Unit 6 Test

Listening 5 Find five jobs in the word puzzle. Then complete

the job descriptions with the correct words.
(10 marks)
1  Listen to two friends, Verity and Kunal,
chatting. What is their conversation about? F L O R I S T F G H J
(2 marks)
A I P S D N U F J R O
A Verity’s holiday to Croatia
B Verity and Kunal’s holiday to Greece B D R W E T Q T Y H U
C Verity’s holiday to Greece K R I E Y W T S F H R
D Verity and Kunal’s holiday to Croatia
A D W T F P Q E T Y N
2  Listen again. Are the sentences true (T), Y A W D K I M Z F K A
false (F) or doesn’t say (DS)? (8 marks)
L F S W T L G U D R L
1 In general, Verity enjoyed her holiday. ___
2 Verity left her passport at home. ___ F E F U Y O W H D B I
3 Verity’s sister likes ancient history. ___
A R Y W A T J R T T S
4 Verity loved the water park. ___
5 The doctor spoke three languages. ___ T K W S B W A D K E T
6 Verity’s sister doesn’t like shopping. ___ A S T R O N O M E R R
7 Verity became ill with food poisoning. ___
8 Kunal had an accident. ___
1 person who studies the stars and planets:
____________
Vocabulary 2 person who operates an aircraft: ____________
3 person who sells flowers: ____________
3 Match 1–5 to A–E. (5 marks)
4 person who extinguishes burning buildings:
1 events ___ A buyer ____________
2 sales ___ B nurse 5 person who writes news stories or reports on
3 yoga ___ C organizer them for the TV or radio: ____________
4 fashion ___ D assistant
5 veterinary ___ E instructor
Practical English
4 Complete the phrases. (5 marks)
6 Number the dialogue in the correct order.
1 m__t n__ p____e (8 marks)
2 f__g__ y___ p______t
___ Yes, I am. I have experience of working alone
3 l_s_ ___r s__t___
while researching and writing articles.
4 s__d _ p__t___d
___ Well, I love writing. I’m also an energetic
5 b__ s__v_n_r_
person and I’m good at talking to people.
___ Yes, I do.
___ Yes, I have. I worked on my college
newspaper for two years.
___ Finally, are you able to work on your own?
___ Good morning, please sit down. Now, could
you begin by telling me why you want to apply
for this job?
___ OK, that’s great. We like sociable people here.
Have you ever worked in this industry before?
___ That’s a good amount of time. Do you know
how to use Microsoft Word and edit websites?

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Unit 6 Test
Grammar Cumulative Review
7 Choose the correct option. (12 marks) 10 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)
1 Jim has / have worked as a pilot for ten years.
Career Profile: Chuck D. Dutton
2 Alex have / has never been to America.
I (1) ____ as an astronomer at NASA for fifteen
3 Sorry, I haven’t / hasn’t finished my project.
years. I was an army pilot before that. I was always
4 There have / has been a lot of calls today.
good at Maths and Science at school and I (2) ____
5 She has / have always loved organizing things.
Engineering at university. I did (3) ____ at university
6 They haven’t / have never hired a car before.
and graduated with a First Class Honours. When I
8 Match the questions and answers. (10 marks) was small, my dad bought me a telescope so I
1 Have you ever invented anything? ___ (4) ____ look at the stars and the planets. At the
moment my research focuses on looking at exactly
2 Have there been a lot of road accidents this
year? ___ how planets are formed. It’s fascinating. I’m also
3 Has Heidi ever rescued someone in danger? ___ involved in high school education. I design Maths
problems for teenagers to solve and I give lectures
4 Have they lived here long? ___
5 Has Jim ever flown through a bad storm? ___ on Astronomy at schools all over America and
Europe. I love my job; every day I never quite know
A Yes, they have. what I’m (5) ____ discover!
B No, I haven’t.
1 A has worked C have worked
C Yes, he has.
B worked D to work
D No, she hasn’t.
2 A study C studied
E Yes, there have.
B have studied D am studying
9 Complete the sentences with the present perfect 3 A well C better
of the verbs in brackets. (10 marks) B good D best
1 There __________ a fire in the city centre. There 4 A can C can’t
are firefighters and police everywhere. (be) B could D couldn’t
2 I ______ never ______ Scotland. (visit) 5 A goes to C to go
3 Barbara ______ never ______ sushi. (eat) B go D going to
4 Oh no! We __________ our flight. (miss)
5 They __________ a new supermarket. It will
open soon. (build)

