Unit 3 Progress Test A

Grammar
1 Read the text and choose the correct words.

Local boy to climb Everest

Nathan Short is a sixth-form student at Pittville Community School, here in Cheltenham. But
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by August next year, Nathan will have left / will be leaving school far behind him. He won’t
have hung / won’t be hanging out with his friends in town next summer either − he will be
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camping / camps in a tent 5,000 metres up Mount Everest! By then, his body will have got /
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will get used to the freezing temperatures and high altitude, and his team waits / will be
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waiting for the right time to start climbing to the top of the mountain. If everything goes / will
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have gone well, Nathan and five friends are then / will then try to reach the top of Mount
Everest.
‘The weather changes all the time on Everest,’ Nathan told us, ‘so a lot depends on the
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weather. We may / will have to wait for weeks before we can climb to the top, or we could
start / will have started climbing in July − we just don’t know. But I’m doubt / fairly sure
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that by the end of August we will have reached / will be reaching the top of the mountain −
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or failed.’ One thing is certain: everyone in Cheltenham may follow / will be following his
trip closely.

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2 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the future continuous,
future perfect, or the first conditional.
We’ve nearly finished cleaning the kitchen − we _______________________ (clean) every room in the
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Andy
house by eight o’clock.
Yes, and at 8.30, I _________________________ (lie) in bed − I’m exhausted!
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Kate

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Helen _______________________ (your brother / go) to university if he _______________________ (do) well in
his exams next year?
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Julie Yes, and if he _______________________ (get) really good marks, he _______________________
(study) medicine and become a doctor.

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Ben _______________________ (people / still / use) mobile phones in 2050?
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Jessica No, I don’t think so. Within thirty years, we _______________________ (invent) better technologies than
mobile phones.

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3 Write the second sentence. Use the future continuous, future perfect, could, or the first conditional.
1 Kathy isn’t taking her medicine. Her leg / get / better fast / if she / takes / it.

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2 No, don’t ring me after midnight! I / sleep / then.
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3 Be careful on that bike. You / easily / fall / and hurt yourself.

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4 This city is quite small now. But a hundred years from now, it / grow / much bigger.
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5 I’m studying for my exams now. But in a few weeks’ time, I / lie / on / a beach in Mexico.
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6 The criminals escaped from this prison two months ago. They / leave / the country / by now.
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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Use prefixes and suffixes.
1 Did you know that __________________ (happy) is very important for your health?
2 Jack didn’t revise for the test at all, so __________________ (surprise), he didn’t pass it.
3 You need a lot of __________________ (equip) to go camping in the mountains.

4 I’m really sorry about what I did. I feel really __________________ (shame) of myself.
5 I’ll give you some __________________ (biotics) to take for your throat.
6 ‘Are you OK? Did you hurt yourself?’ Jessica asked me __________________ . (anxious)

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5 Complete the sentences with the words below. Use one word to complete two sentences.

altitude dehydrated envious jaw level temperature

1 The water __________________ in the river is rising. I think it’s going to flood.
2 You’ll become __________________ if you don’t drink some water soon.

3 Mandy used to be __________________ of her sister Rachel because Rachel was more successful than her.
4 The top of the table isn’t __________________ because one of the table legs is longer than the others.
5 This plane is flying at an __________________ of about 9,000 metres.
6 It’s very hot today. The __________________ is over 40°C.

7 Jack fell, landed heavily on his chin, and broke his __________________ .

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6 Complete the text with the words below.

anxious break bruise envy painkillers sad X-ray

Hi Jenny,

Sorry we weren’t at your party yesterday. My brother Kevin fell down the stairs, so we took
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him to hospital. We were very ___________ about him when the doctor sent him to have
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a(n) ___________ , but luckily he didn’t ___________ any bones. He did ___________ his
shoulder quite badly though − the skin there is purple and black today! The doctor gave Kevin
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some ___________ because his shoulder hurts a lot, but he’ll be much better in a few days.
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Anyway, how did your party go? I’m ___________ that I couldn’t come because the photos
on Facebook look great − you certainly had a good time! I ___________ you a little too,
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because your new boyfriend is very good-looking!

Annika

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Use of English
7 Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Circle the correct answer A, B or C.
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The photo shows a group of people ___ bare feet in a park. It looks ___ some kind of yoga class because they are all
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standing in the same position. The man ___ his foot on his hip is the teacher, I ___ say, because everyone is looking in
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his direction and trying to copy him. It’s ___ likely a class for advanced students because they all look very confident.
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However, the woman ___ a ponytail is holding something to help her, so I’d ___ that she is a beginner. There is a man in
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the background who looks like he’s has got a ball ___ some kind. He’s using it to help him balance, or ___ like that. The
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photo ___ to be an advert for a holiday camp because everyone looks like a model and they are all wearing designer
sports clothes.
1 A with B in C at

2 A as B for C like
3 A with B got C has
4 A will B could C would
5 A more B most C much

6 A in B with C wearing
7 A say B tell C think
8 A in B at C of
9 A anything B something C nothing
10 A would B appears C looks

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 Listening
8  3 Listen to an interview with an author. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Put a cross () under
T or F.

T F

1 Marianne Dawson wasn’t with anyone when she fell into a frozen lake.
2 Luckily, someone found her before her heart stopped.
3 Beck Weathers became lost in a storm on Mount Everest.
4 For nearly 24 hours, he couldn’t move any part of his body.
5 Julianne was lucky because some trees stopped her from falling.

Mark: ___ / 5

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 Reading
9 Read the text. Match headings A–G with paragraphs 1–5. There are two extra headings.

Colour and you

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Did you know that different people see colours differently? Some people, called tetrachromats,
can see more colours than most people. Others, called bichromats, see fewer colours. This is
important because colours can make you feel − and behave – differently, too.
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If a boy in your class comes to school tomorrow in pink jeans, you’ll be surprised. And you
probably won’t be having your next lesson in a red classroom. But how we feel about colour
depends on who we are and where we are born. In many cultures, people traditionally dress
little girls in pink, and little boys in blue. So when we grow up, men and women like or hate
these colours. And red walls aren’t popular in Europe because red means ‘danger’. But in
China, red means ‘good luck’.
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Artists know that paintings with warm reds and yellows sell better than pictures with cold
greens and blues because warm colours make us feel excited. They may also wake us up, so
if you put a big red picture in your bedroom, you probably won’t sleep well! Blue might be a
cool colour, but it helps us to relax. And yellow often makes people feel happier. It could also
help people to get better more quickly, so hospital walls often have warm, yellow pictures.

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What football shirt will you be wearing to the next match? In a recent documentary, scientists
showed that players in red football shirts felt more confident, and played better than players in
blue shirts. Professional sports people also gave more points to players in red!
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Not all animals can see colour, but people, monkeys and birds can see it well. This may be
because people − and these animals − eat fruit. Fruit like oranges and bananas are green
when they are small. When they change colour, our eyes tell us they are ready to eat. So next
time you eat a tasty orange, think how lucky you are to see the colour orange!

A Colour and success

B Colour in the natural world
C How light makes colours

D Do you see what I see?

E Colours and your health
F Colours can change your feelings
G What different colours mean

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Writing
10 Climbers and other extreme sports fans often take big risks. Write an essay in which you examine the
reasons for and against doing dangerous sports, and give your opinion about whether people should
do them.

Mark: ___ / 10

Total: ___ / 70

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