7 New Inspiration 3

Unit 7 Higher Test

VOCABULARY 3 Complete with the correct verbs.

1 Rewrite the sentences, replacing the phrasal 1 Oh, no! My mobile phone is dead. I forgot to
verbs in bold with their opposites. _____________ it last night.
2 You’ll need to _____________ some books
1 Could you tell those children to go away? from the library for your science project.
__________________________________ 3 Ray Tomlinson _____________ email in 1971.
2 Please put down your pens. 4 Do you think we’ll ever _____________ a
__________________________________ solution to the problem of junk mail?
3 When the teacher comes into the room, you 5 Some dogs can _____________ over 100
have to sit down. words.
__________________________________ 6 Whales and dolphins _____________ by
4 Can you turn off the television, please? singing.
__________________________________
5 Do you think we should put on our coats? /6
__________________________________
6 Shall I take the plates away?
__________________________________ 4 Complete with the correct form of phrasal
verbs with go.
/6 1 Martin _____________ to his home town ten
years after he had left.
2 Complete the words in the dialogues. 2 William decided to _____________ with his
plan to build a windmill.
1 3 Once you’ve been in the job for a year, your
A: My e____________ inbox is full of salary _____________.
s____________ and junk mail. 4 Bob wanted to stay at university after he
B: You need a better filter on your computer. graduated and _____________ studying physics.
2 5 The temperature started to _____________
A: I don’t know how people used to do research and soon it was -10 degrees.
before the I____________. 6 Mum and Dad ____________ to a hotel for
B: I guess they spent a lot of time in the library! the weekend.
3
A: Which I____________ do you use? /6
B: I use Google. I think it’s faster than the
others.
4 PRONUNCIATION
A: My c____________ crashed yesterday and 5 Underline the stressed syllable in each word.
had a lot of problems.
B: Be careful! It might have a harmful 1 educate
v____________ which could damage it. 2 interview
5
3 inventor
A: I read a funny post on a blog yesterday.
B: Can you send it to me as an a____________? 4 reporter
A: Yes. I’ll email it to you now. 5 starvation
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New Inspiration Level 3 Tests Unit 7 Higher Test

LANGUAGE WORKOUT 6 He said that he couldn’t swim.

__________________________________
(GRAMMAR) __________________________________
7 ‘We won’t have to go back home,’ they said.
6 Complete the reported requests and
__________________________________
commands.
__________________________________
1 ‘Don’t be late.’ 8 He said that they had eaten all the pizza.
Jeff told me ________________________. __________________________________
2 ‘Pick up your bag!’ __________________________________
She told him ________________________. 9 ‘It started to rain after dinner,’ she said.
3 ‘Could you sit down?’ __________________________________
I asked her ________________________. __________________________________
4 ‘Please don’t shout.’ 10 He said that they were going ahead.
She asked them ________________________. __________________________________
5 ‘Can you turn off the TV?’ __________________________________
They asked her ________________________.
6 ‘Don’t touch anything.’ /10
He told us ________________________.
7 ‘Bring it back!’
8 Complete the text with the correct form of
I told him ________________________.
these verbs.
8 ‘Please can you wash the car?’
We asked them ________________________. ask be can do have hope
9 ‘Take it away!’ look after tell want work
He told me ________________________.
10 ‘Sit down and be quiet!’ I had just been to an interview for a part-time
She told them ________________________. job. None of my friends had been to a job
/10 interview before, so I told them what the
interviewers (1) _____________ me. They
(2) _____________ very nice, and first just asked
7 Write the direct speech as reported speech about my interests and experience of school.
and the reported speech as direct speech. Then they asked me if I (3) _____________ a job
before. I said that I (4) _____________ in a shop
1 ‘I’m not ready yet,’ she said.
every Saturday for nearly a year now.
__________________________________
Then I (5) _____________ them that before that
__________________________________
I (6) _____________ children, so really I had
2 He said he didn’t think it was going to be a
quite a lot of work experience for my age. They
long journey.
seemed pleased about that. Then they started
__________________________________
asking me why I (7) _____________ the job,
__________________________________
what I (8) _____________ bring to it and what I
3 ‘We’re working in town,’ he said.
(9) _____________ to get from it. Then they
__________________________________
wanted to know about my plans for the future.
__________________________________
They asked me what I (10) _____________ in the
4 She said that the girls would be late again.
future, after university . I think I said something
__________________________________
right, because I got the job!
__________________________________
5 ‘They must find their books,’ I said. /10
__________________________________
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New Inspiration Level 3 Tests Unit 7 Higher Test

