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Name:………………………………………….. Class:……………………

UMS REVISION FOR END-OF-TERM TEST – SEMESTER I – GRADE8

1. Vocabulary

Unit (Book) Content

UNIT 1 [1A] Idioms with hand, skin, bone – Describing change

(ADVANCED) [1C] belonging and alienation
[1D] literary devices

2. Grammar

Unit (Book) Content

UNIT 1 [1B] perfect aspect

(ADVANCED) [1C] talking about the future
[1E] linking words

A. Skills
1. Listening: Listen for main ideas and details
Question 1-7: You will hear an interview with a professional athlete called Ann Brown. Choose the
best answer (A, B or C)
Question 1. What does Ann say about her performance in the world championships?
A. She was disappointed not to win.
B. She wishes she’d been more prepared.
C. She did better than she’d been expecting to.
Question 2. How does Ann feel about the place where she trains?
A. She finds it quite boring.
B. She enjoys looking at the scenery.
C. She pays little attention to where she is.
Question 3. What does Ann think of the idea of taking a ‘day off’ from training?
A. She thinks all athletes need one sometimes.
B. She would like to have more of them.
C. She doesn’t find them necessary.
Question 4. What is Ann’s attitude towards the other competitors in races?
A. She avoids close social contact with them.
B. She’s made a few good friends amongst them.
C. She finds it easy to talk to them when she has to.
Question 5. In her free time, Ann enjoys
A. kite flying.
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B. skiing.
C reading.
Question 6. How does Ann feel about being recognised in public?
A. She’s relaxed about it.
B. She finds the attention exciting.
C. She dislikes signing autographs.
Question 7. When thinking about the future, Ann
A. plans around five years in advance.
B. admits to worrying about getting injured.
C. remains focused on winning important races

Question 8-14: Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
“CV and Interview Skills’ Seminar
- The speaker suggests that the students use the (8) ……………… when they begin writing resumes.
- The students should be sure not to keep the CV (9) ………………
- A (10) ……………… cover letter is useful when applying for a job and should be included.
- The speaker believes the CV should have a beautiful (11) ………………
- The CV should not have any spelling and grammar (12) ………………
- The words in a CV can describe your (13) ……………….
- Don’t forget to put down a (14) ……………… on the CV.

2. Reading: Read for main ideas and details.

The history of the poster
The appearance of the poster has changed continuously over the past two centuries.

The first posters were known as ‘broadsides’ and were used for public and commercial announcements.
Printed on one side only using metal type, they were quickly and crudely produced in large quantities. As they
were meant to be read at a distance, they required large lettering.

There were a number of negative aspects of large metal type. It was expensive, required a large amount of
storage space and was extremely heavy. If a printer did have a collection of large metal type, it was likely that
there were not enough letters. So printers did their best by mixing and matching styles.

Commercial pressure for large type was answered with the invention of a system for wood type production.
In 1827, Darius Wells invented a special wood drill - the lateral router - capable of cutting letters on wood
blocks. The router was used in combination with William Leavenworth’s pantograpn (1834) to create
decorative wooden letters of all shapes and sizes. The first posters began to appear, but they had little colour
and design; often wooden type was mixed with metal type in a conglomeration of styles.

A major development in poster design was the application of lithography, invented by Alois Senefelder in
1796, which allowed artists to hand-draw letters, opening the field of type design to endless styles. The method
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involved drawing with a greasy crayon onto finely surfaced Bavarian limestone and offsetting that image onto
paper. This direct process captured the artist's true intention; however, the final printed image was in reverse.
The images and lettering needed to be drawn backwards, often reflected in a mirror or traced on transfer paper.

As a result of this technical difficulty, the invention of the lithographic process had little impact on posters
until the 1860s, when Jules Cheret came up with his ‘three-stone lithographic process’. This gave artists the
opportunity to experiment with a wide spectrum of colours.

