TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14

Reading
Name: ..................................................................

You are going to read a newspaper article about a kind of club. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer
(a, b, c or d).
JOIN THE LAUGHTER CLUB!
A lot of research had been done suggesting that laughter is good for us and there are many benefits to the mind and
body. In 1995, Dr Madan Kataria decided to follow up on the research findings. He went to a public garden in the city
of Mumbai, in India and spoke to people there about starting a laughter club. At first, not everyone was enthusiastic but
as he explained the health benefits of laughter, a number of people showed interest and the first laughter club was born.
It had just four members, who would stand and tell jokes in a quiet corner of the garden to get each other to laugh.
line 6 Although everyone enjoyed the fun, they soon ran out of good jokes. So Dr Kataria decided the club members would
laugh without jokes at their future meetings.

From then on, they started their meetings by laughing out loud without any real reason. This false laughter soon turned
into the real thing, and they realised they really could do without the jokes. The doctor had them try different kinds of
laughter, stopping every now and then to practise deep breathing. Doctor Kataria also came up with some stretch
exercises for the neck and shoulder muscles they could do as well as deep breathing.

Today there are about 6,000 laughter clubs in 60 countries around the world. The members of these clubs get together
daily or weekly to laugh together for about 20 minutes. They gather in parks and on beaches. Any outdoor public place
will do as long as it is far away from peoples’ houses. That way the sound of 20 or so people all laughing together
won’t disturb people in their homes. Meetings are usually held early in the morning when there is less air pollution.

These clubs appeal to people for a number of reasons. Firstly, there are the health benefits: club members say that it
helps them with their asthma and it can help with headaches too. According to Dr Kataria, laughter clubs also help
young people. Our teenage years can be difficult ones, he says, and laughing can help us get rid of feelings like anger
line 19 or jealousy. It can also help with the stress young people often experience at school or college.

In addition, people form friendships at laughter clubs, and will usually lend a hand to any club member who is in
trouble. For example, when the shop of one laughter club member burnt down, the other members raised some of the
money he needed to rebuild his shop. People who have few friends or relatives find that loneliness is less of a problem
after they join a laughter club because they get to know the other people.

So, if you feel that laughter has been missing from your life recently, why not find out if there is a laughter club in your
area? It might be just what the doctor ordered.

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 TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14
Reading
Name: ..................................................................

1. Why did Doctor Kataria want to start a laughter club?

a. He heard people talking about laughter in a park.
b. He wanted to check to see if laughter could affect a person’s health.
c. He didn’t think people in India laughed enough.
d. He thought that laughter helped a person think more effectively.

2. What happened when Dr Kataria told people that he wanted

to start a laughter club?
a. A lot of people were excited by the idea.
b. People wanted to know more about the research.
c. Only a small number of people joined.
d. No one was enthusiastic about the club.
3. The words ran out (line 6) mean
a. had no more.
b. stopped telling.
c. left.
d needed to get.
4. After a while, Dr Kataria realised that the meetings did not
need to include
a. jokes.
b. laughter.
c. breathing exercises.
d. stretch exercises.
5. Laughter club meetings take place
a. by the sea.
b. outdoors where it does not disturb the public.
c. when there is no air pollution.
d. in people’s homes.
6. What does It (line 19) refer to?
a. stress
b. anger
c. jealousy
d. laughter
7. According to Dr Kataria, young people who belong to a
laughter club
a. will make friends more easily.
b. never feel angry at other members.
c. cope better with pressure at school.
d. do not suffer from headaches.
8. The writer says that members of laughter clubs
a. help each other with problems.
b. go there at their doctor’s advice.
c. lend each other money.
d. feel that laughter is missing from their lives.

Total: ....... / 8 Mark: ........

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 TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14
ECCE Practice
Name: ..................................................................

