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Advanced Progress Test 1 Grammar 1 Verbs/adjectives/nouns with prepositions Complete the sentences with the correct preposition. Dan has never been lacking in enthusiasm or ambition. 1 Katie succeeded __________ achieving most of her goals before she was 30. 2 Don’t you think you’d benefit __________ some extra tuition? 3 Paul won first prize to the delight __________ all his family and friends. 4 I’m rather nervous __________ our trek up Kilimanjaro. 5 Sally opted __________ more English classes rather than continuing with her French classes. ___/10 2 Verb patterns (1) Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs from the box. Add an object pronoun where necessary. be

try out

visit

walk

use

live

Don’t you mind being on your own so much? 1 As Sarah had never been to Madrid, I persuaded __________ me there last year. 2 I’m really looking forward ________ the new Mexican restaurant. 3 Tom really fancies ______ abroad for a while. 4 Whenever Stephen misbehaves, I forbid ________ the computer. 5 I wouldn’t recommend _______ around in the city centre late at night. ___/10

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3 Passives: distancing Rewrite these sentences using the passive. They believe that the summit was reached on 31st July The summit is believed to have been reached on 31st July. 1 They have reported that Maria has broken her own world record. __________________________________________________________________ 2 They think that Steve speaks 20 languages fluently. __________________________________________________________________ 3 They say that Alex is training really hard for the marathon. __________________________________________________________________ 4 Unfortunately, we don’t allow dogs in here. __________________________________________________________________ 5 They reported that John had been ill for some time. __________________________________________________________________ ___/10 4 Perfect aspect Underline the correct alternative in italics. Will you have been finishing/finished the book I lent you by the end of the week? 1 Polly hadn’t been training/trained for long when she pulled a muscle in her leg. 2 By the time you get home, I’ll have been leaving/left. 3 Ironically, I haven’t been feeling/felt too good since I gave up caffeine.

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Advanced Progress Test 1 4 How long have you been knowing/known one another? 5 I’d been forgetting/forgotten how ambitious Charles was. ___/10

5 Perfect aspect Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs from the box. live

cover

work out

run

play

meet

We 'll have been living in our new house for six months by the end of October. 1 Harry ____________________ in over 20 marathons this year. 2 I’m sorry I didn't realise that we ____________________ before. 3 I ____________________ in the gym for over an hour by the time you join me. 4 Bob ____________________ football for less than an hour when he started to feel unwell. 5 By the end of this term, we ____________________ all the tenses in French. ___/10 6 Introductory it Match the sentence beginnings (1-5) with the sentence endings (a-e). 0 I’d love it

f

1 I hate it

___

2 It seems like

___

3 It appears as if

___

4 It amazes me

___

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Advanced Progress Test 1 5 It strikes me a b c d e f

___

the high prices are putting people off. a waste of time to me, so why don’t we just do something else? to hear that you don’t like travelling, especially as you’re so often away. that Stephen hasn’t been himself recently. when people are rude about my country. if you’d come on holiday with me. ___/10

7 Adjectives to describe places Rewrite the underlined words correctly. I enjoy holidays on inqulart beaches away from any tourists.

tranquil

1 The ruined castle is well and truly off the entabe kract. _________ 2 You get nuntsgin views from the top of the hill. _________ 3 The port is an exciting place to visit with its instlbug market and shops. 4 We found a archgnim little pizzeria in the village.

_________

_________

5 The coast is largely stopinul due to rigorous planning laws.

_________ ___/10

8 Knowledge Complete the sentences with the correct words/expressions (a, b or c). I’m ____ sure I know the way but perhaps we’d better ask someone. a completely

b pretty

c very

1 I’m sorry I haven’t ____ what you’re talking about.

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Advanced Progress Test 1 a a clue

b an idea

c knowledge

2 I don’t know the answer ____ but I can certainly find out. a underhand

b on hand

c offhand

3 I’d like you all to learn this poem by ____. a heart

b memory

c head

4 Don’t ask Harry! He knows ____ to nothing about French history. a almost

b next

c near

5 I know Berlin like the back of my ____ so let me give you directions. a arm

b head

c hand ___/10

9 Achievement Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs from the box. face

deal

believe

pursue

persevere

head

You know you’ll face a lot of opposition when you make your views known. 1 If you ____________________ in yourself, you’ll never get to the top. 2 Tony is very ambitious. It’s clear he ____________________ straight for the top and I’m sure he’ll make it. 3 I ____________________ with my plan even though I know you’re against it. 4 We ____________________ with a lot of prejudice since joining the club. 5 I envy people who have the courage ____________________ their dreams come what may. ___/10 How to… 10 talk about an achievement

