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Skills Test Unit Test A Name: _ Everyday English Complete the dialogue with the words below point Sylvia concerned view far see right reckon sure ask agree In my , there is far too much pollution in the sea What you , Anna? Anna Well, I with you You’re probably But I don’t think there’s anything we can about it Sylvia I what you’re saying, but I’m not so about that We can lots of things such as fining companies that cause pollution Anna Mmm I take your , but if you me, fines don’t have much effect on big oil companies As as I’m 10 , there’s not much we can Mark: _ / Listening  Listen to a radio interview with Josh Hughes Tick () the best summary of the aims of Josh’s organization A It’s a government organization that teaches communities about marine life and the balance of nature, and wants a greater understanding of these issues in schools and colleges B It’s a newly-formed organization that wants to get young people to understand more about the problems marine environments face, and wants them to actively take steps to transform the situation  Listen again Circle the correct answer What’s the name of the organisation organization that Josh represents these days? a Save the Whales b Protect the Oceans c Transform the Seas Josh talks about how we harm the oceans Which of the following does he mention? a We catch too many fish b We hunt too many whales c We take too much of its oil and gas According to Josh, what is the most important aim of his organization? a To educate people and raise awareness b To persuade people to take part in the protest c To promote change by organizing petitions Which of the following examples of positive action has Josh’s organization not yet carried out? a starting an online petition b organizing demonstrations c planning charity events for schools Mark: _ / 10 Reading Blood diamonds Join the Stop Blood Diamonds campaign Please read our factsheet and then join our campaign to prevent conflict in Africa which results from the West’s desire for jewellery What are the facts? Every year, mines in Africa produce an enormous number of diamonds which together are worth over $8 billion They are one of Africa’s major natural resources and one of the continent’s most significant exports In fact, more than half the diamonds in the world come from Africa It seems ironic that such a luxurious item comes from such a poor continent, but most of these diamonds are mined legally, and the profits from their sale are good for the economies of African countries However, some mines are controlled by rebels and warlords who sell the diamonds to rich countries in Europe, Asia and America and use the money to buy weapons These diamonds are called ‘blood diamonds’ Their sale has enabled the funding of terrible wars in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone and, in the future, they will undoubtedly pay for many more wars So, what steps have already been taken to stop the sale of blood diamonds? Well, firstly, governments have co-operated to set up the Kimberley Process, which is a way of checking exactly where a diamond has come from Nowadays, diamond exporters have to show where their diamonds were mined and, in the future, this process is going to get stricter and more thorough Secondly, books, articles and films, such as Blood Diamond, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, have raised awareness of how much damage this trade in illegal diamonds causes in Africa The problem is that these measures haven’t fully addressed the problem Although governments and international diamond companies are taking the issue of blood diamonds more seriously, ordinary high street jewellery shops in the West still don’t seem to care about the origin of the diamonds they sell What now? What are we going to next to stop the sale of blood diamonds? In the coming months, our campaign group will be organizing protests outside high street shops that sell diamonds and will be taking out advertisements in magazines and major newspapers to highlight the problem We’re also going to start an online petition which you can sign by checking out our website We believe that high street shops not provide sufficient assurance to consumers that the diamonds they sell won’t make money for warlords and rebels That is why we need your help We’d like you to download our online question sheet and take it to your local jeweller’s Ask the questions about the origin of their diamonds and put pressure on diamond retailers to sell diamonds which have not come from countries or regions at war By doing this, you’ll be sending a strong message to your local jeweller’s that their role in supporting wars must end Read the text Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Diamonds are a minor African export _ All blood diamonds have been mined illegally _ Warlords and rebels control the majority of Africa’s diamond mines _ A war in Angola was funded by the sale of blood diamonds _ The sale of blood diamonds has been stopped by the Kimberley Process _ International diamond companies have shown no interest in caring about the origin of blood diamonds _ The Stop Blood Diamonds campaign is planning action to target high street jewellery shops _ The campaign group want the press to draw attention to the problem _ The campaign asks supporters to send in questions they think high street shops should answer _ 10 The campaign aims to make jewellers more responsible for finding out where blood diamonds come from _ Mark: _ / 10 Writing Read the description of two events Choose one of the special days to celebrate at your school Then write an opinion essay giving reasons why you chose the special day INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY April Aims to inspire young people to read more and aims to promote children’s literature EARTH DAY 22 April Aims to raise awareness of the Earth’s environment and to make people appreciate how we need to protect it Write your essay Use the plan to help you Paragraph 1: Write an introduction and state your opinion Paragraph 2: Give reasons for your opinion Paragraph 3: Support your opinion with specific examples Paragraph 4: Write a conclusion and restate your opinion and reasons Mark: _ / 15 TOTAL MARKS: _ / 40 Challenge! Complete the text with the correct form of the words (a–d) Journey to the Amazon Last year, I decided the Amazon rainforest in Brazil I don’t regret on such a long, dangerous through kilometres of thick vegetation The rainforest is a vast and majestic place A quarter of all known land species the forest, including the jaguar, the river dolphin, the world’s largest flower, a monkey the size of a toothbrush and a spider the size of a baseball There are many more species there, but we them all yet On the fifth of March, I back to Brazil to join an environmental project in an area of the Amazon rainforest with no trees I my ticket Twenty years ago, this area to a group of indigenous people, but, more recently, a logging company has owned it I’ve to work with no pay on the project We’ve got a clear plan We 10 hundreds of trees The trees in the Amazon rainforest store 80 to 120 billion tonnes of carbon, helping to stabilize the planet’s climate, so it’s vital that we protect them a visit b visiting c to visit d to visiting a go b going c to go d to going a trek b tour c voyage d excursion a will inhabit b inhabits c is inhabiting d are inhabiting a don’t discover a to fly b am flying c could fly d flies a already buy b already bought c ’ve already bought d was already buying a belongs b will belong c would belong d used to belong a volunteered b aided c donated d raised b haven’t discovered c didn’t discover d weren’t discovering 10 a planted b plant c are going to plant d may replant Vocabulary and Grammar Test Unit Test A Name: _ Vocabulary Match the verbs (1–6) to the phrases (A–F) spread A a way of life that is dying out contaminate B people from one village to another village relocate C a disease among a community preserve D houses during a terrible flood wash away E on rice and water during a famine survive F the drinking water with pollution Mark: _ / Complete the sentences with words formed from the prefixes in A and the root words in B A inter- semi- over- dis- co- underB permanent crowded cook act operating appear The Indian city of Kolkata is There are too many people living there Health workers in Kolkata are working together By , they hope to relieve poverty and disease One problem they face is that people don’t prepare food properly If you food, it may make you unwell Kolkata is so large that some poor children into its narrow streets People don’t know where they are People in Kolkata sometimes build their own homes These houses are dangerous and often fall down Health workers have to with people of different cultures and religions It’s hard to communicate with everybody Mark: _ / 12 Complete the text with the correct prepositions Save the whales Do you believe protecting the greatest creatures in the sea from people who hunt them? If so, join our protest the whaling industry We set our campaign to help whales in 2001 because we really care the ecology of our planet Belong our organization and insist an end to whaling Remember that the whales are relying you! Mark: _ / Circle the correct words to complete the sentences We are raising / aiding / transforming money to support good causes Jim went / took / got part in a marathon at the weekend It’s urgent that we volunteer / donate / address these problems immediately Working in Africa is going to address / raise / transform my life It won’t be the same after that experience I’d like to raise / volunteer / address my help I don’t want to be paid I just want to all I can to make things better I’m going to donate / address / support all the money I earn this weekend to charity Amy is going to volunteer / take part in / donate a huge charity event this weekend She’s looking