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1 When
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is the
the order
order now
now expected
expected to be delivered
to be delivered to
to the
the customer’s
customer’s premises?
premises?

(A)
(A) Tomorrow
Tomorrow
(B)
(B) Next
Next Monday
Monday
(C) Next Wednesday
(C) Next Wednesday

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2 What
What does
does Jane
Jane say
say about
about her
her immersion course?
immersion course?
(A) The teachers were speaking in English and not in Spanish at times.
(B) Participants were speaking too much.
(C) Course content is still not stimulating.

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3 Which
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the boarding
boarding gate
gate for
for passengers Uying to
passengers flying to Los
Los Angeles?
Angeles?

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(A)

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(B)

(C)
(C)

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4 How
How much
much did
did the
the woman
woman spend?
spend?
(A)
(A)

(B)
(B)

(C)
(C)

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Question 5 How many key reasons does Mark Peterson describe to explain the rise in the
number of self-employed people?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 2

Question 6 According to Mark, what is gratifying for some people and distressing for others?

(A) Seeking new employment.

(B) Setting up a business.
(C) Performing multiple tasks.

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WOMAN: ThisaDché le jour de
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sorry about this
inconvenience to you.and hope it won’t be too much of an inconvenience to you.

Question
Question 1
1 When
When is
is the
the order
order now
now expected
expected to be delivered
to be delivered to
to the
the customer’s
customer’s premises?
premises?

(A)
(A) Tomorrow
Tomorrow
(B)
(B) Next
Next Monday
Monday
(C) Next Wednesday
(C) Next Wednesday

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MAN: Heynon aDché
Jane, le jour
you’ve justde l'examen
come :
back from another one-week business Spanish immersion course,
haven’t you? How did that one go?
MAN: Hey Jane, you’ve just come back from another one-week business Spanish immersion
course, haven’t
WOMAN: you?
Well, the How did that
classroom one go?
activities were engaging for once and the group I found myself in
wasn’t too large, which meant participants had plenty of speaking time.
WOMAN: Well, the classroom activities were engaging for once and the group I found myself in
wasn’t
MAN: tooand
I see, large, which
how aboutmeant participants
the teachers? had plenty of speaking time.
Proficient?

MAN: I see,
WOMAN: The and how about
teachers didn’t the teachers?
always speakProTcient?
in the target language, which they should do, of course.
They were pretty competent from a pedagogical perspective though.
WOMAN: The teachers didn’t always speak in the target language, which they should do, of course.
They were pretty competent from a pedagogical perspective though.

Question 2 What does Jane say about her immersion course?

Question 2 (A) The

What doesteachers were
Jane say speaking
about in English
her immersion and not in Spanish at times.
course?
(B) Participants were speaking too much.
(A) The teachers were speaking in English and not in Spanish at times.
(C) Course content is still not stimulating.
(B) Participants were speaking too much.
(C) Course content is still not stimulating.

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Question 3 Which is the boarding gate for passengers flying to Los Angeles?
Question 3 Which is the boarding gate for passengers Uying to Los Angeles?
(A)
(A)

(B)
(B)

(C)
(C)

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WOMAN: I’m looking for a swimming suit.
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MAN: Well, take a look at this one here from our new collection. It’s 80 dollars.
WOMAN: I’m looking for a swimming suit.
WOMAN: Hmm, it's nice but I didn’t really want to spend more than 50.
MAN: Well, take a look at this one here from our new collection. It’s 80 dollars.
MAN: We have this other model on sale. There is a fifty percent discount. I can offer that at 40.
WOMAN: Hmm, it's nice but I didn’t really want to spend more than 50.
WOMAN: That’s perfect. I’ll take it.
MAN: We have this other model on sale. There is a Tfty percent discount. I can offer that at 40.

WOMAN: That’s perfect. I’ll take it.

Question 4 How much did the woman spend?

(A)
Question 4 How much did the woman spend?

(A)
(B)

(B)
(C)

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WOMAN: In aDché
today’s le jour de l'examen
programme, we’re :going to be discussing self-employment and we’ve invited
Mark Peterson, a senior member of the self-employed association, to help us shed more light on this
WOMAN: In
increasingly today’sform
popular programme, we’re going
of employment. Helloto be discussing self-employment and we’ve invited
Mark.
Mark Peterson, a senior member of the self-employed association, to help us shed more light on
this increasingly
MAN: Hello. popular form of employment. Hello Mark.

MAN: Hello.
WOMAN: So, first of all, Mark, why is self-employment on the up?

WOMAN:
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I’mTrst of all,
sure thereMark,arewhy is self-employment
several reasons, but I’don the
say up?
unemployment’s ironically made a
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on going consider the options of
self-employed.
creating your own job. Then there are those who are in work, but who are simply tired of being an
employee
WOMAN: andand
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saywith. They too
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running probably be keen
or her own on going
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in common?

WOMAN:
MAN: Well,I see, and what
it really doesn’t would
matteryou say
whateveryone running
trade you’re in,his or her own
whether it’s business
plumbing,has in common?
street food, e-
commerce, nearly everyone I know who’s self employed is a hard worker, a risk taker and very
MAN: Well,But
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reallyimportantly,
doesn’t matter what
he or she hastrade you’re
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tasks whether
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the business streetcanfood,
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What I mean everyone I know
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at
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forown
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an accountant
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with the departments
paperwork. This are undoubtedly
neglected though,
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your costs,in theit business’s
but Trstsave
will very likely few
years of existence.
you lots in the end. If you have very little experience of accounting, for instance, then I strongly urge
you to get an accountant in order to help you with the paperwork. This undoubtedly raises your
costs, but it will very likely save you lots in the end.

