Unit Test 2 | Group B

LISTENING, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH,

READING AND WRITING
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

LISTENING VOCABULARY

2 Complete the sentences with the words in

1 [Track 03] You are going to hear three
the box in the correct form. There are two
conversations. For questions 1–6, listen and
extra words.
choose the correct answer a, b, or c.
balance boat brag drive get sail
Conversation 1 ship stumble

1 After seeing someone use a jetpack in videos, 0 I think on balance, I’d say Bridport is a lot more
the expert accessible for wheelchair users than Oxton,
a wanted to try it himself. especially in the town centre.
b understood exactly how the man felt. 1 None of us has money, but we all have time so
c hoped that it might become widely we’re all in the same __________!
available. 2 The worst thing is that he ________ us all up the
2 The reason the expert gives for making wall with his constant complaining.
planes out of wood as a child is 3 He usually ________ through theory exams but
a that he liked spending time with his with then has problems with the practical ones.
his brother. 4 Nobody likes the way he ________ about how
b that his father taught him to use his good a driver he is! A bit of humility wouldn’t
tools. hurt.
c that his parents couldn’t afford to buy 5 Why is it that Sarah always ________ the lion
him models. share of the praise when we all do the same
amount of work?
Conversation 2
3 What does Sue think about flying? ___ / 5
a you need to practise a lot to learn how to
do it.
b flying is the most amazing thing you can 3 Choose the correct options to complete the
do. dialogue.
c there are other activities we can do that
Allie: Your reservations about the trip to the
are just as amazing as flying.
Transport Museum were 0 vehemently /
4 Sue had problems with
wholly / wildly unjustified. Everybody loved
a training her body to fly.
it.
b perfecting her swimming technique.
Brent: Yes, we all did. I’d based my remarks on
c the psychological element of flying.
that newspaper review, but it was 1 wildly /
infinitely / blindingly inaccurate. To be
Conversation 3 honest, between you and me, I don’t think
5 The guest’s company makes a profit by the writer had been there!
a organising jetpack tuition for clients’ Allie: That writer never gets it right. I’d 2 drive / sail
needs. / steer clear of his reviews in the future and
b exhibiting their jetpack skills at events. look on the local newspaper’s site. That’s
c flying people to events and exhibitions. always accurate, in my experience.
6 He compares jetpack technology to cars and Brent: You’re right. No 3 matter / question / point
planes because about it! It makes you wonder why he says
a when these techniques first appeared, the things he says half the time.
they were criticised. Allie: Anyway, it was a positive 4 outcome / outset
b they took a long time to become / outlay in the end; what a great day we had!
commonly used. Brent: Absolutely! From now on, I’d 5 say / go / by
c eventually they will all use high-energy for a transport museum anytime.
batteries.
___ / 6
___ / 5

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 Unit Test 2 | Group B
LISTENING, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH,
READING AND WRITING
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

GRAMMAR USE OF ENGLISH

4 Complete the sentences with one word in 6 Choose the correct option a–d to complete
each gap. the text

People are always telling me that they think

0 Never again will I ride a camel as long as I live. I’m the luckiest person they know, but they are
1 Not only was the journey uncomfortable, 0 b mistaken! All kinds of things happen to me

__________ there were no refreshments of any on a daily basis. Take yesterday, for example.
kind. There was a traffic jam on the main road into
town, which was a knock-on 1 ___ of the
2 No __________ had I arrived at the station than roadworks that have been going on for at least
I was accosted by hundreds of tourist guides three weeks in the car park behind the train
with their big bags and their loud chattering. station. 2 ___ had I arrived at the main road
3 It was last week __________ I saw John riding when all the cars ground to a halt.
his bike into town and he looked perfectly alright I couldn’t believe my bad luck because in
then. normal circumstances I would have taken
a different route, but yesterday I was coming
4 __________ I didn’t know is how much the ticket
from my sister’s house. This delay was
cost so that came as a bit of a shock. a major 3___ for my plans to arrive at the bus
5 __________ slow was the so-called express station before three o’clock to meet my aunt.
train that you could almost get off and run faster. Only then 4___ that I wouldn’t get there on
time. But then the traffic jam cleared and
___ / 5 I was able to drive on. I arrived just after three
by driving all the way at 5 ___ speed. Just as
5 Rewrite the sentences using the words and well really because my aunt would have
panicked if she’d arrived and not seen me.
phrases in the box to start each one.

