Exercise 1 Exercise 2: Listening Reading

REVIEW TEST 1-3 • ANSWER KEY • GROUP B

Listening

Reading

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Can follow extended speech expressing unstructured ideas and thoughts.

Can identify specific information in a linguistically complex factual text.

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socially active: ‘lonely people are twice as likely to die of heart disease as those who are socially active.’

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carefully handpick / choose carefully: ‘… those friends that we do choose have been carefully handpicked.’

B: ‘… the central premise is a focus on holistic education, one which aspires toward complete emotional, mental and physical well-being.’

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brood / suffer in silence: ‘Men are much more likely to brood, for example when in a bad mood, preferring not to share our innermost feelings but rather suffer in silence.’

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responses: ‘Women, …, have a much larger repertoire of responses.’

A: ‘One of the more contentious issues, however, is the absence of tests, grades and exams. Instead, students create detailed portfolios of their work throughout the year. Assessment, it is argued, distracts students from concentrating more naturally on doing their best at all times out of an obligation to both themselves and the other members of their team.’

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their frustrations: ‘they … are happier to seek the company of other women in order to share their intimacies and vent their frustrations.’

C: ‘Indeed, inspectors recently left the school convinced not only that the students were happy to actually be in school but they also demonstrated a degree of self-confidence, motivation and respect for others much greater than that found in traditional school environments.’

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D: ‘… Tilda Swinton left a Hollywood event early to help prepare sandwiches for a school trip and sweep the floors of the school. Such practice, it seems, is quite common for parents with children attending the school in order to keep the costs down.’

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B: ‘Indeed, inspectors recently left the school convinced not only that the students were happy to actually be in school but they also demonstrated a degree of self-confidence, motivation and respect for others much greater than that found in traditional school environments.’

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

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FOCUS 5

PHOTOCOPIABLE

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D: ‘The mother of tofu and soymilk, the soya bean is a symbol of the vegan life style. … Vast sums of the legume are used as protein-rich animal feed for chickens, cows, etc.’

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A: ‘… as the state hits its fourth consecutive annual drought …’, ‘… this all-year-round crop devours about eight percent of the area’s agricultural water supply.’

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B: ‘… now people in Peru and Bolivia, who have eaten quinoa for the best part of seven centuries, are finding that imported junk food is cheaper to eat.’

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C: : ‘… many workers in the cashew industry suffer acidic burns to their hands because they aren’t provided with gloves!’

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D: ‘… by limiting the amount of the meat we consume, and thus limiting the amount of commercial (soy) animal feed needed, we could ease the pressure. But let’s say the human consumption of soy replaces that demand – we’re back at square one.’ page

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Use of English

Exercise 4 1

Before: Before long is an expression which means soon.

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it: Be it (breakfast) or (dinner) means the same as whether it is (breakfast) or (dinner).

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does: Does is used for emphasis – does have means here the same as really has.

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of: The noun fear is followed by the preposition of.

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If: If introduces the clause with a condition.

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rest: The rest of my life is an expression meaning for the time left in my life.

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down / up: Just down or up the road means not far away.

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on: On the menu is an expression used when referring to dishes offered by a given eatery.

Exercise 5 1

been a real help: You’ve both been really helpful in the original sentence means the same as You’ve both been a real help in the other; be a real help is an expression in which the indefinite article a is used before an uncountable noun help as the reference is to a specific context strengthened by the use of an adjective (real).

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a weight has been lifted: I’m feeling less stressed now means the same as I feel like a weight has been lifted (there is less pressure) – the present feeling of relaxation is the result of a past activity that took place recently – hence the use of the Present Perfect Simple.

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what she would be studying: both sentences present plans for the future as seen from the past perspective – was going to study in the original sentence and would be studying in the other; as the main clauses are in a past tense (told me, she knew), the rules of Reported Speech apply; additionally, in both sentences the indirect question word order must be used.

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you top up your: If you top up your pre-paid phone, you buy more credit which enables you to make more phone calls.

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Jacob definitely won’t bother coming: If someone is certain that something won’t happen, it means it definitely won’t happen; the verb bother can be followed by both an infinitive and a gerund.

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stepping outside her comfort: To step outside one’s comfort zone means to decide to experience a new situation that one is unfamiliar with and which could feel uncomfortable.