English Ii Test Units 8 & 9

English II Semester B Third Period Exam
Name:_Gabriela Natalia Luna Sánchez_____ Date:__june 28th, 2022__
Grammar
1 Complete the email using reported speech and the words in brackets.
Hi Beth,
Gary phoned me yesterday. He said 1____he had had a great time___ (I had a great
time) in London. He asked me 2__if Beth and I were going to Chloe’s party ____
(are you and Beth going to Chloe’s party) on Saturday, and I said yes. He said 3_he
would definitely come__ (I’ll definitely come), and he asked 4__where was she
having it__ (where is she having it)? I told him she was having the party at a new
pizza place in town, and I said 5_I would send him (I’ll send you) a map. Gary also
asked 6__what time it was going to start__ (what time does it start). I said 7__I
didn’t know__ (I don’t know), but I told him 8__I could ask Chloe__ (I can ask
Chloe) at school.
Anyway, I thought I’d tell you all this because I know you like Gary a lot. So don’t
worry − he’s going to be there!
See you there!
Bella
Mark: ___ / 8
2 Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions.
1 I’ll call you back this evening.
Mr Harris told Lucy ___he would call her back that evening__ .
2 Did you buy your T-shirt at the concert yesterday?
I asked Simon ___if he had bought his T-shirt at the concert the previous day___ .
3 We went to the cinema last Friday.
Macey and Dan said ___they had gone to the cinema the previous Friday___ .
4 Are you going to watch the match tomorrow?
Jason asked us __if we were going to watch the match the following day__ .
5 We’re really enjoying our holiday here.
The tourists told us __they were really enjoying their holiday there__ .
6 I’m watching a documentary on TV now.
Dad told me __he was watching a documentary on TV then__ .
Mark: ___ / 6
Solutions Third Edition Intermediate Tests 1 Unit 8 Progress Test A

3 Complete the third conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. The train tickets __would have been__ (be) much cheaper if we __had bought_ (buy) them
on the internet.
2. We __wouldn’t have spent__ (not spend) all night in the desert if the car __hadn’t run_ (not
run) out of fuel.
3. _Would you have taken_ (you / take) a taxi to my house if my dad _hadn’t met__ (not meet)
you at the bus station?
4. Zoe ____wouldn’t have gone_______ (not go) up in the hot-air balloon if she ___had
felt________ (feel) scared.
5. If they _had built__ (build) a better underground system in this city, it ___wouln’t have
become__ (not become) famous for traffic jams.
Mark: ___ /5
Vocabulary
5 Read the mini-dialogues and choose the correct words.
Sinead You said you’d phone John and apologise. Did you 1run out of / get through to him?
Dan Well, I tried to phone him. But I 2got cut off / broke up.
Sinead Why was that? Did he 3hang up / speak up on you?
Dan No, it was nothing like that. My phone just 4got through / ran out of credit.
Suzie The neighbours complained because Helen played loud music when my parents were
out. So now we’re both in trouble.
Callum I 5advise / blame you to tell your parents that it wasn’t you.
Suzie No, I can’t do that. But I’m really angry with Helen. I 6warned / suggested her against
playing it loud.
Callum And she 7insisted on / agreed to doing it?
Suzie That’s right. I 8proposed / begged her to turn it down, but she didn’t. She’s really silly
sometimes!
Mark: __ / 8
6 Choose the word which cannot be used to complete the sentence.

1 Hurry up! People are boarding the ___ !
A cab B aircraft C coach
2 At its highest point, the bridge is 120 ___ above the river below.
A metres B millimetres C feet
3 It was 9.30 when we finally reached our
A destination. B hotel. C luggage.
4 Excuse me. Can I see your ___ tickets, please?
A plane B train C scooter
5 When Sally’s family were on holiday in the Mediterranean, they hired a ___ for a week.
A tram B car C yacht
6 This ___ car looks old because it was built in the 1930s.