forward to being there Our school is supporting / volunteering / donating a campaign to help poor villagers by collecting second-hand clothes Poverty in this region needs to be addressed We hope to raise / transform / volunteer this difficult situation by investing in jobs 10 This campaign will donate / volunteer / raise awareness of how rapidly the rainforest is disappearing 11 We’ve donated / addressed / raised our old clothes to charity We didn’t need them so we have given them away Mark: _ / 11 Grammar Complete the sentences with the best future form of the verbs in brackets Use will + infinitive, going to + infinitive, the present simple or the present continuous Sometimes more than one answer is possible I’ve decided to help homeless people I (donate) money to a homeless shelter According to the timetable, the charity’s next event (take) place on May I think I (work) for a charity next summer It’s a good thing to Penny works too hard as an aid worker She (have) a breakdown On Tuesday, I (meet) some of the protesters for lunch I’ve decided to become active in local politics I (stand) in the council election Mark: _ / 6 Circle the correct words to complete the text I’m not sure, but I think I 1might / will join PickUp, the recycling campaign in our community The next PickUp campaign 2starts / will start at 10 a.m next Saturday morning in the park, so I ’m meet / ’m meeting my friends for coffee at 9.30, then we’ve decided that we 4’re going to ask / ’re asking the organizers if we can join I hope it 5’ll be / ’s going to be a fun and rewarding thing to My friend Jo 6will bring / is going to bring some large bags to put rubbish in She’s already bought them And Simon, my other friend, has promised that he 7brings / ’ll bring some bags, too Our actions 8may / will definitely change our community for the better! Mark: _ / Penny is raising money for charity next Saturday Look at her itinerary Then write future continuous or future perfect sentences from the prompts a.m to 12 p.m work in the charity shop 12 p.m to p.m collect money in the street p.m go home At 10 a.m / Penny / work in the charity shop By 12.15 p.m / she / finish work in the charity shop At p.m / Penny / collect money in the street At 1.30 p.m / she / not work in the charity shop By p.m / Penny / go back home Mark: _ / 10 TOTAL MARKS: _ / 60 Cumulative Skills Test Units 1–5 Test A Name: _ Everyday English Complete the sentences with the missing words Use one word in each sentence Susie looks if she’s seen a ghost She’s gone white Oh, come on! You’ve got to lose! Try it with me and I’ll pay! As far I’m concerned, we should start again You’ve really me down I’m very disappointed in you We to inform you that the match has been cancelled Mark: _ / Listening  Listen to Dan and Lucy talking about going away on holiday Complete the sentences with a number Dan went on a round-the-world trip with friend(s) Lucy is going to stay in Portugal for week(s)  Listen again Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Dan took the photo of the boat _ Joe and Robbie are standing on the boat in the photo _ Robbie is similar to Dan in appearance _ These days, Dan and Robbie are often together _ Dan thought that the people were kind to him in Thailand _ Lucy isn’t at all excited about her trip to Portugal _ Lucy has already decided what to take with her on holiday _ Lucy enjoyed scuba diving when she first tried it _ Mark: _ / 10 Reading St Kilda If you’ve ever wanted to get off the beaten track, it would be difficult to find anywhere as remote as St Kilda, a group of islands which lie in the North Atlantic Ocean, over sixty kilometres north-west of Scotland It’s one of the most isolated places in Europe, and it was once inhabited by a unique community of people with their own language and their own ancient way of life Nowadays, nobody lives on the islands except for a few military personnel, although the place comes to life every summer when research scientists arrive to study the wildlife, and a small number of tourists make the long boat journey across the ocean to see the remains of the old houses which now stand empty On a bright, blue day in August 1930, the last St Kildans locked the doors of their houses and made their way to the boat that was waiting for them For religious and traditional reasons, they had left an open bible and a small pile of food in each of their houses It would be easy to say that they were sad to leave the islands where their ancestors had lived for a thousand years, but, in truth, many of them were looking forward to their new lives on the mainland, away from the poverty and isolation of St Kilda There had never been more than 200 people living on the islands in St Kilda’s entire history, but by the time of its evacuation there were only thirty-six people left, and most of them were old It was impossible to continue with no young people to farm the land and grow – or find – food Historians have argued about the main reasons why the community