All Clear 7. I term. Reading. Listening. Writing.

Read the text and choose the correct answers.

It was four o’clock in the afternoon one Friday. Charlie was walking home from school. He was very happy because it was Friday and the weekend was starting. He was walking quite slowly because he was tired after a week at school. He went through the park and then across a busy road. He was walking along the river bank when he saw a green bag on the ground. He picked it up and looked inside. There were some papers in the bag, a mobile phone and a wallet with a lot of money inside. Charlie didn’t know what to do. He looked in his pockets and found his mobile phone. Then he phoned his father. © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015 ‘Dad’, said Charlie. ‘I was walking home from school when I found a bag. There’s some money in the bag. What should I do?’ Charlie’s father was very surprised. ‘Quickly take it to the police station,’ he said. ‘Tell the police you found the bag by the river’. Charlie took the bag and started walking towards the police station. The police station was on the busy road near the park. He went inside. A policewoman was talking to a man. ‘I lost a very important bag this morning,’ the man said to the policewoman. ‘I lost it somewhere near the river’. ‘Excuse me,’ said Charlie. ‘I think this is your bag. I found it just now while I was walking along the river bank’. The man was very happy. He opened the wallet and gave Charlie 50 pounds for finding his bag.

1. Charlie was walking ____ .              [a) to school, b) home]

2. It was ____ .                       [a) Friday afternoon., b) Friday morning]

3. He found ____ in the park.                    [a) a mobile phone, b) a bag]

4. What was in the wallet?                  [a) a photograph, b) some money]

5. Who did he phone?                [a) his mother, b) his father]

6. His father was ____ .               [a) worried, b) surprised]

7. Charlie took the bag ____ .                          [a) to the park, b) to the police station]

Read the text and choose the correct answers.

Katie and Alice Brown are twins. They live in the north of England, about 50 kilometres from Manchester. They were born on the same day and, of course, they have the same birthday – the 14th of April. They are 15 years old now. Although they are twin sisters, they don’t look the same. Katie has long, dark hair but Alice has short, fair hair. They both have blue eyes. The interesting thing about Katie and Alice is that they are interested in different things and good at different things. Katie enjoys doing different sports. She’s really good at playing tennis and volleyball and she’s a good swimmer. Alice hates doing sports. She enjoys listening to music and she also plays an instrument. She’s very good at playing the guitar. Katie is very sociable and enjoys © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015 going out for a meal with her friends or going to a disco. Alice is a bit shy. She isn’t keen on going out and she enjoys staying at home, watching films on TV or surfing the internet. At school, Katie likes learning languages. She’s good at speaking French and Spanish. She hates studying maths and science though because she thinks these subjects are too difficult. She would like to travel round the world when she finishes her studies. Alice enjoys studying but she isn’t good at learning languages. She can speak a little Spanish but she doesn’t like learning French. Her favourite subjects are maths and biology. Alice wants to study medicine when she finishes school.

1. Where do Katie and Alice live?                     [a) near Manchester, b) near London]

2. How old are they?         [a) 14, b) 15]

3. Who has short, fair hair?            [a) Alice, b) Katie]

4. Who is good at sports?           [a) Alice, b) Katie]

5. What does Alice enjoy?                         [a) listening to music, b) going out for a meal]

6. 6 Who is very sociable?            [a) Katie, b) Alice]

7. 7 What does Katie like doing at school?                       [a) studying maths, b) learning languages]

Listen and choose T (true) or F (false).

1. Debbie’s story happened one evening in December.       [True, False]

2. She was sitting in a hotel lobby in London.       [True, False]

3. The man was sitting next to her.       [True, False]

4. He was wearing a black suit.       [True, False]

5. The tourist put his camera on the reception desk.       [True, False]

6. The man ran out of the hotel and into the street.       [True, False]

7. The receptionist called the police.       [True, False]