Major Charles Ingram won £1 million on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in 2002 by answering all 15 questions correctly. However, it was later discovered that he had cheated with the help of his wife and another man in the audience, Tecwen Whittock. Their plan involved Whittock coughing to signal the correct answers to Ingram. After the show, Ingram, his wife, and Whittock were arrested when many in the audience became suspicious of the coughing. They were found guilty and had to return all the prize money.

1. Unit 2 Test
Name: ……………………………….. Mark: ………………
Reading [20 points]
Read the text and answer the questions. [5 x 4 = 20 points]
In 2002, Major Charles Ingram became the third contestant in Britain
to win £1 million on the famous game show, Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire?. The studio audience watched as Ingram answered all 15
questions correctly. However, as they discovered later, he didn’t do it
honestly.
Ingram was working with his wife and Tecwen Whittock, a man in the
audience. The three devised a simple plan. Whittock sat as close as
possible to Ingram and every time the game show host asked a
question, Ingram repeated the four possible answers. When Ingram
said the correct answer, Whittock coughed. Many people heard the
coughs and became suspicious.
Soon after the show, the police arrested Major Ingram, his wife and
Whittock. The judge heard their story and they had to return all the
money.
1. How many people won on the game show before Ingram?
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2. How many questions do they ask on the show?
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3. Who was Ingram working with?
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4. Why did people suspect Ingram?
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5. What happened to the Ingrams?
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Vocabulary [20 points]
1 Match the words in A to their meanings in B. [8 x 1 = 8 points]
A B
1. lie ....... a. try to make someone agree with something
2. convince ....... b. say you did something
3. warn ....... c. say you don’t want something
4. refuse ....... d. fool someone
5. admit ....... e. not tell the truth
6. suspect ....... f. tell a secret
7. trick ....... g. think someone has done something wrong
8. reveal ....... h. tell someone about danger
2 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are more words than you need.
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2. TEST 2
[6 x 2 = 12 points]
chef  surgeon  lawyer  wrestler  ballet dancer  stuntperson  singer  dental hygienist  fire-fighter
1. The ……………………… performed a very dangerous jump.
2. John likes fighting. He’s becoming a ……………………… .
3. Which ……………………… performed your operation?
4. My teeth aren’t very white. I’m going to a ……………………… .
5. The ……………………… ran into the burning building and saved our cat.
6. My dad is a ……………………… at a restaurant in town.
Grammar [30 points]
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative form of the
Past Simple. [5 x 2 = 10 points]
buy  save  think  print  go
1. The newspaper ……………………… the story yesterday. Did you read it?
2. Dan ……………………… shoes because he didn’t have any money.
3. My mother ……………………… I was joking, but I wasn’t!
4. ………………… they ………………… enough money to buy a house?
5. The girls ……………………… to the party last night because they were tired.
2 Look at the picture and complete the text with the words below. Use the Past Continuous.
[6 x 1 = 6 points]
wear  happen  stand  hope  play  drive
On 31st March 1989, thousands of
Londoners 1.
……………………… in
their cars when they saw a flying saucer.
People stopped their cars to see what
2.
……………………… . Many of them
3.
……………………… to see aliens.
Suddenly, the door of the flying saucer
opened. What 4.
………………………
there? Not an alien. It was a man and he
5.
……………………… a silver suit. It
was a hoax. The man
6.
……………………… a trick on
everyone!
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3. TEST 2
3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
[3 x 2 = 6 points]
1. She ……………………… (not look) when the thief ……………………… (steal) her bag.
2. We ……………………… (not go out) because we ……………………… (study) for our test.
3. ………………… Martin ………………… (play) on the computer when his girlfriend
……………………… (arrive)?
4 Write a subject (S) and an object (O) question for each of the sentences below. [4 x 2 = 8 points]
1. S: ................................................................................................................................................
O: ................................................................................................................................................
The orchestra was playing classical music.
2. S: ................................................................................................................................................
O: ................................................................................................................................................
Ryan met Cathy last night.
3. S: ................................................................................................................................................
O: ................................................................................................................................................
Lisa bought a new car.
4. S: ................................................................................................................................................
O: ................................................................................................................................................
Tom was eating an ice cream when we arrived.
Writing [10 points]
Write about a reality TV programme that you watched recently. Explain what the programme
was about and what people did on it. Remember to check your word order.
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