Intermediate Mid-course Test B

Vocabulary and Grammar

Listening
3 Match the compound nouns.
1 Track 11 Listen and tick  the correct answer:
1 great- a) power
a), b) or c).
2 risk b) grandparents
1 Jo thinks she could be Native American.
3 computer c) thriller
4 science d) engineering
5% 15% 50% 5 psychological e) networks
a) b) c)  6 extended f) fiction
7 period g) cleaner
2 The floor stopped moving after the woman . 8 romantic h) taker
9 vacuum i) family
got dressed went outside got under the table 10 nuclear j) comedy
a) b) c) 11 genetic k) drama
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3 The girl’s going to save to go to the Moon. 4 Underline the correct preposition.
1 I’m meeting them at / in lunchtime.
$1m for 50 years for a long time 2 She’s always gossiping about / from other people.
a) b) c) 3 He apologised on / for forgetting to call me.
4 I couldn’t finish the test because I ran out of / of
4 Jack thinks Nick’s idea for a new business is the time.
. 5 The situation will improve at / in the long term.
6 Don’t forget to switch on / up the computer before
great original mad you start.
a) b) c) 7 He complimented the students on / of their
excellent exam results.
5 The shop doesn’t have a . 8 Some authors write their novels in / by hand.
9 You can’t predict what changes will take place a
computer price list dishwasher long time of / from now.
a) b) c) 10 She’s hardly opened her mouth tonight. What’s
at / on her mind?
6 The woman thinks the most important invention 11 He couldn’t stay because he was from / in a
for the kitchen is a . hurry to get to work.
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tin opener cooker fridge
5 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form
a) b) c)
of the word in capitals.
1 He’s been unemployed for 6 months. He can’t
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find a job. EMPLOY
Pronunciation 2 Fewer people are living on the streets
because there are special places for them to sleep.
2 Track 12 Listen and cross out the word with a HOME
different vowel sound in bold. 3 Commuting to work every day is making me feel
1 family drama married ambitious completely . EXHAUST
2 inquiry risk science fiction 4 I hope they find a solution to the
3 romantic forgot comedy job conflict. PEACE
4 genetic remember engineering period 5 My mobile’s not working. It must need
5 hear earn leader freeze . CHARGE
6 fun discussion furious wonderful 6 This new detergent is much more
5 than the old one. EFFECT
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6 Correct two mistakes in each sentence. 9 Choose the correct answer: a), b), c) or d).
1 My students don’t hear me and that’s why they do 1 Have you seen his latest play b ?
mistakes. a) just b) yet c) ever d) last night
My students don’t listen to me and that’s why they 2 My parents from Ireland.
make mistakes. a) lived b) are coming c) come d) comes
2 You forgot to remember me about mum’s 3 When we were children, we outside all the
birthday, so I’m on hot water now! time.
. a) ’d play b) ’d played c) were playing
3 She made her best with the project, but it looked a d) ’ve played
bit short when she printed it on. 4 You eat so much junk food.
. a) might b) shouldn’t c) must d) have to
4 I don’t like many of my ancestors much, but my 5 The house was smaller than he
Uncle Tom is great funny to be with. remembered.
. a) very b) little bit c) far d) not as
5 He used to win a good salary, but then he lost his 6 We to stay in a hotel when we get to
work. Now he’s unemployed. Toronto.
. a) will b) would c) likely d) ’re going
6 I said her I’d be late because I had to make some 7 I’ve never been to India, but I to China last
shopping. year.
. a) went b) ’ve been c) used to go d) gone
8 They her address any more.
5 a) aren’t remembering b) don’t remember
c) doesn’t remember d) remember
7 Write questions for the answers in italics.
9 You to go now. You can go later.
1 He was talking on his mobile when I saw him.
a) don’t have b) must c) mustn’t d) ought
What was he doing when you saw him ?
10 When he got to the airport, he realised he
2 She realised later that she’d given him the wrong
his plane ticket.
phone number.
a) left b) forgot c) ’d forgotten d) ’d left
When ?
11 He met them he was living in Warsaw.
3 David sent me these beautiful flowers.
a) during b) until c) while d) as soon as
Who ?
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4 He used to play rugby and tennis before he had
the accident. 10 Complete the test with one suitable word in
Which ? each gap.
5 I was looking for my friends. New words from old
Who ? The English 1 language is constantly growing in
6 The Barcelona football team is likely to win the response to changes in the world around us, and
championship. 2
words are created every day. The word
Which ? ‘framily’, for example, first came into use in 2006
and is made from 3 words: ‘family’ and
5 ‘friends’. It refers to close friends 4 have
8 Complete the second sentence so that it means become like a family, providing company and
the same as the first. Use the word in brackets. support. The concept has probably developed
5
1 You can’t smoke in the office. (must) a result of changes in our society, where
You mustn’t smoke in the office . people 6 live as near to their families as
2 I told him to remember to buy cheese. (remind) they used 7 . The word framily has been
I . used in the USA for quite a while, especially by
3 We used to meet for lunch every Sunday. (would) younger 8 living in cities; this is reflected
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We . popular TV shows like Friends. If you
4 His room’s not as messy as mine. (less) like being with both ‘framily’ and family, you might
His room . want to try ‘togethering’, which 10 to go on
5 They’ll probably be late again. (likely) holiday with both your extended family and
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They . !
6 The red ones are a bit cheaper. (slightly)
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a) This means that the office will become much

