Cumulative test 1-5A.pdf

A Test 1–5

CUMULATIVE TEST

Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets.

Vocabulary

3 Choose the correct answers.

1 I need a job with working hours.

A tolerant B flexible C open-minded

2 We need another of milk.

A pint B pound C yard

3 Most get moody from time to time.

A toddlers B OAPs C adolescents

4 The exercises in the exam were

1 I thought Archie

(leave) but in fact he was in the cafeteria.

2 Who

(expect) to win

the next election?

3 The meeting

(finish)

by 4.30 so give me a ring then.

4 The suspect

easy.

A highly B bitterly C ridiculously

5 The temperature in this building

(interview) by the police when he fell ill.

5 The examiner asked me why I

(chose) to learn English.

a lot.

A fluctuates B looms C boosts

6 Employees who deal with clients directly need

to be extremely .

A ruthless B courteous C flexible

7 It appears that the companies

6 How long

(you want)

to be an astronaut?

7 The boy

(not see)

with

since this morning.

8 You

(earn) a lot more

each other to keep prices high.

A colluded B pledged C backed

8 his failure, he tried again the

following year and succeeded.

A Although B Much as C Despite

money this time next year.

Mark

2 Choose the correct answers.

1 Gemma was very tired and took in a little /

little of what the teacher said.

2 Assuming that / In case he doesn’t mind a

small room, he’ll love the hotel.

3 We expect my cousin to arrive / arriving just

after 10.00.

4 While he’s been in hospital / the hospital, I’ve

been looking after his dog.

5 The President is expected / known to be fond

of Italian food.

6 Hardly / Just had we left the house when it

started to rain.

7 None / Any of the students could answer all

the questions correctly.

Mark

4 Complete the sentences with the prepositions in

the box.

out away through at up back down

1 I put his bad temper

to the weather!

2 Mum’s always getting

me for not

doing as well as my sister.

3 We paid the nose for our new car.

4 Let’s get to what we were talking

about before, shall we?

5 I’m going to set

a meeting with all the

people involved.

6 What are you going to splash

Mark

on with

the money you won?

7 You won’t get with writing less than

200 words for that essay!

Mark

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Grammar

CUMULATIVE TEST

Test 1–5

Listening

5 ≤ 4.11 Listen to five people talking about

getting through difficult situations. Which

speaker (A–E) talks about ...

A home of your own?

A home of their own is what most people in the

UK aspire to these days. However, more and more

of our older population are finding it difficult to

stay in their own homes as the health problems

associated with increased age sometimes make

it impossible for them to cope in badly designed

houses.

The elderly cannot climb the stairs and if they use

wheelchairs, there are often problems getting from

one room to another because of narrow doorways,

let alone trying to manoeuvre their chairs up and

down outdoor steps. [ 1 ] All too often the

help that could allow them to remain in their own

homes at the end of their lives is not available and

these people are forced to move into care homes.

Here, their needs are catered for but they often feel

isolated and away from familiar surroundings and

their friends and family.

In an effort to address this problem the UK

government has announced plans that seem, on

the surface, to be fairly dramatic. [ 2 ]

There will be sixteen such specifications and they

include improvements that could significantly affect

life positively for the elderly. Stairs will have to be

wide enough to accommodate stair lifts should the

installation of one become necessary. [ 3 ]

Electrical sockets and switches in walls must be at

a convenient height and all rooms must be large

enough for wheelchairs to turn in circles. These are

only a few examples of what architects and builders

will have to take into consideration in the future.

[ 4 ] The general idea has been welcomed by

many care groups but the practicalities are causing

concern in many quarters. Not least among those

who are worried about the cost of providing new

housing.

[ 5 ] Members of the House Builders

Association feel that the plans have not been

carefully thought through and that implementing

such specifications, although theoretically laudable,

is simply not realistic.

It is also felt that people have different housing

needs at different stages of their lives and forcing

all new homes to be built with the elderly in mind

is not going to be a popular move. Debate on the

subject will no doubt continue for a long time yet!

1 managing on a small income? Speaker

2 not being deterred from taking another risk?

Speaker

3 refusing to accept the advice of others?

Speaker

4 accepting the situation? Speaker

5 getting something good from a bad situation?

Speaker

Mark

/10

Reading

6 Read the text.

7 Complete the text with sentences A–F. There is

one sentence you do not need.

A They want all new homes built in the UK from

2011 onwards to conform to specifications

that will make them elderly-friendly.

B Safety for children will also be addressed.

C It is feared that conforming to all the

specifications will push up the prices and put

new homes out of the reach of first-time buyers.

D Adapting their houses to make life easier for

these people is a costly business and most

cannot afford the necessary changes.

E These plans have met with mixed reactions.

F There must be easy access for wheelchairs to

the front door and through doorways.

Mark

/10

Writing

8 Write a story about a disastrous evening when

everything went wrong. Include these points.

• Describe how the evening started.

• Write about at least three things that went wrong.

• Say how you felt and what you did.

• Describe how the evening ended.

Mark

/10

Total

/60

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