Ultimate B1 Testbook

English B1 TEST BOOK

Contents Student’s Score Sheets page 4 Quiz 1 page 6 Quiz 2 page 8 Progress Test 1 page 10 Quiz 3 page 14 Quiz 4 page 16 Progress Test 2 page 18 Quiz 5 page 22 Mid-Year Written Test page 24 Mid-Year Listening Test page 28 Quiz 6 page 32 Progress Test 3 page 34 Quiz 7 page 38 Quiz 8 page 40 Progress Test 4 page 42 Quiz 9 page 46 Quiz 10 page 48 Progress Test 5 page 50 End-of-Year Written Test page 54 End-of-Year Listening Test page 58

Quiz Vocabulary 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 My younger sister is twelve years old, but she’s very 11 Sharon has three : a sister and two brothers. for her age. A relations B generation A unique C cousins B famous D siblings C inspired D mature 12 If you to someone, you respect and admire them. A fit in 2 Students are not to talk during the exam. B look up A expressed C bring up B allowed D look after C treated D made 13 Our has grown up using Internet technology. A community 3 I think the thing to do is to make a copy of all B group your files. C generation D relation A common B sensible 14 What are the difficulties of children? C powerful A developing D sensitive B raising C following 4 Jake looks very much his father except for the D bringing colour of his hair. 15 Do children of celebrities often in their parents’ A same footsteps? B alike C like A walk D similar B start C follow 5 Unfortunately, I have nothing with my older D walk brother. 16 I asked the teacher to leave the classroom. A in common A relation B in relation B connection C in company C permission D in touch D confusion 6 Justin lives in London, but he was born and in Bristol. 17 The between a mother and her child is very strong. A brought A bond B grown B generation C related C relation D bred D benefit 7 Keith is shy and doesn’t friends easily. A get B make 18 The teacher her students to do the best they can. C do A expresses D bring B inspires C argues 8 A(n) family doesn’t include aunts or uncles. D considers A nuclear B extended 19 He’s not going to change, and we just have to it. C simple A accept D ordinary B expect C advise 9 I with my best friend when she moved to Berlin. D allow A got to know B made friends 20 What is the main of a good education? C lost touch A benefit D got close B argument C discussion 10 Do you your mother or father? D connection A fit in B look up / 20 C bring up D take after 6

Grammar 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 Greg with his grandparents this weekend. 11 to your cousin Tim? A is staying A That sports car is belonging B stay B Is that sports car belonging C staying C That sports car belongs D stays D Does that sports car belong 2 We of selling our flat in the city centre. 12 People usually to keep fit. A think A exercise B thinking B are exercising C thinks C exercising D are thinking D exercises 3 How many siblings ? 13 Your work better and better. Well done! A Kelly has A get B Kelly is having B gets C does Kelly have C is getting D is Kelly having D getting 4 Mary and I for Jane. Have you seen her? 14 I have a smartwatch, but I it very often. A are looking A am not using B am looking B not using C looking C don’t use D look D not use 5 This soup horrible! I can’t eat it! 15 you up from school today? A tastes A Does Dad pick B is tasting B Is Dad picking C tasting C Dad is picking D taste D Dad picking 6 What time the doctor this afternoon? 16 How much ? A you see A a good smartphone is costing B do you see B is a good smartphone costing C you are seeing C a good smartphone costs D are you seeing D does a good smartphone cost 7 How many times a week to basketball practice? 17 too much noise! Can you please stop it? A Pete goes A You make B does Pete go B You are making C Pete is going C Your making D is Pete going D Are you making 8 Water at 0°C. 18 I’ve met her before, but I her name. A freeze A am not remembering B freezes B doesn’t remember C freezing C don’t remember D is freezing D not remember 9 Mark is upstairs. He his emails. 19 in ghosts? I don’t! A is checking A You believe B checks B Do you believe C checking C Are you believing D check D You are believing 10 Jade upset. What’s the matter with her? 20 Mum people who are not polite. A looking A dislike B is looking B is disliking C looks C disliking D look D dislikes / 20 QUIZ 1 7

Quiz Vocabulary 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 A is a small house, usually made of wood. 11 In the summer, we had to do some minor to A semi-detached house the roof. B cabin C cottage A designs D detached house B constructions C repairs 2 Can we use our cottage as a film ? D buildings A home B area 12 There will be some to traffic while they are C place building the new bridge. D location A confusion 3 A house is not connected to any other building. B problem A semi-detached C disruption B detached D trouble C terraced D bungalow 13 A few years later, they moved to New York City and lived ever after. 4 Highclere Castle quickly became one of the most popular tourist in the UK. A happy B happily A houses C unhappily B destinations D happiness C sets D buildings 14 We’ve asked the to fix the air conditioning system. A interior designer 5 A constructs or repairs houses. B bricklayer A plumber C electrician B interior designer D cleaner C builder D painter and decorator 15 A tower block has several , but a bungalow only has one. 6 The chef used fresh ingredients that were cooked. A imagining A rooms B imagination B storeys C imaginative C places D imaginatively D spaces 16 They were not very pleased the work that the interior designer had done. 7 I think you should be very proud yourself. A of A about B on B with C in C for D about D on 17 Location is one of the important things to when making a film. 8 The garden was full of flowers. A colour A recognise B colourfully B manage C colourful C judge D coloured D consider 9 The head teacher is responsible the safety of the 18 I’m not at all jealous my brother’s success. students. A for B of A for C from B on D about C about D in 19 I’m tired and I need a holiday. A naturally 10 Our sons are twins, but they’re very different each B terribly other. C definitely D luckily A from B in 20 Nomads move from place to place in order to find C on D about food and . A shelter B site / 20 C area D house 8

