Gold Experience B2 Progress test 9

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Grammar
1 Rewrite the sentences using the word given. Use between two and five words, including
the word given.
1 I didnt lock the door and that was a mistake.

LOCKED

I should have locked the door.

2 Is it necessary for you to get such an early train?

HAVE

________________________________ such an early train?

3 I wanted to finish the work, but there was too much to do.

IT

There was so much work that ________________________________ .

4 It was pointless cleaning the kitchen for Mum because she did it all again when she came home.

HAVE

I ________________________________ the kitchen because Mum did it all again when she
came home.

5 Its possible that James forgot to send the email.

FORGOTTEN

James ________________________________ to send the email.

6 I had the time to go to the cinema with Helena, but I just didnt feel like it.

GONE

I ________________________________ to the cinema with Helena, but I just didnt feel like
it.

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 2 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 You should have seen/needed to see a doctor about your headache.
2 I might have gone/could have gone to the concert, but there were no tickets.
3 You mustnt/dont need to print out the information you can email it to me.
4 Sorry Im late, but I should help/needed to help Holly with the project.
5 Unfortunately, we werent allowed/didnt have to use laptops in the exam.
6 We didnt need to do/neednt have done any homework because we finished the exercises in
class.

Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these verbs.
charge cheat sentence stalk suspend vandalise
1 Pete was suspended from school last week because of fighting.

2 The judge ____________ the burglar to six months in prison.

3 Rose told the police that a man was ____________ her, but they didnt believe her.

4 Cars in this street get ____________ nearly every weekend.

5 ____________ in exams is punished severely by the school.

6 At last the police have ____________ someone with the murder of the old lady.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.
1 Many people are ignorant of the rules about dropping litter in the streets. IGNORE

2 Our teacher is very ____________ and we are allowed to do all sorts of things in class!
TOLERATE

3 Thanks for the link to the website its very ____________ . INFORM

4 When the hurricane hit the town, it was a ____________ event for thousands of people.
TRAUMA

5 I was a very ____________ child and my parents were always telling me off. DISOBEY

6 Its quite normal for teenagers to be ____________ ! REBEL

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 Listening
5 You will hear part of an interview with a teenager who used to be a gang member. Choose
the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
1 How long did Justin spend in prison?
A not as long as hed expected
B as long as he deserved
C longer than the judge had said
D longer than his mates
2 Justin first joined a gang because
A he needed money.
B he wanted to be like his mates.
C he was expelled from school.
D he liked fighting.
3 What motivated Justin to change his life?
A He realised that being in a gang made no sense.
B He moved to a different area.
C He was persuaded by other inmates in prison.
D He didnt want to go back to prison.
4 How can he now help the community?
A by becoming a police officer
B by encouraging kids to inform on gang members
C by talking about his own experiences
D by assisting teachers in the classroom
5 What does Justin want to do in the future?
A continue his education
B become a teacher
C get a job as a car mechanic
D become an advisor

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 Reading

The disappearing class

The afternoon was baking hot and the prospect of our weekly dose of torture a double lesson of
physics with Miss Jenson in a stuffy laboratory was making the whole class moan as we lounged
around the laboratory waiting for the old lady to make her appearance.
I bet that every single one of us had tried to get out of the lesson somehow. Personally, in the past Id
tried sick notes and doctors appointments, but nothing worked. The sweet old lady was as sharp as a
knife and ruled our class very strictly. She was undoubtedly an excellent physicist, but she had one of
those voices that had no intonation if you know what I mean. Three minutes and we were usually half
asleep. The thing with teenagers is that you need to keep our attention or else well get up to mischief!
That day it was my turn to find a way to inject some fun into the afternoon class. And I had come up
with a magnificent joke to play. We had tried kids stuff in the past glue on her pen, letting a mouse
loose in the laboratory you name it, wed done it. Nothing bothered Miss J. But this time I had
thought of the joke to end all jokes: the disappearing class joke.
I imagine youre thinking that we simply walked out but oh, no! This was clever, although I say it
myself! After about ten minutes Miss J set us some work (as she always did) and left us to go to the
staffroom. Were convinced she usually has a quick cup of tea there. As soon as she had left the
classroom we put our plan into action.
In the science laboratory there are a series of long desks, all linked to each other. Theyve got work
surfaces where they keep all the equipment and we do all our experiments. Underneath these desks are
long, hollow, empty cupboards and at one end of these the wooden panel was loose. I took off the panel
and quickly we all crawled after each other into the cupboards right down round the corners to the far
end. I was last and pulled the panel back into place. We sat there in the darkness holding our hands over
our mouths and trying not to giggle, all twenty of us!
We heard Miss J come back into the lab.
I hope youve nearly fini. . . she said and then there was silence a long silence. We could only guess
her expression. She was looking at a completely empty laboratory! Twenty girls were missing.
Where. . . Then we heard the door close. A few minutes later it opened again and there was another
voice our Head of Department.
Dont be silly, Girda. They cant have just disappeared. Have you checked the canteen, the common
room? Have you asked the other teachers? Then they left again.
Giggling like maniacs we crawled back out of the cupboards and were sitting calmly at our desks
working when Miss J and the Head appeared twenty minutes later. They had been round the whole
school looking for us. Their faces were a real picture. Now, what happened next is another story. . .

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 6 Read the text and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
1 Double science lessons were unpopular because the teacher
A wasnt sympathetic if the students were ill.
B was unable to discipline the class adequately.
C delivered the lesson in an uninteresting manner.
D wasnt very good at her subject.
2 The word it in paragraph 4, line 13 refers to
A the idea of the practical joke.
B the comment about the practical joke.
C the timing of the practical joke.
D the title the writer gives to the practical joke.
3 The practical joke involved the students
A scaring the teacher with a small animal in the laboratory.
B remaining as silent as they possibly could.
C hiding all the science equipment in the cupboards.
D leaving the school premises completely.
4 The word crawled in paragraph 5, line 20 means
A moved regularly one after the other.
B moved quickly and excitedly.
C moved slowly on hands and knees.
D moved hesitantly, fearfully.
5 The students could guess Miss Js immediate reaction to their absence
A by watching her face when she saw the laboratory.
B by hearing what the Head of Department said.
C by imagining how she looked.
D by hearing her shout when she saw the empty room.

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 Writing
7 Read the task in Exercise 8. Tick () the information that you should include. Put a cross
(X) for the information you should NOT include.
1 Thank Penny for her email. ____
2 Explain in detail what you have been doing recently. ____
3 Congratulate her on being chosen for the team. ____
4 Suggest checking with her doctor about the knee. ____
5 Tell her about a competition youve won recently. ____

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8 This is part of an email you have received from your English friend, Penny. Write your
reply in 140190 words.
I really need your advice! Ive been chosen to represent the school in a tennis singles match on
Saturday. I hurt my knee last week and Im scared I wont play well but its a real honour!
Im so worried that Im not sleeping well at all. What should I do?
Love,
Penny

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