Unit 8
Listening
1 1.09 Listen to the tour. Then answer the
questions. (10 marks)
What kind of building is the speaker in?
A museum.
1 Who is speaking?
____________________________________________
2 What does the painting protest against?
____________________________________________
3 What colours did the artist use?
____________________________________________
4 What does the light bulb symbolize?
____________________________________________
5 Where did Picasso learn the news?
____________________________________________
Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences. (10 marks)
amusing colourful controversial
dull beautiful
1 The comedy film was very _______________. We
laughed loads!
2 I didn’t like it. It was _______________ and boring.
3 Their paintings were very _______________, with
lots of reds, blues and yellows.
4 Goya was a _______________ artist. His works
often shocked people.
5 Look at the amazing view of the river! It’s very
_______________.
3 Complete the words for the definitions.
(10 marks)
A painting of a person: portrait
1 A painting of e.g. mountains: l_______________
2 A place where paintings are shown:
g_______________
3 Someone who collects art: c_______________
4 An excellent work of art: m_______________
5 An event where works of art are shown:
e_______________
Test B 
Language focus
4 Write the present passive form. (10 marks)
1 These paintings ____________________ (show) in
the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
2 The best works of art ____________________ (not
create) in a day!
3 The artist’s real identity____________________
(not know) by many people.
4 His art ____________________ (not
understand) by a lot of people.
5 This kind of painting ____________________
(dislike) by many art critics.
5 Complete the second sentences so that they
have a similar meaning to the first. Use the bold
words and the past passive. (10 marks)
Van Gogh painted Starry Night.
Starry Night was painted by Van Gogh.
1 Moreau taught Matisse during the 1890s.
___________________________________ by
Moreau during the 1890s.
2 They didn’t make these statues in France.
____________________________________ in
France.
3 Their provocative paintings shocked critics.
__________________________________ by their
provocative paintings.
4 They didn’t sell the sculpture yesterday.
________________________________ yesterday.
5 Surrealism influenced Cubism.
___________________________________________
by Surrealism.
6 Write the passive questions. (12 marks)
Question Answer
who / The Scream / paint / by Munch
1 where / the Colosseum / build Rome
2 where / The Lord of the Rings New Zealand
films / make
3 what / brushes and paint / use painting
for
4 when / the Louvre / open 1793
5 who / novels / write / by novelists
6 what language / speak / in Japan Japanese
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Unit 8 Test B 
Who was The Scream painted by? ___________________________________________
1 ____________________________________________ 5 The magazine helps adults in Sharbat’s home
2 ____________________________________________ country.
3 ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________
4 ____________________________________________
5 ____________________________________________ Communication
6 ____________________________________________ 9 Complete the sentences. You don’t need three of
the words. (10 marks)
7 Write two passive quiz questions about
art, books or films. Then write full-sentence on of when with about as if like
answers. Use your own ideas. (8 marks)
1 What ________ earth is that?
Who were the Twilight books written by? 2 It reminds me ________ a Botticelli painting.
They were written by Stephanie Meyer.
3 He looks as ________ he’s crying.
1 __________________________________________
4 It doesn’t look ________ a Cubist painting.
__________________________________________
5 I’m not sure ________ this sculpture.
2 __________________________________________
__________________________________________ Writing
10 Read the information. Then write a description.
Reading Use the ideas to help you. (10 marks)
8 Read the text. Then write true or false. Correct
the false sentences. (10 marks) NOTES ON MONA LISA
(Leonardo da Vinci)
● painted in the sixteenth century
THE AFGHAN GIRL ● a portrait of a woman, beautiful, mysterious smile
The world was amazed by Sharbat Gula’s beautiful green eyes when she ● one of the most famous paintings in the world
first appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine. She was
● Renaissance, Europe. Artists experimented with perspectives and a
photographed in 1985 at the age of thirteen by journalist Steve McCurry.
She lived in Afghanistan and was forced to leave her home in realistic style of painting.
Afghanistan during the war with Russia. For many people she ● exhibited in the Louvre museum in Paris, 1793
symbolized the war. Nobody knew who she was for a long time. ● stolen in 1911, returned after two years
The journalist tried to find her during the 90s, but he couldn’t. In 2002 a ● in the Louvre today
team from National Geographic looked for her. A few women said they
were Sharbat, and a few men said they were her husband! They finally
found the real Sharbat later that year. Her identity was confirmed using
technology which matched her eyes to the eyes in the photo. Paragraph 1: The painting
Sharbat was photographed again and her story was published in the April … was painted by …
2002 magazine. A television documentary was made about her life, and a Paragraph 2: The art movement
charity was set up by National Geographic with the aim of educating
under-sixteen-year-olds in Afghanistan. This type of work is typical of ...
Paragraph 3: History of the painting
1 Sharbat isn’t very good-looking. It was first exhibited ...
_______________________________________

2 Steve first took her photo in the nineties.

___________________________________________
3 Sharbat hasn’t lived in Afghanistan all her life.
___________________________________________
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40
4 People found Sharbat seventeen years later.
Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100