PUČKO OTVORENO UČILIŠTE VELIKA GORICA

ŠKOLA STRANIH JEZIKA FINAL B1.2

LISTENING

1 Listen to an interview and complete the sentences. Write a number, one word
or two words only.
1 The Draw-A-Scientist Test is considered reliable by academic ________ around the world.
2 In the first study, less than ________ % of children drew a female scientist.
3 Teenagers’ drawings show a ________ percentage of female scientists than younger
children’s drawings.
4 Compared with the earliest drawings, what the children draw today is very ________ .
5 Georgia is certain that ________ influences the details of the stereotype.
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2 Listen to five conversations. Tick () A, B, or C.

1 What is the city trying to improve?
A The air.  B The parking.  C The cycle lanes. 
2 Why won’t Nico buy an electric motorbike yet?
A The speed.  B The sound.  C The cost. 
3 What interested Jess the most about Melbourne?
A A journey on a tram.  B A visit to a theatre.  C The food in the market. 
4 How does Maggie feel about her new journey to work?
A More stressed than before.  B The same as before. 
C Less stressed than before. 
5 What don’t the children agree about?
A The Tube.  B The old buses.  C The café. 
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Listening total 10
GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Example: Lucy and Emilia have known (know) each other for years.
1 What time ________ you ________ (wake up) after your busy Friday night?
2 As soon as I left the shop, I realized that I _____________________ (lose) my
phone.
3 ‘______________ you ever __________________ (eat) real English fish and
chips?’ ‘No, I haven’t.’
4 ‘Jo? Where are you?’ ‘I _______________________________ (make) coffee in
the kitchen. Would you like a cup?’
5 While you _______________________________ (play) outside, I was tidying the
house.
6 Hanif is
____________________________________________________________ (retire)
when he’s sixty. At least, that’s what he says.

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7 I usually _______________________________ (not do) my English homework on

Wednesday nights.
8 Marion ______________________________________ (leave) the Netherlands
tomorrow and driving back to the UK.
9 I’m saving for a new scooter. I __________________ already
_____________________ (save) £500.
10 I __________________________________________ (write) e mails all morning, I
have already written four.
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2 Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: What a sad story!
1 Please can you play ___________________ quietly? You’re too loud!
2 He’s been a chef ____________________ three years now.
3 I think hospital care ________________________ be free for everyone.
4 When I was a child, we _______________ to go on holidays in the mountains.
Nowadays, we usually go to the seaside.
5 She was as clever _______ her brother.
6 Oscar ______________________ afford a car so he cycled everywhere.
7 He’s ___________ best goalkeeper we’ve ever had.
8 I don’t go to the gym ________ more. I prefer running outside.
9 I love the summer. I enjoy _____________________ able to leave the house
without a coat.
10 I really think you ________________ to tell dad about your debt, I would do that if
I were you.
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3 Write the sentences in the negative form.

Example: You must tell Yasmin.
You mustn’t tell Yasmin.
1 We’ll see you at the concert.
_____________________________________________________________
2 I used to enjoy learning new languages.
____________________________________________________________
3 I’m going to study all night
_____________________________________________
4 We lost the match.
_____________________________________________
5 You have to pay extra for the sauce.
_____________________________________________
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4 Underline the correct word(s).

Example: I was watching TV when I heard / was hearing a noise.
1 All the girls / girls in my class are in love with Jack.
2 Molly can / could swim really well when she was little.
3 I think / I’m thinking this pasta is amazing. What’s in the sauce?
4 I don’t have as many / so many Facebook friends as you.
5 Has the news finished yet / just ? I don’t want to know the football score.
6 Adam loves the football / football . He’s a big fan of Chelsea and Paris SG.
7 How long have you been knowing / have you known him?
8 It’s the tallest skyscraper of / in London. You can see it from miles away.
9 The last match was terrible, but this one was better / less .
10 I’m really sorry, I won’t be able to / can’t come.
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Grammar total 40

VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Example: Are you listening to me?
1 Is there anything that you’re really afraid ________________?
2 I’m tired ____________ listening to the same story again.
3 Try not to laugh ________ Bill when he speaks French – his accent is terrible!
4 It can take ages to get to the city centre – it depends ________________ the traffic.
5 She reminds me ___________ my sister when she was that age.
6 He sems to be very angry _________ his wife.
7 Jenna is arriving ________________ London on Saturday morning.
8 I sincerely apologize _____ the mistake.
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3 Choose from the pairs of adjectives to complete the sentences.

embarrassed / embarrassing bored / boring

frightened / frightening tired / tiring
depressed / depressing

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Example: The match was really boring. There weren’t any goals.
1 It was so _______________________________________ when my mobile rang during
the play.
2 That’s possibly the most ______________________________________ film I’ve ever
seen. Nothing happened.
3 I was very ______________________________________ when the door suddenly
opened on its own.
4 It rained every day on my holiday. I couldn’t do anything and was so
____________________________________.
5 Why is travelling so ______________________________ when most of the time you’re
just sitting down?
6 I find most horror films too ______________________________ so I keep my eyes
closed half the time.
7 I’m not surprised Ian’s ___________________. He’s just lost his job, and his dog’s just
died.
8 She was so ___________________________ when she called him by the wrong name!
9 We’re incredibly _________________________. We’ve spent all day sightseeing in
Stockholm.
10 I find it _______________________ that most people don’t really care about climate
change.
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4 Complete the missing word in each sentence.

