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GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the 3 We worked hard to prepare the garden for the party. As
verb in brackets. a result / Nevertheless, it looked beautiful and
Example: How many CDs have you got (have got) in you everyone enjoyed being outdoors.
collection? 4 He’s stopped working due to / since he turned 70 last
year.
1 ________ he ________ (have to) start work at 7.00?
5 Warren is understood to / understood have driven to
2 I’m upset because Agatha isn’t here yet and I ________ Mexico on a motorcycle with a suitcase full of money.
(wait) for two hours.
6 It’s seem / It seems that we no longer need to worry
3 Karl ________ (be) given a new job in marketing. about Adam. He got a job and he’s going to marry
4 Betty isn’t very good at DIY, so last year she ________ Louisa.
her house ________ (decorate) by a painter. 7 We used / would go skiing in the Alps every winter.
5 You ________ (not have) time to go to the cinema 8 Apparently / According Frederick is going to buy a
tonight – you need to study. house in Lyon.
6 I was watching TV when I ________ (hear) a strange 9 We’ll probably / probably be go on holiday in Croatia
noise outside in the garden. next August.
7 Igor ________ (work) for the company for 20 years 10 Brian’s sure / bound to come back home when he
when he finally received a pay rise. realizes he’s left his mobile here.
8 It ________ (say) that getting enough sleep is a very 11 Bader can’t / should be in Tunis now. It’s a four-hour
important part of staying healthy. flight, and he left about four hours ago.
9 The weather ________ (expect) to be mild and rainy 12 Marsela unlikely / won’t be here until after lunch.
this summer.
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10 There are thought ________ (be) tribes living in the
Amazon that no one has ever contacted. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
11 While my brother ________ (ride) his bike to school,
he had a minor accident. Example: They say you should get eight hours of sleep
every night, but I usually get about six.
12 If only you ________ (not forget) to close the They   They’re   Their
windows, the rain wouldn’t have come in.
13 I wish I ________ (know) how to help you, but I’m 1 My brother and I give ________ a box of chocolates
afraid I don’t know how to fix computers. every year on our birthdays.
another   each other   by one another
14 We’d rather you ________ (not borrow) money for
university. We’re happy to pay for you to go. 2 I need to spend some time ________ every day. I need
time to think and to relax on my own.
15 Would you rather we ________ (have) Chinese food
tonight? ourselves   yourself   by myself

16 If only Ian ________ (be) a bit happier. It makes me 3 ________ can use your computer for video
sad to know that he doesn’t like his new school. conferencing, and it’s free.
One   Each other   You
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4 ________ all have problems remembering things
2 Underline the correct word(s). sometimes.
One   We   Ourselves
Example: I lost my wallet, so / because I had to phone the
5 A Did you ever ________ to living away from the
bank and cancel my credit card.
seaside?
1 He was late for the interview and owing / B Not really. Actually, I really miss walking on the
consequently, he didn’t get the job. beach every day.
2 We had to work quietly so that / so as not to wake the get use   get used   to get use
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6 Could you get Mario ________ and see me this 5 Underline the correct word(s).
afternoon, please?
Example: The book made me laugh. The writing was
coming   come   to come
really witty / moving.
7 It’s ________ late and I need to go home.
get   getting   gets 1 If you get some qualifications / benefits, then you’ll
probably get a better job.
8 Rarely ________ so happy. The interview went
perfectly and they offered me the job! 2 I have a new timetable / hours at school. I now start at
have been   I have been   have I been 7.00 in the morning and finish at 2.00 in the afternoon.

9 ________ we got to the shopping centre than all the 3 I’m lucky to have the prospects / opportunity to travel
shops closed. for my work. I’ve visited China six times.
As soon   Sooner as   No sooner had 4 I missed a few days of work and was behind schedule,
but now I’ve filled / caught up.
10 I’m afraid my little sister ________ taking some sweets
from the shop. 5 Lucia and Rudolf are getting on like a stick / house on
got someone caught   got caught   was got caught fire. They’re really happy together.

