B1 – Final
Name: Date:
Student Number: Class:
A. Vocabulary
Choose the correct words or phrases written in italics.
1. The movie was a bit scary / terrifying; Carla couldn’t watch it.
2. I was terribly exhausted / tired yesterday that I fell asleep on the couch.
3. Jonas put out / put back the fire with a fire extinguisher.
4. They wrote a complaint letter and / despite they could have gone directly to the teacher.
5. Alison takes calculus and physics lessons. Even though / Furthermore she takes chemistry.
6. My sister would like to have a glass of / a bag of ice tea and a toast.
7. I’ve lost / argued my keys today so I have to call the locksmith to open the door.
8. My parents and I had a lot of fun / funny at the picnic today.
9. This job requires a tolerant / sensitive person who is used to dealing with angry customers.
10. Jennifer is very ability / skilful when it comes to baking cakes.
B. Grammar
Choose the correct answer.
1. Can I have ---- oranges please?
A. few
B. little
C. some
2. A: What’s Jimmy like?
B: Oh, you must remember him. He’s the man ---- helped you find your car keys.
A. which
B. who
C. whose
3. There is a great market ---- you can buy some organic vegetables.
A. where
B. which
C. that
4. I don’t have ---- time this week so I can’t come to the restaurant with you.
A. much
B. some
C. many
5. You have invited Susan to the party, ---- you?
A. didn’t
B. haven’t
C. have
6. New York is ---- than Ankara.
A. more bigger
B. much bigger
C. so bigger
7. I believe mobile technology ---- change the way we live.
A. will definitely
B. certainly could
C. may definitely
8. My brother and his wife first ---- when they ---- French.
A. met / were learning
B. met / learnt
C. were meeting / learnt
9. You don’t have to come to see my mother ---- you want to.
A. unless
B. if
C. that
10. I ---- Jane to confirm as soon as we get to work.
A. am going to ring
B. will ring
C. am ringing
C. Reading
Read the text below. Read the sentences and decide if they are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA. His parents were Thomas
Lincoln, a farmer, and Nancy Hanks. His family was very poor. Abraham had one brother and one sister. His
brother died in childhood. They grew up in a small log cabin house, with just one room inside.
Although slavery was legal in Kentucky at that time, Lincoln’s father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to
own any slaves. When Lincoln was seven years old, his family moved to Indiana, and later to Illinois. In his
childhood he helped his father on the farm, but when he was 22 years old he left home and moved to New
Salem, Illinois, where he worked in a general store. Later, he said that he had gone to school for just one year,
but that was enough to learn how to read, write, and do simple math.
In 1842, he married Mary Todd Lincoln. They had four children, but three of them died when they were very
young. Abraham Lincoln was sometimes called Abe Lincoln or “Honest Abe” after he ran miles to give a cos-
tumer the right amount of change. The nickname “Honest Abe” came from a time when he started a business
that failed. Instead of running away like many people would have, he stayed and worked to pay off his debt.
He has also been called the “Great Emancipator” because of his work to end slavery in the United States. In
1863, he declared that all slaves held in the rebellious Confederate States were free. He also sponsored the
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ratified in 1865, nine months after his assassina-
tion, that amendment completely outlawed slavery in the United States.
1. Lincoln was born in Illinois. __
2. Lincoln’s family was not rich but didn’t have any financial problems. __
3. Lincoln’s father, like most people at the time, owned a few slaves. __
4. When Lincoln grew up, he didn’t work on the family farm anymore. __
5. Abraham Lincoln was married in 1863. __
6. Lincoln didn’t have a lot of success as a businessman. __
7. Lincoln lived to see the constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery. __
8. Lincoln’s nickname was “Honest Abe”. __
D. Listening
For the items in this section, you will hear a dialogue and a question related to it. Before you listen to each
dialogue and the related question, you will be given 15 seconds in order to have a look at the four alternative
answers to the question. Each dialogue will be spoken only ONCE. After you listen to each dialogue, mark
the alternative that best answers the question that follows.
1.
a) Tom can’t have been the person the man saw.
b) Tom should say something.
c) Tom must have been busy thinking.
d) Tom isn’t supposed to behave like that.
2.
a) His parents warned him but he didn’t listen to them.
b) His parents regret being too busy to care for their children.
c) He thinks he shouldn’t have left university.
d) He is happy to have left university.
3.
a) He doesn’t want the woman to smoke in the room.
b) He doesn’t want the woman to close the window.
c) He doesn’t mind the cigarette smoke in the room.
d) He doesn’t think that the room is cold.
4.
a) The hairdresser charged her a lot of money.
b) She hasn’t changed the color of her hair.
c) She cut her hair herself.
d) Her hair color was darker before.
E. Writing
Study the fact file below and write 8-12 sentences about Barcelona using all the information given.
CITY FACT FILE :BARCELONA
Location Transportation
Spain quick and cheap buses and underground trains to
Size everywhere
a big city Tourist Attractions
population: 2.5 million 1. La Sagrada Familia / wonderful church
Languages 2. The Picasso Museum
Catalan and Spanish Other info
Catalan / at home exciting night life many bars and dance clubs
Climate crowded all through the year many different festivals
in the summer; hot
in the winter; mild
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