2 Unit Test

OPTIONAL CUMULATIVE EXERCISES

Vocabulary
Complete the dialogue with the words and phrases below. There are more words than you need. (10 x 1 = 10 points)
patient • set up • take off • school trip • business trip • travel documents • impolite • honest
disorganised • travel arrangements • check in • resort

A PLANE CONVERSATION
Marion: Hey! When will this dreadful plane finally (1) ……………………… ? We’ve been sitting here for an hour! I’m so angry.
Fiona: Please stop yelling and try to be (2) ……………………… . They’re probably waiting for permission from the control
tower.
Marion: Sorry to be (3) ……………………… , but I’ve already had a difficult time. My secretary is so (4) ………………………
that he didn’t have all my (5) ……………………… in order before I left. He couldn’t find my passport!
Fiona: Are you on a (6) ……………………… , then?
Marion: Yes, I am.
Fiona: And does your secretary usually make your (7) ……………………… ?
Marion: Yes, unfortunately.
Fiona: So why don’t you get a different secretary?
Marion: Well, I trust him – he’s very (8) ……………………… , and he really tries his best. Are you also going abroad on
business?
Fiona: No, actually, I’m going to a ski (9) ……………………… in the Alps.
Marion: That sounds fantastic!
Fiona: I can’t wait! I’m going out to ski as soon as I (10) ……………………… and change my clothes.

Grammar
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 x 1 = 10 points)

NO HUGS ALLOWED
(1) ……………… you ……………… (feel) that the rules at your school are too strict? Well, Shephard Junior High School in
Arizona, USA has got rules that are probably stricter. One warm spring day last March, 14-year-old Shephard student Chelsea
Braham (2) ……………………… (give) her best friend a big hug when suddenly another friend (3) ……………………… (tap)
her on the shoulder. “Be careful,” she said. “The teacher (4) ……………………… (watch) you!” But it was too late. The teacher
(5) ……………………… (send) Chelsea to the principal’s office. Her crime? She (6) ……………………… (hug) her friend for too
long, breaking a new school rule: hugging in the school for more than two seconds was forbidden.
The following day, 100 students (7) ……………………… (hold) a protest across the street from the school. The entire group
(8) ……………………… (hug) each other for 20 minutes. Chelsea, who was one of them, had her mother’s full support. While
Chelsea’s mother (9) ……………………… (watch) her daughter she remarked, “She (10) ……………………… (take) a stand
and I’m standing behind her.”