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language and skills test 4a

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
1 Cross out the word(s) that you cannot use with the word(s) in bold. 0 1 2 3 4 5 peel potatoes/milk/oranges put on/feel/lose weight detached/chimney/four-storey house feel protein/healthy/fit crispy toast/bacon/orange ma e noises/a mess/skin diseases

Units 7&8

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Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. !he first letter is gi"en for you. 0 1 2 3 4 5 I like boiled eggs more than f ried______ eggs. Orange juice contains a lot of v ____________ C, hich is very good for you. I don!t have to climb the stairs because I live on the g ___________ floor. "o you need to m________the tomatoes ith the onion, garlic and herbs. #he lemon made the sauce taste really s ___________ - I didn!t like it. $top n ____________ me about my room% &ou!ve already asked me five times to tidy it up. /5

#nderline the correct word(s) to complete the sentences. 0 1 'reakfast serves/is served from (.)) to *.)). $he!ll be very sad if you won't come/don't come.

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,e had our car serviced/serviced our car last eek. I ish you wouldn't chew/didn't chew gum in class. It!s very annoying% #he bread has just baked/has just been baked. I won't call/wouldn't call him if I ere you. ,hat will you do/would you do if the teacher blames you for breaking the indo /3

%ut the "erbs in brac ets into the correct tense. 0 1 2 3 4 5 $ I ish you __would stop __ .stop/ smoking. 0ook% #hat man____________.follo / by t o policemen. I on!t help her if she____________.not tell/ me hat happened. "o one should____________.allo / to leave school ithout basic 1ualifications. 2nn ishes she____________.not be/ so shy. I!d be happier if 3um____________.not ask/ me about my marriage plans. Our ne car____________.steal/ yesterday. /6

Correct the mista e in each sentence. 0 I had my suit dry-clean yesterday. I had my suit dry-cleaned yesterday. 1 ,e have delivered ne spapers to our door every day. ________________________________________________ 2 I!m going to repair my car at the garage. _________________________________________________ 3 4e can!t do it himself, he!ll do it by a specialist. /3
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Choose the best word a& b or c.

I ___I had more free time. If I +___have to go to school, I ould read much more than I do no . I love reading and I ish I 5___read all day long. I have a lot of books - some time ago I 6 ______ bookshelves fitted in my room so that I could have more books in my room. 'ut e still have some books in the 7___room at the top of the house. If I 8___time this eekend, I!ll move some of them to my room. #he only problem is my younger sister. $he keeps taking the books from the shelves and never puts them back in the right place. I ish she 9___come into my room hen I!m not at home. 0 1 2 3 4 5 $ a ant a on!t a can a had a balcony a ill have a didn:t b ish b didn!t b could b decided b attic b had b doesn:t c !d like c ouldn!t c ould be able to c did c basement c have c ouldn:t /3

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READING
' (ead the article about eating. Choose the correct answer. 1 If people are over eight, they a may not have much energy. b usually do enough e;ercise. c never have headaches. 2 ... have developed a machine to help people lose eight. a $cientists all over <urope b 'ritish scientists c 'ritish and <uropean scientists 3 #he 3andometer a measures your eight before you start eating. b calculates ho much food you should eat in each meal. c tells you if you are eating your food too fast. 4 ,hen you eat too fast, a you send a message to your brain. b you don!t kno hen to stop eating.

c your stomach never gets full. 5 In an e;periment in 'ritain, the young people a didn!t lose any eight. b ate meals that ere the same si=e. c learned not to eat so fast. $ <ating slo ly a is only good for over eight people. b is healthier for everyone. 7

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c doesn!t affect ho you digest food. ' #o help you eat more slo ly you should a eat small mouthfuls. b atch television. c eat alone. /7

)hy eating slowly is good >eople ho are over eight .too fat/ can have a lot of health problems, from headaches to lo energy. It can also be hard for them to do enough e;ercise. $cientists all over <urope are particularly orried about the increasing number of young people ho are over eight or obese. "o , 'ritish scientists have invented a ne machine hich they hope ill help young people to lose eight. #he machine, called the 3andometer, has a small computer inside it and it can !talk! to users. ?uring meal times, users put their plate on the machine and it calculates the eight of the food. ,hen they start eating, it continues to measure the eight. #hen it tells them if they are eating too 1uickly. "utritionists kno that people ho eat too fast often put on eight. ,hy"ormally, hen the stomach is full, it sends a message to the brain to tell it to stop eating. ,hen you eat too fast this message doesn!t go to the brain correctly so you eat too much. <;perts hope that this machine can help people develop better eating habits. In a recent e;periment in 'ritain, +)9 over eight children and teenagers used the 3andometer to help them learn to eat more slo ly. 2s a result, they ate meals that ere (@ smaller and started to lose eight. <ating more slo ly isn!t just good for over eight people, it!s good for everyone because the body digests food better. #ry these tips for eating more slo ly. >ut a small amount of food in your mouth each time and che ell. ,hen you feel full, stop eating. ?on!t eat in front of the #A. ,hen people atch #A hile they are eating, they eat more 1uickly. Binally, try to sit at a table and eat as a family because hen people eat alone, they eat more 1uickly.

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LISTENING
* 5 +isten to the radio programme. ,atch the spea ers 1-$ with the statements a-g. !here is one e.tra statement. 1 2 2ndy 'eth 3 Chris 4 ?avid 5 <llen $ Biona

a !I ish the people outside ouldn!t shout and ake me up.! b !I ish I had a good vie .! c !If I had more money, I!d move to a house ith more space.! d !If it as possible, I!d like some shops near my house.! e !I ish the house asn!t so messy.! f !I ish the alls ere thicker and I couldn!t hear my neighbours.! g !I ish the house asn!t so cold in inter.! /6

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COMMUNICATION
/ Complete the speech about reality !0 programmes with one word in each gap. !#here are + _________ reasons hy I don!t like reality #A. Birstly, the programmes are really boring.5________, they are too long. $econdly, the people on the programme often behave badly.6________everyone should behave better- Binally, if e didn!t have reality #A, the #A companies could spend the money on making some good programmes. In my 7________, that ould be a good thing. On the 8________hand, many people seem to enjoy reality #A. #hey enjoy the sho s. #o 9________up, I think e should have less reality #A. (________, I think everyone ould be happier if e had more variety of programmes.! /7

10 Complete the dialogue with the phrases below. $ure, no problem. #hat:s very kind of you. $hall I put them over here,ould you mind doing that-

?o you ant me to do something-

12 ,e!ve got three hours to organise the party. 32 + __________________________________________________________________ 12 Could you make some sand iches32 5 __________________________________________________ 12 ,e need to move the table and chairs. 6 44444444444444444444444444 C2 &es, all right. I can do it no .

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12 #hanks.7 _________________________________________ 32 I!ve made the sand iches.8 ____________________ /5

Marks %$&a'ula#( and )#amma# ,eading Listening C$mmuni&ati$n Total * + ma#ks *7 ma#ks *- ma#ks *" ma#ks /5! "arks

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