New Headway Pre-Intermediate A Test Unit

Name: _____________________ Points: _____/60 Grade: ________

Reading (14 p)
Answer the questions with true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.

Welcome to Cold Mountain (Spotlight December

09)
… the ski resort for your perfect winter vacation! Whether you're into
downhill or cross-country skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing or ice-
skating, Cold mountain offers something for everyone.
Cold Mountain is 13,010 feet high, and the average snowfall is 400 inches
a year. Our lifts, which operate October through May, service slopes for
snowboarders and skiers of all levels. Choose between three double and
three triple chair lifts, two T-bars and a gondola lift that can hold up to 16
passengers, and enjoy no fewer than 67 well-groomed runs (UK: pistes)
and unlimited access to all 1,365 acres of prime powder snow with one of
our season passes, starting at $410.
To spice up your vacation, try a snowmobile ride or dog-sled adventure
tour, or join us for a moonlight dinner up at Summit House, then ski back
down into the valley with one of our experienced ski instructors.
The charming resort town of Cold Springs, located at the base of Cold
Mountain, offers an ice rink and an indoor swimming pool, restaurants,
shops, rental stores and ski schools, as well as a wide choice of lodging
options - studios, condos and full-service hotel rooms. Book your winter
vacations now!

1. At Cold Mountain, you can

go skiing all year round.

2. The resort offers nine ski

lifts.

3. The ski slopes (or: pistes)

are not suitable for
beginners.

4. There is a restaurant at
the top of Cold Mountain.

5. You can ski down Cold

Mountain at night.

6. There is a resort town at

the top of the mountain.

7. You can't rent skis in Cold

Springs.
Grammar: Past Simple (5 p)
Complete the sentences with the past simple form.

1. ______________________________ (the dog/open) the door?

2. I ________________________ (not sell) the car.
3. Yesterday, he __________________ (buy) a horse.
4. My parents __________________ (wake me up) at 5 o'clock in the
morning!
5. ______________________________ (go/you) skiing last weekend?

Grammar: Past Continuous (5 p)

Complete the text with the verbs in the past continuous form.

It was such a terrible day! The wind _____________________ (blow) and the
trees _____________________ (make) a lot of noise. I don’t think anybody
_______________ (sit) outside. What ___________________you ____________ (do)
then? _________________________ (not go) ______________ for a walk, were
you?

Grammar: Past Simple or Past Continuous? (5 p)

Put the verb into the past continuous or past simple.

1. What _________________ (you/do) when the phone _____________ (ring)?

2. Was James busy when Oscar ______________________ (go) to see him?
3. How fast ________________________ (drive) when the police
______________________ (stop) you?

Grammar: Adverbs (5 p)
Make sentences with the prompts given.
Example: soup/cook/the/slowly __The soup was cooking slowly.__

1. languages/speak/she/four/perfectly
___________________________________________________________
2. much/skiing/don't like/I
___________________________________________________________
3. doctor/carefully/him/examined
___________________________________________________________
4. go/Grandpa/75/still/is/swimming/regularly
___________________________________________________________
5. eggs/into a bowl/mix them/ with the flour/break/first/then/together
___________________________________________________________
Grammar: Prepositions (6 p)
Complete the expressions with a (or no) preposition.

_____ seven o'clock _____ Christmas _____ New Year's Eve

_____ the afternooon _____the weekend _____ October 3
_____ autumn _____ midnight _____ 2010
_____ six weeks ago _____ yesterday _____ Friday

Vocabulary (20 p)

1. A group of people are laughing because one of them told them a

j_______.
2. I'm tired, thirsty and h___________________. I need something to drink
and eat.
3. The people who work for a company: s___________________.
4. The place where wild animals are put so that they can't run away:
c__________.
5. Another word for dinner: s_______________ (meal at about 6 pm).
6. James Bond works for the British government, he is a s________
a__________ and tries to catch a___________________ (killers/murderers).
7. The cat climbed up the tree and slowly c________ towards the bird.
8. He was so angry that he b____________ the door loudly.
9. His heart was t_______________ after all that running and he was
breathing he______________ (strong/hard).
10. Don't use bad language and c__________________! It's bad
behaviour!
11. I was so glad and felt r______________ when I heard that I had
passed the exam!
12. She softly w________________ in his ear and said 'I love you!'.
13. The opposite of fortunately: _____________________
14. A synonym (a word meaning the same) for flat: a____________
(where you live)
15. A synonym for 'repair': m_____________
16. The dog could not only open doors but u_____________ them!
17. The people at the party were very loud and made a lot of
n______________
18. A person who takes things which don't belong to him:
t________
New Headway Pre-Intermediate B Test Unit
3

