Black Cat 2018 EXIT TEST

Reading & Training Step Three (B2.1)

EXIT TEST The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Summary – fill in the gaps 1 Read the review of The Time Machine below. Fill each space with a word from the box. There are seven words you do not need to use. The first, 0, has been done as an example.

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This novel (0) ...is... one of the first ‘science fiction’ stories of modern times. It tells the story of the Time Traveller as he goes (1) ...... the future and lands in a strange world where human beings have separated into two types, the Eloi and the Morlocks. Wells, the (2) ...... , suggests that this is the (3) ...... of a gap (4) ...... the wealthy classes in society and the workers. They have different opportunities and live in different conditions. Over thousands of years, they have (5) ...... different species. The Eloi live in the light. They are pleasure-loving people who (6) ...... forgotten how to make things or how to grow food for (7) ...... They depend (8) ...... the Morlocks who live in the darkness underground. Wells clearly thinks it is dangerous if some people become rich and have comfortable lives while (9) ...... have to work hard in poor conditions. It seems that (10) ...... he is writing about the future, he is in fact dealing with some of the problems of his own society.

Writing 2 Complete this e-mail. Write one word for each space. There is an example.

Hi Sarah, I (0) ...have... just been to a special exhibition in the library about H.G. Wells and The Time Machine. I saw some (1) ………………… the earliest copies of the novel from (2) ………………… 1890s. I liked looking (3) ………………… the illustrations in some of them. They were drawn (4) ………………… some very good artists. There is a photo exhibition of pictures from the life of Wells, from the time he was a child to the end of his life when he was a famous author. Millions of people knew his name and listened (5) ………………… his opinions. He travelled to many different countries, such (6) ………………… the USA and France, and he even met Stalin in Russia. I was also able (7) ………………… watch scenes from the films of his stories; (8) ………………… are in black and white and others are in colour. Did you know that he wrote (9) ………………… than one hundred books? I do (10) ………………… think that I could do that even if I lived to be five hundred years old! What about you?!? Love, Fran x

Comprehension check 3 Write TRUE or FALSE for statements 1-10. Correct the false ones.

1 ☐ H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine at the beginning of the 20th century. 2 ☐ The Time Traveller’s friends watched him leave in the Machine. 3 ☐ The little people thought that he had come from the sun. 4 ☐ The male and female Eloi looked similar. 5 ☐ The Traveller left the Machine on a hill. 6 ☐ The Traveller saw Morlocks for the first time when he went underground. 7 ☐ The night of the full moon was the most dangerous. 8 ☐ The Time Traveller found camphor in the Porcelain Palace. 9 ☐ All the Morlocks died in the fire in the wood. 10 ☐ The Time Traveller saw crabs during his journey back to the present.

Remembering information 4 Complete these sentences about The Time Machine by writing ONE word or number in each gap.

1 Wells also wrote The ...... of the ...... and The ...... Man. 2 Wells predicted the ...... World ...... 3 The Time Traveller told his friends that there are four ...... 4 When he reached the year ...... he saw a white ...... 5 The little people eat only ...... They are ...... of the darkness. 6 The Time Traveller rescued Weena when she was ...... in the ...... 7 He climbed down a ...... and was nearly caught by the ...... 8 The Green Porcelain ...... had been a ...... 9 When the Time Traveller found a box of ...... , he was so happy that he ...... with Weena. 10 He showed the doctor two ...... which Weena had put in his ......