READING Teenagers Juan Chavez and Emilio Resendiz, who

are both deaf, have been best friends since
9 Read the text. Then answer the questions nursery school. ‘Juan and I are closer than
writing full sentences. brothers,’ signed Emilio. ‘We share the same
1 How long have Emilio and Juan been friends? experiences because we are deaf. Sometimes
__________________________________ other kids who don’t know how to use sign
__________________________________ language tease us. They make fun of us or mostly
2 What language do the boys use? they ignore us.’
__________________________________ The language the boys use is American Sign
__________________________________ Language. However, sign language is different
3 Why did Emilio’s parents move to the U.S.? from country to country. Every country has its
__________________________________ own sign language and this can be another
__________________________________ obstacle for deaf people. Emilio said that his
4 What did Emilio say about his first day at parents had moved to the U.S. from Mexico
nursery school? because they had wanted to find a school for
__________________________________ him where he could learn to sign. The two boys
__________________________________ met on their first day at a nursery school for deaf
5 Where are the boys working at the moment? children. ‘We were in a class with about 25 other
__________________________________ deaf children,’ Emilio said. ‘Until my first day at
__________________________________ school, I didn’t understand that I was deaf and
6 Who found them these jobs? that I was different. I just thought that people
__________________________________ ignored me.’
__________________________________ They’ve had many challenges but they’re
7 What did Juan say about the other workers at finding life easier today than in the past. ‘In the
the supermarket? past, deaf people couldn’t use a telephone, of
__________________________________ course,’ said Juan, ‘and that would make life very
__________________________________ difficult. But today we can send texts, send
8 What do they hope to do after high school? emails, use instant messaging and social
__________________________________ networking sites. So things are a lot easier for
__________________________________ deaf teenagers today than in the past.’
9 What does Emilio want to be in the future? Despite their difficulties, the two boys have
__________________________________ found part-time jobs in a local supermarket
__________________________________ through a charity that helps find work for deaf
10 What does Juan want to be in the future? teenagers. ‘The other workers have been very
__________________________________ friendly,’ signed Juan. ‘Some have even learnt to
sign. At first, I think we were very nervous, but
/10 we've learnt a lot and we really enjoy it now.’
Both boys agreed that their opportunity to work
and earn some money like other teenagers had
been really important to them. After high school,
they hope to attend the National Technical
Institute for the Deaf in New York City.
‘We want to live a normal life. We want to
have good jobs, get married, and have children,
just like everyone else,’ said Emilio. ‘Ultimately,
I’d like to be a builder or carpenter. I like making
things. And Juan wants to work with computers.’

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New Inspiration Level 3 Tests Unit 7 Higher Test

LISTENING WRITING
10 Listen and answer the questions. 11 Imagine you interviewed your favourite film
star or pop star. Write a summary of the
1 Where is Adam Nelson from?
interview, using direct speech and reported
__________________________________
speech. Think of these things:
2 Who is his invention used by? • What five different questions did you ask?
__________________________________ • What answers did they give to your questions?

3 What is it? _______________________________________

__________________________________
_______________________________________
4 Why is it useful?
__________________________________ _______________________________________

5 Until now, where have paramedics sometimes _______________________________________

written their notes?
_______________________________________
__________________________________
_______________________________________
6 Why do they need to write notes?
__________________________________ _______________________________________

7 Who helped Nelson make his first pocket? _______________________________________

__________________________________
_______________________________________
8 How long did it take?
__________________________________ _______________________________________

9 How much money will Nelson earn from his _______________________________________

invention?
__________________________________ _______________________________________

_______________________________________
10 Has Nelson ever invented anything before?
__________________________________
_______________________________________

/10 _______________________________________

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