B1 Unit 7 Progress Test

Cambridge English Empower B1 Pre-intermediate

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(My Arm Hurts)

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(Do you have any allergies ?)

3. I
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(My back hurts)

4. I
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(Can I have a look at your rash then?)

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(Where it hurts?)
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6. I
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(It is very painful and I cannot concentrate on my work)

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(So, What's the problem?)

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(I'm very overweight and I don't know why)

9. Instructions •••
People often join a gym to
9 weight.
lose

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

11. Instructions •••
In her first job, Alice got to
11 some
important people.
know

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

12. Instructions •••
Tom is a big man and often acts in roles as
men who are slightly
12 .
overweight

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

13. Instructions •••
Don't stay in that job because you will never
13 rich.
get

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

14. Instructions •••
People who eat cakes every day often
14 on
weight.
put

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

15. Instructions •••
If you smoke 15 cigarettes a day, I think
you're a
15 smoker
now.
regular

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

16. Instructions •••
They're so proud because their daughter's
just got a
16 at
Oxford University.
place

Read the sentences about changes. Choose the best word for each space.
Part 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17. Instructions •••
17 I've lost 5 kilos, but I didn't go on a
d - I started
running.
i e t
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

18. Instructions •••
18 Do you get p
more money now than you used to
in your old job?
a i d
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

19. Instructions •••
19 Leo wants to get f
but he doesn't like doing exercise!
i t
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

20. Instructions •••
20 They were unhappily married for
15 years so they got
d
last year.
i v o r c e d
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

21. Instructions •••
21 Max gets on w
with all the other boys in his new
school.
e l l
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

22. Instructions •••
22 Amanda and Tim got
t
after they met at the tennis club.
o g e t h e r
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

23. Instructions •••
23 He's trying to
g u
smoking but he started 10 years
ago when he was 18.
i v e p
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

24. Instructions •••
24 It's easy to keep in
s if you do
sport regularly.
h a p e
Read the sentences about changes in people's lives. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there.
There is one space for each other letter. Complete the words.
Part 3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25. Instructions •••
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born in
1964 in Chicago, USA. She had a brother,
Craig, who was older
25 her
and the family lived in a one-bedroom
apartment in Chicago. They were a happy
family who got on well together, but they
26 to
have a lot of money. However, the
Robinson children learned two things from
their parents: the first was that you must
do the
27 you
can in school to get a good education and
the second was that it's
28 to
work hard than to make a lot of money.
So Michelle used to
29 hard
every day and got a place at Princeton
University. She trained as a lawyer and
used 30
in a Chicago company, where she got to
knowherfuturehusbandBarackObama
than

didnʼt use

best

more important

study

to work

Read the text about Michelle Obama. Choose the correct answer for each space.
Part 4 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

27. Instructions •••
33 For a healthier life, eating well is
more important than anything
else.
The
thing for a healthy life is eating
well.
most important
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

28. Instructions •••
34 My grandfather was a smoker,
but he stopped for health
reasons.
My grandfather

smoke, but he stopped for
health reasons.
used to
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

29. Instructions •••
35 Terry's diet was worse ten years
ago.
Terry's diet
now
than it was ten years ago.
is better
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

30. Instructions •••
36 In the 1950s, people thought
less about what they ate.
In the 1950s, people didn't
to
think so much about what they
ate.
use
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

31. Instructions •••
37 I've never had such an easy job.
This is
job
I've had.
the easiest
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

32. Instructions •••
38 Were gyms popular in the
1980s?
Did many people
to
go to the gym in the 1980s?
use
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

33. Instructions •••
39 I'm 1.80 metres tall now and my
older brother is 1.81.
I'm almost
my
older brother now.
as tall as
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

34. Instructions •••
40 Aunt Sarah didn't live in New
York before but she does now.
Aunt Sarah
to
live in New York.
didn't use
Here are some sentences about changes. For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words.
Part 5 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40