Unit Test 10

   Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.

   Language

   1 All these sentences are conditionals. Write the verb in brackets in the correct form.

   1    I ____________(see) you later if you decide to come.

   2    She ______________(buy) it if she had the money.

   3    They __________________(not/go) if they’d have known it was going to be so long.

   4    If there hadn’t been those early risk-takers, this company _____________(not/be) here
   now.

   5    Will they invest if the price ____________ (come) down?

   6    Would people use solar power if government’s ________________ (encourage) them
   financially?

   7    I wonder if they _______________ (cut) carbon emissions if they could see the current
   situation.

   8    If we ______________ (not/be) so reliant on oil now, we wouldn’t have to pay such high
   prices for it.

   9    More wind power would be used if it ________ (b) more efficient.

   Vocabulary

   2 Complete each sentence with one word from A and one from B.

   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                     A                      |                       B                       |
   |                                            |                                               |
   |renewable / energy / oil / global / fossil /|fuels / energies / warming / plants / fields / |
   |              solar / nuclear               |              consumption / power              |
   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   10   Some of the largest ____________ _____________ are in the Middle East but the world can’t
   rely on them forever.

   12   They are planning to build three more ____________ _____________ but the local people are
   likely to protest.

   13   We know that ____________ _____________ is a reality because the polar ice-caps are
   melting.

   14   ____________ _____________ such as wind, hydro-electric and nuclear are the only solution
   as I see it.

   15   Using the ____________ _____________ of the sun is a straight forward option in many
   countries.

   16   If we continue using up ____________ _____________ such as coal, gas and petroleum at
   this speed we won’t have any left in fifty years time.

   17   Asking households to cut their ____________ _____________ is one way to help but large
   industry is the real target.

   3 Delete the word that cannot take the underlined prefix.

   18   im partial, patient, profitable

   19   in valid, plausible, significant

   20   ir responsible, regular, renewable

   21   non correct, negotiable, existent

   22   un sustainable, economical, relative

   23   il lawful, legal, literate

   24   dis satisfied, loyal, reasonable

   Career skills

   4 Match the questions 25-30 to the responses a-f. Write your answers here.

   25___   26___   27___   28___   29___   30___

   25   Are things going well?

   26   How was it?

   27   What seems to be holding things up?

   28   Any idea what the problem is?

   29   What’s the best way to fix this?

   30   Is everything going smoothly?

         a There’s still no sign of the parts.

         b Not that good, actually.

         c No. I wish I knew.

         d Yes, it couldn’t be better.

         e Get someone on to it fast.

         f Yes, it’s working out just as we thought.