Skills Test 2: Basic

Name Class Date
SKILLS TEST 2 Basic

READING
1 Read an article about early human migration and match the dates to the information.
Early human migration
It is difficult to discover much about climate change made it impossible from Asia to America existed until
how Homo sapiens first managed to for them to survive. This was the about 13,000 years ago. Tribes came
spread around the world. The only ice age and the human population from Asia and slowly made their
clues we have are fossils, skeletons dropped rapidly at this time. There way down the Pacific Coast, through
and objects such as tools that they were only about 10,000 of us left in Mexico and right to the southern tip
left behind. However, experts have the whole world! of South America.
pieced together this evidence in an The first migrants probably headed There are some findings that
effort to find out more about early east. They crossed the Red Sea from archaeologists can’t explain. They
migration patterns. Africa to Yemen, in Asia. The Red Sea is have discovered tools and weapons
Some remains of our ancestors, only about 18 km wide here and, at in America which are about 16,000
Homo erectus and Homo antecessor that time, the sea level was about years old. Strangely, there are
are over a million years old but Homo 70 m lower than it is now so there similar tools and weapons in France.
sapiens arrived much later. For many were probably islands where they These belonged to a tribe which
years, the oldest human remains that could stop and rest. From Yemen, disappeared from Europe about
we knew about were around 200,000 humans travelled east to India and 18,000 years ago. Did the French
years old and were found in what then south to Australia. The oldest tribe cross the Atlantic Ocean 17,500
is now Ethiopia in Africa. However, human remains in Australia are only years before Columbus?
in 2017, bones and stone tools about 45,000 years old but a rock This migration continued until
were found in Morocco which were shelter in Northern Australia, which humans discovered agriculture,
estimated to be 100,000 years older humans made, is older so scientists which happened about 12,000 years
than anything unearthed before. think people arrived here about ago. Everything changed. Instead
As far as we know, the early 55,000 years ago. of moving to look for food, people
inhabitants of East Africa lived in At the same time, other early humans grew their own food and lived in
the same place for about 130,000 were travelling across Asia and into permanent settlements, which grew
years. Then, suddenly, about 70,000 North America, two continents which into towns and cities – the start of
years ago, they started to move. were joined together at that time. the modern world.
Why? The most likely reason is that Experts think that the land bridge
1 200,000 years ago A The oldest person we have 2 Read the article again. Choose the correct words.
discovered in Australia lived 1 We know that some species similar to humans lived
and died. 200,000 / a million years ago.
2 70,000 years ago B A French tribe disappeared. 2 People moved away from Africa because the world’s
3 55,000 years ago C Experts believe that the first climate got very hot / cold.
Homo sapiens appeared in 3 It was easy to get to Asia from Africa because the two
Ethiopia. continents are only 18 km / 70 m apart.
4 45,000 years ago D Asia and America divided 4 Scientists have found human remains in Australia
from each other. which are more / less than 50,000 years old.
5 18,000 years ago E Homo sapiens started to 5 At that time, it was possible to walk from Asia to
leave Africa. Australia / America.
6 13,000 years ago F People started growing their 6 When early humans reached America, they
own food. travelled inland / along the coast.
7 12,000 years ago G Homo sapiens arrived in 7 There were similar tools and weapons in two places.
Australia. The oldest were found in America / France.
8 People stopped migrating because of agriculture /
7
cities.
8
Think Level 4 Skills Test Unit 2 Basic page 1 of 3 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Cambridge University Press 2022
Name Class Date
SKILLS TEST 2 Basic

LISTENING
3 Listen to a radio programme about animal migration. Put the animals in the order
the people talk about them.
a Adélie penguins
b storks
c polar bears
d humpback whales
e tiger mosquitoes
f wildebeest
g brown bears
4 Listen again and complete the summary with one word the speakers use.
You have the first letter of each word.
1 Some animals are migrating differently because of changes to the c .
2 Polar bears are moving elsewhere, because the i they hunt on is disappearing.
3 It’s becoming more common for brown bears to compete with polar bears for f .
4 Krill is disappearing because seas where they live are getting w .
5 Wildebeest routes are being interrupted by new r .
6 Humpback whales need to fight their way past ships and large f nets.
7 Humans are creating more r , which provides food for storks.
8 There is a risk of d such as the Zika virus being spread more widely by mosquitoes.
Name Class Date
SKILLS TEST 2 Basic

WRITING
5 Imagine your family have moved to a different country and you are at a new school. Write an email
(about 100 words) to an English speaking friend.
Tell them:
• how you felt when you first arrived
• about the school and people there
• how you feel about the experience so far
20
SPEAKING
6 Work in pairs. Look at the photos below. They show situations in which people are moving. Take turns to
describe your photo, and say why you think the people are moving. Then, tell each other about a journey
you take regularly (e.g. from home to school).
7 Take turns to ask and answer these questions. Where possible, express surprise at your partner’s answers.
A B
A: Ask B these questions.

1 What do you like or dislike about living where you live now? (Why?)
2 What does the idea of ‘home’ mean to you?
B: Ask A these questions.
1 How would you feel if you had to move to a new place? (Why?)
2 How important is it to understand different cultures and their customs?
20
TOTAL SCORE 70

Skills Test 2: Basic

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Skills Test 2: Basic

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Skills Test 2: Basic

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Name Class Date

SKILLS TEST 2 Basic

SKILLS TEST 2 Basic

SKILLS TEST 2 Basic

A: Ask B these questions.

You might also like

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.