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Succeed in B2 for Schools - Practice Test 1

Listening

PART 1 Questions 1- 8 pag.73

PART 2 Questions 9-18 pag.74

PART 3 Questions 19-23 pag.74

PART 4 Questions 24-30 pag.75

PART 5 Questions 31-36 pag.66

PART 7 Questions 43- 52 pag.70

Succeed in B2 for Schools - Practice Test 2

Teenage volunteering pag.83

Our lives with technology

Fur teenagers talk about their relationship with technology

Mike A

I guess you could say technology is in the blood My parents both work in IT and 30 we've always had the laten gadget or gamo in the house We had smartphones before any of my friends, and my dad event saught saught me how to write computse programmes when was really young say ones of course! My friends love it because they can ask my advice on what they should buy, and if I don't now the wwe, my parents definitely will in my spare time I've actually been der I've actually been developing apps with my dad's been great. We're productive when ww work together and I've learnt a lot from him. I'm now planning to study computer science at uni versity and I think I'm alrsady ahent of the pack, in terms of computer skills

Maggie B

Everyone I know uses smartphones, ebooks and so on, but it's not my thing, to be honest. I'm an avid reader and when I see people on the train with their tablets, can't stand it. For ine, the feel and even the smell of a book is irreplaceable and I can't believe you can have the sa? ??? rience reading off a screen. I love curling up on my bed with a cup of tea, some tiscuits and a good novel. I don't know how fit cuddle up to a computar My sister can't understand me at all she likes reading too and says that ebooks are really convenient as she has all her books in one place, but, like I said, it's more the comfort that is important to me

John C

Don't get me wrong de smartphone or laptop hot wa me. My parents brothe four brothers and antes soothey co afford to buy things en mat My Friends seme me a bit about my basse phone but dans.comreally port, ?????sily nigby, and (lad the chance tot go-to a rugby summer academy but it was really pricey, tas much for my porecres reaity However, they were amazing they did find the money and en I went last summer, it was definsiely worth it I already play for a local team, but l'if love to go professional and it's not the the latest phone la going to help with that, it itf No, I'd rather spend my money, or rater my parents monary, on some thing that's going to help me in the future and not Just for fashion

Flora D

Surely technology is important to e to everyone, 'tit Well, at least all young people should be merested in technology, as there's no escape from it and if you are not prepared to learn and change, then I think it will be difficult for you to find work in the future. I've got the newest phone, tablet and ebook but I've worked hard for them. I got a jeb in a clothes shop and I work there after school a couple of days a week and on Saturdays, too. My parents don't understand my obsession with having the best things. They boch have smartphones but they get really annoyed when I'm on my phone all the time. My mum even made a rule for me and my brother that we're not allowed to use our phones at the dinner table!

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PART 7

You are going to read an article about young people and technology For questions 43-52, choose from the teenagers (A-D). The teenagers may be shsisert more than once.

Which teenager

finds other nearests more important? 43

is encouraged by family to pursue their interests? 44

has limited access to technology due to the cost? 45

has restrictions on when and where the technology is used? 46

has saved up to buy the new items? 47

is not only a consumer but also wants to know how tecnology works? 48

is often asked to recommend products? 49

does not share the same view of technology as a member of the family? 50

thinks it's vital that people keep up with developments? 51

believes that technology cannot take the place of some things? 52

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Exercise:

Succeed in B2 First for Schools-Practice Test https://l.ead.me/globalelt1?trackSharing=1

Listening

PART 1 Questions 1-8

You wil haar people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer (A, B or C). <

1. You hear an actres describe the beginning of her career. Why does the actress think she is now successfulf ?

A. She applied for every acting joh she could.

B. She made friends with other actors

C. She had good fortune

2. You hear two frienele discussing TV programmes What do they dragree about?

A. the importance of prizes

B. the quality of independent films

C. what to watch on TV

3.You hear a writer talking about his new book. Why did he decide in write it ?

A. He thought similar books were outdated.

B. He saw a gap in the market.

C. He was asked to by his students.

4. You hear two stusdents organising a charity event. What will people pay at the event ?

A. food and drinks.

B. the clothes .

C. the live music .

5. You hear a couple dicussing their holiday plans with a travel agent. What reason do they give for their choise?

A. They've never been there before.

B. Other sities are nasily accessible

C. They don't to drive on holiday

6. You hear a man talking about moving to another ountry.How does he feel about it?

A. He misses England

B. He thinks it's getting better.

C. He found it easy to make friends.

7. You hear a businesswoman giving advice. What does she think the most important thing is ?

A. to stully business at college

B. to work in all areas of the business

C. to believe in your abilities

8. You hear a man talking about a local events. Why is he talking about the art exhibition!

A. He is reviewing the exhibition

B. He has a painting in the exhibition

C. He has helped it become a permanent exhibition.

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PART 2 Questions 9-18

You'll hear an environmental reporter, Dylan Murray, discussing the trip to visit the Galapagos tortoises. For questions 9 - 18, complets the santances with a word or short phrase.

