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Vocabulary 3 Choose the correct answers to complete the

sentences.
1 Correct the sentences by changing the word in
bold. 1 I don’t know why you’re ____________ me of
breaking the window. I had nothing to do with it.
1 A criminal is someone who does something legal.
____________ A accusing B arresting C investigating
2 A murderer is someone who steals someone else, 2 We have a ____________ here who was walking
sometimes for no reason. ____________ past the bank and saw everything that happened.
3 A hacker attacks people in the street and takes A suspect B proof C witness
their money. ____________ 3 After a detailed ____________ of the evidence, the
4 Criminals can make a lot of money from a police made an arrest.
successful bank theft. ____________ A charge B analysis C accusation
5 A burglar secretly brings things from one country to 4 The police haven’t solved the crime. The
another. ____________ ____________ is still going on.
Score __/5 A investigation B evidence C proof

2 Read what the criminals say. Write the name of 5 The police carried out a ____________ of the
each type of criminal. building and found the stolen money.

1 ‘Hey, you – give me your money. NOW. Give me A case B charge C search
your phone too, I’ll take that.’ ____________ Score __/5
2 ‘Be quiet. They’re upstairs sleeping. OK, we’re
looking for cash, jewellery, anything worth taking.’ 4 Complete the mini-dialogues with a phrasal verb
____________ based on come, find, look, turn or work.

3 ‘Hey, nobody’s around. Let’s smash the windows in 1 Ava: I can’t find my Spanish dictionary anywhere.
all these cars and then run. It’ll be fun.’ Luz: Don’t worry. I expect it will ______________
____________ sooner or later.
4 ‘I have your son. Pay me $500,000 in Bitcoin to get 2 Eve: Did you enjoy the detective story?
him back – and don’t go to the police.’
Dan: Not really. It was much too easy to
____________
______________ who the murderer was.
5 ‘Look – that password worked. I can open all his
3 Sam: Do you know what time the last train is
files. This is so good … I can read all his emails.’
tomorrow?
____________
Ben: No, but I can ______________ it
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______________ on the Internet if you like.
4 Sue: Why did Emily get into trouble with her English
teacher?
Tom: He ______________ from someone that her
brother was doing all her homework.
5 Lea: I have no idea what to do about this problem.
Zoe: Don’t worry – I’m sure Dan will
______________ something.
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Grammar 7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verbs in the box. Put one verb into the simple past
and one verb in the past continuous.
5 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
the verbs in the box. There are two verbs you do come, you/do leave, start not hear, not pay
not need.
ring, watch
do come not be not win take try
1 It ______________ to rain just as we
you go you have ______________ the house.
1 I ______________ the race because I fell over just 2 I ______________ my favourite programme when
before the finishing line. the phone ______________.
2 I ______________ all my homework on the bus, so 3 I ______________ what the homework was
can I go out with Jack tonight? because I ______________ attention.
3 We ______________ to call you earlier, but we 4 What ______________ when I ______________ to
couldn’t get through. visit yesterday? There was no answer.
4 Tom and I usually play tennis on Saturdays, but he Score __/8
______________ around this weekend.
8 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
5 Which restaurant ______________ to last night?
used to and a suitable verb.
6 ______________ a nice time when you were in
1 We haven’t always lived in Oxford. We
London last week?
______________ in London.
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2 I ______________ olives, but I really like them now.
6 Think about how you pronounce these words. 3 I know your grandad was a professional football
Which is the odd one out? player, but who ______________ for?
1 stayed planned needed arrived 4 I don’t get much exercise. I ______________
cycling every day, but I just haven’t got the time
2 finished wanted liked passed
now.
3 planned started needed painted
5 I really don’t know what’s wrong with Tom these
4 discovered watched arrived stayed days. He ______________ this bad-tempered.
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Use of English Listening

9 Read the text below and write the word that best fits 10 XðListen to a boy talking to a classmate at school.
each gap. Use only one word in each gap. In what order did these events take place?

Welshmen in court after night at Sea A The police car arrived. ___
B The boy went to school. ___
World
C The boy heard someone shouting. ___
Two tourists from Wales, Rhys Jones, 21 and Keri D The boy got to the main road. ___
Mules, 20, appeared in an Australian court E The boy started having breakfast. ___
yesterday and had to pay a fine of 1,000 Australian F The boy and the woman found the horse. ___
dollars for stealing a penguin named Dirk. Score __/6

The court heard that on (a) ____________ night 11 Listen again and choose the best answers.
of April 14, the two men (b) ____________ to a 1 The girl says that the boy …
beach party next to the Sea World theme park in
A has missed an important test.
Queensland. They stayed very late, and as they
B has been late for school before.
(c) ____________ walking past the entrance to
C will need to do extra music.
Sea World on their way home, they decided to
break (d) ____________ the park. While they 2 When did the boy hear the woman shouting?

