End-of-Year

Standard Test

GRAMMAR 3 By the time we arrived at the theater, the

1 Circle the correct options. movie (already / start).

1 … your homework yet? It’s time for dinner. 4 Unfortunately, we

(not finish) our exams by the end of May.
a Have you finished c Are you finishing
b Have you been finishing 5 In 20 years, people (eat) far
2 How long … fashion design? less meat than they do now.
a have you studied c have you been studying 5
b do you study 4 Correct the underlined mistakes.
3 This checkered coat is really nice, and it’s only 1 The earliest cities are built several thousand
… more expensive than the spotted one. years ago.
a far b a little c really 2 When I was a child, our family would live in
4 For some, learning about art is … more Chile.
interesting than learning about science.
3 Look at that stunning view! Angela would love
a fairly b far c totally
to be here, didn’t she?
5 I … a picture of 3-D printed clothes before I
started reading this book. 4 If you don’t take risks from time to time, you
a had never seen c never saw wouldn’t achieve anything.
b have never seen 5 If I would have had the opportunity, I would
5 have gone to Seoul.
2 Complete with the verbs in the box. 5

need might must should will have to 5 Check (✓) the correct words in bold. Replace the
incorrect words.
1 You want to play tennis in this freezing The Jones family had a lucky escape when they 1are
weather? You be kidding! It’s lost in the Arizona desert. They had
-10° out there. forgotten 2charging their cell phones
2 Don’t eat wild mushrooms if you’re not sure before they left the city of Tucson,
about them. They be poisonous. so they 3couldn’t call for help. After
3 People to protect their eyes from driving for two hours, they stopped
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sunlight because it can damage their eyesight. to look at the map and realized they
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4 We don’t have any milk left. You have taken the wrong road. Things
got worse when they began arguing with
drink coffee without it. 6
themselves . Mr. Jones insisted that
5 Everyone have a thorough eye 7
they were going in the right direction,
test at least once a year. but Mrs. Jones suggested 8to turn around
5 and driving back to Tucson. Eventually, they ran out
of gas and were stuck in the middle of nowhere.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
After a while, a farmer, 9which was driving
the verbs in parentheses.
along the same track, drove them back to Tucson-
1 I’m not sure if I can see you tonight. I which was just 5 kilometers away, because they
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drove in a circle.
(call) you later and let you know.
2 I (used to I play) tennis a lot
when I was younger, but I hardly ever play it
now.

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VOCABULARY LISTENING
6 Complete the sentences with the words in the 9 Listen to a virtual tour of the Italian city of
box. You do not need all the words. Venice. Are the sentences T (true), F (false),
or DS (doesn’t say)?
bake end up get lens obstacles
opportunities roast settle down 1 Venice has more than 150 canals and
about 400 bridges. ____
1 It sometimes takes a pretty long time to 2 Venice is often crowded because there
in a new school. are a lot of festivals there. ____
2 Read the map carefully and make sure you 3 There are more than 4,000 churches
don’t in the wrong place. in Venice. ____
3 the bread in the oven for 4 There are more than 170 famous
15 minutes. buildings on both sides of the Grand Canal.____
4 Remember to clean the with 5 The church on St. Mark’s Square is
the special cloth before you take a photo. not well-known. ____
5 If you want to be successful, you may need to
overcome a lot of . 5
10 Listen again. Complete the sentences.
5
1 How many small islands is Venice built on?
7 Complete the words in the sentences. Venice is built on .
1 Everyone was really a d when they 2 When do large cruise ships visit Venice?
heard her funny story. Large cruise ships visit Venice
2 Thank you, everyone. I’m really .
g l for your help.
3 How long is the Grand Canal?
3 He’s really e r to go to college. He
The Grand Canal is .
simply can’t wait for the first lecture!
4 It’s one of the most r s 4 What is the Doge’s Palace used as nowadays?
excuses I have ever heard. It is used as .
5 Angela was absolutely t d 5 What dessert does the speaker think visitors to
when she got her exam results. She looked so Venice have to try?
happy! The speaker thinks visitors have to try some
5 .
8 Circle the correct options. 10

A couple of weeks ago, I went with a group of

friends to 1… a new restaurant in our town. We
were all really looking forward to tasting the food.
However, when the food 2… came, we were all
very disappointed. One of my friends 3… that his
food was cold, while another said her chocolate
ice cream 4… cheese. When we complained to the
waiter, he apologized and 5… to take any money
for our meals.