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Advanced Progress Test 1 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs from the box. do

know

accomplish

decide

exceed

be

I’d never done anything like that before. 1 We ____________________ to organise a half-marathon. 2 We found it difficult to prepare because we ____________________ what to expect. 3 The whole thing ____________________ quite a challenge. 4 The results, however, ____________________ all our expectations. 5 We really felt we ____________________ something. ___/10

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Advanced Progress Test 1 Reading 11 Read this article about Erik Weihenmayer. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Despite having lost his sight at the age of 13, Erik Weihenmayer has become one of the world’s best-known athletes. An accomplished mountain climber, paraglider and skier, he has never allowed his blindness to limit him in any way and on May 25, 2001 he became the only blind man in history to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest. Following this extraordinary achievement, Braille Without Borders, a school for the blind in Nepal, invited him to teach its students mountaineering and rock climbing. So in 2004, he and fellow mountaineers went out to train them and then led them on a climb to the Rombuk Glacier on the north side of the mountain. A documentary made of this remarkable event was shown to standing ovations at film festivals in Canada, the USA and England. His own film, Farther Than The Eye Can See, charted his historic ascent of Everest, capturing all the emotion, humour and drama of the epic adventure. Not only was he the first blind man to make the summit, the team included the first father and son, and the oldest man. It also had the most people from one team reaching the summit in a single day. A former middle school teacher and wrestling coach, Erik is also a published author. His first book Touch the Top of the World received the following review in Publisher’s Weekly: ‘… moving and adventure packed, Weihenmayer tells his extraordinary story with humour, honesty and vivid detail, and his fortitude and enthusiasm are deeply inspiring.’ His second book The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles Into Everyday Greatness was co-authored with business guru Dr Paul Stoltz and shares seven ‘summits’ for harnessing the power of adversity and turning it into fuel for growth and innovation. His multiple achievements have gained him numerous awards including the Helen Keller Lifetime Achievement award, Nike’s Casey Martin Award and the Freedom Foundation’s Free Spirit Award. He has also carried the Olympic torch for the Summer and Winter Games. It is not only his sporting prowess and courage, however, that he will be remembered for. He travels around the world as a motivational speaker and has set up a charitable organisation whose aim is to promote innovative ideas and technologies to help people with disabilities push through their own personal barriers to live full and active lives. He is certainly living proof that disability need not be a barrier to following your dreams.

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0 Erik Weihenmayer was born blind.

F

1 He took a group of Nepalese students to the summit of Everest.

___

2 A few world records were broken on his ascent.

___

3 Erik Weihenmayer still teaches.

___

4 He has represented his country in the Olympic Games.

___

5 He now has a busy schedule giving presentations around the world.

___ ___/10

12 Read this article. Put the sentences (B-F) into the correct place in the text. Living in paradise Who hasn’t dreamed of living in a perfect community where there is no crime or unemployment, no pollution or traffic congestion, no racial tension or no-go areas? (0) .....................A...................... Billed as a bold experiment for the new millennium, Castaway was a one-year reality documentary series commissioned by the BBC. (1) _______________________ 2000 also saw the first series of another big reality television show, Big Brother, but while Big Brother was a competition with unpopular contestants asked to leave every week and prize money to the winner, Castaway was purely a sociological experiment with no winners or losers nor any prize money. (2) ______________________________________ They were, after all, going to be living on an inhospitable, uninhabited island so would need to have the appropriate mental and physical attributes as they would have to be able to create a sustainable and self-sufficient community. The castaways had to construct their own living space or ‘eco pods’, build a school and erect polytunnels for growing vegetables. They kept cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens and had to kill them for meat. (3) _____________________________ Inevitably though, as time moved on, cracks started to appear and by the end of the year’s filming, seven people had left due to arguments and accusations of bullying.

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Advanced Progress Test 1 So, what was the point of this experiment? Was it to prove that we as humans just aren’t able to live in harmony? (4) __________________________________ The film-makers refurbished the derelict buildings, allowing the owners of the island to turn the properties into holiday lets after the series ended and Taransay has recently been sold for £2 million to brothers living on the neighbouring island of Harris. The BBC produced another series of Castaway in 2007 but this time on an exotic island. (5) ________________________________ It seems that the popularity of these reality shows is destined to continue for many years to come.

A Could such a society exist or is it only the crazy idealist who believes in utopia? B Representing a cross-section of British society, 36 people (28 adults and eight children) were selected and trained by a survival expert. C The format, however, differed in that one of the participants was voted off each week and the experiment was for three months rather than a year. D And what of the island that had previously been uninhabited for years? E Set on the remote island of Taransay in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, it captured the imagination of the British viewing public and made a television star out of one of the participants, Ben Fogle. F Apart from the daily chores and the challenge of living in close proximity to strangers, they also had to cope with extreme weather conditions and various health scares. ___/10

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