Unit Test 1 | Group A

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

LISTENING 3 Complete the sentences with the missing

1 [Track 02] You are going to hear a young
words. The first letters are given.
interpreter talking about her studies and
work experience. Listen and complete the 0 Politicians are usually very good at conveying
sentences with a word or short phrase in their messages to the public.
each gap. 1 It’s a common belief that astronauts can see
the Great Wall of China from space, but in fact,
1 She decided to study interpreting because you can’t m______________ it out because it’s
she enjoys communicating too small.
_____________________. 2 Last night I heard some strange noises coming
2 She has no _____________________ about from the garden. I was really scared. In fact,
changing from translating to interpreting. I had never been so t______________, but it
3 A _____________________ once offered her was only a wild cat!
work at a training convention. 3 We must s______________ the message
4 Even _____________________ interpreters about the dangers of global heating to everyone
might feel anxious before a job. we meet.
5 She made a mistake because she didn’t 4 Sometimes it’s important to s______________
understand a _____________________ told by out what you really mean to make sure
the conference speaker. everyone understands.
___ / 5 5 I felt really e______________ yesterday
because my brother didn’t listen to me again.
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2 Choose the correct option to complete the
text. GRAMMAR
4 Choose the correct option to complete the
One day last year, my older brother told us sentences.
he was going to sail across the Atlantic
0 I was speaking to my brother when I got /
Ocean with two friends. Dad and I were
0 bewildered / livid because we thought he had got / was getting your text message.
1 I don’t believe / had never believed /
didn’t like sailing that much. Mum was so
1 devastated / astonished that she couldn’t have never believed in aliens until I saw the
documentary.
stop crying. The trip started well, but after
2 They have been knowing / have known / know
he’d been away for two days his sailing boat
each other since they were at school.
lost 2 contact / a message with land because
3 Have you been painting / Have you painted /
of a problem with the communication system.
Had you painted again? Don’t touch anything.
Luckily, a passing ship saw the boat and
Your hands are red and yellow!
managed to 3 establish / maintain contact
4 Where were you going / had you gone /
with it. The ship’s captain immediately
did you go after the film finished?
passed 4 on / across a message from my
5 The number of people who own smartphones
brother to us. We were 5 tense / ecstatic and
is growing / was growing / grows all the time
had a party to celebrate!
these days.
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5 Complete the mini-dialogues with a question 7 Complete the second sentence using the
tag or echo question. word in bold so that it means the same as
the first one. Do not change the word in
0 A: Oh no! Jack is gazing out of the window
bold. Use no more than five words including
again!
the word in bold.
B: The teacher isn’t happy, is she? Just look at
her face! 0 I’m not sure if this is the correct phone number.
1 A: Let’s finish this project. We have to hand it in IT
tomorrow. This is the correct phone number, isn’t it?
B: I really don’t feel like studying. 1 The last time she went to a party was in March.
A: Come on! If we don’t give it to the teacher, SINCE
we’ll fail, ______________? She hasn’t ____________________________
2 A: When Grandad was a child, they didn’t have March.
computers. 2 They found some old photos in a drawer.
B: ______________? I can’t imagine a world ACROSS
like that! How did they find information? They ____________________________ some
A: They had to go to a library! old photos in a drawer.
3 A: What shall I get Dad for his birthday? 3 They struck up a conversation before I arrived.
B: We could get him something from both of ALREADY
us, ______________? That way we’ll be able to When I arrived, they ______________
afford a nice present! ______________ a conversation.
4 A: Congratulations. Everyone has been talking 4 I think we should go.
about how well you performed. WE
B: ______________? Thanks! Let’s go, ____________________________?
5 A: Welcome home! How was your holiday? 5 I use social networks to talk to my friends.
B: Fantastic, thanks! But these bags are heavy. STAY
Open the door for me, ______________? I use social networks to ______________
A: Of course! Then sit down and tell me all ______________ my friends.
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READING
8 Read the article and choose the correct
USE OF ENGLISH answer a, b, c or d.
6 Complete the text with one word in each
gap.
Getting the message across
According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there
Our neighbours believe in life in outer space.
are about 72 million deaf people around the world.
They think aliens 0 have been visiting our
Deaf people and people who can hear, but can’t
planet since the dawn of time! They’ve even
speak very often use a sign language to
got a small radio dish in their garden which
communicate with each other. There are
they hope will pick 1 ______________
approximately 300 sign languages in existence that
signals from them. I think they are living in
were developed in different countries, and one
a dream world, but they are such nice people
international sign language that is simpler. Body
that I just express a polite interest in
language, involving the arms, hands and the face in
everything they tell me. When I left home this
particular, is used to sign messages. Many people
morning, they 2 ______________ out a cloud
who can hear think that sign languages are a visual
with an unusual shape to me. They said it
interpretation of the spoken language. Surprisingly,
looked like that because our friends from
they are wrong! This is because sign languages are
space 3 ______________ trying to make
based on concepts, not on words. Fingerspelling, that
contact with Earth. Can you imagine that?
is spelling words if the signer doesn’t know the sign,
I told my wife, who found it very hard to take
4 ______________. She asked me, ‘They
seems to be a practical way of clarifying meaning and
must be easier to learn for people who aren’t deaf.
haven’t met any extraterrestrials yet,
5 ______________ they?’ Her simple

question got me thinking.

