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Unit 7 Progress test A

Grammar
1 Complete the second conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 If I ________________ more, I ________________ a great musician. (practise / become)
2 What ________________ (you) if you ________________ a million euros? (do / win)
3 If they ________________ in Brazil, they ________________ Portuguese. (live / speak)
4 He ________________ fitter if he ________________ more. (get / exercise)
5 I ________________ to the party with you if I ________________ so tired. (come / not feel)
6 If we ________________ a celebrity, ________________ (you) a selfie with them? (meet / take)
7 I ________________ those photos on social media if I ________________ you. (not share / be)

Mark: ___ / 7

2 Rewrite the sentences in the correct passive form (present simple or past simple).
Include by if necessary.
1 George Lucas directed the film.
_______________________________________________________________
2 People invented the wheel around 5,500 years ago.
_______________________________________________________________
3 How do they collect the data?
_______________________________________________________________
4 Over a billion people speak Mandarin Chinese.
_______________________________________________________________
5 My sister designed this necklace.
_______________________________________________________________
6 They sell snacks at morning break.
_______________________________________________________________

Mark: ___ / 6

3 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
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A: Do you like my bag? It _____________ (make) from rubbish! It’s from an eco-friendly
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designer. Everything she designs _____________ (produce) from recycled plastic bottles!
B: Wow, it’s amazing. If I 3_____________ (make) a bag out of rubbish, I don’t think anyone
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_____________ (buy) it, do you?

A: If you 5_____________ (can) go anywhere in the world, where 6_____________ (you / go)?
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B: Hmmm. I think I’d go to Ecuador to see the Inca ruins. They _____________ (discover) in the
rainforest in 2013 and they sound fascinating.

Mark: ___ / 7

Vision 2 Tests 1 Unit 7 Progress test A

 Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the noun form of the word in CAPITALS.
1 After stealing the man’s money, the _____________ ran out of the park. MUG
2 Some people think _____________ aren’t serious criminals, but I do. SHOPLIFT
3 The police were watching her closely. They thought she was involved in online _____________. SCAM
4 The volunteers worked hard to clean up the _____________ in the park. VANDALISE
5 I don’t think a _____________ could get into the school website. It’s very well protected. HACK
6 After the _____________, the owners installed security cameras in the jewellery shop. ROB

Mark: ___ / 6

5 Complete the sentences with the words below.

binge drinking click data collection gangs identity theft password promote

1 Don’t _____________ on that attachment! You don’t know who the email came from.
2 You should change your _____________ every few months. It helps to keep your device safe from hackers.
3 Did you know that there are _____________ apps that allow people to get information even when the device is offline?
4 Why don’t we _____________ the computer club in the school magazine? That might encourage more students to join.
5 _____________ is classified as having more than six units of alcohol in a single session.
6 Sometimes, members of different street _____________ fight with each other.
7 Keep your personal details safe – don’t become a victim of _____________.

Mark: ___ / 7

6 Complete the text with the correct option A, B or C.

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_____________ is a problem in many parts of the world. Over half a million people don’t have a
place to live. Many organisations are trying to make things better. They also want to solve the
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problems of _____________ – more than three billion people worldwide live on less than $2.50 a
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day – and _____________ – too many people want to work but can’t find a job.
A Dutch company has invented a jacket with some really smart technology to help people sleeping
on the street. It’s a warm, winter coat, but it also contains a device to accept card payments! When
the company was first 4_____________ the idea, they 5_____________ the market by talking to
technology experts and homeless people. They tested the jacket and 6_____________ the results.
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They are still working on it, but they hope to _____________ lots of jackets very soon.

