Unit 2 test
Listening
1 Listen
1.03 to a talk about the environment. Then
write true or false. Correct the false sentences.
(10 marks)
1 There aren’t many people in the audience.
____________________________________________
2 The speaker tells us what ‘carbon footprint’
means._____________________________________
3 The speaker watched a film in New York.
____________________________________________
4 She watched the film on 14th May 2006.
____________________________________________
5 The speaker helped Dave to change his life.
____________________________________________
6 Dave doesn’t wear new clothes.
____________________________________________
7 The speaker talks about a fruit from Australia.
____________________________________________
5 The speaker probably eats a lot of kiwis.
____________________________________________
9 The speaker thinks there’s enough food in her
country. ________________________________
10 The speaker writes four ideas on the board.
____________________________________________
Vocabulary
2 Complete the collocations. (10 marks)
a jar of coffee
1 a _______________ of chocolate
2 a _______________ of toothpaste
3 a _______________ of fizzy drink
4 a _______________ of washing powder
5 a _______________ of toilet paper
3 Complete the sentences using environment
verbs. (10 marks)
1 The council _______________ all our rubbish in
the ground in deep holes.
2 When we finish eating our crisps, we
_______________ the packets away.
3 My dad sometimes _______________ paper on
the fire.
4 When birds eat some kinds of plastic it
_______________ them and they get sick or die.
5 We can _______________ old glass bottles into
new bottles and jars.
Language focus
4 Complete the questions and answers. (16 marks)
a bit how many how much how much
a few a lot much not many
1 A___________________ water do you drink a day?
B I drink _________________ – about three litres.
2 A _________________ cups of coffee do you
drink a day?
B _________________ – probably only one.
3 A _________________ chocolate do you eat?
B _________________ bars a week – perhaps
three or four.
4 A Do you eat _________________ bread?
B _________________ – maybe a small piece
with dinner.
5 Join the sentences with a relative pronoun.
(6 marks)
Madrid is a city. We met there.
Madrid is the city where we met.
1 Jill is a teacher. She works in my school.
____________________________________________
2 The butcher’s is a shop. We buy our meat there.
____________________________________________
3 Twilight is a book. It’s by Stephanie Meyer.
____________________________________________
6 Complete the definitions. Use a relative
pronoun and your own ideas. (8 marks)
A hotel is a place where you stay on holiday.
1 An artist is a person ______________________
_________________________________________
2 A school is a place _______________________
_________________________________________
3 A camera is a thing _______________________
_________________________________________
4 A doctor is a person ______________________
_________________________________________
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Unit 2 test
7 Write sentences. Use one of the expressions in d Fewer plastic bags and containers ___
brackets. (10 marks)
e Cleaning up your area ___
1 we / not have / time (enough / too / too many)
f Using less electricity at home ___
____________________________________________
2 I / eat / chocolate (too many / too much / not g Environmentally-friendly travel ___
enough) _______________________________
9 Answer the questions. Use full sentences.
3 they / lazy / to recycle (enough / too / too much) (4 marks)
____________________________________________
4 Cities are noisy. there / cars (too / not enough / 1 What is the text mainly about?
____________________________________________
too many)
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
5 she / sings / well / to be a professional (too many 2 What ideas do you do already?
____________________________________________
/ enough / too) ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
___________________________________________
SAVING THE PLANET
(1) ________________________________________
Communication
We all want to reduce our impact on the environment, but we don’t
want to make extreme changes to everyday life. What can we do to
10 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks)
make a difference? Here are some ideas which everyone can try:
(2) ________________________________________ A I’m looking forward to the party, Joana. Do you
● Recycle! We throw away a lot of items which we can use again. Did (1) ___________ me to help you with anything?
you know that recycling one tin can save enough energy to power a B I’d really (2) ____________ it if you don’t mind.
television for three hours?
A (3) ____________ I bring some music?
(3) ________________________________________
B (4) _____________you mind?
● We throw away a third of everything we buy at the supermarket. But
read the label carefully – some of the items which we throw away are
A No, that’s fine. If you (5) ____________, I could
still fresh and tasty! bring some food, too.
(4) ________________________________________
● Buy things which don’t have much packaging. Governments are Writing
trying to make supermarkets reduce their use of packaging, but progress
is very slow. 11 Imagine you saw lots of rubbish in your local
(5) ________________________________________ park. Write an email to a newspaper editor about
● Rubbish in the streets looks horrible, but it is also an environmental
the problem. Suggest possible causes and
problem. Rubbish can pollute the water we drink and the ground we solutions. Include at least one example of so
grow plants in. Always put rubbish in the bin! and because. (10 marks)
(6) ________________________________________
● Cars, motorcycles and planes all cause a lot of pollution. Try to
walk or cycle. If your journey is longer, use public transport, such as
buses or trains.
If we all act now, we can make a difference!

Reading
8 Read the text. Then match paragraphs 1–6 with
headings a–g. There is one heading you don’t
need. (6 marks)
a Reducing food waste ___
b Introduction ___
c Reusing rubbish ___

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Total marks:
Total marks:
Listening
Listening _______
_______ / 10 / 10
Vocabulary
Vocabulary_______
_______ / 20 / 20Language focus
Language focus_______
_______ / 40 / 40
Reading Reading
_______ /_______
10 Communication
/ 10 Communication
_______ /_______
10 Writing
/ 10 _______ /
Writing_______ /
10 TOTAL
10 TOTAL_______
_______ / 100 / 100