UNIT 4: IN THE NEWS

TEST (31 pts.)

Score: _________

NAME: _____Giancarlo Roques__________________________________________ DATE: 4/24/2020_

I. Listen to the interview and circle the correct option. (1 pt. each)

1. Steve Black plays the guitar/drums.

2. His parents played/didn't play a lot of music.

3. When he was in school, he was a good/bad student.

4. He writes/doesn't write most of the lyrics.

5. His group has recorded six/sixteen albums.

II. Vocabulary: Match the sentence beginnings to the endings. (1 pt. each)

1. My sister loves clothes _1-f_ a. to access a news website.

2. I don't know all the details _2-h_ b. because I recognized people and places in it.

3. We heard about a tsunami _3-c_ c. on a news flash this morning.

4. She often uses her smart phone _4-a_ d. written by the same journalist.

5. My father always reads news stories _5-d_ e. as serious news reports.

6. Opinion articles are not the same _6-e_ f. and reads a fashion blog every week.

7. I love our local newspaper _7-b_ g. but he often listens to podcasts

8. Sean has no time to read newspapers, _8-g_ h. because I only read the headlines.
III. Are the statements true or false according to the reading. Circle your choice. (1 pt. each)

1. Emily prefers cartoons to news. True / False

2. Her parents are only interested in the news on weekends. True / False

3. Her brother buys a special sports magazine. True / False

4. Billy follows his friend's news from New Delhi. True / False

5. Emily enjoys reading a friend's blog. True / False

IV. Choose the corrected verb tense (simple past or present perfect) that completes the text correctly. (1
pt. each)

Local Teen Wins National Blog Contest

Elena Marquez, a 15-year-old from GBS High School, won / has won first prize in a national contest for

school blogs. Elena started / has started writing the blog two years ago when she received / has received a

camera as a present. She took / has taken over a thousand photos of teenagers in the street, and

she wrote / has written a fashion report every month. Her design teacher at school recommended / has

recommended that she enter the contest, and the organizers sent / have sent her a text message last

Monday to tell her about the prize. Her family said / has said they were very proud of her.

V. Write a profile about your favorite celebrity or a family member you admire. (5 pts.)

My Favorite Celebrity. (Alicia Keys)

Alicia Keys is a great singer and person too because how she see the world in a view that only her can see it,
she project joy to the world and her fans, any concert that she sing she always say how grateful she is to
have the live that she have and that’s why I admire her.

Alicia Keys was born in January 25, 1981 in New York. After graduating from the Professional Performance
Arts School, she signed a deal with Clive Davis, the head of Artist Records. When Davis left, she continues to
follow Artists Records and there she sing her first Album.

Today Alicia Keys is a famous singer that her album came out “Under Dog” and she write a book “More
Myself: A Journey” that talks about expressions and about her life, she won 15 Grammy’s too.