New Market Leader Quick Placement Key

Intermediate to Advanced
Place the student according to the following scores:
 Intermediate level = 1–14
 Upper Intermediate level = 15–29
 Advanced level = 30–44

1 a) 10 c) 19 a) 28 c) 37 a)
2 d) 11 b) 20 d) 29 c) 38 a)
3 b) 12 d) 21 a) 30 d) 39 b)
4 c) 13 a) 22 c) 31 b) 40 d)
5 b) 14 a) 23 b) 32 c) 41 c)
6 c) 15 b) 24 c) 33 b) 42 d)
7 a) 16 d) 25 a) 34 d) 43 b)
8 d) 17 c) 26 d) 35 a) 44 d)
9 b) 18 c) 27 b) 36 c) 45 c)

Entry Test Answer Key

Listening (5 marks)
Track 4 See page 38 for audio script
1 Sally Bourdillon
2 product launch
3 November 21st
4 3 o’clock
5 0797 956113
Skills (13 marks)
6 d / 7 c / 8 e / 9 b / 10 a / 11 e / 12 f / 13 a / 14 b / 15 d / 16 h / 17 I / 18 g
Vocabulary (14 marks)
19 d / 20 i / 21 b / 22 c / 23 h / 24 f / 25 j / 26 k / 27 a / 28 organisation / 29 product / 30
meeting / 31 training / 32 customers
Reading (10 marks)
33 b / 34 d / 35 c / 36 e / 37 a / 38 true / 39 false / 40 false / 41 false / 42 true
Language (13 marks)
43 sent / 44 have been / 45 returned / 46 didn’t start / 47 almost missed / 48 never
spends / 49 is travelling / 50 are developing / 51 usually leaves / 52 b / 53 a / 54 c / 55 a
Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)
See page iv for Model answers

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Speaking (10 marks)
See pages 41 – 42 for the Examiner’s Guidelines
Total marks: 85

Progress Test 1 Answer Key

Track 5
Listening (5 marks)
See page 38 for audio script
1e/2f/3c/4d/5a
Language (15 marks)
6 Are you working / 7 finishes / 8 has already invested / 9 meets / 10 are not developing
/ 11 Do you usually buy / 12 produces / 13 am seeing / 14 I’ll give / 15 departs / 16 I’m
going / 17 Are you attending / 18 will be / 19 ’re staying /are staying / 20 I’m going to
leave / I’m leaving
Reading (8 marks)
21 false / 22 false / 23 true / 24 false / 25 false / 26 true / 27 true / 28 true
Skills (22 marks)
29 b / 30 g / 31 e / 32 a / 33 c / 34 i / 35 h / 36 f / 37 d / 38 j
39 I’d like to speak to Bob Baker, please. / 40 ✓ / 41 something’s come up. / 42 How
about Thursday? / 43 ✓ / 44 That’s OK with me / 45 ✓
46 d / 47 b / 48 c / 49 e / 50 a
Vocabulary (15 marks)
51 a / 52 b / 53 a / 54 a / 55 c / 56 b / 57 a / 58 b / 59 a / 60 a / 61 a / 62 a / 63 b / 64 c /
65 b
Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)
See page iv for Model answers
See page 42 for Examiner’s Guidelines
Total marks: 85

Progress Test 2 Answer Key

Track 6
Listening 1 and 2 (10 marks)
See page 38 for audio script
1 11.25% / 2 £1.21m / 3 £7.31m / 4 £3.5m / 5 £14.6m
6 b / 7 d / 8 e / 9 a / 10 c
Language (10 marks)
11 shouldn’t / 12 must / 13 don’t have to / 14 should / 15 has to / 16 to / 17 by / 18 of /
19 in / 20 / at
Reading (10 marks)
21 iii / 22 v / 23 ii / 24 iv / 25 i / 26 d / 27 b / 28 e / 29 c / 30 a

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Skills (16 marks)
31 f / 32 a / 33 d / 34 c / 35 e / 36 b / 37 b / 38 d / 39 g / 40 h / 41 e / 42 a / 43 i / 44
j / 45 c / 46 f
Vocabulary (24 marks)
47 b / 48 c / 49 d / 50 b / 51 c / 52 d / 53 b / 54 b / 55 advertising / 56 competitors’ / 57
inspiring / 58 promoting /59 humorous / 60 endorsement / 61 exhibition / 62 expansion /
63 watering / 64 publicity / 65 statement / 66 venture capital 67 bankruptcy / 68 rating /
69 recession / 70 refund
Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)
See page iv for Model answers
See page 42 for Examiner’s Guidelines
Total Marks: 96

