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Vocabulary 4 That’s really hot! Don’t __________________ (pick)

or you’ll burn your hand.
1 Complete the text with the words in the box. There 5 It’s a bit of a mystery so I’m going to
are two extra words. __________________ (look) and find out what
articulate fazed genius grasp memorised prodigy exactly happened.
recall talent wander 6 We haven’t seen Alexis for ages, we should
__________________ (catch) soon.
Have you got a 1 ____________ for music? Mozart
7 I can’t find my glasses. Can you help me
certainly did! He was a child 2 ____________ who
__________________ (look), please?
could play the harpsichord (an early form of the
Score __/7
piano) brilliantly when he was four years old, and
he started composing music when he was just five 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box
years old. He had a great musical memory and with the correct prefix.
could easily 3 ____________ music he had heard, accurate biographical estimate hero interpret plot
too. On one famous occasion when he was predictable
14 years old, he went to a concert and heard some 1 My favourite __________________ is Wonder
music by Allegri. That night, he wrote the whole Woman. I also like Wolverine and Spider-Man.
thing down – he had 4 ____________ it 2 The book is __________________ and is partly
completely. His mind certainly didn’t based on the author’s life.
5 ____________ during the concert. A few days 3 I think you __________________ Alicia, she’s
later, he went to hear it again and correct the very capable of doing far more than you think.

few mistakes he’d made. The piece is around 4 The weather in Scotland is really
__________________, you never know what it’s
12–15 minutes long and writing it down like that
going to be like and it changes a lot.
would probably have 6 ____________ many
5 The information in the report is not all correct, many
musicians because it’s so hard, but not Mozart. facts are __________________. It needs to be
revised.
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6 Texts can be easy to __________________ because
you only read the words, you don’t hear how the
2 Complete the sentences. Use a phrasal verb with the person is saying them. Sometimes the meaning isn’t
verbs given and an object pronoun. clear.
1 My parents are great people, I __________________ 7 The main story of the film is set in the present day,
(look). but there’s also a __________________ that
2 The weather’s too bad for a hike today, we should happens in the past which explains how the story
__________________ (call). started.
3 When I learn new words in class, I always Score __/7
__________________ (write) so I don’t forget them.

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Grammar 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verbs in the box. If there is more than one option,
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a
write both. There are two extra verbs.
suitable verb.
buy concentrate do feel help live play think turn
1 When did you start ________________ the guitar?
2 I’ve volunteered ________________ at the animal 1 Do you ever find yourself ________________ about
rescue shelter. winning the lottery?

3 They denied ________________ the money, but the 2 Nobody should force you ________________
police are sure it was them. something you don’t want to do.

4 I don’t know why I bother ________________ my 3 My sister begged me ________________ her with
bedroom, it only gets messy again! her science project.

5 Jake seemed ________________ very nervous, but 4 When people smile at me, it makes me
he was actually quite calm. ________________ happy.

6 I wouldn’t risk ________________ the mountain in 5 I saw my cousins ________________ football in the
this weather. It could be dangerous. park yesterday. I watched for a while.

Score __/6 6 Max persuaded me ________________ another

computer game even though it was expensive.
5 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of 7 Listening to music helps me ________________
the verbs given. when I am doing my homework so I’m more focussed.
1 Sue: Carla didn’t do too well at school, Score __/7
did she?
Rob: No, but she went on ________________ 7 Tick () the correct sentences. Then correct the
(become) very successful. Her mistakes.
business is doing really well. 1 Sleep experts don’t recommend to watch TV just
2 Tom: What are you doing next weekend? before you go to bed. 

Kate: Well, I usually like ___________________________________________

________________ (play) sport, but 2 I must remember buying some milk later because
I’ve hurt my ankle so I can’t this there isn’t any left. 
weekend.
___________________________________________
3 Rob: Why did you break my phone screen?
3 Have you finished to do your history project? 
Dan: I didn’t mean ________________ (do)
___________________________________________
it! It was an accident, sorry! I’ll get it
fixed. 4 I tried adding some extra sugar to the recipe and it
was much better. 
4 Teacher: Time’s up, the exam is finished. You
need to stop ________________ ___________________________________________
(write) now and put your pens down.
5 They advised me not going to that restaurant. 
Marta: But I haven’t finished yet!
___________________________________________
5 Henry: Have you known Alice for long?
6 Do your parents let you to stay at home alone? 
Lyra: Yes, for ages. I’ll never forget
___________________________________________
________________ (meet) her for the
first time, though. Score __/6

