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Unit 8 Test

Name: _________________________

Vocabulary
1 Circle the word that doesn’t belong.

1 teenager descendent adult child


2 bone skull skeleton chess
3 King queen chess chore
4 ancestor advice descendant origin
(4 points)
2 Circle the correct word.

1 Historians are able to go back / continue in time by looking at artifacts.


2 They discovered human pieces / bones in the cave.
3 Our ancestors / descendants give us clues about the past.
4 Not many teenagers enjoy doing diets / chores.
5 It’s important to get a good civilization / education.
6 Archaeologists believe it was a(n) helpful / advanced civilization.
(6 points)

Grammar
3 Check the correct sentence a) or b).

1 a People are enjoying chess for thousands of years. 


b People have enjoyed chess for thousands of years. 
2 a They’ve been married for fifty years. 
b They are married for fifty years. 
3 a Anna is working at that university for sixteen years. 
b Anna has worked at that university for sixteen years. 
4 a I haven’t finished my homework yet. 
b I’m not finishing my homework yet. 
5 a That family has lived here for hundreds of years. 
b That family is living here for hundreds of years. 
6 a Computers have been around since the 1940s. 
b Computers are around since the 1940s. 

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(6 points)

4 Complete the sentences with for or since.

1 The exhibition has been here __________ March.


2 I’ve worked with Angel __________ seven years.
3 Chess has been a popular game __________ hundreds of years.
4 They’ve been studying the site __________ 1998.
5 The skeletons hadn’t been moved __________ two thousand years.
6 I haven’t seen Sonia __________ Wednesday.
(6 points)
5 Read the sentences and circle the correct form of the verb.

1 Are there going to be / being many people at the opening?


2 There wasn’t / isn’t any rain yesterday.
3 There is / has been a nasty smell since you spilt the milk.
4 In the 1940s, there weren’t / aren’t so many cars on the roads.
5 There will be / weren’t a lot of people at the lecture tomorrow.
(5 points)

Reading
6 Read. Then answer the questions.

Modern technology has undoubtedly changed the way we live. In the past, a journey to a
different country could take months. Nowadays, businessmen and women are able to fly
overseas for a meeting in a matter of hours. Communication is now immediate and social
media means that you have access to thousands, if not millions, of people all over the world.
American anthropologist Margaret Mead said “ . . . people’s lives change so fast, that a
person is born into one kind of world and grows up in another.”
1 In line 1, the word ‘undoubtedly’ means . . . a) it is true
b) it is uncertain
2 In the past, it was . . . to attend overseas meetings. a) easy
b) difficult

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3 In line 3, what does the word ‘immediate’ refer to? a) how quickly you can
send a message
b) how quickly you can
travel these days
4 Margaret Mead believes . . . a) that the world changes
within a person’s lifetime
b) that it is easy for
people to travel the world
(4 points)

Writing
7 Match the sentence halves. Then say if the sentences refer to food (F), music (M) or
ways (W) of celebrating.

1. Every year, the flag is raised a) to loud and lively tunes. __________
2. The dancers parade through b) to see all the carnival floats and __________
the streets parades.
3. There is an open-air steel c) in the centre of the capital. __________
band
4. If you’ve never tried d) for months in advance. __________
pineapple kebab,
5. You’ll need to get there early e) concert in the park each evening. __________
6. Dancers practice their f) the festival is the place to try it. __________
routines
(12 points)

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