Form 8 Gateway B1 Unit 8 Summative Test 2

Complete the short dialogues with the correct form of these verbs.

have • learn • snowboard • travel • study

A: Why did you decide (1)          Spanish?

B: Because I enjoy (2)          languages.

A: I can’t stand waiting in queues at the bus stop, can you?

B: No, I try to avoid (3)            in the rush hour!

A: I’d like to take up a new sport. Is (4)              difficult?

B: Yes, but it’s good (5)         a challenge.

Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete the text.

I used to go (1)   a lot, but I had an accident a few years ago. I’d ridden up a big hill and stopped at the top. As I (2)   at the path going down the hill, a man rode up to me. He said the path was very wet and too dangerous (3)   down. I didn’t believe him and I started to cycle down. I had only gone 50 metres before I (4)   off! I broke my leg and my bike. I don’t do (5)   mountain biking anymore after that!

1 A bike B biker C biking

2 A looked B had looked C was looking

3 A riding B to ride C ride

4 A fallen B was falling C fell

5 A much B many C some

Read the article about friendship. Six sentences are missing from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence.

The family you choose yourself

Recently, I heard my sister say, ‘Friends are the family you choose yourself.’
(1)   Since she said it, I’ve seen it written on T-shirts, notebooks and pencil cases. Why is this saying so popular? I think it’s because for many people, friends are as important as family. We often prefer to spend our time with our friends. (2)  

Friendship hasn’t changed a lot over time. Thousands of years ago, the Ancient Greeks thought that there were different types of friends. One was friends that are reliable and who will always help us. Another type was the friends who we have fun with – they might not be very reliable but we have a good time with them.
(3)   This is a special friend who we have a lot in common with and feel close to and who will probably be a friend for life.

(4)   We have friends who can help us with our homework. We have other friends who share the same interests as us and we have a good time with them. And we also have ‘soul mates’, who are often people we’ve grown up with. The difference is that our friendships change much faster.

In the past our families were the most important people in our lives but that changed when people began to move away from their home towns to find work. (5)   We might also have to move away from our close friends. Then we have to find new ones and lots of younger people are starting to use the Internet for that. There are websites where you can find someone who likes doing the same things as you. For example, if you like running, you can find a friend who will go running with you.
(6)  

Changes in the way we live and the invention of modern technologies really do mean that friends are the family we choose ourselves.

A Sometimes we even celebrate special occasions like birthdays with them instead of our families.

B When families started to live in different cities and even countries, friends became more important than relatives.

C I hadn’t heard people say that before, but it’s a very common phrase.

D The last type was the ‘soul mate’.

E It’s important not to have too many friends.

F If you want to learn a language, you can find people in different countries to practise with.

G Nowadays, we have bigger circles of friends but they are the same types that the Ancient Greeks talked about.

Read the article again and choose the best answers, A, B, C or D.

1 What does the writer say about friends in the first paragraph?  

A Friends are more important than family.

B His sister isn’t a good friend.

C He chooses his friends very carefully.

D Friends are very important for a lot of people.

2 How many types of friends did the Ancient Greeks mention?  

A one

B two

C three

D four

3 What can be the problem with friends who we have fun with?  

A We don’t have much in common with them.

B They aren’t always reliable.

C They’re only friends when we’re having a good time.

D They never help us.

4 How have friendships changed since ancient times?  

A We don’t have as many friends.

B We have different types of friends.

C We have more friends.

D Our friends don’t help us as much.

5 Why are families less important to us now?  

A They are bigger than in the past.

B We don’t like spending time with them.

C We prefer to have friends we can choose.

D We often live in different places to them.

6 According to the article, why do some young people use the Internet?  

A to make new friends

B to talk to their families

C to find out about old friends

D to look for soul mates

Listening

Listen to four people talking about friends and friendship. Match the speakers (1–4) with the comments (A–E). There is one extra comment.

1  

2  

3  

4  

A Friends don’t have to have the same personalities.

B Friends help each other in difficult situations.

C It’s fantastic to have lots of friends that you can trust.

D Friends are people that you know in real life.

E Friends don’t say things just to please you.

Listen again and complete the notes with one or two words in each gap.

Speaker 1

Some of my friends go on social networking sites. They say they have lots of friends. The majority of people don’t have (1)      good friends.

Speaker 2

A good friend doesn’t need a reason to (2)      you out. You can always (3)      on them.

Speaker 3

A good friend should always speak the (4)       . They must be (5)        with you.

Speaker 4

I (6)        well with my best friend because I’m not like her. I like to talk and she likes to listen!