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language and skills test 6a

VOCABULARY&GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with the words below. music create communicate 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 entertain invent negative %now

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The film was interesting but not entertaining. Many people reacted_____________to the proposal and thought it was too short. He's very_____________about this area of law, so I appreciated his advice. Robert isn't very_____________ he never says a lot about his home life. !hose_____________was the light bulb" #he's very artistic and_____________. How many_____________will play at #ue and #teven's wedding" /6

Write in the missing letters in each sentence. 0 1 My new T$ screen is completely flat. The inside of my new bag has got lots of _o_ _ _ _ _ _ for holding %eys, documents and a phone. 2 3 4 5 The _o _ _ _ c _ _ _ of an orchestra uses gestures to direct it. Many children _ b_ _ _ _ to their parents sending them to bed very early. The lamp is &' cm _ _ _ _ _ h and () cm wide. * person who reviews films, boo%s and artistic events is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ c. /5

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Rewrite the sentences as one third conditional sentence. 0 I didn't revise for the test. I didn't pass it. I'd have passed the test if I'd revised for it. 1 Robert missed his bus. He was late for school. __________________________________________ 2 Molly's brother didn't buy her a birthday present. #he started to cry. _______________________________________________ 3 I got very upset. ,ou didn't %eep your promise. _______________________________________________ 4 Ian didn't go to the disco. He didn't have time. _______________________________________________ /4

Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold. Do not change the meaning o the original sentences. 0 I'm sure your new teacher is a very intelligent man. must Your teacher must be a very intelligent man. 1 *ll the rooms in our hotel are spacious. e!er" ___________________________________ 2 My mother en-oys classical music and my father does too. both ___________________________________ 3 I'm sure this isn't the right homewor%. can#t ___________________________________ 4 There are more than enough bags here. plent" ___________________________________ 5 I thin% it's probably summer in this painting. might &

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Cross out the word$s% that "ou cannot use with the word$s% in bold. 0 1 2 3 4 hate.want swimming e/cited about.plan going abroad en-oy.need to as& one 'uestion I don't mind.I'm calling to complain give up.decide eating chocolate /2

Choose the best word a( b or c. I'm sorry it has ta%en me so long to write bac% but at the moment I have )___free time for anything. I'd li%e +___you too, but can it wait until #aturday" My new -ob is very tiring I leave home at 0.() and come bac% after 1.)). I don't thin% I &___for this -ob if I had %nown about the long hours. I've already met (___nice people and I 2___wor%ing with them. Have you heard from Ric% and Martha recently" ' ___of them is in touch with me any more. *s for #aturday how about going to the cinema" 3on't worry about the tic%ets. It's very easy 0 ___ them online. I'll do it. 4ots of love, 4i55y 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 a none a see a applied a a little a en-oy a 6oth a to order b no b to see b 'd applied b a lot b hope b 7one b ordering c few c seeing c 'd have applied c a few c e/pect c 7either c for ordering (

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READING
) Read the te*t. +ic& $ % true or cross $ % alse. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) , 4istening to music hasn't changed much. 48s 9albums: are the same si5e as singles. In the early +;0)s, singles were more popular than albums. *fter +;0; few people bought singles. 8eople didn't buy as many records after <3s were invented. 8eople are buying more singles now than five years ago. More copies of Poker Face were sold than Hey Jude. Music e/perts don't agree why singles have become more popular again. /8

-. +/0 .-1230 45C67 The way we listen to music has changed a lot over the past fifty years. <3s weren't invented until +;1& and before that everyone listened to records. Records are round, flat discs that are made of a %ind of plastic called vinyl. ,ou can buy 48s 9also called 'albums': or singles. 48s are about () cm diameter and hold about 0) minutes of music in total. #ingles only have one song on each side and are about +1 cm in diameter. In the +;0)s and +;=)s singles were really popular. They were the songs that bands released> to encourage people to buy their albums. In the +;0)s people used to buy many more singles than albums. In fact, it wasn't until +;0; that for the first time people bought more albums than singles. *lthough people were buying more albums, singles were still popular. In +;=;, 1; million singles were sold the highest number ever. *fter the invention of <3s in the early 1)s, sales of records, especially singles, fell a lot. Today, most people buy <3s or download music from the internet. Then, five years ago people started buying singles again. 4ast year, +') million were sold. The biggest seller of last year was 4ady ?aga's song Poker Face it sold about as many copies as the best seller in +;01 which was '

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the 6eatles's song Hey Jude. That means Poker Face sold as many copies as one of the most popular songs of the +;0)s@ #o why are singles suddenly so popular again" #ome music e/perts thin% it might be because people are bored of albums. Athers thin% it could be because people can pay &;p for a single, but they can't buy the album. The real answer" 7obody %nows@ >release to ma%e a record or <3 available for the public to buy

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LISTENING
, ) 1 3isten to the con!ersation. Choose the correct answers. ... went to the Roses concert. a Bate b 7eil c Bate and 7eil 2 #ome of the audience didn't li%e a the lighting. b the set. c the bac%ing band. 3 Bate thin%s that... good music. a everyone appreciates b most people appreciate c some people don't appreciate 4 *t the Camming concert a there were only four musicians on stage. b everyone in the audience danced. c there were three guitarists. 5 Bate doesn't thin% #ally is in the dance tent a because #ally doesn't li%e dance music. b because the band doesn't start until later. c because the dance tent isn't open now.

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a has got long blond hair. b has got pin% sunglasses. c is wearing a T shirt. ) 7eil and #ally are going to... in the afternoon. a dress up in costumes b play some music c meet at half past four /7

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COMMUNICATION
8 9atch the 'uestions with the answers a:e. 1 2 3 4 5 a b c d e !hat do you thin% of this picture" !hat's it made of" !hat features has it got" 3o you li%e the style of this wor% of art" 3o you understand what the artist is saying" It's leather. 7o, I thin% it's ugly@ It's got spea%ers. 7o, it doesn't mean anything to me. It reminds me of wallpaper@ /5

10 ;ut the sentences in the correct order. a !hat's up" ,ou loo% worried. 1 b I thin% you should tal% to your teachers and then tell your parents. _____ c #ure, what's the problem" _____ d I've failed my e/ams and I %now my parents will be angry. _____

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e <an I as% your advice about something" _____ ,ou're right, I'll do that. ____ /5

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