Progress Te Test st
Unit 6
Test Te st B
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Grammar 1
Rewrit Rewrite e the the direct direct speech speech as repo reporte rted d speec speech. h. 1
‘I will will neve neverr forge forgett you, you, Sheil Sheila,’ a,’ said said Fred Fred Fred told Sheila
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‘"ur grand# grand#aren arents ts are thin$in thin$ing g of moving moving to a village village ne%t ne%t year,’ year,’ the the $ids said said The $ids said
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‘Steve ‘Steve does doesn’t n’t $now $now my my surna surname, me,’’ 'mil 'mily y said said 'mily said
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‘I )an’t )an’t go to the the )inema )inema with with you tonigh tonight,’ t,’ Sean Sean said said to *anna *annah h last Saturda Saturday y +ast Saturday, Sean told *annah
‘-e won’t won’t .e a.le a.le to finish finish the the wor$ wor$ on time,’ time,’ the wor$e wor$ers rs told their their .oss .oss The wor$ers told their .oss
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‘I’ve never never had any any mysteri mysteries es I )ould )ouldn’t n’t solve,’ solve,’ the dete) dete)tive tive said said The dete)tive said
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‘I’m .uying .uying a #resent #resent for for mysel myselff today today,’ ,’ 0elly 0elly said said 0elly said
‘-e visited visited '%ete '%eterr last last wee$,’ wee$,’ 2r and and 2rs 2)3ormi) 2)3ormi)$ $ said said 2r and 2rs 2)3ormi)$ told us
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‘I dou.t dou.t you5ll you5ll .e a.le to live live in a remote remote mounta mountain in village village for for very long,’ long,’ *elen *elen said said to +u$e +u$e *elen told +u$e
1 ‘I’ve 7ust seen an alien s#a)e)raft,’ s#a)e)raft,’ 2ary said said to re#orters re#orters 2ary told re#orters
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Progress Test 2
Unit 6
Test B
Rewrite the qestions as reported qestions. 1 ‘:re we going to the foot.all game this Saturday;’ *arry as$ed
‘-ill you go to university after you leave s)hool;’ my tea)her as$ed me =========================================================================
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‘-here were you at the time of the ro..ery;’ the #oli)eman as$ed 2r and 2rs -illis =========================================================================
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‘*ave you interviewed the neigh.ours a.out the in)ident;’ I as$ed the ins#e)tor =========================================================================
‘-hen are you going to )ome home;’ >i)$ as$ed his girlfriend =========================================================================
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‘3an you tell me what ha##ened last night;’ the re#orter as$ed the woman =========================================================================
‘-here does your .oyfriend wor$;’ I as$ed 2i)helle =========================================================================
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‘-hat did you see when the 9F" landed;’ the do)tor as$ed 2i$e =========================================================================
1 ‘-hy did our guests have to leave so early;’ ?ason as$ed his #arents ========================================================================= Mark ___/10
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Test B
@o)a.ulary !
Read the sentences and complete the compond nons. 1
: long metal )urtain ========== held u# the thi)$ green )urtains
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The )at loves sitting on the ==========sill, loo$ing out at the garden
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I loo$ed through the $ey========== .ut it was dar$ inside the room
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There was a noise )oming from under the ==========.oards, .ut when we lifted them u# we )ouldn’t find anything there
It was getting dar$ so I swit)hed on the ========== lam# on my des$
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The garden was full of ==========.eds with tuli#s, roses and #etunias
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Aou )an #ut your dinner on the ========== ta.le in the living room and sit on the floor to eat
?ayne $ee#s all her favourite novels on a .oo$========== a.ove her .ed
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They don5t want anyone to smo$e in the room, so there are no ==========trays
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#atch the materials to the ob$ects made %rom them. There is one material &o do not need. )hina
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========== doll, #late
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========== mirror, .ottle
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========== shoes, .elt
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========== statue, ste#s
========== lam# shade, )urtain
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(hoose the correct answers. 1
I’ve never )ome across C ot C to a .etter .oo$ than
Cloud Atlas
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-hy don’t we )all into C on C a%ter Petra; I thin$ she lives near here
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I’m loo$ing into C %or C a%ter my notes *ave you see them anywhere;
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I )aught the flu last month It too$ me ages to get ot ) o*er ) %rom it
S)ientists are loo$ing p ) across ) into the origins of the universe
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Unit 6
Test B
9se of 'nglish 6
(omplete the te+t with an appropriate word in each gap. The Flannan Isles are a group of seven tiny islands off the north-west coast of Scotland. In 1899, a lighthouse was built on the largest of the islands to warn passing ships about the dangerous rocs around the islands. Three !en had to be in the lighthouse at all ti!es to eep the light burning as a warning to any boats in the area. "n the night of 1# $ece!ber 19%%, a passing ship reported 1 &&&&&&&&&&&& they hadn't seen a light in the lighthouse. They told the people on land ! &&&&&&&&&&&& they had seen it on the night before, and with no reason for it to be out, this was curious. (owever, because of e)tre!e weather, the people on land weren't able to send a boat out to chec if everything was oay until *+ $ece!ber. (owever, when they reached the island, and got & &&&&&&&&&&&& their boat, the door of the lighthouse was loced. hen they looed ( &&&&&&&&&&&& the windows they saw the cloc on the wall had stopped and there was no fire in the &&&&&&&&&&&& . hen they !anaged to get 6 &&&&&&&&&&&& the lighthouse, they ca!e / &&&&&&&&&&&& a full !eal cooed and prepared and still on the table. They looed for the !en in the lighthouse and around the island, but they had disappeared. t the ti!e, so!e people thought the !en !ight &&&&&&&&&&&& been idnapped by passing pirates. "thers believed the !en could 4 &&&&&&&&&&&& gone !ad because of being on the island for too long, and thrown the!selves into the sea. (owever, when the people in charge of the lighthouse looed 1 &&&&&&&&&&&& the event, they concluded that the !en had probably fallen into the sea during a large stor!. Mark ___/10
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Unit 6
Test B
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to #oll& taling abot her holida&. (hoose the correct answers.