A VOCABULARY Circle the correct answer. (20 points)

1. The first human ...... to walk on the 11. That painting is a ...... example of the artist’s work.
moon was Neil Armstrong. a. common
a. being b. typical
b. kind c. lasting
c. hero d. natural
d. creature 12. Kim is teaching her younger brother how
2. The best thing to do is to .............. the problem to ...... a ball.
and deal with it. a. catch
a. pray b. beat
b. break c. win
c. back d. call
d. face 13. Warren is very good at giving ...... advice. He
3. The Internet has had a ...... effect on the always knows just what to do in any situation.
way people find information. a. hopeful
a. sophisticated b. harmful
b. legendary c. able
c. far reaching d. practical
d. brief 14. Building the new highway will destroy the natural
4. Jim’s mother ...... him when she saw him. ...... of many animals.
a. encouraged a. surface
b. established b. calendar
c. excelled c. habitat
d. embraced d. mark
5. I’ve put all the food on the table so the guests 15. My trip to Athens was an ideal ...... for
can pick and ...... what they want to eat. me to visit my relatives.
a. cross a. objective
b. choose b. opportunity
c. take c. condition
d. trick d. exception
6. The woman on the bus screamed when 16. The local football team was ...... after
someone ...... her handbag. five straight wins.
a. punched a. won
b. tamed b. disguised
c. grabbed c. defeated
d. fought d. tricked
7. The factory workers take their ...... at 10 o’clock. 17. That new reality TV programme is popular
a. journey among teenage ...... .
b. break a. referees
c. place b. rulers
d. way c. viewers
8. If you love sport, why don’t you ...... out for d. opponents
a team? 18. The encyclopedia was ...... to include
a. keep all the latest information.
b. look a. reused
c. come b. rewarded
d. try c. represented
9. I hope to ...... my ambition and win an d. revised
Olympic medal. 19. Don’t worry. My dog barks a lot but she’s ...... .
a. approach a. careless
b. achieve b. harmless
c. fulfil c. careful
d. receive d. useless
10. Dylan has a terrific sense of ...... . He always 20. Researchers carried out a ...... on sleep.
makes me laugh. a. project
a. joke b. training
b. fooling c. reward
c. accomplishment d. study
d. humour

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 TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14
ECCE Practice
Name: ..................................................................

B GRAMMAR Circle the correct answer. (20 points)

1. My parents. ...... walk by myself at night. 11. Will likes ...... mustard in his salami sandwich.
a. not let me a. few
b. won’t let me b. little
c. not let c. a little
d. won’t let d. a few
2. John refused ...... me. 12. I wish ...... talking. I want to make an announcement.
a. help a. somebody stopped
b. to help b. nobody would stop
c. helping c. everybody would stop
d. his help d. anybody would stop
3. Helen doesn’t drink ...... tea. She prefers coffee. 13. The nurse asked the patient if there was ......
a. many he needed.
b. much a. everything
c. every b. nothing
d. little c. everybody
4. “Is your car being repaired again?” d. anything
“Yes, I wish I ...... a new one.” 14. You had better ...... your umbrella. It looks like rain.
a. would afford to buy a. taking
b. would afford buying b. to take
c. could afford buying c. take
d. could afford to buy d. took
5. Call me as soon as Melanie ....... . 15. The teacher counted the students before
a. arrives they got ...... the bus.
b. arrive a. in
c. arrived b. for
d. arriving c. on
6. The actor was ...... that he couldn’t go on stage. d. with
a. so nervous 16. “Are we there yet?”
b. such nervous “No the amusement park is ...... I thought.”
c. such a nervous a. far
d. more nervous b. the farthest than
7. I am looking forward ...... on holiday next week. c. further than
a. to going d. further
b. to go 17. Sara wished Jeff ...... her so late last night.
c. going a. hadn’t called
d. go b. wouldn’t have called
8. “Would you like to see a film?” c. not call
“I’m tired. I’d rather ...... out.” d. won’t call
a. don’t go 18. Beatrice missed the beginning of the lecture
b. not going because she arrived ...... .
c. not gone a. later
d. not go b. the latest
9. Theo gave his speech first because he wanted c. lately
to get it ...... with. d. late
a. under 19. I haven’t seen her in years. If she were walking
b. down down the street, I ...... her.
c. over a. won’t probably recognise
d. back b. wouldn’t probably recognise
10. If we had had more time, we ...... in c. probably didn’t recognise
London on our way to New York. d. probably wouldn’t recognise
a. had stopped 20. I suggested ...... the stairs, but Eve insisted
b. could stop on waiting for the lift.
c. would have stopped a. to take
d. would stop b. taking
c. take
d. to taking

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 TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14
FCE Practice
Name: ..................................................................

A Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using (16 points)
the word given. Use between two and five words, including the word given.
1. Ingrid is such a good dancer that she could make a living as a ballerina. DANCES
Ingrid ............................................................................................................ that she could make a living as a ballerina.
2. Helen hates it when she has to get up early in the morning. STAND
Helen ................................................................................................................................................ early in the morning.
3. All the other bracelets in the shop cost less than the one I bought. EXPENSIVE
I bought ........................................................................................................................................................... in the shop.
4. It was impossible for the bird with the broken wing to fly. UNABLE
The bird .............................................................................................................................. because it had a broken wing.
5. The sport never became popular because the equipment was hard to find. CAUGHT
The sport .................................................................................................... if the equipment hadn’t been so hard to find.
6. Everybody was interested in the new computer game. INTEREST
There ...................................................................................................................................... in the new computer game.
7. I would like to go swimming occasionally. TIME
I wish I ................................................................................................................................................................... to time.
8. I think you should be in the school show. PART
If I were you, ........................................................................................................................................... the school show.

B Complete the text below with the word that best fits each space. Use only one (12 points)
word in each space.
FROM GANG MEMBER TO TABLE TENNIS CHAMP
When Darius Knight was 11, he already belonged to a gang in a poor south London neighbourhood. He probably
would (1) ........................... stayed with the gang if he hadn’t met (2) ........................... called Gideon Ashison.
Ashison was a table tennis coach who wanted to lead young people away from crime and give them a sense
of their (3) ........................... worth. The two met at a youth club, where Ashison watched Darius playing table tennis.
Most of the other players were much better (4) ........................... Darius was. But Ashison could see the 11-year-old
had talent and offered (5) ........................... be his coach. Darius agreed. Once he started playing table tennis, his old
life with the gang did not seem as interesting (6) ........................... it had before. Every afternoon, instead of going
back
to the gang, Darius would get (7) ........................... the bus that took him to Wandsworth, (8) ........................... he
would train with other boys. Although there weren’t (9) ........................... table tennis tables for all of
(10) ........................... to play, Darius was happy to sit and observe the others, while he waited for his turn.

Today, Darius is considered to be one of the (11) ........................... talented young table tennis players in Britain. His
success story is an example to other young people – to turn away from crime and try to achieve (12) ...........................
important.

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 TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14
FCE Practice
Name: ..................................................................

C Use the words given at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the (10 points)
space in the same line.
CAN DOGS PROTECT THE VILLAGERS AND THE TIGERS?
Dogs and humans have a special (1) ........................... and some dogs have even saved RELATION
their owner’s lives. Now the people in Bangladesh hope that these animals might be able
to protect people from tigers. The (2) ........................... habitat of the Bengal tiger NATURE
is a special kind of forest called the Sunderbans. People who live in villages around
these forests are afraid of tigers as these animals kill about 50 people a year.
No one (3) ........................... understands why the tigers attack people, but it is thought FULL
that tigers which are old or have an (4) ........................... find it easier to hunt people ILL
than other animals. Local people feel (5) ........................... by these man-eating tigers THREAT
and often kill them in order to protect themselves.
But the Bengal tiger is an (6) ........................... species. There are only 300-500 of them DANGER
left in the Sunderbans and it is against the law to kill them. If this (7) ........................... LEGAL
hunting continues, the Bengal tiger might disappear altogether. The situation is serious
but it is not (8) ............................ . Researchers at the Zoological Society of London HOPE
believe that the dogs could be (9) ........................... if they are trained to warn people HELP
whenever a tiger approaches. If the dogs do this, the villagers will feel safer and will not
try to protect themselves by (10) ........................... the tigers. KILL

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 TERM TEST 3: Units 11-14
Writing
Name: ..................................................................

Read the article and task below and write your essay.

The City Times

Some local high schools say that students should spend some of their
free time helping to clean up beaches, parks and forests in the area.
The head teachers believe that this will help students understand the
problems our planet is facing. But some parents think students should
spend their free time doing other things like homework and sports.

TASK: ESSAY. Some people think that students should take part in
cleaning up local beaches, parks and forests but others do not agree.
What do you think? Write your essay. Give reasons and examples to
support your answer.

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