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GLOBAL ENGLISH PROGRAM

LEVEL B1+ / B2 KNOWLEDGE TEST

INGENIUM EDUCATION MEXICO

READING I : (3 points for each question).

For questions 1 – 5, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

Modern Cooking
We all need to eat to keep fit and healthy. Young children cannot grow tall and strong
unless they eat a well-balanced diet. This means a selection of foods that provide
protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins and mineral elements.

Some foods can be digested raw but other foods are heated and cooked to make
digestion faster. Salad leaves, cucumber, tomatoes, vegetables such as carrots, and
fruit do not need cooking. However apples are an example of fruit that can be eaten
raw and also cooked. Stewed apples, apples baked in the oven and apples in pies
and topped with crumble are ways of eating the fruit. When food is cooked, it is
heated.

Before people had electricity and gas, they cooked on wood and charcoal fires. A
fairly recent addition to cooking is the microwave. This speeds up the cooking time.
Fan ovens are also more efficient. Barbecue cooking outside in the garden on a
warm day in summer, is very popular. In the kitchen, utensils are used to contain the
food, and they vary from open pans to pans with lids, frying pans, steamers,
pressure cookers and woks.

Before supermarkets sold ready cooked meals that just require re-heating, it was the
tradition that men left the women in the home to prepare and cook food. Now both
men and women share the tasks in well-designed kitchens. In restaurants, the chef,
a few years ago, was nearly always male. Today however, there are as many female
chefs as men.
There has been a great revival in the way food is cooked, mainly in part due to
seeing a lot of cooking programmes on television. These are often presented as
competitions like Master Chef and the Great British bake-off. Also people travel more
to foreign countries and return home with exotic and interesting recipes. The
availability of ingredients in the supermarkets also encourages experimentation.

The kitchen is now the 'hub' of the house. The family, friends and visitors when
waiting for a meal to be prepared all gather in the kitchen and help to prepare the
dishes or watch others doing the cooking. The utensils available to aid the food
preparation are plentiful. Different types of knives for example. Aprons and oven
gloves help to protect us from spills and heat when taking hot dishes from the oven.

Some people love cooking, planning the meal, assembling the ingredients and then
preparing the food. Others however prefer to open a tin of food and hot up the
contents.

1) Why do we need to eat a well-balanced diet?

A) To keeps us fit and healthy and helps children grow.
B) To help us balance on wet surfaces.
C) We need a balanced diet to help us live to be 100.
D) We can live well without a balanced diet.

2) Which food mentioned in the passage can be eaten raw?

A) Dates
B) Oranges
C) Brazil nuts
D) Apples

3) Where do people most often cook using a barbecue?

A) Inside the house.
B) In the garden
C) In the garage.
D) In the kitchen.

4) Where can you buy ready prepared meals for heating up at home?
A) At airports.
 B) On the beach.
C) In supermarkets.
D) Only in London.

5) What is the main reason for using a microwave?

A) To shorten cooking time.
B) To teach young children how to cook.
C) To melt icecream.
D) To make food much smaller

III. Read Jessica's blog. Then circle the words that best complete each
sentence.

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a good holiday. I didn't post yesterday
because we had a huge dinner at my great-aunt Susie's house. My extended family was
all there: my cousins, aunts and uncles, and nieces and nephews. The great thing about
Thanksgiving is that everyone cooks. Each person brings a dish. My favorite dish this
year was my brother-in-law Andy's apple-cranberry pie.

I made baked broccoli with chestnuts. I'm not afraid of trying new recipes, but it was a
mistake. I noticed that people weren't eating it, and when I tasted it, I knew why. It was
awful! My wild and crazy great-uncle Pete loudly announced that whoever ate the most
baked broccoli would win a prize — a bottle of stomach medicine. The cool thing about
Thanksgiving is you get to know your family better. And if you make a bad recipe
choice, everyone's there to laugh along with you.

