03 GXP B2 Progress Test 03

Gold Experience B2 Progress test 3
Name Class
Grammar
1 Rewrite the sentences using the words given. Use between two and five words, including
the word given.
1 Weve arranged to meet Jim and Beth at the caf at 4.15.
ARE
We are meeting Jim and Beth at the caf at 4.15.
2 I had planned to do my homework, but I watched TV instead.
GOING
I ________________________________ my homework, but I watched TV instead.
3 Quiet! The film will start in a few seconds.
ABOUT
Quiet! The film ________________________________ start.
4 I think Ron will probably drive because his mum has hurt her hand.
LIKELY
Ron ________________________________ because his mum has hurt her hand.
5 All my work will be finished by the time you arrive.
By the time you arrive, I ________________________________ all my work.
6 When you get off the train, look for me outside the caf.
WAITING
When you get off the train, ________________________________ outside the caf.
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2 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
A: Hi! 1) Do you go/Are you going to the cinema with Jamie tonight?
B: Yes. I 2) meet/m meeting him at five oclock. The film 3) starts/will have started at six. Why
dont you come with us?
A: Id love to, but unfortunately I 4)ll work/ll be working late tonight. Why dont we meet for an
ice cream after the film?
B: OK. After we 5)ll have seen/ve seen the film, I (6) give/ll give you a call.
Vocabulary
3 Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
When I was very young, my ambition was to become a scientist. I even 1) ____ with the idea of doing
transplants, which amused my parents a lot! However, at school I didnt really enjoy my science
classes. I know students 2) ____ a lot from learning the rules of physics and 3) ____ experiments and so
on, but I found it all really complicated. I discovered that I had a talent 4) ____ art and languages, so
when we had the choice 5) ____ continuing with sciences or taking up a new language, I 6) ____ for
Mandarin Chinese.
1 A thought B played C dreamed D told

2 A earn B progress C benefit D take
3 A ending up B turning out C taking over D carrying out
4 A of B by C at D for
5 A over B between C through D among
6 A chose B insisted C agreed D opted
4 Complete each sentence with one word only.

1 There has been a mixed reaction to the new science programme. Some people love it, others
cant stand it.
2 There were a lot of t________ questions in the test and I think Ive done badly.
3 Dan should a________ for being so rude and shouting at you.
4 Sometimes the truth is a lot stranger than f________ .
5 Do you think scientists will ever discover a c________ for all diseases?

Listening
5 You will hear someone giving a talk to some students. Complete each sentence with a
word or a number.
1 The doctor moved back to this area in ________________ .
2 At first she enjoyed studying ________________ .
3 She became a doctor after ________________ years of studying.
4 She thinks that hard work is more important than being ________________ .
5 She mentions a friend whose work focuses on ________________ .
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Reading
The trip of a lifetime?

Are you getting fed up with your normal, everyday life and looking for a challenge? Perhaps you fancy
living somewhere different with a complete change of lifestyle? This is exactly how 200,000 other
people felt when they applied to take part in a unique competition. The prize? A one-way trip to the
planet Mars!
Mars has been in the scientific news a lot in recent years after the landing of the robot Rover which is
travelling round the surface of the planet sending pictures back for analysis here on Earth. The idea of
putting humans on the planet no longer seems so unrealistic. However, few people expected the first
manned space mission to Mars to be related to a TV reality show!
The idea, currently called Mars One, will cost around four billion pounds and it will take ten years to
send the first astronauts to the red planet. One of the brains behind the project is Paul Romer, co-creator
of one of the most popular reality TV shows ever broadcast: Big Brother. He views the project as a
combination of reality TV and talent show. However, this particular show will have no ending and the
viewers will be the entire population of Earth.
So just what does the project involve? People from more than 140 countries have applied to become the
first astronauts to travel through space to Mars. They will go through a long and careful selection
process after which just twenty-four individuals will be chosen. The successful applicants will go
through a very long period of training before the first group of four astronauts is sent to Mars. Once
there after a journey of seven or eight months they will set up a colony where they will live and
work. Every two years another team of four astronauts will join them and the colony will grow and
strengthen.
The media will be involved at various stages. Initially, parts of the selection process will be broadcast as
a type of global talent show. Applicants will have to demonstrate different skills needed for the
challenge, including how good they are at adapting to new situations, working in a team, finding
creative solutions and so on. When the astronauts finally travel to Mars, their lives will be filmed and
broadcast 24/7/365 a never-ending TV reality show, or perhaps a non-stop soap opera?
Unfortunately, the current plans do not provide for a return trip as spacecraft capable of making the
journey back to Earth are not available yet. So perhaps the expression the trip of a lifetime should be
rephrased as the trip for a lifetime!

6 Read the text and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
1 Current scientific research related to Mars involves
A filming different robots on the planets surface.
B studying geological pictures sent from the planet.
C preparing astronauts to land on the planet.
D planning a TV series about the planet.
2 How will the Mars reality show be different from ones we watch now?
A Fewer people will watch it.
B It will be made by scientists.
C There wont be a time limit for the programme.
D It will feature very intelligent contestants.
3 What will be part of the process for the successful candidates?
A They will be chosen within seven to eight months.
B They will be well-prepared for their trip to Mars.
C They will leave the colony on Mars every two years.
D They will live in a colony that has been constructed before their arrival.
4 What does they refer to in paragraph 5, line 23?
A the skills
B the challenges
C the situations
D the applicants
5 Why will the astronauts not be returning to Earth?
A The astronauts will not want to come back to Earth.
B The reality TV producers wont let them return.
C There are no spaceships to bring them back home.
D The astronauts want to spend their whole lives there.
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Writing
7 Read the task in Exercise 8. Tick () the information that you should include.
1 doing research for school projects ____
2 updating social networking sites ____
3 meeting your friends ____
4 bad signal ____
5 online shopping ____
Total: 50
8 Your English teacher has asked you to write an essay for homework. Look at the title of
the essay and the notes you have written. Write your essay in 140190 words.
We rely on computers too much these days. Do you agree?
Write about:
information.
communication.
your own idea.
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Gold Experience B2 Progress test 3

We are meeting Jim and Beth at the caf at 4.15.

2 I had planned to do my homework, but I watched TV instead.

I ________________________________ my homework, but I watched TV instead.

3 Quiet! The film will start in a few seconds.

Quiet! The film ________________________________ start.

Ron ________________________________ because his mum has hurt her hand.

5 All my work will be finished by the time you arrive.

By the time you arrive, I ________________________________ all my work.

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1 A thought B played C dreamed D told

4 Complete each sentence with one word only.

3 Dan should a________ for being so rude and shouting at you.

4 Sometimes the truth is a lot stranger than f________ .

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2 At first she enjoyed studying ________________ .

3 She became a doctor after ________________ years of studying.

5 She mentions a friend whose work focuses on ________________ .

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The trip of a lifetime?

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