Unit 6 Test

Listening 4 Complete the text. (5 marks)

My name’s Roberta Davies and I live in Dallas,

1  Listen to two friends, Verity and Kunal,
Texas with my husband and three children. We
chatting. How does Verity feel about her holiday
and why? (2 marks) don’t usually go (1) __________ on vacation –
America’s such a beautiful country that we mainly
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stay stateside – but I’d sure like to go on a big trip to
2  Listen again. Answer the questions. Write Europe some day and (2) __________ some new
complete sentences. (8 marks) places. We have been to Italy and France but it was
1 What two things went wrong before Verity and a few years ago. We (3) __________ a car and
her family got on the plane? drove from Naples to Paris. It was beautiful, we met
____________________________________ some great people, saw some fascinating places
____________________________________ and the weather was fantastic. I remember my
2 What cultural activities did Verity and her family husband was a nervous driver and we had a few
do in Heraklion? How did Verity feel about it? little arguments, but we didn’t have a single
____________________________________ (4) __________! The journey back home wasn’t so
____________________________________ good. We missed our connection from Detroit to
3 What happened at the water park and where did Dallas and the airline lost our (5) __________. I’d
they go afterwards? What made that visit love to go back to Europe and visit the countries we
particularly difficult? missed out. I’ve always wanted to go sightseeing in
____________________________________ London!
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4 What did the hotel manager give to Verity and 5 Complete the sentences with one or two words.
why? Did it work? (10 marks)
____________________________________ 1 Doctors are able to treat lots of illnesses but they
____________________________________ haven’t found a ____________ for the common
cold.
Vocabulary 2 The train was ____________ by an hour so we
missed the concert.
3 Write the jobs. (5 marks) 3 Ross’s school has organized for him to get some
____________ in an office. He won’t be paid but
1 I’m always so busy rushing around and sorting
it’s good to have it on his CV.
things out! I coordinate all sorts of occasions,
4 We need to go the desk to ____________. Then
from parties to weddings and conferences.
we can have breakfast and relax before we
I’m a(n) ____________.
board the plane.
2 I work part-time in a clothes shop. I help people
5 Josie is a member of British Airways cabin crew.
find the right size and I arrange the clothes in the
She mainly works on ____________ trips from
shop. I’m a(n) ____________.
Europe to Australia. She’s in the air from about 6
3 I’ve worked in this flower shop for about five
to 12 hours at a time.
years. I’ve always loved arranging flowers in
beautiful displays! I’m a(n) ____________.
4 It’s a great job, but you’re in charge of lots of
people, so there’s a lot of responsibility. I’ve
travelled to over sixty different cities around the
world with my job – all with EasyJet!
I’m a(n) ____________.
5 I work in a team of three. People bring their pets
to us when they are sick. I help to do tests to find
out what’s wrong and sometimes we give the
animals medicine. Sometimes I work at
reception desk too. I’m a(n) ____________.

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Unit 6 Test
Practical English 8 Complete the questions with the present perfect
form of the verbs. Then write positive or
negative short answers. There is one verb you
6 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks) do not need. (10 marks)
Interviewer Could you begin by telling me go climb live rescue travel write
(1) ________ you want to apply for this
job? 1 _______ Mum _______ to the supermarket?
Ben Well, I love writing. I’m also an _______________. She’s upstairs. Why?
energetic and hardworking person and 2 _______ Ian _______ a novel?
I’m good at talking to people. _______________. It was published last week.
Interviewer OK. (2) ________ you ever worked in 3 _______ Simon _______ someone in danger?
this industry before? _______________. He’s terrified of everything!
Ben Yes, I worked on my college 4 ______ they ______ in this town long?
newspaper for two years. _______________. – for about 30 years, I think.
Interviewer I see. Do you (3) ________ how to use 5 _______ you _______ to lots of countries?
Microsoft Word and edit websites? _______________. I’ve been to around 20
Ben Yes, I do. countries, I think.
Interviewer And are you (4) ________ to work on
9 Complete the sentences with an appropriate
your own? verb in the present perfect. (10 marks)
Ben Yes, I am. I have (5) ________ of
1 There ____________ a fire in the city centre.
working alone while researching and
There are firefighters and police everywhere.
writing articles.
2 I _______ never _______ to Scotland.
3 Fiona _______ never _______ sushi.
Grammar 4 Oh no! We ____________ our flight.
5 They ____________ a new school in the village.
7 Write positive sentences (), negative It will open soon.
sentences () or questions (?). Use ever, never,
been or gone as appropriate. (10 marks)
1 Eva and Andy / be / Turkey / twice / this year.  Cumulative Review
____________________________________
10 Complete the text with one or two words.
2 We / have / work / supermarket / before. 
(10 marks)
____________________________________
3 Monica / be / to / Portugal.  Career Profile: Chuck D. Dutton
____________________________________
I (1) _________ as an astronomer at NASA for
4 Sorry, they/ not / here. They / out. 
fifteen years. I was an army pilot before that. I was
____________________________________
always good at maths and science at school and I
5 you / try / bungee jumping?
(2) _________ engineering at university. I
____________________________________
(3) _________ well at university and graduated with
a First Class Honours. When I was small, my dad
bought me a telescope, so I (4) _________ look at
the stars and the planets. At the moment my
research focuses on looking at exactly how planets
are formed. It’s fascinating. I’m also involved in high
school education. I design maths problems for
teenagers to solve and I give lectures on astronomy
at schools all over America and Europe. I love my
job; every day I never quite know what I’m
(5) _________ discover!

