English.test.B1

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T E S T (B 1)

TASK 1 Mark the correct letter A, B or C . Example:

A You mustn’t take the computers out of

this room without asking the headteacher.

B You should check with the headteacher

before using the computers in this room.

C You must ask the headteacher for permission

to move the computers into this room

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A After you use books, put them back on the shelves.

B Leave books on the table when you finish using them.

C If you find books on tables, take them to the librarian.

A When you buy two large cake, we change you for

only one of them.

B We give you a small free cake with every large

cake you buy.

C If you pay for two large cakes, we give you a

small one as a present.

A Visitors can see how the monkeys are fed at 9.00 a.m.

B Visitors should never try to feed the monkeys before

9.00 a.m.

C Visitors can help feed the monkeys at 9.00 a.m.

A You can have a haircut every day but not on Saturday.

B You can pay less for a haircut with this advert.

C You can get a cheaper haircut only on the opening day.

0. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO

MOVE COMPUTERS FROM

THIS ROOM WITHOUT

PERMISSION FROM

THE HEADTEACHER

1. NOTICE

BOOKS MUST BE

LEFT ON TABLES AND NOT PUT BACK

ON SHELVES

2. CUSTOMER OFFER BUY TWO OF OURLARGE CAKES AND GET A THIRD SMALL ONE

FREE !

3. Alton Zoo The monkeys are fed Daily at 9.00 a.m.

Visitors are welcome to watch.

4.

NEW HAIRDRESSER

Opening 17th February

Show this advert and get

10 % discount

( Except Saturdays)



TASK 2 Read the article carefully and choose the most suitable

heading(A-H) for each part (5-9) of the article. F is done for you

A Not an easy lesson E Not worth the pain

B A change of heart F Not the way to start

C Not completely forgotten G A decision not to return

D A ridiculous idea

I first decided to give skiing a try when I was 21. I headed for the nursery slopes where I spent the morning

fooling around, teaching myself and not learning how to turn or even stop. Then my friend dragged me to

the top of a mountain in a blizzard, and left me to get down. Many freezing hours later I returned exhausted,

scared and having been cursed by everyone on the slopes.

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I remember thinking that skiing wasn’t that easy, or fun. It seemed an expensive and dangerous sport for therude and stupid who treated beginners like slush. For thirty years, I enjoyed simple winter pleasures

on Welsh hillsides, or in faraway sunshine. The Alps in winter? Keep them.

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And then, three years ago, I went with girlfriend / ski instructor, Jenny, to a cheerful little hotel called

La Belle Etoile in the Chamonix valley. One by one, all those prejudices against the sport had to berethought. The slopes were not full of rude head-bangers but sweet families and locals. They weren’t

crowded or even very expensive and there were plenty of middle-aged beginners.

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But can you really coax an unfit old man down a precipitous slope? Well I was determined to have a goand Jenny risked our relationship deciding on the tough love approach. ‘Feel the edges’, she cried. ‘Bendthe knees’, ‘bum in, grip your poles, roll the skis, weight on the front ski’. By day three, I had grasped the

theory of parallel turns.

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Then illusions set in. Some fool at the bar that evening said he wanted to do the Vallée Blanche,the longest offpiste ski run in the Alps, 26km down a glacier starting at 12,000ft. He’d been skiing for

umpteen years and at last felt ready for it. With him I formed a foolhardy plan: to do black runs

– the hardest – by the end of week one, and the Vallée Blanche by the end of week two. ‘Forget it,’ said

Jenny. And I did.

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Twelve months later we went back to the same place, this time straight on to harder runs. Slopes that had

looked impossible a year before now seemed pretty easy. I now found it possible to enjoy myself. Those

mountains stretched forever, beautiful and awesome. The next day, with adrenalin flowing, I was finally

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on the black runs with Jenny. It was a fulfilling experience that will remain with me for ever … but the

Vallée Blanche still calls.

TASK 3 Read the text about two great women inventors to

decide if each is sentenceTrue or False. If it is True mark T . If it is False mark F .

T F 1. There were a large number of women inventors in the 19th and early 20th centuries. 2. When Margaret Knight was twelve, she told her parents she wanted to work in a factory. 3. Margaret Knight’s first invention made a machine stop when it became dangerous to use. 4. Margaret Knight won her fight to be considered the inventor of a machine to make paper bags. 5. In the 19th century, being an inventor was as difficult for a woman as being a business person. 6. Margaret knight always had great difficulty finding a buyer to her inventions. 7. Women found that the covers of Beulah Henry’s parasol often came off in the wind.

8. Beulah Henry was encouraged to invent her parasol by large umbrella manufacturers. 9. There is plenty of information about Beulah Henry’s private life.10 Beulah Henry was prepared to admit that her technical skills were not very developed.

Two Great Women Inventors In the 19th and early 20 th centuries, women had limited opportunities for a technical educationand career, and few of them had an independent income. However, the history of women inventorsin this period is very long. What sorts of women chose to become inventors under such difficultcircumstances? The personal stories of two of them give you an idea.

