Primary Longman Express Test Bank 6B

Mid-term (Ch 1–4)

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Name: ________________________ ( )
Class: ________________________
Date: ________________________

Part Language focus and skills

A  extracting information from a recording of a play
B  extracting information from a recording of an interview
C  extracting information from a letter to the editor
D  extracting information from a story
 tenses review
E  time phrases
 connectives
F  tenses review
 tenses review
G  using so much and so many to talk about the quantities of
things
H  writing an open-ended story

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Part A
Tina is listening to a play about a dolphin family. Listen to the play and
choose the best answer.

 The play takes place _____ .

 A. at an aquarium
 B. in a big city
 C. on a beach
 D. under the sea

 What is the name of Jojo’s sister?

 A. Kiki  B. Nikki
 C. Ricky  D. Tiki

 Which of the following is NOT true about the bay?

 A. It has beaches along its shore.
 B. It is filled with rubbish.
 C. It is home to several dolphin families.
 D. It is located near a large city.

 How does Jojo feel?

 A. angry  B. sad
 C. surprised  D. worried

 Jojo’s sister says ‘it’s disgusting’. Why?

 A. She thinks humans are disgusting.
 B. She thinks it is disgusting for Jojo to spit.
 C. She thinks landfills are disgusting.
 D. She thinks the rubbish in the ocean is disgusting.

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 Jojo puts some _____ into the fishing net.

 A.  B.  C.  D.

 Jojo’s sister is _____ by his idea.

  A.  B.  C.  D.

 How do the fishermen feel when they see the clean bay?
 A. touched  B. amused
 C. surprised  D. worried

 What is the best title for this play?

 A. Clean Again
 B. Endangered Dolphins
 C. Life in the Sea
 D. The Dolphins and the Fishermen

 What can you learn from this play?

 A. Be nice to all kinds of sea creatures.
 B. Clean up only the messes you make.
 C. Do your part to protect the environment.
 D. Working in a team is fun.

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Part B
Dennis is listening to an interview with an environmentalist. Listen to
the interview and complete the note sheet.

Notes
Interviewee

Name: Brian Wade

 Age: __________

 Country he is from: (Tick ‘’ the appropriate box.)

 America  Canada  Colombia  United Kingdom

Reason(s) for becoming an environmentalist:

 He wanted to do his part to help  ______________________________ .

 He believed that  _____________________________

environmentalists.

Environmental group

 Name: ____________________________________

 Year founded: _____________

 Country founded in: ___________________________

 Countries operating in: (Tick ‘’ the appropriate box.)

 Australia  Canada  China

 United Kingdom  Thailand  Germany
 Mexico  New Zealand  United States
Other(s): _______________________________

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Part C
Ryan is writing a letter to the editor. Read the letter and answer the
questions.

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 12th April, 20XX
Dear Sir / Madam

I am writing this letter in response to the article, ‘Plastic factory

brings jobs to Aberdeen’, which appeared in yesterday’s edition
5 of your newspaper. I live in a housing estate located close to
the factory. As stated in the article, jobs are created by the
factory. However, these jobs come at the cost of serious
environmental problems.

First, the factory puts so much pollution into the air. After going
10 hiking in the hills around the factory, my nose is lined with
black, ash-like material. It is disgusting! I go hiking to get fresh
air, not to breathe air pollution. On bad days, the area around
the factory is covered with an oily-looking cloud. The natural
beauty of Aberdeen will be ruined unless the factory stops
putting pollution into the air.
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Second, many different types of chemicals are used to produce
plastic. Therefore, the area around the factory always smells
strongly of chemicals. Since the factory opened half a year ago,
I have had so many headaches that I have lost track of the
20 number. Besides, breathing chemical-smelling air can lead to
other health issues. If the factory doesn’t stop producing these
strong odours, many people living in the area are going to
become ill. In addition to creating health concerns, the smells
are disgusting!

25 I hope that this letter will encourage other Aberdeen residents

— and Hong Kongers in general — to express their concerns
about the plastic factory. The environment and the people and
animals living in it will continue to pay the price unless the
factory solves the problems mentioned above, or closes down
completely.

Sincerely,
Ryan Huang

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Blacken ● the circle next to the correct answer and write short answers.
1 Which of the following events led to the writing of the letter?

1. The factory opened for business in Aberdeen.

2. An article about the factory was printed in a newspaper.
3. Ryan Huang received a letter about the factory.
4. The newspaper published an advertisement for the factory.

 A. 1 and 2  B. 1 and 3
 C. 2 and 3  D. 3 and 4

2 What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

 A. The air pollution is very bad on some days.

 B. The factory is a big source of air pollution.
 C. The air pollution is bad on cloudy days.
 D. People shouldn’t go hiking near the factory.

