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PROGRESS TEST 2 | Version A

Part A • Grammar, Vocabulary and How to … VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR 4 Choose the correct words to complete the
sentences.
1 Write questions for the answers. Used the correct
form of the underlined verbs. 1 Electric cars are not a new inventor / invention, but
they only became popular a few years ago.
1 A: When ____________________?
2 Most educates / educators like helping people to learn.
B: We’re leaving tomorrow morning.
3 Simone has got wonderful leader / leadership skills.
2 A: Who ____________________?
4 The develop / development of new medicines can take
B: I spoke to that man over there.
many years.
3 A: Where ____________________ to school?
5 We want to create / creator a webpage for our project.
B: They go to Hill Green School.
6 I’m sure you’ll succeed / success if you work hard.
4 A: Who ____________________ a coffee?
B: Me. I want one, please. /6
5 A: What ____________________ for breakfast?
B: I usually have fruit and yoghurt. 5 Complete the sentences by adding the missing
6 A: How long ____________________ in Rome? letters.
B: I’ve lived here for about four years. 1 He’s got a good m _ _ _ _ y. He can remember
/6 everyone’s telephone number.
2 My father was fairly s _ _ _ _t. We could only play after
2 Put the words in the correct order to make we had done our homework.
sentences and questions. 3 It’s easy to accept success, but not easy to accept
f _ _ _ _ _ e.
1 tell / name / me / won’t / his / He
4 We need more d _ _ a in order to understand the
___________________________________________.
situation.
2 going / Are / stay / at / home / you / to
5 Jan got an excellent s _ _ _ e in the test.
___________________________________________?
6 I’m not c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e. I don’t mind losing!
3 holiday / I / go / not / on / might
7 He tried to g _ _ _ s the answer, but it was wrong.
___________________________________________.
4 ever / seen / It's / biggest / the / I've / house /7
___________________________________________.
5 It's / expensive / eaten / the / ever / hamburger / most / 6 Match the sentence halves.
I've
1 The new show goes
___________________________________________.
2 I didn’t have time to note
6 I've / heard / worst / It's / ever / song / the
3 Your explanation doesn’t make
___________________________________________.
4 I think you’ve made
/6 5 How about sharing
6 Do you want to take
3 Choose the correct option (a, b or c). 7 I’ve just received
1 I’ll get my lunch later so you ___ make me any.
a down everything she said.
a can’t b mustn’t c needn’t
b sense to me. I don’t understand it.
2 Shall we throw these old clothes ___?
c a picture with my new camera?
a away b off c up
d a text from my cousin in France.
3 By ___ next day, we were all exhausted.
e live at six o’clock this evening.
aa b the c–
f this video on the internet?
4 They’ll look ___ the cat while we’re away.
g the right choice.
a at b away c after
5 It was raining this morning so I ___ wear a raincoat. /7
a had to b must c should
6 I missed the train because my alarm didn’t go ___.
a at b off c up
7 When did you start playing ___ baseball?
aa b the c–
8 You ___ complete the form before you can join the gym.
a have b must c mustn’t
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HOW TO …
7 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
There are three words you do not need.

ask explain how know tell what

when whether

1 I’d like to know __________ you sell watch batteries.

2 Could you __________ me how to open the window in
my room?
3 Can I __________ if you know where the bus station is?
4 Do you know __________ time the supermarket opens?
5 Could you __________ how I can open a bank
account?
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8 Choose the correct words to complete the

sentences.
We like to play 1 board / video games at home so we can
avoid using a screen. Our favourite game is called Snakes
and Ladders and the 2 goal / goalkeeper is to get to the
final square. It is 3 made / played on a board with 100
squares. Some of them have snakes and some of them
have ladders. It can be played by two to four 4 players /
stages and it 5 draws / takes about thirty minutes to play.
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Total: /50

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Part B • Listening and Reading 4 [Audio PT2.02] Listen again. Choose the correct
LISTENING answer, A, B or C.
1 What does Lily say about her free-time activity?
5 [Audio PT2.01] Listen to a conversation about
starting university. Number the points (A–E) in the A She doesn’t like doing a lot of exercise.
order you hear them. B She gets nervous when she plays a game.
1 ___ C She only thinks about winning during a match.
2 ___
3 ___ 2 What does Sebastian say about his children?
4 ___ A He doesn’t have much time with them.
5 ___ B They need to spend time outside.
6 ___ C They only play board games at home.

