UNIT TEST AMERICAN INSPIRATION 4

UNIT 3
GRAMMAR
1 Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first.
1 Planes dont move as fast as spaceships.
Planes move ___________________ than spaceships.
2 My friend usually ets to school later than me.
I usually et to school ___________________ than my friend.
3 The !arth rotates more slo"ly farther a"ay from the !#uator.
In $ouston% Te&as% the !arth rotates ____________ than in Toronto% 'anada.
( I e&pected the restaurant to )e a"ful )ut it "asnt that )ad.
The restaurant "as ___________________ than Id e&pected.
* It "as such an interestin )oo+ that I couldnt stop readin it.
The )oo+ "as ___________________ interestin that I couldnt stop readin it.
, -he "as very surprised at ho" easy the e&am "as.
.___________________ an easy e&am/0 she said.
1 Ive never seen such a )ad movie.
This is the ___________________ movie Ive ever seen.
2 The post office is closer to the )an+ than the mar+et.
The mar+et is ___________________ a"ay from the )an+ than the post office.
3 The drivin test "as very difficult and she didnt pass it.
The drivin test "as ___________________ she didnt pass it.
14 They didnt play foot)all as "ell as they played )as+et)all.
They played )as+et)all ___________________ they played foot)all.
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2 Use the two sentences to make a result clause with so or such that. Start with
the words given.
1 $e drove fast. $e had a crash.
$e "as drivin ________________________________________ .
2 $er ideas "ere unusual. No)ody understood her.
$er ideas ________________________________________ .
3 They thouht the movies at the cinema "ere a"ful. They didnt o.
They thouht ________________________________________ .
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( $er ;o) "as tirin. -he )oo+ed a lon vacation.
-he had ___________________________________________ .
* The prices "ere hih. -he didnt )uy anythin.
The prices _________________________________________ .
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!ut the words in the correct order to make sentences a"out Matt#s new car.
1 its < a < car < old < reat
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2 9merican < car < liht < )lue < a < its
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3 lihts < has < s#uare < it < )i
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( has < comforta)le < seats < )riht < reen < fantastic < it
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* has < seats < leather < soft < "onderful < it
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$ Complete the sentences a"out %ou using the correct form of the simple present&
present progressive& going to, or simple future.
'our arrangements for the ne(t month
1 I ______________________________________ ne&t month.
2 I ______________________________________ ne&t month.
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'our predictions a"out %our future
3 I thin+ ___________________________________________ .
( Im sure __________________________________________ .
* I )elieve __________________________________________ .
'our plans or intentions for the future
, I _________________________________________________ .
1 I _________________________________________________ .
2 I _________________________________________________ .
)imeta"led events in %our future
3 I ____________________________________ tomorro".
14 _____________________________________ ne&t "ee+.
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*+CA,U-AR'
. !ut the headings into the correct column in the ta"les.
The sea 9d;ectives 'ommunications $ealth
'omputers =eoraphy The universe -pace
-cientific processes >o)s
?eihtlessness
e&traterrestrial
ocean
cra)
)i )an
e&pand
erm
infectious
enineer
physicist
radar
)road)and
)lo
messae )oard
latitude
e#uator
destructive
massive
pasteuri@ation
vaccination
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/ Read the clues and write the words. Some of the letters have "een given.
1 ?hat Ar in the s+y is full of colorsB _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2 This Aa means you have measured very carefully. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3 This Ae spends its life oin up and do"n% especially in the U.-. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
( If this Af is cheap% it encouraes people to travel. _ _ _ _
* Cots of thouhts and ideas can come out of doin this A). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
, This Ad is a sic+ness. _ _ s _ _ _ e
1 ?ater% mil+ and oil are all e&amples of this. l _ _ _ _ _
2 Dour childrens children. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3 6eally ama@in. a _ t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14 The opposite of strong. " _ _ _
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4 Read the four te(ts a"out fl%ing. Match topics 1516 to te(ts A51.
