1) Grade (8-C,8-E)

Test Unit 8

1)   Choose the correct option, A, B, C or D.

1          He ___ his ideas online and he became very successful.
A won B appeared      C held             D promoted

2   They couldn’t stop ___ when she told them the story. It was so funny.
A giggling                B inspiring                                           
C disappointing       D gossiping

3          How many ___ has he won this year?
A reviews                               B awards       
C bestsellers                D commercials

4   I can’t wait to read the next ___ in the book. 
A scene                   B plot   C chapter         D character

5   The ___ took some pictures of the actor shopping.
A editors                             B designers     
C authors                             D paparazzi

6   There’s ___ all over our garden wall. How did it get there?
A abstract                            B graffiti                      
C graphics               D still life         

7          Have you seen the weather ___ this evening?
A news            B tabloid                     C gossip                      D forecast

2          Choose the correct options to complete the text

John Jacobs, the ⁰ author / novelist of that bestseller, lives opposite us in the village. ¹ Journalists / Reports are always standing outside our house trying to get information about him, but we never say anything. He is a private person and I’ve only met him once, when he first came. He never ² comes / appears in news programmes on television, even though he gets very good ³ reviews / reports for each of his books. His first ⁴ novel / poet was about the village and its residents. It also had ⁵ illustrations / portraits which made it very clear which residents he was writing about. In fact I think it was very ⁶ inspiring / disappointing that he laughed at all of us. The residents haven’t spoken to him since. The ⁷ cover / scene of his latest bestseller is a lovely ⁸ still life / watercolour of the village centre, which I did a few years ago. I gave it to him as a housewarming gift. I think it would be nice if he gave me something for using the picture. 

3   Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the correct form of the word in brackets. 

1   You mustn’t tell anyone about this. (allow)
You ___________________________ anyone about this.

2   It won’t be necessary to arrive early. (have)
You ___________________________ early.

3   We weren’t able to help him with his homework. (can)
We ___________________________ him with his homework.

4   It was necessary to write the essay again. (have)
I ___________________________ the essay again.

5   It wasn’t possible to buy that house. (able)
We ___________________________ that house.

6   It won’t be possible for me to see her tomorrow. (able)
I ___________________________ her tomorrow.

7   You aren’t allowed to take these books home. (must)
You ___________________________ these books home.

8          They finally found all the comics he wanted. (manage)
They ___________________________ all the comics he wanted.

 4   Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.

A: ⁰ Are you able to come out tonight? I’ve got tickets for that concert you wanted to see.
B: I’m not ¹ ____________ to go out because I was late in last night.  Also I ² ____________ stay in and look after my younger brother because my parents ³ ____________ to go out earlier.
A: Do you think your sister ⁴____________ be able to look after him instead?
B: I’ll ask her but if she can’t I ⁵ ____________ have to stay here. Sorry.
A:        OK, no problem. Perhaps Jenni would like to come with me. She wanted to see them last year but didn’t ⁶ ____________ to go because she
⁷ ____________ to go away that week

 5   Complete the dialogue with phrases from the box. Use capital letters where necessary.

almost exactly the same      as far as      as I see it   awful      bet      could be wrong      if you ask me          more interesting      my opinion      personally     you’re right

A: Hey, Suzi, what do you think of this painting?

B: Well, ⁰ personally, I think it’s
¹ ___________________, don’t you?

A: Oh, do you? I think this is much
² ___________________ than the other paintings we’ve seen in the exhibition.

B: Really? ³ ___________________ I can see, it doesn’t mean anything at all? What is it anyway?

A: I ⁴ ___________________, but I think it’s supposed to show happiness.

B: Happiness? In ⁵ ___________________ it’s rubbish. I ⁶ ___________________ the artist didn’t even know what he was trying to say. 
⁷ ___________________, I think he was just angry.

A: Well, maybe.

B: In fact, look at this book of his paintings. This painting is ⁸ ___________________ as this one here in the book. He can’t do anything different. 

A: Now I think ⁹ ___________________.

B: ¹⁰ ___________________, he’s not a very good artist.

6   Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence.

all      a mess      first      danger      hand      ink      least      loan      sale      time      trouble

0   At first I couldn’t understand what he was saying, but I soon began to understand.

1   You must get there on ________________ or they won’t let you in.

2   He’s in ________________ because he didn’t do his homework.

3   At ________________ he told us that he was going to be late. It’s better than saying nothing, I suppose.

4   We were in serious ________________ of falling as we walked long the top of the cliffs.

5   These shoes are very expensive because they were made by ________________.

6   I don’t have any ideas at ________________.  What about you?

7   This room is in ________________ and I can’t find anything.

8   The museum has got some fantastic paintings on ________________ from the Prado in Madrid.

9   I can’t change this now because I wrote it in ________________.

10 Let’s go to the bookshop. That new book’s on ________________ today.