ROADMAP™A2+ Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)

Listening Grammar
1 Recording 1 Listen to the conversation and 4 Write questions for the answers using the
match the dishes 1–6 with the problems a–f. words in the box. There are two extra words.
1 Salad e
How many How old What When Where
2 Hamburgers ___ Who Whose Why
3 Soup ___
1 What’s your name?
4 Fish pie ___
My name’s Jake.
5 Pizza ___
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6 Omelette ___ They live in Southampton.
a It takes a long time to make the dish. 3
b One person doesn’t think the meal is very big. She’s twenty-two years old.
c One person does not want to eat it. 4
d They ate the same dish recently. My teacher was Samira.

e They don’t have all the things that they need. 5

The film started at 7.15.
f They were told not to use one ingredient.
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I went shopping because I needed new shoes.
2 Recording 2 Listen to the interview and /5
complete the sentences with the adverbs of
frequency in the box. 5 Choose the correct alternatives.
1 Marco every day / usually works hard at school.
always never often rarely sometimes
usually 2 My brother travels / travelled to Italy last year.
3 Brigit uses / is using her computer at the moment.
1 Maggie usually takes a short holiday each
4 He didn’t go / went out because it was raining.
month.
5 I’d like a / some cheese with my pasta.
2 She ________ tries to eat food that is good for her.
6 Ian occasionally / twice a month calls his parents.
3 She thinks it is ________ a good idea to change
things about your life. 7 Do / Did you eat breakfast this morning?
4 She ________ goes to bed later than 11 p.m. 8 I have tea with just a little / a few milk.
5 She can ________ think of new ideas from books. 9 Martha takes / is taking the bus to work every day.
6 She ________ gets angry because she makes bad 10 When is your birthday? / your birthday is?
choices when she feels that way. 11 We waited for Anthony for a / an whole hour.
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3 Listen to Recording 2 again and write true (T) 6 Complete the sentences with the words in the
or false (F). box. There are six extra words.
1 Maggie often goes to Berlin
a an are do does ever had has
for a short holiday. F
have how is often
2 She took the train to Berlin a few years ago. ___
3 The train journey took around ten hours. ___ 1 I ate a sandwich and an apple for lunch.

4 She met a Wish List customer in Berlin. ___ 2 ________ you know Julieta and Marco well?

5 She gave a job to a man she met on a train. ___ 3 My sister ________ visits her friends in London.

6 This man doesn’t work for Wish List now. ___ 4 We ________ a great time at Sharon’s party.
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6 This shop ________ really good prices.
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ROADMAP™A2+ Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)
Vocabulary Function
7 Match 1–8 to a–h to make sentences. 10 Match questions 1–7 with answers a–g.
1 I watched a great c a dish from my 1 Sorry, but can you repeat that? b
country. 2 What do I need to do next? ___
2 You need to have clear ___ b about the exam. 3 Excuse me, can you help me? ___
4 Which one is it? ___
3 I’m going to have ___ c film yesterday.
5 Did you get that? ___
4 This is a typical ___ d video games. 6 How do I get to the Library? ___
7 I’m looking for the station. Can you help me?
5 Always plan your ___ e goals.
___
6 Carlos loves playing ___ f until 2012. a Sorry, I missed that. Can you repeat please?

7 She’s really nervous ___ g a shower. b Yes, I’ll meet you at the station at 8.30.
c You need to press the BUY TICKET button on the
8 I didn’t meet her ___ h time well. machine.
d It’s that one on the table.
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e Take the 64 bus to the High Street. It’s opposite
8 Complete the sentences. The first letter in each
the museum.
word is given.
1 I went on holiday six w e e k s a g o. f Sure. It’s next to the park on Abbey Road

2 My pizza is d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! You have to try it! g Of course, what do you need?

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3 You worked very hard last month. Why don’t you
take some t _ _ _ o _ _ this month? 11 Choose the correct alternatives in the
conversations.
4 Gulay was very s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to win because
everybody said she would lose. Conversation 1

5 Chocolate cake is very s _ _ _ _. A: Guess 1what happened / where I went earlier.

6 I was lost in the forest for 2 hours. I was really B: 2Amazing! / Tell me.
a _ _ _ _ _. A: I saw Venus Williams!
7 I love eating bananas or f _ _ _ _ fruit for breakfast. B: 3No way! / It’s lovely. Where did you see her?
/6 A: I saw her coming out of a hotel. I shouted her
9 Complete each sentence with a question word name and she smiled at me!
or phrase from the box. B: 4What happened next? / How exciting!

how how many what when what time A: Yes, it was fantastic! She’s one of my heroes.
where who why Conversation 2
A: Guess 5where I went / what I did.
1 Why were you bored? I thought the film was
really exciting! B: I don’t know, but you look unhappy.

