Wednesday, 17 December 2014

QUICK TEST UNIT 2

Hello girls!
Here you have two tests of unit 2. Below each one you find the key.
See you tomorrow!


TEST 1
GRAMMAR
1 Underline the correct alternative.
1 I’m so hungry! I’ve worked / been working for six hours without a break.
2 She went on a charity walk last week and she has raised / been raising £500.
3 Sorry about the mess. We’ve decorated / been decorating all week.
4 Has he / Did he started his new job yet?
5 Somebody has been breaking / broken my favourite mug! Come on, who was it?
6 It has been a very productive day. We’ve made / been making six cakes and two casseroles.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Oh no! My mobile ’s been stolen  ! (steal)
2 The house                                during the night and valuable jewellery                                from the safe. (rob / take)
3 They’re too scared to go out. They think they                               . (watch)
4 The job must                                by Friday or you                               . (finish / not pay)
5 Fifty people                                in a train crash. (injure)
6 Celebrities                                everywhere they go. They                                to have a private life. It must be awful. (follow / not allow)
7 Be careful what you say. He doesn’t like                               . (criticise)
8 She’s the sort of person who wants                                what to do. (tell)

PRONUNCIATION 
3 Underline the correct stress pattern for each word: verb (v) or noun (n).
1 project (v)         oO    Oo
2 decrease (n)      oO    Oo
3 desert (v)           oO    Oo
4 suspect (v)         oO    Oo
5 research (n)       oO    Oo
6 reject (n)            oO    Oo
7 permit (n)          oO    Oo
8 import (v)          oO    Oo
9 record (v)           oO    Oo
10 increase (n)     oO    Oo
11 present (v)       oO    Oo


VOCABULARY
4 Complete the words and underline the correct adjectives.
1 Without exercise, an increase in o b e s i t y is inevitable / disturbing.
2 The l          of drinking water in many parts of the world is legal / unjustifiable.
3 The rise in cases of domestic v                      is very sensible / disturbing.
4 It’s outrageous / legal that banks encourage customers to get into d         .
5 Lorries and cars which cause unacceptable levels of air p                         should be made illegal / ethical.
6 Their failure to deal with h                                  is totally unethical / inoffensive.

5 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order.
1 Speed cameras are a (tnreedter)   deterrent   to those who drive too fast.
2 As a taxi driver, (rteset)                 level cameras have made my job much easier.
3 (opschimicr)                 are designed to prevent credit card fraud.
4 Number plate (itrgneoncoi)                 helps the police to keep (crkta)                 of stolen cars.
5 He used his (oenhp acaerm)                                 to take a photo of the thief.

FUNCTIONS
6 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
think     right      enough  much    what      with     way   so   seems     point      not
A: I really 1  think   credit cards should be banned.
B: I know 2                you mean – but it’s not likely to happen, is it?
A: I’m not 3                sure. Banks need to reduce trillions of euros of credit card debt.
B: That’s 4               . But banks make a lot of money from debt.
A: Exactly! And it 5                to me that it’s the people on lower incomes that suffer.
B: Fair 6                I take your 7               . However, I’m 8                convinced that banning credit cards is the answer.
A: OK, but the 9                I see it, there’ll be another credit crisis soon.
B: I agree 10                you. I’m very 11                against global banking policies but I don’t believe they’ll take your advice!


KEY TEST 1
1:       2 raised  3 been decorating  4 Has he  5 broken  6 made
2:       2 was robbed / was taken
          3 ’re being watched
          4 be finished / won’t be paid
          5 have been injured
          6 are followed / aren’t allowed
          7 being criticised
          8 to be told
3:       2 Oo  3 oO  4 oO  5 Oo  6 Oo  7 Oo  
          8 oO  9 oO  10 Oo  11 oO
4:       2 lack / unjustifiable
          3 violence / disturbing
          4 outrageous / debt
          5 pollution / illegal
          6 homelessness / unethical
5:       2 street  3 Microchips
          4 recognition / track  5 phone camera
6:       2 what  3 so  4 right  5 seems  6 enough  7 point  8 not  9 way  10 with  11 much


