TEST ONE PRE-INTERMEDIATE

READING

1. Read the texts. Then read the questions. In which text can you find the answers to
them? Write A or B next to each question.

Elton John and Leonardo da Vinci

A.
Elton John is a British singer and he writes songs too. His name wasn’t always Elton John. It was
Reginald Kenneth Dwight. When he was a child, Reginald was a very good piano player and he
usually played classical music. He started a rock band when he was a teenager and changed
his name to Elton John. When he was twenty years old he was already famous around the
world for his rock music. He was also famous because he looked different from other singers.
The colours and designs of his clothes were very unusual and he wore enormous colourful
glasses. The shy Reginald who loved classical music was a person of the past. In the 1970s,
Elton already had seven number one albums! In the 1990s, one of his big successes was the
music for the Walt Disney film The Lion King. The song Candle in the Wind was another very big
success. He performed a special version of this song when Princess Diana died in 1997. Elton
John is now in his seventies but his name is still famous around the world for his music.

B.
Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most famous artists who ever lived. Leonardo was born in 1452
in Vinci, a small town in Italy. When he was fourteen, his father sent him to study art with one
of the best painters of that time. Leonardo studied with him for about six years and soon he
became a better painter than his teacher! Some rich people thought that Leonardo was very,
very talented, so they became his patrons and gave him money to live on. Now he could spend
all his time studying and painting. He didn’t need to have a job to earn money to pay for his
food and his house. His patrons paid for everything. Leonardo was a great painter but he also
had many other talents. He lived 500 years ago but he had many modern ideas and studied
many different things. For example, he wanted to know more about the human body, and he
studied how the eyes work. Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting the Mona Lisa is in the
Louvre, a big museum in Paris.

1. Whose life wasn’t hard because wealthy people helped him? ...........
2. Who played a musical instrument when he was small? ...........
3. Who did better than his teacher? ...........
4. Who was well-known already at the age of twenty? ...........
5. Who wore strange and colourful clothes? ...........
6. Whose father helped him to become famous? ...........
7. Who changed his name when he was still very young? ...........
8. Who wanted to know many different things? ...........

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2. Read the text and according to the information given in it, complete the sentences
with ONE or TWO words.

I enjoy it now

Last year I went to a school which I didn’t like at all. The school building was not bad. It had
a big gym and a good cafeteria. I liked the school itself but I didn’t like the classes I had
there. Most of them were boring and uninteresting. I was often bored during the lessons
and all my friends felt the same. Teachers were not quite friendly to us. I remember once
our math teacher got angry with Nick, one of my classmates. Nick felt nervous and stressed.
I didn’t feel comfortable at school and felt unhappy there. So, at the end of the year, I told
my parents I wanted to go to a different school. On the first day at my new school I felt
excited. But I felt nervous too because I didn’t know my new teachers and classmates.
But I quickly made friends and now I’m happy to be there. The days are never the same. I
never feel bored or tired. I enjoy the classes and I like the teachers too. I especially enjoy
my literature class. We often read poetry and speak about modern British and American
poets. Last Saturday we had Shakespeare’s day. The girls were wearing makeup and the
boys were all dressed up. I read a sonnet by Shakespeare and can you imagine? Everybody
was listening! It was real fun! There is only one thing I don’t like. School starts at 8am and I
don’t like getting up so early.

9. There was a cafeteria and a ...................... in my old school.

10. In my old school I often felt ......................
11. Teachers in my old school were ...................... to us.
12. On the first day at my new school I felt ......................
13. In a new school I ...................... a lot of friends quite soon.
14. The days in my new school are never ......................
15. In a literature class we often read ......................
16. On Shakespeare’s day the girls wore ......................
17. When I was reading Shakespeare’s ...................... everybody was listening.

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USE OF ENGLISH

3. Read the sentences and then complete the questions.

18. Noah’s cat has a nice grey fur.

Whose …..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

19. My dad caught coronavirus twice.

How many times …..………………………………………………………………....................………………….?

20. He usually stays on the beach from 8 to 11 am.

How long …..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

21. Ronald looked suntanned.

How …..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

22. Everybody thought that George was a smart guy.

What …..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

23. My dog Bobo sometimes catches a fly.

What …..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

24. My friend Alex is a real football fan.

Who …..………………………………………………………………....................………………….. ?

25. The first semester finishes at the end of December.

When…..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

26. Liza goes to the gym in central London.

Where …..………………………………………………………………....................…………………. ?

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4. Read the text and for each gap choose the correct answer A, B or C.

The Wine hotel

The Wine Hotel is a small beautiful hotel in Kahketi, east Georgia. It is owned by a local
family who also lives nearby. The hotel has a small ………. (27) of rooms, but it has an excellent
restaurant which offers a ……… (28) of Kakhetian wine. There is a big difference between the
Wine hotel and other hotels of……… (29) size. Number one difference is that its staff is all
teenagers. In ………. (30), The Wine hotel is a place where teenagers from local professional
colleges can ………. (31) as cooks, waiters or even as receptionists. They can very easily ………..
(32) a seasonal job at the Wine hotel. The administration of the hotel allows them to work
after the college hours and they ………. (33) them quite well. The young people have mentors
there who ………. (34) them many things and give them advice if and when needed.

27. A. number B. quantity C. sum

28. A. various B. variety C. different

29. A. the same B. same C. equal

30. A. reality B. detail C. fact

31. A. work B. job C. employ

32. A. receive B. get C. become

33. A. give B. take C. pay

34. A. teach B. learn C. study

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5. Read the email and choose the correct phrase to fill in the gap. One phrase is extra.

do sport / central England / there are / taking photos / any of them

write back / other people / more keen on / other subjects

Hi David,

I saw your name on Global Pen-friends list. You say you want to get an email from an English
teenager, so here I am. We live near Oxford, in ……………… (35) and I go to school in one of
the high schools in Oxford. In our school …………….. (36) 340 boys and girls between 14 and
18 years of age. We have lessons from 9 in the morning till lunch time. I really like school
lunches! After lunch we usually have lessons or …………….. (37) until half past four. We have
lessons in science, French, math, art and a few ……………….. (38). Last year my favourite subjects
were math and history. This year I’m ……………….. (39) geography. Emily, who is my sister, is
different. She likes art and French. Both of us love ………………. (40) too. There are three terms
in the school year and we do different sports each term. I like sports but I’m not very good at
………………. (41). I do swimming and Emily plays girls football. That’s all for now. Please ……………….
(42) and tell me about you and your school.

Bye,
Lucy

6. Read the sentences and write ONE word in each gap.

43. Ani spent last summer in …………… Alps of Austria.

44. I saw that Katie was walking …………… aunt’s dog.
45. All night long yesterday I was watching a jazz festival ..………… TV.
46. Lin looked out of the window …………… saw three monkeys on a tree.
47. We enjoyed the lyrics of the song …………… lot.
48. Are …………… many grizzly bears in the Berlin Zoo?
49. Michael knows …………… telephone number of the emergency service.
50. When I phoned Peter ………….. was having lunch.

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WRITING

You are going to an open-air pop concert with your English friend Kevin tomorrow.

Write an email to Kevin.

Say:

• Where the concert is.

• What time it starts.
• Where to meet.

Write about 40 words.

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In this test I got ……… points (out of maximum 55)

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