Unit 7 test
Listening 4 Complete the definitions for the bold words. Use
your own ideas. (8 marks)
1 1.08 Listen to a conversation about a book.
Then write true or false. Correct the false A character is a person in a book or a film.
sentences. (7 marks) 1 A blockbuster is a film which _______________
John has read the book. true __________________________________________.
1 It’s an adventure story. 2 A novelist is a person who _________________
___________________________________________ __________________________________________.
2 The main character was happy as a child. 3 The setting is _____________________________
___________________________________________ __________________________________________.
3 She does some teaching work. 4 A biography is a story _____________________
___________________________________________ __________________________________________.
4 When she leaves the house, she goes to live in
India. Language focus
___________________________________________
5 Complete the sentences using your own ideas.
5 When she goes back to her old house, Mr
Use an -ing form or an infinitive. (12 marks)
Rochester isn’t there. I love reading books.
___________________________________________ 1 One day, I’d like ___________________________
6 One person has died in a fire. __________________________________________.
___________________________________________ 2 I hate ____________________________________.
7 Mr Rochester loses his foot. 3 This evening, I need _______________________
___________________________________________ __________________________________________.
2 Have you read this book? If you have, what did 4 My dad prefers ____________________________
you think of it? If you haven’t, would you like to __________________________________________.
read it? Why? / Why not? (3 marks) 5 My friends like _____________________________.
_______________________________________ 6 I don’t mind _______________________________.
_______________________________________
6 Write sentences using the correct forms of can,
_______________________________________ could, or be able to. (12 marks)
1950 Today 2050
Vocabulary watch a reality show
3 Write film genres (for example, war stories, smoke in public places
romances, etc.). (12 marks) chat online
1 My mum loves ______________ – she knows all
buy CDs
the songs. (today / reality show)
2 I like ______________ films because I can always Today you can watch a reality show.
solve the mystery before the police. 1 (2050 / reality show)
3 My dad likes ______________ – I think he’d like to ___________________________________________
be a cowboy himself. 2 (1950 / public places)
4 I don’t like ______________ films. I get so ____________________________________________
frightened I cover my eyes with my hands. 3 (today / public places)
5 ______________ films teach us about historic ____________________________________________
conflicts between countries. 4 (today / online)
6 I like cartoons, but the Friday night ___________________________________________
______________ makes me laugh even more! 5 (1950 / online)
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Unit 7 test
____________________________________________ g This lady tried to save other passengers.
6 (2050 / CDs) h This later film, about alien life, made over $2.7
____________________________________________ billion!
i They fall in love.
7 Complete the second conditional sentences
using the correct form of the verbs. (16 marks) TITANIC
(1) ____ It was a big international hit. It made $1.8 billion and it won
eat / not stop not enjoy / miss go / arrive eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
have / go know / send The film was expensive to make, and it included many computer-
not watch / not get speak / visit watch / have generated images. (2) ____ Other scenes show the ship underwater.
It tells the story of two passengers from different social classes. Rose is a
1 If we __________________ by car, we seventeen-year-old rich girl. (3) ____ But she doesn’t love him. On the
__________________ by 5 p.m. ship she meets Jack Dawson, a third-class passenger. (4) ____ But
tragically, the ship sinks and Jack dies.
2 He __________________ all the episodes in a day
The film doesn’t end on the boat. (5) ____ In her life, she has done
if he __________________ the DVD of the series. everything she said she would do with Jack.
3 They __________________ chocolate every day The love story between the main characters is fictional. (6) ____ Some
people, like Molly Brown, were famous in real-life. (7) ____ This made
if their parents _________________ them. her a heroine.
4 If she __________________ French, she In 2010, the director, James Cameron, made another best-selling film,
Avatar. (8) ____ That’s why Cameron is such a famous Hollywood name!
__________________ Paris.
5 If I __________________ her email address,
Communication
__________________ her an email.
6 You __________________ the film if you 10 Complete the words. (10 marks)
____________________ the start. 1 ‘Have you seen any good films r____________?’
7 If I ____________________ time, I 2 ‘I don’t f____________ that one.’
____________________ out twice a week. 3 ‘I wouldn’t r____________ it. It’s boring!’
8 If she ____________________ so much TV, she 4 ‘I’m not a big f____________ of musicals.’
__________________ such bad marks at school. 5 ‘Try this one.’ ‘OK, I’ll t____________ you.’
Reading Writing
8 Read the text on the right. What type of text is 11 Write a review of a TV drama which you enjoyed.
it? (2 marks) Remember to use different paragraphs, suitable
a a review c an advert topic sentences, and the correct language for
b a biography d a description opinions and recommendations. (10 marks)
9 Match sentences a–i with gaps 1–8. There is one
sentence that you don’t need. (8 marks)
a However, some of the people in the film are real
historical people.
b She’s going to America to marry Cal Hockley.
c The film did not make quite as much money.
d One of the world’s best-selling films is Titanic.
e It ends with Rose as an old lady.
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40
Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100
f These were used to create the dramatic
moments when the ship crashes.
