REVIEW TEST 6

Name: Date:

LISTENING (20 marks)

LISTENING 1
1 6.1 Listen to the conversations. Is the second speaker interested or bored? Mark the sentences

I (interested) or B (bored). 1 mark for each correct answer.

1 A: The film was great. Thank you for taking me.
B: Good, glad you liked it.
2 A: Did you know that more countries are having water shortages?
B: Really?
3 A: It’s our country’s national day today.
B: Is it?
4 A: This weather really is lovely, isn’t it?
B: I suppose so.
5 A: Thank you so much for letting me borrow your book.
B: You’re welcome. I hope you found it helpful.
6 A: We have to do something about environmental pollution.
B: Do we?
7 A: Did you know how important the rainforests really are?
B: No, are they?
8 A: I think climate change is the most important issue in the world today.
B: Do you really?
9 A: Next week people are meeting to talk about rainforests.
B: Oh really?
10 A: I love it when it rains a lot. It’s great, isn’t it?
B: I suppose so.

LISTENING 2
2 6.2 Listen to the conversation between a mother and son and mark the following statements
T (true) or F (false). 1 mark for each correct answer.
1 At first the mother is really interested in global warming.
2 Her son thinks that global warming isn’t important.
3 The mother thinks that the news about global warming is always the same.
4 Her son explains that global warming affects the weather differently all over the world.
5 At the end the mother is really bored by global warming.

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3 6.2 Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct word. 1 mark for each

correct answer.
1 At college the son learned about global warming and its effects / reasons on the weather.
2 His mother thinks that they’ve heard enough / not enough about it on the TV.
3 The son says that places that have a lot of rain are getting even more / less rain.
4 The mother realizes that both too much rain and too little rain can make it difficult / easy to
grow food.
5 The son explains that because of melting ice the sea levels are rising / falling.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (15 marks)

4 Match the words 1–5 and a–e to make phrases.
1 bright a change
2 extreme b winds
3 climate c weather
4 fossil d sunshine
5 strong e fuel

5 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1 Look at those dark clouds. I think it’s (start) raining.
2 I’ve just finished my homework. I (play) tennis with my brother in half an hour.
3 I’m (go) to the supermarket. Is there anything you want?
4 I need to study. We (have) a test tomorrow.
5 What you (do) at the weekend? Would you like to go to
the cinema?

6 Complete the sentences using words in the box.

calm dull humid chilly upset

1 This television programme is so  . I’m really bored.

2 There’s a wind today. You should wear your coat.
3 It is difficult to feel energetic when the weather is so  . The heat and the rain
are so tiring.
4 Please don’t be if your exam results aren’t very good. You will do better
next time.
5 When I’m lying on the beach listening to the sound of the sea, I feel really
and relaxed.

TOTAL / 35

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