Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

LANGUAGE TEST 9B

UNIT 9

1

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the

words in brackets.

(14 points)

If you agree to help me, I 

’ll never forget

(never/forget) it.

1 She couldn’t have finished it if you

__________________ (not/help) her.

2 I __________________ (be able to) make

something to eat now if we’d gone to the
shop this morning!

3 Unless you explain it slowly, he

__________________ (not/understand).

4 She would give you a lift if you

__________________ (ask) her.

5 When we have a test the teacher

__________________ (never/let) us use
dictionaries.

6 If I’d known it was going to rain,

I __________________ (come) in the car.

7 If I see her, I __________________ (not/tell)

her anything.

8 They can gift-wrap it for you if you

__________________ (ask) them.

9 I suppose I should __________________

(check) the map last night.

10 If only we __________________ (think) of

that before we started!

11 What a waste of time. I should

__________________ (read) the instructions
more carefully.

12 I wish you __________________ (consider)

things a little more carefully instead of just
jumping in with both feet.

13 We __________________ (better/phone) him

before we start. He might have gone out.

14 If only you __________________ (no/live)

so far away!

2

Choose the correct answers.

(7 points)

The young girl’s forgery / kidnapping /
hijacking lasted for three weeks.

1 The blackmailer / con artist / fraudster

demanded £1 million for the return of the
scandalous photographs.

2 Nobody suspected the director but he

embezzled / forged / defrauded millions of
pounds from the company over several years.

3 It was a clever blackmailing / hijacking /

scam which tricked a lot of people.

4 He pretended to be a long-lost relative who

needed a place to stay, but it was all just
a stunt / white-collar crime / a confidence
trick to steal our money.

5 He had two lives: one as a criminal genius, the

other as a legitimate / imitating /
masquerading academic.

6 He got access to the bank by impersonating /

masquerading / pretending as a policeman.

7 The blackmailers / fraudsters / hijackers

demanded $10 million for the release of the
hostages.

3

Complete the collocations. The first letter of each

word is given.

(5 points)

The new stereo

c

ost

me an arm and a leg.

1 I’m going to i_________ some time in the

garden and start a vegetable plot there.

2 The film l_________ almost three hours.

It was far too long.

3 I hate it when I’m trying to talk and people

don’t

p_________ attention.

4 You lost the bet so p_________ up.
5 It t_________ me most of the evening to write

the essay but I think I’ve done a good job with it.

4

Complete the sentences with the missing words.

(4 points)

He died in prison at the age of 65, yet more
proof that crime doesn’t

pay

.

1 The price isn’t bad but you have to buy

batteries, a case, a charger and headphones –
that’s quite a lot of hidden _________.

2 You were laughing at us yesterday. Well now

it’s _________ time!

3 I don’t know what I’d have done if you hadn’t

helped me. Thanks a lot, I _________ you one.

4 We worked really hard to get a win in our last

match and now we’re _________ the price.

kidnapping /

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