1. Thanksgiving dinner was at Jessica's great-uncle Pete's / great-aunt

Susie's house.
2. Susie /Everyone did the cooking.
3. Jessica's brother-in-law made apple- cranberry pie / broccoli with
chestnuts.
4. Jessica liked / didn't like the new recipe she tried.
5. The broccoli made everyone sick / laugh.
Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
space. There is an example given at the beginning (0). ( 1 point for each
question)

The Price of Fame

Charlotte Church looks like a (0) ....a....... teenager, but she is far from
average. She has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in (1) ........ for hours to
get tickets for her concerts and she is often on television. Charlotte’s
singing (2)………began when she performed on a TV show at the age of
11.
The head of a record company was so impressed by her voice that he(3)
........ her up on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in the charts.
Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. (4) ........ ,
she is often away on tour for weeks at a time. She doesn’t miss out on
lessons, though, because she takes her own tutor with her! She (5) ........
three hours every morning with him. Her exam results in all the (6) ........
she studies are impressive.

But how does she (7) ........ with this unusual way of life? She (8) ........ that
she has the same friends as before. That may be true, but she can no
longer go into town with them because everybody stops her in the street to
ask for her (9) ........ .It seems that, like most stars, she must learn to (10)
........ these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It’s the price of fame!
0. A normal B usual C ordinary D natural
B queues
1. A rows C ranks D files
B job
2. A profession B wrote C labour D career
B While D picked
3. A signed C made
B utilises D However
C For
4. A Although B materials
D uses
C spends
5. A takes B adjust
D lessons
C subjects
6. A titles B refuses
D tolerate
C bear
7. A cope B autograph
C insists D complains
8. A denies B make do with
C sign D writing
9. A signature
C put up with D run out of
10. A look down on
IF CLAUSES

Zero, first and second conditionals exercises:

I In each sentence, put the verb in brackets into the correct tense:

1. I ..................... (enjoy) shopping if I could buy anything I wanted.

2. You wouldn't catch cold all the time if you ..... (wear) warmer clothes.

3. We'll never finish getting the room ready unless everyone ..... (help).

4. You will lose your friends if you.................... (not make) more effort to see them.

5. Ifwe .................... (want) to improve our quality of life, we will have to use our
cars less.

6. Don't miss any lessons unless you ... (be) ill.

7. If I....................... (have) more spare time, I would spend it at the cinema.

8. Please contact me if you ........ (need) to ask any questions.

9. If I were free, I .................. (come) to the concert with you.

10. If you follow the river, you ............ (see) the college on the right.

11. If I were younger,................... (you marry) me?

12. If she ..................... (change) her hairstyle, she would be pretty.

13. Unless she ............... (put on) a coat she'll catch a cold.

14. Even if I sleep well I always .......... (have) a headache.

15. What .................... (you do) in case Bob refuses?

16.................................. (we have) enough time if we wanted to see a castle?

17. In case you ............ (buy) a car, will you teach me to drive?
18. She won't finish it on time if she ......... (not start) right now.

19. If they ..................... (support) our product, they would get a discount.

20. Even if she ............. (ask) him, he won't come.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to

the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word
given. You must use between two and five words, including the
word given.

Here is an example ( 0). (I point for each question).

Example: It was the most relaxing holiday I ever had.
Such

I have never (0) “had such a relaxing” holiday

1. I find Robert‟s taste in music very hard to tolerate.

put
I find it hard ............................................ ...........................
Robert‟s taste in music.

2. I find waiting for buses very boring.

get
I ................................................................................... waiting for buses.

3. It‟s very difficult to predict the weather here.

tends
The weather ........................................................................... unpredictable
here.
4. People say learning lists of words is not a good use of time.
waste
Learning lists of words is .................................................. of time.

5. Christine complained formally when her course of study was cancelled.

made

Christine ....................................................... when her course of study was

cancelled.

6. „I find all the advertisements on TV really irritating,‟ said John.

nerves
„All the advertisements on TV really ........... ........................................... ,‟ said
John.

