Third Edition Upper-Intermediate Tests  

Let me find my pen. So, that’s prawn salad to start, followed by the roast beef. Thank you. And would you like anything to drink with that, sir?

7 miss

6 

1 village 2 quiet

3    a farm

4    behind

5    valley 6 boring

Use of English

7 

1  C

2  C

3  B

4  A

5  C

6  C 7 A 8 C 9 A 10 B Listening

8 

1    T

2    F

3    F

4    T

5    F

Transcript ² 5

Speaker 1

Everyone is really angry. We love this village – it’s quiet, green and beautiful. There’s hardly any traffic and the air is fresh and clean. But now, they’re building a shopping centre on the fields over there. They’re also building a motorway through the valley and the woods. It’s terrible!

Speaker 2

I work in an office block in the centre of town. It’s an ugly, grey building on a busy street. The noise of the traffic is awful. There’s a hospital opposite, a supermarket on the left and a car park on the right. I can’t see any green spaces from my window. The only advantage of working here is that I can take the stairs up to my office every morning. It’s on the sixth floor, so at least I can be a bit active every day!

Speaker 3

I work on a farm. It’s called Hambrook Farm and it’s near a small lake. I get up at four every morning and go to work on foot. I have to cross a small bridge and go along the path past the lake. It’s a lovely way to start the day. If it’s raining a lot, my friend John, who lives next door, sometimes gives me a lift. Everyone is very friendly here – we always help each other when we can.

5 

1    abseiling

2    exploring

3    kayaking

4    trekking

5    surfing

Use of English

6 

1 in 2 In

3    background

4    top

5    at 6 in

7  on

8  foreground

9  on 10 by  Listening

7 

A     4

B     3

C     1

D     5

E     –

F     2

Transcript ² 6

Speaker 1

I’m studying zoology, and as part of my course we get to travel abroad. Last year I went to Africa. It’s the best continent to learn about gorillas, because you can watch them in their natural surroundings. I took photos of the animals every day, and wrote about their routines and family relationships in a blog. I was very surprised to discover how similar they are to us.

Speaker 2

I went to see The Revenant last weekend. My favourite actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, is in it. There was this amazing bear fight – it was really exciting to watch! He was in the middle of the woods and he heard some animals close to him. They were baby bears. Then, he saw the mother bear and she ran after him, jumped on him and pushed him to the ground. He hit his head on

some rocks and she held him down with one of her large paws …

Speaker 3

Longleat is in the south-west of England. It has many wild animals, including elephants and lions. There’s a large lake with hippos and an island where the gorillas live. Did you know that gorillas are frightened of water? The park is most famous for the Monkey ‘Drive-Thru’. Don’t take your car if it’s new! They jump all over the cars and break everything!

1    First of all

2    turn on

3    install

4    Now

5    follow

4 

1    down

2    on

3    up 4 off

5 in

5 

1 a 2 c 3 b 4 c 5 a

6 b 7 c 8 a 9 c 10 b Use of English

6 

1 Next 2 How

3 down 4 much

5 comes 6 Would

7      by

8      PIN

9      receipt

10    like 

Listening

7 

1    T

2    F

3    F

4    T

5    F

Transcript ² 7

Grandmother Hi Alfie. Can you help me, please?

Alfie Sure Grandma. What’s the problem?

Grandmother Well, I took a lovely photo yesterday that I want to send, but I don’t know how to do it with my smartphone.

Alfie Oh, that’s easy. Let’s do it now. Take your phone Grandma. That’s it. Well, if you send a photo with your usual messaging service, then you’ll have to pay. It’s not much – just 30p. But there are some free apps you can download, like WhatsApp and Snapchat, if you want to send a photo for nothing.

Grandmother Oh no, I don’t want to have anything else on my phone!

Alfie OK then. To start off with, just find your messages button.

Grandmother This one, right?

Alfie That’s right. First of all, press on the button to send a new message. It’s a plus sign on my phone.

Grandmother Yes, it’s the same on my phone. OK, I press the button. What next?

Alfie Secondly, press on the button for attachments – that’s for adding things. Now, you can see a list of things you can send – it has words like ‘videos’ and ‘pictures’. If you press on ‘pictures’, you can see all of the photos that are on your phone. 

Grandmother Oh yes, here they are! I took thirty yesterday!

Alfie That’s good! OK. Next, choose the picture you want to send. Yes, just press it. Finally, write your message to go with the photo.

Grandmother OK. Let me just … (grandmother talking out loud slowly as she types in message) Hi Simon, look at this photo of your cousin, Alfie, in his smart school uniform …

Alfie Oh Grandma! Don’t send that! I look awful! Can I show you how to delete photos now?

Reading

8 

1    F

2    E

3    B

4    D

5    C

Kate Can you call tomorrow at around nine in the morning?

Emily Ten is better for me. I have to go the doctor early in the morning.

Kate OK. That’s fine. Call at ten and I’m sure he’ll be here. He’s got lots of things to do in the garden.

Emily                 Cheers then! See you tomorrow!

Reading

24 

1    F

2    F

3    T

4    F

5    T