11 Never ________ such a terrible, shocking story. 6 What’s got on / into Pat? She seems very upset.
I have heard   have I heard   I heard 7 I’m going to get a new car next month, but for the time
12 Not until someone tells me ________ who wrote the being / now I’m taking the bus.
letter. 8 You have to teach kids that they can’t always get their
will I know   do I know   I know own way / together. Sometimes you have to do what
someone else wants you to do.
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9 I need to get around / back home by midnight. I have
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10 It took George a long time to get over / anywhere
VO C AB U L A RY losing his job, but now that he’s working again, he’s
4 Underline the odd word out. happy.

Example: mumble   slam   scream   giggle 10

1 monotonous   tedious   colloquial   repetitive
6 Complete the sentences with one word.
2 wages   bonus   salary   skills
Example: Don’t put off going to university. If you wait, it
3 employer   career   profession   job
may be too late.
4 idiom   collocation   metaphor   transcribe
5 rejected   praised   dumped   broke up with 1 I ________ my teeth every time my boss says ‘Will you
come into my office, sweetheart?’
6 affluent   well-off   penniless   loaded
2 It’s best to meet your problems ________ on and solve
7 creak   sigh   groan   stammer
them before they get worse.
8 thought-provoking   competitive   gripping  
3 A ________ is a frequent combination of words. Often
intriguing
they are the only possible combination to express a
9 yell   splash   slurp   drip concept, like light snow.
10 bang   crash   crunch   whistle 4 It’s a big ________-off when someone is late for a date.
10 5 Aldo loves living in Barcelona. He’s having the time of
his ________.
6 If you keep trying, it’s only a question of ________
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P R O N U N C IATI O N
7 If you spend too much money, you’re living beyond 8 Match the words with the same sound.
your ________.
mumble   profession   trousers   synonym  
8 My kids don’t go to school yet, so we have to pay for enormous   turnover   value   experience   screech  
________ while we are at work. mortgage   joke
9 A ________-fisted person is not generous with money.
10 When you ______ money, you put it into your bank Example: yell   mumble
account. 1 environment _________________
10 2 planner _________________
3 usually _________________
7 Complete the words in the sentences. 4 round _________________
Example: A story that makes you feel sad is depressing. 5 tedious _________________
6 question _________________
1 Musical ability r________ in my family. My
grandmother and my brother both played the piano, 7 gadget _________________
and I play the guitar. 8 giggle _________________
2 I’ve entered a c________ to win a holiday in Greece. If 9 sheep _________________
I win, I’ll take my whole family with me. 10 makes _________________
3 When I was 12, I failed an exam. I felt very a________
and so I never failed an exam again. 10
4 My gut f________ is that everything’s going to be all
9 Underline the stressed syllable.
right.
5 My work day is a b________ of emails, phone calls and Example: manager
meetings. Sometimes I don’t even have time for lunch. 1 dominant
6 The children were s________ for making so much 2 adhere
noise. They were quiet after that.
3 transcribe
7 My sister and I don’t have the same o________ about a
4 register
lot of things, but we do have the same taste in music
and clothes. 5 misery
8 He told a really d________ story about losing his job, 6 compete
his girlfriend leaving, and then getting really ill. 7 gadget
9 His translation was very f________ to the original 8 nicknamed
version. I read it in Spanish and in English, and they 9 haunting
both had the same feeling.
10 awkward
10 When Lucho saw Beata’s new car, he was s________
with envy. He’s always wanted to own a Porsche. 10

