Life, Intermediate, Unit 10 Test

Vocabulary
1 Use the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits in the
gap in the same sentence. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 After such a serious accident, the __healing__________ process can take some time. HEAL
1 I have an ____________ with the dentist at three. APPOINT
2 It was a very ____________ surgical procedure. Harry was very brave. PAIN
3 Melanie is in the ____________ theatre right now. I hope the surgery goes well. OPERATE
4 Unfortunately, there is no ____________ for this disease. TREAT
5 Hilary Clark is one of the country’s leading ____________ . She carries out hundreds SURGERY
of transplants every year.
6 I’d like to be a blood ____________ . Giving blood can help save the lives of others. DONATE
7 Be careful what you eat. There have been cases of food ____________ in this area. POISON
8 Jim fell off the ladder. His knee is a bit ____________ , but otherwise he’s OK. SWELL
9 My stay was wonderful. I was shown so much ____________ by all the people there. WARM
10 Living by the sea is amazing. Every morning, I ____________ wake up to the sound of the sea.
GENTLE
(10 points)

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb take and any other words necessary. Use
no more than three words. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 Last weekend, it _took hours___________ to tidy up after the festival.
1 Over a hundred competitors have been ____________ in this year’s long distance swim.
2 Just ____________ your shoes in the hallway and put on these slippers.
3 I’m thinking of ____________ photography as a hobby. I think I’ll be good at it.
4 The plane ____________ and flew up into the night sky.
5 The demonstration will ____________ on 3rd June. If you intend to go on it, sign up before the end of
the week.
6 Rebecca has decided to ____________ a scholarship to study in Germany.
7 The surgeon ____________ three bullets from the chest of the wounded soldier. Fortunately, he
survived.
8 Mark’s experiences as a child ____________ his ability to trust other people. He has had serious
psychological problems all his life.
9 I think I’ll ____________ the company’s offer of a job in the Berlin branch. I fancy the idea of living
abroad.
10 Would you mind ____________ the children while I do the shopping? I won’t be long. There are
some biscuits in the cupboard.
(10 points)

Grammar
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and four words, including the word
given. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0 A film is on tonight. I really want to watch it.

IS
A film I really __want to watch is__________ on tonight.
1 I’ve never read a book as good as this one.
EVER
It’s the best book ____________ .
2 The disease was cured after going on a revolutionary course of treatment.
WHICH
He went on a revolutionary course of treatment ____________ the disease.
3 Gareth Grant is a talented artist. He has an exhibition in our local gallery.
WHO
Gareth Grant is the talented artist ____________ in our local gallery.
4 We left our coats in the rose garden.
PLACE
The rose garden ____________ we left our coats.
5 We’ve got a neighbour. Her hand is bionic.
WHOSE
We’ve got a neighbour ____________ .
6 My grandfather was shot. At that time, there was no treatment for his wounds.
WHEN
My grandfather was shot at ____________ there was no treatment for his wounds.
7 Whether humans could survive or not depends on how hot the planet’s surface is.
ABLE
If it were too hot on the planet’s surface, humans ____________ to survive.
8 You never buy a ticket, so you’ll never win anything.
MIGHT
If you bought a ticket, ____________ something.
9 You’re tired because you keep staying up late.
BE
If you went to bed earlier, you ____________ so tired.
10 I think it would be a good idea to speak to the manager first.
WERE
If I ____________ speak to the manager first.
(10 points)

4 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

If I (0) __were__________ you, I (1) ____________ drop everything, and watch the exciting
documentary on TV tonight. It’s about Harry Houdini, a man (2) ____________ is known to history as the
greatest escapologist of all time. Born in Hungary, he arrived in the United States at the age of four, at a
time (3) ____________ it was hard for immigrants from Europe to make a living. His family went to
Wisconsin first – the house (4) ____________ young Harry grew up still stands – before moving to New
York. As a boy, Harry (5) ____________ do almost anything (6) ____________ you paid him, and being a
natural athlete (7) ____________ enjoyed taking risks, he soon found work as a trapeze artist and an
acrobat. Harry changed his surname from Weiss to Houdini in 1891 – I (8) ____________ tell you why he
changed his name if I (9) ____________ remember, but I can’t. Over the next ten years, he developed
the techniques (10) ____________ later made him famous. He learned how to escape from ropes,
chains and handcuffs and by 1900 was famous throughout Europe and North America.
(10 points)

