b2 first unit 6 test

B2 First Unit 6 Test

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Vocabulary Relationships

Complete the sentences with the correct answers (A, B or C).

1 The boss ______ us off today for spending too much time chatting in the office.

A said B told C crossed

2 I just need a reliable car that won’t keep ______ me down!

A putting B letting C making

3 Helena shouldn’t ______ up with the way Tom treats her. It’s ridiculous.

A put B take C accept

4 I feel like resigning because I just can’t get ______ with my boss.

A up B on C in

5 It isn’t easy to bring ______ young children when you’re trying to do a job as well.

A off B over C up

6 Kathy _________ out with her boyfriend after he lied to her.

A dropped B fell C got

7 I hope Kevin and Ted sort their problems _________; the office will feel much nicer.

A in B up C out

8 I’m _________ out of patience with my colleague; everything he does is annoying.

A coming B running C giving

9 Charlie really looks _________ her father because she wants to be a doctor like him.

A up to B down on C out with

10 Andy and his girlfriend have split _________ again, but I’m sure they get back together.

A off B out C up

Describing people

Complete the gaps in each sentence with an appropriate word. The beginning of each word has been

given to help you.

1 My sister’s face was fr_________ when she was little because she played in the sun a lot.

2 What are you so ch_________ about today? Have you won some money?

3 All the men in my dad’s family went ba_________ before they were 50 years old.

4 Look how pi_________ her eyes are in that photograph; it’s making me uncomfortable!

5 When I was younger, I had a spotty co_________, but now my face is clear.

6 You can’t go to the interview with sc_________ hair! Tidy it up!

7 He refuses to change his mind. I’ve never seen anyone so st_________.

8 I’m slightly ov_________ but I’m really happy with my size.

9 You’re so im_________, so stop acting like a child!

10 Karen is very ge_________; she gives to charity and volunteers every month.


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Language focus Defining relative clauses

Complete the sentences with the correct answers (A, B or C).

1 The man over there is the one ______ son is a famous writer.

A who B whom C whose

2 January is the time ______ we like to clear out our house.

A when B which C why

3 Is that the hospital ______ James works?

A who B when C where

4 Have you seen the pen ______ I was using?

A what B that C whose

5 Applicants for ______ travel is difficult can be interviewed online.

A whom B who C which

6 I’m enjoying listening to the song ______ you wrote.

A which B when C where

7 That’s the teacher ______ told me off for not doing my homework.

A which B whom C that

8 The research looks into reasons ______ uniforms are preferred.

A who B which C why

Non-defining relative clauses

Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1 My sister, who / that works in a care home, rides a motorbike.

2 Everyone turned up for her birthday, why / which made her very happy.

3 Our holiday, which / when we took in August, was in Greece.

4 The book, that / which was written last year, explores the lives of Caribbean statesmen.

5 The singer, who / where lives in New York, sold a million albums last year.

6 Wales, where / which my father was born, is a beautiful country.

7 The criminal, that / who was caught yesterday, has been sentenced to prison.

8 My old house, where / which was in central Paris, was much smaller than my current one.


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Causative passive with have and get

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verbs in the box. You can use some of the verbs

more than once.

blow build deliver do make repair replace

1 I don’t think I could ever have a tattoo ______.

2 Arnold wants to have a shed ______ in his back garden.

3 Benjamin needs to get his bike ______ because it’s broken.

4 Josie is just having her laptop ______ as she dropped it.

5 I had my food ______ because I didn’t want to cook.

6 John stood at the side of the motorway while he had his tyre ______ by roadside assistance.

7 Sadie had the balloons ______ up by the shop assistant for Simon’s birthday.

8 My parents had a beautiful bracelet ______ as my graduation present.

Reading and Use of English Part 3 Word formation

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to

form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your

answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.

Example: (0) HIGHLY

House sharing

Sharing a house or flat while studying away from home is an experience I

would recommend to anyone. It teaches you (0) ………………. important life skills HIGH

and can be great fun! But living together successfully is (1) ………………. CHALLENGE

and it’s important that everyone does their fair share of the housework. When

I first shared a house with two friends, we loved the (2) ………………., but DEPENDENT

we were rather (3) ………………. to begin with and didn’t really make any ORGANISE

(4) ………………. about who should tidy, clean or wash up. We were also very DECIDE

(5) ………………. and had lots of friends drop by and had parties whenever we SOCIETY

felt like it. However, the need to be (6) ………………. hit us pretty soon. We then SENSE

sorted out a system whereby we took turns at cooking and cleaning,

even organising our rubbish into different containers. Surprisingly, this

actually helped to (7) ………………. our relationship. We became more STRONG

of a team and our house-sharing days turned out to be more (8) ………………. ENJOY


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Reading and Use of English Part 5 Multiple choice

You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 1–6, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which

you think fits best according to the text.

