Solutions. Intermediate. Comulative test 1-9

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 My grandfather             (retire), so he doesn’t have to get up early any more.

2 We                     (not be) late if our car hadn’t broken down.

3 We             (not go) camping next weekend if it rains.

4 We                (ask) to switch off our phones before the performance began.

5 I can’t call my mum in half an hour because she                 (drive) home from work.

6 George                (not park) on the road if he had a garage.

7 Grace told me she            (buy) two tickets for the musical before I arrived.

8 If only you              (listen) when I’m talking to you.

9 I asked Max if he      (know) the time of the next bus.

10 Ollie and Jess fell in love while they               (study) at university.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences.

1 Cheryl              [gets used to, is used to, used to] work for a multinational company, but now she’s started her own business.

2 Those photos are terrible – they’re too dark. You             [may have, must have, should have] used the flash.

3 We’re having                          [been fitted a new shower, a new shower fitted, fitted a new shower] next week.

4 I’m not sure what I’m going to do tonight. I       [may, will, won't] just hang out with friends.

5 Our house has       [fewer, least, less] balconies than our neighbour’s because theirs is on the corner.

6 I don’t spend      [any, many, much] time on social media – probably half an hour a day.

7 Passengers are reminded that they may only consume drinks            [purchase, purchased, purchasing] on the plane.

8 Stratford-upon-Avon,       [that, which, where]Shakespeare was born, isn’t far from my hometown.

9 I can’t find my tablet. I suppose I            [can't have, might have, must have] left it at my friend’s house, but I thought I’d put it in my bag.

10 That’s the woman         [who, who she, whose] lives next door to my best friend.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 My neighbours have got                     [an air-conditioned, a solar-heated] swimming pool in their garden.

2 We’re taking the         [cabin, sleeper] from London to Edinburgh, so I hope we get a good night’s rest.

3 The other students            [live up to, look up to] my brother because he’s the cleverest boy in the class.

4 I’m quite             [optimistic, pessimistic] about my exam results. I’m fairly sure that I’ll pass.

5 I’m busy right now. I’ll      [get, call] back to you later.

6 Larry’s      [chin, shin] was badly bruised when his leg was hit by another player’s hockey stick.

7 They spread a blanket on the            [flower bed, lawn] and sat down to eat their picnic.

8 My mother       [does, makes] yoga in her free time.

9             [Click on, Scroll down] the icon and a new window will open.

10 In Verdi’s         [operas, plays], there are often several hundred singers on stage at the same time.

Complete the paragraph with the prepositions below.

across, back, to, up, with.

The painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, plays a central role in the 2015 film Woman in Gold. The main character of the film is the niece of the woman in the painting, Maria Altmann. After her sister’s death, Maria comes        some letters mentioning the painting, which had been left behind in 1938 when Maria’s family had been forced to leave Austria for the USA.

Maria is determined to get the painting back and so she travels to Austria with her lawyer, Randol Schoenberg. The country’s Board of Restitution refuses her request, but Maria does not give    . Back home, she contacts the American courts, and wins her case against Austria.

Austria then tries to persuade Maria to lend the gallery the painting, which she refuses to do. Schoenberg insists that Maria should return to Austria to argue her case, but she is unhappy      the idea and she fires him. Schoenberg decides to continue the case anyway, and travels to Austria alone.

Maria goes      on her decision and joins him there. This time the board is sensitive    Maria’s situation and agrees to let her have the painting. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is now on display at the Neue Galerie in New York.

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Listen to Ryan and Elsa talk about selfie sticks. Choose questions for Elsa

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

Get the message?

Your mobile phone vibrates in your pocket. ‘Need to see you,’ reads the screen. Nothing new, considering that texting is currently the most common form of long-distance communication. But how were messages conveyed in the past?

One of the first methods was the smoke signal. This practice was used by Chinese soldiers guarding the Great Wall to warn of the enemy’s approach. The Greeks devised a whole alphabet of smoke signals for sending messages. But it was Native Americans who made the system mobile by carrying small bunches of dried grasses around with them. These could be lit quickly from any place at any time.

Moving on to messages transmitted by sound, an early technique was the drum. Drums are still used today in the rainforests of Africa, Papua New Guinea and Central and South America for broadcasting news. The instrument is made from a hollow log and this is hit with a stick. On receiving the message, each village passes it on to the next, which means that news can travel at up to 150 km an hour.

