Unit 4 test Test B

Listening 4 Complete the sentences with the geographical

features words. (5 marks)
1 1.05 Listen to part of a radio programme
about daredevils. Then match the statements River sea Falls mountains Valley
1–5 to the people A–C. (10 marks)
1 The water falls very fast at Victoria __________.
A Charles Lindbergh C Matthew Webb
2 The __________ Thames goes through London.
B Helen Thayer
3 Death __________ is a very hot place in the USA.
This person ... 4 The north of the country is quite flat, but there
1 went on an amazing journey in 1927. ____ are high __________ in the south.
2 went swimming. ____ 5 Do you enjoy swimming in the __________ when
3 did something amazing when he/she was over you go to the beach?
fifty. ____
4 walked across the Sahara Desert. ____ Language focus
5 wore very heavy clothes. ____ 5 Complete the sentences using the past
continuous form of the verbs. (16 marks)

Vocabulary not swim not watch play study

cycle drive not have climb
2 Choose the correct words. (10 marks)
walk over / around / through a rock 1 They _______________ dinner at eight o’clock.

1 climb up / under / through Mount Blanc 2 I _______________ home on my bike.

2 run off / down / into the water 3 She _______________ Polish at university.

3 fall off / across / up a bicycle 4 Alina _______________ TV last night.

4 ski under / into / down the ski slope 5 Jason _______________ basketball yesterday.

5 fly across / off / through the Atlantic 6 We _______________ the mountain yesterday.

6 cycle over / through / under a village 7 I _______________ in the pool.

7 put your bag over / under / around the desk 8 They _______________ home in the car.

8 drive up / around / off a town 6 Write past continuous questions. (14 marks)
9 sit into / through / under a tree 1 he / cycle / to work
10 jump around / up / over a wall __________________________________________

3 Match words 1–5 with definitions a–e. (5 marks) 2 they / relax / at home

1 pole a an area of fresh water in the __________________________________________

middle of the land 3 you / travel / around Africa
2 lake b a place with a lot of trees __________________________________________
3 forest c a very hot place where it doesn’t 4 he / do / the ironing
rain very often __________________________________________
4 ocean d a very cold place at the north or 5 she / walk / home
south of the world
__________________________________________
5 desert e a very large area of water, like the
6 Jessica / listen / to / the teacher
Atlantic or Pacific
__________________________________________
7 they / sail / on / the lake
__________________________________________
Unit 4 test Test B
7 Write sentences. Use the past simple
3 What part of his body did Alain hurt?
and past continuous forms of the verbs in
brackets. (10 marks) __________________________________________
4 Where did the police arrest Alain?
I / a book / when / Oli (read, phone)
I was reading a book when Oli phoned. __________________________________________
1 we / our teacher / while / we / home (see, go) 5 On what item of clothing did Alain put his
__________________________________________ message about the environment?
2 Pete / off / his horse / while / he (fall, ride) __________________________________________
__________________________________________
3 I / to friends / when / he / the party (talk, leave)
Communication
__________________________________________
4 Emily / while / we / lunch (arrive, have) 9 Complete the answers. Use five of the words.
__________________________________________ (10 marks)
5 they / in Italy / when / they / Chiara (travel, meet) kind really amazing done very kidding
__________________________________________
1 ‘I met Akon!’ ‘Oh! That’s _______________.’

Reading 2 ‘I heard some cool bands.’ ‘_______________?’

3 ‘That’s a great drawing.’ ‘That’s very
8 Read the text. Then answer the questions.
(10 marks) _______________of you.’
4 ‘Did you win the marathon?’ ‘Are you
THE REAL ‘SPIDERMAN’? _______________? It was really difficult!’
Alain Robert is one of the world’s greatest 5 ‘I ran 5 kilometres!’ ‘Well _______________!’
daredevils. He climbs tall buildings around the
world. Some people call him ‘the human
spiderman’! Writing
Alain was born in France in 1962, and he started 10 Complete the sentences with when, while or
climbing buildings when he was twelve. His as soon as. (5 marks)
family lived on the eighth floor of a block of flats.
One day Alain forgot his keys, so he climbed up 1 ____________ I was cooking, my dad arrived.
the outside of the building and went in through 2 She was listening to the radio ____________ she
the window.
heard the news.
It’s a dangerous hobby. He had a bad fall while
he was climbing in Taipei, and hurt his arm quite 3 He saw her ____________ he was cycling.
seriously. In 2005 while he was climbing in 4 Quick! Come to my house ____________ you can!
Texas, the American police arrested him. So
5 It was raining ____________ we left the party.
why does he do it? It’s partly because he likes
the feeling of danger. But he also uses his climbs
to make people think about world problems. In 11 Write about a dangerous journey. Use the ideas
2008, for example, while climbing, he wore a T- to help you. (5 marks)
shirt with a message about global warming.
Paragraph 1: Where were you travelling
What does Alain Robert climb? tall buildings (mountain, desert, etc.)? Why was it dangerous?
Paragraph 2: What happened at the beginning of
1 How old was Alain when he started climbing?
the journey? What happened later? How did you
__________________________________________ feel?
2 What nationality is Alain? Paragraph 3: What happened in the end? Was
everyone safe? How did you feel?
__________________________________________

Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40

Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100