A2 level test test 3

people are talking about their plans to have some fun. listen and mark the sentences with T (true) or F (false).

1 Emma agrees to go to a movie with Nate.

2 Anne can't come to the party.

3 Jake invites Rachel to a movie.

4 Anne and Michael are going to see a soccer game.

5 Jack can't go to Kate's house.

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1 ........... Summer we usually watch a movie ........... night.

2 ........... they ........... the story about the space aliens?

3 In England it usually ........... heavily all year long, but this year the sun ........... most of the days.

4 Why ........... so many cars parked near the library?

5 Where ........... you go to school when you were young?

6 They ........... go camping in a park when they were children.

7 I ............ home this morning at half past seven. I ........... at school at quarter to nine.

8 The work done by ........... is very important.

9 What pronoun can be replaced with the underlined nouns?

MR. WATSON said that THE MYSTERY was over.

10 What is the meaning of "be going to" in each sentence?

The party is going to be a great fun. Let’s go.

We are going to get married next year.

11 Patrick thinks that chocolate cake ........... banana cake

12 Russia is ........... country in the world.

13 We have got enough ........... but we don't have enough ........... to make an apple pie.

14 My mum made ........... sandwiches and ........... big chocolate cake for my birthday.

15 Neriman and Suna solved the maths puzzles ...........; they think that maths is an ........... subject.

16-20 fill the gap with an appropriate word.

21-25 Find the best word for the gap.

26-30 Fill the gap with a suitable word below.

Culture/ Population / Landlocked / Currency / Mountains

Mashad is a City, there is no sea around it. A lot of tourists come to Mashad to see Ferdowsi tomb. It’s is about 2 million people and there are several which surrounded this city. Mashad is in Iran and the of Iran is Toman or Rial. Iran has a rich . it goes back to 2500 years ago

1-5 Match the problems and the advice. Read the problems. There are 3 problems, Problem A, B and C. Then there are 5 pieces of advice. Which advice is about Problem A,which one is related to problem B and which one is about problem C.

Write A, B and C in the gap.

Too macho to talk

Are you a man who finds it difficult to talk about feelings and problems with your friends and family?

Send us your problem, and you will get advice from our readers.

Problem A

Three weeks ago, I asked a girl to marry me - we have been together for 18 months. It was an impulse, but now I am having second thoughts. I am deeply in love with her, but is this too soon? Please help.

Problem B

My wife is running her first marathon in Orlando, Florida, and she really wants me to go and watch her. However, there is a business conference in New York the same weekend, and my boss would like me to attend. What should I do?

Problem C

My wife wants us to spend two weeks in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the summer with her family, but I find her father really difficult to get along with. Should I go and risk having arguments all the time or should I suggest separate vacations this year?

Our readers’ advice

1 This seems like an easy one - go, but try to avoid him where possible, and if you can't avoid him, then just smile and don't get into a conversation.

2 You should be there. Maybe this is a once-in-a-lifetime moment for her. You can always keep in touch with co-workers on your phone.

3 You felt it was right at the time, but for some reason now you are not sure. You clearly love this girl, and I think you should go for it. I got married after four months of dating, and we celebrated 30 years together this year.

4 You should tell your wife how you feel. Be polite and, above all, be honest. You do not have to like her father. If he really is difficult, everyone else will already know.

5 You shouldn't do anything in a hurry. Set a date 18 months from now which will give you time to be sure you're doing the right thing. And don't plan too much. If you start booking restaurants and getting clothes for the big day, it will make things worse if you then change your mind.

1-5 the first sentence of each paragraph has been removed. Read each paragraph and find the correct sentence.

write A, B, C, ... in the gap.

A And it isn't just in the coffee shop.

B But if all this choice is bad for us, what can we do about it?

C Buying a cup of coffee isn't as easy as it used to be.

D People often think that being able to choose from a lot of options is a good thing.

E Research shows that we feel happier when we have less choice.

Is too many choices makes us unhappy?

. Years ago there were only two kinds of coffee - caffeinated or decaffeinated. But nowadays when you go into a coffee shop in the US you are given about twenty different options. Do you want a cappuccino, a latte, a caramel macchiato, an Americano, or a white mocha?

. In big supermarkets we have to choose between thousands of products - my local supermarket has 35 different kinds of milk! When we are buying clothes or electrical gadgets, looking for a hotel on a travel website, or just deciding which TV channel to watch, we are constantly forced to choose from hundreds of possibilities.

However, university researchers have discovered that too much choice is making us feel unhappy and dissatisfied. The problem is that we have so many options that we get stressed every time we have to make a decision, because we are worried about making the wrong one. Then when we choose one thing, we feel bad because we think we are missing other opportunities, and this makes us dissatisfied with what we have chosen.

Professor Mark Lepper at Stanford University in the US found that people who tried six kinds of jam felt happier with their choice than those who were offered 24 jams to taste.

Professor Lepper suggests that we should try to relax when we have to choose something to buy. "Don't take these choices too seriously or it will become stressful," he says. "If you pick a sofa from IKEA in 30 seconds, you'll feel better than if you spend hours researching sofas - because you won't know what you're missing."

1 How is the condition of public transportation in your city? Do you prefer to travel by bus or by your own car?(You have 60 seconds to talk)

2 Talk about the last time you went to a restaurant. How was the service and food? Do you like to go there again? Why(not)?(You have 60 seconds to talk)

3 Talk about your diet, how much fruit, vegetable do you eat. When do you like to eat fruit?(You have 60 seconds to talk)

1 Write a paragraph or 2 about the following topic. (50 words)

(You have 5 minutes to write)

How do people greet each other in your country?