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Name   Date INTERMEDIATE

Quick progress test 3 (Units 11–15)


Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (1–21)
Part A
Underline the correct alternative in italics in each sentence.
1 I had given / was giving a presentation when my projector broke. It was so embarrassing.
2 He went back to his room when he realized he had left / left his cellphone there.
3 My computer has just stopped working so I couldn’t / can’t email her.
4 I wouldn’t / couldn’t be surprised if he resigns. He’s been complaining for months.
5 We’re getting a pay rise? You ought to / must be joking.
6 You hate your job, don’t you? I think you might / should resign.
7 Are we allowed / Can we to leave early this afternoon?
8 It’s okay, you know, you really don’t have to / mustn’t come if you don’t want to.

Part B
Put the words in the correct order to make phrases from a presentation.
9 Thanks time for taking attend to the
Thanks .
10 Just you overview to a brief give
Just …
11 I’ll saying be about more later this
I’ll .
12 Let something me important you share with
Let .
13 To move next on my to point
To .
14 Here’s that surprise you might something
Here’s .
15 That joke reminds you’ll of a like me
That .
16 That talk end me my brings of the to
That .

Part C
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
couldn’t   ​might   ​had   ​hadn’t   ​have

If we (17) been able to solve the problem, we wouldn’t be arguing now.


Tata (18) have gone out of business if it hadn’t found a way to downsize.
The companies (19) have co-operated if the CEOs hadn’t been willing to
compromise.
We would (20) rejected their advice if they (21) put their
case so strongly.

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Section 2: Reading (22–25)


Complete the article below with the missing sentences (a–d).
a One of IBM’s most famous advertising slogans was ‘Think’.
b Who is, therefore, likely to be more creative?
c Ask how you could sell fewer and see where that idea takes you.
d Many companies have done well out of problem reversal.

CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE


A lot of problems can be solved simply by looking at them in a different way. Try
problem reversal. Don’t ask how you can sell more of your products. (22) Perhaps
you could create a totally new market where exclusivity was more important than sales
volume. As marketing and communications specialist Ros Jay points out: ‘(23)
Businesses like Apple Computers® have looked at the market and, instead of saying:
“How can we compete with all these big players?”, have asked themselves: “What can we
do that all these other companies aren’t doing?”’ (24) Apple’s was ‘Think different’.

BE PLAYFUL
Must work always feel like work? John Quelch, Dean of the London School of Business,
asks: ‘How many times a day does the average five-year-old laugh? Answer: 150. How
many times a day does the average 45-year-old executive laugh? Answer: five. Who is
having more fun? (25) Need we ask?’

Section 3: Listening (26–30)


(Listening script 2.25)
Listen twice to two entrepreneurs pitching a mobile phone app and complete the notes with
words from the listening. Write one or two words/numbers in each gap. See the example.

TastePal mobile phone app

Cookery books — 60 million bought per year


50 cookery series on UK TV
US survey — 28% of people (26)
TastePal provides simple recipes based on (27) in cupboards
Interface — drag/drop (28) for food categories + animations
Extra (29) — meal log, food/diet alerts
TastePal needs £50k for development — in return for (30)
of the business

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Section 4: Speaking (31–35)


You want to change arrangements you made with Mr Li. You were arriving in Shenyang in
China on Monday but you have to change the plan. You also need a hotel and a projector and
screen for a presentation you are going to give.
Leave a message on Mr Li’s answer machine.
• introduce yourself
• explain the change of plan
• apologize for the change of plan
• ask him to arrange equipment for the presentation
• say thank you and goodbye

Your partner or teacher will give you one mark for the each of the following.
Did the speaker … Tick Marks
… introduce him/herself? 1
… explain the change of plan? 1
… apologize for the change of plan? 1
… ask Mr Li to arrange equipment for the presentation? 1
… say thank you / goodbye? 1
TOTAL MARKS =

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