End of course test A

Intermediate
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Grammar 4 Complete the sentences. Choose from these words and

phrases.
1 Underline the best word.
so although because in order to
1 I wish I don’t live / lived / didn’t live in the centre of
town. It’s too noisy. 1 I like my job,     I do have to travel a lot.
2 I’m having my house painted / painting / to be 2 We bought a map     we could see how far
painted next week. away the islands were.
3 Have you learning / been learning / learnt to surf for
3 She was hungry     she hadn’t eaten all
a long time?
4 If I didn’t have a bike, I would get / get / will get the morning.
bus to work. 4 I spent a year in Hamburg     improve my
5 Have you got a little / any / a lot of money? German.
6 I saw him on a / an / the high street yesterday. 4
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5 Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets.
2 Write a, b, or c to complete the sentences. 1 I had some pasta at the Italian restaurant last
1 Madrid,     is in the centre of Spain, has some night. (delicious)
great art galleries. 2 Have you seen the news? (recently)
3 We called the garage on the way home. (by)
a where  b which  c that
4 It takes an hour to get from here to the airport.
2 They     be happy because they argue all the (about)
time. 5 We don’t recycle packaging. (enough)
a must  b might  c can’t
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3 I’m saving my pocket money. I     a motor bike.
a  ’m buying  b  ’ll buy  c  ’m going to buy
4 He     swim when he was four. Vocabulary
a could  b were able to  c can 1 Match 1–6 with a–g. There is one you don’t need to use.
5 I’ll buy that computer     I’ve saved enough 1   I don’t know what to wear.
money. 2   I can’t do this!
3   Do you know what he wore?
a  as soon as  b  as long as  c  unless
4   Here’s a present. I hope you like it!
6 There isn’t much snow on the mountain today,
5   He probably lives alone.
    there? 6   I don’t know how tall I am.
a was  b is  c wasn’t
a It’s lovely, thanks.
7 I asked the taxi driver     me to the centre of
b Neither do I.
town. c What about that green shirt?
a take  b to take  c takes d No, you can’t do that.
7 e Yes. That black shirt.
f Yes, I think he does.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the g Don’t worry, I’ll help you.
verb.
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1 I     this painting by 6 o’clock. Let’s go out then.
(finish) 2 Underline the best word.
2 I told him    . (not play) 1 He’s very generous / ambitious / active so he’ll
3 She     her arm if she hadn’t fallen off her bike. probably be the boss one day.
2 They invited / offered / agreed me to go for lunch.
(not break)
3 I advised / promised / refused him to stay at home.
4 What would you do if you     your keys? (lose)
4 It’s about / recently / or so 10 o’clock.
5 Is that a story about a man     in Nairobi? 5 Compare the receipt / price / guarantee in at least
(work) three shops. Then you can buy the cheapest one.
6 I asked him where he    . (live) 6 We arrived home late because we missed / lost /
7 The author is an American man     Franzen. didn’t get the motorway turning.
(call) 7 I wish / hope / ’m glad it would stop raining! I’ve
got to go to the bank soon.
8 There’s a problem with the air conditioning. It
8 It was a fantastic film and I loved the story! The
    all day. (not working) character / setting / plot was really exciting.
8 9 I really need a break. I’m completely exhausted /
awful / furious.
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3 Put the words below in the correct column to make

compound nouns.
clock fiction room station burglar health
teacher faculty

alarm science service

clock

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4 Underline the correct words in the conversations.
Bill Hi I’m calling from BVA Insurance. Could I
speak to Maribel, please?
Sara Hold on a minute I’ll just 1put / connect / hang
you through. … I’m sorry, the line’s 2ringing /
busy / hung up.
Bill OK no problem, I’ll 3hang up / call by / call back
in two minutes.
Vik I was talking to Marisa last night and I asked
if she wanted to got to the cinema tomorrow.
She 4promised / offered / invited to think about
it.
Emma It was 5freezing / blowing / pouring a gale last
night.
Fabio Yeah! I walked home in the rain and got
6soaking / boiling / heavy wet.

Greg What would you do if a bear came 7forwards /

towards / backwards you?
Nick I don’t know. If you run away the bear will
8hopefully / probably / unfortunately run after

you, won’t it?

