Progress Test Answer KeyB
Progress Test Answer KeyB
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Unit 3
Use of English
Grammar 8
1 1 B
1 much / far / significantly / substantially, than 2 A
2 less, the 3 C
3 The, the 4 B
4 more, as 5 B
5 slightly, little 6 A
6 like, as 7 D
8 C
2 9 A
1 better than
10 C
2 as famous
3 The more challenging
4 as strong as
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5 near as hard as 9
6 more casually than A–
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1 Starting at a new school was nowhere near as bad
6 telling as I thought it would be. I hated the idea of being the
7 to pick new kid, with no friends, having to talk to people I
8 cycling didn’t know, feeling on edge. Fortunately for me,
though, my first day was right at the start of the
Vocabulary school year, so my parents arranged for me to visit
the school a week before. A teacher showed me
4 round, and I got to find out where the classrooms
1 f were. So, in the end, I was pretty relaxed about
2 a everything, and walked into school with a smile on
3 g my face, although, of course, I still got a bit lost. My
4 b advice? Visit the place before your first day. Try
5 d going in after school or at the weekend when there’s
nobody around.
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1 Intelligence 2 No-one wants to lose face on their first day, but that’s
what happened to me. There I was, as nervous as
2 language
anything, looking around for somewhere to sit in the
3 memory
dining hall, and the only place was in the middle of a
4 self-awareness
crowd of people. Just as I was about to sit down,
5 concentration some kid put his bag on the chair and laughed. It was
6 horrible. I’d advise any new kid to bring their lunch on
1 at the first day of school. Then they can avoid the
2 by queue and choose a seat at an empty table. It’s
3 under better to let people sit with you instead of being in the
vulnerable position of asking them. I soon made
4 at
friends, but I’ve never forgotten how I felt that first
5 In
lunchtime at school.
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2 combat
3 prevention
4 Violent
Transcript 4
1 There are plenty of reasons why people go and live Reading
in another country. They may wish to take advantage 9
of better educational opportunities abroad, they might 1 A
want to improve their chances of getting a good job,
2 C
or they may just prefer the culture of a foreign
3 C
country to that of their own country. Take Elliot.
4 B
Having grown up in Scotland, he expected to spend
his life there, until, by chance, he fell in love with a 5 D
Spanish girl called Anna who was in Edinburgh
studying English. Elliot visited her in Granada, her
home city in the south of Spain, and fell in love with Unit 5
the place straight away. It wasn’t so much the music
and the food that he admired, but the way people
interacted with one another, and the way they
Grammar
enjoyed life. He’s lived in Granada for four years 1
now, and I know he could never live anywhere else. 1 she was really enjoying the weather there
2 2 had to / must phone her mum later
3 he would stay until the work was finished
Meg So, Tony. What made you go and live in Milan?
4 they had driven all the way to the coast
TonyWell, I got good grades at school, and my parents
5 James hadn’t rung that evening
thought I should have tried to get into a top
6 she might go out later
university, either in England or abroad, but, to be
honest, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I knew I 2
wanted to study something, but I didn’t know which 1 if / whether he had gone to the match the weekend
subject to choose. So, I took a course in the UK before / the previous weekend
which gave me a qualification to teach English as a 2 he had enjoyed every minute of it
foreign language, and I took the first job I could find. 3 (Simon) how he had managed to get a ticket
That was in Milan, teaching English. 4 his dad was a season ticket holder
Meg It can’t have been a bad decision because you’re 5 (Simon) if / whether he was going again the following
still here now, after three years. week
TonyThat’s true. At first, it was difficult to adapt to life 6 asked her / Ruth if / whether she would like to come
here. I missed my friends, and it was difficult to make the next / following time
Italian friends, but that didn’t last long. I think I’ve
3
really made the most of my opportunities out here.
1 Polly promised not to reveal our plans.
After a while, I decided I didn’t want to teach
2 I apologised for not writing sooner.
anymore, but, instead of going back to England, I
decided to study business in Milan. And now I can 3 The teacher requested that everybody (should) bring
pick and choose jobs here because I’m fluent in both their swimming costume.
English and Italian. Everybody should try to learn 4 I don’t recommend staying at that hotel.
another language, I think. 5 They accused Peter of stealing.
