ENGLISH CHAMPION 2017 ROUND 1 – GRADE 7 (Test 4)
2/11/2019 12:00:00 AMFor each question, there are three pictures and a short recording.
Choose the correct picture.
Where will the friends meet?
What has the girl forgotten to bring?
You will hear a radio interview with a ballet dancer called Elena Karpov, who is talking about her life and career.
Choose the correct answer.
Choose the correct answer.
Choose the correct answer that goes with the text.
Tony wants Elsa to _____
- ask her boss for a week's holiday starting tomorrow.
- find out if she can have time off next month.
- go away with him next week for a month.
Look at the text in each question.
What does it say?
Choose the correct answer.
- Telephone us if arrangements for collecting goods are not satisfactory.
- Call us to take the goods back if you are not satisfied with them.
- Ring and tell us if you are satisfied with the service we have delivered.
Choose the correct answer that goes with this text.
- Ruth has kept to her plan despite the change in the weather.
- Ruth may not visit the coast if the bad weather continues.
- Ruth intends to leave the mountains early to visit the coast.
Choose the correct answer that goes with the text.
- Remove this food from the container before placing in a microwave oven.
- It is advisable to use a suitable container for cooking this food.
- You should avoid putting this food in the microwave oven.
Choose the correct answer that goes with the text.
- You will have to pay more to borrow DVDs after 1st January.
- Please return all borrowed DVDs before 1st January.
- There will be additional DVDs to borrow from 1st January.
Read the text and questions below.
Gareth Ellis
Gareth Ellis, 13, is the youngest son of Alan, an engineer, and Kath, a nursery teacher. His older brothers work in banking and computers, but Gareth's dream was always to become a clown. Three years ago, Alan, Kath and Gareth joined the circus. “People laugh when we tell them,” says Kath. “But it's true. Gareth has wanted to be a clown since we took him to the circus when he was three.”
When Alan lost his job, he and Kath decided to see if they could find full-time circus jobs. They both got jobs with a famous circus and Gareth began training to become a clown. He calls himself Bippo. They travel with the circus during the summer and return home for the winter. Gareth's brothers are old enough to look after the house while they are away.
“I can't say it was easy,” says Kath. “There was a lot to think about and organise. We only had a car and a very small caravan to sleep in, and we were leaving behind our lovely house. The only thing Gareth missed was his long, hot baths.”
“People ask about my education,” says Gareth, “but from the beginning, wherever we go, someone has always come to teach me. I follow the same books as everyone back at school and I've got a computer. I've never fallen behind my classmates.”
And the future? “It was a difficult decision,” says Kath, “but there was no other way to teach Gareth about being a clown. I'm happy to say it's working, and we're enjoying it.” And Gareth? “I'm going to be the main clown in a circus one day”, he says, “perhaps Bippo's circus.”
What is the writer trying to do in the text?
- describe how one family changed their lives
- give details about how to join the circus
- talk about the best way to educate a child
- advise what to do when you lose your job
What would a reader learn about Gareth from the text?
- He does not enjoy school work.
- He has a definite aim in life.
- He would like to be at home with his brothers.
- He wants to be the same as other boys.
Alan and Kath joined the circus because _____.
- they wanted to spend time traveling in the summer.
- they needed money in order to buy a bigger car.
- their older sons needed their house for themselves.
- their youngest son wanted to train as a performer.
When they first joined the circus, Kath _____
- wanted to go back home.
- did not have enough to do.
- found things difficult.
- was not able to sleep properly.
Which postcard did Gareth probably write just after he joined the circus?
- We've just arrived and I love it already. There's lots of space for our things and I've even got my own computer.
- I don't miss much from home. I'm managing to do all my school work. See you in the winter.
- I really enjoyed meeting Bippo the Clown today, but I'm missing my school friends, and I'd love a nice hot bath.
- I'm learning all about the circus and how to entertain people, I also have a new school to go to.
I'm becoming increasingly _____. Last week I locked myself out of the house twice.
- forgetful
- mindless
- absent
- meaningful
She's not very _____. She's never quite sure what she wants to do.
- energetic
- lively
- decisive
- active
Helen's parents were very pleased when they read her school _____.
- report
- paper
- diploma
- account
Anna is a very nervous child and she's very _____ of strangers.
- terrified
- frightened
- suitable
- dangerous
Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
After the operation, she recovered far quicker than any of us had expected her to.
- She recovered from the operation just as quickly as anybody could have hoped.
- Once the operation was over her recovery was as fast as could be expected.
- To our great surprise, she was back to normal again as soon as the operation was over.
- We were all surprised at how fast her health returned after the operation.