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Unit 6 test 40 marks

Global listening
Listening to categorize information (5 marks)

Listen and categorize the information correctly. (1/2 mark each)

a evidence
b joint U.K. / U.S.
c shorter life spans
d many people suffering
e history of cancer
f mummies
g high economic cost
h almost no cancer
i tumors survive well
j fossil remains

Modern day cancer Cancer in ancient times Research

Close listening
Listening for detail (5 marks)

Read these sentences. Write T (true) or F (false).

1 Mummies were examined to find out if people died
of cancer in Ancient Egypt. ___
2 Tumors survive over time better than healthy tissue. ___
3 The study didn’t draw any overall conclusions from the findings. ___
4 The presenter says it is common knowledge about links between
smoking and cancer. ___
5 Professors Terry and Devi have completed their research. ___

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Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs (5 marks)

Replace the phrasal verb with a synonym from the box. Write the
synonym in the correct form.

eliminate catch prevent reduce cure

1 ________________ He came down with pneumonia last winter and was very
ill for a while.
2 ________________ It took her a long time to get rid of her bad cold.
3 ________________ If you want to lose weight, you really need to cut down on
the number of calories you take in every day.
4 ________________ Citrus fruits, such as oranges and grapefruit, help fight off
illness.
5 ________________ He needs to cut out sugar from his diet if he wants to avoid
weight gain.

Grammar
Using modal auxiliaries in past passive sentences (5 marks)

Match the context with the modal sentences.

1 Everyone who ate the fish dish at the restaurant was ill the next day.
2 Some people living near the power station developed cancer later in life.
3 The children who didn’t exercise went on to develop diabetes.
4 We weren’t sure whether or not it was too much sun at the beach which made us ill.
5 She found it hard to breathe later in life.
a It must have been caused by her lifestyle when she was younger.
b The disease had to have been brought on by their lifestyle.
c You could have been made ill by the dirty seawater.
d They must have been affected by the meal.
e The disease could have been caused by the location where they lived.

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Speaking skill
Asking to clarify or confirm ideas you hear (5 marks)

Complete the conversation with the expressions.

He said his main point was he explained that

What did he mean by I understood that

Mia: That was a complicated lecture, wasn’t it?

Jane: Yeah, I’m not sure if I understood it all. (1)_________________ “disease
transmission”?
Mia: (2)_________________ it was the passing on of an illness from one person
to another.
Jane: (3)_________________ that it can happen by different methods, didn’t he?
Mia: That’s right.
Jane: So, (4)_________________ that there is more than one way to catch a
disease?
Mia: Yeah, I think so.
Jane: And at the end, (5)_________________ there can also be direct and
indirect transmission, correct?
Mia: Well, I think so, but I wasn’t really sure about that part. Let’s ask him to
go through it again in our next tutorial.

Speaking task
Talking about disease (15 marks)

Discuss the questions.

1 Are there any diseases that are worse in your country than in other places?
2 What have been the most important historic discoveries or inventions to
prevent diseases?
3 What can people do to protect themselves from diseases?
4 Who should pay for research into cures for diseases?
5 What would a world be like where there was a cure for every disease?

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