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8 Read a news report about the arrival of two 9 Read the sentences. Complete the second
pandas at a British zoo. Choose the correct letter sentence so that it means the same as the first.
A, B or C for each space. Use no more than two words.
ÿ She practised very hard and then took her
Two very important guests have arrived at piano exam.
Edinburgh Zoo.TianTian and Yang Guang are By the time she took her piano exam shetf
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giant pandas. They were born and grew up in ÿ practized very hard.
China. Then, two days ago, they1_into Britain.
1 I've known him for ten years.
Now they2_in a special, luxury area of the zoo
I met him ten years_
and are recovering from their long journey.
2 The accident happened while Kate was walking
This is the first time that pandas'_in Britain to school.
since 1995, so millions of new visitors will Kate was walking to school_the
probably come to the zoo to see them. In fact, accident happened.
thousands of people have 4_bought tickets. 3 The train is going to arrive soon.
The train hasn't arrived_
The pandas will be very expensive for the
4 I've decided to learn French.
zoo. Firstly, the zoo 5 _to pay the Chinese
I m _ learn French.
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government £6 million to keep the pandas for
5 They moved to America in 2010 and they're still
ten years. Secondly, it will have to spend a lot of
living there now.
money on food. Pandas f_bamboo and they
They_in America since 2010.
normally eat for fourteen hours a day. So the
6 Fred hadn't played golf before.
zoo will probably7_£70,000 a year to
That was the first time Fred_golf.
buy enough bamboo!
7 I promise to tidy my room tomorrow.
_tidy my room tomorrow.
ÿ A just B never C yet
1 A have flown B had flown C flew 10 Complete the text. Write one word in each space.
2 A stay B are staying c have stayed I was born fifteen years ac*o in London.

3 A are B have been c were , _I was six, my family moved to Bristol
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and we ve lived there ever since.
4 A already B yesterday c yet
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I m a student at Bennet School. I ve been there
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5 A going B will c is going
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_five years and I think it's a very good
6 A love B are loving c will love school. At the moment 13_studying for
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7 A paying B pay c to pay exams. 14_already done four exams and I m
doing three more next week. It's hard work and I
_be very happy when I've finished.
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My favourite subject is French.®_year I went
to France and stayed with a French family. It was
the first time \7_been to France. \\ was
difficult at first but in the end I really enjoyed it.
This summer, I'm®_going to France,
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unfortunately. I m going on holiday with my family.
We're going9_drive to Scotland and walk in
the mountains. I think it will,°_fun.

Write a short text about yourself. Answer these
questions.
. When and where were you born? Where do you
live now?
. Where do you go to school? What are you
studying at the moment?
. What did you do last summer? What are your
plans for next summer?