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4 They’re designing some new houses.hours a day. But every few months she leaves her caravanand travels round Europe, staying in international hotels.and eating in famous restaurants. Why is she leading this5 They pay the bills by cheque.double life? How does a nun who has devoted her life to.solitude and prayer become a visitor at the Ritz?Sister Wendy has a remarkable other life. She writes and6 They’re checking the details now.presents an arts programme for BBC television called.‘Sister Wendy’s Grand Tour’. In it, she visits European art7 They grow oranges in the south of Spain.capitals and gives her personal opinions on some of theworld’s most famous works of art. She begins each.programme with these words: ‘For over 20 years I lived in8 They employ a lot of people in marketing.solitude. Now I’m seeing Europe for the first time. I’mvisiting the world’s most famous art treasures.’.9 They’re developing new computer software.1 Sister Wendy became a nun when she was 16.2 She is alone for two hours a day.3 Her life changes completely every fewmonths.4 She is going on a grand tour of allEuropean capitals.10 They’re building a new swimming pool in my town.(2 points for each correct answer)20(2 points for each correct answer)6 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs inthe box, Present Simple or Present Simple passive. Notall the verbs are used. One example has been given.88 Translate these sentences.1 We usually do aerobics on Wednesdays.be stay import wake up not invite takespend deliver make come read not get upMy idea of perfect happiness is being alone on a2 A What are you doing?Sunday morning. I usually (1) at aboutseven o’clock – that’s when my copy of The SundayB I’m tidying my bedroom.Times (2) . I (3) immediately,Abecause I love staying in bed when I don’t have to go toBwork. After an hour, I have my favourite breakfast –3 A What do you think of modern art?coffee, croissants, and jam. The jam (4)B I don’t really understand it.from France and the croissants (5) at theAlocal bakery. I (6) a couple of hoursBreading the newspaper and then I finally get dressed at4 Lunch is provided every day.about ten o’clock. My friends phone or (7)to the house after midday. I love talking to them orseeing them on Sunday afternoons but they know that5 My house is being decorated at the moment.people (8) to share my Sunday mornings!(2 points for each correct answer)167 Read the text. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F).(2 points for each correct answer)10TOTALSISTER WENDY, TV STAR!100Sister Wendy Beckett has been a nun for nearly 50 years,since she was 16. Most of the time she lives in solitaryconfinement in a caravan in the grounds of a Carmelitemonastery in Norfolk, often not speaking to anyone for 22 Oxford University PressPhotocopiable6Name:

3 Match a question (1–7) with a response (a–j). Not allthe responses are used. One example has been given.Unit 31 b Did you like her last novel?Name:1 Match a definition (1–7) with a noun (a–j). Not all thenouns are used. One example has been given.1 c a section of a novel2a person who writes music3a small instrument with strings4a book about a person’s life5a work of literature for the theatre6a picture of a person7a thin board where an artist mixes paintsa playfb poemg portraitc chapterh biographyd paletteicomposere banjojbugle62 Complete the sentences with the correct form of theverbs in the box. Not all the verbs are used. Oneexample has been given.What was your trip to London like?5Do you like David Hockney’s paintings?6What was the film like?7Did you enjoy your lunch?6While I was listening (listen) to theradio, the telephone rang (ring).1 He (break) his leg when he(ski) in the Alps.2 We (see) an accident while welistens to classical music. He thinks he(wait) for the bus.the orchestra.3 While she (prepare) lunch, she2 I don’t really like working with paints. I much(cut) herself.prefer .4 Which countries they (visit)3 My mother hundreds of poems thiswhen they (travel) round the world?year but none of them have been published.5 you (work) in the garden when I4 I wish you would learn the words to songs instead(come) to the house?of the tune all the time!6 They (live) in Canada when they5 The colours in this portrait are wonderful.(meet) each other.you it yourself ?(4 points for each correct answer)6 I never fiction. I’m much moreinterested in real people.Photocopiable4Example1 My Dad always waves his arms in the air when he Oxford University PressWhat do you think of Oasis’s new CD?4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of thePast Simple or the Past Continuous.My sister is a very good guitarist. Sheplays in a band.(1 point for each correct answer)3(1 point for each correct answer)play read sing conduct compose write humdance draw paintExampleWhat did you think of the concert?a I love his use of colour in the early ones but I thinkthe recent ones are quite traditional.b Yes, I loved it. I read it from cover to cover.c Yes, I like the art galleries in London.d It’s OK, but some of the songs are a bit boring.e Yes, it was wonderful! How did you make thesauce?f I enjoyed it, but I thought the orchestra playedbetter in the second half.g No, not really. I don’t think he’s a very goodmusician.h Oh, awful! It was so hot and everywhere was sobusy.i It was a bit slow at the beginning but the actingwas very good.j No, I only listen to classical music.painter(1 point for each correct answer)26724

