Advanced Unit test 5
Module 1 Test DATE______ STUDENT NAME__________________
Listening 3 Recording 6 Listen and answer the questions
1 Recording 5 Listen and underline the correct below.
answer, a) b) or c).
1 How many people’s details were sold?
1 Michael is concerned about ___. 50 thousand__________________________
a) the impact of a diminishing birth rate 2 Which two organisations did the article say the
b) recent government policies introduced details were bought from?
c) the likelihood of a population surge _____________________________________
2 Sharon feels that . 3 What are the aims of the cold callers?
a) animals can only survive in captivity _____________________________________
b) wild animals are in danger of annihilation 4 How has the government responded to the
c) endangered species are well cared for situation?
3 Ray believes that . _____________________________________
a) the race for alternative fuels is in full swing 5 Who is able to buy personal details so long as this
b) bio-fuels will last indefinitely will be of benefit to people’s health?
c) oil supplies will never be completely depleted _____________________________________
4 Penny says the dominant issue . 6 According to the first speaker, what can people do
a) is access to potable water supplies to protect their personal health records?
b) should be global warming _____________________________________
c) is how to predict extreme weather conditions
5 Alfie considers that .
a) signs warning of smog need to be erected
b) air quality is deteriorating
c) people need re-educating about their health
6 Ellen says that .
a) she would not be interested in having a robot
b) she might miss doing everyday chores
c) we’re losing core capabilities
2 Recording 5 Listen again and write true (T) or
false (F).
1 Michael claims that only government
intervention will tackle the problem. T
2 Sharon is depressed by the stark reality
facing many animals in the wild.
3 Ray argues that the media has a positive
influence on how we view the situation
regarding energy production.
4 Penny asserts that water is now more
precious than oil.
5 Alfie believes that punishing industries
which pollute is the only way forward.
6 Ellen is convinced that humans will be
replaced by robots one day.
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Grammar
1 Complete the second sentence with no more
than five words so that it means the same as the
first. Use the word in capitals.
1 You can’t leave your car here.
ALLOWED
You aren’t allowed to leave your car here.
2 I didn’t dare open the door because it was so dark
outside.
COURAGE
I didn’t
the door because it was so dark outside.
3 It wasn’t necessary to go to the airport so early.
NEED
We to
the airport so early.
4 You should focus more at work if you want to get
that promotion.
BETTER
at work if
you want to get that promotion.
5 Is it compulsory for passengers to wear seat belts?
HAVE
seat
belts?
6 My dad made me have piano lessons as a child.
FORCED
My dad
piano lessons as a child.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct passive
form of the verbs from the box.
compose destroy give
know make renovate
1 Did you know that The Flight of the Bumblebee
was composed by Russian-born Rimsky-Korsakov
for his opera, The Tale of Tsar Saltan?
2 It that hop flowers, which come from
a plant traditionally used in the making of beer,
are soporific and will therefore help you sleep
better.
3 Our house at the moment so there’s
mess and dust everywhere and hardly any space to
sit down and relax.
4 How many people at your company
redundant so far this year as a result of
restructuring?
5 Lee’s parents were very proud of him when he
a medal for bravery.
6 According to current estimates, thousands of
homes are thought in the recent
hurricane which swept through the state.
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences to do with secrets.
1 If you know what’s good for you, you’ll keep
schtum. Never breathe a word of this to
anyone, OK?
2 Come on, spill the . Who is this ‘Jason’
you’ve been seeing? Is it serious?
3 Don’t confide in Graham. He’s a real gossip and
will be sure to let the out of the bag.
4 We were trying to keep the party a secret but
Amanda didn’t know it was supposed to be a
surprise and completely gave the away!
5 Dan has always kept to . He’s a
very private person and doesn’t seem to need the
company of others.
6 Who knows what they get up to behind closed
but in all fairness, it’s really none of
our business.
4 Complete the sentences using one word or
phrase from box A and one from box B.
A
commonly held conventional debunked
disprove intuitively uncover
B
a myth perception the myth
the truth true wisdom
1 Although it seems intuitively true that eating
before exercising will cause indigestion, it’s not
necessarily the case.
2 It’s a that left-handed
people tend to be more creative and artistic as well
as more musical.
3 Scientists have now
that goldfish only have a three-second memory
through the discovery that their memory span is
actually around three months.
4 The journalist was keen to
behind the mysterious sightings of unidentified
flying objects above the desert.
5 If you are seeking to ,
you need to present an impressive quantity of hard
evidence which shows it to be untrue.
6 If teaches us that
beauty is only skin deep, why are so many people
nowadays undergoing operations to change their
appearance?
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5 Choose the correct answer, a), b), c) or d).
