TERM TEST 1

Name …………………………………………

I. Listen to a short talk. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. 10 marks/ …

1. Prehistoric art A predates writing. B is an early art movement. C consists of paintings only.

2. Prehistoric ‘artists’ A weren’t interested in religious subjects. B sometimes used pieces of a material to paint.

C never added brown colour to their paintings.

3. The Venus of Willendorf A is a Mother Goddess. B was carved of hard rock. C represents a figure of a thin woman.

4. What do we learn about Lion Man of Hohlenstein Stadel?

A According to archeologists, the Lion Man sculpture had no religious meaning to prehistoric people.

B The carving was discovered in perfect condition.

C There’s no older anthropomorphic sculpture found yet.

5. The Amira cave A contains only one type of art. B houses realistic paintings of bisons.

C prehistoric ‘artists’ didn’t put to good use the natural features of the cave walls.

II. Read the texts about different artworks. For questions 1–5, choose from the texts (A–C). You can choose each
text more than once. 10 marks/ …

1. The artwork closely resembles another classical work of art. …….

2. This artwork was temporary. …………
3. The artwork explores the function of a branch of the visual arts. ………
4. This artwork was priced highly. ……..
5. The artist was actually part of the work of art. …….
Text A The Artist is Present, 2010
This art performance by the Belgrade-born artist Marina Abramović, which took place at the Museum of Modern Art in
New York, lasted for only 736 hours and 30 minutes but captured the attention of both international media and general
public. In terms of materials used, Abramović’s artwork was quite simple; it consisted of a wooden table and two wooden
chairs, and, of course, the artist herself. Marina, dressed in a long red dress, sat still and quiet on one of the chairs,
separated from the other unoccupied chair by the table. Any visitor of the museum could sit on the empty chair opposite her
for as long as they desired and stare back at the artist. There were some requirements for the visitors to comply with,
though: they had to remain silent and sit on the chair one by one.

Text B Marat (Sebastião), 2008

Marat (Sebastião) is part of a series of photographic portraits called Pictures of Garbage. In 2008, Brazilian photographer
and mixed-media artist Vik Muniz decided to take pictures of six trash-pickers styling them as figures from iconic
paintings, like Jacques-Louis David’s Death of Marat. After Muniz had taken the photographs, he used trash from the
world’s biggest garbage dump near Rio de Janeiro to sculpt the portraits of the trash pickers and photographed them.
According to Vik Muniz the trash metaphorically symbolises the low social status of the trash-pickers. The portrait of
Marat was sold for 50,000 dollars by an auction house.

Text C Huffy Howler, 2004

Huffy Howler is a sculpture created by Rachel Harrison. None of the components of the sculpture seems to combine with
the rest, although somehow they form a kind of logical coherence bordering absurdity. Harrison brought together a Huffy
Howler bike with a flat front tire, a number of cheap black purses, a metal pole adorned with synthetic sheepskin as well as
a photograph of Mel Gibson, a famous Hollywood star, hanging over the skin to make this unique piece of art. Some art
critics claim that the author wanted to represent the concept of a Greek or Roman statue of a rider. But it’s much more
likely that by combining clearly uncombinable everyday objects, Harrison raises the question whether the only purpose of
modern sculpture is to either memorialise or idealise.

III. Use the prompts to write sentences. Use the Present Perfect Continuous. 6 marks/ …
1. we / wait / for three hours …………………………………………………………………………
2. Angela / not / feel well / lately ………………………………………………………………………
3. how long / he / study / at this university? ……………………………………………………………..
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple or
Continuous. 4 marks/ …
1. I ………………….. (not have) any time for leisure recently because I …………………… (work) very hard.
2. Liam …………….. (listen) to new songs all day and now he ……………….. (choose) the best songs for the new album.

V. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the boxes. 4 marks/ …

can’t have rained / could solve / could have solved / may rain

1 There are some dark clouds in the sky. It…………………………..later.

2 Adam’s good with computers. He ……………………………….your problem – just ask him.
3 The rivers and lakes are almost dry in this region. It …………………………………for a long time.
4 I don’t know how she managed it. I guess she …………………………………….the problem by accident.
VI. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. There are two verbs you don’t need.

book/ catch / cross / deal / miss / see / set / turn 6 marks/ …

1. We needed a boat to ______ the river.

2. Hurry up, or we’ll ______ our train!
3. It takes more than one day to ______ all the sights of New York!
4. Our tickets were quite cheap because we ______ them in advance.
5. We knew we had a long journey ahead of us, so we decided to ______ off early.
6. I was really surprised when Jack ______ up at the station to meet us.

VII. Complete the questions with the correct form of words - lantern / highlight / helpless / grumpy / spot / tent /
put up with / gaze / overlooking / map
10 marks / …
1. Are you often ………………. or are you usually in a good mood?
2. When was the last time you ………………… at the sky?
3. What sort of bad behaviour do teachers have to ……………… in your class?
4. Do you have good eyesight? Can you ……………….. people in a crowd?
5. What was the of your last holiday?
6. If you have problems with technology, do you feel…………….. or can you usually find a solution?
7. Is there a hill ……………………. your neighbourhood where you can get a good view?
8. Just as it started to rain, we packed our things and got into the …………………...
9. It’s your fault! We are lost now! You should have taken the good old ………….. but no, you insisted on the stupid GPS!
10.Could you pass me the ………………..? I need to go to the toilet and it’s pitch dark in these woods.
Total 50 marks / ……
Listening 1 A 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 B

Reading 1 B 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 A

Ex. III
1 We have been waiting for three hours.
2 Angela hasn’t been feeling well lately.
3 How long has he been studying at this university?

Ex. IV
1. haven’t had / have/’ve been working
2. has been listening / has/’s chosen
3. haven’t been going / have/’ve known

Ex.V

1 may rain / 2 could solve / 3 can’t have rained / 4 could have solved

Ex. VI

1 cross / 2 miss / 3 see / 4 booked / 5 set / 6 turned

VII. 1. grumpy 2.gaze 3. Put up with 4. Spot 5.highlight 6. Helpless 7. Overlooking 8. Tent 9. Map 10.lantern