REVIEW-LEVEL5-UNAM

New American Inside Out Intermediate    

Review A Test

Vocabulary.     Underline the correct alternative to complete each sentence.

a)         I’m sorry to hear that you’ve split up / clicked with your girlfriend.

b)         It’s absolutely cold / freezing in here. Can you turn the heating up?

c)         Rachel is my ex / step daughter.

d)         We didn’t hit it off / drift apart immediately, but we’ve become very good friends.

e)         Don’t worry, he’ll be there. He’s a very reliable / unreliable person.

f)         Do you get along well with your mother / wife -in-law?

g)         It was very funny / hilarious really.

Add the missing vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete the words for different sports.

a)         t _ nn _ s

b)         j _ d _

c)         b _ dm _ nt _ n

d)         h _ rs _b_ ck r _ d _ ng

e)         s _ _ l _ ng

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. There are three extra words or phrases.

astonished       loyal      modest      optimistic      proposed      separate ways      thoughtless                   ups and downs

a)         I don’t know how you can be so _____________. Do you always think everything will be ok?

b)         Jason got down on one knee and ________________ to Andrea.

c)         That was really ___________ of you. I was hoping you’d take my feelings into consideration.

d)         We’ve had our ________________, but we’re still together.

e)         Tom’s one of the most ________________ people I know. He’s been there for me whenever I’ve needed him.

Grammar. Write a question for each answer using the word in parentheses.

a)         ___________________________________________________?

“I have two brothers and one sister.” (many)

b)         ___________________________________________________?

”I go out quite regularly with my friends.” (often)

c)         ___________________________________________________?

“I talk to my best friend, Jenny, when I have a problem.” (who)

d)         ___________________________________________________?

“No, I’ve never ridden an elephant, but I have ridden a camel.” (ever)

e)         ___________________________________________________?

“I was trying to climb a cliff when I fell off and broke my leg.” (how)

f)         ___________________________________________________?

“I’ve been married for three years.” (long)

Complete the text with the correct form of the words in parentheses.

I first (1) ___________ (meet) Jack at a party. I (2) ___________ (sit) in the corner having a drink when this handsome man (3) ___________ (come over) and sat down next to me. We hit it off immediately and we (4) ___________ (see) each other quite often since then. To be honest, I think he’s (5) ___________ (nice) man I (6) ___________ (meet) in a long time.

Find the mistake! Cross out the incorrect sentence, a or b.

1          a) Skydiving is the most dangerous sport I’ve ever tried.

            b) Skydiving is the dangerousest sport I’ve ever tried.

2          a) Eleanor was playing tennis when she was breaking her leg.

            b) Eleanor was playing tennis when she broke her leg.

3          a) Who talks the most out of you two?

            b) Who does talk the most out of you two?

4          a) Julie is slightly taller than her boyfriend.

            b) Julie is slightly tallest as her boyfriend.

5          a) I’ve been knowing Elaine since I was about nine.

            b) I’ve known Elaine since I was about nine.

6          a) I started seeing her since three weeks.

            b) I started seeing her three weeks ago.

Reading. Read the text. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a)         The writer was twenty-six when he first started doing sponsored challenges.           T / F

b)         His brother-in-law came up with the idea of raising money.                                      T / F

c)         Before he started the training, the writer wasn’t in shape.                                          T / F

d)         They started the challenge in the hills around San Francisco Bay.                            T / F

e)         The writer’s next challenge is cycling across Australia.                                             T / F

I’ve been doing sponsored challenges for around seven years now. It all started when I heard that a friend of mine from school had been diagnosed with cancer. I just couldn’t believe it! How could a healthy twenty-six year old suddenly face death? I guess Liam wasn’t just a school friend. Although he was a year older than me, he was my best friend for the six years we studied together, and I felt that I should do something to help him. One evening I was sitting with my sister and her husband, and we were talking about Liam. Suddenly, my brother-in-law looked at me and said, “Why don’t we raise some money for him?” We spent the next two hours discussing what we could do and that’s when we came up with the idea of doing the “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon (swimming, cycling, and running) in San Francisco, California. Of course, there were some major obstacles to this, the first being that I wasn’t in great shape. But after six weeks training in the gym, I was ready for what would be the toughest challenge of my life. We started by swimming 2.4 km in the icy cold San Francisco Bay waters from Alcatraz Island to shore. Then we cycled for nearly 29 km before finally running in the hills around San Francisco Bay. We managed to raise more than $50,000, so we were really pleased. When we got back home we began to plan our next challenge, cycling across Australia. Since then, we’ve done five challenges together and raised almost $1 million.