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Vocabulary
1 Complete the adjectives with the correct ending from the box.

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1 scary

2 awful

3 ridiculous

4 hideous

5 imaginative

6 profound

7 horrible

8 enjoyable

9 fascinating

10 unusual

Complete the sentences with the correct objective.

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1 My grandfather is very generous. He often gives us presents.

2 My sister Sally is shy. I’m the opposite. I’m very outgoing.

3 Even in difficult situations, my mom tries to say funny things. She’s very cheerful.

4 My brother is completely different from me. He’s short and fat, while I’m tall and thin.

5 That wasn’t a very intelligent thing to say. In fact, it was pretty silly!

Complete the sentences with a phrasal verb from the box.

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1 I don’t want to put on any more weight. My clothes don’t fit me anymore.

2 We’ve run out of sugar. Would you like honey instead?

3 Prices always go up! Everything just gets more expensive.

4 I really need to cut down on my spending. I need to spend less money.

5 I need to get rid of all my old clothes.

6 Prices have come down a lot. Last week these apples were double the price!

Skills

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4 Listen to three conversations about art and answer the questions. Mark one answer.  4

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1 The speakers are looking at:

 a sculpture.

 a drawing.

 a landscape painting.

2 The speakers have the same opinion.

 True

 False

 Not given
3 The speakers are looking at:

 a furniture store.

 an installation.

 an empty space.

4 The speakers:

 agree.

 disagree.

 partly agree and partly disagree.

5 Which sentence do you hear?

 “It’s a spaces under the furniture.”

 “It’s the spaces under a furniture.”

 “It’s the spaces under the furniture.”

6 The speakers are looking at:
 Chinese calligraphy.

 advertising.

 old signs.

7 Which sentence is correct?

 Both speakers like it.

 Neither speaker likes it.

 Both speakers like it, but in different ways.

8 beautiful / unusual / interesting / fascinating      Conversation 3

9 hideous /awful / profound / beautiful      Conversation 1

10 entertaining / silly / gorgeous / inspiring      Conversation 2

Read the magazine article and answer the questions below.

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1 What is the reading passage about?

 The passage is a report from Carnegie Mellon University.

 The passage is about a report from Carnegie Mellon University.

 The passage is about how to reduce stress in different occupations.

2 What does this sentence mean?

“You can get quite an interesting snapshot of changes in US society between then and now.”

 The report contains pictures of the different occupations.

 The report shows the changes in society between then and now.

 The report doesn’t contain enough details.

3 miner

4 airline pilot

5 doctor

6 teacher

7 soldier
8 Firefighters have the highest stress levels in the latest report.
 True

 False

 Does not say.

9 It was stressful to be a broadcaster in both 1983 and 2016.

 True

 False

 Does not say.

10 The author thinks it’s very bad that all occupations have increased levels of stress today.
 Yes

 No

 Not given
Listen to a conversation between two students and answer the questions. Read the questions
BEFORE you listen. You may listen as many times as you want, and you may pause the  6
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1 Why is Julie asking for Mark’s help?

 She didn’t understand the lecture.

 She fell asleep during the lecture and missed the important parts.

 She likes Mark.

(2), What did Mark say about the moon?
(3)
 The Earth would wobble.

 Nights would be darker.

 The Earth would lean over.

 The Earth would stop spinning.

 The climate would not change that much.

 It would be a disaster.

 The days would get longer.

Most plants would die because they need the sun’s (5) energy for (6) photosynthesis. The animals that eat
(4) 

those plants would also die. Humans could survive in Iceland, which has lots of (7) geothermal energy.
8 What would happen to the tides if the moon disappeared?
The tides would be / would get much smaller.

9 What would happen to large trees if the sun disappeared?

They would survive for several decades.

