Exercise 1 Exercise 2: Listening Reading

REVIEW TEST 1-6 • ANSWER KEY • GROUP A
Listening Reading
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Can follow extended speech expressing unstructured Can infer what will come next in an unstructured text by
ideas and thoughts. using contextual, grammatical and lexical cues.
1 C: ‘… the event was quite formal at times, 1 D: link between the daughter’s illness, ‘… protracted
which required formal dress and shoes …’ time getting a diagnosis’ in the text and ‘… endless
2 B: ‘… we stopped off … to go for festivals in the hospital visits …’ in paragraph D and the beginning of
woods. None of which I was that keen on to begin the next part of the text ‘ – Before my daughter’s illness.’
with …’ 2 B: link between ‘… a good three hours out of every day’
‘… there were plenty of shops selling new age products spent on Facebook in the text and the beginning of
which seemed to me a little too commercial and paragraph B – ‘Today those are filled with fresh air ….’
somewhat contrary to the whole concept I felt.’ as well as the part of the text that follows: ‘As a result, I
‘At times with the whole ship chanting and singing have more energy …’
and banging on tables you could barely hear 3 A: link between the last sentence in paragraph A –
yourself think let alone meditate.’ ‘Facebook isn’t real life’ and the sentence in the middle
3 A: ‘The one thing that did slightly [bother me] was that of the text which echoes the same words – ‘… it is very
we only actually spent two days out of the six at sea.’ real ….’
‘I didn’t get to lie on the deck and soak the views as 4 F: link – the use of personal pronoun she and object
much as I’d hoped.’ pronoun her in the text and paragraph F – the female
acquaintance from Facebook and real life.
4 C: ‘I’d always wanted to take dancing classes so the
idea of combining that with a cruise holiday was a bit 5 C: link between ‘The site …’ at the beginning of the
like killing two birds with one stone – get away from it all last paragraph and the pronoun It at the beginning of
and do something I’d wanted to do for ages.’ paragraph C.
Exercise 3
Can identify specific information in a linguistically complex
factual text.
1 A: ‘If you go to the right, the stroller goes to the right; if

you stop suddenly, so will the pram.’
2 B: ‘… unique state-of-the-art technology …’ , ‘patent
pending’
3 D: ‘… the user-friendly software can also measure
the calories you burn …’
4 A: ‘ … be the ultimate status symbol …’
5 A: ‘ … heavy shopping need not be a burden thanks
to a handy storage compartment.’
6 C: ‘ … rise and shine to a delicious scent of your choice
…’, ‘… aromas such as freshly baked bread, Italian
espresso and creamy hot chocolate … wild jungle and
ocean breeze’
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se of English
Exercise 4
1 C: To increase chances means to increase likelihood
and cannot be substituted by any other word.
2 B: To receive responses means to receive replies
and cannot be substituted by any other word.
3 A: Genuine means real and cannot be substituted by
any other word.
4 D: As well as means and – and cannot be substituted
by any other word.
5 D: Highly educated means very well-educated and
cannot be substituted by any other word.
6 A: The latter means the other one/ones and is used
when talking about two (groups of) people, items, etc.
This word cannot be substituted by any other.
7 A: To measure the impact of something means to
estimate its influence. This word cannot be
substituted by any other.
8 B: Job opportunities are chances of getting a job.
This word cannot be substituted by any other.
Exercise 5
1 are to be / going to be mounted: The structure be +
an infinitive is used to talk about rules; also the
structure be going to is used when talking about
future plans; additionally the passive is used as
street level cameras are not an active agent in the
sentence.
2 so much challenged by hiking as: The structure not
so much + adjective + as + adjective is used to
contrast two connected qualities.
3 was amazed to see you: The adjective amazed
requires the use of an infinitive.
4 at the end of the day: At the end of the day means
ultimately.
5 standing up for myself: To stand up for oneself means
to defend or support a particular idea or a person who
is being criticised or attacked; the verb find needs to
be followed by an object (a noun) – hence the use of a
gerund (standing up for myself).
6 is ever such a nice: Is ever such a nice city – Both ever
and such are used for emphasis; additionally such
needs to be followed by a noun (city) and the indefinite
article a because the noun is countable and singular.

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REVIEW TEST 1-6 • ANSWER KEY • GROUP A

1 A: ‘If you go to the right, the stroller goes to the right; if

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