Reading more central to our lives.
11 Match gaps 1–6 in the text with sentences b) The ‘House of the Future’ consists of a living
a)–f) opposite. room, bathroom, kitchen, home theatre, sleeping
space and office.
Living Tomorrow
c) This acts as both a mirror and an electrically
If you want to find out what houses controlled screen.
might look like in the future, you should d) The latest 3D technology makes ‘watching TV’ a
visit the Living Tomorrow exhibition. It’s whole new experience.
a permanent exhibition near Brussels in e) You’ll find out why when you go upstairs.
Belgium, where you can see for yourself f) They even change colour automatically when
how tomorrow’s technologies will you adjust the lighting.
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integrate with our daily lives.
1 12 Read the text in Exercise 11 again and choose
b . Everything works via remote
the correct answer: a), b) or c).
control, from warming up food, to 1 The Living Tomorrow exhibition
authorising access to the supermarket a) shows what houses will be like in the future
delivery man. The living room has touch b) shows what daily life will be like in the future
screens which control the light, music c) is only showing for a short time
and windows. You might want to read,
relax or just chat to friends there. 2 In the ‘House of the Future’, you .
However, you won’t see a TV. 2 . a) will have your shopping delivered
automatically
The kitchen can be whatever you want it
b) won’t have to know how to cook much
to be. Appliances like the oven, fridge
c) can watch TV in the living room
and dishwasher slide in or out of view as
needed. 3 . The oven and 3 In the kitchen, .
microwave are designed to recognise a) you can move the domestic appliances around
different kinds of food and decide b) the oven decides what food you’ll eat
automatically how to cook them. The only c) the fridge and dishwasher are white
thing that doesn’t move here is the flat
screen on the wall – which, among other 4 There’s a ‘home theatre’ upstairs .
things, allows you to do your shopping a) which has an ‘intelligent mirror’
easily and safely online. b) where you can sleep
c) where you can watch films
Upstairs is the ‘home theatre’, with
specialised acoustics and large screens. 5 In the bathroom, .
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. Next to this, in the ‘sleeping a) music starts playing when you clean your teeth
space’, you can try out a bed that adapts b) you can check if it’s raining outside
to your size and shape. c) the taps turn on automatically
The bathroom, which has water-free
6 In the future, .
toilets and voice-controlled taps, is also
a) the ‘home office’ will be more essential than it
equipped with an ‘intelligent mirror’. is now
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. You can watch the news on it, b) people won’t have to work
check the weather forecast or listen to c) people won’t be able to go outside very much
music while you clean your teeth. The
mirror will even check your blood 5
pressure and temperature, and remind
you to take your medicine if necessary!
Finally, there’s the ‘home office’. Thanks
to tomorrow’s interactive multimedia
technology, more and more people will
be working from home. 6 . In fact,
in ‘the house of the future’, it will hardly
be necessary to leave home at all!

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Writing
Speaking
15 Underline the correct alternative.
13 Delete the response that is not possible.
1 In general / the whole, the good points outweigh
1 So should I dress smartly for the interview?
the bad points.
a) I see. b) Of course. c) That’s right.
2 We talked on the phone for / during hours last
2 the name of our new company.
night.
a) Let’s focus on b) I think we need to come
3 Although / As well as that he isn’t ambitious, he
back to c) Let’s sum up
knows he should find a better job.
3 Do you know if the train’s left yet?
4 I like eating organic food. However / Although,
a) Yes, I can. b) I think so. c) I’m not sure.
it’s much more expensive.
4 Anyway, in the end, we had to sleep on the floor!
5 They never listen to music while / during they’re
a) You must be joking. b) What did you do?
studying.
c) I don’t believe it.
6 As soon as / By the time he got home, it was
5 A: Sorry, sir, but we have no tables available.
nearly midnight.
B: you didn’t get my booking?
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a) Didn’t you say b) So you’re saying
c) Do you mean to say 16 Write an essay about the advantages and
6 Would you mind calling him for me? disadvantages of mobile phones. Use the
a) Of course not. b) Yes, please. c) Sure. prompts below to help you. Write 120–150
5 words.
It’s easy to see the advantages of mobile phones
14 Match gaps 1–11 in the conversation with
in our everyday lives.
a)–k) below.
A: First of 1 a , we need to decide when to have
the conference.
B: I think June’s the best time – before the summer
holidays start.
A: Yes, that’s a good 2 . May’s too early.
B: 3 . But for me, the most important thing is
One of the main advantages
where to have it. The 4 see it, we should
book somewhere at once.
A: Yes, 5 . We’ll need a hotel with conference
facilities for fifty people.
B: How about if I call James? He works at the
Plaza. He’ll be able to advise us.
A: OK, go 6 . That’s OK by me.
The problem is that, on the other hand,
B: So 7 to the next point. Who are we going
to invite as speakers?
A: You’ve lost me now. I thought we were going to
do all the presentations?
B: 8 say that? Well, I think we need someone
who specialises in marketing.
A: I’m not 9 agree, actually. I have plenty of
In my opinion,
marketing experience.
B: OK. Why 10 come back to that later?
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recap: what have we decided so far?

a) all g) way I
b) ahead h) point
c) Exactly i) Did I
d) I agree j) sure I
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e) Let’s k) moving on
f) don’t we
Total: 100
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