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SIXTH YEAR
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FIRST MIDTERM TEST

‘FOCUS 4’ 2nd Edtition (Units 0, 1 & 2)

READING SECTION

1) Read the text. Complete gaps 1–5 with sentences A–F. There is one extra sentence. /5pts
A. Despite these limitations, he is slowly extending his emotional range.
B. At school, he struggled to read body language or make eye contact, finding it impossible to interpret
how other people were feeling.
C. Born on a Blue Day was named 'Best Book for Young Adults' in 2008 by the American Library
Association.
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D. Remarkably, though, he was able to read two pages of a book at once, one with each eye, and remember
every single word.
E. There are only about fifty savants in the world (all men), but Tammet is unique in being able to describe
how his mind works.
F. Tammet describes seeing the number as a landscape through which he travelled in his mind.

LISTENING SECTION

2) Listen to five people talking about education. Choose from the list (A–F) what each speaker (1–5)
says. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter. [Track 3] __/6pts
This speaker
1. ____
A. took a long time to show his/her real
personality at university. 2. ____
B. changed his/her mind about what to study.
3. ____
C. surprised someone in a positive way.
D. spent a lot of time alone. 4. ____
E. upset someone in authority. 5. ____
F. had financial problems.

GRAMMAR SECTION

3) PRESENT TENSES (Present Simple, Present continuous, Present Perfect Simple and Present
Perfect Continuous): Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.__/9pts
1. A: I _________________ (follow) the seafood diet at the moment.
B: The seafood diet? I _________________(never/hear) of that one.
A: It´s pretty easy, really. Whenever I _____________(see) food, I _____________(eat) it!
2. A: What _______________(you/do), Julia?
B: I _________________(make) some lunch for us. It shouldn´t be long. _____________(you/think)
these eggs will be hard-boiled yet?
A: Well, I don´t know. How long __________________(you/boil) them for?
B: About an hour.
A: An hour? I ___________________(think) they might be done, yes. In fact, I think we might have
trouble eating them unless you´ve got a hammer.

4) PAST TENSES: Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs. Use Past Simple or
Past Continuous.__/13pts
a. When Carmelo Anthony __________ (shoot) a buzzer beater, the crowd ____________(yell) loudly.
b. The New York Knicks _________ (win) the championship in 1970 and in 1973, but they ____________
(not/win) another championship after that.
c. While LeBron James ____________ (shoot) a free throw, some of the fans from the other team
___________ (boo). That _________ (be) very rude of them.
d. James Naismith _______________ (invent) basketball in 1891. He _________ (use) a peach basket as
the basket. You ________ (have) to stop after every shot and remove the ball from the basket. Finally,
they _______(cut) a hole in the bottom.
e. While I ____________ (watch) the Lakers game on TV, I __________ (eat) a big bowl of popcorn.

5) Complete the sentences. Use PAST PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE.__/12pts

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a. Pat ___________ (live) in London before he ___________ (move) to Rome.

b. After Fred ___________ (spend) his holiday in Italy, he ___________ (want) to learn Italian.
c. Jill ___________ (phone) Dad at work before she ___________ (leave) for her trip.
d. Susan ___________ (turn on) the radio after she ___________ (wash) the dishes.
e. When she ___________ (arrive) to the match ___________ already ___________ (start).
f. After the man ___________ (come) home, he ___________ (feed) the cat.

6) PASSIVE VOICE: Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Use by + agent if necessary. __/14pts

a. They have never searched me at the airport.

a. I ________________________________________________________________
b. Today in the café, they gave me milk to add to my cup of tea.
a. Today in the café, milk ________________________________________________
c. My parents sent me to America for the summer to learn English.
a. I ________________________________________________________________
d. My American friend is meeting me at the airport in New York.
a. I ________________________________________________________________
e. A strange man was watching us.
a. We _______________________________________________________________
f. They could not have made the mistake.
a. The _______________________________________________________________
g. I hope they are going to hire me soon.
a. I hope _____________________________________________________________

7) PAST AND PRESENT HABITS: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first. Use the word in capitals. /10pts
a. I didn't have a large circle of friends at school, but now that I'm at university I know lots of people.
USE
I ____________________ a large circle of friends at school but now that I'm at university I know
lots of people.
b. Holly bites her nails constantly. IS
Holly ____________________ her nails.
c. Ms Wilson, our neighbour, was very curious – she would always ask us a lot of questions. TO
Ms Wilson, our neighbour, ____________________ very curious – she would always ask us a lot of
questions.
d. Stephen leaves everything until the last minute and then panics. WILL
Stephen ____________________ everything until the last minute and then panic.
e. We picked and ate fresh fruit from the garden when we were kids. WOULD
We ____________________ fresh fruit from the garden when we were kids.