3 The factory opened ____ months ago.

 A. two
 B. three
 C. six
 D. twelve

4 In line 17, ‘the number’ refers to the number of ____ .

 A. chemicals that are used to produce plastic

 B. days that the factory has opened
 C. headaches the writer has had since the factory opened
 D. health issues caused by breathing chemical-smelling air

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5 The writer writes this letter because he hopes ____ .

 A. the factory can be moved to a different place

 B. people will take good care of the factory
 C. the factory will pay for the problems it causes
 D. people can know about the environmental problems caused by
the factory

6 When was the article about the plastic factory published?

________________________________________________________________

7 According to the writer, what is good about the factory?

________________________________________________________________

8 What does ‘the area’ (line 15) refer to?

________________________________________________________________

9 Complete the note sheet below. Use only ONE word for each blank.
Make sure your answers are grammatically correct.

If the factory doesn’t figure out how to stop polluting the air and
producing odours that smell like (i) _________________ , the writer
believes that it should stop making (ii) _________________
altogether.

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 Part D
Suzanna is writing a story for a contest at her school. Read the story and
answer the questions.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who liked to litter. His name was
Johnny. He was often punished for littering — by his parents, grandparents,
teachers — but nothing made him change his mind about it. He said to himself,
‘The Earth is enormous. It can’t be harmed by the littering of a single person.’

5 One Saturday afternoon, Johnny was bored. His dad was away on
business and his mum was at the office. The living room window was shaking
from the wind. Suddenly, Johnny got an idea. He went into the kitchen and
returned with a plastic bag filled with rubbish.

First, he tossed some cola cans out the window. They moved this way
10 and that way in the wind. Then he dropped several plastic bottles. He watched
them spin in the air until they landed in a nearby park. His little sister told him
to stop littering, but he just smiled naughtily.

Late that night, a fairy appeared in Johnny’s dream. Her name was Luna
and she was one of Mother Nature’s helpers. She was very tiny and had small,
15 fast-moving wings like a hummingbird. She told him that she needed to give
him a message from Mother Nature.

‘You’ll be sorry unless you stop harming the Earth,’ the fairy said.

‘What are you going to do — punish me?’ he laughed.

‘No, I’m going to show you something.’

20 The fairy flew away. Then the sky darkened and he saw so many awful
scenes – a park littered with rubbish, a beach covered with plastic bottles and a
river overflowing with soda cans.

When he woke up, he understood that a single person could indeed harm
the Earth. However, he knew that a single person could just as easily help the
25 Earth. So that’s what he planned to do.

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Blacken ● the circle next to the correct answer.

1 Johnny thinks that the Earth can’t be harmed by the littering of one
person because it is very ____.

 A. dirty  B. large  C. old  D.

strong

2 According to paragraph 2, Johnny’s dad is ____.

 A. at home  B. at the office

 C. on holiday  D. out of town

3 Which of the following does Johnny NOT throw out the window?

1 2 3 4

 A. 1 and 2  B. 1 and 4
 C. 2 and 3  D. 3 and 4

4 In line 11, what does the word ‘spin’ mean?

spin /spɪn/
noun
1. an act of turning around quickly
 Even though we can’t feel it, the Earth’s spin never stops.
2. a short trip in a car for pleasure
 After lunch, they went for a spin in the surrounding countryside.
verb
3. to make something using thread
 Spiders spin webs.
4. to turn around and around very quickly
 We watched the lucky wheel spin around and around.

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  A. 1  B. 2  C. 3  D. 4

5 Which of the following is NOT true about Luna?

 A. She can appear in dreams.
 B. She has the ability to fly.
 C. She is bigger than Johnny.
 D. She often helps Mother Nature.

6 Why does Johnny laugh in line 18?

 A. He believes that the fairy looks funny.
 B. He feels nervous about being punished by the fairy.
 C. He thinks that the fairy has just told a joke.
 D. He wants to show that he isn’t worried about being punished.

7 What is the best title for the story?

 A. Mother Nature’s punishment
 B. A bad dream
 C. Mother Nature’s helper
 D. A littering boy learns a lesson

8 What is the message of the story?

 A. It is easier to help the Earth than to harm the Earth.
 B. We need to make plans to save the Earth.
 C. Everybody can help or hurt the Earth.
 D. Mother Nature can punish people.