Question 5 How many key reasons does Mark Peterson describe to explain the rise in the
number of self-employed people?
Question 5 How many key reasons does Mark Peterson describe to explain the rise in the
(A) 3 of self-employed people?
number
(B) 4
(A) 3
(C) 2
(B) 4
(C) 2
Question 6 According to Mark, what is gratifying for some people and distressing for others?

Question 6 (A) Seeking

According new employment.
to Mark, what is gratifying for some people and distressing for others?
(B) Setting up a business.
(A) Seeking new employment.
(C) Performing multiple tasks.
(B) Setting up a business.
(C) Performing multiple tasks.

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Question 1
1

(A)
(A) The
The shop
shop is
is open
open 7
7 days
days aa week.
week.
(B)
(B) The shop closes later on weekdays.
The shop closes later on weekdays.
(C)
(C) The
The shop
shop opens
opens later
later on
on Saturday.
Saturday.

Question
Question 2
2

(A) Division South’s sales greatly outweighed Division North’s sales in 2013.
(B) Division East’s sales held steady over the 5-year period.
(C) Division West’s sales gradually shrunk over the 5 years.

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3 The
The HR
HR department
department is
is now
now located ________ the
located ________ the 5th
5th floor.
Uoor.

(A)
(A) in
in
(B) on
(B) on
(C)
(C) at
at
(D)
(D) to
to

Question
Question 4
4 The
The property
property market
market has
has been
been ________ since 2015,
________ since 2015, thanks
thanks to
to a
a significant
signiTcant fall
fall in
in
interest
interest rates
rates the
the same
same year.
year.
(A)
(A) climbing
climbing
(B)
(B) booming
booming
(C)
(C) rising
rising
(D) rocketing
(D) rocketing

Question
Question 5
5 In
In half
half an
an hour,
hour, the
the movie
movie theater
theater will be full.
will be full. Everyone
Everyone ________
________ the
the movie.
movie.

(A)
(A) will
will watch
watch
(B)
(B) will
will be
be watching
watching
(C)
(C) will have watched
will have watched
(D)
(D) won’t
won’t watch
watch

Carspares
Carspares SASA was
was founded
founded 50
50 years
years ago
ago (6)________ Spain by
(6)________ Spain by aa young,
young, entrepreneurial
entrepreneurial engineer.
engineer.
Its
Its head
head oVce
office and
and research
research and
and development
development centre are (7)________
centre are (7)________ just
just outside
outside Madrid,
Madrid, but
but it
it
(8)________
(8)________ subsidiaries
subsidiaries in
in several
several Western
Western European cities.
European cities.

The
The company
company produces
produces and
and (9)________
(9)________ spare
spare parts to the
parts to the automotive
automotive industry,
industry, especially
especially in
in France,
France,
Italy,
Italy, Germany
Germany and
and the
the UK.
UK.

22 years
years ago,
ago, it
it acquired
acquired its
its UK
UK rival,
rival, making
making it
it today one of
today one of the
the (10)________
(10)________ spare
spare parts
parts manufacturers
manufacturers
in
in the
the world.
world.

Question 6 (6) ________

(A) at
(B) in
(C) to
(D) on

Question 7 (7) ________

(A) placed
(B) positioned
(C) located
(D) held

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Question 8
8 (8)
(8) ________
________
(A)
(A) had
had

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(C)
(C) has
has
(D)
(D) got
got

Question
Question 9
9 (9)
(9) ________
________
(A)
(A) gives
gives
(B)
(B) supplies
supplies
(C)
(C) receives
receives
(D)
(D) takes
takes

Question
Question 10
10 (10)
(10) ________
________
(A)
(A) longest
longest
(B)
(B) shortest
shortest
(C)
(C) smallest
smallest
(D)
(D) biggest
biggest

The
The Eurostar
Eurostar isis a
a (1)
(1) ________-speed
________-speed train
train service
service that connects the
that connects the UK
UK to
to France
France and
and Belgium
Belgium via
via the
the
Channel Tunnel. It began operating trains to take passengers from one city centre to
Channel Tunnel. It began operating trains to take passengers from one city centre to another in 1994. another in 1994.
Initially
Initially (2)
(2) ________
________ departed
departed from
from the
the UKUK at
at London Waterloo International
London Waterloo International station
station and
and in
in late
late 2007
2007
they
they (3)
(3) ________
________ leaving
leaving from
from London’s
London’s St.St. Pancras
Pancras International station.
International station.
Eurostar
Eurostar takes
takes thousands
thousands of of people
people a a day
day (4)
(4) ________ Paris, Brussels,
________ Paris, Brussels, Lille,
Lille, Calais
Calais and
and Disneyland
Disneyland
Paris and is one of the most convenient ways of crossing the channel. Additional
Paris and is one of the most convenient ways of crossing the channel. Additional services include services include
seasonal
seasonal trains
trains to
to the
the South
South ofof France
France inin (5)
(5) ________ and the
________ and the French
French and
and Swiss
Swiss Alps
Alps in
in winter.
winter.

Question 11 (1) ________

Question 12 (2) ________

Question 13 (3) ________

Question 14 (4) ________

Question 15 (5) ________

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