Never before Not since Not until Rarely

Scarcely Under no circumstances 0 a grossly b gravely c vehemently d vastly
1 a affect b influence c problem d effect
0 We haven’t had such good weather since the 2 a Little b Such c Barely d Rarely
summer of 92. 3 a cutback b setback c tailback d outset
Not since the summer of 92 have we had such 4 a did I realise b realised I c I did realise
good weather. d I realised
1 You should not board this train without a ticket. 5 a breakneck b breakup c breakthrough
______________________________________ d getaway
______________________________________ ___ / 5
2 I’ll decide how to travel when I know exactly
where we are going. 7 Complete the text with one word in each
gap.
______________________________________
______________________________________
3 It was the first time that anyone had stepped on One of the most interesting experiences I’ve
the surface of the Moon. ever had in terms of travel, has to be the
______________________________________ time I went on a felucca down the River Nile.
0 What is so special about it is that this kind
______________________________________
of boat is quite unique and has remained
4 The bus had just set off when the baby in the unchanged for centuries so in some ways it
seat behind me started screaming. feels like travelling back in time. It was
1 ______________ aspect which made it so
______________________________________
______________________________________ memorable. I’d never even heard about
these boats until we went to Egypt. We were
there to celebrate our wedding anniversary
5 You don’t often see as many tourists as this and signed up for all kinds of trips and
during the winter months. entertainment. Never 2 ______________ had
______________________________________ we stayed in such a vibrant place or been
______________________________________ offered so much choice about what to do and
______________________________________ where to go. The whole country is steeped in
history but little 3 ______________ we
___ / 5
understand just how much of the past is still
a part of everyday life there, especially with

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 Unit Test 2 | Group B
LISTENING, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH,
READING AND WRITING
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

transport. My husband took some convincing the years. In Europe, Russia and the USA, where
to go on the boat trip. It was a two-night most funds for the space exploration of the past
cruise and he likes his home comforts. In the decades have originated, the amount of money
end, he said, ‘OK, whatever floats your
4 _____________,’ and agreed to sign up. available for research and space missions depends
He thought that was hilarious, of course. on the economic and political climate. Sometimes
The cruise ended up being the highlight of funding organisations are forced to put a project on
the trip and he’d agree, I’m sure. What hold. NASA, for example, stopped sending
I loved best was 5 ______________ the astronauts to the Moon when people began to
hosts looked after us. They treated us like question the wisdom of using so much public money
royalty. I’ll never forget that.
on space exploration when there were so many
___ / 5 problems to sort out on Earth.
Private space companies don’t have this problem
READING – they don’t have to answer to taxpayers or
politicians. 2___ Their projects keep the promise of
8 Read the article. Match extracts A–E with
future space tourism alive. However, unlike
gaps 1–4 in the text. There is one extra
government space agencies, private companies have
sentence.
to work out how to make a profit from space projects.
A Since as far back as the late nineties, there So, for these businesses, the cost of building
have been many private space initiatives spacecraft and exploiting them has to be much more
which have ‘failed’. economical than traditional space flight.
B As a result, this is a very stifling This is where reusable spacecraft comes into
environment for cutting edge research, as play. It has already significantly reduced the cost of
some scientists are unwilling to take risks. space travel and, consequently, has spurred further
Yet risks are exactly what are needed if innovation in the industry. The cost of launching
innovation is to occur. a satellite using NASA or ESA rockets is currently
C One company is presently charging between 12 million and 24 million dollars, whereas
a quarter of a million dollars to experience a Virgin flight on a reusable spacecraft is just
five minutes of weightlessness. Another will 250,000 dollars. None of this would have been
soon offer rides in a two-seater space possible without space tourism companies backing
rocket for $95,000. new technological developments.
D It is unlikely that these projects will cease On the other hand, government space agencies
because of a lack of funding. Large are under pressure to deliver 100% success all
corporations have vast amounts of income to the time. Any kind of failure can be seen as an
spend on research and development. excuse for cutting budgets or suspending projects.
E As long as they can raise the money, they 3___. As Kevin Mickey, a space rocket engineer
can do anything they like without worrying working in one of these agencies said, in order to be
about what the general public think. One innovative it is inevitable that one will sometimes fail.
advantage of this is that these private Meanwhile, this kind of pressure doesn’t apply to
companies ensure the continued existence private companies. 4___ One of the earliest private
of research and innovation in space travel. spacecraft projects was the ‘Rotary Rocket’, which
was tested in the Mojave Desert in the United States
Affordable space travel in 1999. The project was a complete failure, and
Have you ever wondered how much it costs to travel the company responsible for it went bankrupt as
into space? 1___ At these prices, very few of us will a result. Nonetheless, despite this disaster,
ever be able to afford to go on holiday in space, so the technology developed to produce the materials
will the space tourism industry always be a marginal they used then is now being used in modern
activity for a handful of the well-off? The fact is, spacecraft production.
despite the prohibitively high costs, a growing Taking everything into account, it appears that
number of people see space tourism as the future of one day, perhaps, as the cost of space travel falls,
space exploration for several reasons. Generally more people will be able to afford to go on holiday in
speaking, space exploration is an activity which is space. Until then it will remain for a select few. But
promoted, financed and carried out by governments we can thank the space tourism industry for
using money that comes from our taxes. Projects the continuation of space exploration for scientific
such as landing on the Moon, building purposes.
the International Space Station, sending probes to
Mars and beyond have cost taxpayers a fortune over
___ / 4

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LISTENING, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH,
READING AND WRITING
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

WRITING

9 Do the exam task

Niedawno wróciłeś/wróciłaś z bardzo

rozczarowującego pobytu na polu biwakowym.
Napisz formalny list do kierownika pola biwakowego,
w którym wyrazisz swoje niezadowolenie, opiszesz
problemy, które cię spotkały, oraz zaproponujesz
rozwiązania, które poprawią obsługę klienta w tym
miejscu.

Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów

i spełniać wszystkie wymogi typowe dla formy
wskazanej w poleceniu.

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