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LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 4 B Units 7-8

VOCABULARY

AND

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the text with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter of each word.

Vote Business and Growth

Don’t listen to the Greens. They say they want to (0) help the environment, (1) r__________

pollution and (2) p__________ animals. Of course they do. We all do. But if they win the

election, they will do these things without thinking of the economy. There won’t be any new

technology if the Greens win power and that will (3) i__________ pollution We will make a new

law that means all people will have to (4) s__________ their rubbish and we will (5)

r__________ this waste; paper, plastic and glass. And we won’t (6) d__________ forests, we

will use them carefully.

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2 Complete

the

sentences

with

one word in each gap.

0 I don’t know if I can do this. I’m not very good at selling.

1 What’s your ___________? I’m an engineer.

2 I don’t know why the manager doesn’t sack Bob. He always turns ___________ late for work.

3 I’m a student. I just want a ___________ -time job in the evenings.

4 Where do you ___________? In an office in the centre of town.

5 Why are you interested ___________ working for us?

6 She’s very fond ___________ children. She’d be a good teacher.

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3 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

Hi Florence,

What am I doing here? I can’t stand (0) ___________ here. It’s terrible. I don’t mind

(1) ___________ in the flat – the other girls are nice, but why did I agree (2) ___________ here

for 2 months? I know I could (3) ___________ but I don’t want (4) ___________ problems.

That’s me! I always avoid (5) ___________ problems for everybody else but sometimes I need

(6) ___________ about what’s good for me.

I might see you in 2 months or I might see you next week!

Love

Tess

0 a) be

b) to be

c) being

1 a) live

b) to live

c) living

2 a) work

b) to work

c) working

3 a) leave

b) to leave

c) leaving

4 a) make

b) to make

c) making

5 a) make

b) to make

c) making

6 a) think

b) to think

c) thinking

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4 Complete the questions for the answers given. The lines show how many words you need to use.

0 A

Are your parents going to be happy with your school work?

B Yes, they are. I got much better grades this year.

1 A ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ next summer?

B I don’t know. I might work or I might have a long holiday.

2 A What ___________ ___________ ___________ like in 50 years?

B I think people will look the same as they do now. Maybe they’ll be taller.

3 A ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ have a test?

B Yes, I think we are. Look the teacher is moving the desks.

4 A Is ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ be at the party?

B Yes, he is. My brother never misses a party.

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5 Complete the story with the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

If Sue (0) (pass) passes her exams, her parents (0)

(give) will give her £100.

If her parents (1) (give) ___________ her £100, Sue (2) (go) ___________ France. Sue

(3) (learn) ___________ French if she (4) (go) ___________ to France. If Sue

(5) (learn) ___________ French, she (6) (get) ___________ a job in France. Sue

(7) (not come) _______________ back to England if she (8) (get) ______________ a job in

France.If Sue doesn’t come back to England, her parents will be sad.

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LISTENING

SKILLS

CD Track 5

1 Listen to six people taking part in a competition. Match the speakers (1-6) to the headings (A-G).

There is one extra heading.

A Work can wait

________

B I don’t have any plans yet

________

C I want to be rich

________

D

I’m

tired

________

E I’m doing it for my family

________

F I want to help the world

________

G I want to be famous

________

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READING

SKILLS

1 Read the interview with a politician. Tick true and cross false.

The truth about Truth and Freedom

The elections are getting closer and a lot of people are thinking of voting for a new party, Truth and
Freedom. They won’t win the election but they might win a lot of votes. Most people don’t know
much about it, or its leader, Sir Jeffrey Collins, so last week

I went to their party offices to ask a few questions. Sir Jeffrey was friendly at first but, as you can
see from the interview below, he brought the interview to a sudden end when I asked him about his
past.

MARK DAVIES: Sir Jeffrey, thank you for letting me talk to you. This is your first election
since you set up the Truth and Freedom party two years ago. Why did you do that and how
exactly is it different to the more traditional parties?

SIR JEFFREY: Well, the name should tell you that. Our country isn’t free and our leaders don’t tell
the truth. I feel that we need both.

A lot of people may be surprised to find out that they aren’t free. Can you explain?

Of course. We think we are free but there are many laws that take away that freedom. Are we free
to drive at 150kilometres per hour? No. Are we free to say what we want? No. Are we free to
smoke where we want? No.

But we need some laws. Where do you stop? Would you give people the freedom to kill?

No, of course not. Yes, we need some laws but we’ve got far too many. If we get into power, we
will remove these stupid, unnecessary laws. It will make life much easier for everyone.

Now, can I ask you about yourself, Sir Jeffrey? You were a soldier and a businessman.

I remember reading a few years ago that you were in trouble with the police. Can you tell us
about that?

I’ve got nothing to say about that.

I read that you earned £2 million selling chemicals that you knew were dangerous and that
five people died.

Right. I’m not going to stay here any longer listening to this. The interview is over.

And that was the end of the interview. You can decide for yourself whether Sir Jeffrey is the sort of
person you want to be the leader of the country.

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1 The Truth and Freedom party might win the election.

________

2 Sir Jeffrey was friendly at the start of the interview.

________

3 The Truth and Freedom party won the elections two years ago.

________

4

Sir

Jeffrey

wants

to

make

the

country

freer.

________

5 Sir Jeffrey thinks we need more laws.

________

6 If Sir Jeffrey wins the election, there won’t be any laws.

________

7 Sir Jeffrey wanted to talk to the interviewer about his problems with the police.

________

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COMMUNICATION

1 Put the conversation in the correct order.

A I’m sorry. She isn’t here. Can I take

a

message?

________

B Good morning. Weymouth College. Can I help you?

0

.

C That’s right. Can you tell Mrs Trent that I won’t be at work this morning.

My daughter’s ill and I’m going to take her to the doctor’s

________

D Thank you very much. I’ll be in at about 2 o’clock this afternoon. Goodbye.

________

E Yes, good morning. Could I speak to Mrs Trent, please?

________

F

Oh

yes,

the

new

receptionist

________

G

Yes.

My

name’s

Christine

Williams

________

H OK, Mrs Williams. I’ll let her know

________

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