Cumulative test 1-5B.pdf

A Test 1–5

CUMULATIVE TEST

Reading

1 Read the text.

Electrical sockets and switches in walls must be at a

convenient height and all rooms must be large enough

for wheelchairs to turn in circles. These are only a few

examples of what architects and builders will have to

take into consideration in the future.

[ 4 ] The general idea has been welcomed by

many care groups but the practicalities are causing

concern in many quarters. Not least among those who

are worried about the cost of providing new housing.

[ 5 ] Members of the House Builders

Association feel that the plans have not been carefully

thought through and that implementing such

specifications, although theoretically laudable, is simply

not realistic.

It is also felt that people have different housing needs at

different stages of their lives and forcing all new homes

to be built with the elderly in mind is not going to be

a popular move. Debate on the subject will no doubt

continue for a long time yet!

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

one sentence you do not need.

A Adapting their houses to make life easier for

these people is a costly business and most

cannot afford the necessary changes.

B They want all new homes built in the UK from

2011 onwards to conform to specifications

that will make them elderly-friendly.

C Safety for children will also be addressed.

D These plans have met with mixed reactions.

E There must be easy access for wheelchairs to

the front door and through doorways.

F It is feared that conforming to all the

specifications will push up the prices and put

new homes out of the reach of first-time buyers.

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Vocabulary

3 Choose the correct answers.

Elderly-friendly homes?

A home of their own is what most people in the UK

aspire to these days. However, more and more of our

older population are finding it difficult to stay in their

own homes as the health problems associated with

increased age sometimes make it impossible for them

to cope in badly designed houses.

The elderly cannot climb the stairs and if they use

wheelchairs, there are often problems getting from one

room to another because of narrow doorways, let alone

trying to manoeuvre their chairs up and down outdoor

steps. [ 1 ] All too often the help that could

allow them to remain in their own homes at the end of

their lives is not available and these people are forced

to move into care homes. Here, their needs are catered

for but they often feel isolated and away from familiar

surroundings and their friends and family.

In an effort to address this problem the UK

government has announced plans that seem, on

the surface, to be fairly dramatic. [ 2 ]

There will be sixteen such specifications and they

include improvements that could significantly affect

life positively for the elderly. Stairs will have to be

wide enough to accommodate stair lifts should the

installation of one become necessary. [ 3

1 The temperature in this building

a lot.

A fluctuates B looms C boosts

2 Employees who deal with clients directly need

to be extremely .

A ruthless B courteous C flexible

3 I need a job with working hours.

A tolerant B flexible C open-minded

4 We need another of milk.

A pint B pound C yard

5 It appears that the companies

with

each other to keep prices high.

A colluded B pledged C backed

6 his failure, he tried again the

following year and succeeded.

A Although B Much as C Despite

7 Most get moody from time to time.

A toddlers B OAPs C adolescents

8 The exercises in the exam were

easy.

A highly B bitterly C ridiculously

]

Mark

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CUMULATIVE TEST

Test 1–5

4 Complete the sentences with the prepositions in

the box.

6 Choose the correct answers.

1 The President is expected / known to be fond

of Italian food.

2 Gemma was very tired and took in a little /

little of what the teacher said.

3 Assuming that / In case he doesn’t mind a

small room, he’ll love the hotel.

4 We expect my cousin to arrive / arriving just

after 10.00.

5 Hardly / Just had we left the house when it

started to rain.

6 None / Any of the students could answer all

the questions correctly.

7 While he’s been in hospital / the hospital, I’ve

been looking after his dog.

Mark

out away through at up back down

1 I’m going to set

a meeting with all the

people involved.

2 I put his bad temper

to the weather!

3 Mum’s always getting

me for not

doing as well as my sister.

4 We paid the nose for our new car.

5 What are you going to splash

on with

the money you won?

6 You won’t get with writing less than

200 words for that essay!

7 Let’s get to what we were talking

about before, shall we?

Mark

Listening

7 ≤ 4.11 Listen to five people talking about getting

through difficult situations. Which speaker (A–E)

talks about ...

Grammar

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets.

1 accepting the situation? Speaker

2 managing on a small income? Speaker

3 not being deterred from taking another risk?

Speaker

4 getting something good from a bad situation?

Speaker

5 refusing to accept the advice of others?

Speaker

1 The examiner asked me why I

(chose) to learn English.

2 How long

(you want)

to be an astronaut?

3 I thought Archie

(leave) but in fact he was in the cafeteria.

4 Who

(expect) to win

the next election?

5 The boy

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(not see)

since this morning.

6 You

(earn) a lot more

Writing

8 Write a story about a disastrous evening when

everything went wrong. Include these points.

•Describehowtheeveningstarted.

•Writeaboutatleastthreethingsthatwentwrong.

•Sayhowyoufeltandwhatyoudid.

•Describehowtheeveningended.

money this time next year.

7 The meeting

(finish)

by 4.30 so give me a ring then.

8 The suspect

(interview) by the police when he fell ill.

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Total

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