3 Spending time travelling abroad can open your eyes 6 The police have warned pedestrians not to use the
to aspects of life, which you might not experience if footpath.
you never leave your native country. Prize-winning 7 Rachel confessed to eating the biscuits.
travel writer Fiona Swift is here to share her expertise 8 Nobody has congratulated us on raising all that
with us on this subject, as is Tom Holmes from gap- money.
year specialists Take Wings. We’ve also invited
world-famous novelist Andrea Lock who says she Vocabulary
must have spent more than half her life in countries
other than the UK. Last, but not least, we have a 4
panel of young people with questions to ask. Now, 1 c
Fiona, let me ask you a question first … 2 a
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 a
8 b
9 c
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1 D 2 do
2 B 3 doing
3 A 4 served
4 D 5 thinking
5 C 6 asking
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1 squeeze in
Unit 6 2 get ahead
3 take on
Grammar 4 thought up
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1 we had had some money in the bank, we would have Use of English
had a holiday this year. 6
2 I hadn’t forgotten to charge my phone, the battery 1 C
wouldn’t have died. 2 B
3 would have understood what the customs official said 3 C
if I spoke his language. 4 A
4 wouldn’t have towed away his car if he hadn’t parked 5 B
it illegally. 6 D
5 they hadn’t forgotten to go shopping, they wouldn’t 7 C
have phoned for a pizza. 8 B
6 I hadn’t been offered a job in Australia, I wouldn’t be 9 A
going there.
10 D
7 wouldn’t be in a hurry if she hadn’t got up late.
8 I knew how to fix the fridge, I would have fixed it.
9 Tom didn’t have a headache, he could have gone out
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this evening. 7
10 I weren’t studying for my exams, I wouldn’t have 1 C
spent the weekend in the library. 2 A
2 3 C
1 Supposing 4 B
2 had 5 D
3 would feel Transcript 6
4 Even if
Presenter Stacey Kelly is a typical teenager. Her
5 were
friends tell us she’s passionate and spontaneous,
6 would still represent
outgoing and considerate. Oh, and pretty stubborn at
7 wouldn’t think times too. And it’s probably a good job that Stacey is
8 unless all these things because she’s a teenager with a
9 had taken plan. Here to tell us more about it is Stacey herself.
10 would have reached Stacey Hi.
Presenter So, tell us a little bit about yourself.
Vocabulary Stacey Well, I have a rare disorder called ITP
3 which prevents my blood from clotting properly. As a
1 megawatts wind power result, I bruise easily and if I ever cut myself, then it’s
2 demand solar power really hard to stop the bleeding. It’s something I have
3 generate nuclear to live with, and, while there’s no cure, it’s
4 renewable geothermal manageable with drugs.
5 grid hydropower Presenter That sounds tough.
Stacey As it isn’t a common disease, very little
research has been carried out into its causes or its
treatment.
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1 had dreamed 8 whereas
2 hadn’t been working 9 In
3 had directed 10 than
4 had become
5 had been trying Listening
6 had sold
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7 had decided
1 B
8 had won
2 D
3 3 C
1 My father used to have his own cine camera in the 4 B
1960s. 5 D
2 As a small child, Laura would watch cartoons on TV
all day long. Transcript 8
3 – Presenter Today’s guest on the Breakfast Show is
4 Did you use to watch horror films in your youth? Janice Barber. For over a decade, Janice has been
5 During our summer holidays in France, we would go interviewing the rich and famous for her column ‘A
to the open-air cinema every day. Day In The Life’, which appears in Celebrity
6 At school, I used to be jealous of my brother’s acting Magazine every month. Welcome to the programme,
talent, but now I just enjoy watching him perform. Janice.
Janice Hello.
Vocabulary Presenter Well, what I’d like to ask you is how you
go about getting an interview with a star in the first
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place. I mean, is it easy?
1 b
2 f Janice Well, no, not nowadays, anyway. Actually,
3 d there was a time, fifty years ago, when you could
look up celebrities in the phone book, and call for a
4 g
chat. Back then, it was only Hollywood megastars,
5 c
you know, the really big names, who were difficult to
6 e
contact. It’s all changed now, though. Even a minor
7 a celebrity will have a publicist, and that’s where you
5 have to start, with a call to a publicist.
1 investigative Presenter And is it hard to get to talk to them?
2 tabloid Janice It depends where you work, to be honest.
3 paparazzi Working for a major magazine, as I do, means I don’t
4 invading have any problems. The magazine editor, or her PA,
5 harassing supplies me with contact information, and, as
6 public Celebrity Magazine is well-known, I generally get
through. Of course, if you’re inexperienced, it’s
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harder. Not only might you have to do a bit of
1 b
research on the internet to find out which publicist to
2 b call, but you might just find you’re put on hold or told
3 a that so-and-so is out of town. If they don’t know who
4 c you are, they don’t always want to talk.
5 a Presenter That must be frustrating.
6 b
Janice Well, it is, but it doesn’t mean you
7 c
shouldn’t try. There’s always a chance, even if you
work for a small radio station or local paper. An actor
Use of English who has just finished filming, for example, is keen to
be interviewed because they need all the publicity
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they can get, so their publicist will be desperately
1 common
trying to arrange as many things as possible. It’s a
2 see
good idea to find out which celebrities have recently
3 Unlike done something they want to publicise. Just don’t try
4 second getting in touch with them when they’re on holiday.
5 likely
Presenter Sounds like good advice.
6 of