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[Track 06] Listen to the conversation between Sheila and Ed. Write T (true) or F (false). 1. The Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid has the most beautiful fountain Ed has ever seen. ____ 2. Ed thought the Queen Sofia Museum wasn’t as interesting as the Prado. ____ 3. Ed went to more museums than his wife. ____ 4. Ed’s favorite place in Spain was a castle in Toledo. ____ A _______ / 8 points (2 points each)

B Match the two parts of each sentence. 1. To get around in the city, you can use ____

a. the ocean.

2. It’s usually very warm and wet in ____

b. a desert.

3. You can watch great soccer games at ____

c. the island.

4. In the summer, you can go to the beach and swim in ____

d. a rain forest.

5. It hardly ever rains in ____

e. the stadium.

6. There isn’t a bridge, so you need to take a boat to get to ____

f. the subway system. B _______ / 6 points (1 point each)

C Complete the sentences to make true comparisons. Use the correct forms of the adjectives in parentheses. Use not as . . . as or more / -er and than.

1. In the U.S., summers are _______________________________ (hot) winters. 1

In the U.S., winters are _______________________________ (hot) summers. 2

2. Houses are _______________________________ (tall) skyscrapers. 3

Skyscrapers are _______________________________ (tall) houses. 4

3. Cars are usually _______________________________ (expensive) bicycles. 5

Bicycles are usually _______________________________ (expensive) cars. 6

4. Lakes are _______________________________ (wide) oceans. 7

Oceans are _______________________________ (wide) lakes. 8

C _______ / 8 points (1 point each)

D Complete each question with the correct comparative or superlative form of the noun in parentheses. Use more, most, than, and the.

1. Does January have _______________________________ (days) February? 2. Does China have _______________________________ (people) of all the countries in the world? 3. What country has _______________________________ (beaches) in the world? 4. Does New York City have _______________________________ (skyscrapers) Boston? 5. Does France get _______________________________ (sunshine) England? 6. Which place gets _______________________________ (rain) in this country? D _______ / 6 points (1 point each) © Cambridge University Press photocopiable

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E Complete each sentence with the superlative form of the underlined adjective. 1. This view from our hotel room is beautiful, but the view from the top of the mountain is ___________________________ of all. 2. Lake Tanganyika is deep, but Russia’s Lake Baikal is ___________________________ lake in the world. 3. It’s very dry in Arizona, but Death Valley in California is ___________________________ place in the U.S. 4. Summer is a good time to visit, but people who ski say winter is ___________________________ time of all. 5. The Erie Canal is famous, but the Panama and Suez canals are ___________________________ canals of all. 6. Australia’s beaches are nice, but I think Bali has some of ___________________________ beaches in the world. E _______ / 6 points (1 point each)

F Check () the two choices that can complete each conversation. 1. A: They found more than 8,000 statues here. B: _______ a. b. c.

 No way!  I have no idea.  Seriously?

2. A: Is this the oldest castle in the world? B: _______ a. b. c.

 I don’t believe it.  I really don’t know.  I don’t have a clue. F _______ / 4 points (1 point each)

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G Read the article from a travel website. Write T (true) or F (false).

According to the article: 1. Tokyo has one of the busiest subway systems in the world. ____ 2. London’s Underground is as busy as the subways in Beijing and Paris. ____ 3. New York City’s subway system isn’t the longest. ____ 4. The subway system in Paris has the largest number of stations. ____ 5. Shanghai has the second-longest subway system in the world. ____ 6. Shanghai’s subway system has more passenger rides a day than Tokyo’s. ____ G _______ / 12 points (2 points each)

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