Reading
Experience Mars
A
If I told you that, yesterday, I walked on Mars, would you believe me?
Our landing was a bit bumpy, but we touched down the right way up and without causing an accident.
Then, dressed in a heavy pressure suit, it was time for me to take a hop, skip and a jump across the
Martian surface, where gravity is just 38 per cent that of Earth’s. And oh, was that wonderful! I felt like I
could run forever. Except, no, I couldn’t. I wasn’t on Mars (of course) but in National Geographic’s
Experience Mars dome in New York City. And once we switched off the antigravity treadmill, I was very
familiarly grounded on this planet.
B
For just the next few days, the Experience Mars dome and the interactives inside will give you a chance
to experience a bit of what life on the Martian surface could be like – starting with that all-important
landing, which is simulated using a pressure suit, a strange-looking machine and a virtual reality (VR)
headset. It was amazing – and way too short – and much like the real thing, except that each simulation
manages to land successfully, which doesn’t always happen in reality.
C
The atmosphere on Mars, which is very thin and mostly made up of carbon dioxide, makes it difficult for
humans to casually step outside for a breath of fresh air. In other words, one does not simply walk on
Mars. Instead, you have to wear a spacesuit that provides breathable air and reasonable pressure. These
protective suits are really difficult to get around in, which is why doing simple earthly tasks, like taking
something out of a box, becomes frustratingly challenging. In fact, the spacesuits astronauts wear while
spacewalking outside the International Space Station can weigh over 120 kilos on Earth. The only reason
they can move around at all in space is because, when there is no gravity, nothing weighs anything.
D
At the Experience Mars dome, air pressure is used to help visitors experience the lower gravity of the
Martian environment. Basically, air is pumped into a pressure suit which makes you feel you are floating
in space. It’s an exciting day out, but there is a more important purpose to developing this piece of
equipment. It is all part of a programme to eventually send people to Mars. Sending humans to the Red
Planet is something that politicians and scientists have been promising for a while, and much of the
technology needed is in place. The problem is that achieving this goal will require a lot more funding
from governments, and collaboration between the science programmes of different countries, and, at
the moment, neither of these things is really happening.
E
Many practical questions also need answering before the first spaceship carrying humans far beyond
Earth
launches. One question is who gets to go. In the past, astronauts have been selected for their physical
and mental strength, and their engineering ability, but, in the future, there will be the opportunity to
include a wider range of people in space flight programmes. If we sent different people with different
sets of experiences, abilities and insights into space, we would learn much more.
F
Whether humans first walk on Mars in the next decade or the next two decades, Mars is very much in
sight. And I, who used to view this particular enterprise with cynicism, am very excited about the
probability that people will walk on another planet in my anticipated lifetime – and introduce us all to
worlds that used to seem so far out of reach.

5 You are going to read an article about going to Mars. For questions 1–10, choose from the
paragraphs (A–F). The paragraphs may be chosen more than once. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
In which paragraph does the writer
0 reveal where the Experience Mars dome can be found? _A___________
1 say how she feels about the opportunity we have of going to Mars in the future? ____________
2 explain how the Experience Mars dome has a bigger aim than just providing fun for tourists?
____________
3 talk about what she did during her day out at the Experience Mars dome? ____________
4 explain why things we carry or wear are so much heavier on our planet than on the Martian surface?
____________
5 say why the first humans to walk on Mars might not be the sort of people typically sent into space?
____________
6 explain how one of her opinions has changed? ____________
7 say what pieces of clothing and equipment are used at the Experience Mars dome to make visitors feel
they are in space? ____________
8 say what qualities were once required from people sent on missions into space? ____________
9 give the key reasons why we haven’t yet been to Mars? ____________
10 say how much longer the Experience Mars dome experience will be open to the public?
____________
(10 points)

Listening
6 [Track 113] You will hear five different people talking about people in their family they admire. For
questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–F) what each speaker is doing. Use each letter only once. There
is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
Speaker 1 ___
Speaker 2 ___
Speaker 3 ___
Speaker 4 ___
Speaker 5 ___
This speaker describes a relative who
A he or she would like to be more similar to.
B they no longer have a close relationship with.
C is good at meeting new people.
D they have become closer after a specific event.
E has helped him or her to achieve career ambitions.
F has a similar personality to him or her.
(10 points)
Writing
7 Read the task below.
Write an email to a friend, describing one of the dilemmas below and asking for advice.
• You have been offered a place at a university near your home and another place at a university in an
exciting city far from home.
• Your boss has offered you a promotion, but the hours and responsibilities are much longer and the pay
is only a bit higher.
• An old school friend wants to come and stay at your house for two weeks – you were once very close,
but you haven’t see the friend for a long time.

Write a personal email (approximately 200 words) to a friend.

(10 points)

Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation in class.

Choose one of the medical problems below.

• It was hot and sunny yesterday and you spent the day on the beach with no sun tan lotion.
• On the way to work this morning you fell off your bike – and you weren’t wearing a helmet.
• You suffer from allergies – and yesterday you had a picnic in a park full of flowers.

In your presentation, remember to:

• describe the problem.
• say how you feel.
• explain what you intend to do to solve the problem.
(10 points)