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VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with the words
in the box. There are two extra words.
output purpose accuracy claim
calling reputation deadline protect
We’ve been told by the boss to increase
our output by fifty percent! That’s
impossible!
1 Do you find working to a ____________
helpful? I find the pressure helps me
focus.
2 Shakespeare had one true
3 Complete the sentences with one word
____________, to be a writer.
3 Did you check the ____________ of the
information before quoting it? It sounds
strange to me.
4 Don’t put your phone number online. It’s
important to ____________ your identity
at least a little bit.
5 The city has a bad ____________ for high
levels of crime.
____/5
2 Complete the sentences with the
missing words. Some letters are given.
There is one space for each missing
letter.
Unfortunately she never reached her full
p o t e n t i a l. She didn’t work hard and
had a tendency to give up.
1 It’s wrong for advertisers to d _ _ t _ _ _
the truth in their adverts.
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2 Did you know that women represent
almost fifty per cent of the
w _ _ _ _ o _ _ _? I’m glad there are more
and more working women nowadays.
3 We are hoping to see a g _ _ d _ _ _
increase in the number of qualified doctors
moving to this town.
4 The politicians definitely have
an a _ _ _ d _ behind the promises they
are making. They want power so they can
do whatever they want.
5 It’s such a shame the photos are out of
f _ _ _ _. I think there must be something
wrong with the camera.
____/5
in each gap.
My English teacher was great, she really
encouraged me to speak my mind rather
than keep everything to myself.
1 We came up __________ various
problems when we were building our
house but we managed to solve most of
them.
2 I’m tied __________ with the children at
the moment so I can’t meet you after all.
3 My grandfather wrote amazing stories but
always published them under a false
name. He wanted to remain ___________
to avoid fame.
4 My __________ feeling is that you really
need a holiday. I think you should take the
opportunity and worry about work when
you get back.
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Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

5 We were supposed to spend the weekend
together in Paris but he missed the train
and couldn’t come. It’s a good thing
I enjoy my own __________.
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GRAMMAR
5 Complete the second sentence so that
it has a similar meaning to the first.
We must finish the assignment. Only then
can we go home early.
We can’t go home early unless we finish
the assignment.

4 Choose the correct option. 1 ‘It will probably rain tomorrow’, Jake said.
This could lead / result in fewer people Jake said that
graduating from university. ________________________________
the following day.
2 ‘Did your interview go well?’ Ana asked
1 The interviewer told him that he didn’t
me.
prepare / hadn’t prepared well enough for
his interview. Ana asked me if
________________________________
2 If she hadn’t worked hard at school, she well.
wouldn’t have / wouldn’t have had a good 3 ‘You stole the money!’ Tara said to Paul.
job now.
Tara accused
3 Sara says she loved / loves adventure ________________________________
films, so I’m sure she’ll like this one. the money.
4 She’s already read all his books. ONE
4 I’m sorry, I wouldn’t ask to borrow money
unless / provided I needed to, but I’m She’s already read
really desperate! ________________________________.
5 I don’t like horror films, so I didn’t go to the
5 Martha insisted to pay / on paying for the
cinema with my friends.
tickets.
I would have gone to the cinema with my
6 I’ll have finished / have been finishing all friends
my exams by the 20 th June, so I’ll be free ________________________________
to go on holiday. horror films.
6 It’s a pity you spent all your money.
7 If you called / Had you called me, I would
have come and picked you up in my car. You shouldn’t
________________________________
8 We had waited / had been waiting for over all your money.
an hour when Sammy finally arrived.
7 ‘Don’t forget to take your keys,’ my mum
____/8 said.
My mum reminded
________________________________
my keys.
____/7
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Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

USE OF ENGLISH realised my mistake. 1__________ forgotten to

prepare thoroughly, I was very nervous and kept
6 Read the text and choose the correct saying the wrong thing. The interviewer asked me
answer, A, B, C or D. if I had been looking for jobs for long. I told her
that
I 2__________applied for hundreds of jobs but no
Ever since I can remember I’ve wanted to be
one seemed to want to employ me. She then
a journalist. Whilst my friends were watching
asked about my friends, and I said I didn’t have
cartoons, I was more fascinated by foreign
many friends, 3__________ was obviously
affairs and _____ stories. It was only when I got
a mistake because the job needed someone with
a bit older that I realised I was 1_____
good people skills. Finally, she wanted to know
differently from all my friends, who believed the
how much I would expect to be paid. I said that
media only wanted to 2_____ people. I got
3 I wouldn’t accept the job 4__________ they
_____ to some serious work when I was at
offered me a really good salary. I don’t think that
university, completing my degree and working
went down very well! She promised to get back to
for the local radio station. It wasn’t easy to keep
4 me, but when I didn’t hear anything I sent an
_____ with all my responsibilities but somehow
email urging 5__________ to write to me.
I managed. Later, I went 5_____ to report some
I suppose that was a mistake too as she never
of the biggest stories happening in my country.
wrote back!
I’m so happy I didn’t let my friends influence me
____/5
and am now doing my dream job.

