Straightforward Pre-Intermediate Progress Test 3

Straightforward Intermediate Progress Test 3


Name _______________________ Score _____________

Language section

Vocabulary
A Complete the conversation with words from the box. There are five extra words.
adolescent article circulation elderly embarks headline
idiot limit move on one-way prison relief
sentenced shame toddler took off zone

Man: Wow! Look at this (1) _______________, ‘Man, 80, (2) _______________ on epic journey across Canada.’

Woman: What does the (3) _______________ say?
Man: Apparently this man has just decided to walk from one side of Canada to the other. It says he had a heart attack last year so he’s decided he wants to do something different.
Woman: What an (4) _______________!
Man: Why?
Woman: Well he should have done something like this when he was younger. It’s not the kind of thing for an (5) _______________ person to do.
Man: Yeah! Well, he couldn’t do it before because he spent 25 years
in (6) _______________!
Woman: What for?
Man: I’m not sure. It says here that he broke the speed (7) _______________, but you don’t go to prison for 25 years just for that! … Oh, that’s why.
Woman: What? What did he do?
Man: First of all he robbed a bank, then he drove the wrong way down
a (8) _______________ street and he hit a mother and her (9) _______________. At his trial the judge said he was a danger to society and (10) _______________ him to life in prison. Now it turns out he wasn’t driving but nobody believed him.
Woman: What a (11) _______________!
Man: Yes, but he says he’s not angry. He just wants to (12) _______________ and make the most of the years he’s got left.


B Choose the correct word to complete these sentences.
(13) Can you get me a bottle / jar of milk, please?