Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

unit 4

language TeST 4a

1

Complete the text with the correct forms of the

words in brackets.

(15 points)

3

Complete the sentences with words formed from the

words in capital letters.

(6 points)

I have a very good

relationship

with my

brother.

rElaTIoN

1 I’m terribly forgetful but luckily my boss

is very _________ of it.

TolEraTE

2 as a writer, he’s not very _________, you

never know what he’ll produce.

CoNSIST

3 I love that film. There are so many

wonderful _________ in it.

PErForM

4 Well, does anybody have any _________

as to how to deal with the problem? SUGGEST

5 This instruction manual is in Chinese!

It’s completely _________.

USE

6 recent medical _________ have given hope

of better medicines to deal with a number
of diseases.

dEvEloP

4

Complete the sentences with the adverbs from the

box. There is one extra adverb that you do not need.

(5 points)

gradually  rudely  continuously  slightly 

nervously  eerily  strongly

outside, it was cold but she opened the
window

slightly

to let in some air.

1 a light rain fell _________ from morning to

night.

2 The old house was _________ quiet and she

felt afraid.

3 at first things were very tense but then

_________ we started to relax.

4 afraid that it might be bad news, she

_________ picked up the phone.

5 ‘What do you think you’re doing?’ he asked

_________.

2

Complete the sentences with the missing words.

(4 points)

I can see a sign but I can’t

m

a

k

e

o

u

t

what

it says.

1 after the accident he _ i _ _ e _ badly when

he walked.

2 He looked so strange I couldn’t help but

_ _ _ r _ at him.

3 He just sat there and _ _ n _ _ r _ _ what to

do next.

4 We _ a _ _ e _ _ u _ to her but she didn’t

hear us.

The inspiration for the poem

came

(come) to me

as I 

1

___________ (walk) down by the river.

It

2

___________ (not/be) my first trip there,

3

___________ (walk) along the path there three

times already that week without any ideas coming
to me, but this time

4

___________ (be) different.

It

5

___________ (not/come) to me immediately:

I 

6

___________ (already/walk) there for some time

when I 

7

___________ (see) a small black plastic

bag down by the water, then another and another
and another. Somebody – or perhaps many
people –

8

___________ (throw) these bin bags

down there, full of old clothes, bits of food, paper,
tins, bottles and all sorts of unpleasant things.
Looking at the bags, suddenly I 

9

___________

(feel) inspired and

10

___________ (begin) to write.

I 

11

___________ (describe) the scene in detail, and

hurried home to email my poem to a publisher as
soon as I 

12

___________ (can). When the reply

13

___________ (come) I 

14

___________ (already/

think) about how rich and famous I would be and
I 

15

___________ (read) the reply excitedly: ‘Dear

Mr Pinter, Let me be honest. Your poem is not only
about rubbish, it is rubbish. Best Regards,
Jonathan Cutter.’

The end of anoTher dream

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