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Progress Test 4 (Modules 7–8)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 For questions 1–12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
The thing I like most about the summer is the Zodiac Folk Music Festival. (1) _____ beats listening to acoustic
music in the sun and this family-friendly festival doesn’t (2) _____ the earth either. The moment we arrived we
(3) _____ on the little camping area they have so we could (4) _____ our tents and then go for a wander. We
soon found a great spot. I got out my funky new tent. (5) _____ I’d bought it was because I thought its bright
green leafy design would blend in with nature and it certainly did. It was so easy to put up too and in no time all
the pieces were slotted in place. Once the tents were up, we (6) _____ the direction of the music. All we wanted
to do now was dance, and dance we would. The first band’s singer had a really lovely (7) _____ voice and really
got the crowd going, but (8) _____ the next artist that we were (9) _____ by. Her voice was simply amazing.
Being a small and (10) _____ music festival, it was easy to speak to her after her set and we somehow ended up
tagging (11) _____ with her. We were so taken by her Texan drawl and bubbly personality that we soon became
(12) _____ to everyone else.

1 A Something B Anything C Nowhere D Nothing

2 A cost B pay C earn D cut

3 A keyed on B poured in C homed in D knuckled down

4 A plant B make C pitch D build

5 A It’s only because B The thing that C The reason for D The reason why

6 A meandered for B drifted in C strayed off D lingered in

7 A piercing B shrill C shrieky D high-pitched

8 A it was B it will be C it was being D being

9 A knocked down B bowled away C startled over D blown away

10 A loose B low-key C restrained D soothing

11 A by B on C along D in

12 A oblivious B engrossed C distracted D absorbed

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2 For questions 1–5, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words,
including the word given.
1 If you’re so interested in supporting them, why don’t you make a donation?

MOUTH

Why don’t you put ______________________________ is and make a donation?

2 If you try not to worry so much, you’ll probably do better in the exam than you expect.

LESS

______________________________ the exam, the better you’re likely to do in it.

3 My aunt doesn’t like TV and prefers going out for long walks instead.

SOONER

My aunt says ______________________________ out for a walk than watch TV.

4 I wanted to sell my car, so I put an ad in the local paper.

WHAT

As I wanted to sell my car, ______________________________ put an ad in the local paper.

5 There was no one on the beach, which was strange considering it was a sunny afternoon.

DESERTED

We were surprised to find that ___________________________ though it was a sunny afternoon.

3 For questions 1–7, read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use only one word
in each gap.
HERE TO HELP

During difficult (1) _______________ , many people find themselves struggling to make (2) _______________
meet and that’s where we can help. To avoid your living beyond your (3) _______________ and getting into
unnecessary debt, our charity is here to help you by chipping (4) _______________ at the end of the month
when your bills need paying and the money’s running low. We receive financial (5) _______________ from
community-minded donors and have a number of volunteers who (6) _______________ money for us. We
believe that money spent (7) _______________ helping ordinary people stay afloat is money well spent.

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LISTENING
4 Complete both tasks as you listen to five different speakers talking about their travelling experiences.
TASK One: For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what each of the five speakers now feels is
unimportant when travelling.
A regularly going online to check on things

B checking out produce in local markets

C taking heed of other people’s warnings about travel

D planned excursions that the speaker paid for

E burdening yourself with lots of possessions

F trying to visit as many places as possible

G tagging along with other travellers for the sake of it

H going somewhere just because it’s dangerous

1 Speaker 1 _____ 2 Speaker 2 _____ 3 Speaker 3 _____

4 Speaker 4 _____ 5 Speaker 5 _____

TASK Two: For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) what each of the five speakers say they now
do.
A generally declines invitations that come their way

B enjoys chucking dishes into the dishwasher

C lives a simple life and values experiences over material goods

D constantly thinks about their next trip

E lives life one day at a time

F spends more time actively supporting their children

G copes with activities that they thought they would struggle with

H gains more satisfaction from the mementos they buy when abroad

6 Speaker 1 _____ 7 Speaker 2 _____ 8 Speaker 3 _____

9 Speaker 4 _____ 10 Speaker 5 _____

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READING
5 Read the article on why going back home can be dangerous. Choose the most suitable heading
(A–H) for each paragraph (1–6). There are two headings you will not need.
A Blame incites defensiveness

B Moving on to freedom

C Witnessing the inner teenager emerge

D We are the same as our parents

E Shaking up old memories

F The lasting impact of early criticisms

G Unconscious reactions to parental comments

H Separating the emotions of then and now

Why going back home can be dangerous

An American psychologist discusses the downsides of a family visit after a person has left home to live
independently.

