Unit 6 Test A

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3 Complete the sentences with the

Grammar correct form of the verbs given.
1 Match the sentences in 1–6 with the 1 If we _______________ (leave) now, we
functions in A–F. _______________ (get) there by lunchtime.
1 You’re not going to eat all that! It’s far too 2 If we _______________ (not get) enough rain
much! ___ this spring, there _______________ (be) a
drought in the summer.
2 I’ll be 17 on 1st April. ___
3 I always _______________ (feel) bad in the
3 I’ll pick you up at 5:30. Is that OK? ___ morning if I _______________ (go) to bed late.
4 We’re going to spend a week travelling around 4 If you _______________ (buy) things online,
France this summer. ___ you _______________ (need) to be really
5 Jane will definitely be at Rod’s party. She told careful.
me. ___ 5 You _______________ (have) a smaller carbon
6 Take your coat because it might get really cold footprint if you _______________ (stop)
later. ___ driving.

A certainty /10
B objective truth
C prediction based on evidence Vocabulary
D plan
E possibility 4 Complete the sentences with the
correct words.
F immediate decision
1 Governments are trying to persuade countries
/6 not to cut down their r__________.
2 The Himalayas is a magnificent m__________
2 Complete the dialogue using either r__________.
will or going to and the verbs given. 3 If the i__________ c__________ melt, then it
will affect sea levels all over the world.
A: Hi Terry. What (1) _______________ (do)
after school today? 4 We usually spend a lot of time sunbathing on
the b__________ in the summer months.
B: I think I (2) _______________ (go) to the
library. What about you? 5 Crossing the d__________ by car can be very
dangerous because very few people live there.
A: I (3) _______________ (have) a coffee with
Brian and Marta. Do you want to join us?
B: Thanks. I (4) _______________ (think) about
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it. I’ll go to the library later. What time
(5) _______________ (meet)?
A: 4:30 in the park. I expect we will play tennis
after that at the club.
B: OK. I (6) _______________ (call) you later.
Bye!

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5 Complete the sentences with these

words.
Reading
ozone layer oil spill droughts floods 7 Read the article from which some
environment sentences have been taken out.
Choose the correct sentences A–F to
1 Today, children are learning more about the fill the gaps. There is one extra
dangers to the __________ at school than in the sentence that you do not need.
past.
2 Scientists say that we are destroying the
__________ and this creates global warming. A few years ago everyone was talking about the
new electric cars. They were going to be the
3 Many sea birds died because of a huge
answer to our pollution problems. (1) ___ Why
__________ in the Atlantic last year.
aren’t our roads full of electric cars? Why are we
4 Hotter summers with no rain will mean that still sending out huge amounts of pollution into the
there are more __________ in some countries. atmosphere and using oil faster than the oil
5 After the heavy rainfall, there were companies can produce it?
__________ in many towns on the river. There are several reasons. It’s not because the
cars aren’t for sale. They are. There are many
/5 different models and every year another, newer
type of electric car is designed. (2) ___ Many of
6 Replace get in the sentences with a the faster, sporty-looking models are expensive,
different verb in the correct form. but there are plenty of cheaper types for sale. So
what is the reason?
1 My sister gets a lot of her new clothes online.
Experts say that it’s mainly because electric
cars can’t travel very far before we need to charge
their batteries and there aren’t enough charging
points at the moment. (3) ___ It seems that the
people who have bought electric cars use them as a
second car, not their main one. (4) ___ They aren’t
2 If we hurry, we’ll get there by 6 pm. going to buy an electric car to use regularly until
they can be sure that they are not going to stop on
their way to work or somewhere important.
The hybrid car – a car that can switch from
3 We’d better start walking home because it’s petrol to electricity – is more popular and more
getting dark. and more people are buying them. (5) ___ It’s
obviously not quite as good for the environment as
the electric car, but it shows that people are
concerned and trying to do something about their
carbon footprints.
4 I didn’t get back from the cinema until 11:30
last night.
A It isn’t because of the price.
B The only problem here is the cost, but in the
future this will probably get much cheaper.
5 Did you get what you wanted for your
birthday? C So, where are they?
D People worry about not having enough
electricity.
E Many people don’t buy them because they look
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F People need a car that is reliable. Use of English

/5 9 Complete the second sentence so that
it means the same as the first, using
the word given. Do not change the
Listening (Tests CD, Track 7) word given. Use between two and five
words.
8 You are going to hear five people 1 There’s a possibility that Sue will get a new
talking about different ways of dealing job.
with our rubbish. Listen and match
MIGHT
the speakers A–E with the comments
in 1–5. Sue _______________ a new job.

1 Companies don’t do enough. 2 If I don’t do my homework well, my teacher

will be angry.
Speaker ___ PLEASED
My teacher _______________ if I do my
2 This gives people a good alternative if homework well.
you have a small kitchen.
3 My plan is to catch the 6:30 train.
GOING
Speaker ___
I _______________ the 6:30 train.

3 This is not a good solution. It just 4 Look! She can’t win the race now.
makes things worse. LOSE
Look! She _______________ the race.
Speaker ___
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4 Different people can use our old
things.

Speaker ___

5 We have to change our habits.

Speaker ___

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Writing
10 Last year the council decided to pick
up people’s rubbish every two weeks
instead of every week and you think /5
this is a bad idea. Write a letter to
your newspaper. In your letter, you
should /60
 say what the problem is

 explain why you think this is a bad

idea

 say what you’d like the newspaper to

do about it.

Write 100 words.

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