1 A Binge drinking B Addiction C Homelessness

2 A poverty B gangs C binge drinking
3 A homelessness B unemployment C addiction
4 A developing B manufacturing C producing
5 A produced B researched C promoted
6 A manufactured B promoted C analysed
7 A analyse B produce C research

Mark: ___ / 7

Vision 2 Tests 2 Unit 7 Progress test A

 Use of English
7 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct option, A, B or C.
1 Teacher: How do you think the woman in the picture is feeling?
Boy: ______
A She’s standing in the background, on the left.
B She looks as if she’s nervous, or maybe frightened.
C I don’t know. How can you tell?
2 Teacher: So, ______
Girl: OK, well, there are two men in the foreground. One man is talking to the other one.
A who do you think took the picture?
B can you guess who the people in the picture are?
C I’d like you to look at the picture and talk about it.
3 Teacher: Do you think someone in the picture has been a victim of crime?
Boy: ______
A Perhaps. The woman on the left looks shocked, and the man looks guilty.
B No, I haven’t. I would never do something like that!
C Maybe. How would I know?
4 Teacher: What do you think is happening in the picture?
Girl: ______
A I don’t know who the people in the background are.
B I think the woman on the right looks disappointed.
C Perhaps the man is on the left is trying to take the other man’s money.
5 Teacher: Do you think the man in the background looks happy?
Boy: ______
A He’s in the foreground. I don’t think he’s seen the other man.
B Actually, I think he seems unhappy – annoyed, or maybe angry.
C Perhaps he’s been scammed.

Mark: ___ / 5

8 Choose the translation of the phrase in brackets that completes the sentence correctly.
1 Ellie (czuła się naprawdę przygnębiona) ______________ for a while after the mugging.
A was feeling really up B was feeling really down C was really down feeling
2 I was (taki szczęśliwy) ______________ when someone found my purse.
A so happy B such happy C such a happy
3 (Co za uciążliwość) ______________! Someone broke one of our car windows last night.
A What such pain! B What pain! C What a pain!
4 We had (tak) ________________ great time at the tech fair.
A so B such a C such
5 Can you come (natychmiast) ______________? There’s been an accident!
A straight away B away straight C straight way

Mark: ___ / 5

Vision 2 Tests 3 Unit 7 Progress test A

 Reading
9 Read the text. Match sentences A–F to gaps 1–5. One sentence does not match any of the gaps.

The Big Issue

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Have you ever heard of The Big Issue? ___________. Thirty years on, it is read by over
400,000 people in the UK. There are many different ways of helping homeless people. Some
people give them food or money. Many clever gadgets or items have been invented to help
them, too. But Roddick and Bird believed that the best way of solving homelessness was to
help homeless people to help themselves.
More than 80,000 copies of The Big Issue are sold every week. 2___________. The poor or
homeless people who sell the magazine are running their own small businesses.
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___________. Then, they sell them to the public for twice the price. They can keep the
money they make for themselves.
The Big Issue Foundation connects homeless people with charities and services that can
support them. It also helps them to solve the problems which caused their homelessness or
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which are a result of homelessness. ___________. They could also be health problems like
addiction. The Foundation relies on the money from the sales of the magazine.
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___________. As a result of Roddick and Bird’s idea, many people’s lives have been
improved.

 
A When more copies are sold, more money is made for the Foundation.
B It gives homeless people and people living in poverty the chance to earn money for themselves.
C They buy the magazines from the Big Issue Foundation with their own money.
D People sell it in the street to raise money for charity.
E It’s a ‘street magazine’, and it was first published by Gordon Roddick and John Bird, in 1991.
F These could be education or money problems, leading to unemployment.

Mark: ___ / 5

Vision 2 Tests 4 Unit 7 Progress test A

 Listening
10  You will hear five speakers talking about social problems.
Match sentences A–F to recordings 1–5. There is one extra statement. 
A Speaker ___ is giving a lecture on homelessness.
B Speaker ___ describes a problem that has changed with changes in technology.
C Speaker ___ works with young people who have been in gangs.
D Speaker ___ would like to help people living in poverty.
E Speaker ___ suggests ways of staying safe from hackers.
F Speaker ___ thinks binge drinking is a different kind of problem from addiction.

Mark: ___ / 5

Writing
11 Read the question and write an email (80–130 words) to What’s the Big Idea? magazine.

Tell us what you think!

If you could solve any problem in the world, what would it be?

 Introduce your reason for writing.

 Introduce and summarise your idea.
 Give details about how you would make your idea happen.
 Express a hope for success.

Mark: ___ / 10

Total: ___ / 70

Vision 2 Tests 5 Unit 7 Progress test A