Listening
1 Recording 7 Listen and underline the correct
answer, a), b) or c).
1 What is the purpose of Crimewatch?
a) to ask for the public’s help to solve crimes
b) to show how not to become a victim of crime
c) to show the public how the police solve crimes
2 What did the man see?
a) a man entering his neighbour’s house
b) a man leaving his house
c) a man leaving his neighbour’s house
3 What did most people think of the play the woman
went to see?
a) It was very good.
b) It was very bad.
c) It made you feel uncomfortable.
4 Why does the woman like Pompeii?
a) She enjoys eating and laughing with people.
b) She feels emotionally linked to the place.
c) She enjoys walking around the ruins.
5 What does the man think about modern art?
a) It is hard to decide whether it is good or bad.
b) Exhibitions are often disappointing and
overrated.
c) People who visit the exhibitions are too critical.
6 What did the driver do?
a) He hit the cyclist but he didn’t stop.
b) He drove off the road onto the grass.
c) He nearly hit the cyclist but he didn’t stop. .
2 Recording 7 Listen again and write true (T) or
false (F).
1 Pickpockets focus more on regular
commuters who look wealthy. F
2 Working in a team means pickpockets don’t
have to rely on speed to be successful.
3 The man was already awake when he heard
something going on next door.
4 He wasn’t fast enough to catch the intruder.
5 The woman doesn’t trust glowing reviews.
6 She thinks some critics might make negative
remarks for reasons other than the show.
7 The woman thinks her memorab
8 She can still vividly remember the ruins and
what she saw there.
9 The man finds getting to see what is on
display at exhibitions rather frustrating.
10 He wonders if others have the same
thoughts as him when looking at modern art.
11 The cyclist had a narrow escape because
the driver saw him at the last minute.
Grammar
3 Underline the correct answers to complete the
text, a), b) or c).
1
b around the town the other day, I was struck by
the amount of vandalism 2
I noticed: graffiti
at bus stops, smashed shop windows and the like. I
don’t remember there being so much rubbish on the
streets 3
I was young, either. I suppose I
must 4
quite a sheltered upbringing because
I never saw anything bad going on. But perhaps, it
5
have been that we cared more about our
surroundings then. Now, according to our local
paper, burglary is commonplace, 6
seems
bizarre to me. People 7
the police should
know that they do stop 8
with the local kids
and take an interest in them, but the question is
whether they have forgotten 9
on crime
prevention too.
1 a) To wander b) Wandering c) Wander
2 a) that b) when c) where
3 a) which b) where c) when
4 a) had had b) had c) have had
5 a) can’t b) could c) mightn’t
6 a) that b) where c) which
7 a) criticising b) criticise c) to criticise
8 a) talk b) to talk c) talking
9 a) focusing b) focus c) to focus.
4 Correct the two mistakes in each sentence.
1 The book writing written by Peterson where when
he was living in France, became a best-seller.
2 Merrill must have been at the party as I clearly
remember to go to a concert with him that night.
3 Dan, which seems a bit rough and ready, always
stops helping anyone in trouble.
4 To be married is about give and take, and,
of course, listening, what is also very important.
5 Philip, what dog is a real nuisance, always regrets
to take it to the park.
6 Guy must had forgotten that we had arranged to
meet tonight as he’s usually on time, if not early.
I guess he could have delayed in the rush hour
traffic.
.
5 Underline the correct alternative.
1 His first novel, which/what was based on his early
years in the Air Force, is full of interesting
characters from a time gone by.
2 The dress wearing/worn by the princess in Cannes
sold for $250,000 at auction.
3 It might/couldn’t have been the robber that I saw,
but it was so dark I wouldn’t be able to give
a very accurate description of what he looked like.
4 To listen/Listening to him after the race, you’d
think he’d won gold in the Olympics, not the
village 5k!
5 Colin went on becoming/to become a well-known
TV sports commentator after retiring from
professional athletics.
