Test Unit 6

Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
Total: ___/50

LISTENING She committed an offence when she was

driving. I'm not sure what it was but she
1 TRACK 7 You will hear a presentation of had to pay a fine.
a campaign group. Complete the
sentences with one or two words.
1 Did you hear her talking about a vegetarian
1 The group aims to create an avalanche of diet? She really wanted to _______________
_____________________ for their _______________________ about her beliefs.
campaigns. 2 It's very dangerous to ___________________
2 The group sometimes contacts _____________________, people will believe
_____________________ directly by anything they read in the press.
email. 3 We're running a campaign at school to
3 The group doesn’t care about which ____________________________________
_____________________ their members about homelessness in our local area.
support. 4 I never ______________________________
4 The only money the group gets is from before I post them online but many people do.
______________________. 5 My brother ___________________________
5 Because of the group, pesticides which waking up early to go running. I'd like to do
_____________________ are no longer the same but I'm too lazy.
sold by one online seller. _____/5
6 Thanks to Campaigns By You, members of
38 degrees can create their own 3 Complete the sentences with the missing
_____________________ online. words. The first letters are given.

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doesn’t really want to go with us. She just
doesn’t want to say it.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

2 Match the verbs in A with the phrases in 1 When the teacher asked me my opinion,
B to make collocations. Then complete I became t___________-t___________
the sentences. You may need to change
the form of the verbs. There is one and couldn’t think of anything to say.
extra verb in A. 2 Alternative music usually becomes

A spread commit make gain m_______________ in the end.

have raise retouch 3 There’s no hidden meaning, just take the
B a habit of images fake news story at face v_______________.
a statement awareness an offence
4 The pictures were all b_______________
after I dropped my camera.

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5 You can't make a c_______________ that 3 If you _______________________ (be)

you got the highest mark in the test when completely honest with me then, we
you haven't seen all the results! _______________________ (not have) all
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4 I’ve been thinking about Alex’s comment
4 Choose the correct option. yesterday. It _______________________
(offend) you a lot more if you __________
Unless / Supposing you didn’t speak
English fluently, would you still move to _______________________ (believe) in
Australia? your football team. But I know you don’t.
1 Hadn’t you / Had you not agreed to our
5 They _______________________ (give)
request, we would have had to look for
another solution. you the leading part in the play if you
2 Imagine / Provided you could rewrite one _______________________ (not dye)
historical event, which one would you
your hair this weird colour! But now I don’t
choose?
3 Should / Unless you require any further think they will.
assistance, please don’t hesitate to call _____/5
our centre.
4 My dog never sleeps during the day,
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supposing / unless she’s really tired.
5 I would never allow them to go were I not / 6 Complete the second sentence so that it
weren’t I sure it was completely safe. has a similar meaning to the first. Use
between two and five words including
_____/5 the word in capitals. Do not change the
word given.
5 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs in brackets.
The artefacts were made in the 17th century.
If I was/were (be) a good student, BACK
I wouldn’t have failed (not fail) yet another The artefacts date back to the 17th century.
test.
1 This program is too complicated and most of
1 If you _______________________ (not its users don’t know how it works. ISN’T
start) an account on the dating site, we This program _________________________
_______________________ (not meet) ________________________________ at all.
each other. 2 It’s impossible to focus when there’s so
2 If she _______________________ (not be) much information to take in. WITH
so mean, she _______________________ It’s impossible to focus when you’re _______
(not say) that yesterday. ____________________________________.

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3 The local council is cracking down on 2 A long-legs B long legged

