6 Unit Test LEVEL 2

Name Mark
Vocabulary
1 Replace the words in bold with the words below. Make any necessary changes. (8 x ! 16 points"
dress up turn up occur disguise venue commemorate take part in leaflet
1. Many actors hide their identity in public.
2. We honour our war heroes every year.
3. oo many accidents happen on this road.
!. We gave out brochures.
". #he always arri#es late.
$. he festival is moving to a new place.
%. &hildren can participate in the celebration.
'. #he wore elegant clothes for the party.
$hoose the correct word in brackets to complete each sentence. (% x & ! 1 points"
1. hat ( series isn)t on any more because it didn)t have enough . *spectators + viewers,
2. -ancy was ill. so she the dinner reservations. *cancelled + postponed,
3. hey)ve had a long and happy . *wedding + marriage,
!. My sister is acting in a play and my mother made her . *costume + custom,
". Why didn)t you me to call/ *remember + remind,
$. 0o you know why &arl sounded this morning/ *angrily + angry,
%. #he sings very . *well + good,
& $omplete the passage with the words below. (6 x ! 1 points"
spectators look forward to venue costumes turn up cancelled
he 1lastonbury Music 2estival in 3ngland takes place every summer at a very interesting *1, 4
a big field. Many people *2, in original and creative *3, . he festival is
never *!, because of bad weather and *", come prepared for any weather.
here are people who *$, going to the 1lastonbury Music 2estival every year. #o come and 5oin
the fun6
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6 Unit Test LEVEL 2
'rammar
( $omplete the sentences with the modal per)ects below and the correct )orm o) the #erbs in brackets.
(( x ! 8 points"
needn)t have should have must have might have
1. We)ve run out of milk again6 7 *buy, some yesterday.
2. 7)m not sure where #haron is. #he *go, shopping.
3. Mr 8ones isn)t here. 9e *forget, you were coming.
!. 7)d already baked a cake. #he *buy, one.
* $omplete the sentences with the correct )orm o) the modals and #erbs in brackets. (( x & ! 1 points"
1. #he *mustn)t + smoke, here. 7t isn)t allowed.
2. We *shouldn)t + tell, :lice the bad news. #he)s been crying for over an hour.
3. he baby *have to + eat, now. because she hasn)t been fed yet.
!. #he *could + apologise,. but she didn)t.
6 Rewrite the sentences using the modals in brackets. (( x ( ! 16 points"
1. 7t was wrong for us to leave early. *shouldn)t,
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2. 7s it possible for the train to get to ;ondon by si< o)clock/ *can,
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3. alking on mobile phones isn)t allowed here. *mustn)t,
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!. 7 think =obert called yesterday. *might,
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% $omplete the passage with the correct modal )orm o) the #erb in brackets. +here may be more than one possible
answer. (* x & ! 1* points"
My cousin is getting married in only three months. #he *1, *start, planning her wedding immediately6
7 think she *2, *hire, a wedding planner. :fter my wedding. 7 realised 7 *3, *hire,
one. 7 *!, *en5oy, the event more if 7 hadn)t been so worried about all the little details. 7)m going to tell
her she *", *not try, to plan everything by herself6

6 Unit Test LEVEL 2

OPTIONAL READING Read the text and answer the ,uestions that )ollow.
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M-./RN 01R2+/3
John Burnett was sailing alone across the South China Sea one night in 1992, when his small yacht was attacke
!y arme "irates# $e coul ha%e !een seriously hurt or kille, !ut &ortunately, he sur%i%e# Later he went on to
write a !ook, in which he escri!e his &rightening e'"erience with moern(ay "irates#
77 Burnett, a )ournalist an writer, ecie to o research on the issue o& moern "irates# $e was shocke to
isco%er that "iracy is not a thing o& the "ast, !ut still e'ists in the moern worl# *n &act, the num!er o& "irate
attacks on large shi"s, yachts an small !oats is increasing yearly at an alarming rate# Burnett learne that
moern(ay "irates are !rutal, %iolent criminals, who attack shi"s on the o"en seas# They steal whate%er they can
get their hans on, an threaten the li%es o& the crew# +iracy has also !ecome a serious economic issue that costs
shi""ing com"anies !illions o& ollars#
777 ,any "irates o"erate in !usy international waters, near *nonesia in the -ar East an Somalia in .&rica# Some
"irates are only intereste in ro!!ing the crew on !oar the !oat or shi", !ut other "irates are a&&iliate with
international crime organisations an they are intereste in the shi" itsel&# .&ter !oaring the shi" they sen the
crew an "assengers o&& in li&e!oats an sail away with the shi"# Later, the shi" is re"ainte, gi%en a new name
an use &or rug running or other illegal acti%ities#
7( Until now, international e&&orts to sto" "iracy ha%en/t !een success&ul# There are %arious reasons &or this# -irstly,
well(known "irate regions are huge an i&&icult to "atrol# Seconly, since "iracy takes "lace in international
waters, it/s almost im"ossi!le to "rosecute the "irates that are actually caught# There&ore, the !est way to &ight
moern(ay "iracy is "re%ention# Shi"s/ ca"tains must a%oi unsa&e areas where "irate acti%ity takes "lace# *&
they can/t a%oi these areas, they shoul sail through them at &ull s"ee an take massi%e security "recautions#
0es"ite all o& this, i& a shi" is attacke, the "irates shoul !e gi%en whate%er they eman so as not to enanger
the "assengers an crew on !oar#
( 1e may imagine that "irates are hansome, lo%a!le characters like the "irate Jack S"arrow &rom the "o"ular
Pirates of the Caribbean &ilms# But in reality, nothing coul !e &urther &rom the truth# Toay/s "irates are %iolent
an e'tremely angerous an mustn/t !e taken lightly#
1 $hoose the correct answer. ( x & ! 6 points"
1. 7n today)s world .
a. piracy doesn)t e<ist any more
b. there is less piracy every year
c. there is more piracy every year
2. 2or shipping companies. piracy is .
a. an e<pensive problem
b. not a problem
c. a problem of the past
2nswer the ,uestions. ( x & ! 6 points"
1. Why do the pirates take over ships/
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2. 9ow should ships) captains try to prevent pirate attacks/
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& $omplete the sentences. ( x ( ! 8 points"
1. 7t)s very difficult to stop piracy because
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2. 7t)s hard to punish pirates that are caught because
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( 4ind words or expressions in the text that mean5
(* x 1 ! * points"
1. carrying weapons *paragraph 7,
2. savage *paragraph 77,
3. connected to *paragraph 777,
!. take to court *paragraph 7(,
". take actions to avoid
something bad *paragraph 7(,
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