Life, Advanced, Unit 2 Test

Vocabulary
1 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word
given. Here is an example (0).
0 Just keep doing the work you have.
GET
Just __get on with___ the work you have.
1 It wasn’t easy to understand what I was supposed to do in my new job.
FEET
It wasn’t easy to ____________ in my new job.
2 I really damaged my opportunities when I criticized the boss in an email.
SHOT
I really ____________ when I criticized the boss in an email.
3 I’m always saying the wrong thing – yesterday I told my girlfriend’s mum she looked good considering
how old she was!
PUTTING
I’m always ____________ – yesterday I told my girlfriend’s mum she looked good considering how old
she was!
4 I’m busy now, but I’ll find time to write the essay later.
ROUND
I’m busy now, but I’ll ____________ the essay later.
5 My dad was a professional pianist – I intend to have a similar career. I’m going to be a musician too.
FOOTSTEPS
My dad was a professional pianist – I intend to ____________ . I’m going to be a musician too.
6 Don’t ask me to dance! I’m hopeless at dancing!
TWO
Don’t ask me to dance! I’ve ____________ .
7 How did you avoid punishment when you kicked the football through the principal’s window?
AWAY
How did you ____________ kicking the football through the principal’s window?
8 I know learning to skydive is crazy, but I want to do it because if I don’t, I’ll keep thinking that I want to
do it!
SYSTEM
I know learning to skydive is crazy, but I want to get it ____________ .
9 I don’t have much work to do – just little jobs.
ENDS
I don’t have much work to do – just ____________ .
10 Jenny always does things correctly.
BOOK
Jenny always does things ____________ .
(10 points)

2 Use the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits in the
gap in the same sentence. Here is an example (0).
0 Being a nurse is an important __occupation__ . OCCUPY
1 At work, Susie is very ____________ – she works through each part of the project step by step.
METHOD
2 What’s your job? What do you do for a ____________ ? LIVE
3 My ____________ was to photograph the explorers as they climbed the mountain – it wasn’t an easy
task. ASSIGN
4 You should always follow the correct ____________ when dealing with dangerous substances.
PROCEED
5 Dan is an ____________ student – he loves learning about new things and does lots of research.
ENTHUSE
6 If you don’t have all the tools, be ____________ and improvise with what you have. RESOURCE
7 It’s a ____________ machine. It never breaks down. RELY
8 Erring on the side of ____________ is better than cutting corners. CAUTIOUS
9 Being ____________ on her work, Kim managed to finish the project before the deadline. FOCUS
10 All our staff are hard-working and ____________ . They value your custom. CONSCIENCE
(10 points)
Grammar
3 Complete the text using the correct perfect or passive form of the verbs in brackets. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
The thatcher
Paul Stewart (0) __has been working__ (work) as a thatcher for the last five years. He is happy in the job.
He used to (1) ____________ (employ) by a major accountancy firm in the city. That job seems a long
time ago now. Back then, he (2) ____________ (earn) a lot of money, but he (3) ____________ (not feel)
any job satisfaction. He doesn’t regret giving up the high salary to learn a new skill. He is thankful for (4)
____________ (give) the opportunity to find an occupation he enjoys. He (5) ____________ (love)
thatching ever since he climbed up on his first roof.
In case you don’t know, thatching is a traditional craft which (6) ____________ (carry) out in small
villages across England since ancient times. Reeds from rivers are used as a roofing material to create
beautiful and well-insulated roofs. However, it isn’t an easy thing to do. The reeds need (7)
____________ (select) carefully and can’t be used until they (8) ____________ (dry) out.
The skill of the thatcher is something you don’t master overnight. Paul (9) ____________ (learn) his craft
for over two years before he thatched his first roof and says it was one of his biggest accomplishments!
By the end of the year, he (10) ____________ (complete) his hundredth thatched roof. ‘We’re planning
a little celebration to mark the occasion,’ he says.
(10 points)

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use a passive form whenever
possible. Here is an example (0).
0 Despite __being told__ (tell) the news, Stephen refused to believe it.
1 Although he ____________ (fail) the previous course, Eddie was determined to enrol on the next one.
2 Over the last decade, students at the institute ____________ (know) to cheat in exams on a systematic
basis. This must stop.
3 If they continue to behave in this way, they might ____________ (ask) to leave.
4 You can’t ____________ (blame) the weather for your failure to complete the course. It was sunny all
day.
5 Not ____________ (invite) to the wedding really upset Samantha.
6 I ____________ (not accept) on the course until I had paid the fee.
7 The national stadium ____________ (rebuild) right now, so international matches will take place
elsewhere.
8 Anyone who ____________ (not give) a form yet should contact Emily at the admissions desk.
9 All sections need ____________ (fill) in before you can leave.
10 It’s not easy ____________ (tell) you aren’t good enough.
(10 points)

