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B1+ Unit test 6A

1  Listen and complete the sentences. Write no 3 Choose the correct option a–c to complete the
more than five words for each answer. sentences.

1 I didn’t really connect with that book. 1 A major cause of __________ on the roads is
______________________________, I found it drivers travelling too fast.
quite boring. a accidents
2 You should visit the museum. b junctions
______________________________, why don’t c speed limits
we go together next week?
3 I had a wonderful time in Thailand. The weather
was great, and so was the food. Oh, hang on a 2 Most people prefer driving long distances on the
minute, I’ve just got a text message. __________ as the journey time is usually much
______________________________, I was telling shorter.
you about my holiday, wasn’t I? a lanes
4 I like watching films, reading and playing computer b motorway
games. ______________________________, I’m c speed
not very active.
5 Sorry for the interruption – that was my daughter
3 Many towns and cities have introduced special
on the phone. So
routes for buses and taxis to try to prevent
______________________________, the traffic
__________.
was worse than usual yesterday.
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a traffic lights
b traffic jams
c junctions
2  Listen to the five dialogues. Decide in which
conversation(s) a speaker …
4 It seems the woman was trying to __________ a
1 returns to a previous topic _____ lorry when she hit a car coming in the opposite
2 paraphrases _____ and _____ direction.
3 gets someone’s attention _____ and _____
a steering wheel
2 points for each correct answer 10 b overtake
c brake

5 In bad weather, it’s particularly important to keep

to the __________ as you may not be able to stop
in an emergency.
a busy traffic
b injured
c speed limit

2 points for each correct answer 10

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4 Rewrite the sentences. Add relative pronouns in 5 Read the telephone conversation between two
the correct place and commas where necessary. friends. Put the words in italics in the right
order to complete the conversation.
1 Many people have difficulty seeing will benefit
from wearing glasses. Ellen Hi, Sonja. Are you still coming over for
_________________________________________ dinner on Wednesday?
2 The websites will really help me with my
Sonja Did we say Wednesday? 1 thought / we’d / I
geography course are ones like National
changed the day to Thursday!
Geographic.
_________________________________________ Ellen No, I’ve definitely got Wednesday in my
3 Although smartphones are aimed at young people diary. Is that still OK?
look good they can be quite expensive. Sonja I’m really sorry but 2 make / then / can’t / I /
________________________________________ it; I’ve already arranged to work that
4 Bill Gates used to own Microsoft is one of the evening.
richest men in the world.
_________________________________________ Ellen Don’t worry – how about Friday instead?
5 I don’t think there are many places I couldn’t get a Sonja Just a minute. No, 3 to / I’m / meant visit my
signal on my mobile phone. parents on Friday. But I can ask them if they
_________________________________________ can do another day and 4 to / back / I’ll / you /
get.
2 points for each correct answer 10
Ellen OK, that sounds great. Can you let me know
tomorrow?
Sonja Yes, of course, 5 with / that’s / me / fine. I’ll
speak to you tomorrow, then. Bye!

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6 Choose the correct option a–c to complete the 7 Complete the email. Use one word in each space.
words. Contracted forms (e.g. he’s) count as one word.

Jake I couldn’t be 1 success_____ at my job if I Hi Jaime,

wasn’t able to use a computer. I know some How are you? Is your new job going well?
people my age are 2 use_____ with I bought a new smartwatch recently! I
technology, but fortunately I’ve never had a 1
__________ had it for a month now and I
problem. I don’t think there’s anything really love it. It can do so many things. I can
wrong with some of the 3 tradition_____ send emails on it, listen to the radio and it even
ways of doing things though, like writing monitors how 2 __________ exercise I do in a
with a pen and paper. It would be a shame to day. I’ve wanted one for ages 3 __________ of
see things like that die out completely – but my running – it can actually calculate the
handwriting seems to be 4 replace_____ distance I run, 4 __________ means that I don’t
while computers are here to stay! need to use the computer to work out my
running routes. I really recommend getting one.
You 5 __________ regret it!
Huan I am quite a 5 music_____ person – I can Anyway, let me know all your news. Speak to
play three instruments and I love listening to you soon!
music. It makes me really 6 cheer_____, so I Ahmet
use an MP3 player all the time. I have to be
7
care_____ when crossing roads though; if 2 points for each correct answer 10
I’ve got it turned up too loud, I can’t hear the
traffic and it can be very 8 danger_____!

