Go through each of the

descriptions (1-5) and underline

the three points that are
For each question, choose the correct answer. important for each person.
A teacher in the UK wants her students to find e-pals to write to Then go through the short texts
who come from different countries. and Circle any details which
Below there are descriptions of five British students, followed by: match the points you
descriptions of eight e-pals. Decide which one would be the most underlined.
suitable for the following students.

o Poppy enjoys writing stories and wants an e-pal who will exchange stories with her.
Her e-pal should also enjoy playing team sports like she does.
o Lewis recently moved to England and wants an e-pal who's lived in a different
country, too. He loves drawing comic book stories and watching online videos about
drawing to help him improve.
o Amelia’s been in several shows at school and wants her e-pal to be involved in the
theatre. She enjoys cooking new things and wants to learn how to make dishes from
a different country.
o Alistair loves winter sports and wants an e-pal with similar interests. He loves
reading about sports and would like some advice on good blogs to read on this topic.
o Rosie wants to write to someone who's also changed schools recently. She'd like her
e-pal to be interested in protecting the environment and enjoy doing extreme
sports.

A. I’m Ava and I live on the west coast of Canada. E. My name’s Ana and I’m from Mexico. At home, I
Windsurfing’s very popular where I live, but I prefer love learning how to make traditional desserts and
writing about it. That’s why I’ve got my own snacks. In fact, I’ve got some family recipes you
windsurfing blog where I post windsurfing photos and should definitely try. I also really like performing in
articles. I'd like to include posts about some other school plays.
extreme sports, too.

B. I'm Elena and I'm from a town in southern Italy. I'm F. I’m Martina and I’ve always lived in the same
pretty good at basketball and hockey, but I'm terrible house in San Antonio, Chile. My room’s full of my
at surfing! I enjoy reading fiction, especially anything is drawings and paintings that are about nature and
written by people my age, and I love writing stories, protecting the environment. I always post pictures of
too. In fact, I'll send you some if you want! my art on my blog to share with other artists.

C. I'm Petra. I've always lived in Prague, but my family G. I’m Finn and I live in France, but I was brought up
has just moved to the opposite side of the city, so now in Germany. Lots of things are different since I’ve
I’m studying somewhere new. This term, I've joined a had to change schools, but not my favourite hobby
school club that encourages people in our local area to — drawing cartoons from my imagination. I’m also a
use less plastic. I'm keen on rock climbing and I have fan of some bloggers that post short films to show
plans to learn how to snowboard this winter how to draw cartoon characters.

D. My name's Ryan. I was born in New Zealand, but H. I'm Karl and I'm from Denmark. I enjoy reading
I’ve recently moved to Australia. At my new school, I about young athletes and the competitions they take
joined the school theatre club and I'll be in my first play part in. I know loads of great blogs about this topic. I
next month. I’d love some advice about how not to get like doing sport, too. I love surfing in the summer,
nervous in front of an audience or any other tips about and I like skiing and ice skating in the winter.
acting!

EXAM TASK
For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 You will hear two friends talking 4 You will hear a boy telling his friend
about their new school hall. about problems learning the piano.
What is the boy most impressed by? What does the girl advise him to do?
A. the space it has inside A. take up piano lessons
B. the way it’s decorated B. concentrate on one piece of
C. the amount of light coming in music
2 You will hear a girl talking to her C. listen to more piano music
brother about a concert. 5 You will hear two friends talking
What is she trying to persuade him to about a hockey match that the girl
do? played in.
A. buy her a concert ticket How did she feel about it?
B. go with her to watch the A. sad that her team didn’t win
concert B. worried that she didn’t play well
C. perform in the concert C. disappointed that her friend
didn't see it
3 You will hear two friends talking 6 You will hear two friends talking
about the new school they’ve just about breaking up for the summer
moved to. holidays.
What does the girl say about the What do they agree about the
school? holiday?
A. The rules there are quite A. They'll have a lot of schoolwork
relaxed. to do.
B. It’s changed since her parents B. They'll miss their friends from
were there. their class.
C. She immediately felt C. They'll get bored before the
comfortable there. holidays finish.

Read Tan’s blog for today. Choose the correct

form of the verbs.

At the moment, (0) / write /‘m writing Jhis blog post. (1) / sit /I'm sitting on my bed
and (2) watch / watching TV, too. It’s my favourite programme - ‘Teen Star’.
(3) I watch / I'm watching it every Friday evening at 6 p.m., after (4) I get / I'm
getting home from swimming club. I've got a drink, so (5) I try / I'm trying to drink
that and (6) I write / I'm writing at the same time. It’s not easy! (7) Mum cooks /
Mum's cooking the dinner — she’s just said it'll be ready soon. It'll probably be a big
family dinner with roast chicken — (8) she usually makes / she’s usually making it
every Friday, as (9) she never has / she’s never having time during the rest of the
week. Anyway, (10) we work and study / we're working and studying so hard at the
moment that we're hardly ever all at home at the same time!

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The famous Hollywood director of films such as Jurassic Park and Ready Player One
wasn't the best student.
Many people consider doing well at school is an important part of having a successful
career. However, that wasn’t true in Steven Spielberg's (1)..........
As a child, Steven showed (2).................... interest in his studies. But he was
interested in film and began using his father’s movie camera to record family
(3) .................. . By the age of 12, he’d made his first movie. Steven's poor grades in
high school (4).................... him from entering the University of Southern California's
film programme. However, he was (5).................. at California State University but
didn’t complete the course. Instead, he worked at the world-famous Universal
Studios and soon became one of Hollywood's best-known directors. Over 34 years
after leaving college, Steven finally attended his university graduation
(6).................... . He’d decided to complete his studies because his children kept
asking why they should go to college when he hadn't. Steven says, ‘I thought I’d
better get that degree and get it fast, so I did.’

1 A fact B condition C case D position

2 A few B small C low D little
3 A situations B events C actions D developments
4 A refused B avoided C limited D prevented
5 A accepted B gained C allowed D entered
6 A custom B ceremony C occasion D anniversary