PROGRESS TEST 2A UNITS 5-8

1 Choose the correct answers.

Our hedge / fence grows about half a metre each year.

1 Put your trousers into the dishwasher / washing machine and I'll wash them later.

2 Milk is the only cereal / dairy product that I eat.

3 The food here is good but the bill / service is awful.

4 Do you think doctors will be able to cure / protect all diseases in the future?

5 The government should increase / invest in wind farms.

6 Don't throw your pollution / rubbish away, recycle it.

7 My uncle has to interview / commute to work every day.

8 My dad's got a new job as an insurance agent / officer.

9 We've bought some paint because we want to decorate / destroy our bedroom.

• My brother never opens his carpets / curtains because he likes the dark.

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2 Choose the correct answers.

If you _______ too much food, you'll get fat.

a  eat b will eat c ate

1 Where's the waiter _______ took our order?
a whose b who c what

2 My pizza isn't as _______ as yours.
a nice b nicer c nicest

3 Mark promised _______ harder next term.
a work b to work c working

4 There were only a _______ good applicants.
a little b few c some

5 There _______ bacon.
a is any b are some c is some

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3 Complete the gaps with the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

I studied to be a chef and, when I left university, I started looking for work. I sent applications (APPLY) to several restaurants and, in the end, got a job in a place in the town centre. The restaurant was doing very badly. Most of the food was ¹____________ (HEALTH), like fried fish, chips and burgers. It was also very ²____________ (GREASE) and, apart from a few students who were too poor to go anywhere else, it didn't have many customers.
My ³____________ (EMPLOY) told me that my job was to turn it into the most popular restaurant in the town. I wasn't sure how to do that but I knew it ⁴____________ (DEFINITE) wouldn't be easy. I first changed the menu and got rid of all the fast food and replaced it with more ⁵____________ (NUTRITION) meals. The students complained that my food was too ⁶____________ (EXPENSE) and they stopped coming. However, new customers slowly started to appear, and the restaurant became busier than ever before. I introduced some ⁷____________ (SPICE) food which was very popular and a ⁸____________ (REPORT) wrote an article about the restaurant in the local newspaper.

After a year we had to move to a more ⁹____________ (SPACE) building because we had so many customers! It was then that I decided that I didn't want to work for someone else and I'm now the ¹⁰____________ (MANAGE) of my own restaurant!

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4 Complete the text with the words in brackets in the correct forms.

When I was at school, we had career advice meetings. The teacher asked us what we were good at and what we wanted to do (do) when we graduated, and then he told us what jobs might ¹____________ (be) best for us. The advice wasn't very good but I didn't mind ²____________ (go) to the meetings because I could ³____________ (miss) my normal lessons. At the last meeting, my teacher said: `If you ⁴____________ (not/work) harder, you ⁵____________ (fail) your exams. And if you fail your exams, you ⁶____________ (not get) a good job.' He was right. I didn't work hard and I failed my exams. I managed ⁷____________ (find) a job as a delivery driver. It was fun but it wasn't very well paid. After that, I was a gardener, a cleaner and a shop assistant. Now I'm 28 and I know that it's time for a change. Next year, I ⁸____________ (study) Maths and French at night school. I'm different now, I enjoy ⁹____________ (study). If I pass my exams, I ¹⁰____________ (apply) for a place at university. It will be ten years late, but better late than never, right?

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5 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

Footballer, Stephen Ireland, who has played for top teams such as Manchester City and Aston Villa, was upset to read in a newspaper that his house was the ¹____________ tasteless house in the country. Mr Ireland told reporters that he and his girlfriend liked ²____________ house, and that they are ³____________ to build a country cottage in the same style.

However, Mr Ireland is not the only celebrity ⁴____________ has unusual taste in architecture and decoration. Jack Long, a TV presenter ⁵____________ chat show is watched by millions of people in the country, has ⁶____________ giant aquarium under the kitchen floor - it may not be ⁷____________ spectacular as Ireland's house, but it is still an interesting piece of furniture. Mr Long explained that he likes fish and that he earns ⁸____________ money to spend on hobbies like this.

⁹____________ you know other examples of tasteless architecture and interior design, please send us an email, and we ¹⁰____________ write about it on our website.

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6 Choose the correct answers.

I hate going to people's houses and ringing on _____ but it's my job. I do this because I want to ¹_____ the environment. My job is to tell people how they can cut ²_____ on waste, how they can switch ³_____ renewable energy and how they can ⁴_____ their energy bills and be good for the planet at the same time. However, a lot of people aren't interested ⁵_____ what I have to say. I hate it when they shut the door before I have a chance to say something but I signed ⁶_____ and I ⁷_____ a good salary.

Anyway it's better than my last job. I was a tour ⁸_____. I showed tourists round a local castle and town. I was ⁹_____ if anything went wrong, and they complained when I couldn't translate into their language - I'm ¹⁰_____ in five languages but not in Japanese or Chinese. I'm glad I don't have to do it anymore.

a rugs b doorbells c blinds d stools

1 a save b increase c reduce d survive

2 a away b out c off d down

3 a off b in c to d through

4 a lower b save c increase d ignore

5 a of b in c at d for

6 a a contract b an application c an interview d a break

7 a take b earn c own d save

8 a agent b guide c officer d driver

9 a motivated b proficient c stressful d responsible

10 a fluent b fond c keen d cheerful

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