Galapagos tortoises

The writer has already seen in the (9) which are similar to the ones in the Galapagos Islands.The "Galapagos in (10) refers to the shape of their shell.The tortoises were often liked for their meat and (11) by early pirates and explorers to the islands.Surprisingly, tourists can (12) the wildlife they come to see up-close. The tortoises were originally from the South American (13) and they later arvived at the islands.The writer thinks that the (14) and insolation of the islands has aided in the developement of the ecosystem.Lonesome George was the sole (15) of his particular group of tortoises left in existence.The typical diet of the tortoise is made of plants (16) and fruit. Tortoises in the Galapagos islands can survive up to (17) without food or water. In the (18) season tortoises tend to be less active at midday.

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PART 4 Questions 24-30

You will hear part of a radio interview with a girt called Lizzie Smith, who has started an environmensal project in her town. For questions 24-30. chonse the best answer (A, B or C).

24. Why did Lizzie want to improve her area?

A. She felt thers wat possibility for it to be better

B. She wanted to look French.

C. She was embarrassed living there

25. Why does Lizzie think important to live in an attractive area ?

A. It could attract more visitors.

B. It could stop crime and vandalism.

C. It could positively affect people's feelings.

26. What advice did Lizzie's family give to her?

A. They explained which flowers and plants would be the best to use.

B. They told her they needed more help and she should ask others.

C. They told her exactly how to find money for the project.

27. Why was it important to start with improving the school and the area around it?

A. The majority of the students lived in that area.

B. The teachers would only help if the school was painted first

C. The committee voted for the school to be helped first.

28. Wut was the next step after improving the negbeumood!

A. The local businesses wanted their shops painted, too.

B. They asked a reporter to help them.

C. They had to find ways to involve the whole community.

29. What was Lizzie worried about when she was interviewed?

A. If she'd look good on TV.

B. being too nervous to speak

C. whether people would like the project

30. What has happened to the project now!

A. It has finished and Lizzie is looking fo new ideas.

B. There are similar projects in other towns.

C. It hasn't got enough money to continue.

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PART 5

You are going to read an extract from a novel in which an Australian teenager called Sarah has come to stay with her English family. For questions 31 - 36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Finally at home

Sarah looked across at the harbour, her harbour as she now thought of it. She breathed a deep sigh and looked around the room in which she hadri't been since she was a little girl. She felt that she was home at last, finally back in her family's original town in Cornwall. Her family had practically built the entire place, at least they'd made it what it was today - a busy market town with a large har bour and ship-builders spread along the coast. Their own hard work and strength alone had stopped it from becoming an abandoned 'ghost town' as had happened in too many neighbouring towns and villages. The good fortune of her family had been so great that they were able to build an enormous house on the top of Wicker's mount overlooking their achievements which, in Sarah's grandfather's lifetime, included a hotel and restaurant, along with the older businesses. And so life had continued for the Trevallyans, a family so lucky that many of the town's inhabitants whispered about them, in a mixture of both respect and suspicion - the source of their money had prompted countless rumours. When Sarah's father, Jonathan, told his father that he did not want to work for the family business but instead had made plans to study as a doctor in London, the community was surprised. Tom, Sarah's grandfather, had been quite angry at first as he knew his oldest child was the brightest and had expected him to continue the family businesses his other two children, James and Susan, were not as academic as Jonathan. Despite the shock, Tom eventually forgeve Jonathan for tus choices as he was so proud that he had become an excellent doctor, James and Susan divided the other businesses and each did well and made the family even richer than before. Something Tom took longer to forgive, however, was Jonathan's decision to move to Australia with his new wife. He wondered that if his son moved so far away,