speeding in the area. A C long-legged
The local council is having _______________ 3 A take B focus C capture
__________________________ in the area. 4 A Had B If C Unless
4 I went to work and now I’m very tired. NOT 5 A evaluate B distort C mislead
Had _________________________________ _____/5
today, I wouldn’t be so tired now.
5 Someone has changed the evidence. READING
WITH
8 Complete each gap with up to six
Someone must have ___________________ words so that the summary is logical
and consistent with the meaning of
__________________________ the evidence.
the text.
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THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T TALK
7 Read the text and choose the correct
answer, A, B or C. During World War Two, George Dupre worked for
Canadian Intelligence. For much of the war, he
A _____ man is the focus of a particularly 1_____ worked in an office in Winnipeg, Canada, although
news story this weekend. Andrew Cox, from Wales, he was sent to Britain later in the conflict.
was on his way home from work when he noticed When he returned to Canada after the war, people
a very angry and upset mother duck by the side of were naturally interested in hearing about what he
a deep hole. When he looked down into the had done. George was a good storyteller and he
darkness he saw ten ducklings struggling to climb slowly started to exaggerate his role in the war.
the steep sides of the hole. The 2_____ farmer His stories became more and more sensational.
quickly lowered himself into the hole and started to He told his fascinated listeners about how he was
lift the baby birds to safety. His actions quickly sent to France to work undercover. He had
attracted the attention of local people who came pretended to be a village idiot, which disguised his
out to 3_____ the moment on camera. 4_____ real purpose there. Eventually, he had been
Andrew not been there to help, the baby ducks arrested by the Germans, who had recognised his
would probably not be alive now. However, a importance to the war effort. They had tortured him
reliable source tells us that the mother and babies for information but George was strong and brave.
are doing fine, and Andrew has been visiting them He had refused to tell them anything. He was the
daily with nuts and seeds. Andrew got his five man who wouldn’t talk.
minutes of fame, and we got a reminder that not Once George started, he had to keep up the lie,
every news story is out to 5_____ the truth. no matter how far-fetched the story became. It
proved to be quite simple to keep up the deception.
A forty-six-years-old B forty-six-year-old George was quiet and modest and very believable.
C forty-six year old When he was vague about details or contradicted
himself, it was easy to blame it on his suffering
1 A eyecatching B eye-catching while a prisoner.
News of George’s heroism quickly spread. A writer,
C eyes-catching
called Quentin Reynolds, had the idea of writing

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a book about George. He interviewed him and, in

1953, George’s story appeared with the title The
George Dupre spent most of World War Two in
Man Who Wouldn’t Talk. Perhaps, it should have
an office in Winnipeg, Canada. Whilst he was,
been called The Man Who Talked Too Much. The
in fact, sent to Britain for some time, he didn't
book caught the attention of one of his wartime
do most of the things he claimed. Having come
colleagues who realised that George had been
back to Canada, people started asking him
in Winnipeg at the time many of the book’s
questions. He was good (1) _______________
events took place. He told a journalist what he
______________________________ and told
knew and the journalist had an idea.
them he had worked undercover in France.
He arranged to meet George, claiming that he too
had worked for Canadian intelligence in Europe.
As a result, some German soldiers (2) _______
He then tricked George by making up some
______________________________ to find
names of important intelligence agents working in
out what he knew, but he remained strong and
France at that time. George was completely taken
refused to cooperate with them.
in and claimed he had known the same people.
A writer called Quentin Reynolds met and
When the story broke, the book’s publishers were
interviewed George to write a book about him.
forced to republish the story as a work of fiction.
One of his colleagues read it and (3) ________
Quentin Reynolds joked that he had written his
___________________________. After he
first novel. However, surprisingly, sales didn’t
revealed the truth, George was tricked into
suffer. It was such a good story that people still
admitting that he had made up the story.
enjoyed it, even though they knew it wasn’t true. It
also helped that George hadn’t invented the story
Since the book didn't describe real events, it
for personal or financial gain. He gave away any
was later republished as a work of fiction, but it
money he earned from the book, even before the
(4) ______________________________.
truth was revealed. He was just a normal person
People enjoyed reading it and they liked
who had got carried away. As he said himself, the
George, who had decided to give away all the
story just grew on him.
money he earned from the book even before
the truth was discovered.

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WRITING

9 Do the writing task.

Tematem najbliższego numeru gazetki szkolnej są książki świata. Spośród książek zagranicznych
autorów przeczytanych ostatnio przez ciebie wybierz jedną i napisz artykuł do gazetki. W artykule
nakreśl czytelnikom treść i zagadnienia poruszane w tej książce oraz opisz jej mocne i słabe strony.

Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów i spełniać wszystkie wymogi typowe dla formy
wskazanej w poleceniu.

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