The nineteenth-century inventor Margaret Knight was born in the USA in 1838. As a young girl, she was

made to work in a cotton factory by her parents. While she was working there, there was an accident and

somebody was almost killed by a machine. Margaret was only 12 at the time, but she invented a way to fix

the machine so that if there was the same fault again, straight away the machine would shut down

completely.

She had more than eighty inventions, from a machine for cutting shoes to improvements for the steam

engine. But her most important invention – a machine that produced paper bags with flat bottoms – never

made her much money. In fact, the idea for the original invention was stolen by the person who made the

model for the machine. She had to go through a long legal battle to be finally recognized as the owner of

the idea.

In those days, women were not encouraged to be business people any more than they were

encouraged to be inventors. Once Margaret Knight had produced an invention, she would usually sell it tosomebody for not much cash, and when she died in 1914, all she left was 275 dollars.

These women’s lives and achievements will always inspire future generations of inventors.

Beulah Henry also began inventing things when she was a young girl. In 1912, at age 25, she got her

first patent for an ice-cream freezer. A year later, she patented a parasol – an umbrella for the sun – with

changeable covers so that a woman could match her parasol with her clothes. Working out how to fix the

covers so that they would not only fly away on windy days was difficult, but she managed to do it. In fact,

as she herself put it, ‘The biggest umbrella men in the country told me it could not be done.’ The invention

earned her about 50, 000 dollars from the manufacturers.

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In all, she patented 49 inventions. But for someone with such a long career, surprisingly little is known

about Beulah Henry’s personal life. She was born in the USA in 1887 and grew up in an artistic family.

She entered university in 1909 and we suppose her education did not include technical or mechanical

subjects, as she was always honest about her lack of such skills.

TASK 4 Read the article, choose and circle the best

alternative to answer

the questions. (2 points for each correct answer).

Lake Vinney

My favourite place for watersports is Lake Vinney, but it has only existed since 1975 when the

valley was filled with water to provide electricity. Under the water is the village, Vinnthorpe. Last

week I talked to Pat Smithers, who runs a shop on the edge of the lake and looks after the huge

car park. She gets up early to travel to her shop to sell newspapers and food and doesn’t finish

work till late because of the car park. She said drowning the village was the best thing that ever

happened as it brought a lot of business to the area, and the number of visitors from all over the

country continues to increase, especially as there is a new road which means it is easier to get

to. When I asked people enjoying the watersports, they said they never thought about the

drowned houses and streets. When I spoke to some people sitting in the cafe overlooking the

lake, I was surprised to find they still get angry about what happened. They used to live in

Vinnthrope and were moved to other places in the area, among them thirty children who arenow middle-aged, but they still miss the village. They say that nobody asked them what they

wanted – they were told one day that everything was decided. They were separated from their

friends and had to get buses to new schools instead of walking there together. It is a shame that

these people lost their homes, and I hope something similar never happens again in the future. I

would miss the watersports if they weren’t there, however, and I must say that I hadn’t ever

thought about what was under the water until last week.

1. What is the writer trying to do?

A describe what people think about the drowned village.

B persuade people to take up watersports on Lake Vinney

C discuss what might happen to Lake Vinney in the future.

D explain why people like living by Lake Vinney.

2. What do we learn about Pat Smithers?

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A She lives beside the lake.

B She used to live in Vinnthorpe.

C She often visits the area on Holiday.

D She earns her living near Lake Vinney.3. What do we find out about Lake Vinney?

A It attracts tourists from abroad.

B There are lots of houses on the banks.

C More people are visiting it every year.

D Mainly local people do watersports there.

4. What does the writer think about Vinnthorpe?

A He agrees with Pal Smithers.B He feels sorry for the people who lived there.

C He thinks it should now forgotten.

D He has always felt guilty about water-skiing there.

5. Which of these is an advert for Lake Vinney?

ACome to Lake Vinney and

Water-ski or sail. No ugly car

Parks, shops or cafes around the

Lake to spoil the views.



B

C

D

Come to Vinnthorpe and

stay in a hotel in the village.

Enjoy the walks around the lake

in complete peace and quiet.

Lake Vinney is perfect for all kinds of

watersports. Wonderful cafe by the

side of the lake and plenty of car-

parking.

Enjoy water-skiing on lake Vinneybut leave time to visit the oldvillage beside the lake – nothinghas changed there for 30 years.

TASK 5

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space For each questions, mark the letternext to the correct word A, B, C or D . The first (0) is done for you.

Fashions go round and round

Fashions have always changed with time. No (0) A Roman girls worried about having the

latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals (1) _____ were cool and

not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.

