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Name: __________________________________ Result: __/100

Vocabulary 3 Complete the mini-dialogues with the words in the

box.
1 Label the picture with the words in the box.
broken injured sore throat temperature virus
chin ear forehead mouth neck
1 Tom: I’ve got a really ______________.
Bob: I’ll get you some honey and lemon – that’ll
make you feel better.
1
2 Amy: I’m feeling hot, then cold, then hot again.
5
Sam: I’m not surprised – you’ve got a
3 ______________ of 39.5.

2 4 3 Dan: How can we protect ourselves from the

______________?
Lea: Wash your hands, wear a face mask, keep two
metres apart.
4 Max: Have you got the results of the X-ray?
Zac: Yes it’s good news – your ankle isn’t
Score __/5 ______________, it’s just sprained.
5 Zoe: Will Bill be OK for the match tomorrow?
2 Match the words with the descriptions of the
Jon: No, I don’t think so. He ______________ his
moving parts of the body.
knee very badly last week.
1 the bit between your hand and the lower part of your
Score __/5
arm ____________
2 the bit between the lower part of your arm and the 4 Complete the sentences with the correct compound
upper part of your arm ____________ noun.
3 the bit between the top part of your arm and your 1 The football hit me hard in the face, and the next
body ____________ day, I had a ____________ eye.
4 the bit between the top part of your leg and the 2 Don’t forget you’ve got an appointment at the
lower part of your leg ____________ ____________ centre today to see the doctor.
5 the bit between the lower part of your leg and your 3 I’ve hurt my hand and I need a bandage – do you
foot ____________ know where the first-aid ____________ is?
4 If you don’t cook chicken properly, there’s a chance
A ankle you could get ____________ poisoning.

B shoulder 5 The doctor was very busy, so I sat in the

____________ room for an hour before she called
C knee me.
D elbow Score __/5
E wrist
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Grammar 7 Complete the sentences with for or since.

1 I’m a bit worried about Jane. I haven’t heard from
5 Write questions and answers using the present her ____________ last week.
perfect form of the prompts. 2 My sister’s doing engineering at university. She’s
1 you / ever / meet a celebrity been there ____________ two years.
________________________________________? 3 My dad has worked for the bank ____________
fifteen years.
no / I / never / meet a celebrity
4 Don’t worry, you’re not too late. I’ve only been here
_________________________________________
____________ ten minutes.
2 you / ever / break a bone
5 I’ve had this phone ____________ ages. I think I
________________________________________? need a new one.
no / I / never / break a bone 6 Dave’s my oldest friend. I have known him
_________________________________________ ____________ we were five.

3 you and your brother / ever / be / skiing Score __/6

________________________________________? 8 Read the dialogue. Choose the correct alternative.

no / we / never / be / skiing Alice: Hi Mary, how’s things?
_________________________________________ Mary: I’m good thanks. Actually more than good. I
Score __/6 (a) just had/have just had a really great piece
of news.
6 Complete the sentences with the present perfect Alice: Why, what (b) happened/has happened?
form of the verbs given.
Mary: Well, a couple of months ago, I (c) applied/
1 You don’t need to worry about calling John. (I / have applied to do a holiday job on a farm in
already / phone) ________________________ Montana, and they (d) just offered/have just
him. offered me the job! I had an email from them
2 Jane was here at the party a minute ago, but I think yesterday.
(she / just / leave) ________________________. Alice: That’s amazing.
3 I’d love to see the new Idris Elba movie. (I / not see Mary: Now I’m sort of nervous because I’ve got to
/ yet) ________________________. organise things like plane tickets and visas and
4 I’m afraid there isn’t any pasta left. (I / just eat) things. I (e) never did/have never done
________________________ it. anything like that before. And I don’t really know
anything about America. (f) Did you ever
5 Can I have more time for my project? (I / not finish
go/Have you ever been there?
/ it / yet) ________________________.
Alice: No, not yet – but I’m hoping to. You remember
6 (I / already / do) ________________________ my
my cousin Emily?
homework. It only took ten minutes.
Mary: Oh yes, of course. She’s lived in America
Score __/6
(g) for/since years, hasn’t she?
Alice: Yes, that’s right. I’m sure she’d be happy to give
you advice and help if you need it.
Score __/7

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Use of English Listening

9 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or 10 XðListen to two classmates talking about health.
D) best fits each gap. In what order do they mention the following?

The School Nurse A times when it’s not nice to play sport ___
B something you should eat in a good diet ___
I work in the clinic at school, and I’m here to look C something bad that can happen to your teeth ___
after students who don’t feel well or who D how often they play sport and take exercise ___
1 ____________ had accidents or other minor
E a reason why eating too much salt is bad ___
2 ____________ like cuts and bruises. It’s always
F new sports facilities that students might like ___
busy in the winter term because that’s when the
Score __/6
students play football and they’re always
twisting their 3 ____________ and falling over. 11 Listen again. Correct the words in bold in the
We’ve already had five students in this week, and following sentences.
it’s only Wednesday! Luckily, there haven’t 1 Their project is to design a health centre.
4 ____________ any broken bones yet, but I’m ______________
sure there will be sooner or later. 2 They both think that playing sport and taking
exercise are boring. ______________
It’s also busy because students come in with 3 They don’t like playing when it’s windy.
things like headaches and 5 ____________ ______________
throats, but those are quite easy to deal with. 4 The girl’s mum is a dentist. ______________
But we have to be extremely careful if someone 5 The boy is trying to eat less bread.
comes in with a very 6 ____________ ______________
temperature – over 39.5 degrees, for example. 6 The boy sometimes has an extra lesson before
As you know, that can be a sign of a virus, which getting home. ______________
can spread very fast in a school and hundreds of Score __/6
students can 7 ____________ it. This term I
haven’t sent anyone home yet apart from one
girl 8 ____________ had a stomach ache, but
that was probably from something she ate.

