Gateway L3 unit 6 (9B)

Choose the correct answers.

1 We spent the day on the ______sunbathing.

2 You can ski all the way down from the top of the

_______ to the village.

3 Nothing grows in the ______because there is

never any rain.

4 We got tickets for a London boat tour and sailed

down the ______

5 How long does it take to travel from America to Asia

across the Pacific _________?

Choose the best answer, A, B or C.

At home we’ve just got something called a ‘smart meter’, and it tells you exactly how much electricity you are using. I think the idea is that you 1 _______ less if

you have one, but it does make life a bit more difficult. My dad keeps turning off all the lights saying we are 2_______ electricity, but it’s very hard to do your

homework in the dark! Mum’s the same – she thinks we can 3 _______ our heating bill if we all wear lots of warm clothes, which is probably true but is a bit

annoying. Still, I am trying to teach them about the importance of 4 _______, but they aren’t very interested. I explain that you put glass in the glass bin, paper in the paper bin and plastic in the plastic bin, but they often just 5 _______ everything away into the main bin without thinking.

1 A save B charge C consume

2 A throwing B wasting C recycling

3 A consume B reduce C save

4 A recycling B reusing C reducing

5 A throw B waste C reuse

Complete the sentences with the phrases :

get colder

get

got a phone call

got to the station

got up

1 Luckily we _______ just before the train left.

2 I _______ from my cousin and she told me all her

news.

3 It’s going to _______ next week. It might even

snow.

4 After supper Alice just _______ and went to watch

TV.

5 The maths we’re doing is really hard, and I don’t

really _______.

Complete the mini-dialogues by choosing the

correct option.

1 A: Would you like to go to the cinema tonight, or are

you busy?

B: No, I won’t do/I’m not doing anything this

evening – I’d love to come.

2 A: We’re going to Greece for our holiday in August.

B: That sounds nice, but I expect it’s being/it’ll be

hot.

3 A: I’m sorry, I’m in a meeting at the moment.

B: Oh, don’t worry. I’ll ring back/I’m ringing back

later.

4 A: Have you got the results of my tests, Doctor?

B: Yes, Mrs Smith. You’ll have/You’re going to

have a baby.

5 A: Does your sister know what she wants to do at

university?

B: Yes, she’s going to study/she will study

French and German.

6 A: I’ve got a really bad headache.

B: Oh, dear. Sit down and I’m getting/I’ll get you

an aspirin.

7 A: Why do you need to phone Louise?

B: I’m going to ask her/I’m asking her to help me

with this homework.

Which sentence A or B has a similar meaning to the sentences 1–6.

1 I might visit Jane next weekend.

A Perhaps I will visit Jane next weekend.

B I am definitely going to visit Jane next weekend.

2 We may go skiing next year.

A Perhaps we will go skiing next year.

B We will definitely go skiing next year.

3 My brother’s team might win the football match.

A I’m sure my brother’s team will win the match.

B Perhaps my brother’s team will win the match.

4 Anna definitely won’t come to the party.

A You may not see Anna at the party.

B Anna isn’t coming to the party.

5 I probably won’t see you tomorrow.

A I might not see you tomorrow.

B I don’t think I will see you tomorrow.

6 Perhaps the weather will be nice this weekend.

A It’s definitely going to be nice this weekend.

B It may be nice this weekend.

Complete the sentences using the pairs of verbs using the zero conditional. Make any changes you need.

die/not water last/keep miss/take mix/get

not understand/ask watch/be

1 If I _______ the bus in the mornings, my mum

always _______ me to school.

2 If you _______ too much TV, it _______ bad for

your eyes.

3 Everybody knows that plants _______ if you

_______ them.

4 Bread _______ for ages if you _______ it in the

freezer.

5 If I _______ something, I always _______ my

teacher to explain it.

6 If you _______ yellow and blue, you _______

green.

Complete the sentences with the verbs given using the first conditional.

1 If my brother _____ (pass) his driving test tomorrow, my dad says he _____(buy) him a car!

2 If you _____ (want) to be in the end of term concert, you _____ (have) to do a lot more practice.

3 Your dinner _______ (get) cold if you _______ (not eat) it, so do it now.

4 If my football team ______(score) one more goal, they _______ (win) the match!

5 Put that ice cream back in the freezer! It _______ (melt) if it (get) warm.

6 I think we _______ (go) camping if it _______ (be) nice next weekend.

Read the text. Choose the correct text (A, B, Cor D).

Which text talks about someone who …

1 is part of an international group? _______

2 took action because a relative got sick? _______

3 has worked in many different countries? _______

4 regularly helps to clean up a polluted area?____

5 wants to help animals that are in in danger?_______

6 heard about a problem from some students?_______

Young Environmentalists

A

When 14-year-old Carla Engstrom had a holiday in Ethiopia, she met some children from a village school. They said they had no fresh water and walked two kilometres every day to get it. ‘It just didn’t seem right’, said Carla, ‘so I decided to do something.’ Back in Oslo, Norway, she visited engineering companies to learn about supplying water. After she made a TV programme about her project, people began to send money to her JustGiving page on the Internet. ‘We finished the first project last year, and the school now has fresh water’, says Carla, ‘and now I want to help as many people as possible.’

B

Sanjay, 16, lives just outside Delhi, India, and his house is not far from the city’s biggest rubbish dump. When his brother became ill because of the toxic waste coming off the dump, Sanjay decided to take action. He learnt everything he could about recycling and persuaded the local government to build a recycling centre for the local area. ‘There’s lots to do, but we’re making progress. More people are now recycling things, and the centre is making money by selling glass, paper and metal to companies that need them.’

C

Londoner Harry Jackson, 26, first became interested in elephants after reading a library book about the problems the animals faced. After doing biology at university, he started his own film company. He has travelled all over Africa, India and Thailand making films about elephants. He has had several frightening experiences with dangerous criminals because of his documentaries, but he is going to continue. ‘It is shocking that people kill elephants for their ivory; if I can help to stop it, I will.’

D

Thai schoolgirl Kamlai, 15, is part of an organisation that gets people to clean up beaches and reduce the amount of plastic that pollutes the sea. ‘I know I can only make a small difference here on Ko Samui’, she says, ‘but there are thousands of other teams of people like me all over the world. Together we can make a big change by teaching people about the problem. After spending a day with us collecting rubbish from the beach, people understand the problem and start wanting to help.’