Unit 8 test
Listening Language focus
1 1.09 Listen to the tour. Then choose the
4 Write the past participles to complete the
correct words or expressions. (10 marks)
passive forms. (10 marks)
The museum is in Madrid / Guernica.
make be made
1 The group is standing in front of / next to a
1 accept be _______________
painting by Pablo Picasso.
2 see be _______________
2 It was painted for an exhibition in 1936 / 1937.
3 criticize be _______________
3 The painting is / isn’t colourful.
4 protect be _______________
4 Some people think the light bulb symbolizes
5 buy be _______________
technology / the sun.
5 Picasso heard about the bombing from a radio 5 Choose the correct forms. (10 marks)
news programme / newspaper. Tickets are sold / be sold online.
1 This sculpture is made / is make from gold.
Vocabulary 2 These paintings are exhibited / is exhibited in
2 Find five words in the word square. Then write New York.
them in the correct list. (10 marks) 3 Masterpieces aren’t painted / don’t paint every
M U S E U M E S O P L year.
4 The artist criticized / is criticized for her work.
A E X H I B I T I O N
5 His most famous work doesn’t found / isn’t
U N H O O G I D R I C found in any museums.
C P G A L L E R Y N R
6 Complete the sentences. Use the words in the
T H R U L P A E N M I box and the past participle of the verbs.
(10 marks)
I C O L L E C T O R T
was was were wasn’t wasn’t weren’t
O L Y T F A E I O M I
Last night’s final was watched (watch) by five
N O K A T O L R T I C
million viewers.
Place Event Person 1 These pictures _____________________ (paint) in
museum 2 ____________ 4 ____________ 2010. My dad painted them!
1 ____________ 3 ____________ 5 ____________ 2 The programme ____________________ (make) in
3 Cross out the adjective which doesn’t describe Germany – it was made in France.
art. (10 marks) 3 The new shopping centre ____________________
a tall / dull / strange painting (open) by the Queen last week.
1 an imaginative / active / original painting 4 The film ____________________ (direct) by a
2 a shocking / controversial / surprised painting woman. A man directed it.
3 a shy / provocative / amusing painting 5 Those paintings ___________________ (donate)
4 a beautiful / good-looking / colourful painting to the museum – the museum bought them.
5 a ridiculous / provocative / domesticated
painting
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Unit 8 test
7 Order the words to make questions. (10 marks) 4 Sharbat had a few husbands. ____________
Harry Potter / by / was / who / written 5 She appeared for the second time in the
Who was Harry Potter written by? magazine in 2002. ____________
1 when / the competition / created / was
___________________________________________ Communication
2 was / where / played / game / the first
9 Complete the sentences. (10 marks)
___________________________________________
3 were / sold / the paintings / for lots of money about if like on of though
___________________________________________ It looks as though it might rain this morning.
4 is / who / held / the / by / title 1 It reminds me ________ a Frida Kahlo painting.
___________________________________________ 2 It doesn’t look ________ a Bosch painting.
5 television / are / the matches / shown / on 3 What ________ earth is that?
___________________________________________ 4 I’m not sure ________ this painting.
5 She looks as ________ she’s smiling.
Reading
8 Read the text. Then write true or false. (10 marks) Writing
10 Read the information. Then write a description.
SHARBAT GULA Use the questions to help you. (10 marks)
Sharbat is famous because she appeared on the
cover of National Geographic magazine and the NOTES ON MONA LISA
world was amazed by her beautiful green eyes. (Leonardo da Vinci)
She was photographed in 1985 at the age of ● painted in the sixteenth century
thirteen by journalist Steve McCurry. She lived in ● a portrait of a woman, mysterious smile
Afghanistan and was forced to leave her home in ● one of the most famous paintings in the world
Afghanistan during the war with Russia. Nobody ● Renaissance, Europe. Artists experimented with
knew who she was for a long time. For many perspectives and a realistic style of painting.
people she symbolized the war. ● stolen in 1911, but returned after two years
● now exhibited in the Louvre museum in Paris
Steve tried to find her during the nineties, but he
couldn’t. In 2002 a team from National Geographic
Paragraph One: the painting
looked for her. A few women said they were
Sharbat and a few men said they were her 1 What is the painting called?
husband! They finally found her and she was 2 Who was the work created by?
formally identified. Her identity was confirmed
3 When was it painted?
using technology which matched her eyes to the
eyes in the photo. 4 What does it show?
Sharbat didn’t know that she was famous. She was 5 Why is it special?
photographed again and her story was written Paragraph Two: the art movement
and published in the April 2002 magazine. 6 What art movement does it belong to?
Sharbat Gula is a journalist. false 7 What is typical of this art movement?
1 Sharbat has got green eyes. ____________ Paragraph Three: history of the painting
8 What happened in 1911?
2 She lived in Russia. ____________
9 What happened two years later?
3 The journalist found her in the 90s. ____________
10 Where is it exhibited now?
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40
Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______
/ 10 TOTAL _______ / 100
