Name_______________________________________ Class______________________________

Unit Test 7
Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.
LANGUAGE REVIEW: TIME CLAUSES
A Complete the conversation with when, while or before.
A I’m leaving in about ten minutes. Do you need help with anything (1)__________________
I go?

B Actually, yes. I’m having some problems with this spreadsheet. (2)__________________ I
enter new data on sheet 1, it doesn’t show up on sheet 2.

A Hmmm. Let me have a look.

B Thanks. (3)__________________ you’re here, would you like a cup of coffee?

A No, thanks. (4)__________________ I make changes to this spreadsheet, let’s make a copy.
We don’t want to lose it!

B Great idea.

A (5)__________________ we’ve sorted this out, would you like to go for a drink?

B Sure.

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B Complete the conversation with after, until or as soon as.
A Are you doing anything (6)__________________ work today?

B No, why?

A Tomas and I are going for a meal. Would you like to come?

B Maybe, but I have to stay at my desk (7)__________________ I get a call from Aslan
in Istanbul.

A Oh, right. Well, we’re leaving in about half an hour. We can go ahead and you can come
along (8)__________________ possible – when you’ve finished with Aslan.

B OK. But he can’t call (9)__________________ seven o’clock.

A So he’ll call you (10)__________________ he finishes his weekly conference call with
New York?

B Right.

VOCABULARY: ECONOMIC TERMS

A Choose the correct words to complete the text about a small business.
When I started my own business, I borrowed about €10,000. I don’t pay a high (11)(borrowing /
interest) rate – only three per cent. I also benefit from tax (12)(incentives / increases). They’re
designed to encourage new businesses like mine. Only a few years ago, there was a lot of
government (13)(inflation / bureaucracy) that made it difficult to start a business. But the laws
have changed, and now it is much simpler. The (14)(unemployment / employment) rate in my
country is high, and the government wants to create new jobs. They’re also trying to encourage
foreign (15)(incentives / investment) to help build up the economy.

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B Complete the sentences with words from the box.
balance of trade exchange rate GDP inflation rate labour force
16 What was yesterday’s __________________ between the dollar and the euro?

17 When did the __________________ hit three per cent?

18 Isn’t the city’s __________________ about a million people?

19 China’s __________________ was about seven trillion dollars in 2011.

20 The __________________ between two countries changes as their imports and exports change.

SKILLS: DEALING WITH NUMBERS

A Write the numbers in words.
21 270,345 __________________

22 98% __________________

23 0.845 __________________

24 5/6 __________________

25 650,456,910 __________________

B Write the numbers in digits.

26 two hundred and forty-five thousand, three hundred and sixteen __________________

27 three-quarters __________________

28 one point three five seven __________________

29 twenty-seven per cent __________________

30 twelve thousand euros __________________

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