Unit 7 Progress Test B

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences in reported speech.
1 ‘I’m really enjoying the weather here.’
She said that _________________________________________ .
2 ‘I must phone my mum later.’
Holly says that she _________________________________________ .
3 ‘I’ll stay until the work is finished.’
Richard told me that _________________________________________ .
4 ‘We drove all the way to the coast.’
They said that _________________________________________ .
5 ‘James hasn’t rung this evening.’
Claire told me that _________________________________________ .
6 ‘I might go out later.’
Amy said that _________________________________________ .

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2 Read the dialogue and write the sentences in reported speech.

Ruth Did you go to the match last weekend?
Simon Yes, I did. I enjoyed every minute of it.
Ruth How did you manage to get a ticket?
Simon My dad’s a season ticket holder.
Ruth You’re not going again next week, are you?
Simon No, I’m not. Would you like to come next time?

1 Ruth asked Simon _________________________________________ .

2 Simon said he had. He said that _________________________________________ .
3 Ruth asked _________________________________________ .
4 Simon said that _________________________________________ .
5 Ruth asked _________________________________________ .
6 Simon said he wasn’t. He _________________________________________ .

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3 Write reported sentences using the prompts.
1 Polly / promised / not reveal our plans
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2 I / apologise for / not write / sooner
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3 The teacher / requested / everybody / bring their swimming costume
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4 I / don’t recommend / stay / at that hotel
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5 They / accused / Peter / steal
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6 The police / have warned / pedestrians / not use the footpath
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7 Rachel / confessed / eat the biscuits
____________________________________________________________________
8 Nobody / has congratulated / us / raise all that money
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Vocabulary
4 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 Although Mrs Jones tried to ___ the fact that she had been in the shop at the time of the robbery, the police soon
realised that she was the thief.
a cheat b disguise c mislead
2 Tell me ___ , doctor. How serious is this illness?
a straight b truthful c open
3 I think you’re ___ lies. Nothing you’ve said is true.
a saying b telling c making
4 Henry managed to ___ the lawyers into thinking that he was the son of Lord Frobisher, and that he should inherit the
fortune. In truth, he was just a servant.
a deceive b fabricate c exaggerate
5 Amy was caught ___ in an exam. She was expelled from school and didn’t graduate.
a cheating b manipulating c fabricating
6 The way the newspapers reported the story was ___ . They clearly wanted to support the prime minister’s view
of events.
a original b biased c disguised
7 It is ___ of you to criticise governments for using too many fossil fuels when you own and drive three cars.
a fake b hypocritical c manipulative
8 None of the accused ___ to the crimes. They all pleaded not guilty.
a passed off b distorted c owned up
9 Let me read your diary. I promise not to ___ any of your secrets.
a pass b reveal c fib
10 I always try to be ___ when I can. I hate to be dishonest.
a original b unethical c truthful

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5 Complete the sentences with the missing preposition.
1 His taste ___________ adventure led him to set out on a voyage across the Pacific.
2 Although we had some small differences ___________ opinion at first, we were soon working well together.
3 My dad’s taste ___________ music is awful.
4 I have no objection ___________ changing the dates of the demonstration. When do you think it should be held?
5 A child’s dependence ___________ its mother soon ends.

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6 Complete the sentences. Use phrasal verbs formed from a verb and a particle from below. There is one
extra verb. Use the particles as many times as necessary.

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in on out up

1 After __________________ a website to promote his product, Ken started making more and more of the fizzy
chocolate.
2 Teen magazines regularly __________________ on issues which interest their readers and look at them in a lot
of detail.
3 We were completely __________________ by Sam’s disguise. We didn’t recognise him at all.
4 Clara didn’t __________________ that she had won the lottery until the day she went to London to collect the prize.
5 Andy bought trendy clothes and tried to __________________ that he was really cool, but he didn’t fool anybody.

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Use of English
7 Complete the text. Write one word in each gap.
1
Our addiction ____________ social media has had a huge impact on the type of crime that the police have to deal with.
Criminal gangs are using technology in increasingly innovative ways to take 2____________ their victims. The kind of
3
____________ I’m talking about is the use of online dating websites to scam people. What I mean 4____________ that is
5
the criminal (or sometimes it’s a gang of criminals) pretends to show an interest ____________ the person who is looking
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for a relationship online. Eventually, in many cases, the victim develops an obsession ____________ their new online
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romantic partner. The criminal plays ____________ this obsession to demand large amounts of money from the victim.
One 8____________ of this would be when they tell the victim that they need money to help them with an urgent problem.
9
They set ____________ a bank account and the person then sends thousands of euros, thinking they are helping them.
The victim has normally paid the money to the criminal gang before they find out what has happened. The effect
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____________ the victim can be devastating and it is nearly always impossible to get that money back.

