EXam Revision - UNIT 10

Complete the text with the correct forms of the missing words. The first letter of each word is given. Music NewsSenzo are a new band from Manchester and they’re doing really well! It all started when the singer, Josh Barnes, wrote a song called Special. Everyone who heard it loved it, so he r ecorded it and r eleased a single. Then he formed a band. After that the band s igned a contract and then they p layed some gigs around the country. They’ll be performing l ive here tonight – don’t miss them! Complete the missing words. The lines show you how many letters to use.e.g. I play the violin in a small o r c h e s t r a. I love it! 1 I went to a three-day music _ _ s _ _ v _ _ festival last year. I saw a lot of bands!2 They were the _ _ p _ _ r _ support group at the gig so they played before the main band.3 When they played, everyone in the _ _ d _ e _ _ _ audience loved them!4 Do you think the record _ _ m _ _ n _ company will give them a deal?5 That’s the new single from their latest_ l _ u _ album. Do you like it?6 We recorded the song in a _ _ u _ _ _ studio and a local radio station played it. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in capital letters.e.g. Michael is a musician, he plays the piano. MUSIC 1 I went to a great art exhibition. The pictures were amazing. EXHIBIT2 What did you think of the performance? I thought it was terrible! PERFORM3 I can’t remember the name of the vocalist. Do you know? VOCAL4 The conductor wasn’t very happy because the members of the orchestra weren’t watching him. CONDUCT5 I really liked the sculptures at the art gallery. They were wonderful, but very expensive. SCULPT6 That man in that painting is very mysterious. MYSTERY Choose and write the correct options. 1 A Where’s Greg?B I’m not sure. He sometimes goes to the gym at this time. He might must / might / can’t be there or he could be with Sally.2 A Do you know why Mary is angry?B Well, I heard that her brother borrowed her a mobile phone and lost it.A Oh, yes, I’m sure that’s the reason! She must must / might / can’t be angry about that!3 A Did Leonardo da Vinci paint that picture?B No. He couldn't must / might not / couldn’t have painted that picture because it was painted in 1530 and he died in 1519.4 A I wonder why Paul is so good at music.B I don’t know. He might can’t / might / must have a natural talent, I suppose.5 A Laura didn’t bring the book she promised to lend me.B She must might / can’t / must have forgotten. You know she’s got a terrible memory.6 A The painter Van Gogh was very poor when he died.B He can't have been can’t be / can’t have been / might have been very successful in his lifetime.A No, he only became famous after his death.7 A Is Maria from Spain?B No, she can't must / can’t / may be from Spain. Both her parents are from Manchester! Complete the gaps with must, might, can’t and the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. e.g. John didn’t come to school today. He wasn’t very well yesterday, so he must be (be) ill today. 1 Pete isn’t very musical so he can't have written (write) that song. It’s impossible!2 Hemust be (be) rich, he earns a lot of money for each film.3 Kate might have tried (try) to phone us. I’m not sure because my phone isn’t working.4 The concert was absolutely brilliant. They must have got (get) excellent reviews.5 I’m not sure when the concert starts. It might start (start) at 7 p.m. or it could be later.6 James can't be (be) a teacher. He hasn’t got the right qualifications – and he hates being in a classroom. Complete the two conversations with the sentences below. A I thought the concert was absolutely rubbish. The conductor was awful and the orchestra was ...B I don’t agree, I think ...A Hold on! Let me finish! I think it was a disaster and the acoustics were really bad too.B Well, maybe it wasn’t very good, but it wasn’t as bad as you’re suggesting! What I mean is there were parts that were really well played.A Do you mean you thought it was OK?B Yes, I suppose so. The conductor was awful, but the orchestra wasn’t too bad.A I think the programme for tonight’s concert is really interesting. What do you think?B I agree. I’m really looking forward to it.A Let’s go in now, the concert’s about to start.B I’m sorry, I didn’t get that. Could you say it again?A Yes, I said the concert is going to start, so we should go in.B OK, let’s go. Read the text and choose the correct answer. Write a, b, c or d below the task. Amazing coincidencesLucky numberIn the 1930s in New York there was a terrible accident when a train fell off a bridge. The photo that appeared in the newspapers howed one of the carriages involved in the disaster. The carriage number 932 was visible in the photo. Thousands of people who saw the photo chose that number for the next day’s lottery – and to their amazement they won! If the accident hadn’t happened and they hadn’t seen the photo they wouldn’t have chosen that number.1 The lottery winners chose the number 932 becausea that was the number of people who died in the train crash.b they had seen the number in a photo of the crash.c they thought it was lucky because all the people in that carriage escaped.d they were amazed that they could see the number of the carriage.b Read the text and choose the correct answer. Write a, b, c or d below the task. And this book belongs to ...Anne Parrish, an American writer, was looking at books in a second-hand bookshop in Paris when she found a book that she used to love as a child. She showed the book to her husband. Imagine their surprise when he opened it to find an inscription inside that said ‘Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs’. It was Anne’s old copy of the book that she’d owned as a child!2 The book that Anne Parrish founda was similar to a book she had had as a child.b was a story she’d written when she was younger.c was a book in which her husband had written an inscription.d was the book she used to have as a child.d Read the text and choose the correct answer. Write a, b, c or d below the task. A lucky escapeWalter Kellner, a German from Munich, had a lucky escape when the plane he was flying had engine trouble and crashed into the water. Kellner was rescued and later wrote about his lucky escape and won a writing competition held by the magazine Das Besteran in 1979. An angry Austrian man wrote to the paper and said that Kellner had copied the story because exactly the same thing had happened to him. The man’s name? Walter Kellner! The magazine checked both men’s stories and they were both true.3 The Austrian Walter Kellnera complained to a newspaper.b was killed in a plane accident.c copied another man’s story.d won a writing competition.a Read the text and choose the correct answer. Write a, b, c or d below the task. Lightning strikes ... three timesIf your father and grandfather had both been killed by lightning in exactly the same place in your garden, would you ever have stood there? For most people, the answer is no, especially given that the two family tragedies happened 30 years apart – his grandfather died in 1899 and his father in 1929. However, in 1949 Rolla Primarda did exactly that and he was also killed by lightning. The family has to be the unluckiest family in Taranto in Italy – or indeed anywhere in the world. If I’d been Rolla, I’d have moved house!4 Rolla Primarda’sa father and grandfather both died on the same day.b father was killed by lightning thirty years before his grandfather.c father and grandfather were both killed by lightning.d father and grandfather both died inside their house in Taranto.c Read the text and choose the correct answer. Write a, b, c or d below the task. It’s all in the nameIn 1678 three men murdered Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, and they were caught by the police the same year. At the trial they were sentenced to death, and they were hanged on the 26th November in London. They were executed at a place called Greenberry Hill. In a curious coincidence, the murderers were called Robert Green, Henry Berry and Lawrence Hill (Green, Berry, Hill).5 Lawrence Hilla died after Henry Berry and Robert Green.b received the death penalty in 1678.c was murdered in 1678.d murdered a man on 26th November.b Translate the following sentences into English. Právě vydali jejich první singl.They have just released their first single.Konečně jsme podepsali smlouvu.We have finally signed the contract.David trpí depresí a úzkostí.David suffers from depression and anxiety.Přiznal se, že ukradl auto.He confessed that he had stolen the car.Často se chlubí svou prací.She/ he often boasts about her job.