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Name: _______________
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Class: _______________
Unit 6 Test B Date: _______________
• Vocabulary
1 Complete the text with the words below. There are two extra words.
reminded
Ahmed clearlylosing
1 immigrants missed
____________________ remember
when he first arrived instruggle
Italy from his
2
____________________ country of Morocco, because he was already a teenager. It
wasn’t easy being a 3____________________ with no friends, and it was also a
4
____________________ to survive financially because there was an
5
____________________ crisis in Italy at the time. Ahmed 6 his old friends in Fez too,
but he knew that if he made a great 7____________________ to work hard and learn
the new language then he could integrate into his new home without
8
____________________ his identity. Today, working in his Moroccan restaurant in
Verona, he is 9____________________ of his roots all the time and is very happy that
10
he decided to ____________________ them.
/10
2 Choose the correct alternative.
1 The politician’s racist comments made people
extraordinary/furious/remarkable.
2 The dog hadn’t eaten for days so it was filthy/starving/interactive.
3 Cindy wore a home-made/filthy/gorgeous dress. It must have cost a fortune!
4 Ellen sailed around the world alone. It’s a vital/gorgeous/remarkable
achievement.
5 The tiny room was so overcrowded/ancient/oversized that we couldn’t move.
6 After our hike, we were brilliant/filthy/underrated and needed a shower.
7 The critics love that TV show, but I can’t stand it. It’s
overrated/brilliant/packed.
8 The conference was really ancient/interactive/international. There were
people from all over the world.
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Venture into First
Name: _______________
for Schools
Class: _______________
Unit 6 Test B Date: _______________
• Grammar
3 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the passive and the
verbs below.
1abandon discover Sea
The Mediterranean cross____________________
not warn clean by nearly a million migrants every
year.
2 We got to the hotel while the room ____________________, so we had to wait.
3 Nowadays more and more traditional lifestyles ____________________ due to
globalisation.
4 The port was not ready for the visitors because authorities
____________________ about the boats.
5 Penicillin ____________________ in 1928 and saved many lives.
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4 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form.
1 They say the refugees are in good health.
__________________________________________________________________________
2 There are fears that they are going to overdevelop the city in coming
decades.
__________________________________________________________________________
3 Have they informed you about the safety policy?
__________________________________________________________________________
4 More people will speak Spanish in the USA in the future.
__________________________________________________________________________
5 Hundreds of people will have signed the petition by the end of the day.
__________________________________________________________________________
6 They should pass a new tax law.
__________________________________________________________________________
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Venture into First
Name: _______________
for Schools
Class: _______________
Unit 6 Test B Date: _______________
5 Complete the second sentence using the correct form of have/get
something done.
1 Mara had to renew her passport before travelling.
Before travelling, Mara ____________________________________________ .
2 The hairdresser is dyeing Deb’s hair now.
Now Deb ____________________________________________ .
3 Did Jules find someone to scan his ID?
Did Jules ____________________________________________ ?
4 We are going to fix the boat before summer.
We ____________________________________________ before summer.
5 Someone pierced Ali’s nose when she was in Spain.
Ali was in Spain she ____________________________________________ .
/10
• Fluency
6 Write questions using the prompts. Then answer the questions in 20–
30 words.
1 how/people’s lives/be/transformed/by planes?
2 be/important/to study/the history of other countries?
3 which jobs/you/think/be/underpaid?
4 you/ever/have/something/stolen?
5 you/ever/feel/homesick?
/30
7 Write an essay in 150–190 words on the question: Should schools in
Europe get students to study for a period in another EU country?
Talk about:
• employment prospects
• overcrowding
• ___________ (your idea).
/20
Total: /100
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