3 New Inspiration 2

Unit 3 Higher Test

VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with the correct
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words.
1 You can cross the river by walking over the
__________. 3 Complete the dialogue with the correct
2 The meteorite crashed into the ground phrases.
making a big ______. A: There you are! What (1) _______________
3 The kids went to an art ______ and saw you?
some fantastic paintings.
4 Tom was sailing in a small ______ when he B: I saw Chester from Linkin Park. You know I’m
fell in the sea. really (2) _______________ him. I got his
5 The view from up here is ______. You can autograph. It was (3) _______________!
see the whole city below you. A: Wow! Let’s see. Fantastic! Oh look, there’s
6 Fire can destroy houses and other Anna.
__________ very quickly.
C: Hi guys.
7 Firefighters sometimes use __________ to
drop water on forests that are on fire. A: Did (4) _______________ fun?
8 Christopher Wren was a famous ______ C: Not really. I got the tickets, but it (5)
and he designed the present St Paul’s _______________. We had to queue and now
Cathedral. my (6) _______________ from standing for
9 The firefighter __________ the woman out so long.
of the building.
10 I love watching that band. They always put A: Too bad, but great you got the tickets. So,
on a brilliant_______ . where’s Tina?
11 The people _______ from the building by C: Well, she (7) _______________ well. She
climbing out of a window. looked totally (8) _______________. I think
she’s gone to her tent to rest.
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A: Oh dear. That’s not good.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of some of these words.
hunger thirst perform exhibit PRONUNCIATION
exhaust sleep act pay
4 Circle the stressed syllable in each word.
1 Emma was __________ so she had a long
cold drink. 1 architect
2 They were __________ after climbing the 2 cathedral
tower. 3 gallery
3 We saw an interesting _________ about 4 performance
Shakespeare’s theatre. 5 monument
4 Sir Christopher Wren didn’t receive /5
_________ for his work until 35 years later.
5 The first __________ in the new Globe
Theatre was in 1996.
6 Were you __________ all morning?
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LANGUAGE WORKOUT 2 He __________ at the ball of light when he

__________ a pain in his hand.
(GRAMMAR)
3 His ears __________ for hours after the
5 Read and complete with the correct word.
meteorite __________.
The Great Fire of Rome
4 When the meteorite __________ him, it
The Great Fire of London happened in 1666, but
__________ at 500km an hour.
many years before that, there (1) ____ another
great fire in a capital: Rome. On the night (2) 5 A woman __________ on the sofa at home
____ July 19, 64 AD, a fire (3) ____ in the shops when a meteorite __________ through the roof.
near the Circus Maximus, Rome’s huge stadium.
There (4) ____ often fires in this hot and busy
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city but this fire (5) ____ special. The wind
carried the fire quickly to many parts of the city
and it (6) ____ for six days. Then it stopped but
soon continued again for another three days. The 8 Read and complete. For each number 1–10
fire (7) ____ two thirds of the buildings in Rome. choose the correct option A, B, C or D.
Many people didn’t (8) ____ from the flames and
died. Sam: Hi, did you have a good time?
Kristin: Yes, (1) ____. It was great. We saw lots of
Some people say the Roman emperor, Nero,
really interesting things.
(9) ____ the fire because he (10) ____ to build a
Sam: (2) ____ with you? He wanted to.
more spectacular city. Is this true? No one really
Kristin: No, he (3) ____. He stayed at home.
knows.
Sam: Why? (4) ____ tired?
/10 Kristin: No, but he was busy. He had an exam in
the morning, then work in the afternoon.
Sam: Oh, OK. And where (5) ____ exactly?
6 Complete the sentences with the correct Kristin: To Trafalgar Square, the Millennium
preposition. Bridge and the London Eye.
Sam: The London Eye! (6) ____ up in it?
1 The fire started _____ 2 September.
Kristin: Yes, we did. It’s fantastic. You can see all
2 It started _____ the morning. over London.
Sam: (7) ____ OK?
3 It finished _____ Wednesday.
Kristin: Yes, it was lovely.
4 You could see the flames _____ night. Sam: And (8) ____ lots of people?
Kristin: No, there (9) ____. It was OK. And what
5 It happened _____ 1666.
about you? What (10) ____ this morning?
Sam: I cleaned my room for three hours!
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1 A we did B we had C we have D we didn’t
7 Complete the sentences with the correct form 2 A Alexey went B Alexey go C Did Alexey go D
of some of these verbs.
Alexey did
crash fall feel hit look watch ring see
3 A not B went C wasn’t D didn’t
sleep make walk fall do
4 A He was B Was he C He did D Did he
1 He __________ to school when he __________
a ball of light.

