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Progress Test Unit 8 Test B

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Name: ___________________________________________

Grammar

1 Complete the text. Use the correct second conditional form of the verbs in brackets.

Cumbre Vieja, on the island of La Palma, is a super-volcano. Some scientists are worried that one

day it could erupt. If a large earthquake

_______________ (happen) on La Palma, it

______________ (start) a huge volcanic eruption. If the super-volcano

_______________ (erupt),

the explosion

_______________ (cause) an enormous landslide. If a large part of the volcano

_______________ (fall) into the sea, there would be a tsunami. The wave

_______________

(destroy) cities near the coast and kill many people if it

_______________ (strike) without warning.

Mark: ___ /7

2 Complete the second conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs below.

be buy communicate help not drive not work take visit

1 We

_______________

better with people around the world if we spoke several languages.

2 If we

_______________

everywhere, we

wouldn’t pollute the air so much.

3 Kate would be more relaxed if she

_______________

at the weekends.

4 Lots of people

_______________

scared if scientists predicted a volcanic eruption.

5 If I went to New York, I

_______________

the Statue of Liberty.

6 We would use less energy in our homes if we

_______________

fewer machines.

7 I get the train at 9.30 a.m. If I

_______________ the

eight o’clock train, I wouldn’t get a seat.

8 If we gave more money to charity, it

_______________

people in poor countries.

Mark: ___ /8

3 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I wish I

_______________

(know) Harry’s mobile phone number. I’m worried about him.

2 I wish I

_______________

(play) the piano. It’s a beautiful instrument.

3 I wish we

_______________

(can) go to the beach, but it’s too far to cycle.

4 I wish I

_______________

(not have) a Saturday job. I can’t go to the park with my friends.

5 I wish that painting

_______________

(not be) so expensive. I’d like to buy it.

Mark: ___ /5

Progress Test Unit 8 Test B

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Vocabulary

4 Match 1

–5 with a–e to make sentences.

1 Doctors in the area

2 The flood waters reached

3 The terrible heat of

4 The landslide

5 The TV report showed the route of

a struck the village and destroyed all the homes in its path.

b the forest fire has stopped any rescue attempts for now.

c the tornado: it struck the city and then moved east.

d villages along the river and damaged many buildings.

e say that thousands of people are now ill with the disease.

1 ____ 2 ____ 3 ____ 4 ____ 5 ____

Mark: ___ /5

5 Complete the sentences with the words/phrases below.

donate dress up left-overs money packaging pollution raffle reduce reuse
take part

1 Every year I help Mum sell tickets for the Christmas ____________ .

2 We ____________ jars from the supermarket when we make jam in the summer.

We’re trying to ____________ waste at home, so we recycle glass, metal and paper.

4 The charity shop is asking people to ____________ old clothes and toys.

5 In the London Marathon, lots of runners ____________ in funny costumes to attract attention.

6 All the plastic we throw away will cause ____________ for hundreds of years.

It’s important to think about what we buy and whether we can recycle the ____________ .

8 Mum and Dad make a big dinner on Friday and then we eat the ____________ for lunch on

Saturday.

There’s a sponsored swim for charity next month. Why don’t we ____________ ?

I’m doing a sponsored run this weekend to raise ____________ for Children in Need.

Mark: ___ /10

Progress Test Unit 8 Test B

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6 Choose the correct answers.

1 The landslide ______ many houses in the village.

a destroyed b destruction

c destroy

2 The ______ has continued for months and thousands of animals have died.

a drought

b flood

c explosion

3 A ______ with an asteroid might be a devastating disaster for the Earth.

a collide

b collision

c damage

4 Doctors say millions of people will ______ of the disease.

a injure

b fail

c die

5 The emergency services managed to ______ the two boys from the sea.

a strike

b rescue

c injure

Mark: ___ /5

Translation

7 Translate the Polish parts of the sentences into English.

1 If I lived on La Palma, (n

iepokoiłbym się wybuchem wulkanicznym)

_________________________ .

2 (

Wolałbym raczej przekazać pieniądze) _________________________ than collect old clothes.

3 I wish they (nie

używali plastikowych reklamówek) _________________________ in my local

shop.

4 Please support me. I (b

iorę udział w marszu charytatywnym) _________________________ .

5 (Gdybym

została porwana przez lawinę) _________________________ , I’d be terrified.

Grammar: _____/5 Vocabulary: _____/5

Mark: ___ /10

Listening

8  Listen to people taking part in a radio phone-in. Complete the sentences with the correct

speaker, A, B, C, D or E. There is one extra sentence you do not need.

Speaker ______

is doing a sponsored run.

2 Speaker ______ is raising money for animals.

3 Speaker ______ is dressed up as an animal.

4 Speaker ______ is collecting unwanted things to help his/her community.

5 Speaker ______ is holding a raffle.

6 Speaker ______ is donating clothes to disaster victims.

Mark: ___ /5

Progress Test Unit 8 Test B

Reading

9 Read the text. Are the sentences are true or false?

Earthquakes

Every year there are over 150,000 earthquakes around the world. Many are very small and people don’t notice
them. Others, like the ones in Haiti in 2010, or Japan in 2011, cause terrible damage and can destroy whole
towns and cities.

Scientists study the Earth and know where earthquakes are likely to happen. Some countries have a much
higher risk than others. Japan has on average 1,500 earthquakes every year. In Britain there are 140. The
earthquakes in Britain are usually very small and don’t cause damage to people’s houses. In Japan there are
much bigger earthquakes, and many modern buildings are specially built so that they don’t get damaged by the
movement of the earth.

One of the big problems with earthquakes is that we don’t know when they are going to happen. Scientists can
tell us where a big earthquake will probably happen, but they can’t tell us the date or the time. If we could
predict earthquakes, we could prepare for them. If we were prepared, we could save lives by moving people
away from the earthquake area.

In the future things may be different, however. In the 1970s, Chinese scientists noticed something interesting
about the behaviour of animals. In the winter of 1974 lots of snakes woke up from their winter sleep and came
out into the cold. That winter there were several earthquakes in the north of China. In January the following
year, people around the city of Haicheng noticed that lots of farm animals like cows and horses were nervous
and refused to go into buildings at night. In February there was a large earthquake in the area. Its centre was in
Haicheng.

1 There are over 150,000 serious earthquakes annually.

_____

2 Japan has over ten times more earthquakes annually than Britain.

_____

3 All new buildings are safe in an earthquake.

_____

4 If we could say where earthquakes will happen, we could rescue more people. _____

5 Scientists think that animals may know that an earthquake is coming.

_____

Mark: ___ /5

Writing

10 Organizujesz

zbiórkę pieniędzy na zakup nowego sprzętu dla waszej szkoły. Napisz

ogłoszenie informujące o tym wydarzeniu, które umieścisz na szkolnej tablicy ogłoszeń.



Wyjaśnij, w jakim celu organizujesz zbiórkę.



Poinformuj kiedy,

się ona odbędzie.



Poproś uczniów o pomoc przy organizacji imprezy.



Zachęć wszystkich do udziału w tym wydarzeniu.

Treść

Język

Razem

Informacja 1

–1

Informacja 2

–1

Informacja 3

–1

Informacja 4

–1

___/5

Mark: ___ /5

Total: ___ /65