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R EA D I N G
1 Read the article and tick (✓) A, B, or C.
main reason why most people work – not for pleasure but
to provide the necessities of life.What they are effectively
WHO WANTS TO BE RICH? doing is exchanging their time for money.
A  It’s very common for people to say ‘Money doesn’t F  And this brings us to the key point about wealth. It buys
bring you happiness’.They point to the very public freedom, it buys time. If you’re rich, you don’t have to
problems of wealthy people and the evident misery some exchange your time for money, you don’t have to give so
of them have. Money, the theory goes, makes them much time to an employer or dedicate all that time to the
superficial and selfish, their lives often fall apart, and they business of earning a living.You can use your time in any
miss out on the simple pleasures of life. Money is their top way you please, in ways that bring you some fulfilment. If
priority and because of this, they’ve got it all wrong. you’re wealthy, you don’t have to be materialistic, nor do
you have to be superficial and selfish.These are not iron
B  Attitudes to the rich are also characterized by hatred.
rules. Disliking the rich because of what you read or learn
Typical images of wealthy people are that they are greedy,
about some of them in the media results from only a
cruel people who’ve got what they’ve got by exploiting or
partial view of what having wealth means. Getting annoyed
abusing other people.The rich are often seen as bad
with materialistic people is based on a narrow view of
characters whose pursuit of wealth has led them to treat
what money brings. Some people squander wealth, some
good people with brutal force and whose behaviour has
people don’t deserve it, some people want it for reasons
been either morally questionable or completely corrupt.
you might take a dim view of. But the fact is, wealth
They can’t have got that rich by honourable methods, the
provides opportunities for the kind of life you would like
thinking goes, they must have done something truly
to have.
inexcusable.
G  So don’t knock it. Instead, think of ways you might be
C  Connected with this is a common belief that some of
able to attain it. Focus on the goal of getting yourself into a
the rich, especially the young ones, don’t deserve their
position where you’re no longer trading your time for
wealth. Some of them are spoilt brats, benefiting from the
money.Take control of your own time by becoming
wealth of their parents and living empty lives of laziness
independently wealthy.You might say that’s easier said than
and luxury, with nothing between their ears.Their lives
done.Well, you might be right, but have you tried yet?
have been all reward and no effort.And then there are the
people in sport and the arts whose immense earnings are
well-publicized. Surely, people say, no one can be worth 1 What is the writer’s point in section A?
such sums. It’s outrageous that these people get such high A People take too much interest in the lives of the
incomes for doing what they do.
wealthy.  ■  
D  Even when people aren’t actually rich by most B There is evidence to support a common belief about
conventional definitions of the word, their lifestyles attract
money.  ■  
criticism from others.There is among many people a
C Being wealthy changes people.  ■
dislike of what they regard as a materialistic attitude to life.
When they see people with big houses, luxury cars, and a 2 The writer says in section B that a common view of the
mass of the top-of-the-range gadgets, they dismiss them as wealthy is that they ________.
empty, foolish people with the wrong priorities in life. How A have acquired wealth dishonestly  ■  
can they afford these things? Have they got heavily in debt B have been exceptionally lucky  ■  
to fund this lifestyle? If so, how silly they are. Of course,
C enjoy feeling superior to others  ■
some of this feeling can be attributed to envy. Most people
have no direct contact with the truly rich, seeing them only 3 A criticism of rich people mentioned in section C is
via the media, but materialistic people are all around.The that ________.
truly rich are considered to belong almost to another A they should keep quiet about the amount of money
species, but the materialistic ones might well be in your they have  ■  
neighbourhood. B the financial rewards in their fields are too great  ■  
E  So there’s a fairly common belief that money is ‘a bad C they don’t appreciate the money that they
thing’, or at any rate, having lots of it. But I think that in this receive  ■
envy and dislike of the rich, people are missing the point.
Money’s a big factor in just about everyone’s life. It’s often
the only reason they get up and go to work. If you haven’t
got it, life is very difficult.You need to get it for food,
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4 In section D, the writer says that many people think 2 Answer each question by putting in the correct
that materialistic people ________. section of the article (A–G). Which section of the
A don’t care what other people think of them  ■   article (A–G) contains the following?
B aren’t as rich as they might appear to be  ■   1 a belief that some wealthy people lack intelligence  __
C don’t really enjoy their lifestyles  ■ 2 a reference to something that wealthy people are
5 In section D, the writer suggests that most people unable to experience  __
________. 3 agreement that an aim may be hard to achieve  __
A are materialistic to some extent  ■   4 the opinion that not all wealthy people have certain
B have the wrong impression of the truly rich  ■   attitudes  __
C don’t envy the truly rich  ■
5 assumptions about what wealthy people did to get
6 The writer’s main point in section E is that ________. their wealth  __
A money is important to everyone, not just the
rich  ■   5
B the rich give people the wrong ideas about
Reading total 15
money  ■  
C most people would like to have a lot of money  ■
7 In section F, the writer suggests that wealthy people WRITING
________. Choose one of the titles below and write approximately
A sometimes dislike other wealthy people  ■   250 words:
B often sympathize with people who have little 1 Write an article for an English website about how
money  ■   education has changed in your country over the last 50
C are able to avoid something that most people do  ■ years.
8 The writer says in section F that common attitudes to 2 Write your letter of application for the advertisement
rich people ________. below:
A fail to take into account a key advantage of
wealth  ■  
Barista required to work every morning in coffee shop in
B are based on a false picture of what wealthy people centre of town.
are like  ■  
Job description: To serve customers, bake fresh pastries,
C place too much emphasis on one particular group keep coffee shop clean…
of people  ■
Requirements: You must be aged 16 or over, friendly,
9 The writer’s intention in section G is to ________. polite, and able to work in a demanding atmosphere.You
A emphasize that everybody can become wealthy  ■   should have a high level of English, and some experience of
B encourage readers to change their lives  ■   dealing with the public.
C regret the importance of wealth  ■ How to apply: Email CV to Charles Combibos
10 What is the writer’s purpose in the article as a whole? ([email protected]).
A To analyse the advantages and disadvantages of
wealth  ■   Writing total 10
B To defend wealthy people against criticism  ■  
C To argue against a common belief about money  ■ Reading and Writing total 25

