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Gold First Unit 14 Test


VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with words from the box. There are two words that you do not need to use.

speak (x2) / rolled / told / talk / raised / shrugged / shook / say / crossed / whispered / tell

1 John _________ his shoulders when I asked him what he wanted. He didnt seem to care at all.
2 I know you promised to do it, but that's not enough actions _________ louder than words. I'll
believe it when I see it.
3 I _________ my fingers when I said I could pass my driving test. I really wasn't sure if I would, but
I certainly hoped I would.
4 He didn't want anyone to hear so he _________ something into my ear, but I couldn't understand what
he said.
5 She _________ her eyebrows when she heard their suggestion. It was such a surprise.
6 They were late already and John _________ his eyes when his girlfriend said she'd be another ten
minutes.
7 I like people who _________ their mind. It's much better to know how someone really feels
about something.
8 You should _________ them the truth immediately. It'll save a lot of trouble later.
9 They indicated a negative response when they _________ their heads. I was disappointed.
10 Dont _________ such rubbish! Of course we'll be alright.
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2 Complete the sentences with words from each box.

cat (x2) / birds / bark / water stone / bag / pigeons / duck / bite

1 I know he sounds really angry, but his _________ is worse than his _________.
2 That was supposed to be a secret. Why did you let the _________ out of the _________?
3 I just ignore it when he criticises me. It's _________ off a _________'s back.
4 You shouldn't have said anything. Now you've put the _________ among the _________.
5 If we check the data as we go along, we'll be killing two _________ with one _________.
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GRAMMAR
3 There is a mistake in most lines. Underline the mistake and write the correction on the line at the end.
If there is no mistake put a tick ().
1 As anyone who know the UK well, it is rich in regional accents. These _________
2 reflect the changes that has taken place in its society, local history and the _________
3 way we live our daily lives. In fact a series of academic studies have found _________
4 that regional accents are thriving and not dying out. However, research has _________
5 recently shown that it is still a kind of irrational prejudice towards some accents. _________
6 There appears that people who have a strong Brummie (Birmingham) accent _________
7 are seen as being "less intelligent" according to one study. This is a ridiculous, _________
8 because it has been proved that all accents are valid - none of them are better at _________
9 communicating than any other. English speakers from all over the world is _________
10 usually able to understand each other, whatever dialect are being spoken. _________
11 No two people speak identically, even if they live in the same area. Age, _________
12 gender, social, ethnic and educational background has a huge influence on the _________
13 way someone speaks. Every generation contribute to language change. So _________
14 it seems that change is inevitable and is something which refresh a language. _________
15 Countries such as France and Italy has tried to halt what they believe is a _________
decline in their languages, but there has been little success.
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PHOTOCOPIABLE 2012 Pearson Longman ELT

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