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Listening, Use of English and Reading

Group A 3 C
4 C
Listening
Exercise 1 Exercise 4
Can understand main points and check 1 off
comprehension by using contextual clues. 2 would
1 C: Speaker 1 says 'My experience was quite 3 Having
limited. I had worked in a restaurant, which I 4 little
thought might be useful but they needed 5 only
someone who had worked as a tour guide.'
2 E: Speaker 2 says 'I received an offer of Exercise 5
employment but I wrote back and said “Thanks 1 will have graduated
but I’ll try elsewhere.”' 2 need not/needn't have come
3 A: Speaker 3 says 'I still can’t believe I was the
best applicant for the job.' 3 had been warning her to start
4 B: Speaker 4 says 'They were so impressed with 4 is (high) time you applied for
my experience that they gave me an extra 5 ought to have asked me
hundred pounds a week and two weeks’ holiday a 6 What I'm saying is that
year.'
Exercise 6
Exercise 2
1 avoid eating out
Can extract the main points from news items, etc. 2 accused Paul of cheating
with opinions, arguments and discussion. 3 won’t come unless you pay
1 B: The professor says that reading or listening 4 if she hadn’t been
'Once is not enough. Repeat, repeat, repeat, 5 wish I hadn’t spent
that’s the first lesson.'
2 A: The professor says that 'When you write, the
pen massages certain places on your hand which Reading
send messages to your brain and helps you to
think.' Exercise 7
3 C: The professor says 'Hunger is a distraction and Can scan quickly through long and complex texts,
you won’t concentrate on what you are reading if locating relevant details.
all your brain is thinking of is food.' 1 D: They in sentence D refers back to Most people.
4 B: The professor says 'You know how a song can They don’t mind buying things that aren't really
bring back memories of people or places? Well, in made by the company whose name is on the label.
the same way, it can remind us of what we have 2 E: This amount in sentence E refers back to $250
learned.' billion a year.
5 B: The professor says 'I could tell you how 3 A: Sentence A shows one side of the problem
important it is to set realistic goals so that you are saying Some people ... The text shows the other
more likely to be able to reach them each day side of the problem saying Others, who ...
and, therefore, keep yourself motivated.' 4 F: Sentence F is correct because it gives advice on
6 C: At the beginning of the recording the how to avoid fake products.
interviewer introduces the professor as 'An 5 B: An illegal fake in sentence B refers back to a
expert on improving your learning potential', and fake Rolex. Sentence B and the sentence following
asks him 'What can we do to learn more?'. The the gap show advantages of buying legal
professor gives advice on how to improve alternative products.
learning skills.
Exercise 8
Can identify the main topic and related ideas in a
Use of English structured text.
Exercise 3 Can scan quickly through long and complex texts,
1 B locating relevant details.
2 D

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Can recognise the writer’s point of view in a the same way, it can remind us of what we have
structured text. learned.'
1 C: The author says that 'at a time when 5 A: The professor says 'The advice I’d like to share
unemployment benefits were non-existent, this with you is to stop working every few hours and
could mean starvation for the jobless workers and go for a walk or a run.'
their families.' 6 B: At the beginning of the recording the
2 A: The author mentions 'the north of Britain' and interviewer introduces the professor as 'An
adds that 'many industrialists also hired their own expert on improving your learning potential', and
armed guards' and 'a new law introduced the asks him 'What can we do to learn more?'. The
death penalty.' professor gives advice on how to improve
3 D: The author says 'the story (about general Ludd) learning skills.
was only published after the Luddite attacks
broke out in 1811.'
4 B: The author says 'it isn’t only the old, traditional Use of English
industries which are now affected.' 'No one’s job Exercise 3
can be guaranteed to be safe anymore.' 1 D
5 A: The first text describes how new technology 2 A
affected the workforce in the past, while the 3 B
second text focuses more on the future. 4 D
Exercise 4
Group B 1 put
Listening 2 would
3 Having
Exercise 1
4 little
Can understand main points and check 5 only
comprehension by using contextual clues.
1 B: Speaker 1 says 'They turned me down but Exercise 5
when they told me how much the job paid and
1 had been warning her to start
what the hours were I wasn’t very upset.'
2 D: Speaker 2 says 'I’d done unpaid work in the 2 need not/needn't have come
summer holidays and they were keen to employ 3 ought to have asked me
me.' 4 will have graduated
3 E: Speaker 3 says 'I felt very depressed and angry
5 What I'm saying is that
with myself when I walked out ... '
4 A: Speaker 4 says 'I wasn’t surprised to get an 6 is (high) time you applied
interview quite quickly.'
Exercise 6
Exercise 2 1 couldn’t help laughing
Can extract the main points from news items, etc. 2 was made to do
with opinions, arguments and discussion. 3 is believed to have made
1 C: The professor says that reading or listening 4 recommended going
'Once is not enough. Repeat, repeat, repeat, 5 high time you got
that’s the first lesson.'
2 C: The professor says that 'When you write, the Reading
pen massages certain places on your hand which Exercise 7
send messages to your brain and helps you to
think.' Can scan quickly through long and complex texts,
3 B: The professor says 'Have a good breakfast. locating relevant details.
Hunger is a distraction and you won’t concentrate 1 F: These goods in sentence F refers back to fake
on what you are reading if all your brain is brand-name goods. They in the sentence
thinking of is food.' following the gap refers back to most people in
4 C : The professor says 'You know how a song can sentence F.
bring back memories of people or places? Well, in 2 B: The word This (in turn ...), in the text refers to
the whole situation described in sentence B.

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3 D: Sentence D is correct because of the topic of

the whole paragraph (non-financial problems).
The sentences after the gap prove why some fake
products offered for sale online could be harmful.
4 C: Purchasing goods legally in this way in
sentence C refers back to buying from reputable
shops.
5 E: The less well-known name in sentence F refers
back to Steinhart Ocean II.

Exercise 8
Can identify the main topic and related ideas in a
structured text.
Can scan quickly through long and complex texts,
locating relevant details.
Can recognise the writer’s point of view in a
structured text.
1 D: The author says that 'at a time when
unemployment benefits were non-existent, this
could mean starvation for the jobless workers and
their families.'
2 D: The author says that 'many industrialists also
hired their own armed guards.'
3 A: The author says 'No one actually knows
whether he existed at all.'
4 C: The author says 'It is now vital to develop new
skills and continue to develop them throughout
our working lives.'
5 C: The first text describes how new technology
affected the workforce in the past, while the
second text focuses more on the future.

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