Name:_______________________________
Unit test 6
1 Listen to a conversation between two writers 4 How can the game help players?
and answer the questions. 5 What kind of research did the people who made
Why does Nina write fiction?
the game do?
Nina writes fiction because she likes to use her
6 What three reasons does the writer give as to
imagination.
why you should buy the game?
1 How does imagining she is another person help
7 Does the writer like the game?
Nina's writing?
2 What does David say about his imagination? 14
3 What is David good at? 3 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Use zero
or first conditional.
4 What does Nina like her readers to guess?
5 How does David describe mysterious accidents? If I'll eat too much my jeans won't fit.
6 Which does Nina think might be scarier – her If I eat too much my jeans won't fit.
imagination or David's research? 1 If I am spending a lot of time on my homework, I
7 What does David say people say is stranger – will do it well.
fact or fiction? ___________________________________
2 Water will freeze if it gets icy cold.
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2 Read a blog about a new fantasy computer game 3 When I go to bed early I will always feel great the
and answer the questions. next day.
___________________________________
The new computer game called The World Is What You
4 What do you when she comes home early?
Make It is both very imaginative but also realistic. It is
___________________________________
realistic because the player faces a range of decisions,
5 If we won the hockey match we will have a party.
and the choices made determine the next stage of the
___________________________________
game and the sort of problems and difficulties the
6 She likes when I will make pizza.
player will face. In this way, the game is rather like real
___________________________________
life because the decisions and actions you or I make or
7 Why will leaves go green when there is sunlight?
do affect what we face in our lives. It's clever because,
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although the situations are fantasy situations with
fantasy characters, the dangers and rewards that go 7
with decisions fit with real life. The way you choose to 4 Choose the correct alternatives.
deal with a problem and the result it has would change If he changes into a dragon, what will / does
happen?
you because of what you did. So, the game can help
1 If this is it, she isn't / won't be interested.
players learn how to think through options carefully
2 I will / do put the TV on when you sit down.
before acting. The people who made the game did a lot
3 How do / will you feel about the future?
of research into how people think. You should buy the
4 If people complain, I am / will be unhappy.
game – it makes you think, it is fun, and it has excellent
5 If it is boring, I will fall / fall asleep.
graphics.
6 Do you feel like going / go to watch it?
7 It doesn't / won't matter how we get there.
How is The World Is What You Make It described?
It is described as both imaginative and realistic. 7
1 What determines the next stages in the game?
2 In real life how do our actions affect us?
3 Are the situations the player faces like real-life
situations?
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Unit test 6
5 Complete the text using a word from the box.
7 Match sentences 1–7 with responses A–H.
down in away out with up on after
I don’t like this! A OK - let’s go.
0
It was very hot, so I sat down under a tree in our
1
1 Open it before she B What’s up?
garden. Then I heard a noise. I looked ______ at
2 sees you. C That sounds tricky!
the tree. I saw a black cat _____ the tree. I put
3
some water in a small bowl and placed it _____ a 2 I can’t do it. D I’m pretty sure it is.
branch of the tree. I wanted to keep the cat, but my 3 Can I watch with you? E Are you sure about
4
father said we had to find _________ who the cat 4 Are you certain it’s this this?
belonged to. Luckily, it had a collar with a phone car? F I suppose so.
number, and its owner came to get it. He told us that 5 I only have one day to G May I try?
5
the cat often ran ________when the family wasn’t
write my book report! H Stop complaining!
6
at home. I offered to look ________ the cat when
7
6 So, we’re all ready.
they went away. Now Felix comes to stay ______
7 Oh no!
me often!
7
7
6 Rewrite the sentences using the words provided. 8 Complete the dialogue. Choose from these
words.
I have no problem with horror films. (mind)
I don't mind horror films. frightened interested tiring amused bored
annoyed amazed exciting
1 Remember to lock the door. (forget)
___________________________________ Alex What’s wrong with David?
2 It is necessary for us to study hard. (need) 0
Dan He's annoyed. He doesn’t want to write a
___________________________________ story for homework. He has no imagination.
3 I would like to win the lottery. (hope) Alex What kind of story do you have to write?
___________________________________ Dan We have to write an adventure story so it has
4 They really don't like living there. (hate) 1
to be _________.
___________________________________ Alex Yes, of course. You don't want someone
5 Will she always write books? (continue) reading your adventure to be __________
2
___________________________________ and go to sleep!
6 Have your friends eaten dinner yet? (finish) 3
Dan David is just not _________ in writing a
___________________________________ 4
story. He says it is __________ trying to
7 She said yes, she will do it. (agree) imagine people and events.
___________________________________ 5
Alex Well, he is not ________, that's for sure. I
7 have never seen a less smiley face!
6
Dan I think he is also _________ that he will get
extra homework if it is not good.
7
Alex I would be _________ if the teacher did
that – that wouldn’t be fair!
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