Progress Test 3 Answer Key

Track 7
Listening (10 marks)
See page 39 for audio script
1 formal complaint / 2 office manager / 3 bribe / 4 fraud / 5 internal investigation / 6
false / 7 true / 8 true / 9 true / 10 false
Reading (10 marks)
11 b / 12 d / 13 a / 14 c / 15 e / 16 c / 17 d / 18 a / 19 b / 20 e
Language (25 marks)
21 to lower / 22 dealing / 23 refuse to / 24 ✓/ 25 ✓/ 26 If I knew / 27 ✓ / 28 I might
buy / 29 to outsource / 30 I lent / 31 published / 32 praised / 33 has won / 34
employs / 35 announced / 36 was planning / 37 said / 38 hadn’t been / 39 mentioned /
40 took place / 41 has come / 42 hadn’t got / 43 always tried / 44 could / 45 shows
Skills (7 marks)
46 b / 47 f / 48 a / 49 d / 50 e / 51 c / 52 g
Vocabulary (18 marks)
53 c / 54 b / 55 a / 56 a / 57 b / 58 a / 59 a / 60 b / 61 negotiation / 62 complaints / 63
regulations / 64 investment / 65 globalisation / 66 compensation / 67 solution / 68
competition / 69 choice / 70 threat
Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)
See page iv for Model answers
See page 42 for Examiner’s Guidelines
Total marks: 90

Intermediate Progress Test 4 Answer Key

Track 8
Listening (5 marks)
See page 39 for audio script

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1b/2a/3b/4a/5c
Reading (10 marks)
6 true / 7 false / 8 true / 9 false / 10 false / 11 b / 12 d / 13 c / 14 a / 15 e
Language (19 marks)
16 made / 17 was sold / 18 were also found / 19 was even discovered / 20 started / 21
was / 22 began / 23 outgrew / 24 found / 25 turned / 26 became / 27 which / 28 who /
that / 29 that / which / 30 which / 31 that/which / 32 that/which / 33 Whose / 34 who
Skills (7 marks)
35 welcome / 36 divide / 37 give / 38 talk / speak / 39 hesitate / 40 start / begin / 41 turn
/ draw
Vocabulary (19 marks)
42 horse / 43 goalposts / 44 presence / 45 expectations / 46 field / 47 computer / 48 lead
49 passionate / 50 setbacks / 51 drawing board / 52 groundbreaking / 53 beneficial / 54
indecisive / 55 adventurous / 56 thoughtless / 57 demotivating / 58 formal / 59 energetic
/ 60 opportunistic
Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)
See page iv for model answers
See page 42 for Examiner’s Guidelines
Total marks: 80

Exit Test Answer Key

Track 9

Listening (10 marks)

See page 39 for audio script
1g/2d/3b/4e/5f
6 c / 7 b / 8 b / 9 c / 10 b
Reading (10 marks)
11 b / 12 d / 13 a / 14 e / 15 c
16 b / 17 b / 18 b / 19 b / 20 a
Skills (10 marks)
21 b / 22 a / 23 c / 24 g / 25 d
26 e / 27 j / 28 i / 29 f / 30 h
Vocabulary (20 marks)
31 c / 32 c / 33 a / 34 d / 35 a / 36 b / 37 c / 38 c / 39 c / 40 a
41 d / 42 b / 43 d / 44 c / 45 b / 46 a / 47 c / 48 a / 49 a / 50 b
Language (20 marks)
51 said / 52 is going to create / 53 has announced / 54 plans / 55 will result / 56 will be
completed / 57 will help / 58 will also provide / 59 has seen / 60 could reach
61 has planned / 62 were also planned / 63 these / 64 ✓ / 65 it / 66 by / 67 be / 68 does /
69 ✓ / 70 out
Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)
See page iv for model answers

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Speaking (10 marks)
See pages 41 – 42 for Examiner’s Guidelines
Total Marks: 100

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