Unit 9 Test: Standard

Name: __________________________________ Result: __/100

Vocabulary 5 I can’t walk very far because my foot is

_______________. (PAIN)
1 Complete the fact file with the words in the box. 6 That umbrella is _______________. It’s got a hole
capital city currency emblem flag in it. (USE)
official language population 7 I like studying with my brother, and he's always
_______________ (HELP) when I have a problem
Portugal with my homework.

1 _______________ : 10.28 million people 8 The concert was really _______________

Size : 92,212 square kilometres (ENJOY). I loved it.
2 _______________ : Lisbon Score __/8
3 _______________ : Portuguese
4 _______________ : euro
5 _______________ : red and green Grammar
6 _______________ : red, white and blue with
seven little yellow castles 4 Choose the best answers (A, B or C).
Score __/6 1 She __________ come to the party with us this
evening because she isn’t feeling very well.
2 Choose the correct alternative.
A might not B must C might
What do you know about France? 2 You __________ be hungry. You’ve just had an
1 France used to be a ruled by a king or queen, but enormous lunch.
the democracy/monarchy ended in 1870. A must B may C can’t
2 There was a law/member in France that French 3 She __________ be his sister. She looks a little like
music must be played on the radio 40% of the time. him.
3 France is now a republic/constitutional A must B can’t C might
monarchy, which means that it is ruled by a
president. 4 They __________ be late. They were running to the
bus stop.
4 Like many countries you have to be 18 to elect/vote
in France. A can’t B must C might

5 France has one of the world’s strongest 5 Stuart has a bicycle like that. It __________ be his.
democracies/campaigns. A could B can’t C might not
6 The Republicans and the Greens are two of many 6 Who knows what the result of the election will be.
French politicians/political parties. He __________ be our president this time
Score __/6 tomorrow.
A must B may C can’t
3 Complete the sentences with the correct adjective
7 He’s never been to your house before.
form of the words given.
He __________ know the way.
1 You’ve had a lot of accidents recently. You should
be more _______________ (CARE). A could B may C may not
2 People are frightened of my pet snake, but it’s quite Score __/7
_______________. (HARM)
3 He’s an amazing athlete. He has _______________
(NATURE) ability.
4 Gina likes learning _______________ facts.
(SCIENCE) Her favourite subject is physics.

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Unit 9 Test: Standard

5 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct forms _________________________________________

of the pairs of verbs in the box.
6 / the debate / won / If / had / prepared / you /
can not / finish can not / see may / take may not / get would’ve / better / arguments / you / .
might / leave might not / hear must / go _________________________________________
1 Ana: Why is Alex’s car here? I thought he was 7 / hungry / wouldn’t / if / had / more / You / have / you
going to Bristol. / eaten / been / breakfast / .
Ben: He _______________ on the bus. _________________________________________
2 Amy: Have you seen my phone? Score __/7
Zac: You _______________ it in the classroom.
7 Read about the children’s author Sharon Creech.
3 Liz: I think I saw Fiona coming out of the library Complete the sentences about her with the verbs
this morning. given.
Mae: You _______________ her. She’s away in Sharon Creech was born in Ohio, US. When she
Edinburgh this week.
was young, she wanted to be many things,
4 Sam: Here’s my essay.
including a singer, but she couldn’t sing very
Bob: You _______________ it already. That well. It wasn’t until she went to college and
was quick!
studied literature that she considered being an
5 Eve: My neighbour is usually friendly, but he
author.
ignored my question yesterday.
Max: Oh, that’s weird. He _______________ Sharon then became a teacher in England. While
you.
she was teaching, she learned lots of new things
6 Jon: Who took my charger? It was in the about writing and wrote a couple of books for
kitchen.
adults.
Tom: Sue _______________ it. She was in the
kitchen earlier. When she was in England, she missed her family
7 Ava: I sent a text to Liam to say we were a lot and it inspired her to write her first fiction
meeting at 7 pm. I don’t know why he isn’t here.
book. It was based on a trip her family took to
Dan: He _______________ your message. Idaho when she was 12. The book, Walk Two
Score __/7 Moons, won the Newbery Award.

