HS1 Unit 1 #1

Part 1

Questions 1-5

You will hear five short conversations.

There is one question for each conversation.

For questions 1-5, put a tick (ü) under the right answer.

Example: What time is it?

1. What have they forgotten?

  [A, B, C]
2. What time does the train go?

  [A, B, C]
3. Where is room 22?

  [A, B, C]
4. Which man wants to see him?

  [A, B, C]
5. How did the woman get to work?

  [A, B, C]
Part 2

Questions 6-10

Listen to Paul talking to a friend about his family. What does each person do?

For questions 6-10, write a letter A – H next to each person.

You will hear the conversation twice.

6.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
7.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
8.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
9.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
10.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

Part 3

Questions 11-15

Listen to Eric talking to Mary about the weekend. Their friend, Carlos, is coming to visit them.

For questions 11-15, choose A, B or C.

You will hear the conversation twice.


11. When is the football match?                    [Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon]
12. Where are they going to eat on Saturday evening?
                         [at home, in an Italian restaurant, in a Chinese restaurant]
13. What are they going to do on Sunday morning?
                 [go for a drive, get up late, go to the cinema]
14. Where are they going to have lunch on Sunday?
          [in a cafe, in a pub, at home]
15. They can't go to the cinema on Sunday afternoon because
                          [Carlos doesn't like films, Eric doesn't like films, they don't have time]

Fill in the gaps with the correct variant.
1. It was                  [so beautiful, such beautiful, such a beautiful, as beautiful as]weather last Sunday.
2. Our uncle has got                [very, so naughty, a such naughty, such a naughty]child.
3. Neither my friends nor my relatives             [can speak, can't speak, work, visit]German.
4. This is not a spacious room. This is not a spacious room,             [too, neither nor, either, both].
5. Your niece           [has come, have come, has came, came]to Egypt recently.
6. I am intelligent,             [amn't I?, am not I?, aren't I?, aren't you?]
7. You mustn’t be late for the lessons,              [mustn’t you, must you, aren't you, are you]?
8. Choose the sentence with the right word order.
                             [Tom a lot of people invited., A lot of people Tom invited., Tom invited a lot of people., Tom invited of people a lot.]
9. I            [live, am living, have lived, lived] here since childhood and I think I know everyone in our village.
10. Jake             [stewing, was stewing, has stewed, stew]meat in the oven while Cara             [cooked, was cooking, cooking, cook] borsch.
11. I           [send, have sent, will send, sent]you photos when I get them.
12. The meeting was organized     [on, to, at, in]Friday evening.
13. When I saw her, she              [was driving, were driving, is driving, is driveing]a car.
14. It was           [beautiful, dangerous, enjoy, funny],but a few mountain climbers climbed the mountain.
15. Steven and his friends are very               [naughty, hard-working, sour, shy], that's why they can get a good result.
16. The road is very        [big, clear, narrow, wide], so buses cannot go through.
17. The clothes, sold at the Flea Market, are        [cheap, stupid, clear, honest].
18. I fell down yesterday because the floor was           [clean, clear, slippery, green].
19. The autobiography of David Beckham is on sale, but is too            [rich, expensive, dangerous, outgoing].
20. The men dressed           [sweetly, clearly, smartly, bitterly]for the party.
21. Albert answers all the examination questions            [correctly, correct, bad, clear].
22. Ronaldo is     [a, the, an, -]football player.
23. James is     [the, a, -, an]honest man.
24. We have     [the, -, a, an]dinner every night.
25. There     [are, am, is, be]a table and four chairs in the kitchen.
26. You can join the club when you               [will have got, will get, get, are getting]a bit older.
27. I’ll phone as soon as I        [make, get, reach, got]to London.
28. We decided         [staying, stayed, stay, to stay]at home this afternoon.
29. I'm afraid I            [lost, has lost, will loose, have lost]my gloves when I was walking home.
30. Jane is not very keen      [at, on, with, in]sport.
31. This is the           [harder, hardest, hard, more hard]thing I have ever done.
32. Choose the sentence with the right word order.
                                   [Robert gave to the child a cookie., Robert gave a cookie to the child., A cookie Robert gave to the child., Robert gave a cookie the child.]
33. The children were making origami when their babysitter                   [was calling, had called, called, had been calling]them to dinner.
34. I have been living in Madrid                 [since ten years, ten years ago, for ten years, ten years].
35. Have you finished with the newspaper          [still, already, now, yet]?
36. If I want to pass my exam, I                [will have to, would have to, had to, want to]study harder.
37. Michael is                    [not so clever than, not as clever than, not as clever as, not very clever as]his sister.
38.          [Who, How much, How many, Where]holidays are there in September?
39. Jane         [to want, wanting, wanted, want]to buy the shirt.
40.    [In, On, At, Of]October students are on holiday.
41.          [How many, How much, What, Where]can we cut a mango with?
42. Dear, have you bought            [anything, any, some, something]apples?
43. Our team played          [bad, badful, badly, badfully]last month.

Find the odd word in a line and type it in the blank space.

a) to connect, to download, to exchange, a laptop         

b) yesterday morning, usually, all day long, at 5 p.m. the day before yesterday        

c) helpful, impolite, handsome, intelligent         

d) tight, fashionable, perfectly, nervous          

e) to cost, to sell, to fit, to offer         

f)a fur coat, a knee, a nightie, a dressing gown       

Complete the phrase with the correct preposition.
a) to make friends     
b)    a reasonable price

c) a poor choice   
d) to pay    credit card

e) to pay      a purchase

f) to pay    cash

g) to buy    a discount

h) to buy     sale 

Match the word with its definition.

