Unit 1 Progress Test A

Grammar
1 Complete the dialogue. Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1
Sue (you / go) to Jenny’s party last night?
2
Joe No, I (stay) at home.
3
Sue I didn’t go either. My mum (want) me to do my homework.

Joe Oh, I 4 (forget) to do mine! Was Jenny upset

5
because we (not be) there?
6
Sue I don’t think so. All her other friends (go), so she had a great time.

2 Match the answers (a–f) with the questions (1–6). Then complete the questions using the past
simple form of the verbs below. There is one extra verb.

be call do go leave play pay

1 ‘What last weekend?’ □ a ‘Last Monday.’

2 ‘Where football on Saturday?’ □ b ‘It was £572!’

3 ‘Who shopping with last week?’ □ c ‘I went swimming.’

4 ‘What the weather like yesterday?’ □ d ‘Sarah and Judy.’

5 ‘How much for that computer?’ □ e ‘At the park.’

6 ‘When your grandmother?’ □ f ‘It rained again!’

Vocabulary
3 Look at situations 1–10. How did the person feel in each situation? Match the adjectives below with
the situations.

anxious confused cross delighted embarrassed envious frightened proud relieved suspicious

1 My grandfather went out for a quick bike ride over three hours ago and he isn’t back yet.

2 I really need a computer, and my brother just got one for his birthday.
3 My friend gave me directions to her house, but the road names I see are different from the ones she
gave me. I don’t understand!
4 My parents told me that I‘m not having a birthday party, but I found lots of balloons in one of the
cupboards.

5 After speaking to the head teacher, I looked in a mirror and noticed that I had chocolate around my mouth.

6 I won a competition to spend the day with my favourite band!

7 My mum watched me win a singing contest on TV.

8 It was dark and I was alone in the house when I heard a strange, loud noise downstairs.

9 My friend told me she dropped my favourite book in the bath last night.

10 After three and a half hours, my grandfather returned from his bike ride.

4 Complete the sentences with the modifying adverbs below in the correct order from the most
exciting (question 1) to the least exciting (question 5).

a bit a little bit extremely rather very

1 I’m excited because my mum won twenty million pounds on the lottery!

2 My parents are taking me to Disneyland for my birthday and I’m excited!

3 My sister and I are meeting our cousins who live in Australia for the first time and we’re excited.

4 I’m excited because I’m playing in a football match tonight.

5 My favourite TV programme is on tonight so I’m excited.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 Look at this! I cut my leg and b_ _ _ all over my trousers.

2 I can’t walk on this foot because I s________my ankle yesterday.

3 That’s hot – be careful! Don’t b__yourself.

4 It’s difficult to write because my w__really hurts.

5 Paul i__________his arm at the weekend so he can’t come to school today.

Use of English
6 Complete the dialogue with the words below.

amazing cool envious frustrating how kidding nightmare relief shame that

Jess I’m going on a road trip around America next summer!

1 2
Ben Really? What a thing to do. I’m so !

Jess And I’m going with my grandmother!

3 4 5
Ben You’re ! Your grandmother? sounds like a !

Jess Not at all! She’s a famous photographer. She took photos of The Beatles when she was in her
twenties.
We’re going to write a blog about our trip and maybe even a book.

Ben That’s 6 . Did you hear that I lost my phone last week with all of the photos from
the school trip?
7
Jess Not the photos that we were going to upload to the school website? What a !

Ben Don’t worry, I found it eventually …

8
Jess Phew! What a ! Where was it?

Ben It was on the train. But I had to spend about two hours on the phone to the company trying to find
it.
9
Jess Two hours on the phone – how !
10
Ben Yeah, well it’s all ok now. Anyway good luck with your road trip. exciting!

Listening
7  1 Listen to four people talking about events in the past. Match the speakers (1–4) with the
statements (A–E). There is one extra statement.
A Speaker was embarrassed about taking a break.

B Speaker was anxious about talking to someone.

C Speaker was relieved to find out the truth.

D Speaker was ashamed about telling a lie.

E Speaker was proud of winning an award.

Reading
8 Read the text. Match paragraphs A–E of the text with questions 1–7. There are two extra questions.

The most dangerous journey

A How do you feel about car journeys? Do you get a bit bored, ask the driver how long it’s going to
take, and then fall asleep? Or do you get extremely anxious? This is exactly how I felt last month,
when I took a trip down the most dangerous road in the world.
B The North Yungas road in Bolivia goes from La Paz, which is a very large city to the town of
Coroico in the mountain region of the Amazon rainforest. The road is about
69 km long, but in that short distance it goes down from about 4,650 m high to 1,200 m. Although it
is only about three metres wide and there are no guard rails, cars travel in both directions. The views
are amazing, but between two and three hundred travellers are killed every year when they drive off
the side of this road. In Spanish it is called El Camino de los Muertos – the Road of the Dead.
C When I went to visit my friend Jacqueline in La Paz, I had no idea how dangerous the North Yungas
road was. I was very excited about the trip to the Amazon rainforest that she wanted to take me on.
When we got on the bus, Jacqueline let me sit by the window to get the best view. I didn’t feel
suspicious at all.
D It was only when the journey started that I began to feel frightened. The bus drove right to the edge
of the road many times, and when I looked over, I could see the forest about 600 m below us. We
drove on quickly through thick cloud – how do you know where you’re going when you can’t see? I
held on to Jacqueline’s hand. Then we drove under a waterfall that was slowly washing the road
away. I was shocked!
E When we met another car coming the other way, we drove so close to the edge of the road that a
wheel seemed to go off the edge. This happened several times and I started thinking that we might
not reach our final destination. When we finally got to Coroico, I felt so relieved. I let go of
Jacqueline’s hand and saw that it was red. I was a bit embarrassed, but so happy that we were not

In which paragraph does the writer tell us ...