Looking (2) _____ over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the (3) _____

fashions have changed compared to earlier times. Firstly, (4) _____ more people have a choice

of clothes available to them. There are few places (5) _____ the world where the trainers, the

caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are

(6) _____ within a much shorter time than they (7) _____ to be. For instance, in the 1960s,

(8) _____ had the same low waists narrow skirts as forty years before.

In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are (9) _____ of long skirts and coloured

scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really

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fashionable people look on different from the (10) _____ of us, because it is only ten years

since their clothes were in fashion before!

0 A doubt B chance C way D matter 1 A they B that C these D those

2 A about B round C back D behind

3 A sort B kind C type D way

4 A some B much C far D even

5 A in B on C of D through

6 A accepted B returned C exchanged D repeated

7 A wanted B needed C used D had

8 A dresses B jackets C trousers D blouses9 A filling B filled C full D fuller

10 A other B most C rest D all

TASK 6 For these questions circle A, B, C or D. ( 1 point for each correct answer)

1 …….. from Nigel, all the group arrived on time.

A Except B Other C Besides D Apart

2 ‘I did this painting all …….. my own, Dad,’ said Milly.

A on B with C for D by

3 As I had missed the Chemistry lesson, my friend went …….. the homework with me.

A by B after C over D on

4 This food must be eaten …….. two days of purchase.

A within B before C over D under

5 He’s still getting …….. the shock of losing his job.

A

acrossB

byC

overD

through6 This application …….. be handed in until the end of the week.

A doesn’t need B doesn’t have C needn’t D hasn’t got

7 You ….. better check whether all the details are correct before we send it off .

A would B had C should D did

8 Sixty-five? No, James ……. be so old!

A can’t B mustn’t C wouldn’t D needn’t

9 John doesn’t need a calculator. He …….. do very difficult sums in his head.

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A must B can C would D may

10 She ……. to take part in the competition by her doctor.

A wasn’t allowed B didn’t have C wasn’t able D might not

TASK 7 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1 ‘Where’s Lynne?’ ‘She ______________________ (go) to Cuba. She’ll be back next week.’

2 Mike ______________________ (work) in his study. Shall I call him for you?

3 If I had the chance to live abroad, I ___________________________ (go).

4 I’m sorry. I think I ______________________ (break) your camera when I dropped it!

5 I would have said ‘hello’ if I ________________________ (see) you!

6 I _______________(have) lunch every day with Clare in the canteen – I really enjoy talking to her.

7 ‘Didn’t you hear the phone ring?’ ‘No, sorry. I ______________________ (listen) to music.’

8 She told me she _________________________ (want) to meet me the next day.

9 Between 1984 and 1986 Patricia Cornwell _____________________ (write) three novels.

10 I ___________________________(eat) less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

TASK 8 Complete the second sentence so that it means the

same as the first.

(2 points for each correct answer).

Example: 0. I asked him if he could have a ride on it.

I said: ‘ Can I have a ride on it.’

1. My brother is too young to read computer books.

My brother isn’t .................................................. to read computer books.

2. Jacky asked me: ‘When did your brother join the army?’

Jacky asked me ............................................................................................ the army.

3. The castle opened to the public last year

The castle .......................................................... open to the public since last year.

4. I think that history books are more interesting than novels.

I think that novels are not ................................................................ history books.

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5. The pool is used by people of all ages.

People of all ages .......................................................... the pool.

6. ‘I arrived from New York two weeks ago,’ said Spencer.

Spencer said .................................................................................... two weeks before.

7. A famous French designer made my sister’s wedding dress.

My sister ….............................................................................. by a famous French designer.

8. Why don’t you borrow a book from the library?

If I were you, I ................................................. a book from the library.

9. I can’t pick you up. Two mechanics are repairing my car at the moment.

I ........................................................................................................... at the moment.

10. The road isn’t wide enough for us to drive down.

The road is too __________________________ for us to drive down.

TASK 9 WRITING

You must answer this question Write an essay of between 120 and 150 words.

- Some students think that cheating during a test is not a big fault, others believe that it

is not right. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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Keys B 1

TASK 1 TASK 6

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1 has gone

2 is working

3 would go

4 broke

5 had seen

6 have

7 was listening



1 – B 1 – D

2 - C 2 - A

3 – A 3 - C

4 - B 4 - A

TASK 2 5 - C 5 - G 6 - C

6 – B 7 - B

7 - A 8 - A

8 – D 9 - B

9 – C 10 - A

TASK 3

1 – T TASK 7 2 – F

3 – T

4 - T

5 - T 6 – F

7 – F

8 – F

9 – F

10- T

TASK 4

1 – A

2 – D

3 – C

4 – B5 – C

TASK 5

TASK 8 1 – B

2 - C

3 – D

4 – C

5 – A

6 – D

7 – C 8 – A

9 – C

10 - C

8 wanted

9 wrote

10 am eating

1 old enough

2 when my brother had joined

3 has been

4 as interesting as

5 use

6 he had arrived

7 had her wedding dress made

8 would/should

9 am having my car repaired

10 narrow

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