Unit Test Unit 8

Group A

Name: ______________________________________ Class:

Total: /50
SŁOWNICTWO

1 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in CAPITALS using
the prefixes from the box. There is one extra prefix.

pre- pro- post- anti- sub- cross- inter-

The anti-consumerist (CONSUMERIST) online magazine Adbusters played a role in

starting the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.

1 The ______________________ (GOVERNMENTAL) Panel on Climate Change is

a scientific body set up by the UN to advise them on issues related to global warming.

2 There have been a number of ______________________ (DEMOCRACY) protests

in our country recently.

3 In today’s world, ______________________ (CULTURAL) understanding is

a necessity if we want to avoid conflict.

4 This is a fairly detailed issue and in my opinion it should be dealt with by a ________
____________ (COMMITTEE).

5 In a ______________________ (INDUSTRIAL) economy, there is a large service

sector and a strong emphasis on information technology, while the manufacturing of
goods is often outsourced to other countries. _____/5

2 Complete the sentences with the names of animals. Use the plural when
necessary.

Hi, it’s good to see you. We haven’t been in touch for donkey’s years.

1 There’s no point in pretending we haven’t got a problem; we have to take the ______
________ by the horns.

2 You can tell him what he did was wrong, but it’ll be water off a _________’s back.
He’s incapable of being sorry for harming others.

3 The event was supposed to be a surprise but someone let the _________ out of
the bag.

4 ‘All the people could just refuse to fight and there would be no more wars.’ ‘Sure, and
__________ might fly.’

5 Hold your __________! We haven’t discussed the implications of this plan yet.
_____/5

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3 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box in the correct form. There
is one extra verb.

act boost constitute have put raise tackle

We need to raise the profile of our organisation if we are to attract more funding.

1 The advertising campaign has been effective in _______________ the sales of

the brand.

2 Governments have been trying to _______________ the problem of global warming

for several decades now.

3 When she travelled to the famine-struck region, the actress was accused of
_______________ for her own advantage.

4 Reporting by independent journalists helped to _______________ the refugee issue

on the map.

5 Rice _______________ the staple food of about half of the world’s population.

_____/5

GRAMATYKA

4 Put the words in brackets in the correct order.

Scarcely had the journalist finished her report (journalist / had / the / scarcely / report /
finished / her) when more news of the catastrophe started pouring in.

1 _________________________________________ (storm / only / did / after / realise /

the / we) the danger we’d been in.

2 _________________________________________ (way / our / are / no / problems /

in) comparable with the suffering of war refugees.

3 _________________________________________ (that / did / know / anyone / little)

the next day would bring another disaster.

4 _________________________________________ (behaving / people / have /

seldom / seen / I) so selflessly as after that flood.

5 _________________________________________ (contribute / deforestation / only /

to / does / not) global warming; it leads to loss of biodiversity as well.
_____/5

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5 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

by hardly moment rarely under until

Rarely had the rescuers seen such disastrous effects after a tornado.

1 Not _____________ we’d seen the water approaching did we realise what was
happening.

2 _____________ no circumstances should you re-enter a burning building.

3 _____________ had I managed to drive away from the trees when one of them broke
and fell onto the road.

4 Only _____________ staying calm could we hope to save ourselves.

5 Not for a _____________ did it occur to him to abandon his companion on

the mountain.
_____/5

ŚRODKI JĘZYKOWE

6 Put the words in brackets in the correct order.

I hate it when people push (push / people / hate / I / when / it) me on public transport.

1 ________________________ (important / that / it / I / consider) we avoid wasting

food.

2 ________________________ (fun / people / make / Jack / like / when / it / doesn’t) of

him being a vegan.

3 I’m sure ________________________ (Emily / can / leave / we / to / to / let / it)

everyone know about the demonstration.

4 ________________________ (him / Derek / you / it / to / owe / tell / to) the truth.

5 ________________________ (helped / appreciate / you / would / it / if / I) me plant

some flowers in front of the school.

_____/5

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7 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

AFTER THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

We may sometimes think of disaster victims as passively waiting for humanitarian aid to
arrive. Not so. After the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, people in remote mountain villages
were often cut 1 __________ from external help for days. They quickly organised themselves
to help 2 __________ other. Not only 3 __________ they rescue people from under rubble,
treat the injured and bury the dead; they also constructed provisional shelters and toilets.
A family who owned 4 __________ shop used the food they stocked – rice, oil, vegetables,
eggs – to feed more than seventy people for several days. In another village, the owner of
a small hotel cooked for 5 __________ whole community using supplies from her kitchen.
A seventeen-year-old student 6 __________ had learned about earthquake response
organised a training group to share his knowledge. When the second quake came in May,
they were prepared: it 7 __________ them less than 40 minutes to dig out a boy trapped
under the rubble of a collapsed house, thus saving his life.
_____/7

8 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than six words in each gap including the word given in CAPITALS.

They managed to get out of the building moments before the roof came down.
SCARCELY
Scarcely had they managed to get out of the building when the roof came down.

1 When we went on holiday, we didn’t expect we would experience the worst natural
disaster we’d ever seen. LITTLE
_______________________________________ when we went on holiday that we
would experience the worst natural disaster we’d ever seen.

2 Large petrol companies claim they are environmentally friendly. I think it’s laughable.
FIND
_______________________________________ large petrol companies claim they
are environmentally friendly.

3 It was pure luck that they escaped the avalanche. CHANCE

Only _____________________________________________ the avalanche.

4 Our yacht sank immediately after we managed to get into the rescue boat. SOONER
______________________________________ to get into the rescue boat than our
yacht sank.
_____/8

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9 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in CAPITALS.

At the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris the representatives of 195

countries agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (EMIT).

1 As a green organisation, we are happy to work with anyone who shares our goals,
___________________ (REGARD) of their political orientation.

2 Agricultural ___________________ (INDUSTRIALISE) not only damages

the environment, but also results in poorer quality food being produced.

3 We should learn to use the Earth’s resources in more ___________________

(SUSTAIN) ways.

4 Air pollution in some of the world’s largest cities is reaching proportions ___________
__________ (CATASTROPHE).

5 UN aid agencies prefer to be represented by celebrities who have a convincing track

record of ___________________ (ENGAGE) with humanitarian causes.

_____/5

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