Listening & Speaking Level 3

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Date Score

LISTENING

1 You will hear a radio report about media. Listen and complete the LS3 TG Unit 8
notes with the information you hear.

1 A set top-box = a device used to movies and sports

2 A third party program = software not by the original producers
3 FACT = an example of an intellectual property organization
4 A "fully-loaded" top box = a device which already contains the for illegal
streaming
5 USPTO = United States Patents Trademark .

Score: /5

2 You will hear a radio show about buying music. Listen and put the LS3 TG Unit 9
topics in the order that they are mentioned.

TASK ONE

A Connecting with the past

B Something to desire
C What is a vinyl record?
D The growing popularity of vinyl records
E The quality of sound

1 Topic 1

2 Topic 2

3 Topic 3

4 Topic 4

5 Topic 5

Score: /5
 3 You will hear a podcast about transportation. Listen and LS3 TG Unit 10
complete the sentences with no more than three words.

1 This is literally something out of a , isn’t it?

2 You can get to work in .
3 They are so easy to use that even can fly one safely.
4 Basically, they will the way people commute.
5 They are literally since the invention of the car.

Score: /5

GRAMMAR

4 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 Angelo admitted/assured that he uses illegal software.

2 My manager demanded/instructed me to hack the program.
3 Max insisted/proposed going to the police.
4 Luca promised/claimed me that he won’t tell anyone.
5 Josie’s mother assured/reported her that she is safe.

Score: /5

5 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the verbs in bold. Use "I" as the
object if necessary.

1 “You shouldn’t use illegal software.” INSISTED

He illegal software.
2 “The fine is much too high.” COMPLAINED
He much too high.
3 “Please report the crime to the police.” REQUESTED
Mr. Jones the crime to the police.
4 “Don’t touch it!” WARNED
Jakob it.
5 “The lawyers have no idea.” OBSERVED
Andrea no idea.

Score: /5
6 Rewrite the sentences using It + be + relative clause.

1 Heavy metal music makes me stressed.

2 I hate the sound of loud motorcycles.

3 My neighbors kept me awake last night.

4 Your mother has a beautiful voice.

5 The soccer fans were singing loudly.

Score: /5

7 Complete the predictions using the future perfect progressive form of the verbs in
parentheses.

1 By 2030, people (use) driver-less cars to commute to

work for at least five years.
2 By 2050, humans (live) on other planets for several
years.
3 By the time I stop working, people (not / smoke) for a
long time because cigarettes will have been banned.
4 People will be much healthier in the year 2080 because they
(eat) special food tablets since they were born.
5 By the time my children are grandparents, humans
(communicate) with life on other planets for over twenty years.

Score: /5
 8 Check (✔) the correct sentence in each pair.

1 This time next week, I will have been owning this electric car for two years.

This time next week, I will have owned this electric car for two years.

2 By midnight tonight, I will have been working non-stop for sixteen hours.

By midnight tonight, I will be working non-stop for sixteen hours.

3 The drone will have been finishing monitoring the area in half an hour.

The drone will have finished monitoring the area in half an hour.

4 I’ll be exhausted when we arrive because I will have been driving for eight
hours.
I’ll be exhausted when we arrive because I won’t be driving for eight hours.

5 We won’t have started the research on the new bio-fuel by then.

We won’t have been starting the research on the new bio-fuel by then.

Score: /5

VOCABULARY

9 Match the halves to make collocations.

1. against b. the law

2. commit a. equipment

3. criminal e. a crime

4. intellectual d. offense

5. high-tech c. property

Score: /5
10 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

measure motive penalty theft victim

1 The most common for committing a crime is money.

2 You may face a if you park your car here.
3 The recent has led to the installation of CCTV cameras in the carpark.
4 If you are the of any crime, you should report it to the police.
5 The new is designed to prevent illegal downloads.

Score: /5

11 Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in parentheses.

1 This song is so (repeat) – it’s the same from start to finish.

2 I hate the way she chews her food. It's so (irritate)!
3 Classical music is better than rock because there is more (vary) in it.
4 I don't like working at home. There are too many (distract).
5 The weather in September is so (predict). I never know what to wear!

Score: /5

12 Choose the best answer (A, B, or C) to complete the paragraph.

I realized something important today. I’m not very happy with the quality (1) my
life. I think it’s because I’m so sensitive (2) noise and living in a big city is
interfering (3) my ability to relax and, due (4) this, I can’t sleep at night.
Maybe I’ll have to move to the countryside to escape (5) all the noise.

1 A for B of C on
2 A to B on C for
3 A on B at C with
4 A for B by C to
5 A to B from C of

Score: /5
13 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

assure ban equip leak modify

1 Many states in the U.S. have already smoking in cars when a child is in
the vehicle.
2 This is the exclusive model which comes with all of the latest technology.
3 More and more companies are offering ways of traditional cars to be
electric powered.
4 There’s some oil under your motorcycle. Is your engine , do you think?
5 The salesperson me that this is the most environmentally friendly car on
the market.

Score: /5

14 Match the halves to form sentences.

1. The average temperature e. revolutionary.

during the summer is 30 degrees
It's a. irresponsible.

2. I love the idea of powering b. terrifying.

vehicles from bio-fuel – it’s

d. practical.
completely

c. unbearable.
3. Talking on your cell phone
while driving is both
dangerous and highly

4. I get scared in planes so the

concept of a flying car for
me is absolutely

5. I know that cars that use gas

create pollution, but I don’t think
the alternatives are really

Score: /5