Grammar 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 The film director an accident while they were 11 I online, but I do now. shooting the final scene. A didn’t get used to shopping B not use to shop A had C didn’t use to shop B would have D wasn’t shopping C was having D used to have 12 How when you heard the good news? A you felt 2 She the shopping when I texted her. B were you feeling A is doing C did you feel B did D you were feeling C was doing D would do 13 Mike at all, but now he goes jogging twice a week. A didn’t use to exercise 3 What time work this morning? B used to exercise A did you start C wasn’t used to exercising B you start D didn’t get used to exercising C you were starting D you started 14 On Fridays, we friends to dinner. A would invite 4 I found the charger you for. B were inviting A looked C got used to inviting B were looking D were used to inviting C would look D used to look 15 What of Mary’s decision to study economics? A you thought 5 We got bored and we to go jogging. B did you think A decide C you were thinking B were deciding D were you thinking C decided D used to decide 16 William asleep while he was watching TV. A fell 6 ‘When to London?’ ‘Three months ago.’ B was falling A you moved C would fall B would you move D is falling C did you move D use to move 17 I still haven’t up early on Sunday mornings. A used to wake 7 Why the email that James had sent you? B used to waking A you deleted C been used to waking B did you delete D got used to waking C you were deleting D you delete 18 ‘Are you used to driving long distances?’ ‘Yes, I .’ 8 My younger brother very unhappy as a child. A was used to be A used to B used to be B am C was being C do D used to being D do 9 We are slowly to the traffic and noise in the city 19 Kim to live in Australia. centre. A has got used B got used A getting used C is used B used D used C being used D having used 20 He switched off the light and to bed. A used to go 10 The builders the roof when I left for school B would go yesterday morning. C was going D went A would repair B were used to repairing C were repairing D used to repair / 20 QUIZ 2 9

Progress Test Reading Read and choose the correct answers. What’s it like to live in a castle? Bamburgh Castle You may have visited a castle while you were on 1 How does Francis Watson-Armstrong feel about owning holiday this summer, but what about owning one the castle? or living in one? Francis Watson-Armstrong owns a castle, but A He loves saying he’s the owner. he hates to say so. ‘I’m the keeper of the castle,’ B He hates saying he’s the owner. the 54-year-old says. ‘I just keep it standing.’ His C He doesn’t enjoy being the keeper of the castle. castle is Bamburgh Castle, a large impressive D He’s not proud of being the owner. building standing above Northumberland beach in North East England. It’s one of the largest 2 Which of the following is true? inhabited castles in the country. A Bamburgh Castle was built in 1894. The castle was built in the 11th century and it was B Bamburgh Castle was open to the public in the in a poor state when William Armstrong bought it in 1894. He rebuilt large parts of it and the 11th century. castle became the family home. It still belongs to C Bamburgh Castle became William Armstrong’s home the Armstrong family and is open to the public. Bamburgh Castle has been used as a filming in 1894. location in a number of television series and films D Bamburgh Castle no longer belongs to the Armstrong like Ivanhoe and Robin of Sherwood. ‘I think it’s a great responsibility to look after one family. of the most important historic buildings in the UK, but I love it,’ says Mr Watson-Armstrong. He 3 Who lives in the apartments in Bamburgh Castle? has very fond memories of the childhood years A Francis and his son William. he spent there. Francis Watson-Armstrong was B Francis and his mother. 22 when he took over running the castle with C Francis and the maintenance builders. his mother. He moved to a nearby farm in 2001, D People who rent the apartments. but the castle is still a home with 12 lived-in apartments. It is also a tourist attraction and more 4 Why is maintaining the castle difficult? than 160,000 people visit it every year. A Francis doesn’t get any help from his son William. Maintaining the castle is a full-time job for a team B It costs more to maintain than the Tower of London. of five people. It costs hundreds of thousands of C Francis has to do it all by himself. pounds a year to maintain and run a castle which D It requires a lot of money and a team of people. is the size of the Tower of London. Francis is doing his best to keep the castle in the family. His 5 What does Francis’s son William want to do? son William, 29, is taking on more responsibility A sell the castle to another family for running the castle. He wants to increase B attract more tourists to the castle visitor numbers and improve the experience. C be less responsible for the castle in the future Living in a centuries-old building filled with dark D move to a farm nearby corners and secrets could be considered spooky, but is it? Some visitors claim that they have been 6 What does Mr Watson-Armstrong think about ghosts in touched by unseen hands; others have heard the castle? strange noises. ‘I never saw any ghosts apart from when I was in there on my own,’ Mr Watson- A The presence of ghosts is real and dangerous. Armstrong laughs. ‘In my mother’s bedroom I B He doesn’t feel scared by the presence of ghosts. could hear footsteps. It’s quite scary on a stormy C Ghost stories help to attract more visitors to the castle. night if you are there on your own. If there are D They only haunt the castle on stormy nights. any ghosts, I think they are friendly ghosts.’ Reading: / 12 10

