PROGRESS TEST SÉPTIMO 4 PERÍODO META 2

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Listen to three speakers and answer the questions.

1 What are these three people talking about?

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2 What event does Speaker 1 describe?

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3 How often did she practice?

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4 Why couldn’t she eat breakfast?

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5 What event does Speaker 2 describe?

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6 What did he get?

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7 What event does Speaker 3 describe?

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8 What did she learn about?

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9 What did she enjoy most?

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10 What does she want to be one day?

GRAMMAR

Read and complete the text. For each number 1–10 choose the correct option A, B, or C.

We planned to go to Washington, D.C. yesterday because we wanted (1) ____ a day there. I
(2) ____ to go shopping and Peter (3) ____ to spend time at the museums because he has some special homework to do, (4) ____ we agreed (5) ____ to take the subway because it’s the easiest way to get into the city. But we called a taxi (6) ____ us from our home to the subway station because it was raining very hard. It took 30 minutes to get to the station (7) ____ the traffic was very bad, and then the subway took another 35 minutes. When we finally got there we were thirsty (8) ____ we decided to go to a coffee shop to have a drink. The coffee shop nearest the subway station was closed, so we went to one at the end of the street. Then we saw there was an exhibit of inventions in the park. We went to it, and when we came out it was five o’clock – time to go home and too late to go shopping or to the museums. We never
(9) ____ to do things properly! But we
(10) ____ to go soon, so we’re planning to try again next week.


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VOCABULARY

Complete the missing blanks. Use the following words:

copy- digital- animated- rehearsal -storyboard -star- role- dinosaurs- director-play



1 A d__________ camera doesn’t use film.
2 An a__________ movie sometimes uses puppets.
3 The director uses a s__________, which is a series of pictures, to plan the movie.
4 Daniel Radcliffe is famous for his r__________ as Harry Potter.
5 D__________ are enormous animals that lived 65 million years ago.
6 Wes Anderson is the d__________ of the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox.
7 Leonardo DiCaprio p__________ the part of Romeo.
8 Johnny Depp is the s__________ of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
9 In a r__________, the actors make sure they all know what they are doing.
10 It isn’t a good idea to c__________ someone else’s homework.


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READING

Read the story and then choose the best option for each question.

The Magic Paintbrush

A long time ago in China there lived a poor boy called Liang. He had no family, so he made his living by doing odd jobs for other people in his village, such as cutting wood and tending cattle. His life was difficult, but Liang was a generous boy and always willing to help people who needed it. In his heart he had a dream. He wanted to paint pictures and become a great artist. He practised drawing all the time. When he was in the forest cutting wood, he drew birds and animals with a stick. If he was looking after a farmers’ cows he drew on the sides of the barn. Whatever he was doing he drew – plants, animals, birds and people. He thought of nothing else except drawing, and soon he became very good at it.

One night Liang dreamed that an old man gave him a paintbrush. The man said it was a magic paintbrush and Liang should use it to help people. When Liang woke up the next morning, he was surprised to see that he had a beautiful paintbrush in his hand. Liang was hungry, so he painted a bowl of rice. Suddenly the rice became real, and he ate it. Now he felt happy, so he drew a bird. The bird came to life and flew away.

When Liang went into the village he met an old farmer carrying water from the river to his field. It was a long walk and the man was very tired. Liang painted a river beside the field and the river came to life. Now the farmer could easily bring the water to his crops. Soon Liang met another villager who was crying because his cow had died in the night, and there was no milk for his children. Liang drew a cow, and it came to life. The villager was overjoyed and happily began to milk his cow.

From that day Liang used his paintbrush to help the people in his village. Whenever they needed something, Liang would paint it. Soon the villagers began to prosper, and word of Liang’s magic paintbrush began to travel beyond the village.

People asked him, “Why don’t you use your magic paintbrush to become rich?”

“What else do I need?” replied Liang. “I feel rich because I can help.”

It wasn’t long before a rich man who lived near the village heard about Liang’s magic paintbrush, and thought he would use it to make himself richer than the emperor. This man decided to steal Liang’s paintbrush. He sent some of his *thugs to Liang’s home, where they captured Liang and put him in prison. The rich man took the paintbrush.

The rich man wanted to show off his power so he invited some friends to his house. He drew a lot of pictures, but not one picture became real. The rich man figured there must be some special secret that he didn’t know about, so he sent for Liang. When Liang stood before him he said, “If you draw some pictures for me and they become real, I will let you go free.”

Liang knew that this rich man was not a good man. He didn’t want to help, but he wanted to be free. He had an idea. He said, “I will help you, but you must let me go.”

“Paint me a golden mountain,” said the rich man. “I want to go there and get lots of gold.” What he didn’t say out loud was, “And then I will be the richest man in the kingdom, richer even than the emperor himself!”

Liang drew a picture of the sea.

“Why did you draw the sea?” said the rich man, “I told you to draw the mountain. I want gold, not fish!”

“The mountain is on the other side of the sea.” replied Liang. “I’ll show you.” Liang drew the golden mountain on the other side of the sea.

When the rich man saw the mountain shining in gold his eyes lit up like two yellow suns. “Yes!” he said, “That’s much better! But the mountain is far from here. How will I get there?”

“I’ll draw you a boat to get to the mountain,” said Liang. And he drew a golden dragon boat that was even bigger and more beautiful than the emperor’s boat. The rich man climbed aboard the boat and stood in the bow facing the golden mountain. He said to Liang,” Now draw me a wind to take the boat to the mountain.” Liang began to draw a wind, and the boat set sail. The rich man stretched his arms out to grab the golden mountain. “Make the wind stronger so I can get there faster,” he said to Liang. Liang kept drawing and the wind got stronger. Soon the wind became a terrible gale and the rich man’s beautiful boat sank beneath the sea and took him down with it.

People say that Liang married a beautiful girl from his village and had a big family, and they were happy all their days.

* thug: a violent and rough person


1. What was Liang's dream?

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2. Which statement shows that Liang was generous?

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3. Why was Liang surprised when he woke up after his dream?

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4. What was special about Liang's new paintbrush?

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5. How did Liang help the villagers prosper?

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6. What news began to travel beyond the village?

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Describe a segment of your favorite movie. Use the following questions as a guide.

What happened at that time?
Why do you think you like this segment of the movie?