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However, sign languages do have some things in These days, although the number of schools where
common with spoken languages. For instance, deaf people can learn sign language has increased in
communities began to develop rules for expressing many countries, it is still insufficient. Families in the
concepts in a similar way to which the spoken UK are encouraged to learn to sign in order to
language rules developed over time. Apparently, communicate with a deaf family member. If they
babies also learn sign language in a similar way to can’t get a place on a course, a practical solution is
which they learn a spoken language: they first learn to use one of the many free websites and video
vocabulary signs and only afterwards start to learn resources available on the Internet. It’s easy! The
about how to express these concepts more United Nations is playing an important part, too.
accurately, in a grammatically correct way. Another This influential organisation recently held the first
similarity with spoken language is that we can find International Day of Sign Languages with the
regional variations in the use of symbols within one theme, ‘With sign language, everyone is included!’
signing language, just like spoken languages have To conclude, some people believe children in
different dialects. hearing schools should learn sign language so they
can better communicate with their deaf classmates
Two important sign languages are British Sign
and, crucially, put themselves in their shoes.
Language (BSL) and American Sign Language
However, this dream is still a long way from
(ASL). As both countries share the same official
becoming reality.
spoken language, it would seem highly likely that
their sign languages would be similar despite the
1 Which of the following is stated in the text as an
ocean that lies between them. Curiously, this isn’t
opinion, not a fact?
the case as their development followed different
a Deaf people should learn to use a sign
paths. In fact, it’s probable that users of these
language.
languages would find it very hard to communicate
b Global sign language is easier to learn
with each other! ASL has many more similarities
than other sign languages.
with French Sign Language. This is because the
c Sign language isn’t closely related to
first school for the deaf was established in 1817 in
spoken language.
America by a man called Gallaudet – who had
d Fingerspelling is useful in some situations.
learned teaching methods at a school for the deaf in
2 According to the second paragraph,
Paris – and Laurent Clerc, who had studied there.
a one sign language can have different signs
The first school for the deaf in the UK, Braidwood’s
for the same idea.
Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, was established
b the vocabulary of sign language is more
in 1760. Neither school, though, was free. After that,
important than the grammar.
many more children in both countries learned sign
c babies need grammar lessons to use
language, but often not at schools, which could be
a sign language correctly.
expensive. Interestingly, in the twentieth century
d sign languages have fewer rules than
there was a lot of opposition to signing in Britain as
spoken languages.
deaf children were encouraged to learn
3 ASL and BSL are different because
fingerspelling and lip-reading. BSL was only
a the distance between the two countries
recognised as an official minority language in the
hindered communication between
UK in 2003!
teachers.
However, hearing people’s attitudes to deafness b deaf schools in the USA began later than
and to sign language have changed a lot since then. in the UK.
It is generally considered that the Internet and social c the first American school for the deaf
media are largely responsible for bringing about employed French teaching techniques.
these changes, as they have made it much easier d many deaf children in the UK studied at
for organisations working with the deaf to share home as school cost a lot.
information about this disability with the general 4 In the fourth paragraph, the author says that
public. In addition, the visual media often have a the World Wide Web and networking sites
a sign language viewing option, which has been are used a lot by deaf people.
useful too, as it might help people understand its b people think differently these days about
importance to the deaf. Finally, we shouldn’t ignore signing and people who can’t hear.
role models such as Kevin Hall, the first deaf c all TV programmes should have a sign
professional golfer on the American PGA tour, who language box to help deaf people.
has inspired the deaf and hearing alike with his d one role model is not enough to change
courage and has helped change attitudes towards people’s attitudes.
deafness.

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5 The author believes that
a there aren’t many sign language courses in
the UK. Hi Marie,
b families in the UK aren’t very good at How are things? How you are OK.
helping the deaf. You won’t believe what has
c hearing school children will learn sign happened.
language in the future.
d anyone can learn sign language online.

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WRITING
9 Do the exam task.

Wygrałeś/Wygrałaś główną nagrodę pieniężną w

konkursie na artykuł o komunikacji przy użyciu
nowych technologii. W e-mailu do koleżanki ze
Stanów Zjednoczonych:
● wyjaśnij, co zachęciło cię do udziału w konkursie
● opisz okoliczności, w których
dowiedziałeś/dowiedziałaś się o wygranej
● poinformuj, jak zareagowali twoi rodzice
● napisz, na co przeznaczysz otrzymaną nagrodę,
i uzasadnij swoją decyzję.

Rozwiń swoją wypowiedź w każdym z czterech

podpunktów. Długość wypowiedzi powinna wynosić
od 80 do 130 słów.

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TOTAL ___ / 50

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