Exercise Why didn’t you ATTEND the LECTURE on German literature? Employees usually have lunch at the CANTEEN between 12:00 and 1:00 Do you REALIZE this is the fifth time you have been late? The shop DECEIVED customers by selling second hand books as new ones The most SENSIBLE thing to would be to ask the receptionist The Congressman is very SENSITIVE to the problems of homeless people The FABRIC they used to make the bride’s dress was bought in Italy I borrowed this book about Italian art from the public LIBRARY I studied medieval HISTORY at college 10 After a series of difficult negotiations, he EVENTUALLY agreed to sign the contract km The price of cars has increased by 2% since Everybody attended the meeting except the She is not very interested in baseball The government’s economic policy led to a They were deeply affected by the news He was so bored with the movie that he left Why did you park your car there’? Wash your hands and brush your teeth major crisis \Ð œ@ mm O the beginning of the year manager Exercise before the end I’m trying to lose some weight 10 11 12 13 I have already made plans for the weekend Hurry up! I don’t want to arrive late I don’t know what to wear for the party I’m not tall enough to reach the books which are on the shelf 14 I read a novel by Charles Dickens last summer Xxercise Í - Where does Satoshi sell its products? Holland - How many people does Satoshi employ? 125,000 - What does Klemp produce? Food for animals 228 Exercise2 Keep - To continue doing something, or to it repeatedly Train - A group of carriages connected together and pulled by a railway engine to carry people or goods Catch - To get on a train, bus or aircraft in order to travel to a destination Bear - To accept, tolerate, or endure something/someone unpleasant Wind - A current of air moving across the earth’s surface Reception - Place in a hotel or office building where people go when they first arrive Kind - Sort, type Exercise3 This document is a greetings card You must send an e-mail to get details about the products Customers cannot change their profiles Customers have to send an e-mail to unsubscribe from the newsletter Customers have to call 0800 525 028 to stop receiving special offers By clicking on the link, customers can get more information This offer is sent to all customers Products can be purchased by sending a fax FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE Exercise4 What kind of document is this? An advertisement What is mentioned? Ceiling tiles What you get if you call? An evaluation of the cost Exercise1 (D) 2; (A) (C) (B) (B) (B) (B) Lease Fumiture Rented Cellar Railing Roof Crane 229 10 (A) © (B) Move into (A) (D) (B) © (B) (C) © (B) (© (D) Married Outgoing Elderly Expecting Pipes Kitchen Exercise Railway _ Serena aene Exercise rcise Pets Held Brought up Deceiving Make Split up Bring up Educate Inherit Upbringing Education Inheritance Marry, get married Marriage Be born Birth Get engaged Engagement Live Life Get divorced, divorce | Divorce Adopt Adoption Exercise (B) (A) Broke From 3: (©) (D) Disease Recovering (A) _ Prescribed 10 230 (C) (D) (D) (A) (A) On weight Caught Coughing Injured Harmful Exercise Feather Exercise Health Weakness Healthy Weak Pain Painful, painless Illness Harm Surgery, surgeon II Harmful, harmless Surgical Contagion Contagious Sickness Pregnancy Fitness Sick Pregnant Fit Exercise (B) (A) _ (B) looking forward to boring proud (B) dared (B) afraid (A) — (B) inthe mood for advised 10 (B) with (B) — would rather (B) disappointed Exercise Accept F Refuse Amuse G_ Bore Awful Pleasant H A Hopeful Interesting Desperate Dull Enjoy D Hate Generous E Mean Intelligent B Silly Praise Cc Blame 231 Exercise 10 (C) attend (C) _ learn (B) (B) graduated (C) course (A) pass (B) compulsory (D) homework (A) _ scholarship (B) knowledge 10 dropped out Exercise 11 Housework Exercise 12 Friend Friendly Interest Interesting Theory Theoretical Literature Literary Knowledge Knowledgeable Proficiency Proficient Grammar Grammatical Education, educator Educational Philosophy Philosophical Exercise 13 (B) entrance (A) loudly (D) drawer (©) file (C) back (A) order 232 (A) - clips (A) make (B) printer 10 (B) seat Exercise 14 Stove Exercise 15 Pick up C Hang up Plan D_ Cancel Send B_ Receive