Another instrument traditionally used for long-distance communication is the alphorn. These four-metre long wooden horns were common in most mountainous regions of Europe and their deep rich sound could be heard over 6 km away. Farmers would use them to send messages across the valley as well as to call in their cows. Today, the alphorn is a form of entertainment, and Switzerland alone has around 4,000 players.

In some parts of the world, humans are able to convey messages over long distances without using instruments. On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, people use Silbo, or the ‘whistling language’ to communicate across the valleys. The language involves the use of the tongue, lips and hands to make sounds, which can travel up to 5 km. To ensure its continuation, Silbo is currently a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools on the island.

A look at long-distance communication would not be complete without mentioning the art of yodelling. This is a form of singing, in which the voice changes pitch very quickly, making it easily heard over long distances. It is believed that the technique was developed in the Swiss Alps, but it is also found in other places such as Central Africa. At one time, yodelling was popular in theatres and music halls, but this is no longer so.

What was most remarkable about the Native Americans’ system of smoke signals?

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

Get the message?

Your mobile phone vibrates in your pocket. ‘Need to see you,’ reads the screen. Nothing new, considering that texting is currently the most common form of long-distance communication. But how were messages conveyed in the past?

One of the first methods was the smoke signal. This practice was used by Chinese soldiers guarding the Great Wall to warn of the enemy’s approach. The Greeks devised a whole alphabet of smoke signals for sending messages. But it was Native Americans who made the system mobile by carrying small bunches of dried grasses around with them. These could be lit quickly from any place at any time.

Moving on to messages transmitted by sound, an early technique was the drum. Drums are still used today in the rainforests of Africa, Papua New Guinea and Central and South America for broadcasting news. The instrument is made from a hollow log and this is hit with a stick. On receiving the message, each village passes it on to the next, which means that news can travel at up to 150 km an hour.

Another instrument traditionally used for long-distance communication is the alphorn. These four-metre long wooden horns were common in most mountainous regions of Europe and their deep rich sound could be heard over 6 km away. Farmers would use them to send messages across the valley as well as to call in their cows. Today, the alphorn is a form of entertainment, and Switzerland alone has around 4,000 players.

In some parts of the world, humans are able to convey messages over long distances without using instruments. On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, people use Silbo, or the ‘whistling language’ to communicate across the valleys. The language involves the use of the tongue, lips and hands to make sounds, which can travel up to 5 km. To ensure its continuation, Silbo is currently a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools on the island.

A look at long-distance communication would not be complete without mentioning the art of yodelling. This is a form of singing, in which the voice changes pitch very quickly, making it easily heard over long distances. It is believed that the technique was developed in the Swiss Alps, but it is also found in other places such as Central Africa. At one time, yodelling was popular in theatres and music halls, but this is no longer so.

What is common to all of the places where the drum is used for long-distance communication?

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

Get the message?

Your mobile phone vibrates in your pocket. ‘Need to see you,’ reads the screen. Nothing new, considering that texting is currently the most common form of long-distance communication. But how were messages conveyed in the past?

One of the first methods was the smoke signal. This practice was used by Chinese soldiers guarding the Great Wall to warn of the enemy’s approach. The Greeks devised a whole alphabet of smoke signals for sending messages. But it was Native Americans who made the system mobile by carrying small bunches of dried grasses around with them. These could be lit quickly from any place at any time.

Moving on to messages transmitted by sound, an early technique was the drum. Drums are still used today in the rainforests of Africa, Papua New Guinea and Central and South America for broadcasting news. The instrument is made from a hollow log and this is hit with a stick. On receiving the message, each village passes it on to the next, which means that news can travel at up to 150 km an hour.

Another instrument traditionally used for long-distance communication is the alphorn. These four-metre long wooden horns were common in most mountainous regions of Europe and their deep rich sound could be heard over 6 km away. Farmers would use them to send messages across the valley as well as to call in their cows. Today, the alphorn is a form of entertainment, and Switzerland alone has around 4,000 players.

In some parts of the world, humans are able to convey messages over long distances without using instruments. On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, people use Silbo, or the ‘whistling language’ to communicate across the valleys. The language involves the use of the tongue, lips and hands to make sounds, which can travel up to 5 km. To ensure its continuation, Silbo is currently a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools on the island.