1 Michelle went on talking about her family
even though I asked her very politely if we could
resume discussing the matter at hand.
a) up b) down c) on d) around
2 I’d be grateful if you could look my
homework just to check for any mistakes.
a) on b) over c) after d) up
3 Looking , I realise how completely
unnecessary the feud was between myself and my
half-brother.
a) up b) away c) back d) over
4 My father was pensioned when he was
only fifty so he took up golf and is always on the
golf course these days.
a) up b) away c) out d) off
5 At nearly six feet tall and with the most amazing
red hair, Debbie always stands in a
crowd.
a) out b) on c) over d) around
6 Let’s narrow the options to those that
sound most feasible, and then we can try to reach
a final decision.
a) off b) out c) down d) on
6 Complete the words in the sentences.
1 The judge ruled that no s e n s i t i v e information
pertaining to the case was to leave the courtroom
in any form whatever.
2 The detective was very careful to p
his principle source of information as he knew the
importance not only of maintaining trust with his
informant but also of keeping him safe.
3 Legal action often prevents tabloid newspapers
from publishing sensational, headline-making
s about the private antics of well-
known Hollywood actors.
4 With that rag, you’re hardly going to get to do any
i journalism! If it’s
anything like Bob said, you won’t be doing any
research at all – just creating scandalous stories
with large-lettered, attention-grabbing headlines to
sell more papers.
5 After receiving advice from a solicitor, Lily was
persuaded by her friends and family to take out a
court i so as to prevent her
ex-partner from contacting her, following his
threatening behaviour.
6 Concerned about the possible repercussions on his
job security after w -
on serious malpractice within his company, Joel
sought legal advice from a lawyer specialising in
employment rights.
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7 Underline the correct answer, a) b) c) or d).
Function
1 The new laws aim to crack on late night
7 Complete the conversations with phrases anti-social behaviour in city centres.
a)–m). There are two options you do not need. a) off b) away c) down d) over
1 A: The 1 f that mature students entering 2 The witness cast her mind to the night in
higher education are 18% more likely to question and told the police all she remembered.
achieve a first if they’re studying for an a) over b) back c) on d) around
undergraduate degree. 3 The concert had to be called because the
B: I think you 2 the figure is actually a lot band’s singer had lost his voice.
higher. a) off b) away c) back d) on
A: Look, the point 3 is that mature 4 Stop messing and go and wash your
students are faring better than school-leavers – hands. Dinner’s going to be ready in a minute.
the actual statistics are less important. a) on b) over c) away d) around
B: I don’t see 4 that. After all, you’re 5 Fortunately they realised what a momentous
always the one demanding that we provide decision it was for me to make, and they gave me
figures to support all our findings! a week to mull it .
2 A: There are 5 I think that we should start a) down b) around c) over d) up
this business as a joint venture. If 6 it, 6 The waste produced by discarded gadgets is now
it makes more financial sense if the initial risk getting control as more people become
is shared. obsessed with owning the latest technology.
B: So, where 7 Parson’s coming into a) over b) on c) out of d) into
business with us, then? 7 In the coming years, developed countries should
A: Well, that’s certainly something we should invest more in sustainable energy sources than
consider very carefully... they are present.
3 A: I do see where you’re coming from but what a) on b) at c) around d) in
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is that we need to be very careful
how we handle this situation. Let me 9 ; 6
the more people who become aware of what
we know, the more precarious our position 8 Complete the sentences.
becomes.
B: Can 10 ? I mean, the law now exists to 1 It’s a commonly held perception that putting dried
protect anyone wishing to disclosure hops under your pillow will help you sleep, as
corruption or wrongdoing. they are known to be soporific.
A: Yes, but that 11 of the fact that we’ll 2 Lucia sometimes engages her mouth before her
still theoretically be working for the company brain and almost let it that we were
we’ve informed on! planning a surprise party for Joe when she was
talking to him the other day.
a) doesn’t take account 3 With only four remaining, expert say that the
b) you think about northern white rhino is in real of becoming
c) I’m basically saying extinct in the next decade.
d) may find that 4 Doctors warn that many thousands of people are at
e) that’s not the point of contracting the disease in the most remote rural
f) evidence shows areas.
g) put it this way 5 At , with the current situation as it is,
h) several reasons why people are far more concerned about political and
i) you be sure about that socio-economic instability than environmental
j) I’m trying to make issues.
k) do you stand on 6 Whatever you do, don’t give the away
l) evidence to prove and tell Dad that Amy’s flying in from Australia.
m) how you can say We want to keep this quiet.
7 Rafe’s always been very discreet and I trust him
10 with my life so I knew it hadn’t been him who had
spilled the and told everyone my secret.
8 Her portrayal of the hardships she’d endured
struck a with some members of the jury.
