Listening

1 Track 12 Listen and underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).

1 Mary thinks the thief should go to prison for           .

a) three months b)   five years   c) 10 years

2 The woman thinks the new tennis teacher could be           .

a) English b) Spanish c) Scottish

3 The woman has just bought some           .

a) milk b) food c) books

4 The woman is buying a sweater for her           .

a) brother b) boyfriend c) father

5 The Globe Theatre is in           .

a) Queen's Street b) Queen's Road c) Prince Road

6 The man went to the doctor because he was           .

a) sick b) sleepy c) tired

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2 Track 13 Listen to the phone calls and complete the notes.

Hotel Complaints Book

Date: 15/04/09

1) Name: Major ¹  Brown  

Room Number: ²                    

Problem: Breakfast eggs were ³                and ⁴                were cooked too much.

Action: Talk to the ⁵                    

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2) Name: Mrs ⁶                     Peters

Room Number: ⁷                    

Problem: Man in room ^{8                     9}                     loudly in the ¹⁰                    .

Action: Talk to the ¹¹                    .

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Pronunciation

3 Track 14 Listen and tick () the words in each group that have a different stress pattern.

1 Oo	2 oO	3 Ooo
history delayed arrest chocolate	extinct divorced business sculpture	geography confused audience souvenirs
4 oOo	5 ooOo	6 oOoo
decision dictionary recommend director	technology education politician celebrity	ability investigate electrician performance

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Vocabulary and grammar

4 Cross out the word that does not fit in each group.

1 company employee salary   tram  

2 racket painting gallery exhibition

3 drama languages ocean homework

4 grapes jogging pineapple mango

5 badminton rugby whale cricket

6 technology search engine peas software

7 lend fax cash earn

8 waterfall spam volcano rain forest

9 wild domestic farm insect

10 suitcase audience band performance

11 moped staff ship speedboat

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS.

1 John's parents have got two children and five   grandchildren  . GRAND

2 I had a terrible headache so I took two strong                     . PAIN

3 Mark has wanted to be a fashion                      since he was six years old. DESIGN

4 She hated history exams because she had to                      lists of dates. MEMORY

5 You must make a                      soon or he'll find someone else for the job. DECIDE

6 If you want to go to Paris, I'll make the                     . RESERVE

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6 Underline the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 We've been to India   on   / for holiday three times.

2 He's never been keen on / of eating meat.

3 They used to smoke forty cigarettes a day but they've just given out / up.

4 Why don't we go to Luigi's restaurant? We haven't eaten in / out for ages.

5 If she was better at dealing with / for people she'd be an excellent boss

6 Last night, thieves broke in / out and stole £50,000 worth of paintings.

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7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

go (x2) make (x2) take (x2) do have play work earn

1 He won't want tickets for that play. He   went   to see it last weekend.

2 This CD player doesn't work so I'm going                      it back to the shop tomorrow.

3 We                      a delicious picnic by the river when it started raining.

4 His business                      so well now, he might take on more staff soon.

5 When she passes her exams, she                      a much better salary.

6 We                      (not) skiing yet this winter.

7 You have to practise for at least six hours every day                      an instrument well.

8 Over fifty television sets                      back to the shop because they were faulty.

9 Tom won't find it easy                      friends if he talks to them so rudely.

10 She'd soon get promoted in that job if she                      well under pressure.

11 You'll never learn a foreign language if you                      (not) mistakes.

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8 Match 1-6 with a)-f).

1 They didn't have enough customers   c  

2 I don't often go dancing           

3 Which films have           

4 She said she didn't mind           

5 Will you be able           

6 If you didn't go to bed so late,           

a) lending you her car.

b) you'd sleep better.

c) so they had to close the shop.

d) but I enjoy doing it once in a while.

e) to go out with me this weekend?

f) won an award recently?

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9 Underline the correct alternative, a), b) or c).

1 He's the man            helped me get the job.

a) which b)   that   c) whose

2 People eat too            junk food these days.

a) many b) enough c) much

3 He's            asked her to go with him.

a) already b) yet c) ever

4 We walked around            garden of his house while we talked.

a) a b) the c) -

5 The schoolchildren            home early because of the bad weather.

a) are sent b) sent c) were sent

6 Sorry I'm late. It was            than I thought.

a) further b) far c) more far

7 When I go to university, I            have my own flat.

a) - b) 'll c) don't

8 I can't imagine            in that hotel - it's so expensive.

a) staying b) to stay c) stay

9 What            their new house like?

a) does b) 's c) are

10 They told us they            at nine.

a) 'd come b) comes c) come

11 I don't know            keys they are.

a) who b) that c) whose

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10 Complete the article with ONE word in each gap.

New mobile ¹  phone   technology continues to influence and change our lives. People can now sign up to a new service ²                will find their family and friends on a computer map ³                their mobiles. However, many people are unhappy about this technology and have made complaints about ⁴                protection of their privacy. The phone companies have replied, saying that users would have ⁵                sign up and agree to be located. They don't have to sign up to the service if they don't ⁶                to. And if they do, they can switch ⁷                the service whenever they want. The service will ⁸                popular with parents but their children may ⁹                feel the same. One thing is certain: it's ¹⁰                easy and convenient way to answer the ¹¹                frequently asked question on a mobile: `Where are you?'

