Aim High TB1 Test 2

2 Test
1 Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences, replacing the underlined words with a suitable word
or expression.
1 My favourite hobby is riding a bike.
My favourite hobby is ________.
2 It’s not safe to swim in the sea today.
It’s ________ to swim in the sea today.
3 Those boys often use physical force together.
Those boys often ________ together.
4 It’s very difficult to become a professional athlete.
It’s very ________ to become a professional athlete.
5 Soldiers walk in regular steps when they go from one place to another.
Soldiers ________ when they go from one place to another.
6 They looked at the list of days and months before planning their holiday.
They looked at the ________ before planning their holiday.
7 It’s not typical for students to live away from home.
It’s ________ for students to live away from home.
8 At the theatre, I stay in my seat during the short break.
At the theatre, I stay in my seat during the ________.
9 Residents often go for a pleasant walk through the park at weekends.
Residents often ________ through the park at weekends.
10 In football, you hit the ball with your foot into the net.
In football, you ________ the ball into the net.
Marks: __ /10
2 Complete the text.

Being a basketball player isn’t 1________. In fact, it’s quite hard as you have to
2
________ a lot. A 3________ day for a professional player starts early in the morning
at the arena. The players begin with a warm up; first of all they 4________ around the
court slowly and then they 5________ very fast from one end to the other. After that,
they get close to the net and 6________ shooting. Basketball players also need to
develop mental strategies for dealing with their opponents, so, after a short
7
________, they get together again and watch DVDs of matches of other teams. They
have to work out how to 8________ as well as attack. The training 9________ is much
harder just before a match, but after a match the team has a 10________ for two days.
Marks: __ /10
Reading
3 Read the text and complete the sentences.
Made in Spain
Rafa Nadal is a professional Spanish tennis player. He has won six Grand Slam
singles titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. Nadal became the World
No. 1 in August 2008 after beating Roger Federer at Wimbledon in one of the best
games ever played there. He subsequently lost this position to Federer again after the
Swiss player’s triumph at the Madrid Masters in July 2009.
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One of Nadal’s uncles Toni Nadal, a former professional tennis player, introduced
him to tennis when he was three years old. He has been coaching him ever since. His
other uncle is a retired professional football player. Until Nadal was twelve he played
tennis and football all the time. At this point his father made him choose between the
two sports so that he would still have time for his school work. By the age of sixteen,
Nadal was ranked in the world’s top 50 players.
1 Rafa Nadal is from ________.

2 ________ won the 2009 Madrid Masters.
3 Nadal has been playing tennis since he was ________.
4 ________ of Nadal’s relatives used to be professional sportsmen.
5 Nadal stopped playing ________ when he was twelve.
Marks: __ /5
4 Read the text again and answer the questions with a complete sentence.
1 What did Nadal win in the 2008 Olympic Games?
________________________________________________________
2 How long was Nadal ranked Number 1 in the world?
________________________________________________________
3 Who is Nadal’s coach?
________________________________________________________
4 Why did Nadal give up playing football?
________________________________________________________
5 What did Nadal achieve when he was sixteen?
________________________________________________________
Marks: __ /15
Grammar
5 Write the questions.
1 _______________________________________________________?
Peter goes to school by bus.
2 _______________________________________________________?
Yes, I have. I’ve got five brothers and sisters.
3 _______________________________________________________?
We have lunch at one o’clock.
4 _______________________________________________________?
My sister likes classical music.
5 _______________________________________________________?
Yes, she does. My teacher speaks perfect English.
6 _______________________________________________________?
I go swimming twice a week.
7 _______________________________________________________?
I play chess with my cousin.
8 _______________________________________________________?
Yes, they are. My dad’s from Cairo and my mum’s from Alexandria.
9 _______________________________________________________?
Gary plays football in the park.
10 _______________________________________________________?

My hobbies are rollerblading and ice skating.
Marks: __ /10

6 Order the words to write sentences. Put the adverbs in brackets in the correct
place.
1 my brother / do the washing-up / after / dinner (never)
________________________________________________________
2 we / not read a newspaper / at the weekend (often)
________________________________________________________
3 my cousins / be at my house / after school (always)
________________________________________________________
4 John / not listen to music / when / he / be / in his room (usually)
________________________________________________________
5 they / be late for school / when / they / catch the bus? (sometimes)
_______________________________________________________?
6 Tina / not do her homework / before / she / go out (always)
________________________________________________________
7 I / be ill / during the summer holidays (hardly ever)
________________________________________________________
8 you / watch TV / before / you / go to bed? (usually)
_______________________________________________________?
9 gymnastics / not be easy / when / you / start (often)
________________________________________________________
10 my sisters and I / argue / when / my parents / be home (hardly ever)
________________________________________________________
Marks: __ /10
Language skills
7 Complete the dialogue.
Emily Have you 1________ a computer?
Jessica Yes, I have.
Emily How 2________ do you play computer 3________?
Jessica Well, I hardly 4________ play during the week because I’ve got
a lot of homework. But at weekends I have more 5________
time and so I sometimes play in the morning.
Emily Do you 6________ sport at the weekend?
Jessica Yes, I do. I really 7________ cycling, so every Saturday
afternoon I meet some friends and we 8________ cycling.
I 9________ like ice skating too but not as much, so we
sometimes go to the ice rink.
Emily Do you play any team sports?
Jessica No, I don’t. I 10________ like hockey and I’m not very good at
basketball.
Marks: __ /10
8 Complete the mini-dialogues.

Dialogue 1
A What do you think of swimming?
B 1_____________________________________________________
I go to the swimming pool every day.

A How often do you go jogging?
B 2_____________________________________________________
I hate it!
Dialogue 2
A 3_____________________________________________________?
B In my free time I read and listen to music.
A 4_____________________________________________________?
B I play hockey and tennis.
A 5_____________________________________________________?
B No, I don’t. I hate football!
Marks: __ /10
Writing
9 Imagine you have a computer club. Write an announcement for your club.
Write about 70 words and include the following information:
• when you meet
• where you meet
• what you do every week
• what you do every month
• what your phone number and / or email address is
Marks: __ /20
TOTAL: __ /100

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2 Complete the text.

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1 Rafa Nadal is from ________.

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8 Complete the mini-dialogues.

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