8) VERB PATTERNS: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
/5pts
a. Do you fancy ________________ (go) to Jim's birthday party with me next Sunday?
b. The teacher told a joke which caused the whole class ________________ (laugh).
c. We've arranged ________________ (meet) after school today to talk about the end of term party.
d. We feel the school should do more to encourage students ________________ (recycle) their rubbish.
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e. Please keep ________________ (work) on Exercise 6. I'll be back in a moment.
f. Chloe! You spend too much time ________________ (talk). Please be quiet and focus on the lesson.

9) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS: Complete the sentences with the Past Perfect Simple
or the Past Perfect Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. /8pts
a. When we finally landed, the plane _______________________ (fly) for fourteen hours.
b. When we finally landed, the plane _______________________ (fly) over 5,900 miles.
c. Trevor _______________________ (live) in this town for 20 years before he found out that his next
door neighbour used to be a famous actress.
d. Trevor _______________________ (know) his next door neighbour for twenty years before he found
out she used to be a famous actress.
e. Vladimir _______________________ (sneak) out of the house secretly at night for months before he
was finally caught.
f. Earlier that night, Vladimir _______________________ (sneak) out of the house without waking his
parents.
g. The security guard _______________________ (sleep) for hours when the office was broken into.
h. The security guard was fired because he _______________________ (sleep) through the burglary.

10) Complete the sentences with relative pronouns. If a pronoun is unnecessary, write "-". Add
commas where necessary. /6pts
a. The one place ________ I feel most relaxed is home.
b. This is the temple ________ Hindus built to worship Hanuman, the monkey god.
c. Maddie is the cousin ________ went to live in Australia.
d. Alison ________ boss was really rude and short-tempered, has finally decided to quit her job.
e. It's an ancient machine ________ our ancestors used to predict the future.
f. She called us selfish ________ we think was very hypocritical.

11) REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES: Rewrite the sentences with reduced relative clauses. /10pts
a. The house which overlooks the valley has gorgeous views.
____________________________________________________________________________
b. Prince William Bridge, which was built in 2012, is the newest in the city.
____________________________________________________________________________
c. There's a Japanese death metal band that is playing at the club on Saturday.
____________________________________________________________________________
d. Most of the buildings that were destroyed in the war have been rebuilt.
____________________________________________________________________________
e. Pupils who live in the hills have to walk several hours to get to school.
____________________________________________________________________________

VOCABULARY SECTION

12) Complete the sentences with the correct words. /6pts

moody trusting witty perceptive thorough affectionate

a. Tom's always careful to do things properly. He's very ______________.

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b. If someone tells me something, I believe them – why should I doubt them? I'm pretty
______________, I suppose.
c. My sister wants to write comedy shows for TV. I think she'd be perfect as she's very
______________. She always makes everyone laugh!
d. He's really ______________. He can go from annoyed to cheerful in an instant.
e. My parents are ______________ people. They love giving hugs and I've always known they care about
me.
f. I think I'm quite ______________. I can tell when people are feeling sad or nervous, even if they try
to hide it.

13) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. There are two extra verbs.
/7pts

fall give go (x2) major scrape settle sit teach

a. I've never failed an exam, though I only _________ through sometimes!

b. After high school, he _________ on to do a course in Accountancy.
c. I _________ behind in Maths after I was ill for two weeks, but now I've caught up.
d. When Yen's older, she wants to _________ into teaching.
e. My English teacher was great, she never _________ up on me, even when I didn't make much progress.
f. At university, Alex wants to _________ in law, but he wants to study a language too.
g. I argued with my sister and then found it hard to _________ down to study. I couldn't concentrate.