Review test 1

People love social media.. The main sites like Facebook, Qzone, Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter are very popular and they have billions of users.. Here is an example: In 2006, more people

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REVIEW TEST 1 LISTENING Listen to the conversation about twins (Track 1) Then choose the correct answer

1 Elise says that her is developing smartphone software part-time

a son

b job

c hobby

2 Elise says that she will soon have to leave to pick up her from school

a twin brothers

b twin daughters

c twin sons

3 Elise says that both of her twins loved music and when they were young children

a singing

b reading

c science

4 Jill and her sister both learned to play the piano when they were years old

a seven

b ten

c eleven

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PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR Listen to the sentences (Tracks 2-5) You will hear each sentence twice Do you hear a

contraction of be? Choose Yes or No

5 Jonas looks young, but he isn’t a teenager In fact, he _ 21 years old (Track 2)

a Yes

b No

6 The weather _ very nice today (Track 3)

a Yes

b No

7 Angela and Tom _ interested in jazz music when they were younger (Track 4)

a Yes

b No

8 Mark is usually kind of shy, but his twin sisters _ shy at all (Track 5)

a Yes

b No

Read the text Notice the bold words Then write the correct bold word to complete each sentence

Children become teenagers when they are 13 years old During the teen years, children change a lot They often prefer to be with their friends more than with their parents The typical

teen often likes listening to music and chatting online In many places in the world, teenagers

become adults when they are 18 years old

9 My grandmother is 94 _

10 Your mother and father are your _

11 People _ as they get older For example, many people over 50 have gray hair

12 A _ man in Holland is 5 feet 11 inches tall (180 centimeters)

13 You are a _ between the ages 13 and 19

14 When you become an _, you have more responsibilities than you had as a teenager

Write a correct present or past form of be to complete these short conversations

15

16

17

18

Jana: Is your husband a teacher, too?

Anna: Yes In fact, he a teacher at my older son’s school

Jana: That’s nice!

Chet: Are you and Zoe friends?

Deena: No, we I don’t know her

Chet: I’ll introduce you You two are very similar

Ellie: How did Yan and Walter meet?

Frank: I think they friends at college

Ellie: So Walter went to Northern State College, too?

Greg: Look! These tomatoes are really cheap

Helen: Wow, you’re right! I think they on sale

Greg: Let’s buy a lot and make some pasta sauce tonight

Complete the sentences with the correct simple present form of the verbs in parentheses

19 This social media site (be) _ very popular Some people (use) _ it for hours every day

20 Tom and Mary (be) _ both university students They (study) _ history

21 My friend (come) _ from Canada, but I (be) _ from the USA

22 My sister (work) _ for Instagram She (be) _ really good at her job

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READING Scan the passage to find the answers to the questions Then write the answers in the spaces

Each answer is a number

People love social media The main sites like Facebook, Qzone, Tumblr, Instagram, and

Twitter are very popular and they have billions of users But at the beginning of the 21st

century, MySpace was also a big site How big? Here is an example: In 2006, more people in the United States visited MySpace than Google

MySpace started in 2003 Young people loved it, and by 2005 it was the most popular social media site on the Internet In fact, in that year MySpace was so successful that it tried to buy Facebook In the end, however, the people at MySpace decided the $75 million price was too much Later, in 2005, a large company called News Corporation paid $580 million to buy

MySpace At first it continued to grow, and in 2006, it had 100 million users In 2007,

MySpace had a value of $12 billion

News Corp wanted to make money, so it showed lots of advertisements to MySpace users Unfortunately, that isn't what the users wanted Also, MySpace was slow and hard to use, and it didn't add cool new things for its users to do Other sites like Facebook were better and added new features that users liked Over time, fewer and fewer people visited MySpace, and

in 2011, News Corp sold it for just $35 million

The story of MySpace is interesting It used to be the most popular social media site, but now few people use it In the future, what will happen to other big social media sites like Facebook and Qzone? Will they make the same mistakes as MySpace, or will they listen to their users

and continue to grow?

Example: When did people begin using MySpace? - In 2003

23 When was MySpace worth $12 billion? - In _

24 What was the price of Facebook in 2005? - $ _ million

25 How much did News Corp pay for MySpace? - $ _ million

26 How many users did MySpace have in 2006? - million

27 When did News Corp sell MySpace? - In _

WRITING Find two mistakes in each sentence They are punctuation or simple present tense mistakes Rewrite the sentences and correct the mistakes Use the example as a guide

Example: She like to use Facebook and Twitter

28 Around seven billion people lives in the world

29 instagram and Qzone is popular social media sites

30 My friend and I uses Facebook for about an hour every day?

31 My cousin are a student and he go to college in the UK

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SPEAKING Match the questions to the correct conversation You will not use one question

a Do you play any sports?

b How about you?

c What do you do in your free time?

d How do you like this weather?

e Are you a student?

32 A:

B: It’s great! It’s so sunny and warm today

33 A:

B: I read a lot and go to the gym

34 A: What do you do?

B: I’m a doctor

A: I’m a teacher

35 A:

B: No! I’m a teacher