Straightforward Upper Intermediate Unit 4 Test
Name _______________________ Score ______/50_
Vocabulary
A Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
(1) Don’t worry, there’s no risk involved.
(2) I wish you’d stop being so unreasonable, just sit down and listen to me before you
make your decision.
(3) He feels very anxious when he has to fly.
(4) OK, just be brave for me. It really won’t hurt.
(5) I think freedom of speech is very important. You should be allowed to say what you
think.
(6) My great great-grandfather was a slave in Alabama in the 1850s.
(7) There’s no need to be frightened of snakes as most of them are harmless.
(8) You’ve got to be joking! I think you need to be very cautious.
B Choose a word from the box that matches the definitions 9–14.
bare / bear coarse / course hole / whole pray / prey principal / principle tail / tale
(9) A belief or theory about what is right or wrong. I think freedom of speech is a basic principle.
(10) A space dug in the surface of the ground. I’m sure he was hiding in that hole over there.
(11) A story, often imaginary or exaggerated. He told us a tale about a enormous snake.
(12) An animal that is caught by another animal and eaten. Spiders usually catch their prey in a
web.
(13) Feeling rough and hard. Many people think that snakes feel coarse to touch, but actually they are
quite smooth and dry.
(14) With no cover and not using any equipment. I can’t believe you’re going to pick that up with your
bare hands, you’re so brave.
C Complete the text with the words in the box. Be careful! There are 3 extra words.
aggressive anxious bossy confident daunting domineering harmless reserved self-assured
It’s funny really, but I don’t find many things (15) daunting . However, when a friend asked me to hold
her snake I was terrified. I’ve never been so (16) anxious and nervous. Usually I’m a very (17)
confident person and it takes a lot to worry me. What’s even stranger is that she’s very shy and (18)
reserved.
I knew the snake was (19) harmless but I kept on thinking about it biting me. Now I realize being
(20) self-assured doesn’t mean that we can’t be scared.
Grammar
D Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
(21) I’ve just finished / been finishing watching a programme on TV about sharks.
(22) I went / I’ve been on a course about overcoming your fears last week.
(23) I was / have been frightened of the dark since I was young.
(24) I’ve read / been reading a book about Rosa Parks and it’s really interesting.
(25) Rosa Parks was / has been a very courageous woman.
(26) Did you watch / Have you watched that TV programme yesterday?
(27) I’ve never spoken / been speaking in public, but I don’t think I’d be nervous.
(28) Did you / Have you ever suffered from claustrophobia?
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E Tick the correct sentence.
(29) a) What did you do last night?
b) What have you been doing last night?
(30) a) I hope you enjoyed yourself so far.
b) I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself so far.
(31) a) I spoke to Jason earlier this morning.
b) I’ve spoken to Jason earlier this morning.
(32) a) She already took her driving test.
b) She has already taken her driving test.
(33) a) Over the past two months I went to Paris, Moscow and New York.
b) Over the past two months I’ve been to Paris, Moscow and New York.
(34) a) Martin Luther King died more than 40 years ago.
b) Martin Luther King has died more than 40 years ago.
(35) a) Did you finish reading that book yet?
b) Have you finished reading that book yet?
F Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets, passive or active.
Jill Sumner (36) has been kept (keep) spiders as pets since she was ten years old. Her unusual hobby
started when she visited her aunt in Australia. She (37) visited the local zoo and saw the poisonous
spiders there. As soon as she got home she went to the library and took out a book. In 1995 she (38)
saw a story about a man who was in the Guinness Book of Records for sitting in a room for a week
with more than fifty poisonous spiders. Jill decided she wanted to beat the record. She (39) has been
trying for three times but hasn’t been successful yet, but last week she (40) started her latest attempt.
Now she (41) is sitting in a room with sixty deadly spiders for almost five days. She (42) was biting
twice but she doesn’t want to give up.
Functional language
G Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
(43) People need to face their fears in order to / so that overcome them.
(44) I need to sit in the front of the car in case / otherwise I’ll be sick.
(45) You need to treat everyone equally in order to / so that they feel you’re being fair.
(46) Sometimes you need to be assertive in order to / so that you get what you deserve.
(47) Don’t take the kids to watch that film in case / otherwise they’re scared of horror films.
(48) In order to / Otherwise get into the Guinness Book of Records Jackie Bibby from Texas sat in a
bath with 75 rattlesnakes.
(49) Don’t show her those spiders so that / otherwise she’ll scream.
(50) I wouldn’t touch that in case / in order to it bites.
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Straightforward Up-Int Unit 4 Test