cheers hay worries going
0) ‘Hi. How’s it going?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’
1) ‘I can’t come out tonight – I’ve got too much homework.’ ‘No ________. Let’s do something
tomorrow instead.’
2) ‘What do you think of Kieran?’ ‘He seems like a really nice ________ .’
3) ‘I’m shattered – I think I’ll hit the ________ .’ ‘Me too. Goodnight.’
4) ‘Excuse me. I’m looking for the women’s ________ .’ ‘It’s the green door on the left.’
5) ‘Did you enjoy the film?’ ‘Yeah, it was really ________ .’
6) ‘Here you are. Enjoy your meal!’ ‘________ .’
Section 4
READING
I. 10 Points
First read the text then answer the questions.
The digital generation
I was born in the 1980s so I grew up in a world of technological change that I had to adapt to. I
remember my family getting our first computer when I was about 12 and the struggle to understand
how it worked. However, children born from the mid-1990s onwards were born into a world full of
computers. I asked sociologist Colin Maccles what it might be like not to remember life before the
digital era.

‘The digital generation is growing up in a completely different world to that of its parents. The daily
lives of today’s kids are dominated by digital devices. They’ve never known a world without them.
They’re therefore, much more skilful at interacting with the digital world and finding their way around
digital space than we are.’

He told me there were certain advantages to being a member of the digital generation.
‘They do have advantages, yes. They’re more actively creative than their parents’ generation in some
ways because their parents’ generation was dominated mostly by TV. Television viewing is far less
interactive than many activities done on a computer. Kids these days are able to record their own
music and promote it themselves. They create websites and write blogs and share all sorts of creative
things which they themselves are producing, rather than just consume the creativity offered to them
by television as their parents did.’

Colin admitted that there were certain drawbacks to growing up with so much technology.
‘There are definitely disadvantages. If there’s one thing that worries me, it’s how much media they’re
exposed to. There’s a huge amount of information available on so many subjects and they can switch
from an encyclopedia entry to a video of cute kittens in a matter of seconds. They’re often reading,
watching and listening to several different things while also trying to do homework. It’s their ability to
concentrate that suffers.’

I asked him if the next generation would be better educated than our own.
‘It’s difficult to say because they’re still quite young, but I do believe that in some ways they will be.
There’s certainly more information available and they can access it much more freely and quickly than
we could. But there’s also a huge amount of misinformation on the internet. It’s our generation that
needs to help the next generation recognise what’s likely to be trustworthy and what’s not.

Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

1) This text is mainly about ____________.
A) people born in the age of computers
B) people who remember life before computers
C) people who don’t understand computers
2) The writer is _____________.
A) a member of the digital generation
B) a member of a previous generation
C) a sociologist

Choose T (True) or F (False). Colin believes that ...

3) the younger generation is better at using technology than his own. T/F
4) members of the previous generation were more inventive than the digital generation. T/F
5) the television had a more positive impact than the computer. T/F
6) kids have fewer opportunities to express themselves these days. T/F
7) the kind of media that kids watch these days is worrying. T/F
8) multitasking might prevent kids from focusing. T/F
9) the internet contains mostly reliable sources of information. T/F
10) the previous generation has nothing to teach the digital generation. T/F
Section 5
WRITING
I. 20 Points
Choose one of the following writings:
1) Write an email to a newspaper editor about something people do on public transport that makes you angry.
140-180 words.
Say: ♣ why you’re writing. ♣ what the thing is. ♣ why it makes you angry. ♣ what should be done about it.
2) Write an essay about the following sentence: “Should mobile phones be allowed in the classroom?” 140-180
words.