1 -olvin pollution pro)lems ____
2 -mall )einnins ____
3 The pleasure of flyin ____
( Tryin aain and aain ____
* Elyin your "ay out of trou)le ____
, Unsolved pollution pro)lems ____
1 9 )i increase in the num)er of people flyin ____
2 5aners in flyin ____
3 Fno"in "hat people "ant from flyin ____
14 NonGstop flyin ____
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Dou may never have heard of these t"o men H -telios $a;iGIoannou and Michael
ICeary% )ut in the last ten years or so% these men and others li+e them have chaned
many peoples lives enormously. Dou are more li+ely to +no" of their airlines% easy>et
and 6yanair% those t"o noGfrills airlines that started a rush of air travel all over !urope.
Today% people thin+ nothin of flyin from Praue to Madrid for the "ee+end% or from
Condon to Paris to meet up "ith their friends. 9nd often% thouh not al"ays% for
incredi)ly lo" prices. These airlines have reconi@ed that "hat many people li+e a)out
travelin )y air is not the a)ility to fly in lu&ury and )e treated li+e a +in or #ueen% )ut
simply the a)ility to fly. 9nd that a)ility comes "ith )ein a)le to afford to pay for the
tic+et. -o% -telios% Michael% and others have done a"ay "ith air tic+ets% travel aents%
meals% or entertainment on )oard and left us "ith the essentials H cheap and safe air
travel. There is a do"nside thouh J the cheap flihts have resulted in a )i increase in
air traffic and "ith that has come a )i increase in air pollution. Not such a ood "ay to
chane the "orld for -telios and Michael% or for us.
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T"o )rothers% )orn in midGnineteenth century 9merica% revolutioni@ed the "orld of travel
throuh their invention of the airplane. Irville and ?il)ur ?riht started small% very
small% in the )ac+ of their )icycle shop in 5ayton% Ihio. It "as there that they )uilt
"ins% shaped parts% desined and redesined% )ut a)ove all dreamed and made dreams
come true.
Their first plane% )etter called a flyinGmachine% "as really a +ite% "ith a five foot
"inspan% and "as made of "ood% "ire and cloth. Kut it fle". They "ent on to )uild
"ind tunnels for e&periments% desin the )est shapes for flyin% ma+e their o"n enines%
"or+ out ho" to move and control a craft in the air and ho" to land it. 9nd they
constantly o)served% calculated and analy@ed% collectin masses of data from their
e&periments in the "ind tunnel and on the sand dunes of Fitty $a"+ on the 9merican
coast. In 5ecem)er 13% 1343% their years of hard "or+% vision and determination paid off
as their Elyer% "ith Irville at the controls% too+ off and fle" 124 feet Lappro&imately (4
metersM. The fliht lasted 12 seconds. Kut that 12Gsecond fliht chaned the "orld.
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Imprisoned "ith his son% Icarus% on the island of 'rete% 5aedalus% a hihly s+illed =ree+
architect and inventor% decided to escape. $e desined "ins that "ould fly them to
safety and )uilt them from feathers and "a&. Kefore they set off 5aedalus "arned his son
not to fly too near the "ater in case his "ins ot "et% and not to fly too hih in case they
melted in the "armth of the sun. Kut Icarus loved the speed and the feelin of freedom
that came "ith flyin. $e soared up and do"n% payin no attention to his fathers
"arnins. $is "ins melted and his )ody "as carried ashore )y the sea to an island no"
named Ithaca. Icarus died youn% )ut he left us "ith +no"lede of the thrill and
e&citement of flyin.
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Thin+ )i. Thin+ very )i. Its enormous. The 9ir)us 9324 is the ;um)o of the s+ies. It
has t"o dec+s and can carry )et"een **4 and 2*4 passeners. ?ith its hue fuel tan+s it
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"ill also carry people farther than any of todays commercial aircraft% allo"in direct
flihts from -ydney to Condon% $on Fon to -an Erancisco or -inapore to Paris. The
ma+ers claim that "ith its stateGofGtheGart desin features% noise and car)on emission
levels "ill )e reduced% and that the 9324 could actually cut the num)er of people flyin
)y concentratin them on to fe"er aircraft.
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8 )hink of an o"9ect which has changed the world. 7rite a paragraph a"out it.
Answer these :uestions to help %ou;
N ?hat is it and "hat does it doB
N $o" "as it inventedB
N ?hy is it so importantB
N $o" has it chaned our livesB
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Total : _____ / 7
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