High Score Exam Master Test High Score 3: Level 1: End-of-term Test 2 Vocabulary 1 Choose the correct alternative in each sentence. (10 marks) 1 Jenny said / told me that she wanted to go to the party. 2 My aunt can speak / talk French. 3 If you want to be a good piano player, you have to do a lot of practice / practise. 4 I need to do / make a phone call. 5 Sarah wasn’t at home when I phoned, so I left / gave a message. 6 Some roads are flooded because of the deep / heavy rain. 7 Some buildings were damaged in the severe / strong storm. 8 Maria is a very sensible / sensitive girl, who gets upset very easily. 9 Emma made / did a few mistakes in her English essay. 10 Their business is now making / getting a lot of money. 2 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are three words you do not need. (10 marks) large revise repeat assist record climate atmosphere attend wrong remember drought long translate 1 This is an important meeting, and a lot of people will __________________ it. 2 John told me his address, but I can’t __________________ what it is. 3 These shoelaces are too __________________ . I need to make them a bit shorter. 4 I didn’t recognise the voice on the phone. I think I got a __________________ number. 5 It’s a lovely country, but it’s got a terrible__________________. It’s always cold and wet. 6 It hasn’t rained for six months, and now there is a terrible __________________ . 7 Cars give off gases which cause pollution in the __________________ . 8 If you want to do well in your exams, you must __________________ everything you have learnt. 9 Can you __________________ these words into your language? 10 I’m sorry, I didn’t hear you. Please could you __________________ what you just said? PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 2009 High Score Exam Master Test Grammar 3 Complete the text with the verbs below. Use the -ing form or the to infinitive. (8 marks) travel see sell understand go spend do think Last year the Brown family from Birmingham made a very big decision. They decided (1) __________________ their house and take their two children travelling for a year. They were sick of (2) __________________ the same things week after week, and wanted (3) __________________ the rest of the world. ‘When we explained how we felt, a lot of our friends just suggested (4) __________________ on holiday, but that wasn’t enough for us,’ says George. They have just come back from their trip, and George says it has really helped their children (5) __________________ what life is like in other parts of the world. ‘At first they missed (6) __________________ time with their friends, but soon they stopped (7) __________________ about life at home. Now they both think that (8) __________________ is great fun.’ 4 Complete the dialogues with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use will, going to or the present continuous future. (10 marks) 1 A: I __________________ (go) to the cinema this evening. B: Great. I __________________ (come) with you, if you like. 2 A: Look at those clouds. I think it __________________ (rain). B: Well, I hope it stays dry. I __________________ (play) tennis at two o’clock. 3 A: Do you think global warming __________________ (get) worse in the future? B: Well, I hope that scientists __________________ (find) a way to prevent this from happening. 4 A: I __________________ (have) a party on Saturday. Do you want to come? B: I’m afraid I can’t. My grandparents __________________ (come) to visit us. 5 A: I’ve decided I __________________ (get) a Saturday job to earn some money. B: I don’t think that’s a good idea. I think you __________________ (get) too tired. 5 Complete the second sentence. Use the zero, first or second conditional. (10 marks) 1 I might finish my homework early, so I might go out with my friends. If __________________ my homework early, I __________________ with my friends. 2 I don’t stay out late because my parents get worried. My parents __________________ if I __________________ late. 3 You don’t do very much exercise so you are unfit. If you __________________ more exercise, you __________________ so unfit. 4 Don’t press that button or the alarm will go off. PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 2009 High Score Exam Master Test The alarm __________________ if you __________________ that button. 5 The water’s freezing so I won’t go swimming. If the water __________________ warmer, I __________________ go swimming. 6 Paul buys clothes when he has enough money. If Paul __________________ , he __________________ clothes. Listening (12 marks) 6 Listen to Tom and Louise discussing some strange stories about lightning. Choose the best answers: a, b or c. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lightning a kills most of the people it strikes. b never kills anyone. c only kills a small percentage of the people it strikes. Roy Sullivan a was killed by lightning. b was struck by lightning seven times. c was seriously injured by lightning. The sport in which most people are struck by lightning is a golf. b football. c mountain climbing. In swimming pools, a you are safe from lightning. b the water cannot be struck by lightning. c you can still be injured by lightning. Some people in South America a continued trekking during a storm. b lay in their tent during a storm. c sat on metal chairs during a storm. They were injured because a the lightning travelled through water on the ground. b the lightning hit them. c the lightning travelled through water on their tent. Speaking (8 marks) 7 Choose the correct words in the dialogues. A: I can’t come to the party tonight because I’m ill. B: Oh, (1) dear / poor you! I hope you feel better soon. A: You’ll never (2) guess / think what happened to me today. PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 2009 High Score Exam Master B: No, what? A: I’ve broken my leg. B: Oh, (3) poor / no! That’s terrible! A: You won’t (4) know / believe who I saw today. B: Who was it? PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 2009 Test
