End of course test – PreInt 3

1. Question

Listen to the audio and fill in the gaps with the correct form of one of these verbs.

fill – see – shoot – attach – appear – put – feel – float – cut – want – plan – think – say – radio – climb – snap – fall – tie – be – love – have – take – speak

This (is) a true story. On July 2 1982, Larry Walters, a 33-year-old North Hollywood truck driver, (filled) 45 weather ballons with helium and (tied) them to an aluminum garden chair. Then he (put) on a parachute and climbed into the chair with lots of supplies, including some water, a pellet gun, a CB radio, an altimeter, and a camera. He (planned) to fly across the desert.

The chair was (attached) to the bumper of a friend's car with two ropes. But when his friends (cut) one of the ropes, the other rope (snapped) too. Larry (shot) up into the sky at more than 300 metres per second. It (was) so fast that his glasses (fell) off. He (climbed) quickly to about five kilometres above the ground.

Larry (spoke) to his friends on his radio. "I'm floating across Los ANgeles Harbour", he (said). He (wanted) to fly to the Rocky Mountains, but the wind (took) him towards Long Beach Municipal Airport. Two pilots (saw) Larry and (radioed) air traffic control. They (were) all very surprised.

The air (was) thin three miles above the ground and Larry (felt) cold and dizzy. He (shot) some of the balloons with his gun, the chair (floated) down, and he (landed) safely.

Back on earth, Larry (was) famous. He (appeared) on lots of television shows and people (loved) him. But the Federal Aviation Administration (didn't) (think) it was funny and they (wanted) to take away his pilot's licence. They couldn't, because he (didn't) (have) one.

2. Question

Match the phrasal verbs to their definitions.

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cheesed off
didn’t feel up to it
put out
check out
figure out
pick out
hang about

frustrated

didn’t have the energy to do anything

annoyed

go and look

solve the problem

choose

wait