Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

adventurous | affordable | furious | jealous | remarkable | remote | scared | valuable

1. If somebody is jealous of you, they want something that you’ve got.

2. If somebody is furious, they are very cross or angry.

3. If something is affordable, people who don’t earn much money are able to buy or
rent it.

4. If somebody is adventurous, they are willing to try new, often difficult or dangerous
things.

5. If something is remarkable, it is unusual in a good way, and people notice it.

6. If something is valuable, it is important and is worth a lot of money.

7. If a place is remote, it is far away from important towns and cities.

8. If somebody is scared, they are afraid of something.

2. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. There are lots of great actors in the piece / cast / charts of Star Wars.
cast

2. It was a lovely island and the local ancestors / myths / inhabitants were friendly.
inhabitants

3. I’m sorry, I’m not hungry – I seem to have lost my appetite / temper / stomach.
appetite

4. If you want to help, you should offer her a bit more agreement / concentration /
encouragement.
encouragement

5. I’m running a marathon for charity – do you want to be my sample / sponsor /

launch?
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6. I liked the music, but I couldn’t understand the contents / lyrics / outskirts.
lyrics

7. You should take your belongings / surroundings / contents and leave immediately.
belongings

8. I think a person’s relationship / personality / enjoyment is more important than their

appearance.
personality

3. Complete the text with the words from the list. There are four words you
don’t need.

bear | best | date | have | goals | most | patient | record | stay | temper | time | track

It’s hard to get a job these days so my dad decided to 1have a go at being self-
employed. He says the satisfaction of achieving your 2goals is great, but you have to
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bear in mind that there’s a lot of paperwork, and you can’t afford to lose 4track of
your finances. He always tries to keep his accounts up to 5date. Most of his work is
on the computer, and he often loses his 6temper because our internet connection is
so slow. The speed is better at night and he often works late to make the 7most of it.
My dad’s great, he’s an optimist and he always try to see the 8best in people and
situations.

4. Complete the sentences using the correct form of a verb from A and a word
from B.

A  fall | go | go | keep | look | pull | take | weigh

B  after | along | into | off | out | over | up | up

1. Mike takes after his father – both of them are equally optimistic.

2. Please can you slow down a bit, I’m finding it hard to keep up with you?
3. My sister has fallen out with my brother and they argue all the time.

4. Before you decide, you should weigh up the advantages and disadvantages.

5. The police signalled for the driver to pull over onto the side of the road.

6. The idea wasn’t perfect, but I went along with it because there was nothing better.

7. Jon broke his arm playing rugby, and he went off the sport after that.

8. Mr North hardly paid any tax last year and the inspectors are looking into it.

Grammar

5. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. Angela said she was tired because she has worked / had worked / had been
working since 6 o’clock that morning.
had been working

2. George has visited / has been visiting / had visited Paris three times but he’s never
seen the Eiffel Tower.
has visited

3. This time tomorrow, you will be sitting / will sit / are going to sit on the train to
London.
will be sitting

4. I had problems driving in England because I wasn’t used to drive / to be driving / to

driving on the left.
to driving

5. I’d have missed the bus if I was arriving / had arrived / have arrived any later.
had arrived

6. I can’t stand waiting / to wait / wait in queues at the bank.

waiting

7. When I got home, I found that someone broke / had broken / was broken the
window.
had broken
8. They said the new books would be sending / be sent / send by post.
be sent

6. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the list. There are some words
you don’t need.

can | can’t | had | hadn’t | hadn’t | have | mightn’t | must | needn’t | ought | should |
used | would

1. My grandfather would spend hours sitting in that armchair when he lived here.

2. Running ten marathons in ten days can’t have been easy for you – it’s very, very
difficult.

3. Working nights is hard at first, but you get used to it.

4. Dad drove me to the airport so I didn’t have to take a taxi.

5. There’s plenty of time, we needn’t rush.

6. It’s raining – we should have brought our umbrellas!

7. I can’t get through to Tom’s phone – he must have switched it off.

8. There was no direct train – I had to go via London.

7. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be.