6 Put the words in order to make conditional

1 If Sharon _______________ (be able) to sing, she
sentences. Add commas where necessary.
_______________ to be a singer. (like)
1 / I / bought / If / your birthday / known / was / had / it
2 If she _______________ (go) to college to study
/ would’ve / a present / you / I / .
literature, she _______________ (consider) being
_________________________________________ an author.
2 / they / they / hadn’t / that day / visited / If / the 3 If she _______________ (become) a teacher, she
accident / wouldn’t / the lake / had / have / . _______________ (learn) how to write.
_________________________________________ 4 If her parents _______________ (take) her on
holiday to Idaho, she _______________ (write)
3 / booked / in advance / we / been able / a room
Walk Two Moons.
/wouldn’t / hadn’t / if / We / have / to get / .
Score __/4
_________________________________________
4 / the party / won / young people / If / would’ve / the
election/ more / had / voted / .
_________________________________________
5 / train / discovered / wouldn’t / she / If / gone / by /
have / the treasure / had / she / .

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Unit 9 Test: Standard

Use of English
1 A natural C mysterious
8 Choose the best answers to complete the text. B valuable D colourful
Did you know that there’s a word for someone 2 A national symbols C anthems
who studies flags? It’s a vexillologist. B currencies D capitals

I’m not really a vexillologist, but I do find flags 3 A can’t C must

fascinating. They are more than just B might not D could

1 __________ pieces of cloth flying in the wind. 4 A members C politicians
They are 2 __________, which have played an B royal family D political parties
important part in countries’ histories. It’s not 5 A votes C laws
totally clear where the idea of flying flags came B campaigns D symbols
from, but it is thought that they 3 __________
6 A haven’t C hadn’t
have first been used on warships to
B wouldn’t D didn’t
communicate with other armies.
7 A must C can’t
These days, we don’t fly the Union Jack very B may D mightn’t
much in the UK; only on government buildings or 8 A emblem C treasure
palaces owned by the 4 __________. However, B legend D population
when visiting the US, I’m always surprised at how
Score __/8
many ‘Stars and Stripes’ you see flying outside
people’s houses.

Many countries have strict 5 __________ about

how, where and when flags can be flown. When I
was in Peru a few years ago, there were flags
everywhere on Independence Day. This was
because the national flag must be flown from
every building on that day. If people
6 __________ put the flag on the buildings, they
would’ve had to pay a fine of between
$20 and $300.

Some flags are very easy to recognise, like the

flags of Japan or Canada. However, some are
more difficult. You 7 __________ be confused
when you see the flags of Slovenia and Russia,
for example, which both have exactly the same
colour stripes. The only difference is the
8 __________ in the top left-hand corner of
Slovenia’s flag.

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Listening 11
Listen again and choose the best answers (A, B
or C).
9 Listen to a podcast about underwater
discoveries. What message can we learn from the 1 Which statues in the underwater museum are NOT
podcast? Tick the correct answer. mentioned?
a Things are not always what they seem.  A a crowd of people walking

b Swimming or diving in the sea can be dangerous B a group of people lying on the floor
and terrifying.  C a group of children in boats
c In 500 years, scientists will have discovered all of 2 How might you realise that the statues are not part
the ocean’s mysteries.  of an ancient civilisation?
Score __/1 A Because they are being filmed.

10 Listen again. Complete the sentences with the B Because of where they are.
correct numbers. C Because some of them are holding types of
1 The Atlantic Museum opened in __________. modern technology.

2 The city of Heracleion was discovered __________ 3 What type of place was Heracleion?
metres under the sea. A a market town
3 The ancient city had been hidden for __________ B a sea port
years.
C a capital city
4 They found statues which were almost __________
4 Historians …
metres tall.
A had never heard of the city of Heracleion before
5 They discovered __________ ships.
it was discovered.
6 It will take __________ years to discover all the
B couldn’t have believed that the city existed.
secrets of the lost city.
C knew about the city but didn’t know where it
Score __/6
was.
5 Scientists …
A can now explain what caused Heracleion to
disappear.
B have ideas about what might have happened to
it.
C won’t know what really happened to the city for
hundreds of years.
Score __/5

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Unit 9 Test: Standard

Reading monarch, but some politicians said that the general

public should not have to pay and that the queen
National treasures on fire should pay for the repairs herself.

