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Listening
Standard Level
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CD1
1
5Listen and number the pictures in the correct order. There
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are two pictures you don’t need to use.
a b
c d
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Listening
Standard Level
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CD1
2
6Listen to two people talking about Kakapos. Write T (true) or
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F (false).
1 The woman lives in New Zealand.
2 The woman thinks the Kakapo is stranger
than the kiwi.
3 The Kakapo’s feathers aren’t hard.
4 The Kakapo uses its wings to climb trees.
5 The parrot is called ‘Kakapo’ because it likes
sitting in trees.
6 There are fewer than 150 Kakapos alive
Test
Listening
Standard Level
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3
CD17
Listen and circle the correct answers.
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1 The children are looking at a book /
website / magazine.
2 People in New Zealand created the
toy snake in a toy shop / school /
teacher’s house.
3 The longest real snake is in the USA
and it’s about 6 / 8 / 10 metres long.
4 3 / 8 / 15 men are needed to hold this
snake.
5 Medusa lives with people / with other
Standard Level
Test
Reading
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Score:4
Read and complete the sentences with Brad, Tina or Joe.
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Brad
Tina
Joe
Hello! I’m Brad. I live in Wellington, New Zealand and I’m ten years old. I’ve got two younger brothers, Nick and Jack. They’re very sporty. They play football, basketball and ride their bicycles all day. I like cycling to school, but in my free time I prefer drawing or painting. I love music! I can play the drums and I sometimes go to pop concerts. My favourite subject at school is history. I’m not very good at maths or science. Hi! My name’s Tina and I’m from Honolulu, Hawaii. I’m 11 and I go to school with my sister, Shelly, and my brother, Ian. Shelly is eight and she plays the piano really well. Ian and I aren’t very musical. Ian is 13 and we always go surfing together. He’s also the best science student at school in Science. My mother is a music teacher at school. I played the piano when I was younger, but now I don’t. I’m always on my surfboard in my free time. Hi! I live in Auckland in New Zealand and my name’s Joe. I’m eight years old and I’ve got an older sister, Claire. She’s studying at university so I live alone with my parents most of the time. I like going to school and in my free time I go to a youth club. I’ve got friends there who can make amazing things, like toys with plastic bottles. I’d like to be creative like that, but I’m more interested in computers and the internet. I want to create websites when I’m older.
1 is the youngest child in his/her
family.
2 is the most musical person.
3 is the sportiest person. 4 is the most artistic person.
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Reading
Standard Level
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5
Read and circle the correct answers.
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Jordan Romero was 13 years, ten months and ten days old when he reached the top of Mount Everest. He was born in July 1996 and he was on ‘the top of the world’ in May 2010. Today, he’s still the youngest person to climb the highest mountain on Earth.
With him were his father, his father’s
wife and three Sherpas*. Jordan’s
mother was at home. She watched the whole climb on a special map and talked to Jordan on a satellite phone when he was at the top. She asked him to do one thing ‘Come back home!’ – to California, USA.
Before he started his adventure in the Himalayas, Jordan explained, ‘I just want to do something big.’ But climbing Everest isn’t his only record.
He’s also the youngest climber to complete the ‘Seven Summits’: he climbed the tallest mountain in each continent. In December 2011, he reached the top of Vinson Massif in Antarctica, breaking George
Atkinson’s record. Atkinson completed the ‘Seven Summits’ when he was 16. But why did Jordan want to do this? He decided it was a good idea when he was ten. A picture of the seven highest mountains on a wall in his school inspired him. Today, Jordan wants to climb the 50 highest mountains in the USA. He says, ‘this tour around the USA is about being healthy. I want other children in the country to climb mountains with me.’ In his free time, he likes riding his bicycle, listening to music and going out with his friends.
* Sherpas = people from Nepal who are very good climbers and carry people’s things to the top
1 Who didn’t climb Everest with Jordan?
a a sherpa b his dad c his mum
3 How old was Jordan when he
completed the ‘Seven Summits’?
a 10 b 15 c 13
5 Jordan thinks that climbing is …
a dangerous. b healthy. c easy.
2 How many records does Jordan hold?
a one b two c seven
4 Jordan was … George Atkison when he
climbed the Seven Summits.
a older than b younger than c as old as
Test
Reading
Standard Level
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Read and write T (true) or F (false).
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5
There are wonderful birds around the world that are unique in their own way. Some birds are very small, very
big, fly very fast or
very slow, run very fast or lay big eggs. Let’s look at
some of these that still exist on our
planet.
It isn’t the biggest bird in the world, but it’s got the longest wings. The
Wandering Albatross has got wings that
are usually over three metres long. They always live at sea and only come to small islands in the south Atlantic and Indian Ocean to eat and to lay their eggs. The size of its wings helps the Wandering Albatross to fly for hours without moving them and some scientists say that it sleeps in the air. Pollution, especially plastic, is putting these magnificent birds in danger of extinction.
The Common Ostrich comes from the same family as the kiwi and is the biggest bird in the world. It’s got a very long neck and legs that make it the fastest bird, too. Careful! It doesn’t fly faster than the Peregrine Falcon, but it runs faster than any other bird on land. An ostrich can run
about 70
km per hour. It’s also got the largest eyes and it lays the
biggest eggs. They usually weigh more than a kilo. A Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird when it drops from high up. It dives at a speed of 300 km per hour! It can also see other birds from 8 km away!
And what about small birds? The
Bee Hummingbird weighs about two
grams (0.002 kilos) and it’s about 5 cm long. It looks like an insect and flaps its wings 80 times per
second! But a different type of hummingbird has got the fastest wings in the world; it moves them 90 times per second.
Any questions or comments? Send us an email at info@birds
1 The Common Ostrich has got longer wings than the Wandering Albatross.
2 The biggest egg is from an ostrich.
3 The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird on land.
4 The Bee Hummingbird has got the fastest wings in the world.
Test
Writing
Standard Level
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Class:
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Write questions using superlative adjectives. Then answer the
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8
questions and explain why.
1 Who / sporty person / your class?
2 What / exceptional animal / the world?
3 you / young person / your family?
4 What / dangerous sport / the world?
5 because . 6 because . 7 because . because .
Test
Writing
Standard Level
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Look and write sentences with the superlative form of the words
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in brackets.
MIKE 1 (bike / expensive) 2 (dog / big) 3 (bike / dirty) 4 (man / tall) 5 (dog / small) 6 (dog / noisy)Test
Writing
Standard Level
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9
Read the definitions and write the words. The first letter is given.
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1 A tropical place with a lot of trees and rain. Many exotic animals live here.
r
2 It’s a high rock face and some people jump from it with a parachute.
c
3 You can find these in mountains, rocks and in the sea. They are usually very dark
inside. c
4 It’s like a very cold river and it moves very slowly. It’s formed from ice and snow.
g
5 It’s a type of mountain, but it’s very hot inside. It can be active, dormant or extinct.
v
6 It’s a piece of land in the middle of water.
i
Now match the words to the pictures below. There are two pictures
you don’t need to use.
a b c d
Test
Speaking
Standard Level
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10
Talk about the boys using superlative adjectives.
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Phillip
Brian
Gerry
Age: 10 Weight: 31 kilos Character/Features: funny short hair fast creative Age: 12 Weight: 40 kilos Character/Features: funny short hair fast creat ive Age: 11 Weight: 35 kilos Character/Features: funny shor t hair fast creative