INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 7 TEST THE NATURAL WORLD

Students name: __Esteban Cordova____________________ Level: __VII-VIII____ Schedule: __3-5____ Date:
___15/12/2015_____
burst its banks
unpredictable rising the
GRAMMAR
levels melting ice caps droughts poor
harvest damage heatwave
1. Write the a, an, or no article.
a) Heavy rain caused the river to _burst its
banks__ .
1_-_Nafplio, 2___a___ former capital of Greece, is
b) The weather in Scotland can be ______________ .
c) ______________ may submerge the Maldives.
one of 3. __The__
most beautiful towns on the
d) _______________ are endangering poles caps.
e) People rely on water pumps on times of
mainland. It is located on 4.___the___
coast,
___________.
surrounded by mountains and overlooked by the
f) _Droughts_ have led to severe shortages
stunning Palamidi, 5 __a____
medieval hilltop
g) Storm caused wide widespread __damage_ to
home.
fortress. There is also 6 __an____
interesting
h) Temperature reached 48*C during the __heat
island fortress called the Bourtzi that can be visited
wave__ .
by boat. Syntagma (Constitution) Square, in 7.
___the__

town's historical centre, is paved with

marble. Surrounded by 8_an____

historical
buildings including a Turkish mosque, cafes,
restaurants and boutique shops, it is 9 the
popular gathering place for local families.
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2. Time adverbs Underline the correct word.
Example Its supposed to be the ski season but it
already / still / yet hasnt snowed.
1 Unfortunately, train tickets are already / so far /
no longer as cheap as they were.
2 Its summer already, but I havent been to the
beach already / still / yet.
3 Im collecting fossils already / so far / yet Ive got
about a hundred.
4 Its five oclock in the evening and its dark
already / still / yet.
5 If you havent bought low-energy light bulbs
already / still / yet, you should do so.
6 They talk about global warming, but here its
already / still / yet as cold as ever.
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VOCABULARY
1. Complete the sentences, with the
following words:

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2. Complete the text with un-, im- or in.
A real adventurer`s holiday is (1)___ complete without a
trip to a distant(2)____ spoiled destination,
preferably(3)_____ touched by the hand of man. If
you`re feeling adventurous, you might like to try the St
Kilda islands. Theyre (4) _____ accessible for most of
the year because of the weather. And theyre practically
(5) ____ discovered, because fewer than 2000 people a
year visit them.
You`ll find the islands in the middle of the Atlantic, 65
km west of the UK. People will tell you they`re (6) ____
hospitable. One of the more (7) ___ usual traditions of
the original island community was to climb the sea cliffs
barefoot in order to catch the birds.
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