1 how many people die on the road?

2 about feelings people have when they travel?

3 about an injury that she had?

4 about dangerous weather?

5 that someone wanted her to see the sights?

6 how expensive the trip was?

7 that she thought she might die?

 Unit 2 Progress Test A
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 When it (stop) raining, we (go out) and
(put) the kayak in the water.

2 While I (wait) at the bus stop, I (see) an accident.

3 Suddenly, the man (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and
(run off).
4 At 5 p.m. yesterday, I (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister
(watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.

5 I (relax) in the sun when a cloud (appear) in the sky.

6 When the sailor (open) the box, he (find) an old map inside.

7 While everyone (argue), I (realise) it was a good time to

go.

8 As I (leave) the party, I finally (remember) the man’s name.

9 The man (wear) a raincoat and (carry) a big suitcase.

10 The girl (run) through the forest when she (slip) over.

Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.

2 It's a s______climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.

3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_______in the world.

4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d___can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below
0°C.

5 The beautiful White C____s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.

6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_______, but it’s quite deep in the middle.
7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _
waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
8 You can collect seashells from the s___in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.

3 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two extra words.

boots life jacket jet-skiing kayaking paddles poles rucksack safety harness

1 If you go hiking in the countryside, take a so that you can carry your things in it.

2 Don’t worry about falling off the climbing wall – you’ll be wearing a .

3 I don’t really like because it’s dangerous and too noisy!

4 When you go for a long walk, the most important thing is to wear comfortable .

5 If you go out to sea on a boat, it’s a good idea to wear a .

6 When I’m walking on rocky ground, my stop me from falling over.

4 Replace the simple adjectives in brackets with extreme adjectives. The first letter of each extreme
adjective has been given.
1 That helmet doesn’t fit me – it’s t (very small).
 2 Doing a bungee jump was t (very frightening).

3 Breaking my leg while crossing that river was a (very bad).

4 After swimming across the lake, I was e (very tired).

5 The hill we had to climb looked h (very big).

6 The countryside we were walking through was s (very beautiful).

Use of English
5 Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Circle the correct answer A, B or C.
The photo 1 a row of eight red kayaks on a river, with a teenager in each one wearing a yellow helmet.
It 2 as if they’re on an adventure holiday and I 3 they’re feeling excited about doing
something on the water. There is a boy 4 the centre of the photo who is standing up with one foot in one
kayak, and another foot in the next kayak. He 5 to be trying to walk
across the line of boats. Judging by his expression, I’d 6 he’s feeling quite nervous about falling
in the water. There’s a woman 7 the background standing on the bank of the river. She looks 8 she
is the instructor.
She’s 9 feeling quite calm because they are all wearing life jackets. 10 the bottom right corner, I can
see the end of a paddle. It must belong to another team.
1 A looks B seems C shows
2 A shows B looks C expects

3 A judge B expect C
probably
4 A in B at C on
5 A looks B shows C seems
6 A say B look C seem
7 A at B on C in
8 A like B as C for

9 A basically B must C
probably
10 A In B On C At

Listening
6  2 Listen to five people talking about extreme sports. Match the speakers (1–5) with the statements (A–
E). There is one extra statement.
A Speaker probably won’t do the activity again.

B Speaker couldn’t always do their sport well.

C Speaker says their sport isn’t very dangerous.

D Speaker says they only do the activity with friends.

E Speaker would like to do their extreme sport more often.

F Speaker does the activity to forget about things.

Reading
7 Read the text. Choose the correct answers.

Climb every mountain

Stephen Venables’ love of mountains began at nine years old on a skiing trip to
the Alps. ‘I was thrilled,’ he remembers. ‘It was actually far more impressive and
exciting than seeing the Himalayas for the first time, because when you’re nine
it’s all new and you don’t know what to expect.’

From that moment, Stephen knew that he wanted to climb mountains, but he
didn’t realise then that one day he would be the first British man to climb Everest
without oxygen. However, his record-breaking expedition in 1988 was not an easy
one. 1 After years of climbing,
he was prepared for this and he knew that the best thing he could do was wait for
the weather
to change.

‘At first I tried sitting on a rock because rock is warmer than snow, but it wasn’t
completely flat. I really wanted to lie down so I decided to cut a ledge in the snow.
I did sleep a bit,’ he says. ‘They always say you should stay awake but I was
totally exhausted.’ Fortunately, the storm passed, and Stephen managed to climb
back down to his camp and enter the record books.

The Everest expedition wasn’t Stephen’s only difficult climb. 2 ‘It was very
unlucky that it happened, but I was lucky that there were five of us.’ The group
included Chris Bonnington and Stephen’s good friend Harish Kapadia. It took
them twelve hours to make camp in a safe place. Then two of the team went for
help.

‘I think that was one of the most wonderful moments of my life – finally being in
the tent and realising that I could just lie back in my sleeping bag.’ 3 By that
1 What happened to Stephen Venables when he was nine years old?

a He was able to compare two different mountain ranges.

b He realised where he would like to live in the future.

c He decided what he wanted to do in his life.

2 What is the writer’s purpose in this article?

a To describe the best way to climb a mountain.

b To tell the story of a mountain climber.

c To explain why mountain climbing is dangerous.

8 Read the text again. Match sentences A–E with gaps 1–3. There are two extra sentences.
A But Stephen didn’t know then that the rescue would take four days.

B While he was climbing Everest, he met the climber Chris Bonnington for the first time.

C In 1992, while climbing another Himalayan mountain, he fell 100 m, breaking both his legs.

D It was the second time that he needed medical attention because of his injuries.

E He was coming down from the top of the mountain when he was caught in a snowstorm.