LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 6 B Units 11-12
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 Complete these sentences. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters
0 It wasn’t a brilliant film but it was quite interesting . INTEREST
1 Travelling on buses without a ticket is ____________. MORAL
2 When the police caught him, he had ____________ £ 20,000. STEAL
3 This is a good film. Who’s the ____________? DIRECT
4 Is ____________ a problem in this area? THIEF
5 The leading actress is very ____________. ATTRACT
6 It was such a/an ____________ film, I’ve already forgotten it! FORGET
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2 Complete the text with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter of each word.
Last week, businessman, Tom Collier, was murdered at his office in London. An (0) alarm went off and police found his body. They searched the office and found (1) f______________ on the door and desk. These helped them to find Tony Barrow, (2) a______________. ‘Mr Big’. Police (3) a______________ him of the murder but don’t know what his (4) m______________ was. He didn’t know Mr Collier and nothing was taken from the office. However a policeman said today that they are sure that he is (5) g______________of this terrible (6) c______________.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct article in each gap: the, a/an, or ‘–’
Have you ever committed (0) a crime?(1) ______________ speeding is a very dangerous crime.Police arrested (2) ____________ man today when he stole some shirts from a shop. (3) ______________ man said that the shirts were his.I’ve got (4) ______________ ticket. I’m not fare-dodging.(5) ______________ prisons are often very old.(6) ______________ new prison that has been built in our town is very modern.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
I went to the cinema last week. I (0) (never be) had never been there before so I didn’t know what it was like. I (1) (hear) _______________ about the café there from my friend so I (2) (decide) ________________ to go for a coffee before the film. She (3) (tell) _______________ me how nice it was but she (4) (not mention) ______________ the prices. I couldn’t believe it when I (5) (get) _______________ the bill. I (6) (spend) ________________ £5 before I bought my ticket.
5 Complete the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original sentences
0 The director told the actors that they weren’t doing it right.‘You’re not doing it right!’, the director told the actors.
1 ‘We’ve done the exercise before’ said the students.The students said that ___________________________________________________________.
2 ‘The film is too long’ said the reviewer.The reviewer said that __________________________________________________________.
3 The actress said that she wouldn’t be in any more films.‘___________________________________________________________’, the actress said.
4 The reviewer said that he’d never seen such an amazing film.‘___________________________________________________________’, the reviewer said.
5 ‘We will try to finish the film soon’ said the director.The director said that ___________________________________________________________.
6 The actor said that his new film was great.‘___________________________________________________________.’, the actor said.
LISTENING SKILLS
CD Track 7
1 Listen to a woman telephoning the police about a burglary at her house. Tick true and cross false.
1 The phone number of the caller is 816 4231. ________
2 The caller was at home when the crime happened. ________
3 Mr and Mrs Scarloni and their two children live in the house. ________
4 No money has been stolen. ________
5 The kitchen door is broken. ________
6 They found a cigarette in the bedroom. ________
7 Their neighbours are Mr and Mrs Green and Mr and Mrs King. ________
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READING SKILLS
1 Read the texts about seven famous British films. Match the headings (A-H) to the correct texts (1-7). There is one extra heading.
This month’s special featureGreat British Movies
1 Goldfinger. This James Bond film was made in 1964. It came after Dr No and From Russia With Love and many people believe it is the best of the Bond films. Bond is trying to stop Goldfinger stealing all the gold in Fort Knox. Bond chases Goldfinger in a specially made Aston Martin DB5 car which has many surprises for Bond’s enemies.
2 The Italian Job. Made in 1969, this comedy crime film showed a gang of criminals going to Italy dressed as football hooligans to steal millions of pounds in gold from the Fiat car factory. The Mafia can’t stop them and the police can’t stop them as they race out of Turin in three mini cars, very small but fast cars which can drive on pavements and through subways.
3 Kind Hearts and Coronets. This was a very black comedy about a number of murders. The murderer was from a rich family but the family refused to help him. He decided to kill everybody until he was the only one left and could get all their money. Sir Alec Guinness played all 7 members of the family who were murdered, young and old, male and female.
4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Monty Python team are famous for their strange humour and this film was no different. The story is about King Arthur but this film is very different to anything that has been written about the king in history books. On his journey he met a man with three heads, a group of giants who scare people by saying ‘ni’ and a killer rabbit.
5 Brassed Off. Members of a work orchestra lose their jobs. The film looks at their problems with money and illness and a competition to find the best orchestra in the country which, of course, they win. You’ll laugh one minute and cry the next.
6 The Full Monty. Six men decide they can earn money by dancing and stripping (taking their clothes off). The hero needs money because he has to pay his ex-wife money to look after his son. They get caught by the police and aren’t sure that what they are doing is a good idea but finally, of course, the show goes ahead and they make their money.
7 Quadrophenia. This was based on a record by rock group The Who. It’s about a boy called Jimmy. The first half of the film shows him getting ready for a weekend in Brighton where he and his friends are going to fight against their enemies. After the weekend, everything goes wrong. He is arrested, he loses his job, he loses his girlfriend and crashes his bike.
A Life was better before the weekend ________
B What an actor ________
C The army is coming ________
D Strange monsters ________
E An interesting car ________
F Are we doing the right thing? ________
G They don’t look like robbers ________
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