6 It must/can’t have been raining all day. Some of
the photos I saw definitely had a blue sky in them.
7 We regret to inform/informing you that flight
D305 to Riva has been cancelled due to bad
weather.
8 Not getting the job was a huge disappointment.
Which/What made it even worse was that Liam,
who’d only been at the company for a year, got it
instead of me.
Vocabulary
6 Match beginnings 1–7 with endings a)–h).
There is one extra ending you do not need.
1 The young girl was accused of e
2 Police say that cases of identity
3 A local man has been officially praised for
4 Remember to be careful and never be taken
5 The way they do it is, one thief diverts
6 Peter’s latest exhibition has received nothing
but rave
7 I went inside to inform the bank that my
card had got
a) jumping into the river and saving the life of the
toddler who’d fallen in.
b) in by people coming to your house, claiming to
be salesmen.
c) your attention by asking for help, and the other
runs off with your bag.
d) theft have risen since internet transactions have
become more commonplace.
e) shoplifting after the store detective found five
CDs in her bag.
f) stuck in the machine.
g) robbed whilst walking down a side street.
h) reviews from even the harshest critics.
7 Underline the correct answers, a), b) or c).
1 The building was b fire so it had to be
evacuated.
a) in b) on c) by
2 Paul blamed his neighbour’s son
damaging his car.
a) for b) at c) of
3 When she turned up at the school reunion with a
famous actor on her arm, she caused quite a
.
a) deal b) stir c) mix
4 How can I apologise something I didn’t
do?
a) in b) by c) for
5 I’m and tired of always being the one to
do the washing up. Why don’t you help out?
a) ill b) sick c) through
6 We’ve always dreamt travelling around
the world when we retire.
a) of b) on c) for
7 Fortunately, help was at hand when I broke
on the motorway.
a) off b) up c) down
8 The film was so thrilling that I was the
edge of my seat until the very end.
a) at b) in c) on
9 The bus driver was cleared dangerous
driving and given permission to return to work.
a) from b) of c) for
10 Ybeth is a hardworking student and since she
started focusing more on her studies her school
work has come on in and bounds.
a) jumps b) skips c) leaps.
8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the adjectives in the box.
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deep high long short thick wide
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1 You can thicken the sauce by adding flour.
2 At almost two metres, Michael is definitely above
average .
3 These trousers are far too long for you. I will have
to them.
4 The council will have to the road
to create an extra lane in order to deal with the
increase in traffic.
5 No one is certain of the of the
lake; we only know how long and how wide it is.
6 I’ll have to buy another strip of material so I can
these curtains and make them fit the taller
windows in our new lounge. .
Function
9 Complete the text with the words in the box.
There are three extra words you do not need.
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If named surprising worth
Why don’t we 1
head over to the cathedral now? It’s
well 2
visiting so I think we should go
inside and have a guided tour. The guide is very
entertaining as well as knowledgeable. The
cathedral was 3
in the thirteenth century
and can be seen for miles around. 4
you
may already know, it has Britain’s tallest spire and
also, 5
, Europe’s oldest working clock,
dating 6
to 1386.
.
10 Complete the police interview with phrases
a)–m) below. There are two extra options you
do not need.
A: 1
e?
B: Yesterday, when I was sitting in a café. 2
.
You see, I didn’t want to leave it on the ground
in case someone fell over it.
A: When did you realise that 3
?
B: When I wanted to buy 4
. We’d been there
for about half an hour, I suppose.
A: 5
then?
B: I told the waitress, who 6
.
A: 7
suspicious?
B: Only a young girl 8
.
A: What 9
?
B: She reminded me of my neighbour’s daughter,
10
.
A: 11 ?
B: I’ll do my best …
a) called the police
b) Could you give me a description
c) it all happened so quickly
d) Did you notice anyone
e) When was your bag stolen
f) What did you do
g) another coffee for my friend
h) who’s about the same age and build
i) it never occurred to me she’d gone
j) did she look like
k) it had gone
l) It was on the back of my chair
m) wearing a hoodie and jeans.
