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Unit 2 Test A

Listening 1 Have you got any / some / much books?


2 Do you drink many / a few / a lot of water?
1 Listen
1.03 to a talk about the environment. Then
3 There’s a few / many / a bit of cheese.
write true or false. Correct the false sentences.
(10 marks) 4 How many / any / much milk is there?
5 There isn’t any / some / one or two salad.
1 There aren’t many people in the audience.
____________________________________________ 6 I bought much / one or two / a bit of presents.
2 The speaker puts words on a board.
5 Complete the sentences with too, too much, too
____________________________________________
many or enough. (12 marks)
3 The speaker watched a film in New York on
1 There were _________________ people at the
14th May 2006.
____________________________________________ concert. We couldn’t move.

4 Dave doesn’t wear new clothes. 2 You didn’t give me _________________ money. I
____________________________________________ need €5 more.
5 The speaker doesn’t eat many kiwis. 3 They looked _________________ tired to run.
____________________________________________ 4 I ate _________________ food, so I felt ill.
5 We didn’t wear _________________ clothes, so

Vocabulary we were cold!


6 He isn’t tall _________________.
2 Complete the collocations. You do not need one
of the words. (10 marks) 6 Complete the sentences. Use who, which or
where and a phrase from the box. (8 marks)
bag bar can carton jar packet tube
gives you homework  you can buy bread
a bag of apples comes from New Zealand is never late we met
1 a ______________ of toothpaste Jill is a person who is never late.
2 a ______________ of crisps 1 The baker’s is a shop ________________________.
3 a ______________ of milk 2 The kiwi is a fruit ____________________________
4 a ______________ of coffee ______________________.
5 a ______________ of chocolate 3 This is the place ____________________________.
4 A teacher is someone ________________________
3 Write the verbs for the definitions. (10 marks)
_____________________.
1 put something under the ground:
7 Complete the definitions. Use a relative
b__ __ __
pronoun and your own ideas. (8 marks)
2 stop something bad happening to someone or
A hotel is a place where you stay on holiday.
something: s__ __ __
1 An artist is a person _________________________
3 make something new from something you throw ___________________________________________
away: r__ __ __ __ __ __ 2 A school is a place __________________________
4 cause a lot of damage to something: ___________________________________________
d__ __ __ __ __ __ 3 A camera is a thing _________________________
5 make the environment dirty or unhealthy: ___________________________________________
p__ __ __ __ __ __ 4 A doctor is a person ________________________
___________________________________________

Language focus
4 Choose the correct words. (12 marks)

1
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Grammar _______ / 50
Reading _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100
Unit 2 Test A
Reading d Introduction ___
e Cleaning up your area ___
8 Read the text below. Then complete the f Using less electricity at home ___
summary. Write one or two words in each gap.
g Environmentally-friendly travel ___
(4 marks)
This text is about different ways to help
Communication
(1) ____________ (what?) which (2) ____________
(who?) can do. It includes (3) _____________ 10 Complete the dialogue. You don’t need one of
the verbs. (10 marks)
(how many?) main suggestions. The writer thinks
that we need to start doing these things appreciate could help mind shall want
(4) _____________ (when?).
A I’m looking forward to the party, Marta. Do
you
A GUIDE TO SAVING want me to (1) ___________ you with anything?
THE ENVIRONMENT B I’d really (2) ____________ it if you don’t mind.
(1) _______________________________________ A (3) ____________ I bring some food?
We all want to reduce our impact on the environment. What can we B Do you (4) _____________?
do to make a difference? Here are some ideas which everyone can
A No, that’s fine. If you (5) ____________, I can
try:
bring some drinks, too.
(2) _______________________________________
● Cars, motorcycles and planes all cause a lot of pollution. Try to
walk or cycle. If your journey is longer, use public transport, Writing
such as buses or trains.
11 Write so or because. (5 marks)
(3) _______________________________________
● We throw away a lot of items which we can use again. Did you 1 I’m tired ___________ I didn’t sleep last night.
know that recycling one tin can save enough energy to power a 2 It’s cold, ___________ wear a coat.
television for three hours?
3 We’re worried ___________ she’s very late.
(4) _______________________________________
4 He is upset ___________ he failed the exam.
● We throw away a third of everything we buy at the supermarket.
But at least half of the items which we throw away are still fresh 5 They were hungry, ___________ they had
and tasty! lunch.
(5) _______________________________________
12 Imagine you saw lots of rubbish in your local
● Buy things which don’t have much packaging. Governments are
park. Write an email to a newspaper editor about
trying to make supermarkets reduce their use of packaging, but
the problem. Use the ideas to help you.
progress is slow.
(5 marks)
(6) _______________________________________
● Rubbish in the streets looks horrible, but it is also an Paragraph 1: describe the situation
environmental problem. Rubbish can pollute the water we drink There’s a lot of rubbish … People throw away …
and the ground we grow plants in. Paragraph 2: causes
I think there are a few reasons for this.
If we all act now, we can make a difference!
Firstly, there aren’t enough … Secondly, …
Paragraph 3: solutions
We must … We need to …

9 Match paragraphs 1–6 with headings a–g. There


is one heading you don’t need. (6 marks)
a Reusing rubbish ___
b Fewer plastic bags and containers ___
c Reducing food waste ___

Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary_______ / 20 Language focus_______ / 40 2


Reading _______ / 10 Communication
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 _______ / 10
Vocabulary_______ / 20Writing_______ / 10 TOTAL_______
Language focus_______ / 40 / 100
Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing_______ / 10 TOTAL_______ / 100

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