PROGRESS TEST 2

TOTAL SCORE
Name: LISTENING READING

Class:
WRITING SPEAKING
Test Date:

1. Listen to a conversation between Ryan and a shop assistant. Decide if sentences 1-5 are true (T)
or false (F).
1 The changing rooms are next to the shoe department.
2 The jacket costs $ 26.25.
3 Ryan wants to pay by cash.
4 Ryan doesn’t want a bag.
5 The bank is next to the bus station.
2 points for each correct answer 10

2. Listen to a conversation between Ryan and Carla. For questions 1-5, circle the correct answer a, b
or c.
1 Ryan is shopping for .
a clothes b food c shoes
2 Carla thinks Ryan’s new journey to work is .
a quick b bad c easy
3 Ryan’s office is ………….. the car park.
a on the right of b behind c next to
4 Ryan finished his old job .
a yesterday b last week c last month
5 Ryan starts his new job .
a on Monday b on Wednesday c the week after next
2 points for each correct answer 10

3. Read the instructions for having a good holiday. Choose the correct answer from the words in
italics.
1 Always lose/ Don’t lose your money, credit cards and passport.
2 Don’t stay/ Stay in the sun all day long.
3 Drink/ Don’t drink lots of water when it’s hot.
4 Take/ Don’t take a tourist guide book and map so you don’t get lost.
5 Don’t arrive/ Arrive at the airport at least an hour before your flight.
2 points for each correct answer 10

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4. Read the text and answer the questions. Use one
or two words or a number from the text for each
answer.
1 What did Macy’s sell at first?
Macy's sell at first is dried foods
2 What happened to Macy’s first shop?
3 What picture did R. H. Macy choose for the out-
side of his shop?
4 How much money did he make in the first year?
5 When did the Macy family sell the shop?
2 points for each correct answer 10
5. Read the text again. Decide if the sentences are
true (T) or false (F). If there is no information
about this, choose ‘not given’ (NG).
1 Macy’s had many new ideas about shopping.
F family until 1895.
2 Macy’s given the most important job in the shop
to a woman. F
3 People with lots of different nationalities worked
for Macy’s. T
4 The Thanksgiving Day Parade was for new work-
ers only. F
5 At Thanksgiving the company gave thank-you
presents to all its workers. T very large so it moved to Broadway. Ma-
2 points for each correct answer 10
The shop Macy’s in New York is very fa-
mous all over the world, but it started as a
small shop where people could buy dried
foods. Rowland Hussey Macy was a busi-
nessman who wanted to make money. He
opened a few more shops, but they didn’t
make much money and they all closed.
But he was a strong personality and he be-
lieved that he could become rich. In 1858
at the age of thirty-six he opened Macy’s
on Sixth Avenue in New York. He decided
on a red star as the shop’s sign because he
was a sailor before he owned Macy’s. On
the first day he didn’t have many custom-
ers and at the end of the day he had just
$11.06. But his shop started to become
more popular and at the end of the year he
made about $85,000. Macy died in 1877
but the shop continued to be in the Macy
Macy’s changed shopping in many ways.
First, it introduced new products such
as the tea bag and coloured bath towels.
Also, it was the first shop to give one of
the senior management jobs to a woman,
Margaret Getchell. By 1902 Macy’s was
cy’s continued to be very popular and in
1918 its total sales were $36 million. The
company gave jobs to many people from
all over the world. It helped them to start
a new life in New York and earn money
for their families. In 1924 all the workers
at Macy’s organized a ‘Thanksgiving Day
Parade’. The workers dressed in colour-
ful clothes and walked through the city
singing and dancing to say thank you to
their new country. Today the parade still
happens and Macy’s has shops all over the
USA.
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6. Choose the best answers to complete the text .
An old friend
Last week, I received an email from my old friend Yang and I 1 very surprised. The last time we
saw each other was twenty years ago because my family 2 house when we were children. I re-
member he 3
draw and paint very well, but there 4
so many things I don’t know about
him now. Maybe he has 5
children. What’s his job? I have so many questions for him!
I emailed him yesterday and said he could visit 6 . I hope he likes my house. It’s small but 7
. It’s in the centre of my town and there are many things to do. I want to take him to my favou-
rite restaurant 8 my house. There’s also an interesting 9 about the history of the town.
Maybe we can go there. I’m 10 excited about his visit – I just can’t wait!
1 a are b were c was
2 a prepared c changed c moved
3 a could b can’t c can
4 a are b is c were
5 a a b an c -
6 a last week b next month c a week ago
7 a modern b noisy c dirty
8 a under b between c opposite
9 a chemist b museum c airport
10 a really b quite c a bit
1 point for each correct answer 10

7. Write a review of a product you bought recently. Write 40-50 words.

In your review, you should write about:
- the cost and value for money.
- the look and how user-friendly it is.
- your opinion/recommendation.

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SPEAKING
Student A
8. Work with a partner. You are a customer. Ask the shop assistant about a T-shirt.
- Ask the price.
- Ask to try it on.
- Say you want to pay by credit card.
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