Vocabulary 1 Circle the 3 Complete the pairs of sentences with the correct words. correct words. storey story 1 Is the film based on a true ? Celebrity 2 The second of the house was twins built when their daughter got married. Two is better than one, right? The celebrities in this article all have one thing 1 in common / homework housework in touch: they all share their birthday with a 2 generation / sibling. Some twins have followed 3 Jenny, have you done your ? in their famous brother or sister’s 3 footsteps / blueprints, while others have taken a completely 4 My sister and I help Mum with shopping and the different route. Hollywood is filled with famous . 4 triplets / twins such as the super famous Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Both girls started definitely probably acting in 1987 when they were six months old and their personalities are quite 5 same / similar. 5 ‘Is she joining us tonight?’ ‘I’m not sure, They don’t use social media and they never liked .’ being famous. Ashton Kutcher is another celebrity with a little-known twin brother called Michael. ‘I 6 He’s going to accept the offer. was 6 born / raised a twin and from the moment I I’m sure of it. came into this world I had to 7 share / treat it with someone,’ said Ashton. Finally, Scarlett Johansson home-grown home-made bread and cakes. has a twin brother called Hunter. Scarlett and her 7 They sell fruit. brother don’t look 8 alike / like – Hunter is nearly 8 We make jam with 30 cm taller than his sister. Scarlett and Hunter are 9 close to / near each other. Hunter has had 4 Match. /8 small acting roles in some of Scarlett’s films, but /6 he’s more interested 10 for / in politics. 1 This is a small house built of wood in a forest. / 10 2 Complete the sentences with these words. 2 This is a house that has only one storey. 3 This is a small house, usually in the argument confusion connection discussion permission retirement countryside. 4 This house is not joined to another 1 You will have to get from your house on either side. parents to go on the school field trip. 5 This is a riverboat which people live on. 6 This house is joined to another house 2 After a long , they decided to on one side. sell their house and move abroad. a a detached house 3 Is sixty-five the normal age for b a cottage both men and women? c a houseboat d a semi-detached house 4 There seems to be a(n) e a cabin between pollution and bad health. f a bungalow 5 The new school rules have caused a lot of . 6 She had a big /6 Vocabulary: / 30 with her twin sister. PROGRESS TEST 1 11

Progress Test Grammar 1 Complete the text with these verbs. Use the 2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in present simple or the present continuous. brackets. Use the past simple or the past continuous. complain cycle depart drink eat get go have love think 1 They (buy) a nice detached house in the suburbs last year. From: Colin 2 I (drive) home from work when the news came on the radio. Hi James, 3 She was having dinner when I (text) her. Peter and I 1 an amazing 4 Where (he / go) when you met him? holiday here in Lisbon. We 2 every morning before breakfast, and then we 5 I found these photos while I (tidy) up my bedroom. 3 ‘papo secos’, a kind of small bread roll, and 4 fruit 6 He (not / check) his emails smoothies in the garden. When we arrived in when he got to the office this morning. Portugal last week, it was very cold, but now the 7 Why (she / call) you at six weather 5 hotter and hotter o’clock in the morning? every day. I 6 the weather, 8 They invited Leon to the party, but they (not invite) Tim. but Peter doesn’t! He 7 (always) about the heat, which is really 9 I (listen) to music and I didn’t annoying! Peter is very keen on football and we hear the phone ring. 8 to a football match this 10 (you / study) when she called? afternoon. Pete 9 that FC Porto is the best football team in Europe. / 10 We are coming back tomorrow. Our flight 10 at 10.00 am. I will text you when we are back. 3 Circle the correct words. Colin 1 We are eating out more often than we used to / got used to. / 10 2 Did that building use to be / used to be a factory? 3 On autumn evenings we use to sit / would sit out in the garden. 4 How’s Canada? Have you got / Have you been used to the cold weather? 5 My legs hurt after the climb because I wasn’t used to walk / walking so much. 6 Although I liked my old job, I couldn’t use / get used to working long hours. 7 He used to / was used to cycle to school when he was a child. 8 She didn’t use to like / to liking cooking, but now she loves it. /8 Grammar: / 28 12

Writing You have decided to enter a short story competition. The competition rules say that the story must begin with these words: They had to spend the night in that scary place and they were all terrified. Write your story. (120-180 words) Writing: / 10 Mark: / 80 PROGRESS TEST 1 13

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