Unit Test 4 | Group B

DICTATION, LISTENING, COMMUNICATION, READING

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

DICTATION COMMUNICATION
1 [Track 08] Listen and write the sentences that you 3 Complete the conversation with one word in each
hear. gap. The first letters are given.

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LISTENING
2 [Track 09] You are going to hear five short extracts
in which people are talking about their visit to a
city. For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H)
what each speaker liked the most about the place
they visited. There are three extra letters.
Speaker 1 ___
Speaker 2 ___
Speaker 3 ___
Speaker 4 ___
Speaker 5 ___
polluted this place has become. They need to do
something about all this congestion.
Sara: That’s for 1 s____________! When I dropped the
kids off, the traffic jam outside the school was huge.
The air was just toxic! I think they need to ban cars
from the city centre.
Katy: You can’t be 2 s____________? Think about
how that would affect businesses. We’d lose so
many customers for a start.
Sara: Well, you might be 3 r____________ but it’s not
going to get any better if nothing changes.
Pete: The problem is the public transport’s useless, people
need cars to get around.
Katy: I 4 a____________ with that – 100%. Public transport
is way too expensive, and it takes forever.
Pete: They need to build some more bus lanes and get
newer more environmentally-friendly buses.
Sara: That’s 5 e____________ how I feel – we need to
improve what we’ve got already.
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A how the city has been planned

B how much they enjoyed the quality of places to
stay
C how many opportunities for culture there were
D how attractive the landscape and nature was
E how friendly people were
F what the architecture looked like
G how inexpensive it was
H how good the public transport system was
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READING
4 Read the article and choose the correct answer a, b, 1 According to Tony what is happening to the companies
c, or d. which rent out apartments to tourists?
Happy holidays? a They have started to charge more money.
b They have become less popular.
My name’s Tony Law, and I’m a travel journalist. In the last
c They have to follow new rules.
few months I’ve been looking at changes in the industry,
d They have increased in size.
and how different holiday destinations are dealing with those
2 The growing influence of tourism in Barcelona has
changes. As we live in tougher economic times, people try
meant that
to save money as much as possible. This is definitely true
a more family homes are being built.
when it comes to travelling abroad. Rather than stay in
b younger people are moving into the Old Town.
expensive hotels, many of us now use the services of
c the Old Town has become a less popular tourist
companies such as Airbnb to rent a room in a private home,
destination.
which allows to us to reduce the cost of travel. However,
d fewer families live in the city centre.
more and more popular tourist destinations are changing
3 According to Charles, how do tourists affect daily life?
their laws about short-term lets – to make sure that people
a They use buses and trains more than anyone else.
can only allow tourists to stay in their homes for a limited
b They make more noise than anyone else.
time. So, how is this going to affect travel and tourism? Here
c They bring more culture to the city.
are two views on this kind of tourism and its impact:
d They make the city interesting.
Charles, resident of Barcelona
4 According to Miriam, why should tourist destinations try
What annoys me is the way that so many apartments have
to attract young people?
become places to stay on holiday, instead of family homes.
a They spend more money.
Property prices have gone up and locals can’t afford to live
b They are interested in culture.
in the middle of the city anymore. What are the young
c They bring business to hotels.
people going to do? Look at neighbourhoods like the Old
d They will be tomorrow’s tourists.
Town. In 2015, 9.6% of all homes there were listed as
5 What is Miriam’s overall opinion about tourism?
holiday apartments – and in the historical Gothic Quarter
a It is unfortunately too expensive to travel.
section of the Old Town this proportion jumped to 16.8%.
b Tourists are rarely welcomed anywhere.
There’s also the issue of noise pollution. I can remember
c Popular cities and resorts need tourists.
being young, and wanting to have a good time, but you can’t
d There’s no future for modern tourism.
do whatever you want just because you’re on holiday.
Tourists should realize that they are in a living city, not just ___ / 10
a tourist destination. They should keep it quiet late at night.
But on the whole, I suppose that most of them are polite and TOTAL ___ / 40
show a real interest in our city and its culture. Even if they
do take up all the seats on the buses.
Miriam, backpacker
I can see that a lot of people would find it frustrating to have
loads of tourist taking over a town, but you have to be
realistic, don’t you? As long as tourists respect your country,
you should respect them. Tourism really contributes to a
city’s economy. For example, I read that in Scotland’s
capital city, Edinburgh, flat owners earn about £4,000 for
renting out their apartments for 40 days of the year. And
that’s just for accommodation. Think about the tourist
spending that goes into the local economy – money spent
on entertainment, local restaurants, and public transport.
That all raises funds for local governments. And tourists love
to go off the beaten track, too. When they feel welcome,
they are likely to grab the opportunity to escape the crowds
and visit other smaller places away from the towns that are
within easy reach. That means it’s not just big businesses
who make money, everyone benefits – people living in the
rural and urban areas. On top of that, cheaper
accommodation helps young people to travel – we can’t
afford to stay in hotels which charge a fortune each night.
Destinations should try to encourage more young people
to come, they are the future of your tourist industry.

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