ACADEMIC ENGLISH – LEVEL 2B – END-OF-TERM TEST

Student Name:
Class: Date: __________________

GOLD EXPERIENCE B1 – UNITS 7-12

END-OF-TERM TEST
(Allotted time: 60 mins.)

TOTAL: /80
VOCABULARY

I. Choose the correct option for each sentence.

0. It took us ten hours to reach our destination/traffic jam.

1. My mum brought us back some nice clothes from her business trip/journey to New York.
2. We travelled over the motorway/border to visit my family in Switzerland.
3. When the plane took off/landed everyone had to stay in their seats until it was safe to get
their bags and get off.
4. I’ve never been flight/abroad before but I would love to go.
5. I was really annoyed to hear that our flight was delayed/delay.
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II. Complete each sentence with one word only.

0. I just feel like chilling out with friends this weekend.

1. Do you think you could _______________ your own business?
2. Stella loves working with people. She’s a good _______________ player.
3. She can stay really calm _______________ pressure. I think she’d be great at the job.
4. Don’t you want to join _______________ the fun?
5. If you want to hang _______________ with me at the weekend, just give me a call.
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III. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C).
1. We had a ____________ at school today.
A long test difficult
B difficult long test

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C long difficult test

2. There’s a ____________ in the sky over there.
A big grey cloud
B grey big cloud
C cloud grey big
3. I love the ____________ in the middle of town.
A beautiful old castle
B old beautiful castle
C castle old beautiful
4. What’s the name of the ____________ who sits next to you in French?
A tall boy dark
B dark tall boy
C tall dark boy
5. This is my ____________ .
A sandy favourite beach
B favourite sandy beach
C beach sandy favourite
6. Have you met the ____________ yet?
A friendly new teacher
B new teacher friendly
C new friendly teacher
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IV. Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs made from these words.

find give keep sort take turn

into on out (x2) place up

Read about how a holiday disaster can turn into a holiday dream
1. I don’t know if I can come tonight. My mum wants me to ____________ my room. It’s a
mess!

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2. My dad wants to ____________ his job. He doesn’t like it anymore.

3. I ____________ trying to learn French, but I’m not getting any better at it.
4. Can you ____________ what time the camera club meets?
5. The music festival will ____________ at the beach this year.

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LISTENING
V. Listen to a conversation about a summer job. Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)?
0. Sam has wanted to go to Italy for a long time. T
1. Sam and Nora would need to pay for their flights to Italy. ____
2. If you apply for this job, you have to be sporty. ____
3. You need to apply for this job by telephone. ____
4. Sam is really excited about the idea of going to Italy. ____
5. Nora doesn’t want Sam to take too long to decide. ____

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VI. Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences.

0. How would you like to do something really exciting this summer?

1. We need young sports instructors to __________ and work in our water sports camps.
2. __________ we write and apply?
3. I’ve __________ been away from home on my own before.
4. Jack’s older sister worked at a sports camp last year and she __________ never been abroad
before.
5. She said it __________ a totally life-changing experience.
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READING

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Summer time

This week we speak to three people who have had very different summer holiday experiences. You
don’t need to have money to try any of these activities and they all sound like lots of fun!

We started our very own English club!

Carla and Ricardo started their own English club. But isn’t that a bit like school? ‘No, not at all,’
Carla laughs. ‘We had a lot of friends who went to London and New York for summer school.
That’s a great idea, but a lot of us didn’t have much money and so we decided to start our own
summer school right here at home. There were four of us and it was great – more fun than school!
Every day one of us brought in some English food. On rainy days we watched films in English and
listened to English music and on sunny days we went to the beach, hung out together and chatted
in English. It was really good fun and it was cheap too.’ The best thing about the English club?
‘There weren’t any tests!’

I’ve always wanted to make films!

Sophie had always been mad about film making but she got fed up with working alone all the
time. She wrote an advert which said that she was looking for people to make films with. She got a
lot of answers and soon had her own small film crew of five teenagers. They wrote a short film
script and really enjoyed going to different parts of the city to film scenes. ‘I’m so glad I wrote that
advert!’ Sophie says now. ‘I have a whole group of new creative friends and we made a short film.
It’s a horror movie which we filmed in an old house at night time! The people I met through the
advert were such fun and when we weren’t filming we just really enjoying chilling out and
watching films together.’

I organised a hiking group!

Florence loves walking and was looking forward to going for long walks in the beautiful
countryside near her home. There was only one problem – her mum and dad didn’t like her going
off by herself. She decided to get together with some friends and start a hiking group. ‘It was
amazing!’ Florence says. ‘Every day we had a different destination. We had picnics by waterfalls
and sunbathed on rocks. Every day someone brought a cake from home and we always found a
nice place to sit and eat. I had the best summer ever!’
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VII. Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)?

0. Carla thought that a summer school in London would be boring. F
1. They watched films in English every day. ____
2. Sophie loves making films alone. ____
3. Sophie’s new friends are creative. ____
4. Florence’s mum didn’t like her walking alone in quiet places. ____
5. Florence brought cake for her friends to eat every day. ____

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VIII. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1. When did the students’ holiday clubs take place?

in summer
2. What did Carla and Ricardo do?
_________________________________________
3. Why didn’t they go abroad to learn English?
_________________________________________
4. How many students were in the group?
_________________________________________
5. Where did they go when it was sunny?
_________________________________________
6. How did Sophie find other teenagers to join her?
_________________________________________
7. Where did they film the scenes?
_________________________________________
8. What kind of a film did they make?
_________________________________________
9. What did Florence want to do?
_________________________________________
10. Did Florence’s group go to the same place every day?
_________________________________________
11. What did they take with them?
_________________________________________
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WRITING
Write an email to a friend about the job you would like to do in the future. Your email should
include the following points:
- What this job would is
- Where you would work
- Which qualifications you would need
- Why you would like to do it.

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