A look at long-distance communication would not be complete without mentioning the art of yodelling. This is a form of singing, in which the voice changes pitch very quickly, making it easily heard over long distances. It is believed that the technique was developed in the Swiss Alps, but it is also found in other places such as Central Africa. At one time, yodelling was popular in theatres and music halls, but this is no longer so.

Which of the statements about the alphorn is TRUE?

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

Get the message?

Your mobile phone vibrates in your pocket. ‘Need to see you,’ reads the screen. Nothing new, considering that texting is currently the most common form of long-distance communication. But how were messages conveyed in the past?

One of the first methods was the smoke signal. This practice was used by Chinese soldiers guarding the Great Wall to warn of the enemy’s approach. The Greeks devised a whole alphabet of smoke signals for sending messages. But it was Native Americans who made the system mobile by carrying small bunches of dried grasses around with them. These could be lit quickly from any place at any time.

Moving on to messages transmitted by sound, an early technique was the drum. Drums are still used today in the rainforests of Africa, Papua New Guinea and Central and South America for broadcasting news. The instrument is made from a hollow log and this is hit with a stick. On receiving the message, each village passes it on to the next, which means that news can travel at up to 150 km an hour.

Another instrument traditionally used for long-distance communication is the alphorn. These four-metre long wooden horns were common in most mountainous regions of Europe and their deep rich sound could be heard over 6 km away. Farmers would use them to send messages across the valley as well as to call in their cows. Today, the alphorn is a form of entertainment, and Switzerland alone has around 4,000 players.

In some parts of the world, humans are able to convey messages over long distances without using instruments. On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, people use Silbo, or the ‘whistling language’ to communicate across the valleys. The language involves the use of the tongue, lips and hands to make sounds, which can travel up to 5 km. To ensure its continuation, Silbo is currently a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools on the island.

A look at long-distance communication would not be complete without mentioning the art of yodelling. This is a form of singing, in which the voice changes pitch very quickly, making it easily heard over long distances. It is believed that the technique was developed in the Swiss Alps, but it is also found in other places such as Central Africa. At one time, yodelling was popular in theatres and music halls, but this is no longer so.

Why is Silbo unlikely to die out?

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

Get the message?

Your mobile phone vibrates in your pocket. ‘Need to see you,’ reads the screen. Nothing new, considering that texting is currently the most common form of long-distance communication. But how were messages conveyed in the past?

One of the first methods was the smoke signal. This practice was used by Chinese soldiers guarding the Great Wall to warn of the enemy’s approach. The Greeks devised a whole alphabet of smoke signals for sending messages. But it was Native Americans who made the system mobile by carrying small bunches of dried grasses around with them. These could be lit quickly from any place at any time.

Moving on to messages transmitted by sound, an early technique was the drum. Drums are still used today in the rainforests of Africa, Papua New Guinea and Central and South America for broadcasting news. The instrument is made from a hollow log and this is hit with a stick. On receiving the message, each village passes it on to the next, which means that news can travel at up to 150 km an hour.

Another instrument traditionally used for long-distance communication is the alphorn. These four-metre long wooden horns were common in most mountainous regions of Europe and their deep rich sound could be heard over 6 km away. Farmers would use them to send messages across the valley as well as to call in their cows. Today, the alphorn is a form of entertainment, and Switzerland alone has around 4,000 players.

In some parts of the world, humans are able to convey messages over long distances without using instruments. On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, people use Silbo, or the ‘whistling language’ to communicate across the valleys. The language involves the use of the tongue, lips and hands to make sounds, which can travel up to 5 km. To ensure its continuation, Silbo is currently a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools on the island.

A look at long-distance communication would not be complete without mentioning the art of yodelling. This is a form of singing, in which the voice changes pitch very quickly, making it easily heard over long distances. It is believed that the technique was developed in the Swiss Alps, but it is also found in other places such as Central Africa. At one time, yodelling was popular in theatres and music halls, but this is no longer so.

Today yodelling is still popular

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. My best friend shared my         (sad) when my dog passed away.

1. You have to go through some rather            (impress) gates to reach the entrance to the castle.

2. Our head teacher is recognised for her             (flexible). She doesn’t always stick to the rules.

3. Pictures by          (paint) like Picasso and Van Gogh sell for hundreds of millions of pounds today.

4. We stopped at a filling (fill) station to get some more petrol.