End-of-Term Test (Listening/Reading/Writing)

Tom doesn't know how to start studying.

Tom's mum thinks that music helps people study.

Tom's mum recommends having a sandwich on the desk.

Tom puts the dog outside.

Tom isn`t going to turn off his messages.

Tom thinks his mum has helped him.

Oldest Living Thing on Earth

Ancient patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now considered the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them as (1)___________ .

Australian scientists sequenced the DNA of samples of the giant Posidonia oceanic seagrass, from 40 underwater meadows (2) __________ than 2,000 miles from Spain to Cyprus.

The analysis found the seagrass was between 12,000 and 200,000 years old and was most likely to be at least 100,000 years old. This is far older than the current known oldest species, a Tasmanian plant (3) _________ 43,000 years old.

Professor Carlos Duarte, from the University of Western Australia, said the seagrass has been able to reach such old age because it (4) __________ .

“They are continually producing new branches”, he told The Daily Telegraph. “They spread very slowly and (5) __________”.

The separate patches of seagrass in the Mediterranean span almost 10 miles and weigh (6) _________ .

London (visit) by many tourists.

Who ( protect) animals ?

Catholic Church (consider) Galileo’s ideas as heresy.

Albert Einstein ( award ) the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

To protect our environment we _________ destroy forests, which produce oxygen.

The global warming _________ lead to dramatic changes in climate.

We _________ use less electricity and water.

We _________ protect animals and plants.

Do you have enough time ________ us tonight?

_________up early in the morning is not a problem for me.

He met his teacher ______ was very strict

You will see the house ______ is opposite the petrol station.

Write a letter to your penfriend about the problems of the environment in the world, using the following plan:

1. “ Think about our planet”;

2. pollution danger;

3. animals and plants which are in danger of becoming extinct ;

4. health problems;

5. some advices how to save the Earth;

6. “The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth (Chief Seattle)”