Although the process was difficult, the result was remarkable, with nuances of colour impossible in other
media even to this day. The ability to mix words and images in such an attractive and economical format
finally made the lithographic poster a powerful innovation.
Starting in the 1870s, posters became the main vehicle for advertising prior to the magazine era and the
dominant means of mass communication in the rapidly growing cities of Europe and America. Yet in the
streets of Paris, Milan and Berlin, these artistic prints were so popular that they were stolen off walls almost
as soon as they were hung. Cheret, later known as ‘the father of the modern poster’, organised the first
exhibition of posters in 1884 and two years later published the first book on poster art. He quickly took
advantage of the public interest by arranging for artists to create posters, at a reduced size, that were suitable
for in-home display.

Thanks to Cheret. the poster slowly took hold in other countries in the 1890s and came to celebrate each
society’s unique cultural institutions: the cafe in France, the opera and fashion in Italy, festivals in Spain,
literature in Holland and trade fairs in Germany. The first poster shows were held in Great

Britain and Italy in 1894, Germany in 1896 and Russia in 1897. The most important poster show ever, to many
observers, was held in Reims, France, in 1896 and featured an unbelievable 1,690 posters arranged by country.
In the early 20th century, the poster continued to play a large communication role and to go through a range
of styles. By the 1950s, however, it had begun to share the spotlight with other media, mainly radio and print.
By this time, most posters were printed using the mass production technique of photo offset, which resulted
in the familiar dot pattern seen in newspapers and magazines. In addition, the use of photography in posters,
begun in Russia in the twenties, started to become as common as illustration.

In the late fifties, a new graphic style that had strong reliance on typographic elements in black and white
appeared. The new style came to be known as the International Typographic Style. It made use of a
mathematical grid, strict graphic rules and black-and-white photography to provide a clear and logical
structure. It became the predominant style in the world in the 1970s and continues to exert its influence today.

It was perfectly suited to the increasingly international post-war marketplace, where there was a strong demand
for clarity. This meant that the accessibility of words and symbols had to be taken into account. Corporations
wanted international identification, and events such as the Olympics called for universal solutions, which the
Typographic Style could provide.
However, the International Typographic Style began to lose its energy in the late 1970s. Many criticised it for
being cold, formal and dogmatic.

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A young teacher in Basel. Wolfgang Weingart, experimented with the offset printing process to produce
posters that appeared complex and chaotic, playful and spontaneous - all in stark contrast to what had gone
before. Weingart's liberation of typography was an important foundation for several new styles. These ranged
from Memphis and Retro to the advances now being made in computer graphics.

Adapted from www.internationalposter.com

Question 1-5: Complete the table below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the
passage for each answer.
Early Printing Methods

Features Problems

Metal type • produced large print • cost, weight and (1)_______

difficulties
• mixed styles

Wood type • Darius's wood drill used in • lacked both (3)_____

connection with another (2)_____ • mixed type
• produced a range of letters

Lithography • letters drawn by hand • had to use a mirror or (5)_____

• design tool - a (4)_____ to achieve correct image

Question 6-9: Complete the flowchart below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the
passage for each answer.
Jules Cheret

1860s - invention of 'three-stone lithographic process’

combination of both (6)_____on coloured posters

1870s - posters used for advertising and (7)_____ in Europe

1884-86 - Cheret’s poster (8)_____ and book on poster art

1890s - posters represent (9)_____ around the world

3. Writing: For questions 1-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given.

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1. It was foolish of you to ride your bike so fast. (SHOULD)

-> You……………………………………...your bike so fast.
2. It’s possible that the thieves hid the money in the countryside. (MIGHT)
-> The thieves……………………………………...the money in the countryside
3. I’m sure Luisa was very upset when she lost her money. (HAVE)
-> Luisa……………………………………...very upset when she lost her money.
4. Jenny rang because she was worried about us. (RUNG)
Jenny……………………………………...she hadn’t been worried about us.
5. It’s been a long time since I last ate fish. (EATEN)
-> I……………………………………...a long time.
6. This is a very dry part of the country (HARDLY)
-> In this part of the country……………………………………...rains.
7. It was raining heavily so I stayed at home. (IF)
-> I would have gone out……………………………………...raining heavily.
8. I saw the race begin because I arrived at the stadium on time. (MISSED)
-> If I hadn’t arrived at the stadium on time, I……………………………………...of the race.
9. I’m afraid we don’t have any bread left.
-> I’m afraid……………………………………...bread
10. If you don't hurry, you won't meet anyone at the party. (GONE)
-> Hurry up or everyone .............................................. home by the time you get to the party.

