Name _______________________________________

B1 End-of-course test A

1  Listen to a woman talking about her work as 2 Complete the email with words in the box. You
a pilot. For questions 1–5, choose the best may need to make some changes to some of the
answer, a, b or c. words. There are three extra words that you
don’t need.
1 Olivia had her first flying lessons _____.
a when she was a child guilty depend leave carry
b after she left university middle way experience (n) enjoy
c while studying for her degree stress possible can (n) traffic
reliable
2 Olivia got the job she does now _____.
a by responding to an advert Hi Milan
b thanks to people her flying instructor knew
I just want to let you know that I didn’t manage to get
c after doing lots of interview practice with her
to the solicitor’s office to sign those papers. I’m really
parents
sorry, but it was just 1__________ because I had a bad
2
__________ today. I decided to drive to the office
3 Olivia regularly communicated with the Senior
because the buses around here are so 3__________.
First Officer _____.
Anyway, I left home after lunch, and I was on my
a by phone 4
__________ to the office, when I realized that there
b in person
was something wrong with the car. I 5__________ on
c via the internet
driving because I didn’t want to be late. Then, the car
suddenly stopped and I saw that there was no petrol
4 Olivia’s job as First Officer involves _____. 6
__________! I thought I could just go to a petrol
a planning flight times
station and perhaps buy a 7__________ of petrol, but
b doing some paperwork
the nearest one was miles away. I called a taxi to take
c making decisions about the crew
me there, but it took ages to come. The whole thing
was really 8__________ and now I feel really
5 Olivia says that, in particular, she enjoys _____. 9
__________ because I know you wanted me to go
a working with her colleagues
there today. I’ll go first thing tomorrow morning, and
b admiring the various views
I’ll call you when everything’s ready. Anyway, I hope
c chatting to the passengers
your evening will be more 10__________ than my day!
2 points for each correct answer 10 I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
Anya
Listen again. For questions 6–10, decide if the
statement is true (T) or false (F).
2 points for each correct answer 20

6 Olivia had to do some tests in order to get her job as

a pilot. _____
7 Olivia stayed in the same location when she began
working for the airline. _____
8 Olivia explains that pilots are automatically
promoted after a period of time. _____
9 Both pilots check the outside of the plane before a
flight. _____
10 Olivia is happy to get up early for her job. _____

2 points for each correct answer 10

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B1 End-of-course test A

3 Read the text about the benefits of music. The C Many people listen to soft music to help them
reading passage has six paragraphs A–F. Which fall asleep. This practice is supported by studies in a
paragraph contains the following information? variety of settings. The advice is to avoid listening to
Write the correct letter. There is one paragraph lively dance music before you aim to fall asleep.
you don’t need. However, if you’re trying to wake up in the morning,
go for fast-tempo music rather than lullabies.
1 The health benefits of positive thinking. _____
2 The range of age groups that music can bring D Music has further benefits when it comes to
benefits to. _____ learning, according to some organizations. Research
3 The results of a test to see how clever people are. has shown that studying and playing music may
_____ actually help students improve their grades overall.
4 The help that music can give for some school This may be because the human brain works very
subjects. _____ much in the same way patterns do in music. How
5 The benefits of music for society in general. _____ exactly this works is still unknown; what we do know,
however, is that the thought patterns that people have
2 points for each correct answer 10 while creating music help increase language-learning
skills and maths.
The Benefits of Music
E Social skills also benefit when people are
A Much research has been done into the benefits exposed to music. One musician famously said that
of music. Music helps babies to develop in their music is the language of the universe – bringing people
mothers’ wombs even before birth, and it also helps together, and allowing people from all parts of the
everyone from young children right up to the elderly to world to experience similar feelings. It can fill in any
understand and manage everyday feelings such as gaps or differences between cultures in a way that
happiness or sadness. Many people have favourite spoken language cannot.
songs for certain situations; when they feel angry, for
F Some research shows that people who play
example, they know exactly which music to listen to in
music have better-developed communication between
order to give them the calm they need at that moment.
the left and right sides of their brain. Experts say that
Music has the ability to very successfully express the
playing music helps to send messages to the brain.
exact same feelings that people have.
These messages then result in other brain activity. In
B As well as changing people’s mood, music can fact, experiments have produced some fascinating
also help people who are in pain. Two groups of results. When a selection of people were asked to take
patients took part in a recent scientific test – one group a well-known test to find out how intelligent they are,
listened to music for an hour each day for a week, and those who listened to a famous piece of classical music
the other didn’t. The data was examined and a report while doing the test scored considerably more points
of the results was published. This showed that people’s than those who didn’t listen to music.
idea of pain was reduced by up to 21%; the people
who listened to music reported an improvement in
their condition, compared with those who hadn’t
listened to music. The explanation scientists give is
that as listening to music puts people in a better mood,
they feel less negative. Patients experiencing negative
energy almost always take longer to recover than those
who don’t feel like this.