A cable B tram C buffet Mark: ___ / 6
Use of English
7 Complete the text with the words below.
can’t clear could expression hard I’m looks only say sure
The photo shows three older women who are sitting on a bench in a park. I
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__can’t__ be sure, but I’d say that they are all friends. They are dressed in light
coats and are wearing headscarves and there are lots of leaves around the bench so
I’m pretty 2__sure_ that it’s a cool, autumn day. It 3__looks__ as if two of the
women have moved closer together to look at something that is in the middle
woman’s hand. It’s 4___hard__ to say, but I think it’s a mobile phone. It’s 5__clear_
that the two women find something really funny because they are both laughing. Not
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__only_ that, one of the women is using a tissue to wipe a tear from her eye. It
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__could_ be that they’ve just seen a funny photograph or read an amusing message.
The third woman is sitting further along at the end of the bench and can’t see what
they’re looking at. Judging by her 8_expression_, I’d 9__say__ that she feels quite
annoyed. 10__I’m__ certain that the other women have completely forgotten about
their friend and wouldn’t even realise if she got up and left them.
Mark:__ / 10

Listening
8  Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

1 Marion Jacobs is a(n)
A radio presenter.
B author.
C scientist.
D computer engineer.
2 How is Elon Musk different from Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs?
A He didn’t make most of his money from computers.
B He became rich in his twenties.
C He wasn’t born in America.
D He had a very original idea.
3 Elon Musk said that in the future he would like to
A go into space.
B visit the moon.
C send astronauts into space.
D stay on the International Space Station.
4 What did Elon Musk do after there was a disaster in Japan?
A He gave the Japanese government money.
B He visited the disaster area.
C He took photos of the disaster area from space.
D He built something for a Japanese city.
5 What would be a good title for Marion’s book?
A Elon Musk – the Man and his Ideas
B A History of Computer Science
C Elon Musk Reaches for the Stars
D How to Make a Lot of Money
Mark: __ / 5

Reading
9 Read the text and complete gaps 1−5 with sentences A−G. There are two extra sentences.
Lost in the translation

In 1977, American president Jimmy Carter visited Poland and tried to
say something in Polish. But his translator hadn’t done a good job.
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__G___ It wasn’t a good start to his trip.
Translation is a difficult business. Nobody knows that better than
23-year-old Melike Kara, a translator in Istanbul. Melike is Turkish, but
she grew up in Germany and speaks perfect German and English.
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__C___ When I asked her what the most difficult thing to translate
was, she said ‘poetry’. This is because you can’t translate a poem
word-by-word. It has to sound nice in the other language, too. Melike
has also translated film scripts. ‘Serious films are OK,’ she says ‘but
comedies are really difficult. A joke in one language simply isn’t funny
in another language. So you have to think of something else.’
Melike told me that there was no writing on the screen in Turkish
cinemas. Instead, she said that actors recorded new Turkish dialogue
for foreign films. The translated dialogue must be exactly as long as
the original words − so the on-screen actors’ mouths don’t move when
there’s no sound. This takes ages to write. 3__F___ But when you do
your job well, it really looks like the actors are speaking Turkish.’
Nowhere is translation more important than at the United Nations in
New York. There, I met Masoud Abadi, who works as a translator in
United Nations meetings. ‘It’s a very difficult job,’ Masoud told me,
‘because I have to listen to the conversation, and translate it at the
same time. People don’t speak slowly, or stop and wait for you to
translate. And you mustn’t miss what anyone says.’
Every day, people at the United Nations translate hundreds of
important documents. These can be anything from business
agreements to important political discussions. The translators use
computer translation programs, but they also have to check everything
themselves. 4__A___ Masoud told me he could speak four: Arabic,
French, English and Farsi.
Translating documents correctly can be very important. In 1840, the
British and the Maori people signed a peace agreement in New
Zealand. 5__D___ Both sides were very happy when they signed the
agreement. But today, the Maoris and the New Zealand government
are still arguing about what it says!

A And all translators at the United Nations have to speak three languages perfectly. -
B Because of her language skills, she gets a lot of translation work. -
C Some translators fly around the world, travelling with leaders to important meetings. -
D But there were big differences between the British and the Maori translations of the
agreement. -
E Wars have started because of mistakes like this. -
F ‘I have to watch the film again and again,’ Melike told me, ‘until the dialogue is exactly right. -
G He said something rude, and everyone began to laugh! -
Mark: __ / 5

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What are some challenges of translation?

What is one of the most difficult things to translate according to Melike Kara?

English II Semester B Third Period Exam

Name:_Gabriela Natalia Luna Sánchez_ Date:june 28th, 2022

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6 Choose the word which cannot be used to complete the sentence.

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8  Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

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Lost in the translation

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