Exercise 1 Exercise 2

REVIEW TEST 1-9 • ANSWER KEY • GROUP B

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Reading

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Can follow an animated conversation between two fluent speakers.

Can infer what will come next in an unstructured text by using contextual, grammatical and lexical cues.

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B: ‘… companies favour these technologies in order to reduce costs.’

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A: ‘… And we’re not just talking menial jobs here with occupations such as train drivers, taxi drivers and pilots in the transport sector to accountants and insurers in the service sector all expected to become obsolete.’

D: link to the message at the beginning of the text – ‘one of these popular sms acronyms in a message.’

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C: This excerpt introduces Prof. Aguilera and his SMS programme. In the sentence that follows Aguilera is referred to as a person already known to the reader.

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F: In the sentence preceding the gap there is information about patients having difficulty applying knowledge gained in therapy sessions in real life. Excerpt F focuses one of these difficulties, namely looking for help online.

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A: The first sentence of the paragraph with the gap explains how the SMS programme worked and refers to patients. Excerpt A focuses on one of these patients and his reaction to the scheme.

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E: The preceding pararagraph sums up the outcome of Prof. Aquilera's scheme. Exerpt E expands it further and explains what conclusions researchers can draw on its basis.

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C: ‘… people still … prefer the smile and chit-chat with the person operating the till.’

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C: Amanda: ‘… some forecast unemployment will be as high as 50 percent within the next 30 years.’ Matthew: ‘Certainly there will be a shift in a society as a whole with more and more people out of work.’

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A: ‘Ultimately people will have more leisure time and some of the luckier ones will find themselves free to pursue whatever interests they’ve never previously been able to attend to – which will of course result in a booming health and recreation industry …’

Exercise 3 Can identify information in a linguistically complex factual text.

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B: All the other factors, except B, are mentioned: ‘hormones playing havoc with the body and mind’ (C), ‘the very real fear of losing face’ (D), ‘a lot of pressure from peers not to appear foolish’ (A).

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B: ‘… teens nowadays are finding greater reward in what were perceived for years to be adult pursuits such as politics and caring for the environment – and this shift is leaving experts in psychology all at sea.’

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D: ‘It’s become impossible for the present teen to immerse themselves in pop culture alone and live in blissful ignorance of the troubles around the globe: not within 24-hours news trending everywhere they look. And almost obligatory to show a reasonable and responsible stance on such global concerns.’

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A: ‘Advancements in both the production and consumption of music has made it a soulless pastime – less of a social experience …’

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C: ‘With the increasing cost of technology and the move towards wearables, the word ‘computer’ itself might soon be consigned to history to be replaced by smartwatches, smart-homes and smart-everythings.’ page

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Exercise 4 1

having our profile raised: To raise the profile of something means to increase the amount of attention given to it; a gerund form is used as the subject of the sentence.

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for their promising to fund: but for is the alternative conditional phrase if – it requires the use of a noun or a gerund (their promising to fund).

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no circumstances were you: Inversion/question word order is used after the expression under no circumstances at the beginning of the sentence.

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if / when in doubt about: the phrase when / if in doubt about something means the same as when you are unsure.

Exercise 5 1

return: To see a return on an investment means to obtain a profit in addition to the amount of money invested in this venture.

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as: As a result of something means as a consequence of something.

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face: To face something, for example, bunkruptcy means to have a difficult task or situation to deal with.

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counting: To count on something means to depend on something; a gerund is used becuase it follows the conjunction after (like enlisting).

Exercise 6 1

builders: After the expression a team of a plural noun needs to be used (builders).

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specification: A job specification is a job profile.

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variety: A (wide) variety of something means many different kinds of things.

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miniature: Miniature means very small.

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organic: Organic means consisting of different parts that all fit together well.

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is understood: It is understood is an impersonal reporting structure.

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has become: The auxiliary has is needed to complete the Present Perfect Simple form.

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professorship: It’s the job of being a professor.