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language and skills test 3b

Units 5&6

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Rep ace the under ined words! 0 1 I know a lot about global heating. warming Stop taking fun of him. It's not nice! __________ 2 ur houses are very close to each other. !e's our close neighbour. __________ 3 I forgot my dad's birthday this week. I was really e"cited. __________ 4 There are often transport #ams in rush hour. __________ 5 The bus was really reliable $ all the seats were taken and many people had to stand. __________

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!ow do you get out with your younger brother& __________

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I feel really frightened about breaking your favourite mug. 'an I buy you a new one& __________ /7

#ut the verbs in brac$ets into the correct tense! 0 1 2 (hy are you so late& I )ve been waiting *wait+ for you for over an hour! ,ook out! -ou __________ *crash+! The teacher __________ *e"plain+ the first conditional to us all morning. but I still don't understand it! 3 4 5 6 This #umper is very old. I__________ *have+ it for many years. I won't talk to her if she __________ *not apologise+ to me for her behaviour yesterday. Sue __________ *move+ to /ustralia at the beginning of ne"t year. Ian __________ *work+ for the same company for three years. but last summer he got a better #ob in ,ondon. " I'm sure mobile phones __________ *become+ more like pocket computers in the ne"t few years. /7

%hoose the best word a& b or c! 0 I think everybody __________ with 0r 1rown's criticism. a agree 1 b will agree c 's going to agree

2lease call me as soon as you __________this message. a get b will get c 're going to get

I haven't seen you __________ages. Tom!

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a for 3

b all

c since

(ill you remember to give it to 1ecky __________you see her& a before b when c unless

She __________to help me but I didn't need her help. a has been offering b has offered c offered

%o'p ete the text with one word in each gap!

(ow green are )ou* I care about the 4 environment and my family and I are 5uite green. (e try to %__________ energy by using less water and electricity. It's 5uite simple $ we take very short showers and we turn our central heating 3___________by % or 36'. That's 5uite easy. but it's more difficult to be green if you drive a car. I've 7__________ driving since I was %8 and I can't imagine my life without a car. !owever. my car 9__________ to work only takes about %4 minutes. so I guess I could think of some alternatives. 'ycling is probably a more environmentally$friendly option for me as there are 5uite a few cycle :__________ in my city. I ;___________going to cycle to work ne"t week and see what it's like. /6

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READING
6 Read the text about trains and fi '! Match the tit es 1 <6 with the correct descriptions a<f! 1. L'Arrive d'un train a La Citotat __________ 2. The Great Train Robbery__________ 3. From Russia with Love__________ 4. The Lady Vanishes__________ 5. Mission: m!ossib"e__________ 6. #erai"ed__________ a b c d e There is a dangerous fight on a train in this film. / film that made people run out of the cinema. / film with a crowd scene at a station. / romantic film where a couple meet on a train. / murder or mystery film that the writer recommends. /6 f This film was probably the best early film with a train in it.

+rains and the si ver screen /re you a film fan& If you are. then it's likely that at least one of your favourite films has a train in it. =rance. the country famous for its film festivals. has been holding a festival to celebrate the role of railways in the world of film for nearly twenty years $ last year over 3.444 attended the week$long event. Trains have been in films since the first days of cinema. The film pioneer ,ouis ,umi>re's film L'Arrive d'un train a La Citotat showed a train arriving at a station. The film was less than a minute long. but audiences loved it $ although apparently many people in the first audience ran out of the cinema. as they were sure that the train was going to hit them! The first great train film 9

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was The Great Train Robbery in %?47. but since then trains and stations have appeared in thousands of films from thrillers to comedies to love stories. 0oving trains are great for dramatic tension because you can't escape from a moving train. ne of the most thrilling @ames 1ond scenes ever is the fight on the train in From Russia with Love $ there's nowhere for the characters to go. it's a deadly battle. 0urders and mysteries on trains are also common themes $ if you haven't seen The Lady Vanishes$ then you should. The meeting of two men on %trangers on a Train leads to murder. /nd what about all those guilty or frightened people who board trains to escape& It isn't #ust trains that feature in films. stations are great locations too. The tension is often increased because the action takes place among crowds of people who are unaware of the drama taking place. Some of the best action scenes in The &ourne '"timatum and Mission: m!ossib"e use this techni5ue to great effect. /nd how many film couples have got to know each other or fallen in love on trains. met or said goodbye at a train station& =rom @ennifer /niston meeting 'live wen in #erai"ed to classics like !itchcock's (orth by (orthwest$ romance has begun on trains.

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LISTENING
" 4 ,isten to the radio progra''e about green trave ! %o'p ete the sentences with one or two words in each gap! 1 2 3 Aesponsible tourism is more __________now than a few years ago. If you hire bikes or__________. you meet local people. Smith says that local guides can tell you more about the history and __________of the area. 4 5 6 -ou shouldn't buy products made from __________ hard wood or old things. Smith suggests finding out about local pro#ects you can donate __________to. To help the environment. you shouldn't go on holiday so __________and you should stay longer. " ne long plane #ourney can produce more '
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than __________for a year. /8

Ten$kilometre hotels get building materials and __________from near the hotel.

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COMMUNICATION
Match the .uestions and state'ents 1<6 with the answers a<f! 1 2 3 4 5 6 ,et me introduce myself. I'm @ack @ones. __________ Sorry I couldn't help. __________ !ow do I get to the Aail 0useum& __________ !ow long have you been working in Bdinburgh& __________ (hat do you do for a living& __________ B"cuse me. do you mind if I open the window& __________ a b c d e It's #ust there. opposite the station. 2leased to meet you. Cot at all. I work in a hospital. /nd you& h. for about si" months. /6 f Co problem.

%o'p ete the dia ogues with the words be ow! family sorry part straight really

0D (hich %__________of 1ritain do you come from. Sarah& 12 I'm from Bdinburgh in Scotland. 0DD Eo you have a 3________& 12 -es. I've got two children. 02 7________& !ow interesting.

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0D I'm looking for a bank. 12 9________. I didn't catch what you said. 0D I'm looking for a bank. 12 Go :________on. and there's one on the right. Mar$s Vocabulary and Grammar Aeading ,istening 'ommunication +ota 2 H3: marks H; marks H8 marks H%% marks /50 'ar$s /5

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