Tests Answer key

Skills Test 2A*

Listening Exercise 6
Exercise 1 1 b
1 b Exercise 7
2 b 1 F
3 b 2 T
4 a 3 T
Exercise 2 4 T
1 69 5 F
2 35 6 F
3 31 7 T
4 16 8 F
5 85 9 T
6 23
Exercise 3 Writing
1 T Exercise 8
2 T 1 the most famous
3 F 2 athletes
4 T 3 was
5 F 4 spent
6 T 5 street.
7 F 6 became
8 F 7 world’s
9 F 8 Berlin
10 T 9 seconds
10 runner
Reading
Exercise 9
Exercise 4 1 so
1 F 2 because
2 T 3 because
3 T 4 so
4 F 5 because
5 T
Exercise 10
6 F
Students’ own answers
Exercise 5
1 (fishing) boats
2 fish and chips
3 crocodile
4 1890

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 Tests Answer key

Skills Test 2B*

Listening
Exercise 1 Exercise 7
1 media 1 a
2 newspapers
3 school bus Exercise 8
1 T
Exercise 2
2 T
1 F 3 F
2 T 4 F
3 T 5 T
4 F 6 F
5 T 7 T
6 T 8 F
7 F 9 T
Exercise 3
1 d Writing
2 a
3 c Exercise 9
4 e 1 born
5 b 2 became
3 young
Exercise 4 4 studied
1 Jenna 5 wanted
2 Lake 6 right
3 tent 7 However,
4 book 8 Berlin
5 scared 9 Games.
10 Britain’s
Reading Exercise 10
1 because
Exercise 5
2 so
1 E 3 so
2 D 4 because
3 F 5 so
4 A
5 C Exercise 11
6 B Students’ own answers
Exercise 6
1 F
2 T
3 F
4 T

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Skills Test 2A**

Listening
Exercise 1 Exercise 7
1 b 1 c
2 b Exercise 8
3 b
1 F
4 a
2 DK
Exercise 2 3 F
1 watching the news 4 T
2 news websites 5 F
3 every day 6 F
4 current affairs shows 7 T
5 important events 8 F
6 newspapers 9 T
Exercise 3
1 T Writing
2 F Exercise 9
3 F
Usain Bolt is one of the most famous
4 DK
athletes in the world. He was born in
Exercise 4 Jamaica in 1986. When he was a
1 You choose(!) child, he spent a lot of time playing
2 She’s sixteen/16. cricket and soccer in the street. He
3 In a tent. became the world’s fastest man in
4 She enjoyed canoeing. 2009 at the World Championships in
5 She was worried. Berlin. He ran 100 meters in 9.58
6 last / on Saturday / a week ago seconds. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics
he won three gold medals, and he also
won three gold medals at the 2012
Reading London Olympic Games. Most people
Exercise 5 think he is the greatest runner in the
world.
1 F
2 T Exercise 10
3 T 1 so
4 F 2 because
5 DK 3 because
6 F 4 so
Exercise 6 5 because
1 You can see fishing boats Exercise 11
2 You can eat fish and chips. Students’ own answers
3 They found a fossil crocodile.
4 He visited in 1890.

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 Tests Answer key

Skills Test 2B**

Listening Exercise 6
Exercise 1 1 a
1 (monthly) magazine Exercise 7
2 (the) national news 1 T
3 podcasts 2 T
Exercise 2 3 F
1 F 4 F
2 T 5 DK
3 T 6 F
4 F 7 T
5 T 8 F
6 F 9 DK
7 DK
Exercise 3 Writing
1 T Exercise 8
2 T Jessica Ennis was born in 1986 in
3 F Sheffield, England. She became
4 T interested in athletics when she was
5 DK very young. When she finished school,
6 DK she studied psychology at the
7 F University of Sheffield and graduated
8 DK in 2007. She wanted to take part in the
9 T heptathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympic
10 F Games, but she had a problem with
her right foot. However, in 2009 she
Reading won a gold medal at the 2009 World
Championships in Berlin, and she also
Exercise 4 won a gold medal at the 2012 London
1 F Olympic Games. She is one of
2 E Britain’s most popular athletes.
3 H Exercise 9
4 A
5 D 1 because
6 C 2 so
3 so
Exercise 5 4 because
1 F 5 so
2 T Exercise 10
3 F
4 DK Students’ own answers

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