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Listening
8  7 Listen to four people talking about cheating in exams. Match the speakers (1–4) with the
sentences (A–E). There is one extra sentence.
A Speaker ___ criticises anybody who fails to report a cheat.
B Speaker ___ suggests reporting a cheat, but not straightaway.
C Speaker ___ advises confronting a cheat rather than reporting a cheat.
D Speaker ___ claims to have prevented cheating in the past.
E Speaker ___ points out how we all might suffer because of a cheat’s actions.

Mark: / 5

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Reading

Conspiracy theorists
Did Neil Armstrong really walk on the moon in 1969, or was the event filmed in a TV studio?
Was the American president John F. Kennedy assassinated by a lone gunman in 1963, or
was it all a complicated plot involving the Vice-President, Lyndon Johnson? When it comes to
major events such as moon landings or assassinations, the deaths of celebrities, or deadly
terrorist bombings, the only thing we can really count on is that thousands of people online will
refuse to accept the obvious true story behind each event, and will look for stranger, more
exciting explanations. These are the conspiracy theorists, and there are more of them than
you’d think. In some polls, one fifth of the American population genuinely believe that nobody
went to the moon in 1969, and that Kennedy died on the orders of his Vice-President.
For social scientists, the interesting question is why people are so quick to believe conspiracy
theories. For many years, these scientists believed the phenomenon was a form of paranoia.
People who accused the government of a cover-up, or blamed aliens for causing a disaster
were described as part of a small minority of people with a form of mental illness. While this
may actually be true for a few individuals, it clearly has its limitations as a theory, to my mind
at least. It doesn’t explain, for example, why so many people admit to searching for unusual
reasons behind events. Millions of us do this! Since not everybody is mentally ill, social
scientists are now looking for a better explanation for the public’s love of a conspiracy theory.
Research has shown that people believe conspiracy theories for a variety of reasons. One is
that they don’t trust official explanations. We live in a world in which we are used to being
misled. Advertising agencies are always telling us something is true, when it clearly isn’t,
companies we rely on, such as gas and electricity suppliers, are not always straight with us,
and we know politicians regularly exaggerate the positive things they achieve. Against this
background, it is not surprising that people don’t accept what they are officially told. Moreover,
people are also influenced by their own ideological beliefs to interpret events in particular
ways. So, for example, people who strongly believe that bankers are untrustworthy may
interpret a decline in the economy as a terrible plan by bankers to make themselves rich. A
further explanation for believing in conspiracies is that most ordinary people feel powerless
and insecure. We don’t like to face the truth that terrible things do sometimes take place.
Instead, we create a conspiracy theory as a way of explaining something so that it makes
sense to us.

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 9 Read the text. Choose the correct answers.
1 In the opening paragraph, which of the following does the writer not provide?
A A description of what a conspiracy theorist is.
B Statistics showing the extent to which conspiracy theories are believed.
C Examples of historical events some believe to be hoaxes.
D An explanation of what happened during the day Kennedy was killed.
2 According to the writer, in paragraph 2, which of the following areas of study most interests social scientists?
A The background of people most likely to become conspiracy theorists.
B The reason behind some people’s tendency to become conspiracy theorists.
C The symptoms of illness shown by conspiracy theorists.
D The types of strange things that conspiracy theorists believe.
3 Which of the following is expressed as an opinion rather than a fact by the writer in paragraph 2?
A Something many social scientists once believed to be true is not a very good explanation.
B A lot more people are interested in conspiracy theories now than in the past.
C We now know that mental illness can’t be a reason why anyone becomes a conspiracy theorist.
D Social scientists don’t seem able to change their view of conspiracy theorists.
4 In paragraph 3, the writer gives three reasons why people believe in conspiracy theories. Which reason below is not
mentioned in the text?
A People in positions of power or authority are known to tell lies, so how can we believe what they say.
B We all have our own views of the world, and this affects the way we view what happens in the world.
C Life is full of uncertainty, so we interpret negative events in a way that helps us understand the world.
D People are naturally creative, so we use that creativity to make the world seem a better place.
5 According to the writer, how do people who become conspiracy theorists often feel?
A unable to trust their own views and feelings
B uncertain about ideologies that want to influence them
C unable to really influence events in the world
D unwilling to accept that their views may be wrong

Mark: / 5

Writing
10 Read the task below. Write a story.
Write a story about a time that someone you know told you a lie.

Mark: / 10

Total: ___ / 70

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