Reading
11 Read the texts below and match people A–C
with questions 1–6 on page 4.
Places that change lives
A
When Lucy Hopkins took a gap year before going
to university, she could never have imagined how
life-changing it would be. She decided to go
travelling with a few friends. After hours of research
on the internet, they finally bought round-the-world
tickets and started their adventure in Australia. First
stop: Ayers Rock (in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National
Park, Northern Territory) and a five-day camping
trip, exploring the gigantic sandstone monoliths of
the area. But it wasn’t the natural wonders that
captured Lucy’s imagination − it was the history of
the Aboriginal people who had lived there long
before European settlers arrived. She decided to stay
on after her friends left. She wanted to find work at
the resort so she could learn more about the
Dreamtime, the myths and legends of these
extraordinary people. Much to her parents’ concern,
she has given up her college place and will reapply
next year for a course in anthropology.
B
‘It’s never too late to follow your dreams.’ So said
fifty-year-old yachtsman, Daniel Laws, when we
caught up with him recently. He’d just returned
from a six-month trip sailing around the Caribbean
and was looking forward to some creature comforts
in his own home. When asked what had made him
give up his job to take to the seas, he said that he’d
fallen in love with the Indonesian island of Bali.
He’d stepped off the plane one October afternoon,
straight into a wall of steaming, tropical heat. One
hair-raising taxi ride later, he found himself in a
beachside ‘bed and breakfast’ looking out over seas
of the deepest blue. He was hooked. From that
moment on, he spent all his time either in or on the
water and he promised himself that he would return
when he had his own boat.
C
Marek Lendl has always been passionate about
history, particularly the history of his city, Prague.
As a child, he was taken out every Sunday by his
grandfather, who taught him about all the buildings,
castles, churches and ruins. They would spend hours
visiting galleries and museums until Marek knew
almost as much as his grandfather. He is now a city
guide, taking round groups of foreign tourists, and it
is thanks to this passion that he met Emma, an
English journalist who was on holiday in Prague.
They both joke about their first meeting, as Emma
kept asking questions about all the buildings they
were visiting. She says that it was because she
wanted him to notice her and he just remembers
being amazed that anyone could ask so much.
Which person:
1 thinks it’s never too late to do what you
really want B
2 has knowledge passed down to them
from a family member?
3 has decided to study anthropology?
4 is really interested in the past?
5 went on a dangerous cab ride?
6 found a new interest?
.
12 Read the texts again. Underline true (T) or
false (F).
1 Lucy wanted to travel around Australia
with friends. T/F
2 She was fascinated by the natural beauty
of the country. T/F
3 She chose not to continue travelling with
her friends when they left. T/F
4 Her parents were not worried about her
decision to change her study plans. T/F
5 Daniel Laws was still at sea when he was
interviewed. T/F
6 There are some things he misses while
he’s out at sea. T/F
7 He began sailing after he’d left his job. T/F
8 Since his first visit to Bali, Daniel has
bought himself a boat. T/F
9 Marek’s grandfather taught him all about
his home city. T/F
10 Marek currently works as a guide for
visitors to the castle. T/F
11 Emma thought that by asking Marek
lots of questions, she’d get his attention. T/F
.
13 Underline the correct alternative.
1 Skilfully/Highly directed by Stephen Frears,
the film captures the mood of the era perfectly.
2 The lead roles were harshly/sensitively acted by
the young teen stars, which was impressive, given
that it was their first major film.
3 Although the plot was intriguing, the film was let
down by its poor special effects, which were
convincingly/heavily criticised by reviewers.
4 Widely/Poignantly praised, the film went on to
win eight Oscars.
5 In my opinion, Bardem played the role of a
paraplegic very highly/convincingly in the film
The Sea Inside.
6 With such an incredible film score, it was hardly
surprising that the composer was so highly/harshly
praised for the music he had written.
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