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Name: ______________________________________ Class: ______________________________

Gold Advanced Unit 10 test


Section 1: Vocabulary

1 Complete the text. Use only one word for each gap.

Many people are concerned (1) ____________ the future of the world. They have been discouraged
(2) ____________ the futile attempts of governments to protect the environment and the greed of large
corporations, which seem to be committed (3) ____________ stripping the Earth of its mineral deposits. Even
though large companies are now talking about ‘green energy’, they will not be satisfied (4) ____________
anything unless it can make them huge profits, the only thing they seem to be motivated (5) ____________ .
Terrified (6) ____________ upsetting the huge corporations, governments do not seem to be doing as much
to protect the planet as many would like.

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2 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Gina has always been (1) _____ to over-enthusiasm about things she cares about, and she has a strange and
seemingly (2) _____ appetite for doing charity fundraising in aid of endangered species. She has skydived for
elephants, swum across the channel for whales and walked across the Namib desert for leopards. She has now
turned her attention to saving the planet as a whole and keeps banging on about (3) _____ our energy
consumption. When she comes to my house, she unplugs the appliances on standby and turns every light off.
Last time I saw her I had a lecture about how all my cleaning products were (4) _____ serious harm to the
planet and that I should only use natural products. She promptly pulled out a bag of lemons which she swears
will clean everything and which also smell nice and started cleaning. What she failed to remember is that I
can’t stand the smell of lemons. Strangely enough, we’re no longer talking to each other. The (5) _____ of
this behaviour is that many of her friends no longer invite her into their homes. While I commend her desire to
improve our environment, her attitude has made her more enemies than friends and most people who meet her
refuse to (6) _____ her example. She expects to be (7) _____ for her dedication to saving the planet but her
behaviour has quite the opposite effect, which is a great shame.

1 A likely B prone C inclined D expected


2 A viable B staple C insatiable D radical
3 A cutting B causing C acting D moving
4 A forcing B following C leading D causing
5 A direction B outcome C maturity D viability
6 A follow B lead C move D act
7 A discouraged B influenced C respected D inspired
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Section 2: Grammar

3 Complete the text. Use only one word for each gap.

(1) ____________ the time our grandchildren are born, what state do you think the world will be in? I am
doing my best to recycle everything I can but it is not clear if enough people are doing this to make any
significant difference. As (2) ____________ those people who are not recycling, they need to be made
aware of the damage they are doing to the environment. Unfortunately, (3) ____________ things are at the
moment, the state of the world does not say much about our regard for the planet. As (4) ____________ as
we continue to disregard the value of nature, things can only get worse. For the time (5) ____________ ,
we still have an amazing planet – but how long will it last?

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4 Choose the alternatives that cannot be used to complete the text.

As you are all aware, the company is expanding fast, so today I’d like to tell you about our plans for the
next six months. We (1) are going to move/will be moving/will have been moving to a new location at the
end of next month which, as you know, (2) is going to cause/causes/will cause several major headaches.
However, once this has been done, we are sure that our customers (3) will have been/will be/are going to
be much happier. As you have already been made aware, we (4) are going to recruit/are recruiting/
will have recruited 100 new staff to work in the new factory over the next month or so. If everything goes
according to schedule, in six months’ time the factory (5) is running/will run/will be running at full
capacity and we are hoping that we (6) are becoming/will have become/will become the country’s second
largest producer of healthy snack bars by then. This is an exciting time for all of us and I thank you for
your patience and hard work. Once the move has taken place, we (7) are holding/will be holding/
will have held a party for all our staff and their families at the Starlight Spa Hotel.

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TOTAL: /25

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