Name: _________________________

Vocabulary
1 Circle the best word.

1 It is thought that early / skilled insects were the first to fly.

2 The distance a chicken can fly is stable / limited.
3 The plane’s weight / wingspan is about 60 m. (197 ft.).
4 The flying squirrel is a mammal but it can force / soar from tree to tree.
5 The paraglider ascended / descended slowly to the ground.
6 Birds’ bones are light and hollow / flap.
7 Some scientists believe that wings are a(n) capability / adaptation of other
structures.
8 The eagle barely flapped its wings as it landed / glided to its nest.
(8 points)
2 Cross out the incorrect option.

1 an aeroplane can … a) take off b) flap c) land

2 a parachute can … a) open b) close c) force
3 a bird can … a) flap b) soar c) allow
4 eagles have got … a) a wingspan b) features c) a pilot
5 you can ascend … a) a mountain b) in an aeroplane c) an adaptation
(5 points)

Grammar
3 Read the pairs of sentences on the left. Then complete the sentences on the right
using the past perfect.

1 I finished my work. I __________________________ my work when

The bell rang. the bell rang.
2 They ate supper. They __________________________ before the
The programme started. programme started.
3 He designed a model. He __________________________ a model before
He tested it for real. he tested it for real.
4 She lived there for 12 years. She __________________________ there for 12
She moved. years before she moved.
5 They washed the walls. They __________________________ the walls
I painted the mural. before I painted the mural.
6 He used paper. Before he tried silk, he _______________________
He tried silk. paper.
(6 points)

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4 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the past perfect continuous.

1 (soar) The glider ________________________ for ten minutes before it

crashed.
2 (descend) Before the avalanche struck, the climbers ____________________ for
over an hour.
3 (lose) Apparently, the engines ________________________ power, but the
pilot still landed the plane safely.
4 (design) They ________________________ the new system when the
computers failed.
(4 points)
5 Read the sentences and underline the action which happened first.

1 How long had you been learning English for before you moved to New York?
2 Before Leonardo da Vinci designed a parachute, he had been designing musical
instruments.
3 He had been studying the flight of birds before he designed his flying machine.
4 The pilot had been learning to fly for six years before he got his license.
5 I made sure that I had written my name on the paper before I handed it in.
(5 points)

Reading
6 Look at Concorde’s timeline. Then read the statements and circle T (true) or F
(false).

1956 Committee is set up to see if supersonic aircraft is possible.

1962 France and the UK sign deal to jointly develop supersonic aircraft.

1967 Prototype is shown to the public in Toulouse, France.

1969 British and French engineers continue to test Concorde’s flight.

1973 Concorde flies across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.

1977 Concorde offers trans-Atlantic flights to the public.

1993 Concorde employs its first female pilot.

2000 Concorde crashes near Paris. 113 people are killed.

2003 Concorde is taken out of service.

1 After Concorde was invented, engineers discussed if supersonic air travel was
possible. ___________
2 French and British engineers developed Concorde together. ___________
3 Concorde’s engineers carried out flight checks before passengers
started using it. ___________

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 4 Engineers continued testing Concorde’s flight, even after members of
the public had seen it. ___________
5 Engineers discovered it wasn’t possible for Concorde to cross the
Atlantic. ___________
6 In the 1980s, Concorde employed several female pilots. ___________
7 Concorde continued to fly, even after the crash in 2000. ___________
(7 points)

Writing
7 Think about how different animals move. Choose three of the animals in the box
below, and write a short classification essay. Write between 100-120 words.

bat bee eagle emu flying fox owl

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
(8 points)

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