7. Mark regretted selling his old motorbike.

wished

Mark ...................................................................... ..................... his old

motorbike.

8. „If you take my advice, Paul,‟ said Lynda, you should buy a personal
computer.‟
advised

Lynda ................................................................ ...................... a personal

computer.

9. Pauline hadn‟t expected to see so many people at the concert.

surprise
 It came ................................................................ to see many people at the
concert.

10. Golf is becoming increasingly popular in Britain.

popularity
The ...................... .................................................................................. in
Britain.

Read the sentences. Choose the best words from the box to describe each
person.

friendly and outgoing neat and tidy

strong and independentwild and crazy

1. Judy loves going to clubs and staying out late. Judy is _______

2. Tom always introduces himself to new students and invites them for
coffee. Tom is __________________________________________

3. Mia puts her books and clothes away every night before bed. Mia
is______________________

4. Ellis is never afraid to make decisions without asking others what they
think. Ellis is ____________________________________________
PASSAGES

Write the Gerund of the following verbs. (E. Play - Playing Put the verbs
into the correct form (present perfect simple).
1. I (not / work) _______________________today.
2. We (buy) ________________________a new lamp.
3. We (not / plan) ________________________our holiday yet.
4. Where (be / you) _________________________?
5. He (write) _____________________five letters.
6. She (not / see) _________________________him for a long time.
7. (be / you) _________________________at school?
8. School (not / start) _________________________yet.
9. (speak / he) _________________________to his boss?
10. No, he (have / not) _________________________the time yet.

Write sentences in simple past.

you / cards / play _________________________________________________

I / a car / want _________________________________________________

we / the game / lose ________________________________________________

not / I / early / get up ________________________________________________

not / Jeff and Linda / home / come

_________________________________________

Complete the table in simple past.

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) ___were playing__ monopoly.

2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) _______________ dinner.

3. The kids (play) _______________ in the garden when it suddenly began to

rain.

4. I (practise) _______________ the guitar when he came home.

5. We (not / speak) _______________ all day.

6. While Aaron (work) _______________ in his room, his friends (swim) in the
pool.

7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) _______________ .

8. What (you / do) _______________ yesterday?

9. Most of the time we (sit) _______________ in the park

Choose the words from the box that best complete each sentence.
 aggravates causes deals with identifies ignores runs into

1. Kara __________________her problems. She thinks that other people will

do

something about them.

2. Bo-wei isn't sure what's wrong with his bike. When he

__________________ the problem, he'll fix it.

3. Mia's life always runs smoothly. It seems like she

never__________________ unexpected problems.

4. Marco is a great boss. I like the way he__________________ problems

that come up.

5. Don't ask Kim to come with us. She__________________ problems

wherever she goes.

6. You shouldn't scratch an insect bite. It only __________________ the

problem.

Choose the correct answer

Example:

"I don't have a lot of money." (I have a small amount of money)

"Can I have some rice with my steak?" (A portion of rice)

1. Our teacher gave us ___ homework c) many

today.
3. Do you like to eat ___ vegetables
a) a lot of with your dinner?
b) many
a) a lot of
c) a few
b) a few
2. We don't have ___ time left, so we'd c) some
better hurry.
4. The village has ___ restaurants
a) much where you can enjoy a good meal.
b) some
 a) a little b) any
b) many c) some
c) much
8. We've got ___ days left on holiday.
5. The hotel doesn't have ___ rooms
a) a few
left.
b) a couple
a) any c) a little
b) some
9. You should try to eat ___ fruit every
c) a few
day.
6. Jenny bought a ___ new jeans when
a) some
she went shopping.
b) man
a) some c) a lot
b) much
10. "We only have ___ coffee, won't
c) few
you buy some when you go shopping."
7. "Hi Mike, do you have ___ money I
a) much
can borrow?"
b) any
a) a lot of c) a little

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