Speakout Upper Intermediate Achievement Test 1 PDF

## speakout Upper Intermediate Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2) ### Listening 1. **Recording 1 Listen and underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).** 1. What does the woman complain about? a) pesticides being used on the vegetables b) the man not growing enough spinach c...

## speakout Upper Intermediate Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2) ### Listening 1. **Recording 1 Listen and underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).** 1. What does the woman complain about? a) pesticides being used on the vegetables b) the man not growing enough spinach c) the price supermarkets charge for organic vegetables 2. What does the woman say about happiness? a) It's impossible to define it. b) To be happy, you must have family and money. c) Your personality can give you a more optimistic attitude to life. 3. What were Sue's living arrangements when she first went to university? a) She didn't live on her own. b) She lived with a young family. c) She lived independently. 4. What was the purpose of the demonstration? a) to support ways to provide more energy b) to show how strongly people felt about the government's proposal c) to protect the local fishing industry and wildlife 5. Why is Ann looking to rent a room? a) Her parents want her to settle down. b) She wants to experience sharing a flat. c) She thinks it will help her to get used to being back in London. 6. What was the best part of the flying lesson for Julie? a) when the instructor took off b) when she looked down as they were flying c) when she flew the plane by herself 2. **Recording 1 Listen again and write true (T) or false (F).** 1. The man grows most of his own produce. ___T___ 2. The woman believes our lives are a collection of thousands of different moments all mixed up together. ___T___ 3. Sue enjoyed playing the role of surrogate daughter. ___T___ 4. The demonstrators are from the local area where the government wants to build the power station. ___T___ 5. The woman returned to the U.K. because she could no longer stay in the U.S. ___T___ 6. Julie thought the plane looked rather fragile. ___T___ 3. **Recording 2 Listen and match the people with what they have been doing recently. There is one extra answer you do not need.** 1. Eric - a) starting a new job 2. Jade - b) watching a lot of TV 3. Naime - c) going for long runs 4. Anthony - d) working late 5. Harry - e) painting a boat 6. Daniela - f) attending fitness classes 7. - g) getting over an illness 4. **Find and correct two mistakes in each sentence.** 1. Could you tell me what time is it it is? > Could you tell me what time it is? 2. I've seen quite a few plays last month but most of them were really disappointed. > I've seen quite a few plays last month, but most of them were really disappointing. 3. Three climbers have being reported missing. The rescue team must been looking for them now. > Three climbers have been reported missing. The rescue team must be looking for them now. 4. I'd be interested to knowing where do they work at the moment. > I'd be interested to know where they work at the moment. 5. I've thought he was honest and law-abiding but he's just be arrested for fraud. > I've thought he was honest and law-abiding, but he's just been arrested for fraud. 6. What was the best part of the flying lesson for Julie? > I'd like knowing why you were being late today. > I'd like to know why you were being late today. 5. **Complete the second sentence with no more than five words so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in CAPITALS.** 1. I have to finish this by Friday. > MUST > This MUST be finished by Friday. 2. We haven't seen them for a year. > LAST > We haven't seen them LAST year. 3. Where have you been? > MIND > Would you MIND telling me where you've been? 4. Somebody's sending me spam emails every day. > SENT > Spam emails are SENT to me every day. 5. Could you help me with this? > WONDERING > I'm WONDERING if you could help me with this. 6. He started renovating it three years ago and he hasn't finished it yet. > FOR > He has been renovating it FOR three years. ### Grammar 1. **Complete the text with the correct answer, a), b) or c).** The Californian government has come up with an original way of raising income: by allowing adverts shown on car number plates. Electronic number plates that scroll adverts when a car is stationary are being developed. While the car is moving, the registration number is shown on the plate. However, when the vehicle is stopped for more than four seconds, say at traffic lights, the number could be replaced with a scrolling set of adverts. These are chosen by motorists and controlled from inside the car. The Californian government says it will reduce its budget deficit for many months and says it has reduced if this plan is put into action. 2. **Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box.** Can I help you? I'd like to talk to someone about this toaster. I bought it last Friday. Of course. Could you tell me what the problem is? Well, I switched it on and it didn't work. Would you mind any chance of a refund? A minute, sir? I'll just call the manager. Oh, I'm afraid he's at lunch. Well, as far as I know, I have the right to a refund. Your point, sir, but we need to find out what's wrong with it first. Do you mind if you'd be quick, though. I have to go back to work. So, I dropped the toaster, enough. However, it'll have to be sent back to the manufacturer. But it only cost €9.99! This is ridiculous! Would you mind explaining why? I'm sorry, sir, but it's company policy. 3. **Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.** Experts have __projected__ (project) that there will be an upturn in the economy in the final quarter. It was totally __embarrassing__ (embarrass) having to sing in front of my workmates. After days without any news, Helen felt __frustrated__ (frustrate) at not knowing what was going on. CCTV cameras may be a deterrent, but they are also a __disturbing__ (disturb) invasion of our privacy. The idea of living in the jungle for a month was something Bertram found totally __unappealing__ (appeal). He simply had no interest in doing it. Olivia's __disappointment__ (disappoint) was obvious as she read her exam results. If you want to enter the castle, you have to gain written __permission__ (permit) from the king. Any __anxiety__ (anxious) Sue may have felt about speaking to such a large crowd didn't show. Jamie's friends like him for his __spontaneous__ (spontaneous). He's always up for doing something on the spur of the moment. The plan was __unethical__ (ethics) and completely went against the company's moral stance. His behaviour was completely __unresponsive__ (respond) - luckily nothing serious happened. 