MOCK TEST PROJECT 5

(UNIT 5)
I) Read the text and answer the questions:
People often think of John Brown as one of the
first Americans to lead the fight against slavery in the
USA. All his life he tried to help slaves and eventually
decided that he could only stop slavery by using
violence. In 1859, he led a group of men who attacked
and took hold of buildings where the army kept a large
number of guns, at Harpers Ferry. The US army took
them back two days later and Brown was caught and
killed. Most people remember him because of the wellknown American song John Browns Body.
Medgar Evers was a man who fought for the
rights of black people all his life. In 1946, he went to
vote in the elections with his brother but 200 white
people stopped him from voting. He worked in the civil
rights movement until he was murdered in 1963. His
murderer, a man called Beckwith, went to court, but
some witnesses told lies and he was set free. Eventually,
in 1991, Beckwith was taken to court again and found
guilty of murder.
James Meredith is famous for being the first
black man to study at the University of Mississippi,
from 1960 to 1964. While he was there he experienced
many problems because of his colour. As a result he
began protesting about the treatment of black people.
While he was taking part in a protest march in 1966, he
was shot and injured. Meredith continued his studies,
but he left the civil rights movement and worked for
many years in the financial industry. Later he became
interested in politics again and became a Republican.
Martin Luther King is probably the best known
of all the people involved in fighting for black peoples
rights in America. He had learnt about what Mahatma
Ghandi was doing in India. Ghandi believed that
fighting was not a good way to protest and led nonviolent demonstrations throughout India. By leading
peaceful protests and giving speeches, King became the
central figure in the civil rights movement. Martin
Luther King was murdered in 1968, but he is still a
hero to all black people in the US and all over the
world.
1. When did John Brown try to get guns from
the US army?
2. How many people tried to stop Medgar Evers
from voting?
3. Which university did James Meredith go to?
4. When was Martin Luther King murdered?
5. Who gave up politics for a career in business?
6. Whose murderer was finally sent to prison
after nearly thirty years?
7. Who followed the ideas of an Indian
politician?
8. Who is famous because of a song?

II) Transform into the passive voice:

1. They make computers in factories.
2. They will release the new film next month.
3. The guide didnt give the tourists much information.
4. They have probably sold the jewellery by now.
5. You shouldnt leave laptops on car seats.
III) Write these numbers in letters:
782,203
1649
1,931

4,514,773

IV) Use conditionals to transform these sentences.

Use the given beginnings:
1. Please, help me. Otherwise, I wont pass my exams.
(I wont...)
2. Dont ask me to marry you, because I wont.
(I wouldnt...)
3. You didnt come to my party, so you didnt meet my
friends from Hungary. (If you had...)
4. I didnt notice Sues new hairstyle. Pam told me.
(I wouldnt have...)
5. Im not rich, so I cant travel around the world.
(If I were...)
V) Prepositions:
1. Angela bought a stamp__ the post office.
2. Ive got to go__ school now, or Ill be late.
3. What platform does my train leave__?
4. Tobys learning about volcanoes __ school.
VI) Join the sentences. Use relative clauses with who
or which:
1. The hotel was full. We wanted to book it.
2. The girl is in my class. We saw her in town.
3. The man was called Arthur Furguson. He sold Big
Ben.
4. Most plastics are made from oil. We use them every
day.
VII) Fill in: UNIT 5, Lessons: A, B, C, D,
Extra Success A, B
lamb
backpacker
precious
adapted
avalanche
change
at
finding
currency
electronically
harbour
deposit
express
1. When you want to buy things in another country, you
need to use foreign __.
2. Gold and silver are __ metals; they are worth a lot.
3. The modern way to buy things is to pay __ using
credit or debit cards instead of money.
4. The __ train to Edinburgh only takes six hours.
5. Is there a direct train to Paris or do you have to__?
6. A__ is a young tourist without much money.
7. A__ is the first payment of the whole price.
8. A __ is a baby sheep.
9. When the last of Harry Potter books is__, it will be the
end of the film series.

10. St. Bernard dogs are much better__ people under

snow than humans.

KEY

TOTAL: 40 POINTS

I)

1. 1859
2. 200
3. the University of Mississippi
4. 1968
5. James Meredith
6. the murderer of Medgar Evers
7. Martin Luther King
8. John Brown

II)

1. Computers are made in factories.

2. The new film will be released next month.
3. The tourists werent given much information by the guide.
4. The jewellery has probably been sold by now.
5. Laptops shouldnt be left on car seats.

III)

782,203
1649
1,931
4,514,773

IV)

1. I wont pass my exams if you dont help me.

2. I wouldnt marry you if you asked me.
3. If you had come to my party, you would have met my friends from Hungary.
4. I wouldnt have noticed Sues new hairstyle if Pam hadnt told me.
5. If I were rich, I would travel around the world.

V)

1. at
2. to
3. from
4. at

VI)

1. The hotel which we wanted to book was full.

2. The girl who we saw in town is in my class.
3. The man who sold Big Ben was called Arthur Furguson.
4. Most plastics which we use every day are made from oil.

VII)

1. currency 2. precious 3. electronically 4. express 5. change

6. backpacker 7. deposit 8. lamb 9. adapted 10. at finding

seven hundred and eighty-two thousand, two hundred and three

sixteen forty-nine
one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-one
four million, five hundred and fourteen thousand, seven hundred and seventy-three