UNIT 1 Use of English Level 2 Name: .................................................... Mark: .....................

VOCABULARY (30 points)

1 Each sentence below has a mistake. Circle the mistake and write the correct word. (8 points)
1. An average whole-length film runs for 95 minutes. ......................................
2. The comic strip was so funny that I laughed at loud. ......................................
3. The elderly producer went out of retirement to make another film. ......................................
4. This modern art exhibition is nothing out of the regular. ......................................
5. The sci-fi series Star Trek is placed in a spaceship. ......................................
6. Several magazine publishers have gone out of employment. ......................................
7. I often see through art catalogues to learn about the paintings. ......................................
8. Which artist attracts to you more – Picasso or Van Gogh? ......................................
2 Complete the mini-dialogues with a suitable word. (8 points)
1. A: I’ve just signed up for an art class. Why don’t you come too?
B: Are you out of your ............................. ? I’m no artist! I’d make a ............................. of myself!
2. A: Have you seen the beautiful still ............................. that Mandy painted?
B: No, not yet. Is it on ............................. at the school art exhibition?
3. A: I’m really out of ............................. , and I want to get fit again. What should I do?
B: Well, you might find running a bit boring and lose ............................. in it. Maybe join a gym?
4. A: What a lovely big bonfire! I’ll go in ............................. of more wood to throw on it.
B: OK, but we must be careful not to let the fire get out of ............................. .
3 Choose a word or phrase in italics that you prefer. Then complete the sentences so they are true for you.
Pay attention to the words in bold. (4 points)
1. My favourite genre of books / films is ......................................................................................................
2. It would be easy / hard for me to get hooked on ....................................................................................
3. My goal is to .................................................................... and it’s probably / definitely not out of reach.
4. I think it’s sometimes / never okay to make fun of ..................................................................................
4 Read the text below and decide which answer, A, B, C or D, best fits each space. (10 points)

The Call of the Wild (2020)

The classic 1903 adventure novel The Call of the Wild has been adapted for the (1) ...... four times. But the
latest film (2) ...... , produced by Disney, is the first one to (3) ...... live actors and action with computer-generated
(4) ...... of a St Bernard dog, who “plays” the main character of Buck!
Kidnapped and forced to work in a dog sled team in the freezing, snow-covered Yukon of Canada, Buck meets
Thornton, a tough old gold digger played by Harrison Ford, and the two become faithful (5) ...... . As the plot
(6) ...... , they face icy avalanches, fierce bears and evil (7) ...... together. The action scenes are (8) ...... , even
though they don’t all present an (9) ...... picture of the events in Jack London’s book. Disney’s film has also been
(10) ...... for being too sentimental and sweet, but isn’t that what Disney is all about?
1. A frame B series C screen D scene
2. A version B genre C review D bestseller
3. A resemble B consider C combine D fascinate
4. A portraits B scenery C exhibitions D images
5. A friends B opponents C residents D figures
6. A reveals B unfolds C captures D browses
7. A villains B classmates C critics D wimps
8. A foreign B vast C abstract D gripping
9. A unlike B interesting C accurate D unforgettable
10. A defeated B criticised C dramatised D influenced

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GRAMMAR (20 points)

1 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or
Continuous, Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, active or passive. There are more verbs than you need.
(5 points)

1. think • serve • buy • smell

A: The food here ............................. delicious! What are you going to have?
B: I ............................. of ordering the fish – it with fresh vegetables.
2. not leave • look • wait • find
A: Where are you? I ............................. here at the restaurant for half an hour.
B: I’m sorry, but we ............................. the house yet. I ............................. still ............................. for my car keys!
3. see • feel • not look • not be • have
A: What’s the matter? You ............................. well.
B: I ............................. really sick right now. I ............................. a temperature since last night. I .............................
my doctor this afternoon.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative form of the verbs below. Use the Present
Simple or Continuous, Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, active or passive. (5 points)
eat • adapt • build • meet • start • write • believe • know • create • solve
1. When ............................. the next art course ? I’d like to sign up.
2. This gripping book ............................. recently for the screen.
3. Fairies aren’t real! I ............................. in them since I was a child.
4. The children’s story is about a hungry caterpillar that ............................. too much.
5. The residents are nervous because the murder ............................. yet.
6. We’d better hurry! Hugh ............................. us at the cinema in 15 minutes.
7. Cathy ............................. James for 20 years – they’re old friends.
8. Ben ............................. his essay all morning, but it still isn’t finished.
9. Portraits usually on the computer – they’re hand-painted.
10. The new skyscraper ............................. at the moment – it’ll be completed soon.
3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Continuous, Present
Perfect Simple or Continuous, active or passive. (5 points)

Jo Weaver: Award-winning creator of children’s books

Jo Weaver (1) ............................. (write) and illustrating children’s books ever since she graduated from the
Cambridge School of Art. She (2) ............................. (win) several awards and her books (3) .............................
(translate) into seven languages.
Jo’s stories (4) ............................. (inspire) by nature. For example, her award-winning book Little One
(5) ............................. (tell) the story of a mother bear and her cub, who (6) ............................. (set off) on a
journey
to learn about the seasons.
Each story requires research. In order to capture the look of her characters, Jo (7) ............................. (draw)
many rough sketches by hand, using charcoal. Once the sketches (8) ............................. (approve) by her editor,
Jo draws the final artwork. But she (9) ............................. (not use) colour – it is added digitally afterwards.
Jo wants to inspire and inform children with her books – and she (10) ............................. (seem) to be doing
just that!

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4 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the word given. Use between
two and five words, including the word given. (5 points)
1. What is your opinion of graphic novels? YOU
What ....................................................... of graphic novels?
2. Sam gave Maria her first driving lesson a month ago. TEACHING
Sam ....................................................... Maria to drive for a month.
3. It’s been a long time since I read such a good book. BEST
That’s the ....................................................... in a long time.
4. An amazing art collection is on display at this gallery right now. DISPLAYED
An amazing art collection ....................................................... at this gallery right now.
5. Tina never stops making fun of me. FOREVER
Tina ....................................................... of me.