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LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 3 A UNITS 5-6

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in capitals letters.

0 This is a very __intriguing___ story. INTRIGUE

1 Did you hear about the volcanic _______________ yesterday? ERUPT

2 I think we’ll all be killed in a _______________ disaster. NATURE

3 Don’t worry about the dog. He’s just being _______________. PLAY

4 I read that the country is full of dangerous _______________. TERROR

5 I think this is a terrible time for all of _______________. HUMAN

6 John’s alright but he can be a bit _______________ at times. ARROGANCE

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2 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I read a report about the dangers of a super volcano 0 _e _r _u _p _t _i _n _g. If it is very large, apart

from the molten 1 __ __ __ __, which always comes out, there will be a huge cloud of gas and smoke

covering the whole planet. The 2 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ will change, but it won’t be the 3 __ __ __ __ in

temperatures that we’re seeing at the moment but a fall. This will 4 __ __ __ __ to many species being 5__ __ __ __ __ out and even humans will 6 __ __ __ __ very great danger.

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box. Three words are not needed.

probably / going / soon / definitely / unless / long / from / provided / if

in

0 Look at that car. It’s not _____going_____ to stop!

1 I’m _______________ not going. Never! I’ve made my mind up.

2 I’ll do the washing up _______________ that you put the dishes away.

3 She says we can come to dinner as _______________ as we dress smartly.

4 They won’t win _______________ they try much harder.

5 Where do you think you will live thirty years _______________ now?

6 There may be a huge disaster one day but not _______________ my lifetime.

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4 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences.

0 I’m not certain, but there’s a good chance that there will be a party on Friday. PROBABLY

There ___will probably be_ a party on Friday.

1 There is no chance that I will be late. DEFINITELY

I _____________________________________________ late.

2 My plan is to start my own business when I leave school. TO

I’m _____________________________________________ own business when I leave school.

3 I can’t see you now. I’ve got a meeting with Mr Davies. AM

I can’t see you now because _____________________________________________ Mr Davies.

4 Timetable: Leeds: 08:00 – London: 12:00. IN

The eight o’clock train from _____________________________________________ London at 12

o’clock.

5 There’s a possibility that Tom will play instead of me. MIGHT

Tom _____________________________________________ of me.

6 I doubt if I will see you tomorrow. PROBABLY

I _____________________________________________ tomorrow.

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5 Circle the correct answer

Journalist: Here I am at the Tsunami Advanced Warning Centre in Hawaii talking to Professor Gall.

Professor, what do all these screens show?

Professor: Well, they show all earthquake activity under the sea. As 0_____ as anything happens, any-

where in the world, we 1_____ about it.

J: And what 2_____ you do if you saw something now?

P: Well, if it 3_____ a major problem, we would immediately send out messages to countries which

were in danger. We are in direct contact with 121 countries around the world.

J: And smaller problems?

P: Well, we don’t worry about anything 4_____ it registers over 2.5 on our scale of danger. Between

2.5 and 5 is our ‘moderate’ warning and anything over 5 is ‘red danger’.

J: And will these measures help?

P: Yes, 5_____ that other countries have a system in place to warn their own people. If they don’t,

then nothing 6_____ them.

0 a long b if c soon d far

1 a knew b would know c know d do know

2 a will b did c do d would

3 a was b is c will be d would be

4 a if b as long as c provided that d unless

5 a as long as b provided c if d unless

6 a helps b will help c would help d helped

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LISTENING SKILLS

1 CD Track 3 Listen to five people talking about animals in films and match them to headings A-

F. There is one extra heading. For questions 6 and 7 circle the correct answer.

A As good as possible

B I miss him

C Record breaker

D I was scared

E It looked good at the time

F Change of career

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

6 Which speaker definitely hasn’t got children?

a 1

b 2

c 3

d 4

7 Which two films involve animals which can speak?

a Tarzan and Babe

b Tarzan and Mr Ed

c Every Which Way But Loose and Bonzo at Bedtime

d Mr Ed and Babe

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COMMUNICATION

1 Rewrite replays B so that they have the same meaning as the original. Use the words in brackets.

0 President, can you tell us what is happening in Syldavia?

A Unfortunately, it is certain that there will be a war soon.

B (definitely) __There will definitely be a war soon___.

1 Hi, Sue. How are you feeling about you school work this year?

A Hi. I am 100% certain that my grades will improve this year.

B (definitely) _______________________________________________

2 Hey, Jenny. How’s your family?

A Hello. Well. It is likely that my parents will buy a dog soon.

B (probably) ________________________________________________

3 Hello Carole. You look sad. What’s wrong?

A Hello, Tanya. It is possible that our dog will die soon.

B (might) ___________________________________________________

4 Why are you checking all the windows?

A There will probably be a storm this evening.

B (chances) __________________________________________________

5 Oh no. Barking. I’m really scared of dogs.

A It’s OK. I’m certain that our dog won’t bite you.

B (definitely) _________________________________________________

6 Aren’t you worried about the political situation?

A No. It is unlikely that there will be a nuclear war in the next hundred years.

B (probably) __________________________________________________

7 I’m really worried about the environment.

A It’s OK. Scientists may find a way to stop global warming.

B (perhaps) __________________________________________________

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8 These news stories about the environment are really worrying.

A Well, no way am I going to worry about the future.

B (certainly) __________________________________________________

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