2 ________’s wrong with your food? Is it too hot? A: I am! I dropped my phone yesterday.

3 ________ is your best friend at school? B: Oh, no! 6What happened? / How did it go?

4 ________ do you and Mark usually play video A: It fell out of my pocket at school and broke.
games? Do you play at his house or at your flat? B: 7How interesting. / That’s terrible!
5 ________ did you move to York? Was it two years Conversation 3
ago? A: What a 8exciting / lovely day!
6 I’m really excited about your party. ________ B: Yes, it is. Let’s go to the beach.
people do you think will come to it?
A: 9What a fantastic idea! / Why did you do that?
7 This food is very dry and plain. ________ can we
B: Do you want to eat lunch before we go?
make it taste better?
A: No, we can have fish and chips at the beach.
8 Are you going to the concert on Saturday?
________ does it start? B: 10It’s delicious. / That sounds good. Let’s go!
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ROADMAP™A2+ Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)
Reading
12 Complete the article with sentences a–i. a Perhaps we should follow the advice of these
sporting greats.
Why do some sports stars do better than others? They
all show great skill in their sport, of course. 1 h b He also knows that sometimes we need help from
But some of the very best athletes think a lot about others.
how to be successful. 2___. c These words are actually a useful lesson: losing is
Take Wayne Gretzky, for example. He is probably just one step on the road to winning.
the best ice hockey player ever. 3___ What can d In fact, people who love the sport call him ‘the
Gretzky tell us about how to be successful? In an Great One’.
interview, he said ‘You miss 100 percent of the e In other words, it isn’t a good idea to think that you
shots you don't take.’ This means that if you don’t will lose.
try, you will never be successful.
f She was the world’s number one when she was
Venus Williams and her sister Serena are two of just 17.
the best tennis players in history. 4___ Serena said
g They also have advice about being successful.
that some people may not think you can be
successful, but this is OK if you believe you can. h For example, they might be good at running or
Venus also believes that tennis success can come jumping or throwing or hitting a ball.
from thinking you can win. 5___ i Who is the best football player ever?
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___Some people say that Pelé was the greatest, /8
others think Cristiano Ronaldo or Diego Maradona 13 Read the article again. Match statements 1–8
are the best, and many people talk about Lionel with the sports stars a–f.
Messi being the greatest football player, too. Messi 1 It’s important to think you can play well. c
also has some interesting things to say about
2 Learn something every time you lose. ___
success. He believes that doing what you love is
important for success. 7___ He says that the other 3 Sometimes you can’t do it alone. ___
players on his team are a big reason for his success. 4 Think about winning and it will happen. ___
Have you heard of Lydia Ko? She’s from New 5 Small goals make a big success possible. ___
Zealand and she’s very good at golf. 8___ The 6 You need to love what you do. ___
secret to her success is that she sets little goals for
7 It’s necessary to try hard. ___
herself. And when she achieves these goals, it leads
to her success. 8 It’s possible to learn a new thing every day. ___
Lewis Hamilton is one of the best Formula One a Wayne Gretzky d Lionel Messi
drivers in the world, and he has been a winner b Venus William e Lydia Ko
since he was 10 years old. Winning races is his c Serena Williams f Lewis Hamilton
ultimate goal, but Hamilton says that when he /7
doesn’t win, he learns lessons that make him
stronger. 9___ Hamilton also says that he can learn
something new every day when he is racing. He
thinks this is true about life, too.

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ROADMAP™A2+ Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)
Writing
14 Complete the sentences with the words or
phrases in the box. Use two of the phrases
twice.

because because of so that That’s why

1 I eat ice cream carefully so that it doesn’t fall

on the ground.
2 I didn’t enjoy the meal _________ the pasta. It
was cold and the sauce was very plain, too.
3 I love cheese and tomatoes. _________ I love
pizza.
4 I don’t eat a lot of chocolate _________ sugar
isn’t healthy.
5 I got up late. _________ I didn’t have time to eat
any breakfast.
6 I usually eat quickly _________ I have more time
to talk with my friends.
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15 Write about something interesting, exciting, or
unusual that happened to you. Make notes
about the points below. Then use your notes
to write the story. Write 80–120 words.
• Where and when did the story happen?
• Who was in the story?
• Did something good/bad/funny happen?
• What happened in the end?
• How did you feel?

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