Sports centres (listening B1) :
Preparation: put the words in the correct groups.
Gym staff: secretary, personal trainer, lifeguard, dance teacher.
Gym facilities: weight machines, sauna, swimming pool, changing rooms.
Gym classes: Zumba, water aerobics, jazz dancing, Pilates.
Total score is 12 out of 12 (100%)

Check your understanding: multiple choice
1. Gym A
2. Gym A
3. Gym B
4. Gym A
5. Gym B
6. Gym B
7. Gym A
8. Gym B
Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

Check your understanding: multiple choice
1. Gym A has lots of activities at different times of day.
2. Gym A opened ten years ago.
3. In gym A, you can have a massage at a reasonable price.
4. You can borrow yoga mats from the gym.
5. Gym B can give you advice about training, lifestyle and diet.
6. In the main gym, you must wear trainers.
7. The lifeguard can also give you some tips to improve your swimming.
Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

The weekend (listening B1):
Preparation: match the words and pictures.
Picture A: white water rafting.
Picture B: snowboarding.
Picture C: zip-wiring.
Picture D: dirtboarding.
Picture E: canyoning.
Total score is 5 out of 5 (100%)

Check your understanding: multiple selection
Which activities do the speakers say they are going to do?
1. dirtboarding
2. canyoning
3. bungee jumping (not correct)
4. go up the Eiffel Tower
5. visit the old parts of the city
6. go to the Musée D’Orsay
Total score is 5 out of 6 (83%)

Check your understanding: multiple choice
1. A dirtboard is a board with wheels that you stand on.
2. To go canyoning you need ropes and special equipment.
3. Zip-wiring is easy and exciting.
4. Paris looks so beautiful in the photos.
5. The Impressionist painting are in the Musée D’Orsay.
6. The famous Rodin statue is called The Thinker.
7. The girl is going to Paris for 4 days.
8. She’s going with her friend.                                                                                                                               Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)                 

Theme parks (listening B1):
Preparation: match the words with the definitions.
Mechanical attractions at a theme park, for example a rollercoaster or a Ferris wheel: rides.
A type of ride that is like a fast train on tracks that curve, and go very high and low: rollercoaster.
Animals that live in the sea: marine animals.
A ride inside a building: a dark ride.
A type of ride that consists of a big, rotating wheel: a Ferris wheel.
Total score is 5 out of 5 (100%)

Check your understanding: true or false
1. True
2. False
3. False (not correct)
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. False
Total score is 7 out of 8 (88%)

Check your understanding: multiple choice
1. Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Florida has the biggest number of visitors.
2. Cedar Point in Ohio is introducing a new rollercoaster this year.
3. Andy thinks a wingcoaster is more exciting than a normal rollercoaster.
4. Andy thinks the tour of Hogwarts School is really well done.
5. Lotte World, a huge park in South Korea, has the world’s biggest indoor theme park.
6. China will soon have the world’s tallest Ferris wheel.
Total score is 6 out of 6 (100%)

Social media influencers (reading B1):
Preparation: match the words with the definitions.
Something that is popular right now: a trend.
The people who watch or follow a public event, e.g. a film or concert: an audience.
Expert knowledge or skill in an area: expertise.
To ask someone to pay: to charge.
A specialised area: a niche.
A short introduction of a person (short for 'biography'): a bio.
Doing something in the same way over time: consistent.
Attractive and easily remembered: catchy.
Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

Task 1:
1. A social media influencer is not someone who pays their followers to buy products.
2. Companies want to use influencers to help sell their products to their followers.
3. If you want to be an influencer, your bio on your social media account shouldn’t be the same as other people’s bios.
4. You should make sure that you post about all sorts of different things. (not correct)
5. You can make sure that people find your post by doing all of the above.
6. What should the title of this blogpost be? Five tips on becoming a social media influencer.
Total score is 5 out of 6 (83%)

Task 2:
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. False
Total score is 6 out of 6 (100%)

The legend of fairies (reading B1):
Preparation: match the words with the definitions.
The explanation for how something started: origin.
The part of a living thing which is not the body and you can't see or touch it: a spirit.
To pray to: to worship.
A group of people, usually connected to each other by place or culture: a tribe.
Something used to hit or hurt people: a weapon.
To attack a place with an army: to invade.
To make something stronger: to support.
Looks real but is not: fake.
Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

Task 1:
1. True
2. True
3. True (not correct)
4. Not given
5. False
6. Not given
Total score is 5 out of 6 (83%)

Task 2:
1. In paragraph 1, the word ‘they’ in bold refers to fairies.
2. In paragraph 2, the word ‘these creatures’ in bold refer to the Ancient Greek people. (not correct)
3. In paragraph 2, the word ‘They’ in bold refers to pagan gods.
4. In paragraph 3, the word ‘this idea’ in bold refer to the idea that faries were based on people.
5. In paragraph 3, the word ‘This’ in bold refers to the possibility that hiding people stole food and attacked villages.
6. In paragraph 4, the word ‘more’ in bold refers to the photos.
Total score is 5 out of 6 (83%)

The Martian: a book review (reading B1):
Preparation: put the words in the correct groups.
Books: character, author, story, plot.
Space: planet, base, ship, astronaut.
Science: scientific, scientist, botanist, calculations.
Total score is 12 out of 12 (100%)

Task 1:
1. But Mark does not die in the storm, and he has been left behind.
2. The answers are explained with lots of very convincing calculations.
3. Without the character of Mark Watney, this book would only be a scientific look at survival on Mars.
4. This diary style makes the character of Watney very real.
5. I would recommend this book to all audiences.
Total score is 5 out of 5 (100%)

Task 2:
1. It is very scientific and PACKED with details about survival on Mars: filled.
2. ... he begins to grow food and produce water in his ARTIFICIAL camp: not natural.
3. Watney admits at the beginning that he is in deep trouble, but he never GIVES UP: stops trying.
4. The majority of the plot takes place on Mars, and is written in the form of Watney's JOURNAL ENTRIES: things you write in a diary.
5. Unfortunately, the other characters in the book (his fellow crew members, the scientists at NASA on Earth) do not get much development and so they often feel ONE-DIMENSIONAL: not deep, not realistic.
6. I should also mention that the book is thrilling to read. You will be ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT until the very end: very excited, wondering what is going to happen.
Total score is 6 out of 6 (100%)