In September 2018, Brazil’s precious National In the end, the queen opened parts of Buckingham
Museum was destroyed in a huge fire. Following an Palace, her London home, to the public for the first
investigation, police experts said that the fire must time, charging £8 for an entry ticket. The money
have been caused by a problem in the air- raised paid for most of the repairs to the castle, and
conditioning system. The museum in Rio de Janeiro the queen paid the rest. The final cost was about £36
was one of the oldest and most important scientific million (the equivalent of over £70 million today).
museums in the country. It had one of the most
valuable collections in the world, from prehistoric 12 Read the newspaper article. Do the statements
skeletons to an African royal chair. The museum had relate to the National Museum in Brazil (NM) or
been located in the Imperial Palace since 1889, when Windsor Castle in England (WC)?
the monarchy was removed from power. Brazil’s 1 Local people were extremely sad when the fire
president at the time, Michael Temer, said that losing happened. NM / WC
the museum was a national disaster for Brazil. Many
2 A member of the royal family donated money
Brazilians cried after their 200-year-old National
towards the rebuilding work. NM / WC
Museum was destroyed. Twenty million objects were
lost in the fire, many of which cannot be replaced. 3 Another country offered to help restore valuable
But, in the months that followed the tragedy, items. NM / WC
employees managed to find thousands of pieces, 4 A royal seat was lost in the fire. NM / WC
including treasured items such as Luzia, the earliest
5 The fire may have started when a light got too hot
human skull discovered in South America. Gradually,
and set fire to something nearby. NM / WC
with the help of other museums and foreign
governments, the museum is being brought back to 6 People who worked there helped to get some of the
life. Italy is one of the countries to offer help and has furniture out. NM / WC
lent over 2000 ancient items to the museum, Score __/6
including Roman statues and special wall paintings.
The country has also promised to provide expert help 13 Read the texts again and complete the sentences
to repair damaged objects which have been found with one word in each gap.
since the fire. 1 Before 1889, the Brazilian _______________ had
lived in the Imperial Palace.
In 1992, a fire suddenly started in Windsor Castle,
2 In the months following the museum fire, many
the largest lived-in castle in the world and one of the
items were _______________.
official homes of Queen Elizabeth II of England. It is
thought that the fire could have been started by a 3 Italy offered to help by lending and
light which overheated and set fire to a curtain which _______________ objects.
was hanging close by. The fire quickly travelled to 4 The _______________ owns Windsor Castle.
other buildings. Castle staff and soldiers formed a 5 Important objects from the library were
human chain and passed precious furniture, artwork _______________.
and valuable antiques to each other in order to try
6 The majority of the castle repairs was paid for by the
and save them. Luckily,
_______________.
300 clocks, a collection of tiny paintings and
thousands of historic books, manuscripts and Score __/6
drawings from the library were saved. However,
many other famous paintings and items of furniture
were destroyed. You cannot buy insurance to protect
royal castles like Windsor as the buildings and the
collections inside them are too valuable, so a debate
followed about who should pay for the repairs of the
castle. It is actually owned by the state, not the

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Unit 9 Test: Standard

14 What are the advantages and disadvantages of

saving old buildings? Give three points. Use ideas
Writing
in the text and/or other facts and opinions to justify
15 Write a story for your school magazine. Write 160–
your ideas.
200 words. Begin your story with the following:
 Think about the following:
A Lucky Find
 the country’s history, culture and identity
I had never been in our attic before …
 what the buildings are used for and what people
think of them
Your story must include:
 the cost of restoring them and the advantages of
modern buildings over old ones a mystery
_______________________________________________ something valuable you found
_______________________________________________
Checklist:
_______________________________________________
 Use narrative tenses, e.g. past simple, past
_______________________________________________
continuous, past perfect, used to.
_______________________________________________  Include words that explain when or in what
_______________________________________________ order events happened, e.g. At first, Then, As
soon as, While …
_______________________________________________
 Use must / may / might / can’t have to make
_______________________________________________ speculations or deductions about the
_______________________________________________ mystery.
 Organise your story into paragraphs.
Score __/3 _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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_______________________________________________
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_______________________________________________

Score __/10

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Speaking Vocabulary __/20

Grammar __/25
16 Work in pairs. Take it in turns to describe the Use of English __/8
photos below using expressions for making
speculations and deductions (may / might / could).
Listening __/12
If your partner stops speaking, ask them questions Reading __/15
about their photo. Writing __/10
Student A: Describe photo A. Speaking __/10
Student B: Describe photo B.
TOTAL __/100
Before you start, make notes individually about:
 where you think it is
 what you think is happening
 what you think the people are doing
 how you think the people are feeling

Score __/10

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