would he ever come back and would he ever see him again? So Tom had never gone to visit his son in Australia, first saying it was too far and then that he had a phobia of aeroplanes. Sarah and her parents had only been to England once when she was very young and she could hardly remember the house or any of her family. But now that Sarah was seventeen and about to start studying at a college in England, she finally had had the chance to meet her uncle, aunt and, most exciting of all for her, her legendary grandfather Tom once again. Walking down to the port at night Sarah decided to visit the shipbuilding office where her cousin David was the manager. As she walked past the small fishing boats and the larger commercial trawlers, she felt a cold blast of air and pulled her coat around her and her hat further down over her ears. Just as she was wondering if a storm was approaching and regretting not watching the weather forecast on TV, she heard voices coming from the boats and the path. The fishermen had obviously had the same thoughts and they seemed to be taking their boats over to the west port, where they would have protection from the wind. The sudden change in weather had surprised her as she was used to the heat of the Australian sun. She put her frozen hands deep into her coat pockets and hurried towards David's office. David, her cousin, looked at her and laughed. Of course, for him and the others in the town it was not so cold as to need a hat and scarf yet. Sarah liked David and his sister, Joanna, very much-she had only been in the country for two weeks and they were already good friends. However, as much as she liked her cousins, there was something strange about her aunt. She couldn't quite explain why but she had an odd feeling that there were many secrets in the Trevallyan family that had yet to be revealed.

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31. Sarah's sigh suggests that

A. she was comfortable in her surroundings.

B. she was tired after a long journey

C. she was bored of the house.

D. she was sad about being in the house

32. Why were people suspicious of the Trevallyan family?

A. They belleved that the family had stolen their money.

B. The family were isolated from the rest of the community.

C. They wondered about the origins of their wealth

D. The family were not originally from the town.

33. Why was Jonathan's decision a surprise to everyone

A. He had not been thought of as clever enough to be doctor.

B. He heted large cities tke London

C. He had been expected to carry on his father's work

D. He didn't warit his siblings to control the family money

34. What does the winter suggest about Tom's reasons for never vating Australia?

A. He made up excuses because he didn't want to go

B. He was too embarrassed to admit his phobia of flying.

C. He had many truthful reasons for not going

D. He did not want to see his san again.

35.What the reason for Sarah's reaction to the cold weather?

A. She hated the inglish weather

B. She was still getting used to the change in temperature

C. She had heard that blad weather was coming

D. She had not brought any warm clothes with her from Australi

36. What do we learn about Sarah's family in the last paragraph?

A. Sarah was her cousins only friend

B. Sarah suspected that someone was hiding something

C. Sarah's cousins were rather difficult to get on with.

D. Sarah hadn't mat her cousins' mother yet.

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Teenage volunteering

Nikki A

I had the greatest perience of my life in Thalan I wat fucky enough ta de eposa? to work as a volun teeran elephans sanctuary just south of Bangkok I've always lovest animals and I hope to become a we when I finish university, Iscaped for atten weeks and it was hard, we worked six days a week helping the bumpers to look after the elephants the sanctuary dent look after the wlephants, no one the would and they'd be left wurdering the streets So they bring them to the shelter, which is in the forest where the elephants used to live. They realy are gentle gants and I was allowed to wash them leed thema anel even take them for walks in the forest. t's really opened my eyes and I'm boung to go back there as soon se posible

June B

I've always in a ed to be a teacher. My mum teaches primary school and I thek it's the best job in the world. I enjoy working with children and also want to be a macher, I have to show that I've had experience with them, tu Guide leader too it's an organisation where girls can do differenc activities, many of which help the community. I help out at the Guide meet ungs and we've recently been ding some work to help clean up the local park by planting trees and cleaning up graffiti. Spending time with the girls in really rewardangI've learnt a lot about how to communicate with young people and now I can't wait to put it into practice when I teach

Eve C

I live in the sauntryside and there's a large castle near my vilags which attracts many visitors. My pandinctcher volunteers there as a toor pade. Se takes the foursts around the cutle and explame the history of the castle and its inhabitants. That's fucinating and I've always enjoyed visiting the castle and its beautiful gardens, so last year I started working there at weekends. We don't get paid for working there as it's a charity and it survives on dorations from visitors, plus what we make at the gift shop work in the cafe as a waitress and all the food is grown in the gardens at the catle, so It's very popular with tourists. I hope to be a guide one day ton, but I've gut lits to learn fiest

Karen D

I had some pravems when I was younger-1 was bulimit realy badly school by a group of girls They used to call me names and even hit me once, but luckily, my parents were prat and they told my teachers so the girls stapped After that always wanted to help kids with similar problems su thar they didn't feel alone. I found nut about a vol counselling website run by young people, for people, and they accepted roy application young I've been working there for two years and ruity think I've made a difference. Most of the people who have emailed or phoned is usually report later that things have improved and this encourages t?? ?a continue helpty, I'm starting college next year but I'm going to continue working for the site a long : Nikki

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