Name Surname: Approved by the head of the Department Group: Raxmonberdieva K. S. Midterm Test I (II year students) Test a complete the conversation with words from the box. There are five extra words

Name Surname:__________________________ Approved by the head of the Department

Group:__________________________________ Raxmonberdieva K.S. __________

Midterm Test I (II year students)

Test A

Complete the conversation with words from the box. There are five extra words.

adolescent article circulation elderly embarks headline

idiot limit move on one-way prison relief

sentenced shame toddler took off zone

Man: Wow! Look at this (1) _______________, ‘Man, 80, (2) _______________ on epic journey across Canada.’

Woman: What does the (3) _______________ say?

Man: Apparently this man has just decided to walk from one side of Canada to the other. It says he had a heart attack last year so he’s decided he wants to do something different.

Woman: What an (4) _______________!

Man: Why?

Woman: Well he should have done something like this when he was younger. It’s not the kind of thing for an (5) _______________ person to do.

Man: Yeah! Well, he couldn’t do it before because he spent 25 years

in (6) _______________!

Woman: What for?

Man: I’m not sure. It says here that he broke the speed (7) _______________, but you don’t go to prison for 25 years just for that! … Oh, that’s why.

Woman: What? What did he do?

Man: First of all he robbed a bank, then he drove the wrong way down

a (8) _______________ street and he hit a mother and her (9) _______________. At his trial the judge said he was a danger to society and (10) _______________ him to life in prison. Now it turns out he wasn’t driving but nobody believed him.

Woman: What a (11) _______________!

Man: Yes, but he says he’s not angry. He just wants to (12) _______________ and make the most of the years he’s got left.

Choose the correct word to complete these sentences.

(13) Can you get me a bottle / jar of milk, please?

(14) People who love shopping and shop all the time are called shoplifters / shopaholics.

(15) You really should take advantage / advice of our special offers.

(16) Sorry, I bought it by / in mistake.

(17) It’s really difficult to live on / off less than £100 per week.
Choose the correct word, a, b, or c to complete 18–25.

(18) When did you _______________ your tickets?

a) book b) do c) pay
(19) No, you don’t need to _______________ a deposit.

a) book b) do c) pay
(20) Make sure you _______________ early for your flight.

a) arrive b) do c) pick up
(21) Don’t forget to _______________ the packing the night before.

a) choose b) do c) make
(22) It’s so difficult to _______________ a good holiday destination.

a) choose b) do c) make
(23) Buy a map so you can _______________ your way around.

a) find b) do c) choose
(24) How did you _______________ your hotel?

a) arrive b) choose c) check out
(25) You can leave your luggage behind the reception desk after you _______________.

a) check out b) book c) pick up

Reading

Read the text and match the events in the box to the five people. Be careful! There are three extra events.

Leaving school Leaving home Graduating Starting a new job

Getting married Having children Moving to a new town Retiring

(26) Maria _______________

(27) Bob _______________

(28) Jay _______________

(29) Sanita _______________

(30) Phil _______________

Life can be full of surprises, but most of us know that there are some moments when we are faced with decisions that can change everything. This is what five people said about the times where their lives took completely new directions.
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. After all, we’d known each other for five years, but once we finally made things permanent everything changed. Now I wake up every morning knowing I’ll be with him for the rest of my life and it just makes me so happy. (Maria, 28)
I thought I’d love having lots of free time, but I guess after 45 years of knowing what I was going to do each day suddenly having so much time just came as a shock. Unfortunately I’m bored a lot nowadays! (Bob, 67)
I was really looking forward to it, but in the end I missed my parents so much. I never realised just how much my mum did for me! (Jay, 18)
Everyone told me it would change my life forever, but I never really thought it would. I guess having twins made it even harder, but I never thought I’d be this tired. Some days I just want to go to sleep as soon as I get up in the morning! (Sanita, 25)
It’s great. I really hated my old one and I’d been looking for more than a year, but I never thought I’d get this one. When I went for the interview I got so nervous so I was really surprised when they phoned me up and asked me when I could start. (Phil, 35)

Name Surname:__________________________ Approved by the head of the Department

Group:__________________________________ Raxmonberdieva K.S. __________

Midterm Test I (II year students)

Test B

Choose the correct word(s) to complete the sentences.