2olly says that 2alta a
is more mysterious than +o)h >ess
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made a very strong im#ression on her
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is wellD$nown for its mysteries
-hen 2olly was as$ed to go on holiday, she e%#e)ted a
0ate to tea)h her a.out 2alta’s )ulture and history
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a more interesting holiday than the one she had
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to s#end her time sun.athing and #artying
-hat does 2olly say a.out the 2osta
It is the .iggest )hur)h of the three on the island
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It has an im#ressive stru)ture
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2ore than & #eo#le died there on 4 :#ril 14(!
-hat 2olly finds most interesting a.out the Stone :ge tem#les is that a
no one $nows what ha##ened to the #eo#le who .uilt them
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they were used for thousands of years
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they were .uilt 6, years ago
3la#ham ?un)tion in 2alta a
is a large networ$ of )anals designed to )arry rainwater
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is a large railway station that #eo#le no longer use
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was given its name .y an 'nglish visitor to 2alta
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Unit 6
Test B
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Read the article. #atch each paragraph 10' with the heading 0 that best %its. There is one heading &o do not need. Mystery book
1 &&&&&&&&&&&&& "ne of the !ost !ysterious boos in the world is the so-called oynich !anuscript. The na!e refers to ilfrid oynich, a boo collector who bought the !anuscript in Italy in 191*. e do not now who wrote the !anuscript or why, but scientific analysis shows that it probably dates fro! the fifteenth century and was written in northern Italy. tte!pts to trace the history of the !anuscript have identified so!e of its previous eepers, but have opened up !ore /uestions than they have answered. * &&&&&&&&&&&&& The boo is about *0% pages long and appears to have si) !ain parts. It is richl y illustrated with pictures of plants, ani!als, people and stars. There are !any theories about the subect !atter of the !anuscript. The pictures suggest that the !anuscript !ay be a handboo for doctors woring with herbs, but no one nows for sure. hy is that the case2 3ecause no-one can read it4 5 &&&&&&&&&&&&& The boo was written in a language that nobody has been able to read, using letters that nobody recognises. 6any people thin the boo is written in code, but even the !ost e)perienced code-breaers have been unable to translate it. 7)perts have identified about 5% recurring letters or sy!bols that !ay correspond to an encoded alphabet however, there are also a nu!ber of letters or sy!bols that appear only once or twice in the whole boo. There appear to be nearly 5#,%%% words' in the !anuscript. 0 &&&&&&&&&&&&& 7)perts usually agree that the first section is about plants, and t hat the first word on each page is the na!e of a plant. This section follows the pattern of !edieval herbal guides with descriptions and careful illustrations. 3ut this does not !ae it easier to understand the !anuscript because nobody recognises the plants. So!e l oo fa!iliar, but the pictures often show peculiar details that don't !atch any nown plants, or they co!bine the roots of one plant with the flowers, fruit and leaves of other species. # &&&&&&&&&&&&& So!e people suggest the boo !ust have been a ind of tric or hoa) and that the reason we cannot understand it is that it doesn't !ean anything. "thers argue that it can't have been ust a oe because writing *0% pages and drawing the co!ple) pictures !ust have taen !onths and been a lot of hard wor. "ne theory is that so!eone with a !ental illness wrote the boo, and that it is a product of his or her i!agination. e !ay never now, but the oynich !anuscript continues to be one of the world's greatest !ysteries.
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3 : magi)al garden; < The author’s identity '
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"rigins and owners
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Unit 6
Test B
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4magine &o are going to an international stdent con%erence in the U5 ne+t month where &o will be taing part in a discssion abot &or e+periences o% learning a langage. 7rite a %ormal letter 812901'9 words to the organisers to as %or in%ormation abot the con%erence. 4nclde the %ollowing: • •
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'%#lain why you are writing and as$ for a )o#y of the )onferen)e #rogramme
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