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IES EL CONVENTO

Name

4 ESO .

20th October, 2011

UNIT 1 TEST
Vocabulary
1

Complete the verbs in the sentences.

Do you ever __________ fair-trade products?

My sister and her friends often __________ part in demonstrations.

I think its very good to __________ money to charity.

I never __________ ribbons or wristbands. I think they look silly!

Do you ever __________ sick or old people in your spare time?

I think everyone should try to __________ good causes.

Complete the words with the suffixes -ment, -ogy, -ism, -ion.

biol______

terror______

govern______

the environ______

rac______

globalizat______

televis______

technol______

Grammar
3

Complete the text with the correct present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in the box.
take

get up live run


come train

not like learn


not understand

go

work

Gill is an English teacher. She (a) ____________ from England, but at the moment she (b) ____________ in
Germany because her husband (c) ____________ for Volkswagen, the famous car company. Every day she (d)
___________ at 6:30 am and (e) ____________ for a quick run in the park. She (f) ____________ every morning
because she (g) ____________for the Berlin marathon right now. After breakfast she (h) ______________ her
children to school. They (i) ________________living in Germany because they (j) ________________ German very
well. At the moment they (k) ____________German in special classes at school. English lessons are easy for them
though!
4

Complete the questions with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
1. you (like) drawing pictures?
2. your friend (talk) to you right now?
3. your mother often (take) you to museums?
4. your parents (work) right now?
5. your teacher usually (give) homework?

- Are the questions above subject or object questions?


5

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Answer the questions in Exercise 3. Use short answers. Make the answers true for you.
1. ...................................................................................
2. ...................................................................................
3. ...................................................................................
4. ...................................................................................
5. ...................................................................................

6 Read the text and complete the questions.


Sally is a hairdresser. She lives with Ben. Sally cuts Bens hair every six weeks. Ben must look tidy because
he works for Sallys dad. Sallys dad has a garage. Ben loves cars. Hes a car salesman.
a

Who __________________________ Ben? Sally does.

Who __________________________? She lives with Ben.

Who __________________________ hair? Sally does.

Who __________________________? He works for Sallys dad.

What __________________________? Cars.

7 Find the mistake in each question. Write the correct question.


a Who does live in this flat?
____________________________________________
b

Who Harry lives with?

____________________________________________
c

Who know what this word means?

____________________________________________
d

Who Tom like?

____________________________________________
e

Who do speak English every day?

____________________________________________

Reading
8 Read the text and answer the questions.
Temperatures around the world are rising. This is called
global warming. Scientists think that global warming is
caused by greenhouse gases in the Earths atmosphere.

a What causes global warming?

The greenhouse gases take heat from the sun and make

____________________________________________

the Earth hotter. As the atmosphere warms up, the ice in

b What would happen if all the ice in the world melted?

the Arctic and Antarctic slowly starts to melt. The water

____________________________________________

goes back into the oceans, making the sea level rise. If all

c What two things can people do to help the environment?

the ice in the world melted, the sea level everywhere

_____________________________________________

would rise by more than 60 metres! This would be a

d What happens to the rainforests every year?

disaster for many people.

_____________________________________________

People can help the environment in different ways. They

e What can governments do to help endangered animals?

can walk or cycle short distances, and take the bus or the

_____________________________________________

train on longer journeys. This helps to reduce pollution


from cars. Governments can do things to help our planet
too, by controlling the way land is used. Every year, huge
areas of rainforests are cut down or burned to make
space for farms. This is bad because it destroys the
homes of the animals that live there. Some animals are
now endangered. That means there are only a few left,
and they could easily disappear. But governments can
help to stop this destruction by having land where
animals can live safely.

Write an e-mail to a website message board with this information about yourself.

name and age

city and country

family and pets

hobbies and interests

Give your opinion about one of these topics.

the developing world

war and terrorism

animal rights

the environment

10

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CD2 [28] Listen and choose the correct answers.


1 James thinks
a

many teenagers today are rich.

teenagers today are interested in good causes.

teenagers give a lot of money to charity.

wristbands make people unhappy.

2 There are
a

problems in the developing world today.

too many demonstrations.

a lot of rich people who dont give money to charity.

too many powerful politicians.

3 Emma says that


a

she never wears wristbands.

young people are scared of war.

young people are less powerful than politicians.

she often goes on demonstrations.

4 Emma says that


a

its almost too late to do anything about global warming.

politicians are doing a lot to stop global warming.

teenagers dont know a lot about the causes of global warming.

global warming wont be a problem for another 20 or 30 years.

5 At the end of the conversation James and Emma


a

disagree with each other.

talk about religion.

agree that nations should try to live in peace.

talk about a recent terrorist attack.

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