C1 Advanced Unit 3 Test

Vocabulary
Information and research 1
Complete the gaps in each sentence with an appropriate word. The beginning of each word has been
given to help you.
1 The report’s fi_____ suggest that there might be a link between video games and children’s behaviour.
2 Researchers have put forward a hy_____ as to why some people prefer to work from home.
3 There has been a lot of mi_____ on social media recently about causes of the virus, which ought to be
corrected.
4 The celebrity couple have complained that photos taken of them while on holiday was an invasion of their
pr_____.
5 We have co_____ a list of people who might be able to help us with our research.
6 More research needs to be done to de_____ the causes of the problem.
7 It has been pr_____ without doubt that air pollution has a negative effect on children’s development.
8 It is important to name all your so____ when writing any kind of essay or report.
9 The investigation has un____ evidence that several well-known public figures have been involved in
criminal activity.
10 I’ve listened carefully to all of your suggestions, and now I’d like to put fo____ a few ideas of my own.

Information and research 2

Choose the correct answers (A, B or C) to complete the sentences.
1 A leading scientist has _____ a different view about the best way to deal with the virus.
A put forward B determined C uncovered
2 Some people have suggested that the best way to deal with the spread of _____ is to teach young children
about fake news.
A sources B findings C misinformation
3 According to some ______, artificial intelligence will soon overtake human intelligence, although whether
this will actually happen is up for debate.
A hypotheses B misinformation C compilations
4 Is it a journalist’s role to simply report what is happening, or to ______ the truth about a situation?
A compile B uncover C prove
5 After a long look at all the available evidence, the suspect was ______, without a shadow of a doubt, to be
innocent.
A put forward B proven C hypothesised
6 There have recently been some concerns about security and ______ in relation to the personal data that
social media companies acquire.
A sources B findings C privacy
7 It took several months to _________ all the data in the form of an easy-to-read report.
A compile B determine C prove
8 Police are carefully investigating the scene of the accident to ________ what exactly might have caused it.
A prove B determine C source

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Language focus
Present and future conditionals
Complete each sentence with the correct answers (A, B or C).
1 If you take a seat,
A you see the doctor soon.
B the doctor will see you soon.
C the doctor would see you.

2 If you will insist on going out without a coat,

A you often catch colds.
B you would probably catch a cold.
C it’s no wonder you’ve caught a cold.

3 If he won’t stop talking,

A I’ll just have to interrupt him.
B I’d have to interrupt him.
C I’ve stopped listening to him.

4 I’ll make you a cup of coffee

A if it’ll help you feel more awake.
B if you were to feel more awake.
C if you’re going to feel more awake.

5 You ought to go and buy the ingredients

A if you keep on making dinner tonight.
B if you had made dinner.
C if you’re going to make dinner tonight.

6 If she would just help me around the house a bit more,

A I’m always feeling tired and overworked.
B I wouldn’t feel so tired and overworked.
C I don’t feel so tired all the time.

7 If you happen to go to the city centre,

A you’ll see that there are a lot of new buildings.
B you’d see lots of new buildings.
C you would have seen all the new buildings.

8 If I were to ask you to come with me to the cinema tonight,

A would you have said ‘yes’?
B you’ll probably say ‘yes’
C would you say ‘yes’?

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Wish /if only and alternatives

Complete each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1 If only I _____________ (not / have / use) the internet for all my research, I _____________ (not / put) so
much false data in my report.
2 I wish I _____________ (start) studying English earlier, instead of starting when I was an adult.
3 I’d like _____________ (stay) in touch with my friend who went to America, but he never uses the internet.
4 I’d sooner _____________ (go) to the beach last weekend than stayed at home.
5 _____________ (I / know) you were going to put up those photos of me, I _____________ (stop) you.
6 If we _____________ (not / be) at that party, we _____________ (might / never / meet).
7 I wish you _____________ (not / tell) the news. Now you’ve made me upset.
8 If I _____________ (spoke) Spanish, I _____________ (not / have) so many problems while on holiday
last month.

Word formation
Adjectives
Complete each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1 Social media companies are hugely _________ (influence) in terms of the way people consume news and
information.
2 Some celebrities prefer to remain _________ (mystery) rather than share details of their private life with
the public.
3 I’m not a naturally _________ (chat) person in real life, but I do enjoy having discussions with people
online.
4 One of the big _________ (contradict) of modern life is that we have a huge amount of information at our
fingerprints, but it’s difficult for many of us to decide what is really true.
5 Some TV shows prefer politicians to be _________ (argument) with each other rather than discuss things
calmly.
6 There are some famous people who seem friendly on the screen but are probably quite _________
(approach) in real life.
7 I try not to discuss politics with my family. If I do, we just have _________ (end) disagreements.
8 Yesterday, a politician put an interesting comment online, but then she quickly deleted it.
Its _________ (appear) is causing a lot of debate.
9 There has been a _________ (drama) increase in the number of smartphone users over the last 10 years.
10 Sorry, my shoes are so _________ (mud) – I’ve just been walking near the river.

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Reading and Use of English

Part 2 Open cloze
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word
in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Example: (0) HAS
Reducing screen time
In the 21st century, there (0) ……… been growing concern about the pervasive influence of technology.

Certainly, over (1) ……… past few years, most children and teens have spent a larger proportion of their free

time on social media, binging TV shows and gaming. So much so that (2) ……… have become an integral

part of everyday life; thereby adding to their screen time considerably.

