Progress test 1 B1 destination

1 When you get to your ___________, you have to show your ticket to leave the station.

• A destination

• B harbour

• C souvenir

• D passport

2 Brazil ___________ coffee all over the world.

• A invests

• B demands

• C exports

• D affords

3 How do you ___________ 'csar'?

• A interrupt

• B swear

• C guess

• D pronounce

4 Dogs make very ___________ pets. They'll always stay by your side.

• A mental

• B private

• C loyal

• D digital

5 Let's go for a swim as soon as we ___________ the hotel!

• A arrive

• B get

• C reach

• D meet

6 You have to ___________ or you won't understand the explanation.

• A concentrate

• B contact

• C consider

• D involve

7 There's a train coming. Don't stand at the edge of the ___________.

• A property

• B link

• C platform

• D resort

8 I ___________ a lot of money on my credit cards and I don't know if I can pay it back.

• A own

• B obtain

• C cost

• D owe

B Write one word in each gap.

Lucky accidents

Sometimes, scientists know what they (9) __________ looking for and they find it. At other times, things (10) __________ discovered by accident. Two famous examples of this are gravity and penicillin.

Isaac Newton, (11) __________ first used maths to describe gravity, was sitting (12) __________ his garden when he saw (13) __________ apple fall - some say it fell on his head! This made him think about why, and he realised he (14) __________ explain it using maths.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, (15) __________ was the first antibiotic. It completely changed medicine. He was working (16) __________ his laboratory when he saw that something (17)__________ started growing on one of his experiments. He analysed it and realised that it (18)__________ be very useful in fighting disease. Sometimes luck can be a big help!

answer number 9

• A is

• B are

• C was

• D were

B Write one word in each gap.

Lucky accidents

Sometimes, scientists know what they (9) __________ looking for and they find it. At other times, things (10) __________ discovered by accident. Two famous examples of this are gravity and penicillin.

Isaac Newton, (11) __________ first used maths to describe gravity, was sitting (12) __________ his garden when he saw (13) __________ apple fall - some say it fell on his head! This made him think about why, and he realised he (14) __________ explain it using maths.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, (15) __________ was the first antibiotic. It completely changed medicine. He was working (16) __________ his laboratory when he saw that something (17)__________ started growing on one of his experiments. He analysed it and realised that it (18)__________ be very useful in fighting disease. Sometimes luck can be a big help!

answer number 10

• A is

• B was

• C are

• D were