1. Don’t worry, you will be given plenty of help.

2. Oh no – my bike has been stolen!

3. She didn’t want her hair to be washed.

4. I’ll never forget being awarded first prize.

5. Joanna said she was not told about the cancellation.

6. If I were you, I’d be a bit more careful.

7. The boy who had been hurt was taken to hospital.

8. Emma, who’s feeling hungry, is being given something to eat.

8. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. time / want / television / didn’t / watching / waste / We / to

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We didn’t want to waste time watching television.

2. bit / got / this / work / I’ve / evening / do / a / of / to

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I’ve got a bit of work to do this evening.

3. the / me / the / that / dog / That’s / leg / bit / on

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That’s the dog that bit me on the leg.

4. getting / early / get / to / so / never / I’ll / used / up

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I’ll never get used to getting up so early.

5. lift / her / turned / I / she / down / offered / a / but / it

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I offered her a lift but she turned it down.

6. be / always / last / informed / am / to / Why / I / the ?

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Why am I always the last to be informed?

7. been / homework / told / his / he’d / Mike / me / doing

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Mike told me he’d been doing his homework.

8. have / without / me / shouldn’t / out / telling / You / gone

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You shouldn’t have gone out without telling me.
Listening

9. You will hear Tina telling her friend about fossil collector Mary Anning. Listen
and choose the correct answers.

1. Mary Anning was ahead of her time because __________

a) she discovered a new dinosaur.

b) she was a scientist.
c) she did things that weren’t permitted.

2. Mary first became interested in geology __________

a) when her father paid her to look for fossils.

b) when she helped her father in his work.
c) because both her parents were experts.

3. When Mary made her big discovery __________

a) no one believed it was a dinosaur.

b) she didn’t get recognition for her it.
c) it didn’t appear in any geology books.

4. Later on in life __________

a) Mary wrote a book about her life.

b) Mary became a successful scientist.
c) people often asked for Mary’s professional opinion.

5. When Mary was a baby __________

a) she survived a terrible accident.

b) she almost drowned in the bath.
c) she was nearly killed by a neighbour.
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Chris: Hi Tina. What’s that you’re reading?

Tina: It’s a book about a woman called Mary Anning who discovered the fossils of a
new dinosaur back near the beginning of the 19th century – 1821, I think it was.

Chris: Oh yeah – is that interesting?

Tina: It is actually. I mean, back in those days, women weren’t expected to contribute
to science and things like that – they were supposed to stay at home looking after the
children, so she was really ahead of her time.

Chris: So how did she get interested in dinosaurs in the first place then? I mean, I
don’t suppose she was encouraged to do so by her parents.

Tina: Well actually, her dad used to make some extra cash by collecting fossils, you
know, dinosaur bones, because back in those days rich collectors would pay for that
kind of thing. So Mary and her brother used to go out with her dad to help, and that’s
how she got started, and then little by little, she grew to be quite an expert, and she
was able to tell exactly what part of the animal the bone was from.

Chris: And you say she found a new dinosaur?

Tina: Yes, it was a huge sea creature with a head like a crocodile and a body like a
dolphin.

Chris: Weird!

Tina: I know. So she found all the bones of this animal and pieced it all together, but
she never got the credit in the geology books of the time. I mean, at that time,
nobody would believe that any woman could make a serious contribution to science,
let alone a poor, uneducated woman such as Mary Anning. The Geological Society of
London wouldn’t allow female members till around nineteen oh four. Mary’s
discoveries were usually credited to the rich gentlemen who bought the fossils from
her. That’s so unfair, isn’t it?

Chris: Yeah, it really is. Did Mary have any success at all in her life?

Tina: Well, she did earn quite a lot of respect, and people would come to consult her,
because she became recognised as an expert. But unfortunately, she died quite
young. Mind you, people didn’t live so long in those days, anyway.

Chris: No, right. Sounds like an interesting book.

Tina: It is. Mary Anning was amazing in so many ways. In fact, even as a baby her
life was amazing. One day she was being held by a neighbour, who was standing
with two other women under a tree when lightning struck the tree killing all three
women. She was rushed home and was revived in a bath of hot water!

Chris: Really? That’s almost unbelievable.

Tina: I know.

Chris: I guess you must have nearly finished the book then? You seem to know
everything about this woman already.

Tina: Yeah, I’ve only got about ten pages left to go. Do you want to borrow it after?

Chris: Yes, that would be good, actually. I’m on the lookout for something good to
read. Thanks.