Name: _____________________ Points: _____/60 Grade: ________

Vocabulary (20 p)

1. A group of people are laughing because one of them told them a

j_______.
2. I'm tired, thirsty and h___________________. I need something to drink
and eat.
3. The people who work for a company: s___________________.
4. The place where wild animals are put so that they can't run away:
c__________.
5. Another word for dinner: s_______________ (meal at about 6 pm).
6. James Bond works for the British government, he is a s________
a__________ and tries to catch a___________________ (killers/murderers).
7. The cat climbed up the tree and slowly c________ towards the bird.
8. He was so angry that he b____________ the door loudly.
9. His heart was t_______________ after all that running and he was
breathing he______________ (strong/hard).
10. Don't use bad language and c__________________! It's bad
behaviour!
11. I was so glad and felt r______________ when I heard that I had
passed the exam!
12. She softly w________________ in his ear and said 'I love you!'.
13. The opposite of fortunately: _____________________
14. A synonym (a word meaning the same) for flat: a____________
(where you live)
15. A synonym for 'repair': m_____________
16. The dog could not only open doors but u_____________ them!
17. The people at the party were very loud and made a lot of
n______________
18. A person who takes things which don't belong to him: t________
Grammar: Prepositions (6 p)
Complete the expressions with a (or no) preposition.

_____ seven o'clock _____ Christmas _____ New Year's Eve

_____ the afternooon _____the weekend _____ October 3
_____ autumn _____ midnight _____ 2010
_____ six weeks ago _____ yesterday _____ Friday

Grammar: Adverbs (5 p)
Make sentences with the prompts given.
Example: soup/cook/the/slowly __The soup was cooking slowly.__

1. languages/speak/she/four/perfectly
___________________________________________________________
2. much/skiing/don't like/I
___________________________________________________________
3. doctor/carefully/him/examined
___________________________________________________________
4. go/Grandpa/75/still/is/swimming/regularly
___________________________________________________________
5. eggs/into a bowl/mix them/ with the flour/break/first/then/together
___________________________________________________________

Grammar: Past Simple (5 p)

Complete the sentences with the past simple form.

1. _____________ the dog _________________ (open) the door?

2. I ________________________ (not sell) the car.
3. Yesterday, he __________________ (buy) a horse.
4. My parents __________________ (wake me up) at 5 o'clock in the
morning!
5. ______________________________ (go/you) skiing last weekend?

Grammar: Past Continuous (5 p)

Complete the text with the verbs in the past continuous form.

It was such a terrible day! The wind _____________________ (blow) and the
trees _____________________ (make) a lot of noise. I don’t think anybody
_______________ (sit) outside. What ___________________you ____________ (do)
then? _________________________ (not go) ______________ for a walk, were
you?
Grammar: Past Simple or Past Continuous? (5 p)
Put the verb into the past continuous or past simple.

1. What _________________ (you/do) when the phone _____________ (ring)?

2. Was James busy when Oscar ______________________ (go) to see him?
4. How fast ________________________ (drive) when the police
______________________ (stop) you?
Reading (14 p)
Answer the questions with true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.

Welcome to Cold Mountain (Spotlight December

09)
… the ski resort for your perfect winter vacation! Whether you're into
downhill or cross-country skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing or ice-
skating, Cold mountain offers something for everyone.
Cold Mountain is 13,010 feet high, and the average snowfall is 400 inches
a year. Our lifts, which operate October through May, service slopes for
snowboarders and skiers of all levels. Choose between three double and
three triple chair lifts, two T-bars and a gondola lift that can hold up to 16
passengers, and enjoy no fewer than 67 well-groomed runs (UK: pistes)
and unlimited access to all 1,365 acres of prime powder snow with one of
our season passes, starting at $410.
To spice up your vacation, try a snowmobile ride or dog-sled adventure
tour, or join us for a moonlight dinner up at Summit House, then ski back
down into the valley with one of our experienced ski instructors.
The charming resort town of Cold Springs, located at the base of Cold
Mountain, offers an ice rink and an indoor swimming pool, restaurants,
shops, rental stores and ski schools, as well as a wide choice of lodging
options - studios, condos and full-service hotel rooms. Book your winter
vacations now!

1. At Cold Mountain, you can

go skiing all year round.

2. The resort offers nine ski

lifts.

3. The ski slopes (or: pistes)

are not suitable for
beginners.

4. There is a restaurant at
the top of Cold Mountain.

5. You can ski down Cold

Mountain at night.

6. There is a resort town at

the top of the mountain.

7. You can't rent skis in Cold

Springs.