PROGRESS TEST | Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. wish the papers. (top) reporting nothing butbad news. i's really depressing me. 2. Its high time you (star) taking more responsibility for your own well-being, 3. ifonly! (tealise) the job was going tobe so dificult! would never have accepted its have kept my old job. 4 love ithere but | sometimes wsh it (not sain} so much, 5 ifonly! (ed) out of the habit of {going t0 bed so late. tm always so tired in the momings 6 Idratherwe (not go) out tonight. Let's stay in and watch a movie Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 11 He was genius in many ways but somewhat si ‘when it came to his very poor choice of frends A misioerpreted —_€ misguided B misunderstood iD ristrusted 2. Muchas liked the frst candidate, Ido have some abour offering her the job A misgivings misinterpretations B misunderstandings misspellings 3 They lveina rather ite grey house on the outskirts of town, A unassuming C insipid B nondescript nonchalant 4 Some of the participants'nameshad been ; Jn the conference programme. A misspelt € misled B misunderstood misinterpreted 5 The student representatives were more thana little eu abOUE the schoo! director's refusal to see them. A disturbed € dsilusioned B disgruntled D disinclined 6 The idea that bread is fattening is a common that many people have. misprint D misgiing ‘A. misconception B misinterpretation [Ey Read the article below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word for each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). ‘Matthieu Ricard, ‘the happiest mar abendonad 2 successful sient | become a Buddhist monk. Sin this unassuming man has taken a photagrapits of the Himalayas, ‘he Dalal Lama’s interpreter a thousands of hours. ae ‘According 10 Ricard, there are misconceptions about mecitatio (2) en Being the idea thei raking the mind go blank Instead, he \we should be doing is learning to le ‘bass without holding on to (4) himself is arything 10 99 By, B) ceca approach wich produces same fairly extraordinary results When secntists recently measured. the activity (of the Freneh monk’ brain, hey found that the | parts knawn-to generate postive erations were far ©. active and highly developed in Ricard than they were in-others, so much) rene. that ‘the scientists thought their equipment might be faulty | ere ‘wasn't. When comes to measuring happiness, Matthieu Ricard is simoly right off the scale {Gy Read the questions and choose the option that is not possible in each response. 1 Doyou thinkTina will come to the party? ~ A-Shemight, B Shemightda, € Shemight doit | 2. -Areyou and Max going to have a holiday this year? ‘A Wehope B Wehopeweare. C We hope. 3. Would your daughter lke a drink? {A No, thankyou. Shes just had it B No, thank you, Shes justhad one € No,thankyou She doesnt want one | 4 Were yau thinking of coming into the office tomorrow? ‘A No,butlean. B No,but!cando. ¢ No, but} canbe: 5. Whichofyourbythersisituho works asascriptunter? ‘A Theeldest 8 Theeldestoneis. € The eldest ane. 6 How many dimes have you been to Formentera? A Thies, B Threetimes C They are three ProgressTest! 55Multiple-choice cloze (Part 1) Gi For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, Cor D) best fits each gap. There isan example at the beginning (0). Be a better listener Listening is the most important of all skits for successful conversations at work, college or in social (0). itaatins. Generally, people are very (1) listeners, “The reason for ths is that when talking to @ colleague or a friend, they are often already preparing their @) while the colleague or friend is sill | speaking, But effective listening requires that you listen ‘as though there were nothing else in the world more ‘ascinating to you than whrat that person is saying. | Even in the (3) of an extremely noisy | pary, the very best listeners seem to have @ the gift of making the person who is | m more detail. You can then follow (8) with other open-ended questions and | keep the conversation rolling along. | 0 A situations B € places D settings 1 Afeint BB poor fal D hopeless 2 A speech —B response € reaction _D expression 3 Abeat Bdepth middle peak 4 A possessed B achieved C recened D acquired S Asiong Bdose Chad D deep 6 Ague — B put C get D make 7 A provide B participate € contribute D attach 8 Aalong Bin Cup D after Open cloze (Part 2) [Gl For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word for each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Failure leads to success ‘Success takes time, patience and ‘commitment. (0) ..f#..-x. the digital age | Grovomghteocame one, ishard san | is easily overlooked. (1) . often than not, success is the result of months and years of consecutive all-nighters, involving trial and error, setback after setback. There is often nothing quite (2) failure to make people strive harder for success. worn end in some seneals isthe | pretence that there are (3) | ringers or losers In school sports. may | be hard for children to accept failure but, ‘equally i's unfair not fo encourage and reward talent. This applies (4) all subjects, including sport. Removing the competitive sprit fram schools crushes the Incentive to improve and does not prepare young people (5)... the tals ahead. In school, let (6) reward those high achievers but at the same time encourage those that (7) failed | todo better. (8) we mustn't forget is that the keen sting of failure can | spur on greatness.For questions 1-8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There isan example at the beginning (0). Message in a bottle News that a bottle (0) cantata... message sent by two twelve-year-old French-Canadian giris has been found on a beach in Ireland, eight years after had first set sail from Canada, has been met with (1) The story has captured the (2) .. of people all over the world The girls threw the bottle into the St Lawrence River in Quebec while on holiday. But the chances of it being picked up by ten-year-old Oisin Millea eight yeats later on the other side of the world were (3) ‘The message, which was placed in a two-ltre Sprite bottle, was written in French and is stil (4) a legible. isin made the (5) while walking on the beach near his home in County Waterford, His mother said Oisin was an (6) treasure-hunter but this was by far the most incredible find he'd yet made. She added that one of the mOSt (7)... things about this story was the amount of media attention it has attracted from news (8) all over the world CONTAIN AMAZE IMAGINE LIKE EXPECT DISCOVER ENTHUSIASM REMARK Ey For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has @ similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. 1. Isat down and immediately my mobile started ringing. ‘SOONER No ‘my mobile started ringing, 2. Sue understood the theory described in the lecture really well coop sue the thi the lecture described in 3. [am embarrassed whenever a mea compliment, id pays FIND 1 to receive compliment ftom friends 4 «| was so | cauldett goto the festival PREVENTED lness 10 the festival 5 Thevllagers were profoundly suspicious of strangers. HAD Thevillagers of strangers 6 Many people resent having to pay so much tax wish Many people to payso much tax,