PROGRESS TEST 6th Senior

PROGRESS TEST No.
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6th Senior (Total: 90p)
Name: 30th April, 2014
1) READING COMPREHENSION (___/10)
2) LISTENING COMPREHENSION
You will hear a teenager talking about her first journey without her parents. Listen and
complete the sentences. (___/6)
1- The girl’s parents agreed to let her travel alone because ________________________________
2- She took just one small suitcase because ____________________________________________
3- After she checked in, she ____________________________________________________
4- When she arrived at Kennedy Airport, she felt ________________________________________
5- She had been worried that she might _______________________________________________,
but luckily she was fine when she arrived in New York.
6- Over the next week, her aunt took her ______________________________________________
3) Fitness and health. Complete the sentences with the correct phrase . (___/5)
1- He was so o__________ o__________ b_____________ after running for ten minutes, he could
hardly talk.
2- I’m going to the gym because I really want to g____________ f_____________.
3- The Olympics and the football World Cup are the biggest s_____________ e______________ in
the world.
4- As well as regular exercise, you need to eat a h_____________ d_________________.
5- You need a lot of strength and s________________ to be able to run a marathon.
4) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (___/5)
1- Olympic ___________________ are often as young as 13. (gymnastics)

2- Eating fast food and watching TV are pretty ____________________ habits. (health)
3- The Tour de France attracts some of the world’s best ____________________. (cycle)
4- He’s a great ____________________. (athletics)
5- Australia produces a lot of good _______________________. (swim)
5) Choose the word that best completes the sentence. (___/5)

1- Have you _____________ your accommodation for your holiday in Spain yet?
A booked B closed C bought D taken
2- My mum really wants us to go on a _______________, but I don’t like the idea of spending a
week on a boat.
A voyage B journey C travel D cruise
3- What a terrible ________________! We spent ten hours stuck in traffic.
A travel B trip C journey D guide
4- When we go on holiday, we’re going to ____________ a bus to the airport.
A have B catch C book D travel
5- We spent a weekend in Uruguay last month. It was a wonderful ______________.
A journey B travel C trip D voyage
6) Complete the sentences with a word to make a compound noun. (___/5)
1- We stayed in a l__________________ hotel in Amsterdam. It had five stars.

2- I love going to t__________________ parks. I really enjoy going on the rides.
3- The t__________________ guide said that the stones were 5,000 years old.
4- How much were your p_____________________ tickets for your flight to Australia?
5- We took a d__________________ trip to London while we were staying in England last year.
7) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first using the word
given. (___/5)
8) Write about the crew’s or your obligations while travelling by plane . Use the modal given.
(___/8)
Example: (have to) The crew members have to wear the airline’s uniform.
1- (must) _______________________________________________________________________
2- (mustn’t) _____________________________________________________________________
3- (have to) ______________________________________________________________________
4- (not have to) ___________________________________________________________________
9) Choose the form that best completes the sentence. (____/5)

1- You _________ have told him the truth straight away. It’s too late now.
A should B must C could D can
2- You must ___________ really tired when you got to the end of the marathon.
A be B been C have been D being
3- He _________ have left already! He was supposed to be taking me home!
A can’t B wasn’t able to C mustn’t D shouldn’t
4- Oliver __________ stay up late last night studying for the test.
A should B could C must D had to
5- I have no idea where I left my trainers. I guess I ____________ left them at the gym.
A must have B could have C have to D should have
10) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first using the word
given. (____/5)
1- There’s no other mountain higher in the world than Mount Everest.

Mount Everest ______________________________________ in the world. HIGHEST
2- Your new car is bigger than I thought it would be.
Your new car ________________________________ I thought it would be. SMALL
3- That ride was more thrilling than all the others.
That ride was _____________________________ of all. MOST
4- My holiday this year wasn’t as good as the one last year.
My holiday last year was ________________________ the one last year. THAN
5- John is more scared of spiders than me.
I am not _____________________________________ John. AS
11) Write sentences comparing places where you have been on holiday. Use the correct form
of the adjectives. (____/8)
(comparative) ____________________________________________________________________
(comparative) ____________________________________________________________________
(superlative)______________________________________________________________________
(not as...as) ______________________________________________________________________
12) Complete the sentences with the future continuous or future perfect simple form of the
verbs in brackets. (____/5)
1- Call me after 8 o’clock. I ________________________ (finish) my homework by then.

2- Don’t go round to her house after 11:30. She __________________________ (sleep).
3- This summer, I_______________________ (stay) at my aunt’s house in the country.
4- Hurry up! By the time get to the cinema, the film ________________________ (start).
5- By the end of May, I _______________________ (save) enough money to buy a new computer.
13) Your friends and you want to organise a trip for the winter holidays. Some of your friends
want to go to Mar del Plata and some to Bariloche. Say where you would prefer to go and give
three reasons. (____/7)
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14) WRITING (___/11)

You are going to write an essay with the title: Doing sport can be dangerous. Write about 130
words. Write four paragraphs (1- introduce the topic, 2- give reasons to agree or disagree
with the title, 3- offer contrasting information, 4- summarise and give your opinion)
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PROGRESS TEST No.

1) READING COMPREHENSION (___/10)

1- Olympic ___________________ are often as young as 13. (gymnastics)

5) Choose the word that best completes the sentence. (___/5)

6) Complete the sentences with a word to make a compound noun. (___/5)

1- We stayed in a l__________________ hotel in Amsterdam. It had five stars.

9) Choose the form that best completes the sentence. (____/5)

1- There’s no other mountain higher in the world than Mount Everest.

1- Call me after 8 o’clock. I ________________________ (finish) my homework by then.

14) WRITING (___/11)

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