LANGUAGE TEST 8A
Name: _________________________________________
1 Complete the sentences using passive forms.
Use by only if necessary. (10 points)
Somebody has spilled coffee all over my
computer!
Coffee has been spilled all over my computer!
1 Robots designed this car from start to finish.
This car _________________________________
__________________________________ robots.
2 You can find us on the map on your phone.
We can _________________________________
______________________________ phone.
3 People are playing the game many times to
discover all its secrets.
The game _______________________________
____________________ to discover its secrets.
4 I don’t like it when people tell me what to do.
I _________________________________ to do.
5 Nobody has used this computer before.
This computer ___________________________
__________________________________ before.
6 The police won’t catch the hacker, I’m sure.
I’m sure the hacker _______________________
_______________________________ the police.
7 Somebody had watched me for hours before
I realised.
I ______________________________________
_________________________ before I realised.
8 Governments are increasingly using automatic
programmes to monitor Internet use.
Automatic programmes ___________________
___________________ governments to monitor
Internet use.
9 You should not use computers without an anti-
virus programme to go online.
Computers without _______________________
_____________________________ to go online.
10 I remember somebody giving it to me.
I _____________________________ somebody.
2 Choose the correct answers. (4 points)
Despite / Whereas the fact that we had never
met before, we formed a good team.
1 Although / In spite of working longer today,
we are not wealthier.
2 While / Despite the weather was great, we still
had to wear hats and gloves.
3 Even though / Despite having little money,
the holiday was the best I can remember.
4 My brother never worked very hard, whereas /
in spite of I had always done so.
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UNIT 8
Score: ____________ / 30 points
3 Complete the sentences with compounds formed
with one word from each box. (10 points)
writing badly running empty
absent life solar big travel
loud car
guard headed speakers agents
alarm powered water handed
paid paper minded
Most parking meters and information
terminals are solar-powered these days.
1 Have you got any _________ _________?
I need to send a letter to the bank.
2 We had a charity lottery at work yesterday but
I left _________-_________. Typical!
3 I love my job but it’s so _________ _________
that I might have to find something else.
4 Stop telling us how clever you are! It’s so
_________-_________.
5 The campsite we stayed at was very basic.
It didn’t even have _________ _________ .
6 The _________ _________ in my computer
have broken. I can’t hear a thing, not music,
not games, nothing!
7 She works at the beach as a _________
_________ in the summer.
8 That _________ _________ has been beeping
all night long. I’m going to call the police.
9 You forgot your brother’s birthday! How can
you be so _________-_________?
10 Do you know any good _________ _________?
I want to book a holiday for this summer.
4 Complete the missing words. (6 points)
The number of unemployed s t a y e d the
same.
1 There has been a sharp _ i _ _ from 8% to
25% this month.
2 The temperature has fallen _ r _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ l _
over the last week.
3 _ _ a _ _ l _ half of our volunteers have
experience of this kind of work.
4 Studies show that today _ e _ _ than 1 in 5
people smoke in most countries.
5 The _ _ s _ majority of people are in favour of
the policy.
6 Three-quarters, or 75 _ _ r _ _ n _, of people
believe the current policy is not working.
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