Student Name

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EMPOWER

A2 PROGRESS TEST

Test 2 Version B

Time 40 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the question paper.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

There are five parts to the test.
Part 1 is a listening part.
All questions carry one mark.
There are 40 questions.

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 Part 1

Questions 1 – 8

You will hear eight short sentences. For each one, choose the best reply.
You will hear each sentence twice.

1 A Tea or water?
B Good or bad?
C Small or large?

2 A I think it’s really good.

B OK, no problem.
C It’s very interesting.

3 A How can I help?

B Of course.
C It doesn’t matter.

4 A Certainly.
B I’d like some help.
C That’s a pity.

5 A OK, can I start work?

B OK, can I phone you tonight?
C OK, can I have a coffee, please?

6 A Sorry, I’m busy just now.

B I’m sorry about that.
C That’s a pity.

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7 A Certainly, no problem.
B What do you want?
C Can I have a tea, please?

8 A Sure – in the morning?

B Certainly – how many hours a day?
C OK – at 8 o’clock?

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 Part 2
Questions 9 – 16

Read the sentences about work and study.

Choose the missing word (A, B or C) for each space.

9 A ............ works in a hospital and looks after people.

A photographer B nurse C teacher

10 I want to be a ............ because I want to see different countries every day I work.

A teacher B receptionist C pilot

11 He makes ............ when he studies because they help him to remember important
information.

A terms B breaks C notes

12 I usually get good ............ in my tests at school.

A answers B marks C habits

13 Is it easy for student doctors to ............ their exams?

A pass B give C make

14 We study for three hours in the morning and then there’s a ............ for lunch.

A course B break C fun

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15 I’d like to be a ............ one day because I love cars and machines.

A manager B mechanic C secretary

16 Rob likes his job as a ............ in a supermarket but the pay isn’t good.

A shop assistant B tour guide C police officer

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Questions 17 – 24

Read the sentences about work and study. What are the missing words?
The first letter is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word.

For questions 17 – 24, write the words.

17 People go to a d _ _ _ _ _ _ when they have a bad tooth.

18 There are three t _ _ _ _ in our school year and each one has twelve weeks.

19 A t _ _ _ d_ _ _ _ _ takes passengers from one place to another in his or her car.

20 The students never f _ _ _ their exams because the teachers are good.

21 I’m a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in a bank – I answer the telephone, write letters and plan meetings.

22 You get a m _ _ _ – a number or letter – from your teacher for your test.

23 I am a c _ _ _ _ _ _ : the pay isn’t very good and so I have two jobs.

24 Sometimes at the end of a course, you do an e _ _ _ – it’s an important test.

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Questions 25 – 32

Read this short text about a man with two jobs.

Choose the best answer (A, B or C) for each space.

A man with two jobs

David Foster is a busy man with two jobs and a young family. For one job, David writes children's
books. What time (25) ………… start writing every day? At five in the morning! (26) ………… have a
break all morning – only when it is time for lunch. After lunch, David and his friend (27) …………
together on a radio programme about books and films.

Some days, at lunchtime, David buys books for himself, his wife and his daughters. He says, 'In the
evenings (28) ………… watch TV very much because we are too busy with our books.'

David's two daughters, Jennifer and Marianne, ask him every evening, ' (29) ………… have any
new books for us?' and David often replies 'Yes, I (30) ………… '. Jennifer says, 'One day I want to
write books, like my father.' Does Marianne want to write books? No, (31) ………… . 'I'm different
from my father and my sister because I (32) ………… writing', Marianne says. 'I want to be a
doctor, like my mother.'

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25 A he does B does he C does it

26 A Does he B Doesn’t he C He doesn’t

27 A works B work C working

28 A we don’t B don’t we C he doesn’t

29 A Does he B You do C Do you

30 A does B do C don’t

31 A doesn’t she B she doesn’t C she does

32 A don’t like B doesn’t like C like not

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Questions 33 – 40

Read the sentences about work and study.

Choose the best answer (A, B or C) for each space.

33 My friend ............ a lot of exams this year.

A have B having C has

34 What ............ do at the weekend?

A is he B he does C does he

35 Daniela is a very good student and always ............ good marks.

A get B gets C to get

36 How many classes ............ have a week?

A do they B they do C they don’t

37 Does Katya use the internet to help her study? – Yes, ............ .

A she doesn’t B she studies C she does

38 Bobby and I are shop assistants in a big shop – we ............ work at home.

A do B don’t C doesn’t

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39 'Do the exams start at 10 o'clock?' 'No, they ............ . They start at 9.45.'

A do B don't C doesn’t

40 Charlotte's a good photographer but does ............ a lot of money?

A she make B make C she makes

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