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Name: _______________
for Schools
Class: _______________
Unit 4 Test B Date: _______________

• Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with a compound word or adjective formed
from the word in brackets.
1 Don’t go to Sri Lanka in July. It’s the ____________________ (rain) season.
2 Please respect the rules and protect this ____________________ (nature) and its
inhabitants.
3 Some environmentalists think that the benefits of biodiesel are
____________________ (question).
4 ____________________ (coast) erosion is a phenomenon in which land is
removed by wind or water.
5 Some countries have banned the sale of certain ____________________
(modified) foods.
6 ____________________ (volcano) areas are often densely populated because the
land is so fertile.
7 ____________________ (mountain) regions are those least at risk from rising sea
levels.
8 Sue is going on a ____________________ (wild) safari in South Africa. She’s so
lucky!
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2 Complete the text with words from Unit 4.

The desire for control and trade dominance pushed Europeans to journey to
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u __ parts of the world in the 19th century. They went to Africa and crossed
the 2a __ Sahara Desert. They travelled further on, into the tropics as far as
the 3e __. There, they found a variety of climatic 4z __, such as the
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l __ rainforests of the Congo, and the more 6t __ climate of the central
African mountain 7r __. They continued into the southern 8h __ and
down to the southern tip of the continent until they felt there were no 9f __
remaining. By the end of the century, European colonisation had 10s __
across most of the African continent.
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 Venture into First
Name: _______________
for Schools
Class: _______________
Unit 4 Test B Date: _______________

• Grammar
3 Tick (✓) the correct article and correct the mistake in each sentence
(– = no article).
1 Day and night are the same length all a ______ year round on the ______
equator.
2 The ______ Po is the longest river in the ______ Italy.
3 The ______ Sahara Desert has enormous potential for the ______ future
energy needs.
4 We’ll see you in a ______ hour by the ______ ticket office.
5 We wanted to go to Naples by a ______ bus but in the end we took the ______
car.
6 My friend Jack is in a ______ hospital. He had an ______ accident with his
motorbike.
7 There is so much more we should be doing to save the ______ environment
and stop the ______ pollution.
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4 Complete the sentences using the Present perfect or Present perfect

continuous. Then choose the correct alternative.
1 We ____________________ (not hear) from Jill for/since 9 a.m. I hope everything
is OK.
2 ____________________ (you/have) this car for/since 1985?
3 Tina ____________________ (work) in Brazil for/since the last few months on an
exchange programme. She’ll be back in June.
4 Matt ____________________ (look) for a job for/since he graduated. I hope he
finds one soon.
5 Jo and I are old friends, but I ____________________ (know) her sister for/since
just a few months.
6 We ____________________ (study) for/since hours. I need a break!
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Name: _______________
for Schools
Class: _______________
Unit 4 Test B Date: _______________

5 Complete the sentences using the Present perfect or Present perfect

continuous of the verbs below.

1learn chat
How long laugh not finish
____________________ (you) to see have
play the guitar?
2 It’s a really long book and I ____________________ it.
3 Pete ____________________ that film five times. He loves it!
4 I haven’t been able to use the computer. My sister ____________________ with
her friends all day!
5 Fran and Jeff are going to be late. They ____________________ a minor accident
on the motorway.
6 We ____________________ so much that our faces are red!
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• Fluency
6 Write a formal email (150–190 words) to your head teacher
requesting support and funding for a recycling initiative in your
school. You need to:
• request a talk by a local recycling officer to find out what s/he has been doing
for the environment
• suggest that the school starts a new recycling initiative and request his/her
help with it.
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7 Write questions using the prompts. Then answer the questions in 20–
30 words.
1 what/be/most beautiful/natural place/you/ever/ visit?
2 which areas/be/most at risk/from climate change?
3 have/you/ever/buy/environmentally friendly products?
4 you/ever/try/ecotourism? What’s your opinion of it?
5 how long/you/do/your favourite hobby? Why?
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