4. Speaking: Questions about yourself, your life and your country.

B. Vocabulary & Grammar
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions:
Question 1: Economic progress [A] goes hand [B] on hand [C] with environmental [D] responsibility.
Question 2: For [A] several years, his [B] ambition [C] was to become [D] a pilot.
Question 3: He will [A] have taken the dog out [B] for a walk as [C] soon as he [D] finishes dinner.
Question 4: [A] The game has [B] been cancelled [C] despite adverse weather [D] conditions.
Question 5: He would [A] like to [B] study Japanese last [C] year instead [D] of Chinese.

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions:
Question 1: I didn't hear her come in, so I nearly jumped out of my ________________ when she spoke
to me.
A. hand B. skin C. bone D. brain
Question 2: How hard the swimmers work now will ________________ how they perform in the
Olympics.
A. determine B. alter C. restore D. revert
Question 3: My grandfather retired from work last month. He ______________ for the same company for
40 years.
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A. was working B. has been working

C. had been worked D. had been working
Question 4: “When is your math exam?” “Well, this time tomorrow I ________________ for it.”
A. will be sitting B. will sit C. sit D. will have been sitting
Question 5: They have a long ________________ with the school and have donated millions of dollars to
it.
A. association B. isolation C. disaffection D. attachment
Question 6: Victoria and Kay were so impressed with her ________________ with the children that they
asked her to work in the morning as well.
A. isolation B. rejection C. rapport D. marginalization
Question 7: ________________ exactly what to do, I was pretty confident I wouldn’t embarrass myself.
A. Telling B. Having told C. To tell D. Having been told
Question 8: The second term ________________ next month.
A. will start B. starts C. is starting D. have started
Question 9: Find the literary device in the following sentence:
“And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind” (Back to December – Taylor Swift)
A. repetition B. oxymoron C. personification D. rhetorical question
Question 10: Find the literary device in the following sentence:
“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight” (Frozen)
A. imagery B. rhetorical question C. oxymoron D. personification
Question 11: ________________ of the accident, he was out of work for three months.
A. Despite B. In spite of C. As a result D. In addition
Question 12: He loves foreign holidays, ________________ his wife prefers to stay at home.
A. beside B. moreover C. however D. whereas
Question 13: She was told to go back to the doctor in two weeks if she hadn't ________________.
A. improved B. evolved C. altered D. determined
Question 14: By May 2023, Tim ________________ enough money to buy a mountain bike.
A. saves B. will save C. has saved D. will have saved
Question 15: Find the literary device in the following sentence:
My best friend and I had a friendly fight over the lipstick.
A. imagery B. rhetorical question C. oxymoron D. personification

III. Choose the word that can complete all the blanks:
Question 1:
I knew that the dog was in safe ________________(s) with my parents.
Does anyone have a watch with a second ________________?
The waiter smiled politely as he ________________(ed) me my bill/handed my bill to me.

Question 2:
The new manager hoped to ________________ the decline in the company's fortunes.

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He ________________ (ed) into a lamppost and damaged the back of the car.
You might think that people who don't worry about their diet are fatter and unhealthier; in fact, the
________________ is true.

Question 3:
The ________________ of the battle on the rest of the war is profound.
Global warming could have a significant ________________ on agriculture in many parts of the world.
Many parents lack confidence in their ability to ________________ change in their children’s behaviour.

Question 4:
Animals have ________________(ed) camouflage to protect themselves from predators.
The idea ________________(ed) out of work done by British scientists.
If you want to be a poet, you must ________________ your own style of writing.

Question 5:
The south has a hot, dry climate, ________________ the north has a milder, wetter climate.
The secretary took care of my appointments ________________ I was away from the office.
________________ we were talking about the latest album, Andrea mentioned her new music website.

C. Essay writing preparation:

The internet has transformed the way information is share and consumed but it also created problems that did
not exist before. What are the most serious problems associated with the internet and what are the possible
solutions?
Nowadays, the gap between parents and children is growing wider and wider. What was the cause? What are
the solutions?