Q Listening and Speaking 1 Unit 6 Test

Name: ______________________________________ Date: _____________

Listen to track 16. Read the statements. Write T (true) or F (false).

_______ 1. Jackie Chan wanted to be an actor since he was a small boy.
_______ 2. His movies were popular from the beginning.
_______ 3. Jackie Chan became a star in Hong Kong in the 1980s.
_______ 4. Jackie Chan moved to Hollywood but didn’t stay there.

Listen for specific information in track 18. Complete the paragraph with the correct
dates from the word bank:
the 1970s 1954 the 1980s 1978

Jackie Chan was born in (5) ____________________. He began acting professionally

in (6) ____________________. Chan became a big star in Hong Kong in

(7) ____________________. He moved to Hollywood in (8) ____________________.

Complete the sentence. Choose A, B, or C.

9. Today in class we watched a __________ about World War II.
A. film
B. hit
C. choice
10. The book we have to read for school is __________; it must have 500 pages!
A. powerful
B. huge
C. famous
11. I laughed the whole time the __________ was performing.
A. story
B. comedian
C. feeling
12. My dream is to be a __________ musician and perform in operas.
A. professional
B. huge
C. wrong
13. The singer has such a __________ voice that she doesn’t need a microphone.
A. professional
B. powerful
C. afraid
14. If my first novel is a __________, they will pay me to write many more.
A. feeling
B. product
C. hit

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 Q Listening and Speaking 1 Unit 6 Test

Name: ______________________________________ Date: _____________

Match each word with the correct definition.

_______ 15. wrong A. laugh at
_______ 16. imagine B. scared
_______ 17. make fun of C. make a picture in your mind
_______ 18. make eye contact D. incorrect
_______ 19. understand E. know what something means
_______ 20. afraid F. look in the eyes

Read the sentence. Which word is a synonym to the underlined word? Choose A or B.
21. I want to have a big house with four bedrooms.
A. large
B. great
22. When I hurt my foot I walked with difficulty for a few weeks.
A. detail
B. problem
23. It was fortunate that the weather was nice today for our picnic in the park.
A. lucky
B. fun

Match each underlined word with its synonym.

_______ 24. It is a custom in many Asian countries to remove your A. decision
shoes indoors.
B. tradition
_______ 25. I have to make a difficult choice about my career.
C. employee
_______ 26. Her boss told her she is the best worker in the company.

Complete the informal narrative with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
This man (27) ___________________ (walk) into a shoe store. He

(28) ___________________ (look) around for a while and then (29) ___________________

(ask) the young woman working there to help him. He (30) ___________________ (want) to

buy 20 pairs of shoes, all the same size and style. She (31) ___________________ (look) at

him like he’s crazy, but goes into the back to get him what he wants. She

(32) ___________________ (come) out carrying five boxes and goes back for more. When

she finally (33) ___________________ (bring) out the last box, the man is gone and she’s

left with a mess to clean up.

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 Q Listening and Speaking 1 Unit 6 Test

Name: ______________________________________ Date: _____________

Listen to track 17. Choose the final sound of the underlined simple present verb.
34. A woman’s at the doctor’s office. The doctor asks her, “What’s the trouble?”
A. /z/
B. /s/
C. /əz/

Listen to track 18. Choose the final sound of the underlined simple present verb.
35. The woman answers, “I hurt everywhere.”
A. /z/
B. /s/
C. /əz/

Listen to track 19. Choose the final sound of the underlined simple present verb.
36. “It hurts when I touch my head. It hurts when I touch my leg, and it hurts when I touch
my arm.”
A. /s/
B. /z/
C. /əz/

Listen to track 20. Choose the final sound of the underlined simple present verb.
37. Then he says, “I know what’s wrong. . . . Your finger is broken!”
A. /s/
B. /z/
C. /əz/

Match each question with the correct answer.

_______ 38. Why should you use your voice to A. because it helps make the end a
express different feelings in the
surprise for the listener
story?
B. because it helps you connect with
_______ 39. Why is it a good idea to pause
your audience and keep them
before you tell the end of a joke or
interested
story?
C. because this helps the listener
_______ 40. Why is making eye contact with
understand the emotions of people
the listener important when you’re
in the story
telling a story?

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