ROADMAP™ B2+ Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)

Listening 6 Claudia thinks …

a she should do a more competitive hobby.
1 Recording 1 Listen to an interview about a b she should find more time for her hobbies.
new youth centre and write true (T), false (F)
c her friends talk too much about their hobbies.
or no information (NI).
7 Kelly …
1 Building work on the youth centre has
a needs to get rid of her frustration sometimes.
already started. F
b wants to have more independence.
2 The cinema closed down when Michael
c manages to go the gym on a frequent basis.
was a teenager.
3 No one has used the old office for a /6
long time. Grammar
4 Michael expected the whole community
to support the project. 4 Put the words in the correct order to make
sentences and questions.
5 The building work is likely to take several
1 I / tell / understand / What / me / you / why / don’t
months.
/ didn’t / is
6 The youth club will focus on a range of
What I don’t understand is why you didn’t tell me.
activities despite a lack of outside space.
2 more / The more / her, / I spend / like / time / with
/5 her / I / the
2 Recording 2 Listen to five people talking ______________________________________
about their free-time activities. Match the ______________________________________ .
statements with the speakers. 3 better / it / home / Wouldn’t / evening / to / this /
1 Josh c stay / be / at
2 Isabel ___ ______________________________________
3 Aftab ___ ______________________________________?
4 Claudia ___ 4 thing / late / One / can’t stand / is / people / I /
5 Kelly ___ arriving
a I prefer not to do any outdoor activities. ______________________________________
b I’ve recently found more time for free-time ______________________________________ .
activities. 5 longer / Don’t / should / think / we / you / a bit / stay
c This activity has helped me in different ways. ______________________________________
d My interest in this activity has increased over ______________________________________?
time. 6 upsets / anymore / What / she / me / that /
e I’ve been doing this activity for several years. phones / is / never
/5 ______________________________________
______________________________________ .
3 Recording 2 Listen again and tick () the
correct answer, a, b or c. 7 doesn’t know / Spanish / I / she / speak / What /
1 Josh … that / is
a had always had an interest in Tai Chi. ______________________________________
b didn’t know Tai Chi was a martial art. ______________________________________ .
c took up Tai Chi after he hurt himself.  /6
2 Josh … 5 Choose the correct alternative to complete
a was injured while practising Tai Chi. the sentences.
b was recommended to take up Tai Chi. 1 I was walking / walked along the road when I saw
c thinks his doctor was wrong about Tai Chi. a 50€ note on the floor.
3 Isabel … 2 I was just leaving the flat when I remembered
a was left with restricted mobility after an I was leaving / ’d left the oven on.
accident. 3 I was buying / was going to buy a new laptop but
b had always been a fan of online strategy I bought a tablet instead.
games. 4 The taxi isn’t due to / about to get here until 9
c thinks her social life is better now than before. p.m. so we’ve got plenty of time.
4 According to Aftab, … 5 We’d already phoned / already phoned the
a many people have a positive view of his hobby. restaurant so they knew we’d be a bit late.
b his group usually makes useless things. 6 We realised we won’t / wouldn’t be able to finish
c making recycled furniture is quite difficult. the project by last Thursday’s deadline.
5 Aftab … 7 The children would be playing / had been playing
a finds it difficult working with other people. all day so they were fast asleep when I picked
b enjoys solving problems as part of a team. them up.
c likes to find solutions on his own. 8 I ’d just spent / was just about to spend the next
eight hours on a plane, which made me nervous.
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6 Complete the sentences with the words and 7 I can’t stand my ___ workers. They're always
phrases in the box. There are three words or complaining.
phrases you do not need. a assistant b fellow c partner
as die fewer less like longer 8 The library is going to be turned ___ a luxury
miles and miles miles away murder apartment complex.
on and on over and over a out of b away from c into
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1 We drove for miles and miles before we
9 Complete the sentences with the correct
finally spotted their house. word. The first letters are given.
2 I’m really tired. I could _______________ a 1 My brother is currently waiting for a kidney
coffee. t r a n s p l a n t.
3 He looked __________ if he’d never had a bath. 2 My company went b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a few months
4 The __________ guests there are, the cheaper ago so I lost my job.
the meal will be. 3 My shoulder really hurts. I must have
5 Jacob kept going __________ about his new car. sp _ _ _ _ _ _ a muscle.
It was so annoying! 4 We need to focus on s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6 The nearest shop is __________ so we’ll drive. development so that we don’t use more
7 The more complicated the problem, the resources than we absolutely need.
__________ it takes to solve. 5 My kitchen is a bit o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ nowadays so
8 The __________ you tell me about your I’d like something more modern.
problems, the harder it is for me to help you. 6 We need to spend more money to reduce
/7 economic d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in inner city areas.
Vocabulary 7 He fell on his back and suffered a severe
s _ _ _ _ _ injury.
7 Match the sentence halves. 8 Some b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ movies, like The
1 Something has irritated my skin c Avengers, can earn more than a billion dollars.
2 I can’t believe Nora is pointing
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3 Our top player is going to be out
4 It’s important to let off Function
5 My arm was black and 10 Complete the sentences and questions with
6 This phone is so useless that the words and phrases in the box. Then
7 This flat has grown match them with the categories a–d. The
a the finger of blame at me. categories may be used more than once.
b blue when I woke up. awfully calm down due respect easier
c and it feels really itchy. in charge kidding nothing
d steam at the end of the week. unacceptable
e on me over the years.
f of action for a while. 1 Is there really nothing you can do? ___
g I just want to smash it into pieces. 2 I’m __________ sorry about all of this. ___
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4 You’re not making this any __________ . ___
8 Choose the correct answer, a, b or c to
complete the sentences. 5 Could I talk to whoever’s __________? ___
1 Reading novels helps me switch b at night. 6 Could you just try and __________? ___
a in b off c out 7 I’m afraid this is totally __________. ___
2 I can’t stand these ___ meetings. We never get 8 With all __________ that’s your problem,
anything done. not ours. ___
a pointed b pointing c pointless a Seeking compromise
3 My mother was ___ in the countryside because b Expressing annoyance
her car had broken down and she didn’t have her c Apologising
phone. d Dealing with anger
a stranded b pulled over c let down /15
4 I suffer from arthritis so I often get swollen ___.
a kidneys b skin c joints
5 The old school will be ___ and a new one will be
built in its place.
a declined b demolished c restored
6 I find that nothing ___ a cup of tea in the
morning.
a beats b defeats c wins