1 _____

A friend of mine, Julia, recently took her boyfriend along on a visit to her parents’ house. It was the first time
he’d met her parents, whom he found to be kind, laid-back people and certainly not critical in any way. Yet
several times during the visit, he noticed Julia’s voice take on an uncharacteristically high-pitched tone as she
defensively reacted to seemingly innocent comments from her parents. When he mentioned this observation on
the drive home, Julia was taken aback by how his description of what she had said sounded like her teenage self
arguing with her parents over their strict, controlling style.

2 _____

It is not uncommon for people returning to visit their parents to react in this way. Although there are obviously
real joys in reconnecting with one’s loved ones, the downside is that it can stir up implicit memories. These are
memories that exist deep down and can surface without conscious awareness, automatically triggering feelings
we had in the past. Dr Daniel Siegel, author of The Mindful Brain, says that ‘When we retrieve an element of
implicit memory into awareness, we just have the emotional response without knowing that these are activations
related to something we’ve experienced before. This is distinct from an explicit memory – a concrete experience
that exists in our minds, such as learning to ride a bike.’ It is implicit memories that make it possible to
experience even a seemingly pleasant visit home while at the same time unconsciously taking on the identities
and attitudes we had as children and reacting as we would have done then.

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3 _____

If Julia’s boyfriend hadn’t made her aware of her childlike reaction, she would in all likelihood have carried on
being defensive or defiant in less appropriate situations. This regression to the past would not seem so
significant if it was restricted to interactions with parents but the closer someone gets to another person or the
more we let them mean to us, the more likely it is that the strong feelings we have will spark off sub-conscious
memories from early relationships. When this happens, negative feelings are re-experienced that are irrelevant
to the present. The impact is particularly obvious in romantic relationships but can be observed in many areas of
people’s personal and professional lives. When someone has an emotional reaction to something, for example
something a boss said, it’s helpful for them to evaluate how they feel. When a feeling is particularly intense, it
indicates a connection to childhood occurrences. The more people fail to recognise the way they have grown up
and differentiated themselves from their parents, the more likely they are to act out old behavioural patterns in
their current life.

4 _____

Of course, not all parental influences are negative. Yet it’s an unfortunate fact that children are more likely to be
affected by a single destructive outburst from a parent than by a series of positive experiences with them. This is
simply because humans are programmed to remember what scares them. Even the most aware of parents have
lapses in which they lose their temper or fail to respond sensitively to their children. Sadly, it’s in these
moments that children tend to identify with their parents or internalise the message being communicated to
them. For example, if a parent accused a child of being lazy whenever the parent was feeling overwhelmed with
work, the child would be more likely to identify themselves as lazy and still hear this accusation in their heads
as adults.

5 _____

Why should this be? If a parent suddenly responds with harsh anger, the size difference alone between an adult
and a child causes a difference in the way we perceive things. While the child experiences the adult’s angry
outburst or severe annoyance as intensely threatening, to the adult the interaction is just something that irritated
them at the time. When children feel frightened by the very person they depend on for survival, they don’t know
which way to turn; they want to run both towards and away from the parent. Their only solution is to
unconsciously identify with the parent’s point of view, finding it too emotionally threatening, not to mention
physically impossible, to fight back.

6 _____

By remaining aware of what triggers reactions from the past, people are less likely to re-create past scenarios
and relive the emotions they produced. The more people make sense out of implicit memories and construct a
cohesive narrative of their lives, the more they can live free from the limitations created by the past.

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WRITING
6 Read the review of one of Finnish author Arto Paasilinna’s books. Add punctuation devices where
appropriate. There should be 40 in total.
the howling miller is a truly original story and one not to miss it is set in the post war years in northern finland
and traces the life of gunnar a decent kind of man after he moves into the area to buy and renovate a dilapidated
old mill however although business prospers he is prone to extreme highs and lows and these unpredictable
mood swings unnerve the villagers who of a night often hear his howling little by little the villagers turn against
him outraged by their increasingly antagonistic actions he retaliates and after this things spiral out of control
with him on the run from the authorities how will things end this book mightnt sound much like a comedy read
it however and youll soon begin to appreciate the plots characterisation and the dark and deadpan style its
written in it really had me howling with laughter

Total punctuation devices added 40: 1 point per 4 punctuation devices added (allocate ½ mark for 2 devices).

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Total: 50

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