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Unit 6 Test
Reading Stanton’s success has also been incredible: he has
been featured in Vogue magazine and he has even
11 Read the text. What is Brandon Stanton’s job taken photos of the people who work at Facebook.
now? (2 marks) He has also published a book based on the blog,
____________________________________ which reached number one in the The New York
Times Best Sellers list in 2013. Brandon continues to
work as a photographer and blogger but remains
modest: ‘So far, my job has gone pretty well. I’ve
Hi Mel,
taken nearly 5,000 photos of people and I’ve written
How’s it going? I saw something online today that I 50 stories. And I’ve met some amazing people along
think you will love! Have you ever heard of Brandon the way.’”
Stanton? He’s got an amazing blog called ‘Humans
Mel, when you’ve looked at the blog, tell me what
of New York’. Have a look at it sometime! Are you
you think. I think he’s created something really
still looking for someone interesting to write about for
beautiful!
your English project? Well, I’ve done a bit of
research about this guy for you! He’s had a pretty Speak soon,
interesting life so far! Here’s what I found out:
Caitlin xxx
“For Brandon Stanton of Atlanta, Georgia
photography was just a hobby. That changed in
2010 when he lost his job buying and selling 12 Read the text again. Complete the sentences
financial shares for Gambit Trading. It was then that with one word. (8 marks)
he decided to go professional. He started taking 1 Brandon’s interest in taking photos was a
photos in Chicago before touring America to follow __________ until __________, when he decided
his passion. He took photos of city scenes and some to focus on it as a profession.
natural, honest photos of the cities’ inhabitants. He 2 Brandon __________ around America taking
visited New York in August 2010, not planning to photos before deciding to __________ in New
spend long there, but he soon found the city streets York.
perfect for his art and decided to stay. He started 3 He talked to people on the __________ of the
asking permission to take photos of people and city and discovered a lot about their __________.
chatted to them, finding out about their lives. He 4 ‘Humans of New York’ has __________ very
posted his photos in an album on his Facebook successful but Brandon __________ stopped
profile page at first before creating a separate taking photos for the blog.
Facebook page and a blog so that more people
could see them. Since 2010, he has taken
thousands of photos of New Yorkers and he has
seen his idea develop into something big. His blog
now has nearly twelve million Facebook followers.
Under each photo is a sentence or a quotation or
sometimes a story that reveals something about the
lives and experiences of his subjects. Some are
funny, some are sad, some are exciting and some
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Unit 6 Test
Writing
13 Write an e-postcard to a friend about a holiday
you are on. Use some adverbs of manner from
the box and the prompts to help you. (10 marks)
quickly happily scarily loudly
nervously quietly heavily warmly
Paragraph 1: Greet your friend. Say where you are,
how long you have been there, where you are
staying and what the holiday has been like so far.
Hi … I’m / We’re in …
I’ve / We’ve been here for …
I’m / We’re staying in a … It’s …
Paragraph 2: Describe the things you have done.
Give details of what you have done on a particular
day.
I’ve / We’ve done lots of things …
I’ve / We’ve visited / seen …
On … I / we went to …
Paragraph 3: Describe something you have not
done and explain why. Then sign off appropriately.
I / We haven’t … yet because …
See you soon / next week! / Bye for now!

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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Practical English _____ / 8

Grammar _____ / 32 Cumulative Review _____ /10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100

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