MasterMind Level 1
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LISTENING
1 Listen to Hugo and Ben talking about life goals. Read the sentences below and decide who said them: Unit 1
Hugo, Ben, or neither of them. Choose the correct answer, A, B, or C.
0 The only thing you need in order to achieve your goals is hard work.
A Hugo B Ben C Neither
1 The social group you belong to affects your opportunities.
A Hugo B Ben C Neither
2 Wealthy people often help each other.
A Hugo B Ben C Neither
3 Lucas would have a better job if he had gotten some work experience.
A Hugo B Ben C Neither
4 Lucas’s parents had to leave the rest of their family behind when they came to the UK.
A Hugo B Ben C Neither
5 A successful career isn’t necessarily the most important thing in life.
A Hugo B Ben C Neither
Score: /5
GRAMMAR
2 Order the words to make sentences.
0 childhood / is / stories / always / she / telling / from her
She is always telling stories from her childhood.
1 camping in / used / we / go / California every / to / summer
2 my / would / a bedtime / night / father / read us / story every
3 always / perfume / used / wear / my grandmother / to / a particular
4 we / to / bread on / buy / the way / always used / home
5 apron while / my / would / wear / mother / a red / cooking
6 always / my brother / was / with / schemes / coming up / to make money
7 anniversary / my father / never / remember / his / would / wedding
Score: /7
3 Choose the correct phrases to complete the sentences.
0 I had been/was/was being at my school for almost a term
1 when Rafaella had arrived/did arrive/arrived.
2 The teacher asked me to show her around the school. I noticed that Rafaella looked sad, and while weare walking
/had walked /were walking around,
3 she told me that she had come/came/was coming from a school in Paris, and that she was very lonely without her old
friends.
4 I had tried /were trying/did try to make her feel welcome,
5 but she seemed quite shy and she wasn’t seeming/didn’t seem/hadn’t seemed very interested in the school.
6 However, after we did finish/had finished /were finishing our tour, it was lunchtime.
7 I invited/had invited/did invite Rafaella to sit with me and my friends,
8 and by the end of lunch she cheered up/did cheer up/had cheered up quite a lot.
Score: /8
VOCABULARY
4 Complete the sentences using the words in the box. There are two extra words.
sensible issues sense (x2) sensation sensitive (x2) social values responsibility
0 He’s happy to talk to anyone, no matter what their social status.
1 I do feel a sense of toward my colleagues.
2 Please don’t say anything about losing weight. It’s a very subject with him.
3 I didn’t know what had happened, but I could that something was wrong.
4 Traditional family are very important to him.
5 It was a difficult conversation, but she was very in the way she dealt with it.
6 Although I’ve lived abroad for many years, I still feel a of loyalty toward my country.
7 Max has always been with money, and now he has saved enough to start his business.
Score: /7
5 Replace the underlined part of the sentence with a word or phrase from the box. Use one word or phrase twice.
common sense sensible social status sense of identity make sense of humor sensitive sense
0 She didn’t say she was angry but I could see that she was. sense
1 The instructions were so confusing. I couldn’t understand them.
2 Your feeling of who you are is very much connected with your family background.
3 I’ve never seen Pablo laugh. He doesn’t seem to have a sense of what is funny.
4 Of course, the sort of work that you do very much affects your position in society.
5 She’s a very reasonable and practical person. She wouldn’t do anything silly.
6 He’s always been very caring and understanding of others’ emotions.
7 Skiing is perfectly safe as long as you use some practical knowledge and good judgment.
8 Issues such as class and religion are, of course, very difficult to talk about and need care.
Score: /8
