Instituto de Idiomas
 
 Universidad Nacional                                                                                                 Elementary    

UNIT TEST 8

Name :  ______Arturo Fernando Vasquez Seminario_________Date: _JULY 25nd___           

Teacher: Myriam Vásquez Patiño                                                  Score: ________

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   Unit 8 | Reading
1. Read the text. Choose the correct option to complete the
sentences.

The best festival

The Montreal Jazz Festival is the biggest jazz festival in the world. The best musicians come to this
Canadian city to play music.

When and where

The festival takes place in Montreal, in the summer, for 11 days. Music plays from morning to night.
You can hear music everywhere. Musicians play outside, in small clubs and on enormous stages. Every
year, 3000 musicians come from more than 30 countries. They come from all over the world. About
100,000 to 200,000 people go to the biggest concerts. Normally, there are 650 concerts during one
festival. There are 450 free concerts out in the open air.

History and music legends

The first Montreal Jazz Festival was in 1980, when 1200 people came to hear the music and enjoy the
party. In the '80s and '90s, great artists - like Keith Jarrett, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles - appeared at
the festival. Today, the festival attracts thousands of visitors a year.

One big party

During the festival, the streets of central Montreal are closed. Cars can't go into the centre of the city.
The city is full of visitors. It is like one big party.

Something for everyone

There are street musicians and a musical park for children. You can experience many different kinds of
music at the festival: jazz, soul, blues and rock.

 
1. 3000...
 

people attend the festival every year.

a.
 

people attend the largest concerts.

b.
 

c. musicians play every year.

X
 

2. The first Montreal Jazz Festival...

 

was in the 1990s.

a.
 

was in the 1970s.

b.
 

was in the 1980s.

c. X
 

3. Thousands of people...
 

visit the festival each year.

a. X
 

went to see Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles.

b.
 

visited the first festival.

c.
 

4. There are...
 

a. 650 concerts during the 11-day festival. X

  

1100 concerts during the 11-day festival.

b.
 

450 concerts during the 11-day festival.

c.
 

5. As well as jazz,...
 

there is a street party for children.

a.
 

you can hear different types of music.

b. X
 

there are street performers in the parks.

c.
 

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    Unit 8 | Listening
1. Listen to the speaker. Choose the correct option to complete the
sentences.

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1. The price of oil is... than last year.

 

13 percent higher
a.
 

30 percent higher
b.
 

3 percent higher
c.
 

2. Statistics show that...

 

5% of adults between 18 and 55 years old stopped smoking.

a.
 

5% of adults between 18 and 85 years old stopped smoking.

b.
 

15% of adults between 18 and 55 years old stopped smoking.

c.
 

3. The supermarket Rackwells...

 

is closing today.
a.
 

closed in 1983.
b.
 
 closed last year.
c.
 

4. The manager wants to give...

 

one million pounds to today's newspapers.

a.
 

one million pounds to Valmont Bank.

b.
 

one million pounds to charity.

c.
 

5. The Institute of Consumer Studies reports that...

 

people are buying more hot drinks.

a.
 

people are buying more cold drinks.

b.
 

people are buying 35% more drinks than last year.

c.
 

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    Unit 8 | Writing
1. You are a magazine journalist. Write a story about how two people met. Write 70-100 words.
Follow the steps.

1. Start your story with the words:

Jean and John are an ordinary couple, but they met in an extraordinary way. Ten years ago...

2. Include these verbs in your story: left; said; gave; met; went; married. You can use other verbs as
well.

 Jean and John are a normal couple, they met ten years ago. They met for a job, Jean went to buy
him lunch and John accepted what was said, Jean gave him a document and left. Jean is married

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   Unit 8 | Grammar – Reported Speech
          Rewrite the sentences in Reported Speech

1.     “I’m living in New York”, Sara said.

Sara said that she was living in New York

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2.     “Her mother isn’t very well now”, he said.

He said that her mother wasn’t very well at that time

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3.     “John and Paula will visit Paris next month”, they told.

John and Paula said they will visit Paris next year

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4.     “My brother will buy the tickets for the concert next week”, she said to him.

My brother told him to buy tickets for next week's concert

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5.     “I don’t understand this problem”, Martha said.

Said Martha that she doesn't understand that problem

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6.     “We will buy the tickets tomorrow”, Tom and Mark said.

Tom and Mark said buy the tickets tomorrow

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7.     “It’s getting late”, he said.

She said it's getting late

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8.     “I want to go to Emma’s party”, Tom said.

Tom said he wants to go to Emma's party

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9.     “My plane will be two hours late today”, Jack said.

Jack said his plane would be two hours late today

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10.  “I often ask my father to help me with my homework”, Bill said.

Bill said that he often asks his father to help him with his homework.

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   Unit 8 | Grammar : The Present Perfect

1. Write the verbas in the Present Perfect and match the
pictures

1. They _________have made______________________________ (make) a snowman)

  

2. They ___________just have gotten___________________________(just /get) married

3. She _________has done_______________________________________ (do) some

shopping

4. She ______has watched_____________(wash) the dishes and now she’s drying them.

5. She _____has notironed____________________________(not iron) all the clothes yet

6. She __has bought__________________________ (buy) some flowers

7. She _____________she already has feed_________________ (already feed) the fish

8. She _________has been hanging______________________       (hang) up the wash

9. He __has not waked_____________ ( not wake) up yet .

10. She __has finished________________ (finish) work

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