3 I didn’t receive the invitation because they had sentit to the wrong address.5 Circle the correct forms in the following sentences.ExampleI had enjoyed/ enjoyed the film eventhough I had seen /saw it before.1 I got up late this morning so when I arrived/4 They had sold all the tickets by the time we got tothe stadium.had arrived at the station, the train already left/had already left.2 I couldn’t speak to them because when I.had phoned/phoned, they went/had gone out.5 They interviewed the musician immediately afterthe concert.3 He was very nervous when he drove/had drivenacross France last month because hedidn’t drive/hadn’t driven on the right before.4 We realized that we had met/met before as soon as6 We couldn’t go to our favourite restaurant becausethey were decorating it.we saw/had seen each other.5 She had spent/spent a lot of hours studying for herexam because she had already failed/already failedit twice.7 They sold the painting to an art gallery in NewYork.6 They had lived/lived in their house for twenty yearswhen they decided/had decided to sell it.(2 points for each correct answer)12.6 Make the sentences passive.8 I couldn’t recognize my home town because theyhad knocked down so many of the old buildings.(2 points for each correct answer)167 Put the verbs from the box into the correct columnaccording to the pronunciation of -ed.opened wanted cooked washed invited livedworked started listened decided dancedExampleThey built the bridge in 1926.The bridge was built in 1926.1 They stole my car when I was away on ––––––––.(1 point for each correct answer)2 They were repairing the road when the accidenthappened.10. Oxford University PressPhotocopiable8Name:

8 Read the text. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F).Agatha Mary ClarissaChristie is possibly theworld’s most famousdetective story writer.She wrote 79 novels andseveral plays. Her sales7 Agatha Christie’s father died in 1911.8 Agatha Christie learnt about poisons andchemicals when she was ill in hospital.9 Agatha Christie wrote her first detectivenovel when she 30.10 Agatha Christie used the character ofHercule Poirot as the main detective moreoften than Miss Marple.outnumber those of(1 point for each correct answer)William Shakespeare.10However, behind her9 Translate these sentences.4,680,000 words was a1 When I was a teenager, I wrote poems.painfully shy womanwhose life was oftenlonely and unhappy.She was born in 1890 in Devon, the thirdchild of Clarissa and Frederick Miller, and grew into a2 She was playing the piano while he was painting apicture.beautiful and sensitive girl with waist-length golden hair.She didn’t go to school but was educated at home by hermother. Her father died when she was 11 and both sheand her mother were grief-stricken.3 They were listening to the orchestra when thepianist became ill.During World War 1, while she was working in a hospitaldispensary, she learned about chemicals and poisons,which proved to be very useful to her in her later career.She wrote her first detective novel, The Mysterious Affairat Styles, in 1920. In it she introduced Hercule Poirot, the4 My sister bought me a novel but I had already readit.Belgian detective who appeared in many subsequentnovels. Her other main detective was an elderly spinstercalled Miss Marple.1 Agatha Christie wrote a total of 4,680,000words in 79 novels and several plays.2 Agatha Christie’s writing sells better thanWilliam Shakespeare’s.4 Agatha Christie didn’t have any brothersor sisters.5 Agatha Christie had long, blonde hair.6 Agatha Christie was taught by her motherat home.Photocopiable3 Agatha Christie was unhappy because shewas often in pain. Oxford University Press5 The last chapter of the book was written by adifferent author.(2 points for each correct answer)10TOTAL9100Name:

fghijUnit 4Name:Yes, of course. I’ll bring it over.I’m afraid the line’s engaged at the moment.Of course. What colour paper would you like?I’m afraid the lift is broken.No, of course not. It is rather cold in here.(1 po

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