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B1 End-of-course test A

4 Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 5 A That woman is so rude!
If there is no information about this, choose ‘not
B Why? What happened?
given’ (NG).
A I introduced myself and tried to s__________
1 Romantic music can improve peoples’ moods. her hand and she just walked away.
_____
2 Patients who listen to music get better faster than 2 points for each correct answer 10
patients who don’t. _____
6 Complete the text with a suitable word. Use one
3 The best time of day to listen to soft music is early
word in each space.
in the morning. _____
4 Music can help students have better relationships A New Language
with their teachers. _____
5 Playing a musical instrument increases the size of You may know about some of the world’s oldest
the left side of the brain. _____ languages, but have you heard 1___________ the
newest one? The latest language to join the list of the
2 points for each correct answer 10 world’s official languages was discovered in Australia,
in a tiny community called Lajamanu, which is on the
5 Complete the mini-dialogues with a suitable edge of the Tanami Desert. It’s called Light Warlpiri,
word. The first letter has been given. and it is 2___________ by only 350 people, all under
the age of 35.
1 A Stop! You can’t drive there. It’s a
p__________ area, so it’s for walking only. Professor Carmel O’Shannessy, 3___________ teaches
at the University of Michigan in the US, has published
B Oh, sorry. I didn’t see the sign. 4
___________ report on the language. O’Shannessy
first discovered Light Warlpiri when she began
5
2 A Are you OK? You look worried. ___________ with students in a school in the
Northern Territories in Australia, 6___________
B I’ve got my driving test later, so I’m feeling a traditional Warlpiri is taught. She noticed that during a
bit a__________. single conversation, some 7___________ the students
A Good luck! changed languages from English and the Kriol
language to a language we now know to be called
Light Warlpiri . She decided 8___________ do some
3 A I’m so sorry about your vase. It just slipped research on Light Warlpiri, and she has studied this
out of my hand and smashed. language 9___________ that time.
B It really doesn’t matter. It wasn’t According to O’Shannessy, most of 10___________
v__________. verbs in Light Warlpiri come from English or Kriol,
but the rest of the grammar comes from traditional
Warlpiri. She believes Light Warlpiri was born in the
4 A Shall we ask Rakesh to wait for us? 1970s or 1980s.
B You must be joking! You know how
i__________ he is – he hates waiting! 2 points for each correct answer 20

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B1 End-of-course test A

4 A Sorry, I keep losing the phone signal.

7 Choose the best response to the following
statements. B Yes, ____________ Is that better now?
a it’s a bad connection.
1 A So it’s the building on the left after the traffic
b please speak up
lights?
c what do you mean by breaking up?
B ____________ . You can’t miss it.
5 A So, what qualifications have you got?
a Turn right.
B ____________
b Is that right?
c That’s right. a I’m good at working with others.
b I’ve got a degree in computer science.
2 A I’m afraid I can’t make Tuesday because of
c I’m currently working for a small company.
work.
B ____________ meeting on Wednesday 2 points for each correct answer 10
instead?
End-of-course test A total 100
a How about
b Could we
c Would you like to
3 A Have you heard the news? My car was stolen
yesterday.
B ____________! I hope the police will find it.
a How fantastic
b I’m really happy for you
c That’s awful

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