Raima Technology has changed my life for the

better because it saves time when I’m doing
housework. When the house gets 9 dirt_____,
it would take me a long time to clean it if I
didn’t have a dishwasher and washing
machine. Of course, not everything is
10
wash_____ in a machine so I still have to
do some things by hand.

1 a -ful b -able c -y
2 a -al b -ful c - less
3 a -y b -al c -able
4 a -ful b -able c -ous
5 a -ous b -al c -y
6 a -able b -ful c -less
7 a -ful b -y c -ous
8 a -al b -less c -ous
9 a -y b -al c -able
10 a -able b -ful c - ous

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8 Read the article about smartwatches. Match 1–5 Smartwatches

with the missing sentences a–f. There is one
Many people have smartphones nowadays, but not
sentence that you don’t need.
many people have a smartwatch. The idea of a watch
a The most famous smartwatch owner must of course that can do more than just tell the time isn’t new.
be James Bond.
1
_____ It wasn’t until several years later that this
b More and more technology companies have already fictional private detective began wearing his two-way
launched their own smartwatches. wrist radio. Later, many science-fiction films and TV
c In some ways they are like the wristphones programmes of the 1970s and 80s featured characters
described by Gatland and Jefferis, but can do far wearing communication devices on their wrists.
2
more than they had imagined. _____
d A basic smartwatch will probably cost you around
£65.
But these fictional smartwatches encouraged writers
e In the past they appeared in science-fiction stories,
and inventors to wonder if they could exist in reality.
worn by people like Dick Tracy, a cartoon character
In 1979, Kenneth Gatland and David Jefferis published
from the 1930s.
a book called Future Cities – Homes and Living into
f They even thought they would also be able to show
the 21st Century, in which they predicted that people
people maps to help them find their way around, as
would wear gadgets containing a two-way radio.
well as allowing people to talk. 3
_____
2 points for each correct answer 10
Recently, smartwatch technology has developed
rapidly, so that they are now more user-friendly and
therefore more successful. Smartwatches are often
called ‘wearable computers’ because they have a very
wide range of functions. 4 _____ You can listen to the
radio on them, take photos, monitor your health and
find your way around an unfamiliar place. They can
even communicate with mobile phones, tablets and
computers. And the good news is that it’s not only
James Bond who can afford them. 5 _____ Perhaps
we’ll all be able to enjoy our own piece of science-
fiction technology in the future!

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9 Complete the paragraph with the correct 10 Choose the correct answer from the words in
words/phrases. Use a word from A and a word italics.
from B for each answer.
As many people know, honeybees 1 have died /
A have been dying in huge numbers over the past
few years and this 2 has been worrying / has
global heat high rain strong worried scientists. However, engineers at a
university in the USA 3 have worked / have been
B working for some time on designs for robotic
flying bees and we may soon see these
fall temperatures warming waves ‘Robobees’ in our skies. Robobees could help
winds by doing the jobs that real bees should be doing.

Over the years scientists 4 have seen / have been

Microclimates seeing many failed attempts at making such
A microclimate is a place where the weather is bees. Researchers on the Robobee project 5 have
very different to the weather around it. For had / have been having many similar problems
example, in a country that is generally hot and in the past. They 6 have created / have been
dry, there may be an area that has a greater creating lots of different versions but now
amount of 1 ____________________. Amman in believe that, finally, they 7 have succeeded /
Jordan is one city that experiences have been succeeding in creating a model that
microclimates. While some parts may be really works. They 8 have been trying / have
experiencing relatively tried for a long time to produce something that
2
____________________ for the time of year, is both small and light and it seems that at last
there can be frost, or even snow, in other parts. they 9 have managed / have been managing it.
In other cities around the world, the buildings So far a number of countries 10 have announced /
themselves reduce the power of have been announcing their plans to use
3
____________________ and the resulting air- Robobees, so their future looks hopeful!
flow which might otherwise help reduce the
temperature. Microclimates can’t of course stop 1 point for each correct answer 10
temporary 4 ____________________ caused by
the strength of the sun. It seems that Unit test 6A total 100
microclimates within cities can contribute to the
rise of 5 ____________________, by increasing
the natural heat of the planet.

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