(1) I’ve been working here for / since ages.

(2) Don’t do it! You had / would regret it!

(3) I eat a / the very healthy diet.

(4) I’ve liked / been liking shopping for as long as I can remember.

(5) She gave me lots of / much good advice

(6) I really like Ø / the Spanish food.

Choose the correct phrase, a or b, to complete 7–14.

(7) If you hadn’t met me, __________?

a) what would you do b) what would you have done
(8) If you weren’t a photographer, __________?

a) what would you want to be b) what would you have wanted to be
(9) What would you say, __________?

a) if you met the president of your country b) if you had met the president of your country
(10) If they had planned the robbery properly, __________.

a) I think they would escape b) I think they would have escaped
(11) If you could change one thing in your life, __________?

a) what would it be b) what would it have been
(12) I wouldn’t have done anything differently, __________.

a) even if I knew b) even if I had known
(13) How did you _______________ your hotel?

a) arrive b) choose c) check out
(14) You can leave your luggage behind the reception desk after you _______________.

a) check out b) book c) pick up

Read 15–19. Is the speaker giving advice, making an offer, or complaining?

(15) I’m sorry, but I think there’s something wrong with this. advice / offer / complaint

(16) Shall I look at it for you? advice / offer / complaint

(17) What you need to do is take it back and complain. advice / offer / complaint

(18) Shall I phone the shop for you? advice / offer / complaint

(19) Have you thought about asking for your money back? advice / offer / complaint

Complete the conversation with the expressions in the box. There are three extra expressions.

What seems to There’s no harm That’s really kind of you

No, I’ll manage, thanks If you like If I were you I’d

I don’t think there’s Have you tried Do you want me to

A: Not again! I can’t believe it, that’s the second time it’s stopped working.

B: (20) _______________ be the problem?

A: I don’t know. Every time I try to start it I get this horrible sound.

B: (21) _______________ try and start it?

A: Would you? (22) _______________.

B: Mmmm.

A: What is it?

B: (23) _______________ a problem with the engine.

A: Then why won’t it work?

B: Ah! (24) _______________ checking the petrol?

A: What do you mean?

B: Well, when was the last time you put any petrol in the tank?

A: Er, I’m not sure.

B: (25) _______________ check that. I think you’ll find that you’ve run out.

A: Oh! How embarrassing.

Read the story about Martin Roberts, a journalist. Are these sentences true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)?

(26) Martin graduated as a sports journalist. T F NG

(27) Oxfam and other charities have the ability to help everyone. T F NG

(28) Martin trained as a journalist in London. T F NG

(29) Thomas and Martin worked for the same newspaper. T F NG

(30) Martin was asked to work for the BBC covering stories in East Africa. T F NG

I’ve worked as a journalist for over ten years and I wouldn’t do anything else. I love my job. It’s a bit dangerous at times, but it’s really interesting and I just feel so lucky to be able to do something that I enjoy so much.

When people ask me why I became a journalist, they are often surprised by the answer. When I was at school, I was never really interested in the news and certainly didn’t plan on making a career reporting it. In fact, I wanted to be a sports teacher and I even went to university to study for it. Then, in my summer holidays at the end of my first year I went on holiday to Kenya.

While I was there, I met a man called Thomas who worked for a local newspaper. A few days before I left, Thomas asked me to come with him to a small town in the east of the country. He was going there to cover a story about war and famine in a neighbouring country. Well, I went along and immediately got hooked. It was just so exciting and it felt as though we were doing something important as well. Sure there were aid workers from charity organisations like Oxfam and Médecins Sans Frontières, but they could only help the people they saw. Thomas was telling the whole world so he could help everyone.

When I got back to England, I changed courses at university. Every holiday I’d go back to Kenya and work with Thomas – it was great experience. Anyway, when I graduated I was offered a job in Nairobi working for the same newspaper as Thomas. At first I only covered small stories in and around the city, but after a few years I was given the chance to work on stories that would interest people around the world. Finally, four years ago the BBC asked me to work for them as their East Africa correspondent. So now I travel all around the region reporting on events like wars, famine and anything else that I feel is important.