Language Leader Pre-Intermediate Final Test B
1 Complete the text.
What is the best advice for a new husband? Well, let me 0_see__. Never forget anniversaries and birthdays. Your wife will never forgive you. I remembered our fifth wedding anniversary 1__________ the day before! I also remembered she wanted to go to a jazz concert. I’m not 2__________ on jazz but another piece of advice I’d give you is, on anniversaries, give your wife what she wants! This 3__________ that I had to find tickets quickly. Unfortunately there were no tickets 4__________ I had to go to the concert hall five hours before the concert and buy tickets at the door. There was a man there but he didn’t 5__________ very honest. However, did I have a choice? I thought the price was a 6__________ high, but anything to make my wife happy. After the concert she said I was the best husband in the world. I think it was worth it, 7__________ you?
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2 Choose the correct word to fill in the gaps.
0 Last night there was a __c__ on hunting and endangered species.
a) variety show b) reality TV c) documentary d) sitcom
1 Toothpaste usually comes in a _____.
a) pot b) jar c) bottle d) tube
2 John is so _____. He’s so easy to talk to.
a) cautious b) sociable c) competitive d) individualistic
3 There has been a steady increase in the _____ in the last few years.
a) graduate b) birth rate c) childcare d) teenager
4 He is a very valuable member of _____.
a) staff b) commitee c) civil servant d) minister
5 There are many cliffs along the _____.
a) lagoon b) wave c) coast d) sand
6 If you buy an extra 5,000, I’ll give you a _____.
a) quantity b) delivery c) import d) discount
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3 Put the words in the box into the correct column.
rude investigator dedicated fog mild commit
surgery humid burglary treatment chatty clinic
Weather
Personality
Crime
Health
rude
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4 Match the paragraph headings a) to f) with the correct paragraphs.
a) BB for the family.
b) BB for the animals.
c) BB for the future.
d) What is Beautiful Britain?
e) Hasn’t BB been in the news recently?
f) Do people know about BB?
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BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN
(0)_d_
Beautiful Britain is a registered charity. BB, as it is better known, was formed in 2002 by the journalist Graham Hawkins and his actress wife, Selena Tyrone.
(1)_____
BB has three areas of operations. Its first objective is to clean up Britain. BB argues that there is more waste ground and rubbish dumps in Britain than parks and playgrounds for children. We don’t need so many areas for rubbish. The problem is that we are not very organised at getting rid of rubbish and the government doesn’t like to spend money on cutting down on rubbish. BB hopes to clean up these rubbish areas and turn them into clean land for families and children.
(2)_____
Its second objective is to provide homes for the many dogs and cats that live on the streets. BB provides a service that takes pets off the streets, cleans them, feeds them and finds them new owners in new homes. Last year, 700 dogs and 500 cats were given new homes. The hardest time is always just after Christmas and the New Year. Tom Naylor of BB says ‘Many people buy little dogs or cats as presents and then get bored or tired of looking after them. It’s our job to make sure they are not lost on the streets.’
(3)_____
BB’s third objective is in education. Members of BB travel around schools in England giving workshops and seminars to both teachers and children. Last year BB visited 700 schools and gave 1,200 workshops. This means that about 25,000 children found out how to make Britain a cleaner place in 20 years’ time.
(4)_____
Graham Hawkins and SelenaTyrone are very sociable people. They are also very media-friendly. They can always be seen on chat shows and current affairs programmes, talking about the environment. BB also makes its own documentaries about the environment. Last March BB signed a contract with the Geography Channel to produce five nature programmes a year. Every Saturday you can also see BB members collecting money in your shopping centre.
(5)_____
In February this year, the financial director, Paul Callender was found dead at his home. A shy man, he was not often seen on TV. The police suspect that he was murdered. A four-month investigation did not identify a suspect but analysis of his financial records suggests that he was involved in exporting dogs and cats to Europe. This is illegal and would also break the rules of the charity, as a charity cannot make a profit.
Mr Hawkins and Ms Tyrone say that they were not told about any financial deals made by Mr Callender. I’m sure this story isn’t finished yet.
5 Answer the questions about the text above.
0 What does Graham Hawkins do?
He’s a journalist_____.
1 What does Britain not need?
__________________________________________________________________
2 Who doesn’t like to spend money?
3 What does BB do with dogs and cats from the streets?
4 What do people do with dogs and cats at Christmas?
5 Who attends the workshops and seminars?
6 Who can you see on chat shows?
7 What do BB members do at the weekends?
8 What was Paul Callender like?
9 Why can’t BB export dogs and cats?
10 Who knew about the trade?
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6 Complete the text with one word for each gap.
There are a 0_lot_______ of people in England 1__________ think it isn’t necessary to learn a foreign language. They think they don’t 2__________ to speak another language because if they go anywhere in the world they 3__________ always find someone speaking English. Is English 4__________ most popular language for students? The answer is ‘No’. Most students used 5__________ want to study English but now 6__________ students choose to learn Spanish rather than English.
This will 7__________ be bad news for the English. There is another thing that the English need to think 8__________. Most people who speak English are not English and don’t want 9__________ speak English in their own country. They expect English people in Italy to speak Italian! Twenty years ...
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