Unit 4 test

3 Write the correct geographical features next to

Listening the definitions. (10 marks)
1 A very cold place at the north or south of the
1 1.05 Listen to part of a radio programme
about daredevils. Then match the statements world: _______________
1–10 to the people A–C. (10 marks) 2 A very hot, dry place: _______________
3 A very large area of salty water, like the Atlantic:
A Matthew Webb B Charles Lindbergh
_______________
C Helen Thayer
4 A large area of salty water, like the
This person ... Mediterranean: _______________
1 is the first daredevil Rod talks about. ____ 5 A place with a lot of trees: _______________
2 travelled over 6,000 kilometres on foot. ____ 6 Very high places where some people go skiing:
3 went somewhere very hot and dry. ____ _______________
4 travelled somewhere that is often very stormy. 7 The Nile is a famous one of these:
____ _______________
5 wore heavy clothes. ____ 8 A place where water falls down over rocks:
6 went on an amazing journey in 1927. ____ _______________
7 went swimming. ____ 9 An area of fresh water in the middle of the land:
8 did something amazing when he/she was over _______________
fifty. ____ 10 A deep place between two mountains:
9 used a form of transport for his/her record. ____ _______________
10 became the first person to do a particular activity
in the nineteenth century. ____
Language focus
4 Complete the sentences using suitable
Vocabulary affirmative (
) or negative () verbs. Use the
2 Complete the sentences with verbs and past continuous. (12 marks)
prepositions. (10 marks) The baby wasn’t sleeping in his bed. ()
across around off over up 1 John ______________ computer games

1 The monkey climbed _____________ the tree and yesterday. (
)

sat at the top. 2 Amy ______________ TV at ten o’clock

2 The stuntman jumped _____________ the cars on last night. ()

his motorbike! 3 My friends ______________ on the lake. (
)

3 Don’t fall _____________ your bicycle! 4 Tom and Jenny ______________ to school on

4 He swam _____________ the Channel, from their bikes. ()

France to England. 5 I ______________ in the sea yesterday. (
)

5 I want to sail _____________ the Greek islands. 6 We ______________ home in the car. ()

down into through off under 5 Complete the sentences using the past
continuous. Use your own ideas. (6 marks)
6 They walked _____________ the park, from the
1 At 6 p.m. last night, my mum ________________
east side to the west.
__________________________________________
7 I sat _____________ a big tree.
2 At 3 a.m. this morning, my friends ___________
8 We ran _____________ the sea to swim.
__________________________________________
9 The stuntwoman jumped _____________ the
3 At 7.30 a.m. today, I _______________________
bridge, into the river.
__________________________________________
10 We walked _____________ the mountain.
Unit 4 test
6 Write past continuous questions. Use the bold 5 Why did Alain wear a special T-shirt in Hong
verbs. (10 marks) Kong in 2008?
Were they skiing? No, they weren’t skiing. __________________________________________
1 __________________________________________
She was going to school. THE HUMAN SPIDERMAN
2 __________________________________________ Alain Robert is one of the world’s greatest
No, the sun wasn’t shining. daredevils. He climbs tall buildings around the
3 __________________________________________ world using just his hands and feet. That’s why
Yes, the dogs were running. some people call him ‘the human spiderman’!
4 __________________________________________ Alain was born in France in 1962, and he started
I was watching a comedy show. climbing buildings when he was twelve. His
family lived on the eighth floor of a tall building,
5 __________________________________________ and one day Alain forgot his keys, so he climbed
Jack was talking to his cousin. up the outside of a building and went in through
the window.
7 Write sentences. Use the past simple and past This is a dangerous hobby. Alain fell off a
continuous forms of the verbs. (12 marks) building while he was climbing in Taipei, and he
injured his arm quite seriously. He didn’t stop
I / a book / when / Oli (watch, phone)
though. Falling isn’t the only danger he faces. In
I was reading a book when Oli phoned. 2005, while he was climbing a building in Texas,
1 we / our teacher / while / we / home (see, go) the American police arrested him.
__________________________________________ So why does he do it? It’s partly because he
2 Pete / off / his horse / while / he (fall, ride) enjoys the feeling of danger. But he also uses his
__________________________________________ climbs to make people think about world
problems. In 2008, for example, he climbed a
3 I / to friends / when / he / the party (talk, leave)
46-floor hotel in Hong Kong while wearing a T-
__________________________________________ shirt with a message about global warming.
4 Emily / while / we / lunch (arrive, have)
__________________________________________
5 they / in Italy / when / they / Chiara (travel, meet) Communication
__________________________________________ 9 Complete the answers. (10 marks)
6 it / when / the concert (rain, start)
1 ‘I met Akon!’ ‘Oh! That’s a_______________.’
__________________________________________
2 ‘I heard some cool bands.’ ‘R_______________?’

Reading 3 ‘That’s a great drawing.’ ‘That’s very

k_______________ of you.’
8 Read the text on the right. Then answer the
questions. Write full sentences. (10 marks) 4 ‘Did you win the marathon?’ ‘Are you

1 Why is Alain called ‘the human spiderman’? k_______________? It was really difficult!’

__________________________________________ 5 ‘I ran 5 kilometres!’ ‘Well d_______________!’

2 Why did he climb his first building?

__________________________________________ Writing
3 What happened to him in Taipei? 10 Write about a dangerous journey. Write about
where you were travelling, why it was
__________________________________________
dangerous, what happened during the journey,
4 What happened to him in the USA? and at the end. Write about how you felt. Write
__________________________________________ about 80–100 words. (10 marks)

Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40

Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100