6 Alex: Did you lock the door?

Jess: Oh! I don’t remember
________________ (lock) it, I’d better
check if I did or not!
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Use of English A realised that teaching someone to do something

helped their brain
8 Read the text below and think of the word that best B believes that a good diet is the best way to improve
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. your brainpower
C exercises their brain by doing activities that focus on
Could robots think like humans?
word skills

Artificial intelligence (AI) is machines that are D thinks it’s important to do things like learning new
skills or varying your routine
created by humans to ‘think’, but could they ever
E feels that exercise that involves concentrating and
think like humans? When AI started, many people
moving is the best thing
worried about robots taking over the world, but
F does something daily that improves their ability to
they (a) _____________ have worried because it’s
concentrate
extremely unlikely. I can (b) _____________
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thinking the same thing! It’s true that AI has caught
(c) ____________ with us in some ways. When a 10 Listen again and answer the questions.
computer called Deep Blue played against the world 1 What did Speaker 1 do in the café?
chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, few people ___________________________________________
thought that the computer (d) _____________
___________________________________________
about to win – but it did! It was the first time it
2 What has happened at school as a result of Speaker
(e) _____________ happened and it was a great 1’s brain training?
achievement for the developers. It
___________________________________________
(f) _____________ have been incredible when it
___________________________________________
happened. Since then, computers have improved a
3 Why did Speaker 2 originally take up a new activity?
lot – and not just at chess. Some computers
___________________________________________
(g) ___________ now scan images and classify them
better than humans – but that doesn’t mean they ___________________________________________

understand what they are seeing and they certainly 4 Which two things does Speaker 3 mention trying before
finding an activity that really helped her brain?
don’t experience the real world as we do or have
emotions like us. The human brain ___________________________________________

(h) _____________ been developing for over five ___________________________________________

million years, so computers still have a long way to 5 How long has Speaker 3 been doing the activity that
go before they can think like humans and perhaps she feels helps her most?

they never will. ___________________________________________

___________________________________________
Score __/8 6 In Speaker 4’s opinion, what is the most beneficial
activity to do?

Listening ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
9 Listen to five speakers talking about the best 7 What surprises Speaker 5?
way to improve your brainpower. Match the speakers
(1–5) with the descriptions (A–F). There is one extra ___________________________________________
description. ___________________________________________
1 Speaker 1 ___ Score __/7
2 Speaker 2 ___
3 Speaker 3 ___
4 Speaker 4 ___
5 Speaker 5 ___

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Reading situations again in a safe way so we can later have the

