UNIT TEST 7 • GROUP A

Dictation, Vocabulary and Grammar

Name:  Class: 

Dictation
4 Complete the missing words. The first letters have been
given.
1 [Track 8] Listen and write the sentences that you hear. 1 Among the p for the play were a bowler hat,
 a typewriter and an original 1960 net shopping bag.
 2 The children enjoyed watching clowns riding unicycles
 and walking on s .

3 There was a sudden f of activity as the actress

rushed offstage to change her costume in two minutes

 and rush out again.
 4 People were still trotting along the a looking for
 their seats when the curtain went up.

5 Stop g at that actor; it’s not polite to stare like
that.
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Vocabulary
Grammar
2 Complete the sentences with compound adjectives
5 Match the sentence beginnings and endings.
formed using the words in brackets. Change the order
of the words if necessary. 1 Should you wish to nominate a candidate,
1 I’m sick and tired of supposedly 2 I want to be an artist whether
(mean/well) people who have no real empathy for others. 3 It’s difficult to become a professional dancer
4 They say they’ll accept the script provided
2 You should see this film, it’s really
5 I’ll tell you my idea for the plot as long
(blow/mind).
3 He’s so (tight/fisted) he always tries to A unless you start really early.
get other people to pay for tickets. B as you don’t interrupt me.
C please write to the award committee using this form.
4 That was an (judge/ill) move and it’s
D there is money in it or not.
going to make things more difficult for us.
E that I change the last scene.
5 The (gross/high) non-American /5
films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China),
Life is Beautiful (Italy), Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico) and 6 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
Amelie (France). There are more words than you need.
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but had long on
3 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. provided should whether
There is one extra word.
1 They’ll give us the money we need that
defy indulge mesmerised we display their logo close to the stage.
marginalised radical visceral 2 you wish to ask the director any questions,
1 Her latest film marks a change of style you can meet him in the foyer in ten minutes.
from her earlier work. 3 They’re determined to finish the project
2 On weekdays I’m an ordinary hard-working person, but they find a sponsor or not.
at weekends I my artistic passions. 4 we predicted the political events,
3 The dancer’s movements seemed to gravity. we would have chosen a different theme for the film.

4 His main interest is the study of dispossessed and 5 You can bring your younger sister to the rehearsals as
groups in economically as she doesn’t get in people’s way.
advanced societies.
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5 We were all ; the poetry and music
had a hypnotic effect.
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Language in Focus
9 Complete the second sentence so that it means the
same as the first. Use no more than six words in each
gap including the word in CAPITALS.
7 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
There is one extra word. 1 I’ll help you with the fundraising, but you have to invite
me to the dress rehearsal. LONG
any anything doubt even ever though I’ll help you with the fundraising
1 He was a very private person; he seldom if me to the dress rehearsal.
gave interviews. 2 You shouldn’t sign up for the school play if you don’t
intend to take part in the rehearsals. UNLESS
2 It’s not a good idea to take part in this intensive
You shouldn’t sign up for the school play
workshop if you’ve got problems with your knees.
in the rehearsals.
If in , talk to your doctor.
3 We managed to raise enough money for the exhibition
3 This discussion serves little if purpose. Just do
because we asked the local council for help. IF
what it says in the script, OK?
the local council for
4 I don’t think her latest book is weaker than the previous help, we wouldn’t have raised enough money for the
one. If , it’s better. exhibition.
5 I’m determined to learn the steps of salsa if it 4 The way he speaks suggests he is certain of the success
takes hours of practice. of the performance, but it can’t be guaranteed. AS
/5 He speaks of the
success of the performance, but it can’t be guaranteed.
Use of English
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8 Complete the text with one word in each gap. 10 Complete the sentences with words formed from the
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE words in CAPITALS.
1 The work of French Impressionists was initially rejected
The Globe, the theatre in which many of Shakespeare’s
and ridiculed by the art (ESTABLISH])
greatest plays were staged for the first time, burned to
the ground in 1613. More than 300 years later, American of their time.
actor and director Sam Wanamaker came 1                   with 2 Lots of artists and art managers meet in this café; it
the idea of reconstructing it in its original location. functions as a (CREATE) hub in the
In 1970 he founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust, neighbourhood.
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                   financed, among other things, research into 3 The (RHYTHM) qualities of jazz have
the appearance and structure of the seventeenth-century their roots in African music.
Globe. The research and fundraising, as well as attempts 4 In totalitarian and authoritarian states, new and original
to acquire the site and to obtain all necessary permissions, art is often viewed with (SUSPECT) by
took more than twenty years. But 3                Sam the authorities.
Wanamaker’s inexhaustible energy and determination,
5 The youngest (RECEIVE) of the Nobel
the project might never have been completed. The
Prize in Literature was Rudyard Kipling at age 42, and
reconstructed Globe 4                   built close to the original
the oldest was Doris Lessing at 88.
location, using traditional materials and techniques.
Because of modern fire regulations it has more exits than 6 ‘Do you like opera?’ ‘Not especially; I prefer
the original building, and fire inspectors only allowed (CHORUS) music, such as Bach’s
the roof to be made of thatch 5                   condition that oratorios.’
it would be impregnated with fire retardant. Today you /6
can see a Shakespeare play in conditions very similar to
those experienced by 17th century audiences, and learn
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more about how the theatre worked 6                   visiting
the Globe Museum.
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