Vocabulary and Grammar Test Unit 8 Test B

Name: ___________________________________________

Vocabulary
1 Complete the text with on, of, in or for.
Against the odds
Kristin Duquette always dreamed 1_____ participating in the Half-Ironman open ocean swim and she
eventually succeeded 2_____ completing it and even strangers congratulated her 3_____ this success.
Apart from that, she has competed 4_____ many international swimming competitions, representing
her native US. But Kristin is no ordinary athlete – she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the
age of nine. When she was sixteen, she decided to return to swimming and started preparing 5_____
the numerous competitions that were ahead of her.
Kristin has to be given praise 6_____ never giving up on her goals and fighting 7_____ a normal life
for disabled people. Apart from swimming, she spends a lot of time campaigning 8_____ the
understanding of disability rights. She’s even organized A Day in a Wheelchair at her university
which allows able-bodied students to spend 12–48 hours in a wheelchair and to understand the
problems that disabled people face. It has now become an annual event. Kristin has proven that she
can do anything, against all odds.
Mark: ___ / 8

2 Complete the sentences with the noun forms of the adjectives in italics.
1 It’s important that your parents support your dreams and hopes for the future. Many people don’t
understand the ___________________ of this.
2 The regulations in our school say that students mustn’t be violent, but despite that, there is some
___________________ from time to time.
3 Confident people are usually good leaders, but too much ___________________ can turn them
into bad leaders.
4 The country where Emmanuel Jal was living wasn’t independent, so he joined the army to fight
for its ___________________ .
5 If you’re learning something new, you should be patient, but I have absolutely no
___________________ .
6 My brother is a brilliant football player! His ___________________ was at the recent national
junior football championships.
7 It’s good to be different from other people – this ___________________ makes us all unique.
8 There are lots of tests that can tell how intelligent we are, but students shouldn’t be given
___________________ tests.

Mark: ___ / 8

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3 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words that you do not need.
achieve change find make put rise solve take

Become the greatest!

 If you want to 1___________________ progress in life, you have to 2___________________
your mind to it.
 3
___________________ a way to 4___________________ advantage of all the opportunities that
come up in your life.
 You won’t 5___________________ the world, but you can 6___________________ small
problems and this will help you to become a better person.
Mark: ___ / 6

4 Match the words below to definitions 1–8. There is one word that you do not need.
civil servant president government capital election monarchy economy politician
empire
1 a country ruled by a king or queen ___________________
2 a group of countries ruled by one person or government ___________________
3 a person who is employed by the government, but doesn’t make political decisions
___________________
4 the wealth and resources of a country ___________________
5 the most important city or town in a country ___________________
6 the leader of a republic ___________________
7 selecting a person or group of people for a position by voting ___________________
8 a person who works in politics ___________________

Mark: ___ / 8

5 Complete the sentences with words in exercise 4 in the correct form.

1 Sweden is a ___________________ . The Head of State is King Carl XVI Gustaf.
2 Barack Obama got the majority of voles in the 2012 ___________________ .
3 George W. Bush was the 43rd ___________________ of the United States, from 2001 to 2009.
4 Police officers are ___________________ who work for the government and serve the public.
5 According to financial experts, the European ___________________ is recovering after a crisis.
6 Paris, London, and Berlin are all ___________________ .

Mark: ___ / 6

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Grammar
6 Choose the correct answers.
1 He took part in the championships even though he had been ill.
a He was ill before the championships.
b He was ill when he took part in the championships.
2 When we got to the tennis courts, the match had already started.
a The match started after we got to the tennis courts.
b The match was in progress when we got to the tennis courts.
3 When they won a lot of awards it turned out that they had never sung their own songs.
a They first won a lot of awards and after that they didn’t sing their own songs.
b They first didn’t sing their own songs and then they won a lot of awards.
4 Ken had practised a lot before he took part in the race.
a Ken first practised a lot, and then took part in the race.
b Ken practised a lot at the same time he took part in the race.

Mark: ___ / 4

7 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect tense.
Cheating in school
One afternoon in May, Gina Davis 1___________________ (receive) a call from her daughter’s
school. The teacher 2___________________ (say) that her daughter 3___________________ (cheat)
in a test. ‘That’s impossible,’ Gina said. ‘My daughter is only eight!’
Unfortunately, it was true. ‘Before this 4___________________ (happen), I 5___________________
(talk) to my daughter about cheating,’ says Gina. ‘I 6___________________ (explain) what it meant
to cheat and why it was wrong.’
Children are taught that cheating is wrong even before they start school and most of them
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___________________ (already / cheat) when playing games before they 8___________________
(enter) the classroom. But they find it difficult to apply the knowledge that cheating is wrong in a
school setting.
‘This 9___________________ (not / be) a problem before they 10___________________ (introduce)
exams and testing,’ says Davis. ‘Now every child is feeling the pressure to get the best grades.’
Mark: ___ / 10

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8 Rewrite the sentences with used to in the correct form.
1 Did you take part in many international competitions when you were a professional athlete?
________________________________________________________________________________________
2 I never did any sport when I was younger.
________________________________________________________________________________________
3 When we were kids we lived in Canada. We don’t live there now.
________________________________________________________________________________________
4 My parents never cheated when they were at school.
________________________________________________________________________________________

Mark: ___ / 4

9 Complete sentence b so that it has a similar meaning to sentence a. Use the words in
brackets. Do not change the given words.
1 a The tennis player couldn’t hit the ball. He broke a string in his racket before that shot.
b The tennis player couldn’t hit the ball because ________________________________ .
(broken)
2 a There were no concert tickets left when my brother wanted to buy them.
b They _________________________________________________________ . (sold)
3 a Most families have more than one car.
b In the past, ____________________________________________ only one car. (have)
4 a Today, people watch sports events online.
b In the past, ____________________________________________________ . (did)
5 a When we were kids, we went to a football match every Saturday.
b When we were kids, we __________________________________________ . (go)
6 a Elena forgot to sign up for the race. Because of that, she couldn’t take part in it.
b Elena couldn’t _________________________________________________________ .
(forgotten)

Mark: ___ / 6
TOTAL MARKS: ___ / 60