memory without experiencing such a strong feeling.
Dream on E Some people believe that dreams are an important part of
A Dreams have fascinated people for centuries. You might be creativity – we don’t talk about ‘dreaming up’ ideas for nothing.
surprised to learn that everyone dreams for around two hours a When we are asleep, our brains aren’t limited by reality and
night, although not everyone remembers their dreams. It’s may come up with solutions to problems or incredible new
estimated that people will spend around six years of their life ideas. It’s not only research that supports this theory, many
dreaming. But why? While scientists have come up with many people including inventors, scientists and song writers have
theories, they haven’t reached any definite conclusions yet. been inspired by dreams. Larry Page once dreamed that he
downloaded the whole web onto some old computers which
B What exactly are dreams? They are the images, ideas and gave him the idea of creating a search engine, and Google was
feelings you have while you are sleeping. Generally, people see the result. The writer Stephen King dreamed the story of one his
their dreams, but some dreamers experience dreams using books, and the tune for one of the most famous songs in the
other senses. Blind people, for example, are more likely to have world, Yesterday, came to Paul McCartney in a dream. These
dreams that involve smell, sound or taste, perhaps because they are just a few of hundreds of examples.
use these senses more in daily life. The majority of people
dream in colour, but there are people who say they only ever F One thing that fascinates researchers is that there are
dream in black and white. In one study, researchers found that certain universal dreams. People all over the world of
people over the age of 55 said that around 25% of their dreams different nationalities, cultures and ages all share some
were in black and white. In contrast, the under 25s only dreams. The most common ones involve flying, falling,
dreamed in colour. It is thought that this could be because the being chased or being unable to move. Other typical
older group all watched black and white TV as children, before dreams are about arriving late for something or taking an
colour TV was easily accessible. exam where you don’t know any answers. It’s possible that
these dreams help us with negative feelings such as fear,
C Before considering why we dream, it’s interesting to know embarrassment or worry. Fortunately, there are some
when it happens. Most dreams take place during REM sleep. positive common dreams, too, such as discovering a new
REM stands for ‘rapid eye movement’ and it’s the stage of sleep room in a place you know well, coming across some money
where your eyes move below your eyelids, your brain is more or enjoying some delicious food.
active and your heart beats faster. The first REM stage of sleep
tends to be around 90 minutes after falling asleep, and lasts G It seems that dreams and why we dream are still a
about 10 minutes. During the night, REM periods of sleep last mystery. For now, many experts agree that it is likely that
longer, the final one might be as long as an hour. REM sleep dreams aren’t just the result of one thing but are likely to
periods are important because the parts of the brain that are happen for a combination of reasons.
active then are responsible for memories – making and keeping
them – as well as learning. Dreams that you have during REM
sleep are more memorable and more vivid and you’ll probably 11 Read the article. Are the sentences True (T) or False
have about five dreams every night, which are between five and (F)? Correct the false statements.
twenty minutes long. Although we also dream during non-REM
1 Scientists are not yet totally sure why people dream.
sleep, people remember these dreams less frequently – 50% of
T/F
people woken in non-REM sleep report dreams compared to
80% in REM sleep. ___________________________________________
2 You are more likely to forget dreams that occur during
D Some of the most popular theories about why we dream are REM sleep. T / F
related to memory and emotions. One theory is that dreams
enable us to process everything we have experienced during the ___________________________________________
day, so important information can be stored as long-term 3 According to a popular theory, dreams only affect
memories. A similar theory argues that after learning short-term memories. T / F
something new, particularly a new skill, when we sleep the
___________________________________________
memory is activated, which makes it stronger. Some of these
activated memories are then seen as dreams. Curiously, there’s 4 Typical universal dreams may help us process difficult
another theory that says that dreaming is a way of allowing the feelings, such as worry. T / F
brain to forget unnecessary information. There is strong ___________________________________________
evidence that dreams help us with our emotions. Researchers
have proved that the amount of REM sleep you have is 5 We probably have dreams for more than one reason.
related to how well you deal with emotions. In addition, T/F
dreams allow us to experience difficult or dangerous ___________________________________________
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12 Read the article again. Complete the sentences. 13 In your opinion, why are people so interested in
1 The average time people spend dreaming is dreams? Give three reasons to support your opinion.
_________________________. ________________________________________________

2 People who ___________________ are likely to have ________________________________________________

dreams using different senses.
________________________________________________
3 People who had never watched black and white TV
________________________________________________
only ____________________.
________________________________________________
4 In REM sleep, your brain _________________, your
eyes move and your heart rate changes. ________________________________________________
5 One theory is that dreaming helps you forget
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_______________________.
6 Dreams _____________________ such as Stephen
King, Paul McCartney and Larry Page.
7 Many people have a dream where they can’t
_______________________.
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Writing Speaking
14 Write a film review. You can write about a film you 15 Work individually and prepare a short presentation
have seen or use the notes below. Remember to on one of the topics below. Then work in pairs.
include:
Student A: give your presentation
● general information about the film
Student B: listen and think of 1–2 questions to ask.
● the plot
When you have finished, exchange roles and repeat.
● what you liked/didn’t like about the film with examples
and justifications
‘How well do foreign language classes prepare you for
● your recommendation using the language in the places it is spoken?’
Write 220–260 words.
‘Some people say that friends and family are the two most
important things in life? To what extent do you agree? Are
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
they really more important than other things, such as
Released: 2021. Director: Ian Samuels. Based on: short
health and wealth?’
story by Lev Grossman. Starring: Kathryn Newton, Kyle
Allen. Genre: Sci-fi comedy. Score __/10
Story: Two teenagers Mark (Kyle Allen) and Margaret
(Kathryn Newton) are stuck in a time loop and live the Vocabulary __/20
same day repeatedly. Together, they create a map of all the
Grammar __/25
perfect things that happen in the day, e.g. traffic stopping
to allow a tortoise to cross the road. Use of English __/8
Good: makes you think about all the incredible ‘ordinary’ Listening __/12
things in a typical day; actors’ performances Reading __/15
Bad: dialogue sometimes clichéd
Writing __/10
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Speaking __/10
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