Progress Test

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6 Units 11 & 12

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Reading
1 Read the article ‘15 Cool Things about the World’.

15 Cool Things about the World

China’s forests are often on very high mountains, but More capital cities start with the letter B than with any other
pandas can easily climb as high as 4,000 metres to find their letter.
favourite food. The scorching deserts of North Africa don’t hurt the sand cat
Before the 1400s in Europe, Portugal’s southern coast was – the animal’s feet are covered in fur to protect it from the heat.
thought to be the edge of the known world. Nearly 48 million football pitches would fit on the surface of
Hurricanes north of the Equator Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
spin in the opposite direction to A super-strong hurricane in 2012 made the Mississippi River
ones south of the Equator. in the USA flow backwards.
About 12,000 years ago, the Sahara Indonesia’s isolated and out-of-the-way Foja Mountains
was covered with millions of trees. are home to weird animals such as the pinocchio-nosed
When forests flood along South frog.
America’s Amazon River, river dolphins River dolphins in the
Amazon One cave in Malaysia is
sometimes swim around trees. big enough to hold
More people live in Tampa, Florida, USA, than in all of Iceland. eight jumbo jets.
About 70% of the Earth’s The surface of the
fresh water is frozen Pacific Ocean is larger
within ice sheets in than all of Earth’s
Antarctica. continents combined.
Deer Cave in Mulu National Park, Malaysia
Namibia’s ‘Big Daddy’
sand dune rises as high Source:
(adapted from 30 Cool Things About
as a building with 100 the World, Zachary Petit,
Big Daddy sand dune, Namibia floors. National Geographic Kids, May 2013)

2 Complete the Exam Task.

Exam TASK
For each question, choose the correct answer.
1 Where do pandas often find their favourite food? 4 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is
A on the southern coast of Portugal A very small.
B on very high mountains B very big.
C in floods C the same size as a football pitch.
2 The Sahara Desert used to be 5 All of Earth’s continents are
A a forest. A not as big as the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
B an ocean. B bigger than the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
C a tree. C not as big as eight jumbo jets.
3 Most of the world’s fresh water is
A in rivers.
B in Iceland.
C frozen. ( / 5 marks)

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Vocabulary
1 Match the first set of sentences (1–8) with the second set of sentences (a–h).
1 We planted some seeds in our garden. a They also make honey.
2 Plants need two things. b They’re in a tank in my room.
3 Flies are not usually dangerous. c Then we watered them well.
4 Bees are very important in farms and gardens. d They are better at cleaning themselves.
5 I saw a butterfly in the garden today. e It was a beautiful colour.
6 My grandfather has a yellow bird. f They won’t grow without sunlight or water.
7 I have some lovely new fish. g He keeps it in the kitchen.
8 Cats are easier to care for than dogs. h Spiders sometimes are.  ( / 8 marks)

2 Circle the odd one out.

1 autumn spring surfing
2 lightning cloud thunder
3 July drought wildfire
4 snowy icy winter
5 flood heater hurricane
6 summer fog cloud ( / 6 marks)

3 Choose the correct answers.

1 We climbed up the ____ when we were on holiday.

a lake b mountain
2 Walking in the ____ is good for your health.
a forest b hill
3 There are no trees in the ____ .
a wood b desert
4 There’s a ____ near my grandparents’ house where we can go swimming.
a lake b south
5 The weather is warmer in the ____ of the country.
a south b down
6 Let’s cycle on the ____ through the forest.
a path b beach
7 A snake isn’t an insect; it’s a ____ .
a reptile b mammal
8 Are there ____ in the sea here?
a bears b sharks ( / 8 marks)

4 Read the descriptions of some weather-related words. Complete the words.

1 Extremely hot. b _ _ _ _ _ _
2 Extremely cold. f_______
3 The opposite of clear, when you can’t see very well in front of you. f____
4 Soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky when it is very cold. s___
5 Rainy with a lot of wind, thunder and lightning. s_____
6 Not cold but not warm either. c___
7 When water freezes, roads are dangerous because they become like this. i__
8 When it rains a lot and there is water everywhere. f _ _ _ _
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Grammar
1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 The second time we went, we found the house more easily / easier than the first.
2 We came as quickly / quicker as we could.
3 The stars are brighter / more bright in the country than in the city.
4 It’s much dryier / drier here in the desert than in the mountains.
5 Those spiders are not as dangerous / dangerously as you think.
6 Which is strongly / stronger: cotton or wool?
7 They lived further / farer away than I thought they did.
8 You can eat very good / well for a few euros in the village. ( / 8 marks)

2 Complete the sentences with these adjectives or adverbs in the comparative or superlative form.

 deep  dry  hard  heavy  high  long  serious  sunny

1 The ____________________ injured passengers were taken to hospital by helicopter. The others went later by road.
2 The Pacific Ocean is the ____________________ ocean in the world. None of the other oceans are as deep.
3 California is ____________________ than most other places in the USA, but it suffers from more droughts.
4 The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the ____________________ places on Earth. It hardly ever rains.
5 Up in the mountains snow falls more ____________________ than down in the valley.
6 North of the Equator, the ____________________ day of the year is in June.
7 The temperature isn’t as ____________________ as it was yesterday. It’s a little bit cooler.
8 She worked ____________________ for her exams than I did, so she got better marks. ( / 8 marks)

3 Write the words in order to make sentences.

1 table / I bought / wooden / a / old / German / beautiful
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 Turkish / Did you see that / new / film / on TV / brilliant / ?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 new / The children went / to a / huge / wildlife park / fantastic
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 doctor / He’s a / young / clever
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 lovely / She’s wearing a / French / coat / wool
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
6 It’s an / old / wooden / box / square
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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4 Choose the correct adjectives to complete the sentences.

1 It was a fascinating / fascinated film.

2 They didn’t like it because it wasn’t interesting / interested.
3 Can we go now? We’re really boring / bored.
4 The show we saw yesterday was very boring / bored.
5 Are you too tiring / tired to go out?
6 It isn’t too tiring / tired if I just do a little at a time.
7 Were you frightening / frightened when you saw it?
8 I don’t want to watch! It’s too frightening / frightened. ( / 8 marks)

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Writing
Complete the Exam Task.
Exam TASK
Imagine you are on holiday with your family. Think about a place you know or you’ve been to before.
Write an article (70–100 words) for your online blog.
You should:
• say where you are and what you are doing now
• say what you’ve done and what you are doing to do
• give your opinion about the place.
You should plan your article before you begin writing. Think about what you are going to write and
make some notes to help you in this box:

Planning notes

(No marks are given for these planning notes.)

Now write your article of 70–100 words.

( / 15 marks)

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