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    cumulative test

    Test 6–10
    Grammar Vocabulary
    1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 3 Choose the correct answers.
    the verbs in brackets.
    1 Do you have any about his ability?
    1 Could you tell me where A  problems   B  regrets   C  doubts
    (be the bank)?
    2 To my , it’s not a big problem at all.
    2 You (not need) hurry A  view   B  mind   C  opinion
    home. We’ve got plenty of time.
    3 I’m disappointed they my proposal.
    3 Jackie (must have)
    A  rejected   B  refused   C  called off
    some bad news. She looks really upset.
    4 The have improved since they moved
    4 Who (you ask) to
    the programme to Saturday evenings.
    come in early today? Was it the boss?
    A  viewers   B  ratings   C  numbers
    5 What
    5 If you on too much work, your health
    (you cook) if he had been vegetarian?
    might suffer.
    6 (your
    A  make   B  put   C  take
    mum work) at the university? I’m sure I
    recognise her from my student days. 6 Our dog has cut his on some glass.
    A  claw   B  whiskers   C  paw
    7 I (not be) here now if
    Sam hadn’t given me a lift. 7 You shouldn’t that everyone feels the
    same way you do.
    8 We (leave) at 10.30
    but there was a problem on the plane. A  agree   B  accept   C  assume

    Mark /8 8 The farmer moved his of cows to the


    field by the river.
    2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. A  pack   B  herd   C  litter
    9 I’ll go with the majority opinion.
    1 I have managed to finish all
    the work without your help. Thank you. A  out   B  along   C  away

    2 Every Christmas Dad dress up 10 When is the next of the TV series?


    as Santa Claus. A  episode   B  view   C  sequence
    3 I haven’t been to use my Mark /10
    computer since it crashed last week.
    4 Remember to get some money from the cash
    4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
    point, you? 1 To deal with climate change we need to use
    5 I can’t remember I wanted to sources of energy.
    ask you. 2 I’m going to in my notice
    6 Do I to use a special password tomorrow because I’ve got a new job.
    to get onto the site? 3 Some people can’t cope with the rat
    7 I was to start the engine when I and have to change jobs.
    noticed a smell of petrol. 4 Millions of people in the UK are
    Mark /7
    paid and have very little to live on.
    5 I have to off the meeting on
    Friday. I’ve just found out the boss is away then.
    Mark /5

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    A
    cumulative test

    Test 6–10

    Listening
    5 ≤4.12  Listen to part of a radio interview about The Doomsday Vault
    unpaid overtime. Are the sentences true or false?
    How can an enormous chamber 200 metres below the
    1 Workers in the UK spend longer at work on surface in one of the coldest places on the planet possibly
    average than those in the rest of Europe. T / F help the survival of our planet? Read on and find out!
    2 Many people assume that working long hours On 25th February 2008, what is known as ‘The Doomsday
    is normal for their job. T/F Vault’ started operating officially. It may sound like
    3 Some professions are demanding to be paid something from a spy film but is in fact a giant fridge in
    for the hours they work overtime. T/F which the seeds from every known variety of plant and
    crop on the planet will eventually be deep frozen. They
    4 Mike thinks workers should only ever work the
    could remain in this state for up to 1,000 years.
    hours stated in their contracts. T/F
    The Doomsday Vault is like an insurance policy for the
    5 February 22nd is the official start to the year
    Earth and its construction was prompted by concerns
    for many professions. T/F
    about global warming and extreme climate change. The
    Mark /10 idea behind it is that should climate change or natural
    catastrophe one day devastate the planet, it will be

    Reading possible to use the seeds stored here to reestablish crops


    and plants that have been lost. It already contains over
    6 Read the text. 250,000 seed samples and has space for up to four and a
    half million – way beyond the species we can identify at
    7 Are the sentences true or false? present.
    1 The Doomsday Vault is featured in a movie. T / F The remote area of Svalbard, Norway was chosen for
    2 Food will be stored there in case it is needed in siting the vault because of its location. It is deep within
    a catastrophe. T/F the Arctic circle and only 620 miles from the North
    Pole itself. It used to be important for mining but now
    3 It will eventually contain items we don’t yet
    houses very few people and is visited mainly by tourists
    know about. T/F
    and scientists. It is remote, isolated and has an extremely
    4 The people in Svalbard are not inhospitable climate, all of which made it an ideal place
    very friendly. T/F to construct the vault. It is so cold in the vault that the
    5 This is the first vault to have been built contents would never defrost even if the refrigeration
    to store seeds for the future. T/F unit should fail.
    Mark /10 As well as being very cold, the vault is also very strong.
    It has been constructed from concrete and steel and will
    stand up to whatever nature or man could attack it with.
    Writing It has already survived the biggest earthquake Norway
    8 Write a for and against essay with the title: has ever experienced.
    Technology has caused a decline in traditional The Doomsday Vault cost six million euros to build
    communication skills. Use the writing guide to but scientists believe it was well worth the money. They
    help you. have seen some existing seed vaults in other countries
    destroyed during conflict or natural disasters. Unique
    Paragraph 1: Explain the meaning of the
    samples of seeds have been lost from these vaults which
    statement.
    means that there are some varieties of plants that we
    Paragraph 2: Give points in favour of the statement. shall never see again. Learning from these experiences the
    Paragraph 3: Give points against. scientists behind the Doomsday Vault have done their
    utmost to ensure that the samples stored there, and with
    Paragraph 4: Summarise and give your own
    them the possible future of our planet, will be safe.
    viewpoint.
    Mark /10

    Total /60

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