Parents probably need to step (3) ……… and monitor the screen time of their children. Furthermore,

educators should insist on giving hands-on creative assignments and emphasis must be laid (4) ……… using

hybrid models to impart the lessons. To instil the habit (5) ……… using pen and paper, educators can ask

learners to maintain handwritten notes and submit scanned documents. Educators, parents and learners

should collaborate to (6) ……… an eye on when it is time to switch off and take a break.

It’s not just young people though. We all need to find and maintain a balance between on-screen and off-

screen time. We must expect that some part of the day will involve (7) ……… in front of a screen, but it is

essential for physical and mental health that it is not the majority of our waking hours! To help the brain

unwind, it’s recommended to stay in touch with the creative pursuits, (8) ……… as sketching, painting, playing

music and so on.

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Reading and Use of English

Part 7 Gapped text
You are going to read an extract from a magazine article. Six paragraphs have been removed from the
extract. Choose from the paragraphs A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra paragraph
that you do not need to use.

What is technology doing to our memories?

Here’s a quick quiz. Let’s see how many questions you can answer without using a search engine or
your phone. What’s the Icelandic capital, and how do you spell it? Now think of three friends or
family members. What are their phone numbers and email addresses? And finally, what is your bank
account number?

In fact, we have happily allowed technology to become an extension of our own brains. There is a
huge amount of information that we don’t need to store in our own minds because our smartphones
will do it for us. But is this good for us?

The results were interesting. When quizzed later as to what the people had seen, those who hadn’t
taken any photos were able to remember up to 20% more in the way of details about the paintings.

Researchers have suggested that what is happening here is a form of cognitive offloading of
information. We are externalising our memories and giving the task of storing them to the
technology we use.

What we now do with smartphones, hard drives or online cloud networks isn’t exactly new. Humans
have always externalised information. That’s why we have long had libraries full of books, or people
like professors and teachers in our societies, whose function is partly to act as repositories of
knowledge.

In short, we are entrusting technology to remember far more than ever before. And the more this
happens, the more we start to believe that there is little point in committing ‘minor’ facts (such as
your own bank account number or where certain roads are in your own town) to memory when you
know that it’s easily accessible online somewhere.

And what happens if that technology suddenly stops working, or if for some reason, the internet
became unavailable to us? What would happen to all our memories then?

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A In similar experiments, it was found that any form of recording an object or an event was likely to reduce a
person’s ability to remember details about it. This happened whether the person was taking a photo of
something or writing down notes about it.
B The term ‘digital amnesia’ is sometimes used to describe this phenomenon. There is no doubt that
technology is an incredibly useful aid. But while we needn’t needlessly fill our heads with often trivial-
seeming information, is it a good idea to essentially give computers the job of remembering everything
about our lives?
C Not only this, but when we spend time photographing something, we are, of course likely to be
concentrating just as much or more on the act of recording as on the object of the recording. Someone
recording a band at a concert may remember more about how difficult it was to take a recording with so
many people in front of them, or how hard it was to keep their hand in the air, than the actual concert itself.
D Of course, these might seem like easy questions. And information like this is accessible merely through a
flurry of brief activity on a touchscreen or by going online for a few seconds. But what we have done is to
entrust huge amounts of information about not only our world, but about our personal lives as well to
technology.
E There has – for a very long time now – been simply too much information in the world to store inside one
human brain. And as the extent of human knowledge expands and accelerates, we will rely more and
more on technology to store information for us.
F There’s been some research to suggest that this might not be the case. Let’s take photos as an example.
It has been discovered that when we take a photo of an event, the event itself becomes less memorable.
In one experiment, a group of people were put in front of some paintings. One half of the group were
asked to simply gaze upon the works of art. The other half could take photos of them – just as people often
do in art galleries.
G This has been termed the ‘Google Effect’. Basically, it’s a tendency to forget things – or not bother to
remember things – which are easily found in a quick internet search. There is no doubt that being able to
use search engines is incredibly useful. But there is another problem that we need to consider.

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Listening
Part 3 Multiple choice
You will hear an interview in which a professional fact-checker called Hannah Newton is talking about
her work. For questions 1–6, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1 Hannah spends the majority of her working day
A managing other people.
B training her employees.
C building her business.
D checking facts in articles and documents.

2 What is Hannah’s preferred way of checking opinions mentioned in a text?

A reading academic texts and similar published sources
B speaking or writing to the person who expressed the opinion
C watching or listening to recordings of the person
D identifying the date and location of recordings

3 Hannah claims that most deep fake videos

A are made in order to hurt other people.
B are effective at encouraging people to make inappropriate decisions.
C contain clues that they aren’t authentic.
D will soon be too difficult to identify.

4 Which type of client pays the highest rates for Hannah’s services?
A newspapers and broadcasters
B international corporations
C government agencies
D fact-checking websites

5 Hannah warns the general population to be particularly careful with

A mistakes in articles on otherwise reputable websites.
B web addresses that seem to lead to a reputable site.
C articles mistakenly recommended by celebrities.
D social media accounts supposedly belonging to famous people.

6 Hannah claims that a reverse image search

A is simpler than it sounds.
B is something that many people already do without realising.
C requires you to upload a file to a search engine.
D often reveals that a photograph has been altered in some way.

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Writing
Part 2 Report
You are a student representative. The chancellor of your university has asked you to write a report
describing the causes of stress amongst undergraduates and also offering suggestions for possible
solutions to this problem.

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Speaking
Part 3 Collaborative task
Talk about something together for about two minutes.

Here are some different ways in which you can find information for your research.

Talk with your partner about the advantages of using information from these sources.

Now you have about a minute to decide which two sources of information are most reliable.

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