A The facilities 3 Why does Caroline like her free-time activity?

B The woman’s travel plans A She feels tired when she finishes.
C Remembering things B She can spend time with her sister.
D Accommodation C She doesn’t have to leave her house.
E Preparing for exams
4 How does Archie feel about his local team?
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A He’s pleased about their achievements.
B He’s upset because they’re terrible.
2 [Audio PT2.01] Listen again. Are the statements C He’s annoyed about the cost of watching them.
True (T) or False (F)?
1 The man thinks all students must learn lots of facts. 5 What does Sophia say about her free-time activity?
T/F A She needs to use her mind to succeed in it.
2 The university buildings are in the city centre. T / F B She doesn’t have to play against men.
3 The woman has found information on the internet. T / F C She has a different style from other players.
4 The woman has to share a room with other students. /5
T/F
5 It’s possible the woman will leave on Wednesday. T / F
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3 [Audio PT2.02] Listen to five people talking about

free-time activities. Match the speakers (1–5) with
the activities they do in their free time (A–H). There
are three activities you do not need.
1 Lily ___
2 Sebastian ___
3 Caroline ___
4 Archie ___
5 Sophia ___

A going to the gym

B playing hockey
C playing board games
D playing table tennis
E watching TV
F playing video games
G supporting a team
H playing baseball
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READING 6 Read the text again. Choose the correct answer, A,

B, C or D.
5 Read the advice page from a magazine. Tick the
ideas that are mentioned. 1 What does the writer say about jobs nowadays?
A People prefer not to study for a profession.
1 Few people went to university in the past. ___
B People stay in the same job for life.
2 Most people want good wages. ___
C People choose their jobs for different reasons.
3 You can learn about jobs on the internet. ___
D People get lower wages than in the past.
4 Some people find it difficult to focus on work. ___
5 It is better to avoid difficult choices. ___
2 The writer suggests …
/5 A spending your money on clothes and holidays.
B working out how much money you need.
I got the qualifications to be an engineer, but now I work in an C trying to get a job with better wages.
office. The wages are really good, but I’m not happy in my D making a note of jobs that interest you.
job. I could look for a job in engineering, but I’m afraid the
wages won’t be very good. What should I do? 3 Why does the writer recommend looking at websites?
Lots of our readers have asked us similar questions. In the A To find out what qualifications you need for a job.
past, most people started their career after school or university B To find out what the most enjoyable jobs are.
and they did the same thing for the rest of their working life. C To find out how to be more professional.
Currently, it’s common to study for a certain profession, but D To find out the good and bad points of a job.
have a completely different career. The main reasons are
wages, but other factors like the number of hours, holidays or 4 What does “reskill” mean in the fourth paragraph?
location affect our decisions.
A Learn skills to help you get a new job
Firstly, you need to think about what’s important to you. B Use your skills for a different job
Wages are important for most of us, but maybe you don’t need C Focus on getting a new job
to earn so much money. If you don’t need to earn a lot, you’ll D Do a job that does not need any skills
have more jobs to select from. Why not note down everything
you spend your money on? Maybe you don’t need to go 5 What is the writer’s advice in the final paragraph?
clothes shopping every month or maybe you don’t need three
A Make a decision and focus on achieving it.
holidays a year.
B Stay in your job even if you’re unhappy.
Secondly, you should decide whether you really want to go C Avoid making difficult decisions about work.
back to engineering. Just because you’ve got qualifications in D Don’t worry about making bad choices about work.
it, you don’t have to work in it now. However, if you enjoy the /10
subject, try finding out what the jobs are like. You can get
information from professional websites which will help you
consider the advantages and disadvantages of being an
engineer.

You should also think about whether there’s something else

you’d like to do – maybe a job you’ve always dreamed of.
You might be worried about doing something completely
different, but you only live once! You just need to focus on the
skills you need for the new job. It may be that you already
have them, but, if not, you can go to college to “reskill”.