Choose the correct item. 

1. We usually cook tasty dishes and decorate the house    [on, in, at] New Year’s day.

2. Liz and Sam were having a five-minute walk        [during, for, while] Jack was downloading a new film from the Internet.

3. When I woke up    [on, in, at] sunrise, it was very warm outside. 

4) Will they be at home    [on, in, at] Monday morning? I want to visit them. 

5) When is your cousin’s birthday?
                        [it’s at the 4th of July, it’s in the 4th of July, it’s on the 4th of July]

6) Let’s go to the shop with me. I need to buy something to wear    [on, in, at] a hot day. 

7) Lily’s son         [skipped, missed, wasn't] many lessons last month because he coughed and sneezed and had a high temperature.

8) My aunt is a very intelligent and helpful person. She always gives                     [a useful advice, some useful advices, some useful advice] .

Open the brackets. Type only the form of the predicate. 

1) The patient (to sneeze and to cough) while the doctor was examining him. 
                             
2) Jane’s friend (to download) three films today. 
              
3) Her parents (to buy) a new expensive laptop for her the day before yesterday. 
      
4) Look! Monica and Robert (to choose) leather bags in the deprtment store!
            

5) I will phone you as soon as I (to find) a nice jumper at a reasonable price.
    

6) My granny usually (to make) purchases in this supermarket because the choise of vegetables here is wide. 
     

Read the text and mark the correct sentence (A-G) to fill in the blanks (1-6) as in the example. 

A “I thought everyone had forgotten”, replied Ted. 
B It was very hot in the city centre.

C The station was crowded with people and so was the train. 
D There was no answer, so Ted decided to open the door. 
E It was already five o’clock and the hotel was on the other side of the city. 
F The receptionist gave him a small white envelope with his name printed on the front. 
G Ted jumped in surprise. 


The sun was shining brightly in the clear, blue sky. 
(0) B Ted Brown was sitting in his office, daydreaming. “I wish I were on a sandy beach in an exotic place”, he thought to himself. 
Just then, the telephone rang loudly. (1)   [A, C, D, E, F, G] When he picked it up, a voice said, “Come to the Grand Hotel at six o’clock. I have something for you.” “Who’s there?” Ted asked, but there was no answer. Puzzled, he looked at his watch. (2)   [A, C, D, E, F, G]He knew he’d have to hurry if he was to get there in time, so he quickly left the office. The traffic outside was terrible, so Ted deecided to make the journey to the hotel on the underground. 
(3)   [A, C, D, E, F, G]It took him almost an hour to get to the hotel. At exactly six o’clock, Ted was entering the impressive building. Ted walked towards the reception desk and asked if anyone had left anything for him. (4)   [A, C, D, E, F, G]Ted opened it and took out the card which was inside. It said “Come to room 147 on the 10^th floor and knock on the door three times.” By now, Ted was very anxious to find out what was going on. When he found room 147, he knocked on the door three times and waited. (5)   [A, C, D, E, F, G]The room inside was dark. 
As Ted stepped inside, all the lights came on. “Surprise!” yelled Ted’s friends and family. Ted couldn’t  believe his eyes. “Happy Birthday, Ted”, said his mum. (6)   [A, C, D, E, F, G]His boss gave him another envelope which contained a ticket for a week’s Carribean cruise. Ted was amazed! “Thank you, everyone,” he said. “This is the best birthday present ever!”

Read the text and mark if the statements are true or false.

Cars

Can you imagine our world without cars? We have only had cars for about 20 years. People laughed at the first cars. They were slow and noisy. Two German engineers, Daimler and Benz, made the first car with a gasoline engine in 1885. It had only three wheels. From about 1905, companies like Rolls-Royce started to make cars. They were very expensive because people made each car by hand. Then, in 1913, the Ford Motor Company started to make their Model T car in a special factory. Ford’s factories produced cars quickly, so the Model T was less expensive than other cars. By 1927, there were more than 15 million Model Ts on the roads. 
Gasoline in the USA was cheap and people wanted to travel long distances, so by 1950 American cars were large. In Europe and Asia, drivers preferred small cars that were better in city traffic. 
Sports cars, like the Bugatti Veyron, are low. This helps the car to go fast because air can move easily over it. The Bugatti Veyron goes faster than 400 kilometres per hour. It costs 1,5 million american dollars and the people who make the cars, have only solda few hundred since they started to produce then in 2005. 
The Peel P50 is the smallest car in the world. It was first made in 1963. It is 134 centimetres long and 99 centimetres wide. Its top speed is 61 kilometres per hour. 
The world’s longest car is the American Dream. It has 24 wheels and it is 30,5 metres long! It has a swimming pool and a helicopter can land on it. 

1. Daimler and Benz were from France.        [True, False]
2. The first cars were very fast and quiet.        [True, False]
3. The first car had four wheels.        [True, False]
4. The Ford Model T was expensive to produce.        [True, False]
5.  Rolls-Royce sold 15 million cars between 1913 and 1927.        [True, False]
6. Small cars are good in city traffic.        [True, False]
7. People in the USA travelled the long distances because of the cheap gasoline.        [True, False]
8. The Bugatti Veyron is 134 centimetres long.        [True, False]
9. The top speed of the smallest car is 61 kilometres per hour.       [True, False]