on St Kilda failed Illness and emigration played a part, and it seems that the common factor was the way that the modern world influenced the islanders While they were living in isolation, they had little choice but to work hard and to make the best of their lives, but things changed in the 19th century when tourists started arriving on the islands At first, this had a positive effect because islanders could sell home-made clothes and birds’ eggs to the visitors – but the benefits came at a price The islanders lost their selfesteem because the tourists treated them as strange, primitive people, and many St Kildan children died because mainland diseases such as tetanus and influenza arrived with the boats In the longer term, regular contact with the outside world made the St Kildans less self-reliant As a result of the tourist trade, they could buy things from the mainland for the first time, so they stopped farming or hunting for birds’ eggs, which had been their traditional methods of getting food They became disconnected from their ancient way of life, and most of the young men emigrated from St Kilda to find work in Scotland Eventually, the end of their traditional community became inevitable Read the text Circle the correct answer (a–d) St Kilda is situated a in the west of Scotland b in the middle of a group of islands c close to the Scottish coast d in the north-western part of the Atlantic In the winter, the only things likely to happen on the islands are a house renovations b sightseeing visits c military activities d wildlife studies In the text, we discover that the St Kildans who left the islands in 1930 were a all very upset about leaving for the last time b probably religious people c worried about being poor on the mainland d short of food to eat Reasons why the St Kilda community had to leave include a the influence of tourists from elsewhere b diseases caused by the failure of crops c the increasing numbers of young people in the community d the price of goods from the outside world In the 19th century, tourists visiting from Scotland a worked on the islands b admired the islanders’ values c bought goods made by the islanders d brought cures for diseases like influenza Mark: _ / 10 Writing Write one of the following tasks A Write a personal letter to a friend Tell them you have been worrying about your exams Explain how you are planning to improve your mood with exercise, and other plans you have to feel happier B Write a letter to a local newspaper expressing your views and concerns on a plan to introduce a curfew on young people being out alone after p.m Explain how you feel about this scheme Show an understanding of the problem and make alternative suggestions Mark: _ / 15 TOTAL MARKS: _ / 40 Speaking Think about your typical weekend and what you did last weekend Prepare to answer the questions below Then work with a partner Take turns to interview each other What you usually at the weekend? Where you go? Who you spend time with? What did you last weekend? Where did you go? Who did you go with? Did anything unusual happen? If so, what? Challenge! Complete the text with the correct words (a–d) A trip to Andalucía Last summer, my family and I went on a trip to Andalucía in the south of Spain While we in Seville, we saw a lot of famous , including the cathedral, Torre del Oro Then we went to Granada and visited the Alhambra Palace The place was crowded because there were so many tourists there, but it was still fabulous If you go to Granada, you exactly what I mean! The Alhambra is one of the most beautiful palaces in the world It is located of the hill al-Sabika Today, some of the wall paintings in the palace to decay Protecting monuments like the Alhambra is important, so I’ve joined an online support group to awareness of this issue By the end of this century, some world famous monuments will have fallen down if we to look after them now a stayed b have stayed c had stayed d were staying a sees b views c visions d sights a up b over c far d many a see b will see c saw d would see a on bottom b on top c at top d under a start b have started c started d were starting a raise b donate c take part in d address a failed b were failing c fail d are failing Cumulative Vocabulary and Grammar Test Units 1–5 Test A Name: _ Vocabulary Circle the correct words to complete the sentences Bill’s generosity / laziness / prosperity is a result of working hard and making lots of money Ellen is so stubborn / modest / assertive! She never changes her mind even if she is wrong Angie goes to the gym three times a week to look good and stay trim / plump / handsome When training for the tournament, Emma showed great sportsmanship / commitment / selfesteem She trained every day because she really wanted to win The water in this area is devastated / contaminated / evacuated with bacteria You can’t drink it Vandalism is a serious theft / offence / shoplifter Last year, I went on a long, difficult trek / excursion / voyage