Reading
5 You are going to read an article about how robotics will affect employment and the economy. For
questions 1–10, choose from the sections (A–D). The sections may be chosen more than once. There is
an example at the beginning (0).
Will the rise of the robots destroy the world economy?
A
An Oxford University survey recently suggested that 47 per cent of the world’s jobs will be taken by
robots in the coming decades. This is a big issue that is not science fiction and is happening already. It
involves what we call narrow artificial intelligence, which can do relatively routine, predictable things. By
predictable, I mean you can predict what a person doing a job is going to be doing based on what
they’ve done in the past. It could be flipping burgers or stocking shelves. One of the most dramatic
impacts isn’t going to involve actual robots. It’s going to involve software. Some of the people most
threatened are what we might call office drones: people who sit in front of computers doing relatively
routine, formulaic things. If your job is to produce the same kinds of reports again and again, software is
getting smarter and better at doing that. We already have lots of examples, even in journalism. There’s
smart software capable of writing very basic news stories. In the future, when machines get better at
this, lots of white-collar jobs held by college graduates are going to be threatened.
B
In the long run, robotics could have a dramatic impact on the world economy and we are already
beginning to see that. As workers are eliminated, and people become unemployed or their wages fall,
consumers will have less purchasing power to buy the products and services produced by the economy.
As a result, there will be less and less demand. Economists all over the world are talking about this issue.
In Europe, for example, there is unease about inflation because there is not enough demand for
products and services. If you project this forward, there are going to be a lot of people who are either
unemployed, underemployed, or struggling financially who simply won’t have any extra income to
spend after paying for basics. We are now at a tipping point where robotics, if not handled right, may
trigger mass unemployment and economic collapse.
C
Off-shoring jobs to China and other places has been going on for decades. How will it potentially connect
with artificial intelligence? Off-shoring is the intersection of globalization and technology. What we’re
seeing now is that as automation gets better, a lot of jobs that were once off-shored to low wage
countries, especially in areas of repetitive customer service, are being replaced by things like digital
voice systems. As a result, a lot of those jobs may evaporate in the Third World. Countries like India will
also try to climb up the skills ladder and go after much higher value type professional jobs. You could
take a young, relatively inexperienced, but very smart worker in India or China and combine them with
these very powerful artificial intelligence-enabled tools and together they would be able to compete
with a much more experienced worker in the US. Qualities like judgment and experience, which we
associate with people, are more and more being encapsulated into artificial intelligence and algorithmic
approaches. In many cases, they’ve surpassed the ability of humans to do this type of work.
D
Today, we are all dramatically better off than we were a hundred years ago and that’s largely because of
technology. The problem is that things are becoming less simple than they were. Technology has
reached what you might call ‘an inflection point’. On the one hand, technology is giving us all amazing
inventions and discoveries, like new medicines or new ways of communicating. At the same time,
technology is threatening to take away access to the basics, like housing and food. The extreme example
of this is the homeless person who has a smartphone and can go to Starbucks and access all the digital
abundance that is out there but has nowhere to live. If we can address these issues, so everyone has
access to a reasonable standard of living while enjoying the fruits of technology, we could have a very
optimistic, almost utopian, future. If we don’t, for lots of people who are not economically at the top,
it’s going to be pretty dystopian. Many people may lose their anchor to the middle class and get into
trouble in terms of the necessities of life.

In which section does the writer

0 say that robots may actually already do some jobs better than humans? _____C______
1 list the social gains as well as the social downside of advancing technology? ____________
2 include statistical information to back up an argument? ____________
3 say that the effect of robotics on the economy is a concern for experts in that field? ____________
4 closely define the terms he uses? ____________
5 say that using robots may mean that we will no longer value employees who have done a job for a
long time? ____________
6 admit that technology has been beneficial in the past? ____________
7 say which socio-economic group of employees are at greatest risk of losing their job to robots?
____________
8 say that the future could be positive or negative depending on our actions? ____________
9 talk about how robotics will affect developing countries? ____________
10 explain why failing economies worldwide may be the result of robots taking people’s jobs?
____________
(10 points)

Listening
6 [Track 98] You will hear an interview with a woman called Kelly Bishop who’s talking about her job
as a radio reporter. For questions 1−10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. There is
an example at the beginning (0).
0 Kelly Bishop works for a local ___radio station____ .
1 Kelly says that, like TV reporters, she isn’t well paid and has to ____________ .
2 Getting ____________ is essential to making stories interesting on radio.
3 According to Kelly, the type of stories local radio reporters cover ____________ those covered by local
TV reporters.
4 Kelly feels like she’s having ____________ with individual listeners when she’s on the radio.
5 Kelly says it’s important to avoid ____________ and making unnecessary ‘um’ noises when you’re on
air.
6 A good news reporter should speak with confidence and ____________ .
7 To get the general public to speak well on air, a reporter needs to ____________ .
8 Writing for a newspaper is different from broadcasting on the radio because you can report stories in
____________ .
9 Kelly worked ____________ when she had her first job on a radio station at university.
10 Kelly says she enjoyed her first job, but she found it ____________ .
(10 points)
Writing
7 Read the task below.
You recently saw this job advertisement:
TRIP MANAGER
We are looking for a motivated and experienced individual to successfully develop and sell National
Geographic Expeditions Custom Trips to all seven continents. This person will:
– respond to enquiries from potential travellers.
– develop itineraries.
– secure costs from preferred operators and create trip budgets.
– write proposals.
– report to the Senior Manager of Trip Development for Custom Trips.
Write your letter of application (220–260 words). Make sure you:
• include key elements.
• use appropriate fixed expressions.
• make it convincing and have a personal touch.
(10 points)

Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation in class.
Prepare a four-minute description of yourself for a potential employer.
In your presentation, include:
• a description of your education, career so far, and your ambitions.
• a description of your personal qualities and your strengths and weaknesses.
(10 points)