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Unit 5 Test A
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form

Grammar of the verbs given.
1 Replace the words in italics using these words 1 If the test __________ (be) really difficult
and making other necessary changes. tomorrow, I know I __________ (fail) it.
2 If I __________ (be) you, I __________ (do)
don’t have to must can can’t should some research online.
1 I think it would be a good idea for you to take a 3 If Miss Grant __________ (leave), everyone
break. will miss her.
4 If I __________ (have) your brains, I
__________ (study) law.
2 Students are allowed to buy cheap meals in the 5 If you cheat in the exam, you __________ (be)
cafeteria. punished.

3 It’s not possible for students to use the library

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after 4.30 because it’s closed.

Vocabulary
4 It’s not necessary for us to hand in our
homework before Friday. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the words given.

5 It’s important that I remember to print out my 1 My dad is an __________ (electric).

essay.
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2 Choose the correct alternative to complete the
sentences.
1 You mustn’t/don’t have to bring a dog in here.
2 We can/should leave early to avoid the traffic.
3 We can/ought to contact the secretary by email
if necessary.
4 They have to/should go to Toni’s restaurant for
a pizza. It’s great.
5 I’m afraid you can’t/don’t have to wait for the
doctor here. Please go into that room.
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2 I’m studying to be a __________ (physics).
3 Most __________ (direct) earn a high salary.
4 A __________ (journal) must be able to write
well.
5 They’re looking for a new __________
(technic) for the laboratory.
6 I’m reading a book by a famous __________
(history).
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5 Complete the sentences with the correct school
subjects.
1 In __________, we do a lot of running.
2 In __________, we study countries and their
capitals.
3 In __________, we learn about past wars.
4 In __________, we put on plays.
5 In __________, we do experiments with
chemicals in the laboratory.
6 In __________, we read books by famous
writers.

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6 Complete the sentences with these words.

Reading
coursework resit term marks timetable
essay 7 Read the article about cheating and decide if
the statements are true (T), false (F) or not
1 I got some bad __________ in the tests last mentioned (NM).
week.
All your own work?
2 We’ve got to write a long __________ for
homework this weekend. Several years ago, students used to cheat in
tests by hiding notes in books or writing things on
3 Our new __________ is horrible! Double maths their legs or hands. If they wanted good marks for
on Monday morning! their homework, they copied their friend’s or
4 The __________ finishes on the 17th of July asked their parents to help out. Today, cheating at
and then we’re free! school or university has become a lot more high
5 I much prefer doing __________ to taking tech! It seems that although the Internet has had an
exams. enormous benefit in giving students access to
6 Jenny has to __________ her exams in the unlimited supplies of information, it has also
autumn. She failed them this time. encouraged the development of a highly successful
industry for helping students to cheat very
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There are two main ways that students can use
the Internet to help them get better marks at
school. Firstly, they can access information and
simply copy whole chunks of articles or reports
into their own homework assignments and pretend
that it is their own work. Another very worrying
development is the existence of specialised
websites that supply original essays written
specifically on demand. This means that a student
pays a website to provide an essay with a certain
title. The website employs writers to write the
essay, and the lecturers believe that the student has
written it him or herself. It is actually possible to
say what grade you would like the essay to
achieve, so that the result is not too far from your
own abilities. Research has shown that some
university students are prepared to pay up to £300
for a good essay.
Lecturers have been aware of the problem for
quite a while now and most will use special
software to scan for ‘copied’ work from the
Internet. However, this only detects chunks that
are copied exactly from the web, not specially-
written work. Because these are originals, it is
almost impossible to detect that they are not the
students’ work. Lecturers are relying on their
knowledge of students’ abilities and have to be
alert to new types of phrases or style that suddenly
appear. What they can do is scan the web for their
essay titles and check whether any appear on
strange websites, but this is clumsy and not very
efficient.

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Experts say that the answer is to start teaching

students from the early age of 11 the dangers of
Listening (Tests CD, Track 6)
copying work. Another suggestion has been to
give personalised essay titles such as; ‘Compare 8 You are going to hear four people talking about
the plot of ... with your own experiences.’ early education. Listen and match the speakers
However, it is probably inevitable that the lazier A–D with the statements in 1–5. There is one
student will always try to find an easy way around extra statement you do not need.
hard work, whereas the more conscientious student 1 Early learning can create later difficulties for
will do his own. some children.
1 Students cheating at school is quite a T/F/NM Speaker ___
new thing. 2 Early learning doesn’t necessarily benefit
children academically later.
2 All students cheat at some time in T/F/NM
Speaker ___
their lives.
3 Opportunities to interact with other children are
3 Students sometimes copy badly- T/F/NM very important.
written materials from the Internet. Speaker ___
4 Some people write essays for money. T/F/NM 4 Early reading can help children learn in other
areas.
5 It isn’t possible to check whether T/F/NM Speaker ___
something has been copied from the
Internet. 5 Children should start to learn when they are
ready.
Speaker ___

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Use of English Writing

9 Complete the second sentence so it means the
same as the first, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. Use between two and
five words.
1 It’s not necessary for you to arrive before 9.30.
HAVE
_______________ arrive before 9.30.
10 You see this advertisement at a leisure centre
for a summer job.
Help run our summer playgroup for under-fives
and earn some money too! Write to Kate Smith to
tell us why you would be good for the job.
Write a letter to Kate Smith. Write 120–160
words.

2 I can’t buy a new laptop because I haven’t got

enough money.
ABLE
If I had enough money, I _______________
buy a new laptop.

3 It’s against the rules to bring food into the

classrooms.
NOT
Students _______________ into the
classrooms.

4 It’s not a good idea to drink coffee straight

before going to bed.
SHOULDN’T
_______________ coffee straight before going
to bed.

5 Students who work hard get good jobs in the

future.
YOU
If _______________ get a good job in the
future.

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