TEST 2
GRAMMAR
1 Underline the correct alternative.
1 I’m so hungry! I’ve worked /  been working  for six hours without a break.
2 I’ve just been shopping / shopped in Blackwater. They’ve got everything there!
3 Who has borrowed / been borrowing my favourite CD? Come on, where is it?
4 He ran fifteen miles last week and he has raised / been raising £500 for charity.
5 It has been a very productive morning. I’ve written / been writing the whole report!
6 Sorry about the terrible mess. We’ve cooked / been cooking all day.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Oh no! My mobile ’s been stolen  ! (steal)
2 Famous people                      to have a private life. They                      everywhere they go. (not allow / photograph)
3 Be careful what you say. She hates                      what to do. (tell)
4 The museum                      over the weekend and several priceless objects                     . (rob / take)
5 He’s too scared to go out. He thinks he                     . (follow)
6 Teenagers don’t like                     . (advise)
7 The order must                      by tomorrow or the cheque                     . (deliver / cancel)
8 Ten people                      in a tragic motorway crash this morning. (kill)

PRONUNCIATION
3 Underline the correct stress pattern for each word: verb (v) or noun (n).
1 project (v)         oO    Oo
2 record (v)           oO    Oo
3 desert (v)           oO    Oo
4 present (v)         oO    Oo
5 reject (n)            oO    Oo
6 research (n)       oO    Oo
7 permit (n)          oO    Oo
8 import (v)          oO    Oo
9 decrease (n)      oO    Oo
10 increase (n)     oO    Oo
11 suspect (v)      oO    Oo

VOCABULARY
4 Complete the words and underline the correct adjectives.
1 Without more exercise, an increase in o b e s i t y is inevitable / disturbing.
2 D                   is still illegal / inoffensive in many countries.
3 The sight of teenage d                               on the streets is really offensive / unethical.
4 The level of p                   in many parts of the world is legal / unjustifiable.
5 The increase in cases of d                      violence is very sensible / disturbing.
6 It’s outrageous / ethical that people in rich countries ignore the existence of famine and
d                   in the world.

5 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order.
1 Speed cameras are a (tnreedter)   deterrent   to those who drive too fast.
2 Law-abiding (itiznsce)                 should feel safer living in a (anurlveilces)                 society.
3 He took a photo of the shoplifter with his (oenhp acaerm)                                 and (dehadn)                 it over to the police.
4 Only car thieves need to worry about number plate (itrgneoncoi)                .

FUNCTIONS
6 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
think   take        fair         not          agree      that’s     mean     against   to            it             convinced
A: I really 1  think   credit cards should be banned.
B: I know what you 2                – but it’s not likely to happen, is it?
A: I’m 3                so sure. Banks need to reduce trillions of euros of credit card debt.
B: 4                right. But they make a lot of money from debt.
A: Exactly! It seems 5                me that it’s the people on lower incomes that suffer.
B: 6                enough. I 7                your point. However, I’m not 8                that banning credit cards is the answer.
A: OK, but the way I see 9               , there’ll be another credit crisis soon.
B: I 10                with you. I’m very much 11                global banking policies but I don’t believe they’ll take your advice!
KEY TEST 2
1:       2 been shopping  3 borrowed  4 raised
          5 written  6 been cooking
2:       2 aren’t allowed / are photographed
          3 being told
          4 was robbed / were taken
          5 ’s being followed
          6 to be (being) advised
          7 be delivered / will be cancelled
          8 have been (were) killed
3:       2 oO  3 oO  4 oO  5 Oo  6 Oo  7 Oo
          8 oO  9 Oo  10 Oo  11 oO
4:       2 Divorce / illegal
          3 drunkenness / offensive
          4 poverty / unjustifiable
          5 domestic / disturbing
          6 outrageous / drought
5:       2 citizens / surveillance
          3 phone camera / handed
          4 recognition
6:       2 mean  3 not  4 That’s  5 to  6 Fair
          7 take  8 convinced  9 it  10 agree
          11 against

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