Recipient A Sender Exercise 16 (B) (C) cabinets rose (D) © (B) (C) subsidiaries manufacture leave (B) (D) 10 (C) (B) _ (B) an appointment turnover updated take place advice Exercise 17 Add C Subtract Borrow I Lend Powerful F Weak Increase Raise H B_ H B Fall Lower Fall Lower Poverty G_ Wealth Cheap A Expensive Buy D Sel Proft E Loss 10 Earn J Lose 233 Exercise 18 Apply Employ Application Employment Retire Retirement Recruit Recruitment Appoint Appointment Succeed Found Success Foundation Structure, restructure | Structure Appraise Appraisal Promote Promotion Resign Resignation Advertise Advertisement Exerci: (B) (C) _ beat 10 left (A) _ performed (B) © subtitled (D) (C) (B) (B) (D) (B) onstage locker room seats role show playwrights Exercise 20 Exhibit Produce Exhibit, exhibition, exhibitor Producer Direct Direction, director Paint Painting Sing Singer, song Create Creation Write Writer, writing Run Act 234 Runner Actor, actress, action Exercise 21 (B) (B) waitress meal (B) overdone (A) (C) (C) on order (B) dishes (B) have (B) 10 (A) _ book tip bill Exercise 22 Desert Exercise 23 (C) (B) (C) expensive (C) pay (D) (A) (B) (C) 10 close outofstock accept currency (B) elevator (A) size charge stamp Exercise 24 10 She bought several expensive items at the new department store As she is a good customer, the salesman gave her a 5% discount She borrowed money from her best friends to pay for her apartment The fresh food department is in the basement This dress is too expensive I can’t afford it How much is this suit? I can’t find the price tag This shop sells antique furniture at bargain prices Some people spend more money on their cars than on their food As the blouse was not my size, I returned it to the shop and asked for arefund Can you deliver two pizzas to my apartment in ten minutes? 235 Exercise 25 They’re going to open a new store in Riverdale 8: I'd like to buy a sweater for my son How much does this scarf cost? Do you accept credit cards? 5; The clerk forgot to give me a receipt Can I be of any assistance, Sir? Exercise 26 (A) on (C) (C) (D) _ check heavy valid (D) platform (C) (B) — (C) — (A) (D) miss cancel one-way is delayed 10 Exercise 27 Land D Take off Early I Late Board E_ Getoff Outskirts F Center Guest H Host Arival G_ Departure Occupied B Vacant Heavy A Light Catch C_ Miss Exercise 28 236 (B) correspondent (A) _ issued (D) polls (B) cloudy (C) _ headlines (A) — announced (D) — scored (B) whether (A) newspaper 10 (C) subscribed Exercise 29 Cloudy C€C Sunny Freeze E Melt Supporter G Opponent Deny A Admit Defeat I Victory = Trust H Suspect Reply B_ Question = Major D_ Minor Guilty F Innocent Exercise 30 Dishwasher Exercise1 (A) rains (B) usually attends (A) (B) (A) (B) is staying (B) _ (A) is still playing (A) " = (C) _ am taking want flows usually this week 237 _ = SPAN AMWS YN Exercise2 (A) (C) (A) (B) (A) (A) (B) (B) (A) (B) found I have ever seen has ever been hasn’t sent have you known did they have has sold broke down did you meet how long _ = SSA ans vb ep Exercise3 (B) (A) (A) (B) (B) (©) (A) (B) (B) (B) was taken has ridden told had spoken had you been living had already left has gone since had never flown he had been working = e PRA NYS SP Se Exercise 238 (A) (B) (A) (C) (B) (B) (B) (D) (A) (A) will help are you doing I am going to buy will be as soon as lam you want leaves am playing have _ > SPN Aneynn Exercise5 (B) (B) (A) (A) (B) (B) (A) (A) (B) (B) don’t call would get had lost had told wouldn’t would call would you have done would happen would would like to _ ˆ Se AA EP Exercise (C) (B) (B) (A) (© (B) (B) (© (B) (D) typing taking to buy to go locking to be to wait taking to invite stealing F Without N6 From A To G0 In(to) On Down H Cc E Out (of) Off Up Above I Below Against G_ For After B Before Behind D In front of ® N Gẹ With đ& Exercise7 239 e CP RPAARER YEN E Exercise (D) (B) (A) (B) (D) (A) (B) (D) (Cc) (B) with of selling in solving for of in with on from from e SSR Awe Noe Exercise (A) â đ) đ) (A) (â) (A) (D) (A) (A) an a the a week breakfast to some information a seven-hour the French the poor _ e SPA NAME YDS Exercise 10 240 (A) (@ @) (A) (B) (B) (B) (B) (@ (A) his each other of yours I himself yourself me yourself itself one another Exercise 11 (A) aseasy as (C) the most expensive (A) _ better (A) the worst (C)_ than (B) further (C) worse (C) as (A) quicker 10 (B) most Exercise 12 Older J Uglier G_ Farther Younger More beautiful Cheaper I Closer D_ More expensive Bigger B Smaller Easier H_ More difficult Better Cleaner Taller Colder A E C F Worse Dirtier 10 Shorter Warmer Exercise 13 (C) unless (B) provided (B) although (D) whether (A) — of them (B) — until (C) _ (B) previously inthe end (A) between 10 (B) inorderto 241 APPENDIX B Tapescripts and answer key for tests and mini-tests Mini-test — Tapescript (A) (B) (C) (D) The The The The (A) (B) (©) (D) A man is reading a paper The man is writing a paper (A) (B) (©) (D) The men are loading the truck The men are carrying large boxes A man is climbing into the truck Crates are stacked outside the truck (A) (B) (C) (D) The crowd is listening to a concert The concert has just ended The people are waiting for the bus (A) (B) (C) (D) The children are reading dog man man man is running is working is walking his dog is feeding the dog The man is sitting on a train There are two people on the bench There isn’t anybody on the stage The woman is holding a shopping bag The children are riding horses The woman is looking at the child 245 (Woman) How often you play tennis? (Man) (A) (B) With my new racket At the club (C) Once a week (Woman) How long have you been living in Hong Kong? (Man) (A) (B) (C) (Man Where does the meeting take place? 1) (Man 2) 10 11 12 246 (A) At 2:00pm (C) To review the sales results (B) In room C12 (Man) Do you know Claudia? (Woman) (A) Yes, I know (C) Yes, Ido (Woman (B) 1) No, I’m not Have you been waiting long? (Woman 2) (A) (B) (C) (Man) Can I have extension 470, please? (Woman) (A) (Man Would you like to see round the research center? 1) (Man 2) 13 Five miles long 20 years ago For twenty years (B) (C) Just a few minutes miles long In the convention hall Until 4:17pm Hold on, please On the fourth floor (A) I'd love to (C) No, I won’t (B) Yes, I like it (Woman) Do you have any baggage to check, Mr Howard? (Man) (A) In my checkbook (C) Just this suitcase (B) Yes, I did 14 15 (Man) (Woman) Do you have any single rooms available? Yes, sir We still have four vacant rooms this week How long would you like to stay? (Man) Just tonight (Woman) (Man) (Woman) Why don’t we go to the movies tomorrow instead of watching TV all day? All right What kind of movie you want to see? There’s a good comedy showing at the Odeon Performances are at 4:15 (Man) OK Let’s go to the evening show and 8:30 16 (Woman) And now here’s the weather forecast for the next twenty-four hours It will be mainly dry and sunny but rather cold in the morning with temperatures below zero You can expect some rain in the afternoon So, wrap up warm before leaving home today 17 (Man) It’s almost 9:30 If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss our plane (Woman) (Man) 18 (Man 1) (Man 2) You’re right Do you want to take the bus or the train to go to the airport? I think we'd better take a taxi Mr Sakamoto, Welcome to CBN industries Let me introduce you to Mark Harrison, our sales manager; Douglas Norton, our marketing manager, and Jessica Smith, my personal assistant Pleased to meet you 247 Mini-test — Answer key C) (A) A man is crossing a street He is walking his dog, keeping it on a leash (A) The dog is walking but not running Choice (B) tries to confuse by using the similar-sounding words working and walking Choice (D) does not identify the action A man is sitting on a bench reading a paper, or newspaper Choice (B) tries to confuse by using the similar-sounding words writing and reading (C) The man is sitting on a bench, not on a only one person on the bench (D) train (D) There is Crates are stacked, or piled, outside the truck (A) There are two men near the truck, but neither of them is /oading it (B) The two men are not shown carrying boxes (C) Nobody is climbing into the truck (A) The photograph shows a group of people, or crowd gathered to listen to a singer and a few musicians performing on a stage (B) There is no evidence that the concert has just ended Choice (C) the people are waiting for the bus misidentifies the location and the action (D) The stage is not empty Several people can be seen performing on it (D) In the photograph, there are two children