Example: I’m busy right now. Please can I call you back in 10 minutes?
1 Hello. Yes, I left a m________________ on this number last week but I haven’t
heard back.
2 It takes me more than an hour to get home during the r_________ hour.
3 We would buy a new car if we could a____________ it, but we don’t have enough
money at the moment.
4 I’m trying to call my piano teacher but the line’s en_____________.
5 I don’t want to take my car to that garage, I think they c___________ too much for
the repairs. Last time it was more than two hundred dollars just to look at the
brakes!
6 I’m trying to speak to my phone company but they’ve put me on h_______.
7 Bikes are allowed on the road, but you should use the cycle l___________
8 Do you think she will i________________ the estate when her grandfather dies?
9 The r__________________ blew the whistle to end the match.
10 Put the biscuits in the oven and b____________ them for twenty minutes.
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6 Write the synonym.

Example: very tasty delicious
1 very funny _________________
2 very _____________ enormous
3 very angry ________________
4 very _____________ starving
5 very frightened ________________
6 very ___________ freezing
7 very dirty ________________ 7

Vocabulary total 35
READING

1 Read about favourite toys and games. Tick () A, B, or C.

Shriyan
When I was growing up my favourite toy was my bike. Luckily, because of where I lived
and because my parents let me have a lot of freedom, I could ride it a lot. I remember
coming home from school and going out on my bike to the park, or just around the
streets. Now I’m a parent myself, and I worry that children can’t play outside in the
same way I used to. There is so much more traffic — it just isn’t safe for them to cycle
by themselves. I decided to start a ‘Playing Out’ session in my street. We close the
road for three hours once each fortnight. Then the children can play in the road, like I
used to. They ride bikes, they skip, they draw on the road with chalk. It’s amazing.
Some local residents weren’t sure about it at first, but now they can clearly see the
benefits. Even people who don’t have children come into the street and join in. ‘Playing
Out’ is quite difficult to organize because you need permission from local government
to close the road, and you need at least four adults to be responsible for the children,
but it’s definitely worth the trouble.
Alison
You could always tell I was going to be an engineer. I loved construction bricks, even
when I was very small. That’s one of the best things about the toy, of course. It doesn’t
matter if you’ve got tiny hands, you can still build a castle, or a car, or a robot … and
then you can make something completely different with the same pieces. Some boxes
of bricks come with a set of instructions to help you build a particular plane or building. I
used to build that once, and then all the pieces went into a big plastic tub in my
bedroom. I spent many hours building my own creations. I think construction bricks
have changed since I was little. There are more specialized pieces, like different
wheels and connectors. And I really don’t think there should be ‘pinkified’ boxes of
bricks ‘for girls’, where the colours are different and the specialized pieces are flowers
and pets. They should be banned!

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Frank
I’m the youngest child in my family. Perhaps I’m a little bit bossy and a little bit spoilt.
Anyway my favourite games always involved telling people what to do! I used to make
my parents and my older sisters hide my soft toys around the house. I used to pretend
the toys were in trouble and my sisters were the ‘baddies’. Then I’d dress up as a
superhero and run around rescuing them. Or, if my family were busy, I would play
hospitals with the soft toys. I was the doctor, of course, and the soft animals used to
have lots of injuries and illnesses. I used to put bandages on them and put them in bed.
I really loved those toys and I even took one special bear with me to university.

Example: When he was young, Shriyan regularly rode his bike without his parents.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 

1 Shriyan was worried about his children’s weight before he started the ‘Playing out’
sessions.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
2 People in Shriyan’s street have got used to the ‘Playing Out’ sessions.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
3 Shriyan didn’t have to ask permission to close the road.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
4 Shriyan doesn’t look after the children by himself during the sessions.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
5 Alison thinks even very young children can use construction bricks.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
6 Alison didn’t use to build anything using the instructions.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
7 Alison doesn’t think boxes of bricks should have so many specialized pieces.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
8 Frank used to make his sisters play with him.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
9 Frank’s parents knew he was going to be a doctor when he grew up.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
10 Frank’s games show that he was an imaginative and caring child.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
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WRITING

A) Write about public transport in your town / capital city. Compare their reliability,
speed, price and comfort.
B) Write about your favourite restaurant: where is it, what kind of food do they serve,
what are the prices like compared to other establishments… Is there a restaurant
etiquette in your country, what behaviour is considered good or bad manners?

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