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Score: ____________ / 50 points

PROGRESS TEST 2B

units 5–8

PHOTOCOPIABLE

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1

Choose the correct answers.

(5 points)

The government should spend more on
recycling / renewable energy.

1 The tiger is an endangered / disposable

species. If we’re not careful tigers will
disappear completely.

2 How do you earn your life / living?
3 I haven’t got any money. Can you pay my bus

fine / fare please?

4 Kate is inexperienced / promoted because

she has never had a job before.

5 I always wear lifejackets / goggles when I go

swimming to protect my eyes.

6 We love cooking so we’re going to stay in

self-catering / en suite accommodation.

7 My favourite bird is the kitten / raven.
8 How long does it take for plastic to

decompose / dispose?

9 I don’t like looking out of the window on

planes, I prefer an

aisle / overhead seat.

10 Do you think you are going to enroll / enlist

at university?

2

Complete the missing words. The first letter of each

word is given.

(5 points)

3

Complete the text with the correct forms of the

words in capital letters.

(10 points)

The town I live in is very

attractive (ATTRACT)

although it is in the middle of an

1

_____________

(INDUSTRY) area. There are about 230,000

2

_____________ (HABIT) living there so it’s not

too big. I live near a big

3

_____________ (SHOP)

centre which is usually busy. There’s a 24-hour
supermarket and there’s always someone there.
Luckily, it’s never too

4

_____________ (NOISE) –

it’s usually quite quiet and it’s a 

5

_____________

(PLEASE) to shop there. Of course, there are
some

6

_____________ (ADVANTAGE) to living in

a small town – there aren’t so many things for
young people to do so they can get bored
sometimes. However, there is a big

7

_____________ (EXHIBIT) centre and there are

concerts there which young people can attend.
Another good thing about my town is that
although there is some

8

_____________

(POLLUTE) the air is quite clean. Also, the local
council is very keen on

9

_____________

(RECYCLE) so there are bins for glass and paper
everywhere. That’s great if you’re worried about

10

_____________ (GLOBE) warming like I am.

4

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the

words in brackets.

(5 points)

If you come to class late, the teacher

will be

(be) angry.

1 Elephants can’t jump. If they ___________

(be able to) jump, it ___________ (be)
interesting to watch!

2 ‘I don’t believe it’s true!’

She said she ___________ (believe) it was
true.

3 That hotel ___________ (build) in 1996, but it

___________ (paint) at the moment.

4 Many scientists think that climate change

___________ (probably/get) worse in the
future. It’s very likely.

5 Jenny is very good at music and she’s

practised a lot. I’m sure she ___________
(pass) her music exam.

6 I might see John later. If I ___________ (see)

him, I ___________ (tell) him about the party.

7 I’ve arranged to meet Sally. We ___________

(play) tennis at 5 o’clock.

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I’m an e

cologist because I think it’s important to look

after the environment. In my opinion, people

1 

t____________ too many things away and far too

much rubbish goes to the rubbish

2 

d____________.

I think people should

3 

s____________their rubbish

and try to be more environmentally friendly. We
should definitely stop using plastic because it takes
hundreds of years to

4 

b____________ down. I’m

also worried about the number of species that are in
danger of becoming

5 

e____________ , for example,

soon there won’t be any white tigers. In my

6 

l____________ hundreds of species have

disappeared, and I’m only twenty years old! It’s also
worrying that the number of natural

7 

d____________ such as earthquakes or hurricanes

is

8 

i____________ – there are more now than there

used to be. I think scientists should look

9 

i____________ this problem and find solutions.

If not, in the future we will have to

10 

d____________

with much more serious issues.

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PROGRESS TEST 2B

units 5–8

5

Complete the second sentence so that it has the

same meaning as the first.

(8 points)

Everyone watches that programme.
That programme

is watched by everyone.

1 ‘A woman saw a ghost here yesterday!’ he claimed.

He claimed that a woman _________________.

2 ‘Where do you live?’ the policeman said to the

boy.
The policeman ___________________________.

3 They are cleaning the room at the moment.

The room ________________________________
at the moment.

4 A fire has destroyed the castle.

The castle _______________________________
by a fire.

5 Is anyone looking after you?

Are you _________________________________
by anyone?

6 ‘Are you listening to me?’

I asked Katie _____________________________
to me.

7 ‘Please write the answers on the board,’ the

teacher said to me.
The teacher asked ________________________
the answers on the board.

8 ‘Be quiet!’ the teacher said to the students.

The teacher told _________________________
quiet.

6

Complete the text with one word in each gap. (9 points)

7

Choose the correct answers.

(8 points)

If you ____ me about your problems,
I’d have helped you.

a had told

c told

b have told

d would tell

1 I won’t go skiing _____ you go too.
a as long as

c because

b unless

d as soon as

2 Experts say a super-volcano _____ erupt in

the next ten years.

a won’t certainly

c is certain

b is unlikely

d probably won’t

3 _____ the plane leaves in the next ten

minutes, we won’t miss our connecting flight.

a So long

c As soon as

b As long as

d When

4 ‘Don’t touch it!’ she said to me.

She _____ me not to touch it.

a said

c told

b asked

d replied

5 ‘I want to go there because I like classical

music,’ Jane said.
Jane _____ that she wanted to go there
because she liked classical music.

a agreed

c complained

b explained

d promised

6 According to scientists, there _____ another

pandemic.

a will definitely be

c definitely will be

b will be definitely

d sure to be

7 ‘Yes, you’re right,’ Mike said to me.

Mike _____ that I was right.

a claimed

c asked

b agreed

d threatened

8 If I ____ John, I’d definitely apply for a new

job.

a had been

c will be

b was

d were

Sharks

are amazing fish. Did you know we need sharks

to keep the oceans clean? If we

1

__________ not have

sharks, our oceans wouldn’t be so clean. However,
many species of shark are in danger. Every year, many
sharks

2

__________ killed because people think the

sharks are dangerous. As a result, many species of
shark are

3

__________ to become extinct. If this

happens, we

4

__________ have a problem. Why? Well,

5

________ that sharks eat old fish and dead fish, the

water stays clean and other fish and animals can live
there. Now marine biologists in Australia have started
a campaign to help sharks. Schools all over Australia
have been visited

6

__________ the campaigners. They

hope that if they educate children, fewer sharks

7

__________ be killed in the future. The campaign

8

__________ won’t make everyone think differently

about sharks, but it might help. It’s clear that

9

__________ we do something about the problem

now, it will soon be too late.

Nature Concerns

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