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PROGRESS TEST

Unit 1

Reading

Read the text.

2 Complete the text with sentences A–F. There is

one sentence you do not need.

A Less than two hours later the enormous boat

is alongside you, having altered course to

come to your rescue.

B This happens from time to time when small

boats run into difficulties in heavy weather.

C But there is a twist to this tale.

D He was stunned by the coincidence.

E The cruise liner that came to his assistance

was the Crown Princess.

F Finally you admit defeat and put out an SOS call.

A SUPRISE AT SEA

Picture this: You’re in a boat, a small one, easily 4,000

miles away from home. You’re being tossed from one

wave to another in appalling conditions. Your mast

has been damaged in a fierce storm and you haven’t

eaten for two days whilst trying to fix your craft and

remain afloat. [ 1 ] You wait, hoping beyond

hope that someone has heard you and can reach you

before conditions worsen still further.

You’re lucky. The message gets relayed to a cruise

liner that is carrying thousands of passengers on the

holiday of a lifetime and just happens to be in your

vicinity. [ 2 ] You are very grateful. You are

taken on board where you’re given food and medical

assistance and start to feel human again. You travel

with the liner safely to land. Your small boat has

unfortunately had to be abandoned in the ocean but

you are safe thanks to the cruise liner.

So far, a straightforward sea rescue. [ 3 ]

It’s certainly not unheard of for large vessels to come

to the aid of smaller ones, particularly in

the big oceans where you can drift for days without

seeing another boat. [ 4 ] The yachtsman

whose boat got into trouble was John Fielder, a thirty-

two-year-old man from a tiny village on the south

coast of England called Warsash. Last year John was

sailing a trimaran called (appropriately) ‘Dangerous

When Wet’ from the Caribbean island Antigua to

Rhode Island, north of New York, when he got into

trouble. [ 5 ] She was the latest addition

to the fleet of the US based Princess Cruises and

it was captained by Captain Clark. Captain Clark

and John Fielder had never met before, which is not

surprising. What is surprising is that it turned out

the two men live round the corner from each other in

that tiny village of Warsash on the south coast! In all

probability they buy their newspapers from the same

shop but didn’t meet until their paths crossed 4,000

miles away in the middle of the ocean!

An amazing coincidence! If you can beat that write

in to ‘What a coincidence!, People Today Magazines ,

Bristol. We’re waiting for your story.

Mark

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Vocabulary

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

argumentative grumpy tolerant naive

reserved flexible stubborn hot-headed

courteous level-headed

1 I was very when I went to

university but I’m much more experienced

now.

2 The staff at the airport were all very

to us. It was a pleasant

surprise.

3 My cousin is quite

and

doesn’t say much.

4 In today’s society people need to be

and listen to others’ points

of view.

5 My dad was very when he

was young and got into a lot of trouble.

6 Don’t be so ! You can

always find something to smile about.

7 My sister is so you’ll never

persuade her to apologise to him.

8 You’re being very today!

You’ve disagreed with everything I’ve said!

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9 We’re lucky to have Jill as an employee. She’s

and can change her hours

7 Katy and I (know)

each other since we were at primary school

together.

8 What

if we need her to.

10 I don’t think winning a lot of money will

change Sam. He’s very

(you do) to your

hair? It looks great!

Mark

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Mark

Grammar

4 Choose the correct answers.

1 Jake phoned me just after he was leaving /

had left the party.

2 Did you see Jan at the concert? She wore /

was wearing a red coat.

3 Peter wouldn’t lend me his dictionary because

he didn’t finish / hadn’t finished his

homework yet.

4 I saw your sister in town yesterday. She

talked / was talking to a couple of friends.

5 While I was walking to the shops, it suddenly

started / was starting to get very windy.

6 They had waited / had been waiting for half

an hour by the time David arrived.

7 When I got to the classroom, the teacher already

started / had already started the lesson.

8 When the exam results came through we all

were celebrating / celebrated!

6 Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words

in bold.

1 We not only went out for a meal but we went

dancing too.

2 I had never before seen such a beautiful sunset.

3 There has rarely been such a high wind.

4 They had no sooner started the exercise than

the lesson bell rang.

Mark

5 Complete the sentences with the present perfect

simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Listening

7 ≤ 4.01 Listen to the people talking about

being lucky. Complete the sentences with the

correct speakers A–E.

1 Where

(you stay)

for the last few days?

2 I (have) this cold

since I went swimming last Friday.

3 How often

(you be)

1 Speaker didn’t expect to achieve what

he/she did so quickly.

2 Speaker

doesn’t plan ahead.

to the USA?

4 I (often wonder) if

learning another language would be difficult.

5 How long

3 Speaker

was successful because he/she

was relaxed.

4 Speaker

saved some money.

(you

5 Speaker

had a surprising exam result.

go out) with Freddy?

6 What (you eat)?

There are red marks on your shirt.

Mark

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8 Imagine you witness a large fire and see fire-

fighters save a young child from the building.

Write the story of the rescue for a magazine. Use

the writing guide to help you.

Paragraph 1: Say what you were doing when the

ire started.

Paragraph 2: Say what happened and describe

the scene.

Paragraph 3: Describe how the ire-ighters

saved the child.

Paragraph 4: Comment on the bravery of the ire-

ighters and what happened to the other people

involved.

Mark

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Total

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