9 Complete the note sheet below. Use only ONE word for each blank.
Make sure your answers are grammatically correct.

Before meeting a fairy in his dream, Johnny just throws

rubbish on the (i) _________________ because he

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 believes that the actions of one person can’t harm the
Earth. At the end of the story, he understands that he
was (ii) _________________ to think this way.
Part E
Finish the story. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs and
the correct time phrases and connectives below.

unless therefore however so that since so if

at last in the end one day once upon a time
❶ __________________ , there was a king who had two sons. The elder son,

Prince Albert, was strong and handsome. ❷ __________________ , he was also

proud and selfish. The younger son, Prince Edward, was not handsome but he was kind.

❸ __________________ , the king ❹_____________ (say) to his sons, ‘I

❺ _____________ (get) old now. I ❻ _____________ (want) one of you to be king. Next

week I ❼ _____________ (give) you two a test. ❽ __________________ you

❾ _____________ (win) the test, you ❿ _____________ (be) king after me.’

Prince Albert ⓫ _____________ (think), ‘Father will test who is stronger. I’ll surely

win ⓬__________________ I’m sick. I’m going to go to sleep early and do exercises

every day ⓭__________________ I’ll be ready for the test.’

That night, Prince Edward ⓮_____________ (not sleep) at all. He kept

⓯_____________ (think) about the test. ‘I think Father wants a clever person to be king

⓰__________________ I’m going to read more books this week.’

⓱__________________ , the day of the test ⓲_____________ (come). The

two princes waited for their father in the palace garden. Suddenly, an old man
appeared. His clothes ⓳_____________ (be) dirty and torn. Prince Albert shouted at him,
‘Go away!’ Prince Edward stopped his brother and talked to the old man kindly, ‘ ⓴
_____________ (be) you hungry? _____________ you ____________ (need) some food?’ At
that moment, the king entered the garden. ‘We’re ready, Father,’ said Prince Albert.
‘What’s the test?’ ‘The test
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_____________________ (already finish). I want a kind person to be the king.

____________ Prince Edward ________ (be) the next king.’

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__________________ Prince Edward became the king. Everyone in the
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Part F
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

Children’s Kingdom – a paradise for children!

In Children’s Kingdom, children ❶ _______________ (not call) kids,

they ❷ ________________ (call) kings and queens!

Here, Children’s Day ❸ _____________ (celebrate) on the first day

of every month. Children ❹ ______________ (not go) to school on this

day. Presents ❺ _______________ (put) on their beds in the morning

and a big breakfast ❻ _______________ (prepare). After breakfast,

children ❼ ______________ (decide) what to do. It

❽ ___________ (be) a public holiday so parents usually

❾ ___________ (take) them out to play. On Children’s Day last month,

3000 children ❿ _______________ (go) to Funland, the biggest

amusement park in Children’s Kingdom. They ⓫ _____________ (get)

free rides and ⓬ ______________ (take) photos with cartoon

characters.

⓭ ___________ you __________ (want) to live in Children’s

Kingdom? There ⓮ _______________ (be) a game competition on

Children’s Day next month. If you ⓯ ______________________ (win) the

competition, you ⓰ ______________ (become) a citizen of Children’s

Kingdom! More than 1,000 children ⓱ _______________ (already send)

us their application forms. ⓲ ___________________ (not wait), apply today!

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Part G
Complete the conversation. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
verbs and write ‘so much’ or ‘so many’ in the boxes.

Ben: Why is it so cold here?

Ivy: I ❶____________________ (just turn) up the air-con.
Ben: You shouldn’t waste ❷ electricity. You should take
off your jacket. Then you ❸_____________ (feel) cooler.
Mum: Why ❹ _______ the tap ___________ (run)? Who didn’t turn it off
properly?
Ben: Sorry, I think that was me. I ❺ _______________ (take) a shower
a little while ago.
Mum: You shouldn’t waste ❻ water. Remember to turn
off the tap properly next time. Why are there ❼
tissues on the table?
Ivy: Joyce always ❽ _______________ (use) tissues to clean the table.
I’ll throw them away. I need to throw away these plastic bags as well.
Mum: Why do you have ❾ plastic bags?
Ivy: I ❿ _______________ (get) them from the supermarket when I
⓫ _______________ (go) shopping this morning.
Mum: We shouldn’t use ⓬ plastic. It’s bad for the
environment. If sea animals ⓭ _______________ (eat) plastic, they
⓮ _______________ (die).

Ivy: OK. I ⓯ _______________ (buy) a cloth bag tomorrow.

Ben: We have ⓰ cloth bags here at home. You don’t
need to buy one. Here, let me ⓱ _______________ (give) you one.
Ivy: Thanks.

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Part H
Write a story about Evan and his mum. Use the following pictures to
write the story in about 80 words.

1 2

3 4

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 What were the elephants doing in Picture 1? How did they feel?
 What did the elephant see in Picture 2? What was the man trying to do?
 How did the elephants feel in Picture 3? What did they see?
 What happened in the end?

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