Pre-Intermediate Progress Test Unit 8 Test A Name:
Grammar 1 Complete the text. Use the correct correct second conditional form of the erbs in brac!ets. brac!ets. Many scientists are orried a!out glo!al arming" T#e conse$uences could !e serious" If all t#e ice in t#e %rctic and %ntarctic regions
&
'melt() sea levels
'rise( and cause terri!le floods" If sea levels
*
2
'rise() +eo+le living in coastal
areas ,
'lose( t#eir #omes" T#e melting ice ould also affect t# e tem+erature of t#e sea"
If t#e sea
'get( colder) t#e nort#ern #alf of t#e orld
'free/e(" T#ere ould !e terri!le sno storms and millions of +eo+le
.
0
'die("
" Complete the second conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the erbs belo#. !e
!uild
catc#
#el+
marry
not sit
not or1
& If e all recycled our ru!!is#) it
t#e environment"
2 e ould !e fitter and #ealt#ier if #e * 4e ould use less energy if e
8 S#e
+eo+le from ot#er countries !etter"
t#e early train) I ould !e in 5ondon !y lunc#time"
. 5ots of +eo+le 0 If e
in front of t#e T3 all day" smaller #ouses"
, If e learned a!out ot#er cultures) e If I
understand
in danger if t#ere as a tornado" so muc# and relaxed more) e ould !e a lot #a++ier6 #im if s#e really loved #im"
$ Complete the sentences. Use the correct correct form of the erbs in brac!ets. & I is# I
's+ea1( anot#er language" I7d get a !etter o!"
2 I is# e
'can( #ave lunc# in t#e garden) !ut it7s raining"
* I is# you
'not !e( so tired" 4e could go out for a al1"
, I is# I
'#ave( enoug# money to !uy a ne coat"
I is# e
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'not live( in t#e city" I love t#e countryside so muc#6
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3oca!ulary % &atch 1'( #ith a'e to ma!e sentences. & T#e United 9ations is sending food aid to 2 T#e tsunami reac#ed * % year it#out rain #as caused , T#e volcanic eru+tion #as destroyed :ive s1iers ere inured in a t#e forest and all t#e #omes in t#e area around t#e mountain" ! t#e avalanc#e on Saturday afternoon" c t#e victims of t#e famine" d t#e coast and destroyed t#ousands of #omes" e a serious droug#t in 4estern %ustralia" & 2 * ,
( Complete the sentences #ith the #ords)phrases belo#. cause
donate
recycle
reuse
dress u+ sell
& I7m going to
left-overs
ta1e +art
raise
aste
all my old toys to t#e c#ildren7s #os+ital"
2 %ll t#e +lastic e t#ro aay ill
+ollution for #undreds of years"
* It7s im+ortant to t#in1 a!out #at e !uy and #et#er e can , If I get a +lastic !ag from a s#o+) I If t#ere are . 4e7re trying to reduce
it t#e next time I go s#o++ing"
from dinner) ;ad ta1es t#em to or1 t#e next day for lunc#" at #ome" 4e don7t t#ro aay glass) metal or +a+er"
0 I7m doing a s+onsored run t#is ee1end to 8 =very year I #el+ Mum > ?im and I are going to
t#e +ac1aging"
money for <#ildren in 9eed"
tic1ets for t#e <#ristmas raffle" as dol+#ins and collect money to #el+ t#e oceans"
&@ I atc#ed t#e 5ondon Marat#on t#is year) !ut next year I7m going to
"
* Choose the correct ans#ers. & T#e
caused !y t#e eart#$ua1e as terri!le"
a destroyed
b destruction c destroy
2 4e #eard t#e a droug#t
at t#e car factory to 1ilometres aay" b landslide
c ex+losion
* Scientists are orried t#at an asteroid may a collide
b collision
c damage
, T#e long droug#t #as caused t#e a inury
it# t#e =art# in 2@*."