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Reading

11 Read the article and underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).

Grandmother fails test again

A sixty-eight-year-old grandmother from the South Korean city of Jeonju has just failed her written driving test for the 771st time. The woman's name, which was given only as Cha, first took the written part of the exam in April 2005. At the time, she thought it would help if she had a car for her job.

In the beginning, Cha went to the licence office almost every day. Now, she no longer works but still goes to the office once a week. The office said she's spent more than £1,600 on exam fees.

`You have to get at least sixty points to pass the written part,' said Kim Rahn, who wrote about Cha in the Korea Times, an English-language daily newspaper. `She usually gets under fifty.'

Bloggers have already responded to the news about Mrs Cha's misfortunes with comments that range from sympathy to anger. One wrote, `There's a time in every person's life when, if they fail something over 700 times, they should stop.'

Other bloggers complained about a system that allows people to take a driving test so many times. One man commented: `It's not a very good system if you can take the test as often as you want. I mean, she might be a danger to other people even if she passes the test after the 1,001st try.'

Mrs Cha seems to be ignoring the bloggers. She said that she'd be back for another attempt. If she passes, then she can begin to prepare for the practical test.

1 Cha has taken the written test more than                .

a) 700 times b) 800 times c)   750 times  

2 She wanted to learn to drive because                .

a) she didn't have a car

b) it would be useful for her work

c) it was her dream

3 Cha usually takes the written test                .

a) four times a month

b) every day

c) occasionally

4 Bloggers have written                 things about Cha.

a) positive

b) negative

c) both positive and negative

5 One blogger thinks that Cha                 drive a car if she passes the test.

a) should b) can c) shouldn't

6 Mrs Cha                 planning to give up trying to pass the written test.

a) isn't b) is c) will

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12 Read the poster and the message. Then complete the notes.

Island Tour

Take a boat trip around ten beautiful islands.

Mon-Fri: 10.00a.m. to 1.00p.m

Sat and Sun: 10.00a.m. to 4.30p.m.

Leaves from the boat tour office in the port.

Tickets:

£10 (Mon-Fri with coffee/cold drink)

£25 (Sat/Sun with lunch and drinks)

George,

I'm just going shopping for the afternoon. Hope your game of golf was good. I've just seen an ad for a boat trip round the islands. We can't go tomorrow because we have the coach trip to the old Greek ruins. How about Saturday? We can have a lovely day sailing around the islands with lunch included! Do you think you could get the tickets? I'm sure you'll love it.

Jx

Notes

Name of tour: ¹  Island   Tour

Day: ²                    

Time: ³                to 4.30p.m.

Number of tickets: ⁴                    

Price per ticket: ⁵                    

Leaves from: ⁶                     tour office

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Communication

13 Match sentences 1-11 with responses a)-k).

1 I hope to see you again soon.   a  

2 Can I speak to the manager please?           

3 I get really nervous when I have to speak in public.           

4 Can you show me where it hurts?           

5 Do you know where the study centre is?           

6 Is the theatre open in the mornings?           

7 Do you sell that stuff for deleting mistakes in your writing?           

8 Everyone should go to the gym at least three times a week.           

9 Go straight on until you reach the corner.           

10 I'm afraid I have a complaint. The shower in my room doesn't work.           

11 Would you be able to recommend a good clothes shop?           

a) Yes, let's keep in touch.

b) Why don't you do a course to help you?

c) The corner. Thanks.

d) Yes, it's next to the library over there.

e) Correction fluid? Yes, we do.

f) I'm sorry, I don't know any. I don't live here.

g) Of course. Can I ask who's calling?

h) It might be, but maybe you should phone and check.

i) I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do at the moment. The water's been cut off.

j) Here, on my right foot.

k) I'm afraid I don't agree. Not everybody likes exercise.

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14 Complete with conversation with ONE word in each gap.

A: Would you ¹  like   to be famous?

B: I don't ²               . Why?

A: I watched the news earlier. They ³                talking about the paparazzi.

B: What - those people ⁴                follow celebrities around all the time?

A: Exactly. I ⁵                they should stop it.

B: How can they do that?

A: They could arrest them, and give them large fines. Or put them ⁶                prison!

B: Maybe, but it's not their fault. It's ⁷                newspapers that pay a lot of ⁸                for the photos.

A: Yes, I suppose you're ⁹               .

B: But I agree with you. I ¹⁰                stand those photos of celebrities having fun with their friends or children.

A: Right. If I was famous, I ¹¹                hate it.

B: Me too.

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Writing

15 Match the underlined words in the email to formal phrases a)-f).

¹Hi, Mr White

²Just a quick note about the plans for the new airport in Bigsby. I think it's ³a great idea. I travel to Paris a lot and the airport will make my life much easier. ⁴Also, it'll bring foreign tourists to our town.

⁵Write back soon,

⁶Bye,

Sally Evans

a) In addition           

b) Yours sincerely           

c) Dear   1  

d) I look forward to hearing from you           

e) I'm writing about           

f) an excellent           

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16 Write an answer to the question below in 75-100 words. Include at least two positive and two negative points in your answer.

`How do you think technology will change our lives in the next twenty years?'

  It seems to me that/In my opinion,  ...

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

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Total:

100

Pre-intermediate End of Course Test A

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