TEST for the Second Semester (Listening. Reading. Use of English)

Watch the video about exhibition in Australia "Know My Name" twice and do the task.

https://youtu.be/nkPr8fFr17g

Choose the correct item.

Whereas men’s names dominate the history books, in the past it has often been difficult for women to be recognised as artists.

According to the video choose the correct item.

Although women are the subject of many paintings, for a long time their art was often overlooked or excluded from galleries.

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Over the years women artists haven’t fought to change people’s attitudes for their works.

According to the video choose the correct item.

The National Gallery of Australia has organised the ‘Know My Name’ exhibition  to show the work of famous women artists of all time.

According to the video choose the correct item.

The National Gallery of Australia are also working towards more equal permanent collections.

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They hope young people will help create a more inclusive future for all of us.

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Amelia knows the names of _________________________.

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Women have been creating art _____________.

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In the past, the great art academies of Europe didn’t want female painters, partly because _____________________________.

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In the National Gallery of Australia, __________ of the 100,000 works are by women.

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The ‘Know My Name’ exhibition shows __________________________.

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Touring around Australia, the giant sky whales will show that _________________.

Read the text about Two Remarkable People and do the tasks.

Keeping an eye on the health of our seas

You might be forgiven for thinking that Lewis Pugh is somewhat out of his mind, particularly since he once swam in water so cold at the North Pole that the cells in his fingers burst. The extreme swimmer then went on to almost drown while swimming in a glacial lake on Mount Everest because of the thin air, and more recently has become the first person to swim long distances across seven seas including the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Black Sea. His motive is crystal clear: to draw the attention of politicians and leaders to the degradation of the environment, particularly our oceans, before it is too late. Lewis would like to see the number of marine protected areas in the world increase from 3 per cent to 10 per cent in an attempt to reverse the damage caused by human activity such as overfishing, polluting and littering. During his expeditions, Lewis has witnessed this environmental destruction first-hand. He’s swum over coral reefs bleached by the increase in water temperature, and observed underwater deserts beneath the shallow waters of the Red Sea, devoid of life and strewn with plastic. Pugh believes that nature can recover if it is given space to do so, but the clock is ticking. If we don’t start looking after our seas, we may soon have an unsolvable problem on our hands.

Hula-hooping for human rights

Wasfia Nazreen first came across a hula hoop as a young girl, when she saw a foreign child who was visiting her native Bangladesh playing with one. Wasfia reluctantly stood by and watched, as in her country it was believed that girls should not play with hula hoops or ride bikes. Now Wasfia is one of the few people in the world to have climbed the Seven Summits, including Everest and Kilimanjaro, and the first to have hula-hooped on each peak. Her reason for doing so: to empower women and girls in a country which discourages them from doing sport. Wasfia has dedicated her life to supporting human rights and has witnessed numerous international humanitarian projects in her homeland to educate and train women and girls, but once too often they have been left with nothing when such projects have stopped running. Wasfia saw that Bangladesh needed to stand up for itself and so she brought together two of her passions, mountaineering and human rights, in order to try and change attitudes towards women in her country. She originally took up climbing while working on humanitarian campaigns in Tibet and Nepal, as in a coastal, primarily flat country like Bangladesh most people have never set eyes on a mountain. Her campaign seems to be doing the trick as fellow countrymen and women are sitting up and taking notice along with the rest of the world.

Read the sentence and write True if the information can be found in the text, False if the information says the opposite to the text or Not given if the information cannot be found in the text.

1. Wasfia wanted to play with the foreign child's hula hoop.

According to the text write True if the information can be found in the text, False if the information says the opposite to the text or Not given if the information cannot be found in the text.

Some of Wasfia's childhood friends secretly rode bikes.

According to the text write True if the information can be found in the text, False if the information says the opposite to the text or Not given if the information cannot be found in the text.

Wasfia hula-hooped her way up each mountain.

According to the text write True if the information can be found in the text, False if the information says the opposite to the text or Not given if the information cannot be found in the text.

There has been little effort made to help girls and women in Bangladesh until now.

According to the text write True if the information can be found in the text, False if the information says the opposite to the text or Not given if the information cannot be found in the text.

The writer believes that the people of Bangladesh are proud of Wasfia's achievements.  

According to the text write True if the information can be found in the text, False if the information says the opposite to the text or Not given if the information cannot be found in the text.

Wasfia learned to climb in Bangladesh.

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in bold CAPITALS.

If someone is OUT OF THEIR MIND, it means they're ____________,

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in bold CAPITALS.

If something is CRYSTAL CLEAR, it's __________,

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in bold CAPITALS.

If you witness something FIRST-HAND, __________.

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in bold CAPITALS.

If you've NEVER SET EYES ON SOMETHING, it means _______.

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in bold CAPITALS.

If something DOES THE TRICK, __________.

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in bold CAPITALS.

If people SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE, ___________.

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The teacher asked us to __________ in our homework next Tuesday.

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The group of doctors helps to ____________ disease in countries all over the world.

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The charity ____________ on helping the homeless.

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We want to ____________ awareness of the problem of racism in schools.

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Chad is a(n) ____________ country in Africa – most people who live there don’t earn much money.

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The charity carries ____________ important work in the war zone.

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We want to bring ____________ changes to the country’s laws.

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Experts believe that the world will soon run ____________ of oil.

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The animals are suffering ____________ a rare disease.

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 We must act now to save the black rhino ____________ extinction.

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The trousers I wear to school _________ black.

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The information from war zones __________ sometimes incorrect.