1 A have B having C has D had

2 A damages B pains C aches D injuries
3 A elbows B jaws C shoulders D ankles
4 A come B done C been D made
5 A hurt B sprained C sore D bruised
6 A high B big C tall D large
7 A catch B find C take D fall
8 A which B what C where D that
Score __/8

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Reading the eight-year-old son of his gardener. First, he

gave the boy cowpox; a few days later, he tried to
THE MEDICINE MAKERS give the boy smallpox but the boy did not catch it.
Jenner saved thousands of people from smallpox –
A and they say that Jenner’s discovery has saved
In the first half of the 20th century, a terrible virus more lives than anyone else in history.
spread across America. It was called polio, and it
was mainly a disease that children caught. Many 12 Read the article. Decide if the sentences are True
died, and others could never walk again. In the (T) or False (F). Correct the false sentences.
early 1950s, Dr Jonas Salk, an American researcher, 1 Dr Salk’s children were unable to walk. T / F
succeeded in developing a special kind of injection
2 Dr Salk’s discovery was used in many countries.
to protect people from getting the disease. He T/F
needed to show that the medicine was safe, so in
3 Youyou Tu worked with other scientists. T / F
1953, he gave it to himself, his wife and his three
4 Youyou Tu discovered a new plant. T / F
young sons. The following year, millions of children
across the world got it, too. Dr Salk never tried to 5 Smallpox was more dangerous that cowpox. T / F

make any money from his medicine. In 1963, he 6 Jenner used a young boy in an experiment. T / F
opened the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a Score __/6
place where scientists could do research into new
kinds of medicine ‘for the benefit of all’. 13 Read the article again. Write A, B or C.
Which text mentions somebody …
B
1 who won a prize for their work? ____________
Youyou Tu, who was born in China in 1930, was
2 who got an idea from an old text? ____________
interested in traditional Chinese medicine and
modern Western medicine. In 1969 she and her 3 who used one disease to stop another?
____________
team began studying ways of treating malaria, a
disease caused by mosquitoes. After reading an 4 who created a scientific research centre?
____________
ancient Chinese book, she began to do experiments
on a plant called wormwood, and she developed a 5 who made somebody ill for a short time?
____________
new medicine. She wanted to know if it was safe,
6 who tested a medicine on their own family?
so she took it herself. She was fine, so she then
____________
gave it to 21 patients who were suffering from
malaria, and they all improved. In 2015, she won Score __/6

the Nobel Prize, and she is happy that she has

14 Which of the three people mentioned in the text do
saved so many lives. As she says, ‘every scientist you think is the best person? Give three reasons for
dreams of doing something that can help the your answer.
world.’ _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
C
Edward Jenner was a country doctor at a time when _______________________________________________

smallpox was common – this was a serious disease _______________________________________________

that killed many people. There was also a similar _______________________________________________
disease called cowpox, which people often got from
_______________________________________________
working with cows. This was much less serious, and
country people believed that catching cowpox Score __/3
stopped you from catching smallpox. In 1796,
Jenner decided to test this idea on James Phipps,

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Writing Write a text of 80–100 words.

_______________________________________________
15 You are on a tour of Europe with your family, and _______________________________________________
you have received this text from a friend. Using the
notes in bold, write a reply to your friend. _______________________________________________

Hi _______________________________________________

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I had an _______________________________________________

accident a few days ago. I’m back home now _______________________________________________
from hospital, but I’ve broken my ankle and my _______________________________________________
knee, so I can’t really do anything. [say you’re
_______________________________________________
sorry and ask about the accident] It’s really
_______________________________________________
boring.
Anyway, even if I can’t go anywhere, I’d love to _______________________________________________
hear all about your European trip, e.g. the _______________________________________________
countries you’ve been to so far, the famous _______________________________________________
places you’ve seen, etc. Where’s next? [give
_______________________________________________
details of your trip so far]
_______________________________________________
Write back soon,
Sam _______________________________________________

_______________________________________________
PS The other bad thing about being at home in
_______________________________________________
the holidays is that nobody is around –
_______________________________________________
everyone’s off doing fun things like you. But
when are you back? I’d love to see you and _______________________________________________
maybe we can do something – though I’m not _______________________________________________
sure what, because I can’t walk. [say when _______________________________________________
you’re back and suggest something you can do]
Score __/10
It’s important to include all the points in the notes. Use
the present perfect, and if you use a time phrase, you
should use the simple past. Write your reply using
informal language in three main paragraphs.

Checklist – phrases you can use

Paragraph 1: Thanks so much for … / I was so sorry to
hear …
Paragraph 2: So far we’ve been to … / and we’ve seen …
Paragraph 3: We’ll be back … / How about …
Finish your text in a suitable way: Write back soon … /
See you soon …

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Speaking
Student B:
16 Work in pairs and look at these photographs. Answer the questions about the skiing picture. When
Student A: you have finished, change roles and ask Student A to
look at this photo and answer the questions.
Ask Student B to look at this photo and answer the
questions.

• Describe the picture.

• Describe what you can see in the picture. • What do you think has just happened? Why did it
happen?
• What do you think has happened?
• What sort of injuries do you think they will have?
• Who do you think the people in the bottom right
hand corner are? • What do you notice about the things the cyclists
are wearing?
• What common injuries do people get when they
are skiing? • How do you think the people in the background
feel?
• What do you think of dangerous sports?
• How dangerous do you think cycling is?
• What do you think of dangerous sports?

Score __/10

Vocabulary __/20
Grammar __/25
Use of English __/8
Listening __/12
Reading __/15
Writing __/10
Speaking __/10

TOTAL __/100

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