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Unit 2 Higher Test: Listening

1. Duncan lost his sense of smell after falling and hurting his head in 2005. Losing your sense of smell leaves you feeling disconnected from the world. 2. Mary lost her sense of smell after having the flu. She misses being able to smell things like flowers the most, not just foods. 3. Losing your sense of smell can be dangerous, as Luke found out when he couldn't smell a gas leak at his university flat. His flatmates were able to smell it and realized what was happening. 4. Losing your sense of smell can leave people feeling unhappy for a long time, according to a researcher, as the sense of smell may never fully return for some people.

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Unit 2 Higher Test: Listening

1. Duncan lost his sense of smell after falling and hurting his head in 2005. Losing your sense of smell leaves you feeling disconnected from the world. 2. Mary lost her sense of smell after having the flu. She misses being able to smell things like flowers the most, not just foods. 3. Losing your sense of smell can be dangerous, as Luke found out when he couldn't smell a gas leak at his university flat. His flatmates were able to smell it and realized what was happening. 4. Losing your sense of smell can leave people feeling unhappy for a long time, according to a researcher, as the sense of smell may never fully return for some people.

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Unit 2 Higher Test

Listening 8 I was angry when she told everyone my secret.


_________
1 [1.03] Listen to the conversation. Answer the 9 She looked sad all day. She was very upset.
questions. Write complete sentences. (10 marks) ________
1 What is the worst thing James has ever tasted? 10 The film I saw last night was bad. ________
____________________________________
2 What did he think the fruit smelled like?
____________________________________
Language focus
3 When did James visit Paris? 4 Correct the errors. (5 marks)
____________________________________ 1 She is a chocolate taster for two years.
4 What does he say about the Eiffel Tower? ____________________________________
____________________________________ 2 Do you taste anything really disgusting lately?
5 What did James find out about where red ____________________________________
pandas sleep? 3 We have our dog since 2011.
____________________________________
____________________________________
4 Did you ever touched a dangerous animal?
Vocabulary ____________________________________
5 We’ve lived in London I was six years old.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
____________________________________
(5 marks)
1 I am ________________-blind. I can’t see blue, 5 Read the questions. Write answers with the
green, or red very well. prompts. Write full sentences. (10 marks)
2 My dad is ________________-deaf – he can’t 1 A: Have you ever ridden a horse?
hear the musical notes properly, so he’s a B: no / but / ride / elephant
terrible singer! ____________________________________
3 The mountain climber lost ________________ in
2 A: Have you been anywhere exciting recently?
his toes because of the freezing temperatures.
B: yes / go / water park / last month
4 We live near the beach. The first thing you ____________________________________
________________ when you wake up in the
3 A: Have you spoken to Peter lately?
morning is the sound of the sea.
B: no / see / since / last week
5 I love the ________________ of strawberries –
____________________________________
they are really sweet.
4 A: How long have you lived in Portugal?
3 Change the adjectives in bold to extreme B: live / here / five years
adjectives. (10 marks) ____________________________________
1 The food at that new café is tasty. ________ 5 A: Have you ever seen a crocodile?
2 I’m tired. I’ve been on my feet all day. ________ B: yes / see / one last year on holiday
3 Niagara Falls is a nice place to visit. _________ ____________________________________
4 I think cold pizza is horrible. ____________
5 We learned a lot of interesting things about
food from different countries at the food festival.
__________
6 Our trip to Ireland was good. ________
7 The rollercoaster ride at the theme park is scary.
____________
Unit 2 Higher Test
6 Write answers to the questions using the 7 Read the blog and answer the questions. Write
present perfect. Write full sentences. (10 marks) complete sentences. (10 marks)
1 Have you ever been to Mexico? 1 How did Duncan lose his sense of smell?
____________________________________ ____________________________________
2 How long have you lived in your house / 2 What can’t you do if you have ageusia?
apartment? ____________________________________
____________________________________ 3 What does Mary miss being able to smell?
3 What did you eat for breakfast today? ____________________________________
____________________________________ 4 How was Luke’s loss of smell dangerous for
4 How many books have you read this year? him?
____________________________________ ____________________________________
5 How many of the Star Wars films have you 5 How do some people feel after losing their sense
seen? of smell?
____________________________________ ____________________________________

Reading Communication
Life without smell or taste
8 Complete the conversation. (5 marks)
Duncan Glover has lived without a sense of smell since 1
2005 after falling and hurting his head. ‘Losing your sense A: What do you _________ doing tonight? We
of smell leaves you feeling like you aren’t connected to the could go to the cinema and watch a film?
world anymore,’ he says. 2
B: That doesn’t _________ like much fun to me.
The loss of taste, known as ageusia, is rare. Most people We always go to the cinema.
who think they have lost their sense of taste have actually
lost their sense of smell. This is known as anosmia. A: OK. Well, we could stay at home and order

Mary Moorefield lost her sense of smell after having the pizza.
flu. She says that of all smells, the ones she misses the B:
3
_________ we go out somewhere new? The
most are not to do with food. ‘It’s things like smelling the
new Chinese restaurant in town is very good.
flowers in my garden. When you can’t smell them, you
4
realize just how much you miss it,’ she says. A: I’ve _________ it’s a bit expensive.
5
Losing your sense of smell can also be very dangerous, as B: Why not _________ something different? The
Luke Carr found out. He lost his sense of smell when he food there is delicious. I think you’ll enjoy it.
was a child. ‘When I was at university, someone left the gas
on by mistake. When my flatmates returned in the
evening, I was feeling very sleepy and didn’t understand
what was happening, but they smelled it immediately,’ he Writing
explains.
9 Imagine a unique hotel and write an advert for it.
‘Losing your sense of smell can leave people feeling Where is it? What can you do there? Why
unhappy for much longer than people who lose their
should people visit? Write 100–120 words.
sight,’ says Professor Brian Fox, researcher at the Centre
(10 marks)
for the Study of the Senses. ‘For some people the sense of
smell never returns and these feelings can stay with the Total marks:
person for a very long time.’ Listening ___ / 10 Vocabulary ___ / 15
Language focus ___ / 25 Reading ___ / 10 Communication

___ / 5 Writing ___ / 10

TOTAL ___ / 75

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