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Name: .......................................................................................................................................................

Vocabulary
1
&Grammar
Choose a name for each category from the
4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
don’t enjoy (not enjoy) being alone.
0 I ______________
1 She told me she _______________ (not want)
words below. Then choose one word in each to go on holiday.
group which doesn’t fit the category. 2 I ______________ (go out) with Peter for ages.
education relationships 3 If Robert ______________ (ask) you to join us,
describing buildings ✓ appearance would you have come?
newspapers food accidents and first aid 4 I’ll ask Liz to call you back as soon as she
______________ (get) home.
5 Our luggage ______________ (lose) on the
0 attic, chimney, stage describing buildings
__________________ flight from Paris last week.
1 wages, swelling, plaster, sprain __________ 6 What’s wrong, Tom? You ______________ (be)
2 bald, plump, wealthy, freckles __________ very depressed recently.
3 coursework, editor, subjects __________ 7 When you ______________ (call) me last
4 savoury, leather, bowl, grated __________ night, I ______________ (write) an email.
5 reviews, concussion, cartoons __________
6 sculptures, get on, keep in touch __________ /8
/6 5 Choose the best word a, b or c.
0 I’d like ___ learn more insects.
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. a to learn b learning c learn
pick appreciate beat nag earn 1 I wish I ___ so many things to do this week.
a didn’t have b wouldn’t have c don’t have
set see ignore ✓ waste
2 ___ my parents came to visit me on Sunday.
a Both b Every c All
0 I think you should try to __________
ignore all 3 It ___ be Paul over there. He went on holiday.
distractions and get back to work. a could b must c can’t
1 I’m sure they’ll __________ all the other teams 4 We ___ for London in the morning.
and win the competition. a leave b ’re leaving c ’ll leave
2 To be successful, you need to __________ 5 If you don’t want to, you ___ eat it.
yourself very clear goals. a aren’t allowed to b mustn’t c don’t have to
3 How did she __________ her living in Paris? 6 Our new teacher isn’t ___ strict as the old one.
4 We all __________ a lot of energy. a as b less c much
5 I hate it when my parents __________ me to 7 I’m looking for the person ___ phoned me.
tidy up my room all the time. a whose b which c that
6 We really __________ your help. I don’t think 8 Computer technology ___ very fast nowadays.
we could do it without you. a will change b is changing c changes
7 I can’t __________ the point of inviting them.
8 My mum is going to __________ me at 3 p.m. /4

/4 6 Find a mistake in three of the sentences below.

0 I hate swimming. ________
correct
3 Replace the underlined words. 00 Before graduating I have worked in a shop.
0 We live on the tenth storey of a large 1 Sleeping is my favourite activity on Sundays.
floor
apartment block. _________ 2 I cut my hair at the hairdresser’s every month.
1 My boyfriend’s very guilty. He doesn’t like it 3 I wouldn’t ask for a pay rise if I were you.
when I go out with my friends. _________ 4 When I got home yesterday, the children have
2 Please empty your jeans’ handles before already gone to bed.
putting them into the washing machine. 5 She asked me why did I think about moving.
__________ 6 I used to swim twice a week when I was eight.
3 I think the concert was brilliant and the
/3
backing conductors did a great job. _________
4 All the planes from Gatwick airport were
cancelled by many hours. _________
5 He’s very ambitious – he always tells other
people what they should do. _________
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 Reading 3 When did Asimov start writing I, Robot?
_____________________________
Science fiction and science
4 What does the main character in Dick’s book
want to buy?
1 Many people think that science fiction stories are _____________________________
just fun. They are stories that are set in different 5 When did scientists invent the first robot pet?
worlds, where people live different lives and things
exist that don’t yet exist today. However, science- _____________________________
fiction authors have written about things that have /10
come true. So what things have writers dreamed up
that are now part of our lives? Listening
2 This is one area where many inventions have
occurred. In 1865, nearly a hundred years before 9 9 Listen to the radio programme. Complete
humans first landed on the moon in 1969, Jules each sentence with one word.
Verne wrote From the Earth to the Moon. In his
book he described how people in space weighed 1 Work out some house __________ .
less than on Earth. The spaceship in his book was 2 Some flatmates get angry if people
similar to Apollo 11, the first spaceship to land on __________ their food.
the moon – it was cylindrical, about the same size 3 Tidy up the kitchen because your flatmate
and had a crew of three men. Verne’s spaceship won’t want to see your __________ .
also had to land in water when it returned to Earth! 4 You should make a list of __________ .
3 In 2001, millionaire Dennis Tito paid $20 million 5 Jackie says you should __________ borrow
to become the first space tourist, but the idea is your flatmate’s possessions.
not new. In 1962, Arthur C. Clarke’s A Fall of 6 You should __________ your flatmate if your
Moondust told the story of some rich tourists who
were trapped on the moon.
guests want to stay at the flat.
7 John Brown can’t __________ because his
4 These inventions were written about long before
they were invented. ‘Robot’ comes from the Czech
flatmate makes a lot of noise.
word robota, but it became popular as a result /7
of a play written by Karel Capek in 1920. Twenty
years later, Isaac Asimov started writing I, Robot.
In these stories, the robots have special ‘positronic’ Communication
brains that mean they can think and feel emotions.
They can talk, serve meals and explore other 10 Complete the dialogues with one word in each
planets – all things robots today can do. Robot gap.
pets have also featured in science-fiction – the 1 A: Could you pass me the paper?
most famous example is probably Philip K. Dick’s
B: ________ , no problem.
novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The
main character wants to buy an electric sheep for 2 A: Do you ________ going to see a concert?
his garden so that his neighbours will be jealous. B: Yes, who’s playing?
However, the first real robot pet, the Sony Aibo 3 A: What’s the ________ ? You don’t look happy.
robot dog, wasn’t invented until the 1990s. B: No, I failed my exams.
5 Some people believe that if writers hadn’t imagined all 4 A: Would you ________ moving your bag?
these things, scientists wouldn’t have invented them. B: Of course, I’ll move it now.
Will the things people are writing about now also 5 A: I think Manchester United are great!
come true in the future? We’ll have to wait and see! B: What do you ________ ? I don’t understand.
6 A: How did you become ________ in
taekwondo?
7 Read the text about and match the headings
B: I saw a TV programme about it.
a–e with the paragraphs 1–5.
7 A: ________ me. How do I get to the museum?
a Tourism in space ___ B: Turn left at the traffic lights. You’ll see it.
b Entertainment or the future of science? ___ 8 A: Why do you think reality TV is so bad?
c Robots and robot pets ___ B: Well, ________ , it shows bad behaviour.
d What about the future? ___
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Also, these shows don’t need writers.

e Space and space travel ___ /5
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8 Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 How long before the first moon landing did Marks
Verne write about space travel? Vocabulary and Grammar /30 marks
_____________________________ Reading /15 marks
2 How much did it cost Tito to travel in space? Listening /7 marks
_____________________________ Communication /8 marks
Total: /60 marks
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