were inside, they went swimming with dolphins A before breakfast

and let off a fire extinguisher. On their way out, B during breakfast
they came (e) ____________ Dirk, a seven-year- C after breakfast
old penguin, which they then took home with 3 How did the boy know the woman was the rider of
them. the horse?
A because of what she was wearing
The following morning they could not
B because she was hurt
(f) ____________ much about the night before
C because she was running
and were shocked to find the stolen penguin in
their apartment. They tried to look after the bird 4 What did the boy and the woman BOTH do?

by feeding it and putting it in the shower, and A go to the main road

then came up with the idea of taking it to a canal B exchange numbers
and letting it go. A member of the public saw C start looking for the horse
them and contacted the keepers from Sea World, 5 The boy was surprised that …
who came and rescued the penguin. The police A the woman was stressed.
arrested the two men and (g) ____________ them
B the horse was relaxed.
with vandalism and the (h) ____________ of a
C the woman was frightened.
protected animal.
6 The boy says that his mother was …
In court, the judge said they were stupid and A angry.
lucky to be alive. Jones and Mule wrote a letter B worried.
of apology to Sea World and the Australian C confused.
public and said they were very sorry.
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Reading 12 Read the article. Then match the headings (1–7)

with the paragraphs (A–F). There is one extra
A heading that you do not need.

If you walk down Baker Street in London, you might 1 A busy writer ____________
come across a house with this blue sign on the wall: 2 A famous address ____________
‘221b, Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective,
3 An expensive place to visit ____________
1881–1904’. 1 ____________ They have come to see
the upstairs apartment that the great detective rented for 4 A complicated man ____________
more than 20 years. 5 A modern superstar ____________
B 6 The real-life Sherlock? ____________
The building is now the site of the Sherlock Holmes 7 Like going back in time ____________
Museum and shows the rooms where Holmes lived and
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worked. His chair is by the fire, his famous hat and pipe
are on the table. 2 ____________ The place looks
13 Six sentences have been removed from the text.
exactly as it was over more than a hundred years ago.
Match the missing sentences (A–G) with the gaps
C (1–6). There is one extra sentence you do not need.

Many of the visitors who come to the museum believe A Holmes is single and has no interest in romance.
that Sherlock Holmes was a real person. In fact, he was ____________
just a character invented by the author Sir Arthur Conan B He wrote a huge number of books about the great
Doyle. 3 ____________ In all there were 56 short detective. ____________
stories and four novels about him, written between 1887 C You will probably also find visitors from all over the
and 1927. world. ____________
D D There’s a chemistry set in the corner, and the violin
he loved to play is leaning against the wall.
Conan Doyle gives us lots of details about Holmes. He is ____________
serious and highly intelligent, but not very sociable – and
E And since then, Holmes has kept coming back in
can sometimes appear rude and unfriendly.
Hollywood movies, documentaries and dramas.
4 ____________ ‘Love is an emotional thing,’ he tells ____________
Watson, and the only thing he is interested in is ‘cold
reason.’ He is always keen to investigate, especially if a F We only know that he has an older brother, Mycroft,
who appears to be even cleverer than Holmes.
case is strange or unusual, and he remains calm even in
____________
very dangerous situations.
G He used to amaze his students by his ability, for
E example, to tell what someone’s job was just by
noticing very small pieces of evidence.
However, there was a real person who gave Conan Doyle
____________
the original idea of Sherlock Holmes. This was Dr Joseph
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that Conan Doyle went to. 5 ____________ Dr Bell
also helped the police with some of their investigations by 14 Would you like to visit the Sherlock Holmes
analysing evidence scientifically. Museum? Why/Why not? Give three reasons for
your answer.
F
_______________________________________________
Conan Doyle once tried to kill off Sherlock Holmes in The
_______________________________________________
Final Problem in 1893. His readers were shocked and
sent in angry letters. In the end, Conan Doyle brought _______________________________________________
Holmes back and explained that his death had just been a
_______________________________________________
piece of ‘fake news’ to protect him from his enemies.
6 ____________ He now has the world record for _______________________________________________
appearing in films and TV.
_______________________________________________

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Writing Speaking
15 Write a blog post about a time when you suddenly 16 Work in pairs to act out a role-play.
found water coming into your home.
Student A:
In your post, include the following points:
You borrowed a bicycle from Student B yesterday, but
• when the incident took place you had a small accident and the bike light broke when
you fell off.
• what the different people in your house were doing
at the time • Say there’s something you want to talk about.
• what you did and what you discovered or saw • Explain that the light is broken and apologise.
• how you managed to deal with the problem • Explain how the accident happened.
Write a post of 100–125 words. • Offer to do something to put things right.
_______________________________________________ Student B:
_______________________________________________ • Greet Student A and ask what they want to talk to
_______________________________________________ you about.

_______________________________________________ • Accept their apology and ask what happened.

• Check that Student A is OK.
_______________________________________________
• Tell them that you don’t mind about the light.
_______________________________________________
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Vocabulary __/20
_______________________________________________ Grammar __/25
_______________________________________________ Use of English __/8
_______________________________________________ Listening __/12
_______________________________________________
Reading __/15
Writing __/10
_______________________________________________
Speaking __/10
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________ TOTAL __/100

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