Name:
B2+
Pre-Advanced
Class:
2ND EDITION
UNIT 2: LANGUAGE
TEST B
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Task 1 Task 1
Choose the correct words to complete the text. Complete the collocations with the correct words. You
are given the first letters.
When I was in primary school, all the 12 I’ve had a DIFFERENT perspective on life
students, most of (1) whom / them spoke since I moved into my own flat and took on more
just one language, were encouraged to also responsibilities.
learn English. But from the age of eight, we 13 We were astonished by the robot display, which
were also encouraged to learn sign language, was the MAIN attraction at the exhibition.
the language used by deaf people and their
14 Our FIRST impressions of people open
friends.
change when we get to know them better.
There were some deaf students in my school, so
(2) whenever / whatever we had the chance, 15 Living near public transport is an
we would practise with them, and it’s amazing important PRACTICAL consideration when
you’re deciding where to live.
how quickly we picked the language up. (3)
Wherever / Whatever class I was in, if there 16 I thought the MEDIA coverage of the music
was a deaf classmate, we would always try and event in the park was excellent.
work together. And (4) whatever / whenever 17 Everyone had expected Anton to win the award
we went on school trips, there would be and there was UTTER disbelief when he didn’t.
hearing and deaf people sharing the journey, 18 The experiment gave VALUABLE insight into
during (5) which / whom we would have time how different people perceive colours.
to talk. Nowadays, being a trilingual person, I
19 BROADLY speaking, the organisers will need
7 about 1,000 spectators to cover the costs of the
concert.
Task 2 20 The HEADLINE act at the music festival this
year is going to be a big band from the 1980s.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence using the word given. 21 My uncle is an important member
Do not change the word given. Use between three and of his LOCAL community.
six words.
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8 She made a point of emphasising the wide and
varied menu.
EMPHASISED Task 2
What SHE EMPHASISED WAS the wide and varied Complete the sentences with these words. There are
menu. two extra words which you do not need to use.
9 There were hundreds of people delayed at the
airport and a lot of them were children. concept disclosure distraction illustration
MAJORITY insight perception sensation
There were hundreds of people delayed at the
airport, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM 22 The CONCEPT of mixing different cooking
WERE children. traditions in the same recipe is relatively recent.
10 I don’t understand the reason he booked this 23 This research will give scientists greater INSIGHT
restaurant so late.
WHY into why certain smells affect us negatively.
What I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHY he booked the 24 In my dream I had the strangest SENSATION
restaurant so late. of
11 He didn’t suggest sharing the bill on any occasion flying over mountains.
during the holiday. 25 Two different people can have a completely
ONCE different PERCEPTION of the
Not ONCE DID HE SUGGEST share the bill during the same event.
holiday. 26 An argument between two people in the audience
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was a
DISTRACTION for the performers on the stage.
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Name:
B2+
Pre-Advanced
Class:
2ND EDITION
UNIT 2: LANGUAGE
TEST B
USE OF ENGLISH
Task 1
Use the word given in capitals at the end of some lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
The manager of my favourite football club finally leÆ his job today.DEPARTUR
His (27) wa DEPA
s RT
announced on the club website. He was under increasing (28) to leave, aÆer PRE
PRESSURE the SS
team lost seven successive matches. And his (29) to go was making the REFUS
REFUSAL fans E
angry. Many people thought he was more interested in fame and celebrity.
His late-night
activities were widely (30) PRESS and many thought it was a (31) PUBLIC,
DISTRACTING DISTRACT
from the football. He gave a very strong (32) , but he was later filmed DEN
PUBLICITY making a Y
(33) DENIAL from an expensive restaurant with a top model on his arm, DEPA
climbing into a RT
limousine, which just made the fans angrier. Much to the (34) of everyone, ANNO
ANNOYANCE he Y
responded by saying that he was not pleased with the (35) of the press into INTRU
INTRUSION his DE
private life, and that he wanted to sign a new five-year contract. Today he was
sacked, and
I’d say it’s (36) DOUBT that he will ever DOUB
return. T
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Task 2
Read the speech by a student and complete the gaps with one word only.
It’s with great pleasure that I present this award to this year’s Journalist of the Year. The winner (37) playe
HAS
an important role in raising people’s awareness (38) OF the problems faced by older people.d
Many younger people have no concept (39) OF the loneliness that older people
experience, especially when they lose a partner. But what this writer has done (40) IS to help
explain, through interviews published in her newspaper and on her website, the importance of friends
and family, (41) THAT support older people rely on. Her recent story of mixed-
generation shared housing, where young people move into older people’s homes and become ‘share
buddies’ is a good case (42) IN point.
For older people, it’s possible her journalistic work could be (43) of the most important
FOR examples of that her work will
good journalism
impression (45) I’ve
ON seen, and what
future we can all and
generations, agree ongiven
has (44) us
OFgreat
leave a lasting
insight (46) INTOwhat
people are going older
through.
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