b failure
of t#ousands of s#ee+ and cos"
c deat#
T#e attem+t to sto+ t#e forest fire as a a destruction
b failure
" It is still !urning"
c rescue
Use of =nglis# + Complete the text #ith the correct form of the #ords in brac!ets. ;roug#ts donAt alays !ecome
&
'9%TUB=( disasters) !ut #en t#ey do) t#ey
result in a famine) li1e t#e one in =t#io+ia !eteen &>8* and &>8" T#e international c#arity Oxfam says t#at famine is a
2
'
*
':%I5(D not
enoug# food ,
'PBO;U<=() not enoug# o++ortunities for +eo+le to get food) and most
'IMPOBT%9T() a slo
international
0
.
'GO3=B9("
+eo+le around t#e orld for
>
'B=%
'OBG%9IS=( suc# as Oxfam as1 ';O9%T=( to #el+ t#e victims of famines and ot#er
disasters" T#ousands of +eo+le in affected countries rely on t#e
&@
'EI9;( of +eo+le
#o give t#eir money to c#arities li1e Oxfam"
5istening 8
,isten to people ta!ing part in a radio phone-in. Complete the sentences #ith the correct spea!er A C / or 0. There is one extra sentence o2 do not need. & S+ea1er
is doing a s+onsored run"
2 S+ea1er
is raising money for animals"
* S+ea1er
is dressed u+ as an animal"
, S+ea1er
is collecting unanted t#ings to #el+ #isF#er community"
S+ea1er
is #olding a raffle"
. S+ea1er
is donating clot#es to disaster victims"
Beading 3 4ead the text. Are the sentences are tr2e or false5
Earthquakes
Every year there are over 150,000 earthquakes around the world. Many are very small and people don’t notice them. Others, like the ones in Haiti in 010, or !apan in 011, cause terri"le dama#e and can destroy whole towns and cities. $cientists study the Earth and know where earthquakes are likely to happen. $ome countries have a much hi#her risk than others. !apan has, on avera#e, 1,500 earthquakes every year. %n &ritain there are 1'0. (he earthquakes in &ritain are usually very small and don’t cause dama#e to people’s houses. %n !apan there are much "i##er earthquakes, and many modern "uildin#s are specially "uilt so that they don’t #et dama#ed "y the movement o) the Earth. One o) the "i# pro"lems with earthquakes is that we don’t know when they are #oin# to happen. $cientists can tell us where a "i# earthquake will pro"a"ly happen, "ut they can’t tell us the date or the time. %) we could predict earthquakes, we could prepare )or them. %) we were prepared, we could save lives "y movin# people away )rom the earthquake area. %n the )uture thin#s may "e di))erent, however. %n the 1*+0s, hinese scientists noticed somethin# interestin# a"out the "ehaviour o) animals. %n the winter o) 1*+' lots o) snakes woke up )rom their winter sleep and came out into the cold. (hat winter there were several earthquakes in the north o) hina. %n !anuary the )ollowin# year, people around the city o) Haichen# noticed that lots o) )arm animals like cows and horses were nervous and re)used to #o into "uildin#s at ni#ht. %n -e"ruary there was a lar#e earthquake in the area. %ts centre was in Haichen#. & T#ere are over &@)@@@ serious eart#$ua1es annually" 2 ?a+an #as over ten times more eart#$ua1es annually t#an Critain" * %ll ne !uildings are safe in an eart#$ua1e" , If e could say #ere eart#$ua1es ill #a++en) e could rescue more +eo+le" Scientists t#in1 t#at animals may 1no t#at an eart#$ua1e is coming"
4riting 16 7o2 are organising a f2ndraising eent to help ictims of a recent nat2ral disaster. rite an anno2ncement to p2blicise the eent. Tell +eo+le #at t#e event is) and #o it ill su++ort t#e t#e victims" Say #en and #ere t#e event ill ta1e +lace" Tell +eo+le #at t#ey can do to #el+" :inis# it# a strong message t#at motiv ates +eo+le to ta1e +art"