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Reading and Writing

1 Read the text and answer the questions. Read the text again and write a, b, or c to answer the
Match the paragraphs 1–5 with the headings A–E. questions.
6 What is this text?
A Alternative ways of cutting population?   
a An advert
B The needs of an older population   
b An opinion article
C Changing the way we live    c A story
D An increasing population    7 Who thinks we should use power from the wind
E The effects of climate change    and the sun?
a Scientists
b Environmentalists
The Population Problem c The writer
8 According to the writer, why isn’t cutting the
1         
energy we use the answer?
We hear a lot of talk about protecting the environment today.
a Each person can’t reduce how much energy they
Scientists tell us that pollution is causing climate change.
use.
They say we’ll have more droughts and floods, higher sea
levels and food shortages in the future. b Everybody needs a car.
c Because the population is growing.
2          9 What does the writer think about governments
Environmentalists suggest that we should use alternative who give parents money?
energy such as wind or solar power. They say we should a They are wrong.
recycle our waste and use public transport instead of private
b They are kind.
cars. They say we should use less electricity by switching
c They aren’t helping old people.
lights off and conserve water by not leaving the tap running.
I agree with these points of view. However, I think there is 10 According to the writer, why should we cut
another important problem – population growth. population growth now?
a We are damaging the planet.
3          b We don’t have enough money.
Two centuries ago, the economist Malthus said that the earth c Because Malthus said so.
cannot support a growing population. Every child we have
today is another consumer in the future. Each one will want 10
their own home and car, and they’ll be using energy. The
population of the world today is growing. Imagine if people
cut the amount of energy they use by half and the population
doubles, then the total energy consumption will still be the
same.
4         
Why is nobody talking about the population problem
nowadays? Mainly, it’s because we need a bigger population
to support older people. Many governments actually
encourage population growth, for example by giving parents
money for each child born. I think this is a huge mistake.
5         
We must try to stop population growth now. There isn’t
enough food to feed everybody on the planet now, and we
are damaging our planet in order to meet our energy needs. If
we don’t, as Malthus said, the population will be cut in more
unpleasant ways – by wars, diseases and food shortages.

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2 Read the holiday stories and write H (Helen), E (Erik) 3 Read the email. Write T (true), F (false), or DS (doesn’t
or L (Lindsay) for questions 1–10. say) after sentences 1–10.

Dear David
Travellers’ Tales I’ve just come back from our holiday in Ecuador. I told you I
Helen (23) was going, didn’t I? I went with Tom and Ian and we started
I went to Spain last year and had a great holiday. However, my in the capital Quito. First of all we went to a village in the
journey home was a bit of a disaster. On the last night, I went mountains and went horse-riding. It was spectacular. Then
to bed really late. I set my alarm, but I was so exhausted that we went down to the Amazon jungle and I went on the river
I slept through it and I woke up one and a half hours before in a canoe. The wildlife was amazing. And then finally we flew
my flight! I dressed and packed really quickly. I took a taxi, out to the Galapagos Islands and we toured the islands in a
but I got stuck in the traffic. I arrived at the airport half an boat. I went swimming with the seals and they were really
hour before the flight. I ran to the check-in desk and showed friendly and curious. It’s very strange, because the animals
the woman my ticket and apologised for being late. She just there are not afraid of people. You can walk right up to them
laughed and said, ‘You’re not late. This ticket is for tomorrow!’ and they don’t move away. You really must go there if you get
Erik (25) the chance.
I went camping in the north of Iceland last summer. I wanted What about you – did you have a holiday? I know you were
to visit a remote valley with no towns or roads in it. I took a going to move to a new flat, so maybe you didn’t have time
bus to the nearest town and then walked over the mountain to go away. Write and tell me what it’s like – or send me a
to the valley, carrying my tent and food. When I arrived, I set photo!
up my tent by a lake. I started raining, and it got harder and
harder. Then it started coming into my tent. Then I heard a Anyway, I’m back at work again now. It’s a bit difficult to get
noise and looked outside and saw a man coming across the back to the boring routine, so I’ve decided I need a good night
lake in a boat. He invited me to go and stay with his family in out. I’m thinking of maybe going to see the show Mamma
their cabin. It was warm and comfortable and they gave me Mia. Have your heard anything about it? It’s a musical with
some delicious meals, so in the end it was a wonderful trip. songs from the band Abba. Do you fancy going with me? We
could maybe go next weekend. Shall I get tickets for us?
Lindsay (36)
John and I were driving across the Arizona Desert in America All the best
one year. We stopped at a motel for the night and decided Raul
to walk into the desert to watch the sunset. We were sitting
there under a cactus and it was beautiful. Then I noticed that PS I’ve attached a photo of Tom with a really ugly animal
John was looking frightened. ‘Don’t move!’, he said quietly, called a sea iguana. There are two types of iguana on the
‘There’s a snake behind you!’ I was terrified! I don’t know how Galapagos – sea iguanas are black, and the land iguana is
long we were there, but anyway in the end the snake just yellow and orange.
crawled away and left us. What a relief! That was the last
time we went for a walk in the desert! 1 Raul went on holiday with two friends.   
2 The group went horse-riding in Quito.   
Who … 3 They enjoyed the jungle.   
1 planned to sleep outside?    4 ‘the islands’ in paragraph 1 refers to the Galapagos
2 had a problem with time?    Islands.   
3 had a problem with an animal?    5 The boat trip was expensive.   
4 had problems with the weather?    6 Only the seals are friendly.   
5 had a problem near the hotel?    7 Raul thinks that maybe David didn’t go on holiday
6 was very tired?    this year.   
7 travelled with a friend?    8 Raul invites David to go to a show.   
8 thought they would miss a plane?    9 Raul asks David to buy the tickets.   
9 wanted a quiet holiday?    10 The group preferred the land iguanas.   
10 went to stay in a different place?    10
10 4 Imagine your friend is coming to visit you and
you are going on holiday together. Write a letter
suggesting things you could do together. Write 90–110
words.
10
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