B1+ Pre-First

Unit Test 10

Section 1: Vocabulary
1 Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best 2 Use the word given at the end of some of
completes the sentences. the lines to form a word that fits in the gap
A fantastic event will take 1 _____ next month in in the same line.
our village. The village is celebrating 500 years of Gordon Tamworth is a well-known
existence! Everybody feels 2 _____ celebrating 1 __________ who has written NOVEL
in a big way. People in the village want to over forty books. While he became
3 _____ the most of the occasion so there’ll be successful writing fiction, he now
fireworks and food. There will also be a group of likes to write factual books about
local 4 _____ playing traditional songs from the social issues. Last year his book
region. about a group of young people and
their acts of 2 __________ vandalism MIND
In the centre of the village is a beautiful sculpture of public property in the town where
of the founder of the village. Unfortunately, the they live was a surprising best-seller.
statue is not the 5 _____ as that was destroyed His analysis is 3 __________ and is ORIGIN
two hundred years ago, but a young artist has supported by lots of academic research
created a new statue and this will provide the too. I think everyone should read it.
central point for the celebrations. Many people
will be 6 _____ on fancy dress for the final party, His latest book is about modern
and I’m going dressed as the first mayor of the culture. While writing the book, he
village. spent several months with an
orchestra learning about
1 A part B post 4 __________ music. He also had CLASSIC
C place D position lessons on how to be a
2 A as B as if C same D like 5 __________. After that he went CONDUCT
3 A do B be C make D have on to spend just over three months
with some rock 6 __________ and MUSIC
4 A musicians B composers
even played the guitar at one of
C conductors D novelists
their concerts. He then moved
5 A previous B unique on to looking at modern artists and
C initial D original 7 __________. The book offers a PAINT
6 A wearing B going window into the minds of modern
C doing D putting cultural thinking.

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Section 2: Grammar
3 Combine the sentences using defining and 4 Complete the text with a, an, the or ᴓ.
non-defining relative clauses. Use that if it
is possible. There are a few good restaurants in our town,
1 His paintings are now in the Louvre. They but 1 __________ new Italian one has just
sell for millions. opened so we’re going to go there this evening.
According to recent online reviews,
His paintings,
2 __________ food is supposed to be very good
___________________________ the
and there’s 3 __________ excellent children’s
Louvre.
menu too. What I’m looking forward to most are
2 We live in a town. It has an interesting 4 __________ desserts; the photos on the
history. website are amazing – and I love 5 __________
We live ___________________________. sweet things!
3 She was talking to a man. He was the
manager. …….../5
The man to
___________________________.
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4 Do you know the man? He is asking to
speak to you.
Do you know
___________________________?
5 That’s the boy. His bike was stolen from
school yesterday.
That’s ___________________________
stolen from school yesterday.
6 That’s the hotel. We stayed there last year.
That’s ______________________ last year.
7 The Royal Palace Hotel was very
expensive. We stayed there last year.
The Royal Palace Hotel,
___________________________
expensive.
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