A break news B breaking news

C news break D breaking new 8 Complete the text with the correct form
of the words in capitals.
1 A wired B wires
C wiring D wire
My grandfather is an
2 A distort B deform
extremely affectionate man
C misinform D misuse AFFECTION
who has always done
3 A for B over everything he can to help his
local community. He lives in PICTURE
C by D down a 1_______________ town
4 A on B up in Italy and whilst it is
a beautiful place to live, his
C by D over
life has never been easy. He
5 A by B on makes a very small living
C over D off ____/5 selling the fruit from his
garden and works all day in
7 Complete the text with one word in the fields surrounding his
each gap. house. He is a small man
but has great
2
_______________. In STRONG
I had a terrible interview yesterday! Firstly, more recent years, his
I missed my train and as a result, I arrived half an beautiful village has been
hour late. Once the interview started, I quickly threatened by an
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3
_______________ high ALARM
number of tourists visiting
the area. The village is too
small to support so many
visitors, so my grandfather
has been working hard to
raise 4_______________ of AWARE
how to respect the local
farms and vineyards. With
his 5_______________ CONSCIENTIOUS
I have no doubt he’ll be
successful.
____/5
9 Complete the second sentence so that
it has a similar meaning to the first. Use
between two and five words including
the word in capitals. Do not change the
word given.
Emily said we should leave at six.
SUGGESTED
Emily suggested leaving at six.
1 ‘Well done, you passed your exams’ the
teacher said. CONGRATULATED
The teacher
__________________________________
my exams.
2 They won’t call you if you don’t send them
a covering email first. PROVIDED
They’ll call you
__________________________________
a covering email first.
3 ‘I won’t be late,’ she promised. THAT
She promised
__________________________________
late.
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4 I stayed up late last night, so now I’m tired.
IF
I wouldn’t be tired now
__________________________________
up late last night.
5 It was a mistake to spend £200 on a new
bike. SPENT
I ought
__________________________________
£200 on a new bike.
____/5
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READING
10 Read the text. Then complete each gap
with up to six words so that the
summary is logical and consistent with
the meaning of the text.
Mass media through the ages
Any mention of the media and people
automatically think of newspapers and
magazines, television and the Internet, entirely
modern methods of communication. This is
understandable, the 20th century saw the
introduction of communication technologies that
have completely revolutionised the way we work,
play, relax and interact with other people. These
fast-paced, ground-breaking changes do not look
likely to slow down in the near future, either.
Whilst the tools of communication we now have at
our fingertips have changed, so too has the
general perception of the media. We tend to look
back fondly on times where journalists could be
trusted not to be the perpetrators of harmful fake
news stories, and TV was not full of violence and
aggression. But the past in many ways is not the
nostalgic place we dream about. In any form of
communication there is room for misinterpretation
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and misunderstanding. It’s true that modern
media dominates our lives, but the will to
communicate is perhaps what makes us human,
and people have found ways to record their
thoughts, feelings and lives since the beginning of
time. Here, we take a look back on some of the
most important forms of media and human
communication through history.
Prehistoric cave paintings are often considered to
be the oldest form of human artistic expression,
but every artist has a story to tell and every
painting holds a message. So what is the
message behind these paintings? Many of them
depict hunting scenes and are often thought to
represent how these early people lived. However,
we now know they survived on a diet of reindeer
meat, whereas the paintings show bears, wild
cats and even rhinos. Rather than their reality, it
could be their dreams and aspirations that are on
show. Or perhaps these early people wanted to
show themselves as having greater strength and
bravery than they actually possessed. Either way,
there is some confirmation that dissatisfaction
with life may not be a modern invention at all.
Writing was of course another milestone in the
growth of the media. Various systems of writing
evolved in different civilizations around the world
increasing in accuracy until it became possible for
a reader to reconstruct the meaning conveyed by
the writer. This can be dated to around 3200 BC
although it is difficult to be exact about dates. The
invention of paper in China in 100 BC meant
books could be handwritten and be more easily
circulated, but it was the introduction of the
printing press 1500 years later that really enabled
the mass media to take off.
The printing press enabled knowledge to be
distributed to a much wider audience. It also did
much to spread literacy with more and more
people learning how to read and write and for that
reason is often held up as one of the greatest
inventions of our time. However, it can be
associated with a number of drawbacks which
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can’t be overlooked. Mass printing quickly
became and remained a privilege of the rich and
educated. More importantly, the people at the
very top of society have typically always held all
the power, and the printing press gave them an
even greater ability to exert control and spread
the information which suited them. Whilst ‘fake
news’ only became word of the year in 2017, it
seems the concept is as old as time.
Rather than feeling down about our inability to get
to the truth, we can look at the positives of our
current situation. Personal blogs allow anyone to
express their opinion online. One might say that
the result is we are bombarded with too much
information and shouldn’t trust anyone. I’d rather
see it as a fantastic opportunity to read widely,
engage with various opinions and finally make up
my own mind about the information I am given. It
has never been easier to speak your mind, and
this can only be a positive thing in my opinion.
Most people define the media as
(1) ____________________________________,
like for example television or magazines. Tools
such as the Internet and newspapers have vastly
changed the way we live already and the changes
look set to continue in the future.
The way people view the media has also
changed. Many people dream of a past where
journalists were honest and things like
(2) _____________________________________
visible on TV. Whilst it’s easy to be nostalgic
about the past, this is not entirely true. When two
or more people communicate, there is the risk
that information will be misinterpreted.
Prehistoric paintings are often thought to show
more than the daily lives of these early people.
However, now we know that prehistoric people
didn’t really hunt for
(3) ____________________________________.
In fact, what they mainly ate was reindeer meat.
The paintings instead are thought to show either
the dreams of prehistoric people, or their desire
(4) _____________________________________
they actually were.
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Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

Early systems of writing date back to around 3200

BC and paper was first used in 100 BC, allowing
books to be circulated more easily. Later, the
printing press meant a wider audience could
access the news although only literate people
could really benefit. Perhaps the biggest
drawback of the printing press is that it
(5) _____________________________________
manipulate the media. From the introduction of
the printing press, fake news, which later was
named word of the year, has been a problem with
no one really knowing who or what to trust.

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