through the jungle We walked for days! Our association helps to deserve / survive / conserve wildlife in Central Asia Mark: _ / Match the words in A that collocate with the words in B Then complete the sentences with the compound words A second armed single self short theme broad die B minded robbery out sighted hand reliant parks shouldered Gary is good at doing things with no help from other people He is very Many types of animals will if we don’t protect them If you're looking for retro clothes for a party, try this shop Clothes here are often cheap and stylish, in spite of the fact they have been worn by other people Jamie is This means that it's difficult for him to see things in the distance Gemma is very in her desire to learn Spanish She’s revising new words all the time! Although they were teenagers, the criminals went to prison for committing My niece enjoys going to She always goes on the fast rides Alf is a strong, man He could be a professional boxer Mark: _ / Complete the text with the prepositions below Some prepositions are used more than once down up out on in with of over Last week, our band played at the music festival and, surprisingly for us all, we won the first prize – a trip to London We were very pleased In fact, we were the moon! Later, we found that we had to prepare a new song to play on our tour next month I wanted to choose from the songs we wrote last year, but Matt the drummer insisted playing something from the festival Everybody argued a lot and eventually fell each other! I thought it was the end of our band and felt the mouth all weekend On Monday, the guitarist came an idea He suggested that we should write a completely new song especially for the tour! We all liked the idea So, a week later, we went 10 the trip to London and then started our tour performing a new song called London Days Everybody loved it, and we felt 11 top 12 the world! Mark: _ / 12 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets Add the correct prefixes or suffixes Our company has an (national) website You can read the news in five different languages Some people think eating carrots gives you the (able) to see in the dark The local people are living in (permanent) houses on the island Building work on their new homes should be completed in six months No wonder you've (cooked) the meat! You left it in the oven for an hour instead of thirty minutes! David can be quite (honest) He doesn’t always tell the truth It rained on Saturday, but in spite of this (fortune), we had a lovely indoor picnic! Jane showed me a lot of (kind) during my stay She was friendly and helpful We (operate) and worked hard together to solve our problems Mark: _ / Grammar Complete the letter with the correct forms of the verbs below Some verbs are used more than once stay write try have go see Hi Jenny! this email to you from an island in Thailand Tim and I at a bungalow by the sea since yesterday, and it’s just perfect! Yesterday, we to see a fire show on the beach I must say, it was something I haven’t before! And we some local food, too It was a bit too spicy for me! We on a trip to the jungle before we head to the next island If you time, please to me! Lots of love, Emily Mark: _ / Complete the sentences with the correct answers (a–c) You use a hair dryer here It’s so hot that your hair will be dry in a minute a don’t have to b can’t c mustn’t If I Mary, I’ll tell her you’ve left her a message a see b will see c saw I go to Italy this year I haven’t decided yet a can b will c might I for the bus since p.m., and it still isn’t here! a was waiting b ’ve been waiting c ’d been waiting Penny abroad when she was a small child a would live b has lived c used to live Jack be online The internet isn’t working a mustn’t b wouldn’t c can’t If I had more money, I travelling around the world a ’d go b ’ll go c went By this time tomorrow, we the mainland In fact, we’ll be checking into the hotel! a ’ll reach b ’ll be reaching c ’ll have reached Mark: _ / Read the sentences Then complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning Include the word in brackets If I won the lottery I could so many things (would) If I won the lottery I round the world and buy lots of designer clothes I liked heavy metal music when I was a teenager, but I don’t any more (used) I heavy metal music when I was a teenager It’s a pleasure for Jack to explore new cities (enjoys) Jack new cities Being back at work is very boring (only) If still on holiday, spending all day at the beach I feel bad about not going anywhere exciting last year (wish) I somewhere exciting last year Amy was sorry that she didn’t take her swimming costume (regretted) Amy her swimming costume I didn’t take up basketball because I was already in a football team (decided) I take up basketball because I was already in a football team Don’t spend all afternoon in the sun because you may get sunburnt (avoid) all afternoon in the sun because you may get sunburnt Mark: _ / TOTAL MARKS: _ / 60