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have no idea what really goes on behind closed
9 Complete the sentences using one word or
doors and how would it help us to know anyway? I
phrase from box A and one from box B. There
think we just have to trust that the decision makers
are two words or phrases in each box that you
have our best interests at heart.
do not need.
B
A James: I take your point on a national security kind
a thing behind by word disproved of level and that’s why we have the Official Secrets
investigative offensive protect stay Act after all, but what about personal secrets? If you
taking out uncovering knew something about someone and that secret
could potentially harm others, what then? Is there
B always a case for divulging the information? How
an injunction closed doors its sources much right do we have to interfere in other people’s
journalism language of mouth of the past lives? After all, looking in from the outside, we
schtum the myth the truth never know the whole picture or people’s
motivations, so I think it’s better to keep schtum.
C
1 Even though vinyl records were supposed to have
Sam: I think it depends on the situation and the kind
become a thing of the past, they are making
of secret it is. I also think it’s a lot to ask of
a real comeback, particularly with dance DJs.
someone. Once you have been burdened with the
2 An article written by an undercover reporter
knowledge, which can often be rather
disclosed the truth of what went on
overwhelming, you have to be mindful that you
in the food industry.
don’t somehow inadvertently let the cat out of the
3 It’s about time that businesses realised that
bag. For example, if you’re in on a secret surprise
reviews passed on can
birthday party, you certainly wouldn’t want to be the
often have a far greater impact than any expensive
one to give the game away but it wouldn’t be the
marketing campaigns they opt to invest in.
end of the world if you did. If, however, your
4 Scientists have of
knowledge could in effect jeopardise someone’s
unidentified flying objects in a U.S. county known
safety, then that’s a different matter entirely.
for its mysterious light display, and shown how
D
weather conditions there can in fact cause car
Kate: As someone who has had secrets of her own,
headlights to seemingly dance in the sky.
I must say that it’s always very liberating if you feel
5 The teacher explained that the use of
you can share rather than keeping everything hush-
would not be tolerated in any circumstances and
hush. Obviously you have to know your confidant
that the boy’s parents would be informed of his
very well and be sure that they’re entirely
behaviour and subsequent detentions.
trustworthy. As long as your motivations for having
6 The paper behind the scoop was adamant that it
a secret are clearly understood, I don’t see a
must and would not
problem.
divulge which members of parliament had passed
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on information to them.
Mark: My best friend once confided in me, and
7 After a long investigation, the detectives
when he found out that I’d told someone else, he
succeeded in behind
never spoke to me again. I can’t excuse what I did
the sudden and mysterious disappearance of the
but I really didn’t think that his secret was such a
three women.
big deal. Of course now that I’m older I can see that
8 The judge ruled against the couple
it wasn’t so much about the secret itself, more about
to prevent their children being taken into care by
the fact that I wasn’t to be trusted in his eyes. Once
social services.
that trust has gone, there’s no going back and to this
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day I’m sad that we fell out over such a trivial thing.
Which person:
Reading
1 regrets an earlier indiscretion?
Secrets and lies 2 feels it would be too much of a strain to be laden
with some secrets?
A
3 believes some information is best kept out of the
Lara: I’m not sure that honesty and openness are
public domain?
always necessarily the best policy. Surely there are
4 gets a personal sense of relief from disclosing
extenuating circumstances when it’s actually best to
secrets?
keep quiet? Take classified information as an
5 questions whether people should divulge personal
example. Some might argue that those in power
information?
have a duty to their citizens to keep them informed
but others would say that ignorance is bliss. We
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6 lost a friend after revealing their secret?
Read the article again. Underline true (T) or
false (F).
1 Lara thinks that there is always justification
for restricting what information is shared. T/F
2 Lara adheres to the view that citizens need
to have confidence in the choices made by
the people we appoint to run our country. T/F
3 James concurs that it wouldn’t be
detrimental for information relating to how
a nation is safeguarded to be openly
available. T/F
4 James disapproves of interference into
people’s private lives. T/F
5 James feels that an onlooker will rarely get
a distorted view of someone’s reality. T/F
6 Sam considers that the pressure of
keeping a secret is always a huge strain
on the individual involved. T/F
7 Sam is of the view that betraying a trust
may lead to devastating consequences. T/F
8 Kate has always been one to keep her
cards close to her chest. T/F
9 Kate thinks you should be wary about
who you confide in and make sure that
they understand exactly why you need to
have the secret kept. T/F
10 Mark admits he would often blurt out
what friends had told him in confidence
without a second thought. T/F
11 As an adult Mark appreciates that it’s not
always the secret itself that has meaning
to an individual but the whole idea of
putting faith in another person. T/F
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Total: 100
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