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LI S T E N I N G
1 Listen to five people talking about various gadgets. 5 It is suggested that people who are learning language
Match the speakers (1–5) to what they say about the connected with a topic should ________.
gadgets (A–H). A learn the language and then do activities connected
Speaker 1  ■   with it  ■  
Speaker 2  ■   B do activities connected with that topic at the same
Speaker 3  ■   time  ■  
C do activities connected with that topic before
Speaker 4  ■  
learning the language  ■
Speaker 5  ■  
A Sometimes I wish I didn’t have it. 5
B I intend to get a better one. Listening total 10
C I don’t use it as much as I used to.
D It often doesn’t work properly. S P EAKI N G    Student A
E I can’t imagine being without it.
1 Ask your partner these questions.
F It has had unexpected benefits for me.
G It’s more useful to others than to me. 1 What’s the most successful thing you’ve ever done?
H I sometimes can’t use it when I want to. 2 Which three personality characteristics do you admire
the most?
5 3 What are you good at remembering and not so good at
remembering?
2 Listen to a talk about a connection between sport
and language. Tick (✓) A, B, or C. 4 How much do you discuss your relationships with
other people?
1 What did the research involve?
5 What’s your favourite character in a novel you’ve read
A Examining people’s brains while they answered
or film you’ve seen?
questions  ■  
B People listening to sentences in two different
2 Now answer your partner’s questions.
categories  ■  
C One set of sentences for each group of people  ■
3 Now talk about one of these statements, saying if you
2 The results of the tests were not ________. agree or disagree. Give reasons.
A as important as the results of the brain scans  ■   1 ‘Your family are the most important people in your
B what some of the subjects expected  ■   life.’
C consistent for all the subjects  ■
2 ‘In modern life, people spend too much time on their
3 The research indicated a connection between own.’
________.
3 ‘It is possible to be poor but happy.’
A planning actions and understanding language  ■  
B being interested in sport and understanding 4 Now listen to your partner. Do you agree with
language in general  ■   him / her?
C the language of sport and other kinds of
language  ■ Speaking total 15
4 The conclusion that can be drawn is that the same Listening and Speaking total 25
parts of the brain ________.
A help with both learning languages and learning
sports  ■  
B are used by players and people watching sports
differently  ■  
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S P EA K I N G   Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.

2 Now ask your partner these questions.

1 What’s your definition of success in life?
2 How important do you think it is to be busy all the
time?
3 What’s the first sound you hear when you wake up in
the morning?
4 How easy or difficult do you find it to meet new
people?
5 Which book or film has had the greatest influence on
you?

3 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him / her?

4 Now talk about one of these statements, saying if you

agree or disagree. Give reasons.
1 ‘There are many things in life that are more important
than work.’
2 ‘It is hard to keep the friends you make as a child.’
3 ‘Materialism leads to unhappiness.’

Speaking total 15

Listening and Speaking total 25

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