standing in front of a woman who is looking at one of them (A) The children are looking at the woman No book or magazine is visible in the children’s hands, so they cannot be reading anything (B) There is no evidence in the photograph that the woman is holding anything (C) There are no horses in the photograph (C) The question asks about the frequency of the action Only choice (C) indicates a frequency (A) answers a question about “how” (B) answers a question about “where” Ts (C) The key word is how long Since it is followed by a verb in the present perfect, a period of time until today, for twenty years, is the correct answer (A) indicates a distance, not a period of time until now (B) indicates a period of time in the past (B) This is a request for information about a place Choice (A) answers a question about “when” Choice (C) indicates the purpose of the meeting (C) The question is asked in the present simple The auxiliary verb must be used in a short answer with yes (A) In a short answer with yes or no, the verb cannot be repeated without an object (B) Am is not the appropriate auxiliary 248 10 (A) The question asks whether or not the woman has spent a long time waiting The indirect answer just a few minutes implies that she has not been waiting long Choice (B) answers a question about a distance Choice (C) answers a “where” question 11 (B) The question is a polite request The man wants to speak to someone whose telephone extension is 470 The woman asks him to hold on to invite him to wait Choices (A) and (C) try to confuse by using the similar-sounding numbers 470 (extension number), 4:/7 (time) and fourth (floor number) 12 (A) The first man asks the second man if he wants to visit the center Choice (A) contains the auxiliary verb would which matches the question (B) is a general statement in the present simple which does not match the context (C) contains the auxiliary verb won’t which is not appropriate 13 (C) The woman wants to know if Mr Howard has any luggage to check In choice he explains that he has only one suitcase Choice (A) answers a question about place Choice (B) is the past simple tense which is not appropriate to answer a question in the present simple 14 (B) The man indicates that he wants to stay just tonight, that is one night only Choices (A) one week and (C) two nights are not indicated in the conversation (D) In this conversation, four indicates the number of rooms available, not a number of nights 15 (D) There is only one performance in the evening, at 8:30 The woman suggests going to the movies tomorrow and not (A) today or (B) this evening The man chooses a performance in the evening not (C) in the afternoon 16 (©) The speaker says that listeners can expect some rain in the afternoon, which indicates that it will be wet Choice (A) is not mentioned in the announcement Choices (B) sunny and (D) dry describe the weather expected in the morning, not in the afternoon 17 (C) The man decides to take a taxi rather than (A) the train or (B) the bus Choice (D) on foot is not mentioned in the conversation 18 (D) Jessica Smith works for CBN Industries The man introduces her as his personal assistant Therefore she can be neither (A) a visitor like Mr Sakamoto nor (B) a manager like Mark Harrison and Douglas Norton (C) Mr Sakamoto is visiting the company that Ms Smith works for, which implies that they cannot be colleagues 19 (A) Can is a modal used to ask for permission to something The auxiliary verbs (B) have and (D) had should be followed by the past participle of the verb (C) The use of an auxiliary verb in the third person singular is inappropriate here as the subject of the question is in the first person 249 ... items at the new department store As she is a good customer, the salesman gave her a 5% discount She borrowed money from her best friends to pay for her apartment The fresh food department is in... (C) back (A) order 232 (A) - clips (A) make (B) printer 10 (B) seat Exercise 14 Stove Exercise 15 Pick up C Hang up Plan D_ Cancel Send B_ Receive Recipient A Sender Exercise 16 (B) (C) cabinets... not my size, I returned it to the shop and asked for arefund Can you deliver two pizzas to my apartment in ten minutes? 235 Exercise 25 They’re going to open a new store in Riverdale 8: I''d like