1 a try out b go through c sign up

2 a gradually b eventually c occasionally
3 a complained b admitted c confirmed
4 a felt like b sounded like c tasted like
5 a denied b refused c announced
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READING 11 Read the text. Put the headings (a–e) in the
correct place (1–5) in the text.
What is Vegan Clothing? a Vegan food
(1) ( ) b Materials in vegan clothing
More and more people around the world are c The number of vegans
adopting a vegan lifestyle. The latest statistics show
that around 3% of adults in the US claim that they d Veganism and the environment
are vegan, while about 4% of the population of e Materials in traditional clothing
Sweden is believed to be vegan now. These 5
percentages have been increasing gradually over
the last 20 years. 12 Read the text again. Circle the correct options.
(2) ( ) 1 The number of vegans … .
Veganism is mainly evident in the food that people a is increasing little by little
eat. Vegans do not eat any food product that is
b is increasing rapidly
derived from animals, such as meat, eggs, or
cheese. However, a vegan lifestyle is not restricted c is gradually falling
to diet - true vegans refuse to use any product that 2 Vegans … .
is animal-based, including clothes. a do not eat vegetable products
(3) ( ) b eat meat, eggs, or cheese
Some of the main animal products which are used
in clothing include leather, fur, and wool. People c do not eat animal products
have argued about the use of animal fur for many 3 Fur … .
years, so fur is now rarely used in clothing. a is often used in traditional clothing
However, most people still wear leather shoes, and
b is never used in traditional clothing
sweaters and scarves are usually made of wool. So,
what are vegan clothes and what do vegan clothes c is occasionally used in traditional clothing
look and feel like? 4 Vegan leather shoes … .
(4) ( ) a smell just like real leather shows
Well, vegan clothes are normally based either on b smell a bit different from real leather shoes
man-made materials, such as polyester, acrylic, or
c smell completely different from real leather
nylon, or on materials that are obtained from
plants, such as cotton. Vegan leather can be made shoes
from certain plant materials, including cork and 5 Some vegan materials … .
even mushrooms! Vegan clothes usually look like a use an enormous amount of water
non- vegan clothes, and they don’t usually feel
b might be harmful for the environment
different either. Of course, vegan leather shoes may
smell different from real leather shoes, but they c can also be eaten
basically look the same and almost no one can tell 5
the difference.
13 Find words in the text that mean the following.
(5) ( )
It is not all good news, however. Some vegan 1 deciding to use a particular method or way
materials can be bad for the environment. For (paragraph 1)
example, making vegan leather can use more water ___________
than the production of real leather, while intensive 2 say that something is true (paragraph 1)
cotton production can also create environmental ___________
problems. However, most people agree that if we
3 say you will not do something (paragraph 2)
do not reduce the number of animals used for the
___________
production of meat and other animal products, this
will be even worse for the environment. 4 the soft hair that covers the body of some
One thing is certain, though: at the moment, vegans animals (paragraph 3)
are a relatively small percentage of the population, ___________
but the percentage is increasing and will eventually 5 make smaller or less in size or number
become an important factor in the ways food and (paragraph 5)
clothes are produced. ___________

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Own it! 1 Diagnostic Test page 1 of 3

WRITING
_______________________________
14 Complete the text with the words in the box. _______________________________
_______________________________
certain deserves doubt highlight
_______________________________
impressed
_______________________________
I think Prague 1 to win the _______________________________
competition because it is one of the most _______________________________
stunning cities in Europe. The 2 of a _______________________________
visit to Prague is the walk up to the castle and the _______________________________
view of the city from the top. The thing that _______________________________
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me most was the gorgeous _______________________________
architecture. I’m absolutely 4 that _______________________________
Prague has one of the best locations of any city in _______________________________
Europe because it is built on both banks of a _______________________________
beautiful river. Without a 5 , _______________________________
Prague’s reputation as a tourist destination is _______________________________
fully deserved. _______________________________
5 _______________________________
_______________________________
15 Write a competition entry for a place you have
_______________________________
visited or a place you know a lot about. Use the
_______________________________
prompts below to help you.
_______________________________
Write at least 140 words. _______________________________
 Say why the place you have chosen should _______________________________
win the competition. _______________________________
• Include at least two reasons why it impressed _______________________________
you. _______________________________
• Give your opinion.
_______________________________

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TOTAL SCORE 100

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