3 Test
Extension
3 Complete the words to make idioms.
VOCABULARY
1 Choose the correct word.
0 He’s so … that he goes to every party he’s invited to.
A sociable B withdrawn C cautious
1 Jane is really gregarious, but her brother is more … .
A uninhibited B effusive C restrained
2 It’s difficult making conversation with such an … person.
A uncommunicative B unreserved C affable
3 James is fairly … , so he likes to analyze everything.
A outgoing B introspective C generous
4 The problem with … people is that you sometimes can’t
get a word in edgeways!
A effusive B modest C secretive
5 Nina appears … at first, but she can take risks when she
wants to.
A generous B cautious C communicative
6 He isn’t very … , so you’ll never see him hug anyone.
A solitary B shy C demonstrative
0 She has a very individual style and never follows the
crowd.
. Just
1 Please don’t beat about the b
give me the bad news.
2 You’re going to need to take the bull by the
h
and speak to Ben directly.
3 Don’t expect me to be diplomatic. I always call a spade a
.
s
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Vocabulary total
15
GRAMMAR
1 Complete the cleft sentences beginning with what,
how, who, why and when and the words below.
he moved I need knows
she said she worked they met
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
words below.
affable cautious generous gregarious
modest restrained secretive
0 His secretiveness has made it harder for us to find out the
truth about what happened.
is understandable given that
1 Tania’s
Simon did most of the work.
2 Tom’s
nature makes us all feel
exhausted!
3 We’ve been amazed by the
of
everyone who gave their time and money at the charity
fundraising event.
4 My boss says that
isn’t a good
quality for a salesman to have because you need to be
bold to make a sale.
5 Being
and having a nice smile are
good ways to make a first impression.
6 In some countries, it is polite to show
rather than clap too loudly.
6
0 What she said really shocked me.
1
few days.
2
3
isn’t clear.
4
I never found out.
5
known.
is a place to stay for a
is an interesting story.
about the situation
for such a strange man
to New York isn’t
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2 Rewrite the sentences as cleft sentences.
0 I had no idea what he was doing there.
What he was doing there I had no idea.
1 I’ll never know how I managed to find the right path.
How
2 She didn’t say when she’s going to tell everyone her
news.
When
3 It wasn’t clear who she was referring to.
Who
4 The most important issue is what Mark’s going to do
after university.
What
5 It wasn’t explained until the end of the story why the
main character went to the USA.
Why
.
.
.
.
.
5
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
words below.
words in brackets. There may be more than one possible
answer.
clean collect cut eat
go out repair sign tell try
0 I got this poster signed by every member of the band.
professionally.
1 We got the carpets
2 Chris has been trying to get Sophie
with him.
3 Where did you get your hair
?
4 I finally got him
me what the
problem was.
5 Helena doesn’t like dancing, but we persuaded her
salsa.
us
6 Can you phone Steve and get him
from the station?
7 I’m not going to force you
anything
you don’t want.
8 Karl’s taken his car to the garage to get it
.
0 If my grandparents lived (live) nearer, I would visit (visit)
them more often.
(wait) for Tom any longer, we
1 If we
(miss) the train.
(take) the motorway, I
2 Had I
(get) here a lot faster.
(have) more sense, he
3 If he
(put) himself in such danger.
4 If I
(be) better at Maths when I was
at school, I
(might / become) an
engineer.
(know) the answer, we
5 If Sam and I
(tell) you.
5
Grammar total
30
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4 Rewrite the sentences as one conditional sentence.
0 I didn’t see you. I didn’t speak to you.
Had I / If I had seen you, I would have spoken to you.
1 Amy didn’t study hard at school. She isn’t at university
now.
2 We aren’t in a big city. We met and became friends.
3 You spent all your money. You don’t have any left.
4 You warned me. I didn’t say the wrong thing.
5 I don’t have a car. I couldn’t drive here today.
6 It rained all day. You didn’t see the scenery.
7 She doesn’t do any exercise. She put on weight.
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READING
Separated at birth
Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein lived very similar
lives. They were both born in New York, edited their
high school newspapers and studied film at university.
And both were adopted in 1969. It was only at the age of
35 that they discovered each other and just how similar
they actually were: identical twins who had been
separated as infants in a bizarre social experiment.
