Straightforward Upper Intermediate Unit 11 Test
Name _______________________ Vocabulary
A Complete the text with the words in the box. Bay cliffs cove gorges hills Mount Ocean peaks Straits valleys
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Last summer I went to New Zealand for a holiday. We started our holiday in Christchurch and then went south and stayed in a small cottage overlooking the Pacific (1) ______. The best part was that we had our own little sheltered sandy (2) ______ with a path down from the cottage. We went to the Aoraki national park and climbed up a little bit of (3) ______ Cook which is the highest mountain in the country. After a few weeks we crossed the Cook (4) ______ that separate the South Island from the North Island. We visited the (5) ______ of Plenty and then drove north along spectacular steep (6) ______. Its an amazing country with gentle rolling (7) ______ and fertile (8) ______ and then deep narrow (9) ______ and jagged snowy (10) ______. It was such a fantastic place to visit and I really want to go again.
B Complete bits and pieces tested (11) When I saw Jennys latest boyfriend I thought he was a _________, he was so badly dressed. It turned out that he was a lifeguard at the local beach. (12) Ive dropped that Greek vase aunt Maureen brought back from her last holiday. Can you help me pick up the _______? (13) Youre so lucky to be able to ________ when you go on holiday. I can only go when the kids are off school. (14) I know that Gianluca annoys you, but hes my brother and you know what they say about _________. (15) We take the kids to the same holiday resort every year. It might seem a bit boring but you cant fault something thats _________. At least we know theyll like it. (16) Well have to think _________ about going back there next year. It was nice but rather expensive. down and out flesh and blood long and hard pick and choose tried and
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Grammar
C Complete the text with the or . Stig Anderson is a famous explorer. Over the past thirty years he has climbed some of the highest mountains including (17) _____ Mount Everest and three of the highest peaks in (18) _____ Andes in South America. He has sailed across (19) _____ Atlantic single-handed and crossed (20) _____ Sahara desert in just thirty days. But, his next venture is probably his most dangerous as he tries to swim across (21) _____ Lake Winnipeg in Canada.
D Complete the text with a, an, the or . (22) ___ recent survey into what makes people happy found that more often than not leading (23) ____ exciting life can be more stressful and make people less happy than a fairly predictable and boring life. (24) ____ survey of more than one thousand people aged between 19 and 45 was conducted by Professor Sarah Curtis of (25) ____ University of Maryland. She said, Im not surprised as (26) ____ happiness is about feeling safe and secure and not (27) ____ buzz we get when we do something dangerous or exciting.
E Are these sentences correct or incorrect? Correct the ones that are wrong. (28) I live near Mediterranean. ______________________________. (29) A recent survey found that women are happier than men. ______________________________. (30) The survey found that the laughter helps us live longer. ______________________________. (31) Washington DC is the capital of USA. ______________________________. (32) I had wonderful holiday last year. ______________________________.
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(33) Happiness is meeting the women of your dreams. ______________________________. F Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. (34) Cuiabea is so / such a remote place that it will remain unspoilt for years. (35) It is so / such beautiful itll become famous quite quickly. (36) Ibiza is so / such a popular holiday resort that it is no longer very Spanish. (37) Therere so / such many tourists that the local population are outnumbered. (38) The tourists can be so / such awful people. They seem to forget that other people live here. (39) Why do people behave so / such badly when they are on holiday?
Functional language
G Choose the correct expressions to complete the text. Well, I told John I needed a holiday (40) or something / or somewhere and he took me to Croatia! I ask you. He said he knew I wanted to go to Spain but that Croatia was (41) more or less / like the same. I mean, how crazy can you get. I wanted to go to Spain because I love sunbathing (42) and stuff like that / or so. I need something like that to make me happy (43) and stuff like that / you know. Anyway, it turns out that theres lots of sunshine in Croatia and the beaches are (44) kind of / or something beautiful. The first day there was nobody else around so we stayed on the beach for a couple of hours (45) or so / and so on. It was (46) or so / sort of romantic. After that we went to the beach every day, just walking (47) or so / and so on. John was so worried Id be angry, and at first I was (48) you know / more or less. He said I know its not perfect, but its (49) kind of / and so on the best I could manage. Well, in the end I had such a wonderful time. Croatia is (50) or so / like a great place to go.
Straightforward Up-Int Unit 11 Test
