Progress Test Unit 4

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in
the box.
leave deliver watch hear travel be try
1 _______ you _______ anything on TV last night?
2 _______ you _______ the latest football results?
3 I _______ a lot in Europe but not in other continents.
4 They _______ the post late eery !ay last "ee#.
$ %ur neighbour _______ his car at the en! of our !rie an! I can&t get my car out.
' (e _______ the ne" In!ian restaurant a couple of times an! it&s really goo!.
) *o" long _____ you _______ a surgeon?
Mark: ___ /7
2 Choose the correct answers.
1 +orry I&m late. I&e worked been working on the car.
2 I&e researched been researching this sub,ect for si- months.
3 +he&s replied been replying to ten e.mails this eening.
4 (e&e learned been learning about /rench history for seeral !ays no". It&s ery
interesting.
$ *ae you done been doing the shopping yet?
' I&e cooked been cooking a lasagne for you. I hope it&s %0.
Mark: ___ /6
! Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.
since ago yet for since already "#st
1 (e&e been !riing _______ ten o&cloc# this morning.
2 *e&s _______ phone!. *e&ll be here in fifteen minutes.
3 1an you change the channel2 please? I&e _______ seen that film.
4 I&e "ante! a laptop _______ years.
$ I haen&t replie! _______ but I&ll !o it at the "ee#en!.
' (e met them t"o years _______ "hen "e "ere on holi!ay in 3e" 4or#.
) *e&s been on a !iet _______ 1hristmas.
Mark: ___ /7
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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the correct answers.
1 I can&t really tal# to!ay. I&e got a ba! _______ .
$ shoul!er % throat C hea!
2 *e fell oer on the hill an! t"iste! his _______ .
$ an#le % han! C leg
3 I pulle! a _______ "hile I "as playing tennis this afternoon.
$ finger % leg C muscle
4 I&e neer bro#en a _______ in my bo!y.
$ muscle % ein C bone
$ +he "ent home because she ha! a _______ ache.
$ s#in % stomach C "aist
Mark: ___ /5
& Choose the correct answers.
1 *e&s hea! oer feet heels in loe "ith her.
2 I !i!n&t mean to embarrass +arah 8 I really put my toe foot in it.
3 *e spo#e to 9le- an! got it off his chest heels.
4 I !i!n&t "ant to go to the cinema but he t"iste! my hand arm.
$ I !on&t beliee you: 4ou&re pulling my foot leg:
Mark: ___ /5
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Progress Test Unit 4
;istening
' (!.)4* +isten to the radio interview. $re the sentences tr#e or false,
1 <an %&=rien is only famous in the 60. _______
2 %ne of his relaties is from Irelan!. _______
3 *e ha! seeral health problems "hen he "as younger. _______
4 *e ta#es his me!icines "ith him "hen he goes a"ay. _______
$ *e&s not sure ho" goo! acupuncture is. _______
Mark: ___ /10
>ea!ing
- .ead the text.
USE YOUR MIND
How many tablets do you take? We all take tablets for headahes and other !llnesses"
#ut are they really neessary $he b!% dru% om&an!es make the dru%s and tablets that
we buy to f!%ht our health &roblems" #ut ould !t be &oss!ble that many of these dru%s
and tablets are only %ood for the bank balanes of the dru% om&an!es and that there
are better ways for us to %et o'er our health &roblems? (ord!n% to some e)&erts we
should use the &ower of our m!nds"
S!ne the *+,-s there ha'e been e)&er!ments us!n% &laebos" .laebos are tablets
wh!h do not ha'e an effet on the body/ so they shouldn0t be able to make us better"
In the e)&er!ments some &at!ents !n the %rou& ree!'e real dru%s for a health &roblem/
wh!le others ree!'e the &laebo" No one knows who has the real dru% or who has the
&laebo" In a s!%n!f!ant number of these e)&er!ments the &at!ents who ha'en0t
ree!'ed the real dru% %et better1 .eo&le th!nk th!s !s &erha&s beause they are th!nk!n%
&os!t!'ely and bel!e'e they w!ll %et better 2 so they do1
So/ an we 3th!nk0 oursel'es better? .erha&s the b!% dru%s om&an!es should start
worry!n%1
/ Choose the best answers.
1 The te-t suggests that !rug companies
$ sell !rugs that are ba! for us.
% sell !rugs that are too e-pensie.
C ma#e a lot of money.
2 It&s possible that
$ "e coul! manage "ithout !rugs.
% "e coul! lie longer "ithout !rugs.
C "e nee! !ifferent sorts of !rugs.
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Progress Test Unit 4
3 7lacebos
$ are tablets for hea!aches.
% are e-periments !one since the 1?$@s.
C shoul! not be able to cure health problems.
4 In the e-periments2
$ patients #no" if they !on&t receie the real !rug.
% patients #no" it&s a possibility they haen&t receie! the real !rug.
C patients #no" they hae been lie! to.
$ 9ccor!ing to the article
$ some people can get better if they beliee they "ill.
% some people get better if their !octor beliees they "ill.
C some people get better because they stop ta#ing !rugs.
Mark: __ /10
(riting
0 1magine yo#r friend has moved to another co#ntry. 2rite a letter to himher in which
yo#3
say you are sorry for not "riting sooner
gie himAher ne"s about yourself
gie himAher ne"s about your frien!s an!Aor family
as# Buestions about your frien!
Mark: __ /10
Total: ___ /60
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