NAME ………………………….. DATE……………….
INITIAL TEST GRADE 8TH ______
Part I Listening Score 20p
I. Listen to the interview and circle the correct answers. Sometimes there is more than one correct answer.
1. How does Tom feel when he hears a good new band?
A. really excited B. worried C. happy
2. Where does Tom hear new music?
A. on the radio B. on the Internet C. from his friends
3. Where does Tom get music?
A. He downloads it. B. He borrows it from his friends. C. He buys CDs.
4. When does he listen to music?
A. before he falls asleep B. when he takes a shower C. when he does his homework
5. How does Tom feel when he dances?
A. silly B. happy C. He doesn’t dance.
II. Now listen to Sara answering the same questions and complete the sentences.
1. Sara mostly listens to ...
2. Sara hears new music ...
3. She downloads ...
4. She always listens to music when ...
5. When she dances she feels ...
Score: 10x 2p= 20p
Part II Reading Score 30p
III. Read the texts. Mark the sentences True (T), False (F) or Doesn’t say (DS)?
Kashy Keegan always wanted to be a pop star and spent years trying to make it happen. In 2007, when he was
22, he wrote what he felt would finally be his big hit, a song called ‘This Is My Dream’, but it never happened. As the
years passed, he started to give up on his musical career and found other jobs. In 2012, he decided to upload the song to a
music sharing website called Reverbnation. He hoped someone might hear it and like it.
A few months later, he received an email from Universal Music in Hong Kong. They were starting a new TV
station and they wanted to use ‘This Is My Dream’ as the theme tune to one of their shows. Kashy was really excited and
made a deal for $5,000 to allow the TV station to use his song.
The TV station invited Kashy to come over to Hong Kong and perform. He accepted the invitations and was
met by hundreds of fans. Everyone there thought he was a big star in the UK. He had to try and explain that back home,
no one knew who he was. A little later, Kashy was playing the song live on stage to more than 30,000 screaming fans.
After the show, he gave lots of interviews and signed hundreds of autographs. The next day, he saw his face in all the
local newspapers and the song went to number one in the iTunes charts.
Two days later, Kashy was back in his job in London, but he is flying out to Hong Kong again soon to play his
first live shows. His pop dream is finally happening.
1. ‘This Is My Dream’ was Kashy’s first song.
2. Kashy was a taxi driver for a period of time.
3. Kashy gave up his music career in 2012.
4. Five years after he wrote ‘This Is My Dream’, Kashy decided to put it online.
5. A Hong Kong TV station wanted to use this song for one of their shows.
6. Kashy contacted the TV station and asked to perform in Hong Kong.
7. One of the interviews Kashy gave was published in the most famous music magazine from Hong Kong.
8. People in Hong Kong thought Kashy was famous in his home country.
9. Kashy’s concerts are very expensive.
10. Kashy is now starting to be successful as a musician.
Score: 10x 3p= 30p
Part III Use of English Score 20p
IV. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the words and for or since:
1. We’re tired because we ___________ (run) ___________ hours.
2. I ___________ (wait) for her ___________ 40 minutes!
3. He ___________ (watch) TV ___________ 9 am.
4. They ___________ (walk) in the rain ___________ an hour and they’re really wet.
5. Dad’s exhausted because he ___________ (work) in the garden ___________ he got up.
Score: 5x 2p= 10p
V. Read the sentences and the information in brackets. Choose the correct words.
1. He's not going to / won't hire a DJ for the party. (plan)
2. I won't get / 'm not getting permission to have a party. (prediction)
3. Their party is finishing / finishes at 10 pm. (fixed event)
4. We 'll start / 're starting our new school in July. (arrangement)
5. What time are you going / will you go home? (prediction)
Score: 5x 2p= 10p
Part IV Writing Score 20 p
Describe your best friend, trying to answer the questions: What’s your best friend like? (physical appearance,
moral qualities - supported by examples); How long have you been friends?; Which are his/her hobbies/interests?; Why
is he/she special to you? Do not use more than 100 words.
TOTAL SCORE: 20P+30P+20P+20P+10P(CREDIT)=100