4. **Complete the second sentence with no more than five words so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in CAPITALS.** I never smoked when I was young. > USE > I didn't use to smoke when I was young. Maria is very sociable and often talks to complete strangers. > WILL > Maria is very sociable and will talk to complete strangers. I regret I wasn't brought up by the sea. > WISH > I WISH I had been brought up by the sea. He went to live in Italy in 2010. I met him in 2015. > LIVING > He had been LIVING in Italy for five years when I met him. At first I found the work hard but it's getting easier now. > USED > At first I found the work hard, but I'm used to it now. I've given them some money in case they want to buy some sweets. > MIGHT > I've given them some money because they might want to buy some sweets. ### Vocabulary 1. **Underline the correct alternative.** My neighbour's not a people person/woman. She likes to keep it to/herself to herself. Leo is a self-confessed computer wit/geek and spends all his free time creating software. We were over/on the moon when we found out we'd been selected for the team. Rising unemployment is a global/domestic issue and doesn't just affect our country. The thought of eating insects made Joanne's stomach jump/turn. I was so embarrassed I wanted the earth to finish/swallow me up. Sioban decided to sign up/get in for evening classes at the local college. The project/record gained so much support that over £300,000 was raised. It's reasonable/outrageous that he's been paid twice as much as us but has done so much less. Police are appealing/suspecting for anyone who witnessed Friday's incident to come forward. 2. **Underline the correct alternative** He set on/to/up his first business in 2013 and went on/for/by to become a billionaire. Has someone switched on/by/off the air-conditioning? It seems to have got really hot again. They checked through the contents for/by/of my luggage when I got to security control. We'll have to stop at the service station or we'll run out of/with/over petrol soon. They were brought up/in/down not to eat meat so they don't miss it. Who would be the best person to advise me on/for/in how to invest my money? I don't think I'll ever settle on/down/up. I like travelling too much. ### Function 1. **Match sentences 1-6 with a)-f) below.** 1. According to the news, the price of petrol is going up again. _b)_ 2. Can you tell me if you have this in a size 8? _d)_ 3. Sorry to be difficult, it's just that the TV in my room's not working either. _f)_ 4. Take the case of this airport they want to build. Imagine the air pollution! _a)_ 5. It's been shown again and again that passive smoking is bad for people. _e)_ 6. You can get a diesel or petrol engine. _c)_ a) Good point. But I'm still not convinced that banning it everywhere is the answer. b) Yes, apparently it's going to rise by 20 percent over the next three months. c) OK, but isn't diesel cleaner than petrol? d) Certainly. I'll just go and check. e) I agree to a certain extent, but if the demand is there, what alternative do they have? f) Bear with me a minute. I'll just find out when the repair man can fix it. ### Reading 1. **Read the text opposite and underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).** 1. Matt Damon __c)___ a) is a well-known boxer b) is the founder of Water.org c) made his name as an a actor 2. Water.org was set up to __c)__ a) help people in urban areas b) make money to buy clean water c) help those lacking safe water 3. __a)__ don't have clean sanitation globally. a) 2.9 billion people b) over 2.5 times the U.S. population c) 4,000 people 4. Matt __b)__ work in Africa and Asia. a) has seen 4,000 clean water projects b) has seen for himself how clean water projects c) has plans to see how clean water projects 5. The Board Guard slum __a)__ a) is home to 4 million inhabitants b) is where Moina lives with her parents c) is one place water aid has yet to reach 6. Moina is now __a)__ a community group. 2. **Read the article again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?** 1. Water.org has existed since 2009. _T_ 2. 1 in 9 people in developing countries live in rural areas. _T_ 3. Nearly four thousand children die from diseases relating to contaminated water every day. _T_ 4. Matt sees no reason why people in developed countries should die due to a lack of safe water. _T_ 5. Safe water can be found a mile away from Moina's home. _F_ 6. There's usually enough water available for everyone at the nearest public source. _F_ 7. Three hours of Moina's day is spent collecting water. _T_ 8. Moina uses a pond to do her family's laundry. _T_ 9. Bamboo huts are used as toilets in Board Guard. _T_ 10. All of Moina's family have suffered health issues resulting from the poor water conditions. _T_ 11. Moina's wish is to have clean water close at hand for her and her family. _T_ ### Writing 1. **Underline the mistakes in the email using the correction code. Then write the corrections in spaces 1-6.** Dear Sir or Madam, I'm writing with regard to cable TV and broadband package I ordered on August 22nd. '(gr) ... to the cable Briefly, the problem is that I've been waited for three weeks and have heard nothing from your installation department. 2(v) I already have pursued the matter with your customer services department, who have advised me to contact you. (wo) In order to resolve the matter, I am requesting that you send an installation engineer within three days of the date of this email. *(p) If you need to get in touch with me by telephone, you may reach me at (0187) 653-907. 5(st) Thank you for your prompt atention to this matter. 6(sp) Yours faithfully, Teresa Green Ms T. Green 1. (gr) with regard to 2. (v) waiting 3. (wo) I have already pursued 4. (p) within three days, 5. (st) Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter 6. (sp) Yours faithfully