Unit 6 test
Listening
1  Listen to the conversation. What are Holly
and Jack going to work on together? (2 marks)
2  Listen again. Who says these lines?
Write H for Holly and J for Jack. (8 marks)
1 It’s a list of the most useful inventions in the
world.
2 It’s the top ten.
3 Social networking must be number one.
4 The internet must be on the list.
5 The light bulb must be on there.
6 Why don’t we finish this after school?
7 That sounds like a good plan.
8 OK, come on, let’s go or we’ll be late.
Vocabulary
3 Put these words related to the environment in
the correct category. (10 marks)
destroy dump poison pollute preserve
protect recycle reduce reuse save
Positive Negative
4 Choose the correct option. (5 marks)
1 I think having the internet on my mobile phone is
very convenient / inconvenient.
2 This computer is unreliable / practical; it often
crashes while I am using it.
3 You can’t see what is happening because it’s a
high-quality / low-quality image.
4 The wheel was a very useless / useful
invention.
5 My tablet has a very efficient / time-saving
battery; it lasts for hours and hours.
SPECTRUM 3
5 Complete the senten ces with the
words. (5 marks)
bury protect red uce reuse throw away
1 Every year UK hou seholds
millions of tonnes o f expired food.
2 Companies dangerous waste
underg ound.
3 I always my plastic bags.
4 It is important to endangered
species.
5 Many local councils are trying to
p ollution by promoting
public transport, cycling a nd car sharing.
Grammar
6 Choose the correct o ption. (10 marks)
1 English speaks / is spoken here.
2 Every year, people are shared / share billions of
photos on social m edia.
3 What is your dress make / made from?
4 Dinner is / be served at 8 p.m.
5 Students aren’t given / gave much homework at
that school.
6 I use / is used my t ablet for reading books
and magazines.
7 We aren’t / don’t r ecycle enough in our town.
8 What materials are used / use o make
smartphones?
9 Thousands of hect ares of rainforest destroyed /
are destroyed eve ry day.
10 How much food is wasted / waste each year?
7 Write the words in th e correct order. (10 marks)
1 the telephone / inve nted / Alexander Graham
Bell / was / by
2 weren’t / properly / built / those houses
3 discovered / who / was / gravity / by / ?
4 the Eiffel Tower / S auvestre / was / by / designed
5 sent / a helicopter / to rescue / was / the climbers
8 Complete the sentences with the present simple
passive or the past simple passive form of the
Reading
verbs in brackets. (10 marks)
10 Read the text. How m uch food and drink do
1 The Hunger Games trilogy by people in the UK wastte every year? (3 marks)
Suzanne Collins. (write)
2 Computers by a lot of people
in the past. (not use)
3 The Pacific Ocean by millions g UK family throws away about 24 m
The average meals
of tonnes of rubbish every year. (pollute) a month. This amounts to about 4.2 n
2 million tonnes
4 More films on computers and of food and d
d drink a year. Almost half of this food
tablets now than at the cinema. (watch) goes directly
t from fridg es or cupboards into the bin.
5 These walls a long time ago The top three foods thaat end up in tthe bin are bread,
but they are already dirty. (not paint) potatoes and milk.
In order to solve this p roblem, theUUK government
e
Practical English has started a campaignn to reduce food waste. FFood
producers, shops, restaurants
a and consumers aare
9 Choose the correct option. (15 marks) being encouraged to work together to stop food
Veronica: What’s your favourite type of food? m r s
waste. Some superma rkets and restaurants give
d
Tom: I like Greek food. Stuffed peppers are any unsol food to cha rities. Some local councils
a s
favourites of mine. are using food waste fr om nd busines es to
homes n e
Veronica: What are they (1) cooked / made from? b o o a
produce energy and h eat. Food waste companies
u y
Tom: Sweet peppers, rice, tomatoes, work with businesses to reduce fo d wastage nd
cinnamon and mint. maximize use from an y food waste.
Veronica: I don’t like the (2) look / taste of mint. It e
o waste undderground increases the
Burying food
smells nice but I can’t stand it in food.
amount of greenhouse gases in the e atmosphere
Tom: You can make it without mint. n
and, as a result, global warming. Byy converting food
Veronica: How is the dish (3) cook / cooked? waste into energy, we ccan protect the planet a d
Tom: The rice and tomatoes are cooked save billions of pounds .
(4) on / in a pan. Then the mixture is put
inside the peppers and they’re put in the
oven for an hour. 11 Read the text again a nd complete the
Veronica: That (5) smells / sounds delicious. I’d sentences. (12 marks)
like to try that! 1 About % of food waste isn’t opened
before it is thrown away.
2 People in Britain thr ow away ,
a nd most
often.
3 The UK governme nt is trying to
f ood waste by working
with shops, restaurants and consumers.
4 Food that isn’t sold is given to charities by
and .
5 Burying food waste increases
and .
6 Food waste can be converted into
t o protect the
a nd money.
Writing
12 Write a report about the positive and negative
effects of using different types of transport.
Think about cost, the environment and health
issues. Use the information below or your own
ideas. Remember to use phrases for reports.
Write about 100 words. (10 marks)
Cars:
Paragraph 1 Introductio n
Say what your report i s about.
The aim of this report i s to look at the effects
of using … .
Paragraph 2 The positive effects
Talk about the positive effects.
In general, … cause le ss … . As a result, … .

• Cause a lot of pollution and contribute to the
greenhouse effect.
• Cars that run on electricity don’t cause as much
pollution. 75% of materials from old cars can be
recycled.
Trains:
• Trains generally cause less pollution than cars.
Paragraph 3 The negati ve effects
Talk about the negativ e effects.
Generally, … cause a lot of … . This means … .
Paragraph 4 Conclusio n
Say what the situation is and make
recommendations.
To sum up, … . We sh ould / shouldn’t … .

• Electric trains cause less pollution than diesel trains,

but it is expensive to change a diesel train system to
electric.

Bicycles:
• Don’t cause direct pollution and they are a good
way to exercise.

Listening / 10 Reading / 15
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Vocabulary /2
20 Writing / 10
Grammar / 30
Practical English / 15 TOTAL / 100