Lastly, don’t be afraid of making decisions. We have to make

choices about so many things and we never know what’s
going to happen. But you shouldn’t stick with a job you don’t
like because you’ll become unhappy. Just make up your mind
about what you want to do and put all of your energy into
reaching that goal.

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7 Read the text about communication. For each of the 8 Read the text again. Complete the sentences with a
ideas, write a date or time. word or number from the text.
1 Appearance of written communication: __________ 1 Human communication is useful for avoiding fights,
2 Beginning of online communication: __________ learning new skills and showing our __________.
3 Beginning of spoken communication: __________ 2 Humans communicate with images, sounds and body
4 Connecting computers to our bodies: __________ __________.
5 Connecting computers to our brains: __________ 3 It’s not clear exactly when the first __________ took
6 Invention of printing machines: __________ place.
7 Reading people’s minds: __________ 4 Printing machines could print thousands of __________
/7 every day.
5 Over __________ of people are able to read and write.
Communication 6 The writer thinks the __________ was more important
for communication than phones and computers.
The way we communicate is what makes us different from
7 Nowadays, people wear __________ which are
animals. Most animals can communicate in some way, but
human communication is much more complicated. connected to the internet.
Communication allows us to share the content of our minds 8 Your __________ can receive information about you
with others. It lets us express our feelings, teach each other from the technology that you wear.
new skills, and avoid fights. /8
We communicate in different ways, such as the use of body
language, pictures and noises. We can also speak and write, Total: /50
which allow us to communicate more complicated ideas.
Some scientists believe we could speak to each other more
than 100,000 years ago. Of course, this is a guess because
there are no records of the earliest conversations, but we know
that written language probably appeared around 5,000 years
ago.

By 1500 printing machines were popular all over Europe.

They had been invented by Gutenberg in around 1440 and
they could print 3,500 pages a day. People could finally share
ideas quickly and easily. Written communication became more
important and, as a result, more people learnt to read and
write. Nowadays, more than 85 percent of the world’s
population can read and write.

Of course, the internet has been the biggest development of

modern times. Although it became popular in the 1990s, it was
actually invented in the 1960s. The telephone and the
computer were important inventions, but the internet allows us
to communicate in even more ways. It has helped to connect
universities, businesses and ordinary people all over the world.
We can share spoken and written information in no time at all
and more than half of the world’s population uses it.

The twenty-first century has seen further developments in

these technologies, including the invention of technology you
can wear, like smartwatches. Although we had devices like
calculator watches in the 1970s, new smartwatches appeared
in 2013. These could connect our bodies to the internet. For
example, a smartwatch can record important data about your
health and send it to your doctor. Technology is beginning to
communicate for us.

In future, technology will let us communicate in even more

unusual ways. For example, one company, launched in 2016,
is looking for ways to allow computers to communicate
directly with our mind. By 2050, these technologies might
lead to completely new types of communication. Some people
think that we may even be able to read each other’s thoughts!

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Part C • Speaking and Writing WRITING

SPEAKING 4 Choose the correct words to complete the informal
email.
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
Hi Marta,
1 When / start / learning English?
2 What / going to / do / on Saturday morning? Great to hear from you! I’m so pleased you’re going to visit
3 Who / like / spend / your free time / with? me.
4 How often / look for / information / on the internet?
5 Do / take part / team sports? You asked about getting to my house. Well, you 1 can / have
take the bus from the airport to the city centre. Then you
/5 2 need to / try get a taxi to my house. 3 You make sure /

Make sure you have some money because you can’t pay by
credit card.
2 Answer your partner’s questions.
/5 You also asked about things to do in my city. 4 How / Why
about going to the art gallery? There’s a good exhibition and
I’m sure you’ll like it.
3 Describe the picture to your partner.
Can you send me the details of your flight so I know when
you’re arriving?
5 Thank you for your attention. / Thanks!

See you soon.

Penny

/5

5 Your friend has written to you and asked for some

advice.
I’m going to do an English exam next month. Have you got
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any ideas about how I can prepare for the exam?

Write an informal email giving your advice. Write

your email in about 100 words.
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