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Reading say a thing. He just asked to see their tickets before

moving on to the rest of the passengers. I couldn’t
11 Read the story and match the headings a–f believe it. It seemed that every single person on the
with the paragraphs 1–6. train was working together to annoy me. When he
a Not in its place finally got to me, I asked him whether he could do
b A feeling of guilt anything about the noise. He just shrugged his
c Little concern for others shoulders and said, ’Kids will be kids ... Can I see your
d Unexpected assistance ticket please?’
e Everyone’s against me 4 ___
f A chance to rest That’s when I realised that my wallet wasn’t where it
should have been. I’d definitely had it earlier, because
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I remembered putting my ticket in it at the station. I
12 Read the story again. Write true (T) or checked all my pockets but I definitely didn’t have it. I
false (F). looked around on the floor and down the back of the
1 The writer was hoping to sleep on the train. T seat but it was nowhere to be found. Had I dropped it
2 The school children were trying to be quiet. in the station? Had one of those kids stolen it? The
conductor must have seen the look of panic on my face
3 The writer managed to go back to sleep when the
and said, ’Look, don’t worry about it for now. I’ll
children got on the train. come back in a bit.’
4 The writer was the first person to be asked to
show his ticket. 5 ___
As I looked around me in, wondering where my wallet
5 The conductor wasn’t concerned about the
could be, I noticed that the carriage had fallen silent
noise. and the irritating kids had stopped shouting. Suddenly
6 The writer thought he had dropped his wallet on one of them came up to me with a concerned look on
the way to the station. her face. ’Don’t worry. We’ll help you find it.’ I was
7 The conductor noticed that the writer seemed rather surprised with this offer so I just nodded my
worried. head and, with that, the whole lot of them got up and
started searching the train for my wallet. Within
8 The writer wasn’t surprised that he had lost his
minutes they’d found it and returned it to me. Still lost
wallet. for words, I quietly mumbled ’thank you’ and sat back
9 The writer didn’t know what to say when the down in my seat. I checked the wallet and everything
children found his wallet. was in there, even the cash.
10 The children stayed quiet for the rest of the
6 ___
journey. The school children quickly got back to their noisy
11 The writer regretted having thought badly of the conversations and I spent the rest of the journey
children. thinking about what had happened. Although I was
/10 relieved to have my wallet back, I felt bad for having
had such a negative opinion of those kids. I’d been so
quick to judge them and they’d ended up saving my
day. It was one of the kindest things that has ever
An act of kindness happened to me.
1 _f_
A couple of months ago, I was taking the train to work.
It was an early morning train going from Weston-
super-Mare to Bristol and, as usual, I was looking Writing
forward to catching up on some sleep. I found myself a 13 Choose the correct options to complete the
seat at the back of the carriage, made myself formal phrases which can be used in a report.
comfortable and closed my eyes. I soon found myself 1 Some managers were concerned / suggested
drifting into a pleasant sleep.
that free meals would be too costly for the
2 ___ company.
However, after a couple of stops, a group of school 2 Some members of staff suggested having /
children got on and the carriage started to fill up. The to have a pay rise instead of free meals.
kids were everywhere, taking up the remaining seats,
3 Several people indicated / expected that they
standing in the aisles and sitting on the floor in front of
the doors. Even though it was the quiet carriage, they were in favour of free meals for staff.
didn’t make any effort to keep their voices down. 4 Certain people expressed doubt / suggested that
Some of them were even shouting across the carriage free meals would bring any benefits to the
to their friends. I closed my eyes and tried to go back company.
to sleep but it was impossible. I could feel the anger 5 Most employees expected conditions at work
building up inside me. How could these selfish kids
to improve / improving in the near future.
show such a complete lack of respect for their fellow
passengers? 6 A number of people commented that / on it was
difficult to find time to eat a proper meal.
3 ___
Not long after that, the conductor entered the carriage /5
and started asking for our tickets. I was sure he was
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14 Your company is considering providing free

meals for its staff. Write a report discussing
the advantages and disadvantages of this
proposal and giving recommendations. You
should include the views of members of staff.
Use the formal phrases from Exercise 13 to
help you.
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Write 180–240 words.
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