Reading

10. Read the article and put the paragraphs A–F in the correct order.

Scotland’s Super Eco-Pensioner

A  So how does Maureen get around, if she can’t travel on wheels? Simple – she
walks or runs whenever she needs to go anywhere. From her small flat in the
suburbs of Edinburgh, it takes her just under an hour to reach the city centre. It’s not
always pleasant – the weather in Scotland is often very wet – but Maureen certainly
keeps very fit. She doesn’t have to worry about being overweight like many people of
her age. So where does Maureen go for her holidays? Well, obviously not the sunny
beaches of Spain. If she feels the need to go away for a break, she simply walks off
into the Scottish countryside. [______]

B  Maureen McDonald is 65 years old and hasn’t caught a bus in nearly 40 years.
Nor has she travelled by car, train or plane. She made the decision to stop using any
form of motorized transport, not because of any fear or phobia, but because she
wanted to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. According to Maureen, the
people of the world use too much energy. Globally, we use more resources than the
planet can sustain, and we must either reduce our consumption or destroy our
planet. [______]

C  So no heating! Raw vegetables! What does Maureen hope to achieve by living the
way she does? After all, one person can’t save the planet single-handedly. What
difference can she make, if everybody else continues to consume more and more
energy? According to Maureen, she wants to lead by example. She wants to prove to
the world that it is possible to live well without burning up the world’s natural
resources. She sees her life as an experiment to show people an alternative.
[______]

D  But Maureen’s energy-efficient lifestyle doesn’t just involve not travelling in

vehicles. Another way in which we consume energy is in heating our homes, and so
Maureen has stopped doing so. She won’t switch on the heating, even in winter. So
how does she manage to keep warm? She just puts on another layer of clothing or
does half an hour of exercise. Maureen doesn’t waste any fuel in cooking either. She
eats only raw, vegetarian food. She lives on fruit, vegetables, seeds and nuts. She
stopped eating meat when she discovered how the beef industry damages the
rainforest. Now she has got so used to her low-fat, high fibre diet that she can’t
imagine returning to the normal cooked food that most of her neighbours eat.
[______]

E  Maureen has one more electrical appliance that she likes to use – an electric
kettle. She uses it to make hot drinks, which she enjoys immensely. She also uses it
to make hot water for washing. She usually tries to wash in cold water, but once in a
while she allows herself the luxury of hot water, especially in winter when the
temperatures in her flat can be freezing! "It takes a lot of discipline to live this way,"
she says, "But I couldn’t change now, even if I wanted to!" [______]

F  Despite these strong convictions, Maureen’s lifestyle is not completely zero-

energy. She has to admit that she does use some electricity – but only a very little.
She has one low-energy light bulb and a radio. She got rid of her television 20 years
ago, and she doesn’t miss it. She thinks that almost everything on TV is rubbish.
[______]
A2
B1
C4
D3
E6
F5

Writing

11. You are taking part in a story-writing competition. You have been asked to
write a story beginning: When I left the house that morning, I had no idea of the
adventures to come.
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•  a race against time

•  an unusual vehicle

Write about 200 words.

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Students’ own answers.

Speaking

12. A   Write the words in the correct order in A to make questions. Then
complete the B questions.

B   Ask and answer the questions in exercise A with a partner.

1. A: read / often / you / news / the / how / do / to

    ____________________________________________________________?

    B: Where ____________________________________________________?

How often do you read the news?

Where do you read the newspaper?

2. A: a / ever / magazine / newspaper / you / do / buy / or

    ____________________________________________________________?

    B: What _____________________________________________________?

Do you ever buy a newspaper or magazine/magazine or newspaper?

What kind of newspaper/magazine do you buy?

3. A: you / what / do / television / watch / on

    ____________________________________________________________?

    B: How many hours ____________________________________________?

What do you watch on television?

How many hours television do you watch?

4. A: lot / media / do / time / a / social / you / on / spend / of

    ____________________________________________________________?

    B: Which sites ________________________________________________?

Do you spend a lot of time on social media?

Which sites do you use/visit most?

5. A: entertainment / your / form / what’s / favourite / of

    ____________________________________________________________?

    B: Why ______________________________________________________?

What’s your favourite form of entertainment?

Why is it your favourite?