My first day at school – too bad my son was there too

Everyone remembers their first day. For me, the whole summer holiday had been leading up to it. I arranged and rearranged pencils in a pencil case. I worried about the selection of a lunchbox. I liked the one with little blue owls on it, but was it too babyish? Would it lead to teasing? I approved of red gym shorts and white tops and, for the first time, I had plimsoll* shoes so impressively specialised that they have no other use outside the school gymnasium. I talked about the wonders of school endlessly. Reading, for goodness’ sake! And writing! Imagine how one could live with a skill such as writing. One could earn, oh, maybe even enough to buy plimsolls. Yes, I was so thrilled about going to big school that the summer went by in a blur, and when the big day arrived, I was very, very excited. I walked proudly through the school gate. All the other children and their mums and dads were there, standing nervously in the playground. I was so proud to have got to this stage in my life. I felt terrifically grown-up. I remember it as if it were yesterday – because it was. Oh, and our eldest son came, too. As a matter of fact, they let him stay for the whole day. It was a bit hard for me to be told I had to leave him in the Robins class and make my way home alone. One of the mums put a sympathetic hand on my arm. ‘It’s OK,’ she said. ‘It’s perfectly normal, of course you’re going to miss him.’ ‘But you don’t understand,’ I said. ‘It isn’t the boy I miss; I see him all the time. No, it’s the poster paints. It’s the glue pots, the brushes, the glitter. Oh, don’t tell me you’re not a little nostalgic?’ She looked at me as if I was quite, quite mad but then again, she was a mum from the Sparrows class, over which we Robins are naturally starting to develop a sense of superiority. The school is completely fair, and I like to imagine they had chosen two birds of roughly equal status to name the two classes for the new children. Back home, I found our two-year-old mad with joy. For the first time in his little life, big brother wasn’t there to take the praise for doing everything first. Junior was taking full advantage, treating everyone to a performance of his physical skills and funny jokes, bathing in the attention, like a dolphin in a marine show, and looked devastated and betrayed when our older boy came home at the end of the day. I guess when we’d explained to the little fellow that his brother was going to big school, we hadn’t thought to mention that he would regularly come back. Our older boy’s entrance was quite extraordinary. He solemnly hung his coat on the peg. And that one gesture (he normally just throws it on the floor) indicated a level of maturity that other people were unlikely ever to reach. He gazed at the rest of us with an expression close to pity. He had been to big school. We had not. There were things, therefore, that we could not possibly understand. There was a whole universe of triangles, gold stars and wall bars that we simply knew nothing about. ‘So, go on, what did you do at school today?’ I asked eagerly. Our older boy gave a sigh and a shrug. ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘you know. Nothing.’ *plimsoll: a light shoe made from strong cotton on the top and rubber on the bottom, used for playing games and sports


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1 From the first paragraph, we believe that the writer is

A looking forward to doing sports at school.

B concerned about appearing immature.

C worried about learning new literacy skills.

D excited about earning some extra pocket money.

2 How does the writer feel on the first day of school?

A He can understand how the other parents are feeling.

B He is sure that his son will do well at school.

C He is sad that he cannot stay.

D He is nervous about meeting the other parents.

3 What does the word ‘nostalgic’ in line 18 refer to?

A the fact that the writer’s son is growing up

B the way some first schools have changed

C the writer’s memories of his own first school

D the writer’s previous experience as a teacher

4 The writer believes that the classes are named after two birds because

A the school wants to encourage competition.

B the school wants to increase an awareness of nature.

C the school wants to show parents the different levels.

D the school wants children to feel the same.

5 The writer’s younger child

A profits from his brother’s absence.

B expects his brother to return soon.

C enjoys special treats while his brother is away.

D wants to be grown-up enough to go to school too.

6 When the older son returns from school, he appears

A proud of his new knowledge.

B eager to share his day’s experiences.

C superior to the rest of the family.

D unchanged by the whole experience.


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Listening Part 3 Multiple matching

You will hear five short extracts in which students are talking about their favourite teacher. For

questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what each student says. Use the letters only once. There

are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

A This teacher was very strict. Speaker 1

B This teacher was very sensitive. Speaker 2

C This teacher knew the subject well. Speaker 3

D This teacher was approachable. Speaker 4

E This teacher communicated well. Speaker 5

F This teacher was very generous.

G This teacher treated students as equals.

H This teacher was enthusiastic.


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Writing Part 1 Essay

In your English class, you have been talking about modern forms of communication. Now, your English

teacher has asked you to write an essay.

Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your point of view.

Social networking is the best way to keep in touch with friends. Do you agree?

Notes Write about: 1 convenience 2 types of friendships 3 ………………. (your own idea)

Write your essay in 140–190 words. You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate spelling

and punctuation in a style appropriate for the situation.

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Speaking Part 2 Long turn

1 Relationships

Student A: Look at photographs 1 and 2. They show people together in different situations.

Compare the photographs and say how you think the people feel being together in these different

situations.

Student A talks on his/her own for about 1 minute.

Student B: Why is it important for people to be together in these situations?

Student B talks on his/her own for about 30 seconds.

How do you think the people feel being together in these different situations?

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2 Describing people

Student B: Look at photographs 3 and 4. They show people doing their jobs.

Compare the photographs and say what kind of personality characteristics would make this person

good at their job.

Student B talks on his/her own for about 1 minute.

Student A: What personality characteristics are most similar to you?

Student A talks on his/her own for about 30 seconds.

What kind of personality characteristics would make this person good at their job?

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