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5 A you went B did you went C you go was more than 50 years old! He died at the age
D did you go of 78 in 1999.

6 A Went you B Did you go C Did you D ___

Also in 1960, Sony Corporation of America
D Did go started in the United States. In 1968, the
7 A Was the weather B Was weather company entered the music software business.
Then in 1979, it entered the finance business. In
C The weather it was D The weather 1988 it bought CBS Records Inc., and the
8 A there be B there were C were there following year Sony bought Columbia Pictures
Entertainment, Inc.
D there was
9 A aren’t B wasn’t C weren’t E____
Akio Morita was born in Japan on January 26,
D didn’t 1921, in the city of Nagoya, to a family of beer
10 A did you do B you did C did you makers. As a student, Akio often went to his
family’s company meetings with his father and
D you didn’t helped with the family business.

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READING
9a Read the text. Number the paragraphs in the
correct order. 9b Answer the questions.
A ____ 1 When was Akio born?
In 1946, when he was 25, Morita and his friend
_____________________
Masaru Ibuka started a small radio repair
company. In 1949 the company developed 2 What did the company sell in 1950?
recording tape and in 1950 sold the first tape
_____________________
recorder in Japan. In 1957 it produced a pocket-
sized radio and a year later changed its name to 3 When did they give the company the name
Sony. In 1960 it produced the first transistor
Sony? _____________________
television in the world.
4 What was Akio like?
B ____
________________________
As a child, he enjoyed playing with electronic
products, and mathematics and physics were his 5 How old was Akio when he died?
favourite subjects at school. He studied physics
__________________
at Osaka Imperial University.

C ____
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Morita managed Sony and through his ideas,
products like the Walkman and the video-
cassette recorder were born. He was always full
of curiosity and energy in everything he did – he
started skiing, tennis and scuba diving when he

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LISTENING 2004 – opens his website, the Leonardo

10 Listen to the radio interview. Answer the DiCaprio Eco-site
questions.
2004 – wins Best Actor Award for his role as
1 What is Jim’s job?
________________________________________ Howard Hughes in The Aviator
2 Why is he on this radio programme?
________________________________________ 2007 – makes a documentary about global
environmental problems, 11th hour
3 Where is Jim from?
________________________________________
2010 – donates $1,000,000 to help people in
4 When was he born?
________________________________________ Haiti after the earthquake
5 When did he come to England?
________________________________________
6 When did he start college?
________________________________________ _______________________________________
7 Where did he make his first film?
_______________________________________
________________________________________
8 What did he study at first? _______________________________________
________________________________________
9 Is he famous in America? _______________________________________
________________________________________
10 Is he rich? _______________________________________
________________________________________
_______________________________________
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WRITING
12 You have made these notes on Leonardo _______________________________________
DiCaprio. Use this information to write about
his life. _______________________________________
Leonardo DiCaprio
_______________________________________
11 November, 1975 – born in Los Angeles,
California
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1988 – starts acting in TV ads

1990 – appears in his first TV programme,

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1991 – makes his first movie, Critters 3

1992 – stars in his first big film, This Boy’s Life

1997 – becomes a superstar in the film Titanic

1999 – makes the film The Beach

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