Pandas disturbed by earthquake
Global Tests
Unit 4
Hopes & Fears
Part A
Grammar and vocabulary
A Complete the dialogues with an appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
Example:
a Are you coming to the party tomorrow?
b Yes, of course, I’ll / will be there. (be)
1 a What are your plans for the weekend?
b I ………. with my friend in Manchester. (get together)
2 a Do you think her new song will be a hit?
b Well, I think it ………. lots of money. (make)
3 a Let me pay the bill.
b No, I ………. it. (do)
4, 5 a Do you think global warming is a real problem?
b Yes, I do. If you ………. the evidence, it ………. worse, too. (study, get)
6, 7 a Is Maria pregnant?
b Yes, she ………. a baby in four months’ time. It’s a boy and they ………. him Thomas. (have, call)
8 a You don’t like Olga, do you?
b No, I don’t, and I’m sure when you meet her you ………. her either. (not like)
B Underline the correct form to complete the sentences.
Example:
She wants to have / having lots of children.
9 I’m really looking forward to seeing / see our old English teacher again.
10 I’ve got two tickets for the music festival. Would you like to come / coming?
11 We’re planning to go / going round the world in a boat when we’re older.
12 I’m hoping to being / be a teacher when I leave college.
13 She’s going to leaving / leave school when she’s eighteen.
14 I don’t want to get / getting married.
C Put the words into the correct boxes. There are four words in each box and four words you do not need.
lake pollution ice desert homelessness flood forest fire storm disease ocean poverty forest
| 15 Geographical features | 16 Global issues |
DUnderline the correct word to complete the dialogues.
Example:
a Are you worrying about the exam?
b No, not really, I’m feeling quite relaxing / relaxed about it.
17 a Have you read A Handmaid’s Tale?
b Yes, I thought it was fascinating / fascinated.
18 a What did you think of the Natural Disasters exhibition at the museum?
b I was horrifying / horrified when I saw the photos of the famine.
19 a Was the play good?
b Well, it got quite interesting / interested towards the end.
20 a Did you see the news report of the forest fires in Australia?
b Yes, it looked terrifying / terrified, didn’t it?
E Complete the sentences with these words.
up back around away together
Example:
She wants to get together with her family this weekend.
21 When did you get ………. from your holiday?
22 I usually get ………. town on a bicycle – it’s better for the environment than a car.
23 I’m hoping to get ………. for a short holiday next month.
24 You’re very late! What time did you get ………. this morning?
F Cross out the word that does not fit in the conversation.
Example:
a She always wears designer clothes.
b Yes, she’s very well-off / healthy / rich.
Pablo: Hi Jorge. You look (25) terrible / awful / excellent.
Jorge: Thanks! I just got up.
Pablo: But it’s two o’clock!
Jorge: Look, Pablo, I got back late last night. Well, this morning actually. It was a / an (26) smart / wonderful / excellent evening!
Pablo: Well, as I said, you look very (27) handsome / good-looking / wealthy today.
Jorge: And I expect I also look very (28) clever / wonderful / intelligent, too!
Part B
Reading, listening and pronunciation
G Reading
Read the newspaper article about a natural disaster. Decide if the sentences are True (T), False (F) or if the text Doesn’t say (D)? Choose Doesn’t say if there is not enough information to answer true or false.
Pandas disturbed by earthquake
Last month there was a large earthquake in the Sichuan area in China. The earthquake upset the pandas at the famous Wolong reserve, which was right at the centre of the earthquake and is badly damaged.
Eight of the young animals have now arrived at Beijing zoo, and the zoo keepers there are giving them lots of attention to help them recover.
Conservationists hope their arrival at the zoo will make people more aware of the damage to their habitat and encourage people to give donations to the reserve. It could take ten or 20 years for the reserve to recover. The earthquake destroyed many buildings and large areas of bamboo, and a new road is now unusable. The earthquake also killed four staff members and left a fifth person seriously ill in hospital.
The keepers at the reserve were really worried when they saw the pandas after the earthquake. They were very frightened and they didn’t want to eat. It has taken a while, but now their appetite is back to normal – 10–18 kg of bamboo a day, plus milk, carrots, apples and steamed buns.
Six pandas escaped during the earthquake, and sadly, two of them are still missing. They may now be dead, but keepers hope they have escaped into the wild and that they will return to the reserve, because they are very close to their keepers.
Example:
The eight pandas at Beijing zoo are two years old. D
29 The earthquake damaged Beijing zoo.
30 The earthquake damaged the panda reserve.
31 People hope the pandas at the zoo will attract publicity.
32 The eight young pandas will remain at Beijing zoo for at least ten years while Wolong reserve recovers from the earthquake.
33 The earthquake destroyed many buildings, but the road is still in use.
34 Five people died in the earthquake.
35 After the earthquake the pandas refused to eat.
36 Pandas only eat fruit and vegetables.
37 Pandas eat more bamboo than carrots
38 The two lost pandas may return from the wild because they love their keepers.
H Listening
Listen to a TV news report from a journalist in Greece. Choose the correct answer a, b or c.
Example:
The fire-fighters
a are no longer working.
B worked all night.
c are still trying to control the fire.
39 The fire
a reached the centre of Athens.
b destroyed large parts of Athens.
c only reached the edge of Athens.
40 The fire didn’t destroy Athens because
a the wind changed direction.
b the fire-fighters worked all night.
c the wind dropped.
41 There are still fire-fighters on duty because
a the danger of fire isn’t over.
b the fires are still burning.
c the fire destroyed a lot of land.
42 The fire destroyed
a only trees and farmland.
b a lot of forest, farmland and homes.
c only a few homes.
43 ……people had nowhere to sleep.
a 450
b 415
c 150
44 …… of the forests will grow again.
a Most
b Some
c None
I Pronunciation
Listen to some words from the unit, and complete the word stress chart. There are four words for each stress pattern.
pollution infertile homelessness future contained desert differently serious resistance terrified around vision control prediction despair transport
| Oo | oO | Ooo | oOo |
| hunger | disease | poverty | disaster |