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Unit 6 Test
Reading Stanton’s success has also been incredible: he has
been featured in Vogue magazine and he has even
11 Read the text. What life event led to Brandon taken photos of the people who work at Facebook.
altering his career? (2 marks) He has also published a book based on the blog. It
reached number one in the The New York Times
____________________________________
Best Sellers list in 2013. Time magazine has added
him to their list of ‘30 Under 30’ – people under 30
who have changed the world in a positive way.
Hi Mel,
Brandon continues to upload his photos to the blog
How’s it going? I saw something online today that I but remains modest: ‘So far, my job has gone pretty
think you will love! Have you ever heard of Brandon well. I’ve taken nearly 5,000 photos of people and
Stanton? He’s got an amazing blog called ‘Humans I’ve written 50 stories. And I’ve met some amazing
of New York’. Have a look at it sometime! Are you people along the way.’”
still looking for someone interesting to write about
I think Brandon has found something that really
for your English project? Well, I’ve done a bit of
brings people together! His blog has definitely
research about this guy for you! Here’s what I found
shown me that although we’re all different and live
out:
in different places, we all share the same problems,
“For Brandon Stanton of Atlanta, Georgia hopes and dreams. When you’ve had a look at it,
photography was just a hobby. That changed in tell me what you think!
2010 when he lost his job buying and selling
Speak soon,
financial shares for Gambit Trading. It was then that
he decided to become a professional photographer. Caitlin xxx
He started taking photos in Chicago before touring
America to follow his passion. He took photos of city
scenes and some frank and candid photos of the 12 Read the text again and answer the questions.
cities’ inhabitants. He visited New York in August Write complete sentences. (8 marks)
2010, not planning to spend long there, but he soon 1 Why has Caitlin done research on Brandon
found the city streets perfect for his art and decided Stanton?
to stay. He started asking permission to take photos ______________________________________
of people and chatted to them, finding out about ______________________________________
their lives. He posted his photos in an album on his 2 Why is August 2010 a significant date in
Facebook profile page at first, before creating a Brandon’s life? From that date, what type of
separate Facebook page and a blog to gain a wider photos did he concentrate on?
audience. Since 2010, he has taken thousands of ______________________________________
photos of New Yorkers and he has seen his idea ______________________________________
develop into something big. His blog now has nearly 3 What is ‘30 under 30’ and why is it mentioned?
12 million Facebook followers. Under each photo is ______________________________________
a sentence or a quotation or sometimes a story that ______________________________________
reveals something about the lives and experiences 4 According to Caitlin, why is ‘Humans of New
of his subjects. York’ such a good blog?
______________________________________
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Unit 6 Test
Writing
13 Write an e-postcard to a friend about a holiday
you are on. Use some adverbs of manner from
the box and the prompts to help you. Write
about 150 words. (10 marks)
happily heavily loudly nervously
quickly quietly scarily warmly
Paragraph 1: Greet your friend. Say where you are,
how long you have been there, where you are
staying and what the holiday has been like so far.
Paragraph 2: Describe the things you have done.
Give details of what you have done on a particular
day.
Paragraph 3: Describe something you have not
done and explain why. Then sign off appropriately.

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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Practical English _____ / 10

Grammar _____ / 30 Cumulative Review _____ /10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100

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