It came to light when Elyse, who had been living in
Paris, decided to seek her birth mother. She was told
that her mother was not interested in meeting her,
but was then informed that she had an identical twin,
Paula. After not knowing her sister for so long, with help
from social workers she was able to find her within
days.
The two women met for the first time as adults in 2004.
Soon after that day, Elyse told Paula that they had been
deliberately separated at birth as part of a unique study
on nurture versus nature, a debate that has enthralled
scientists for generations. The real purpose of the
experiment was hidden from their adoptive parents.
Overcoming their inner turmoil, the sisters, who both
now live in Brooklyn and are both writers, decided to
combine forces and write a book about their childhoods
and the intense experience of discovering an identical
twin in their mid-30s. The book, Identical Strangers, was
published in 2007. Paula commented at the time:
‘Twins really do force us to question what it is that
makes each of us who we are. Since meeting Elyse, it is
undeniable that genetics play a huge role – probably
more than 50 per cent. It’s not just our taste in music or
books; it goes beyond that. In her, I see the same basic
personality. And yet, eventually we had to realize that
we’re different people with different life histories.’
But what of the 13 other children involved in the
original study? Apparently, three sets of twins and one
set of triplets have discovered one another. However,
the other four subjects of the study still do not know
they have identical twins.
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1 Read the article and find words or expressions that
mean the following.
0 upbringing nurture
1 interested greatly
2 anxiety
3 obvious
4 preference
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2 Read the article and put the events in order.
Elyse and Paula met each other as adults. _
Paula found out about the experiment. _
They wrote a book. _
They studied film. _
Elyse and Paula were adopted. _
Elyse found out that she had an identical twin. _
Elyse and Paula were born. 1
Elyse decided to seek her birth mother. _
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3 Read the article again and decide if the sentences are
true or false. Justify your answers.
0 Paula and Elyse were adopted as babies.
True. They met for the first time as adults in 2004 when they
were 35 and the text says they were adopted in 1969.
1 Elyse never met her birth mother.
2 Their adoptive parents disapproved of the experiment.
3 Paula and Elyse co-wrote the book Identical Strangers.
4 Paula thinks that she and Elyse have very different
personalities.
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Reading total
15
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LISTENING
1
WRITING
1 Read the ‘rules’ for how to comment on a blog post.
5 Listen to a radio programme and tick ( ) or cross
( ) the advice you hear.
0 Don’t ignore your ancestors’ brothers and sisters.
1 Don’t search for family members that have an unusual
name. _
2 Don’t overlook your female ancestors. _
3 Focus on women’s married names rather than their
maiden names. _
4 Don’t miss out a generation. _
5 Focus on names rather than locations. _
6 Don’t assume that surnames were always written the
same way. _
7 Don’t alter the spelling of a surname once you start
searching. _
8 Be methodical. _
9 Start at a point in the past and work towards the present
day. _
10 Do your research responsibly for the sake of your
ancestors. _
10
2
Listen again and decide if the sentences are true or
false. Correct the false sentences.
5
0 The text is one person’s account of researching their
family tree.
False. It is about how to avoid mistakes when researching
your family tree.
1 A census is a place where records are kept.
Only five of them are genuine. Write True or False and
correct the false sentences.
0 Use formal language such as Dear … .
False. Use informal language such as Hi or Hello.
1 Be specific and personalize your comments – it shows
how much you’re interested.
2 Write a lengthy response – it is another way to show
how much you’re interested.
3 Never attack an author personally.
4 Never disagree with what the author has said in his / her
post.
5 Show the author that you are genuinely interested in
what they have written.
6 Use capital letters whenever possible, for emphasis.
7 Never use the author’s first name.
8 Only post something that adds value to the
conversation.
9 Make sure to cover other topics, to make your comment
more interesting.
10 Practise respectful disagreement.
2 In the past, it used to be common for daughters to be
given the mother’s maiden name.
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2 Write a comment on a blog post in 175–200 words.
3 It was normal to find several people with the same name
and surname in different generations of the same family.
Comment on an imaginary blog post that someone
has written about their family history. Use informal
language.
4 The people who wrote down family events sometimes
made mistakes.
5 By putting a question mark at the end of part of a name,
you can find more variations of it.
10
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Writing total
15
Speaking
10
TOTAL
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