10 What would happen to the Earth if the sun disappeared?

The Earth would get / would become extremely cold.
Read the magazine article and answer the questions below.
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According to Thomas Frey, in the future we will be able to harvest water from the (1) atmosphere. This will
prevent countries from going to war over control of water sources. Food will be a soy-based protein, and
(2) 
3D printers will print the food. Computers will control cars, and cars will be (3) driverless. There will be
special roads for these cars. International travel will be done by high speed (4) vacuum tubes. We will all
have machines that will be able to (5) cure us when we get sick.
6 It’s certain that / It’s likely that water will become the most urgent global issue.
7 Most food will probably not be / will not be very natural.
8 It’s likely that / It’s certain that there will be special roads for driverless cars.
9 It’s possible that / It’s certain that international travel will be completely different.
10 It’s certain that / It’s possible that the biggest changes will be in the field of medicine.

Grammar

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8 Rewrite the sentences using “unless.” Keep the meaning the same.

1 If you don’t stop answering your phone, we won’t make any progress.
Unless you stop answering your phone, we won’t make any progress.

2 Stress hormones will stay in your body if you don’t exercise.

Stress hormones will stay in your body unless you do some exercise.

3 If you don’t deal with your stress, your health will suffer.
Unless you deal with your stress, your health will suffer.

4 You will feel very stressed if you don’t try to relax.

You will feel very stressed unless you try to relax.
Rewrite the sentences with the correct future form of the verb in parentheses. Do not change the
9 meaning of the sentence. Look at the example.

0 It’s been arranged for Julio (study) medicine next year.

Julio is studying medicine next year.

1 It’s possible that my brother (visit) me next month.

My brother might visit me next month.

2 It’s certain to (rain) in the next few minutes. Look at that storm cloud!
It’s going to rain in the next few minutes.

3 It’s likely Tully (look for) a new apartment in a couple of months.

Tully will probably look for a new apartment in a couple of months.

4 It’s been arranged for Marco (go) to Canada to study next year.
Marco is going to Canada to study next year.

5 It’s likely I (see) Tania at school tomorrow.

I ’ll probably see Tania at school tomorrow.

6 It’s certain I (go) to see a movie with Karen this weekend.

I ’m going to see a movie with Karen this weekend.

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10 Rewrite the sentences correctly by changing, adding, or removing ONE WORD.

1 Why not doing meditation?

Why not do meditation?

2 You could to eat more fruits and vegetables

You could eat more fruits and vegetables.

3 You should doing yoga or tai chi.

You should do yoga or tai chi.

4 See if you do more exercise.

See if you can do more exercise.

5 If you doing some exercise every day, it will reduce your stress.
If you do some exercise every day, it will reduce your stress.

6 Why don’t you to stop smoking?

Why don’t you stop smoking?

7 Try breathe slowly and deeply.

Try breathing slowly and deeply.

8 I suggest you to drink more water.

I suggest you drink more water.

Tapescript
Announcer Conversation one
:
Woman: So what do you think of it? I really like it.
Man: You do?
Woman: Yes, I like the way it sits in the middle of the trees. It kind of looks like a huge stone
in the forest. Like something spiritual. I find it pretty profound.
Man: Well, I don't. I think it’s totally hideous.
Woman: Oh come on! It’s not hideous.
Man: Yeah, it is, it’s awful. It ruins the landscape. It looks like a huge piece of trash
someone left in the forest.
Woman: Really? I think it makes the landscape look more beautiful!
Man: Well, we obviously don’t have the same taste.

Announcer Conversation two

:
Woman: Oh my goodness! Look at this, Frank!
Man: It’s a room full of furniture.
Woman: Well, that’s one way of looking at it, but it’s not really the furniture we’re looking
at, right? It’s the spacesunder the furniture.
Man: Yeah, I get that, Carol.
Woman: Oh, I love it, it’s gorgeous.
Man: I beg to differ.
Woman: Why?
Man: I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. Anyone can do this. I can do it, you can do it. Why
is this art?
Woman: Well, I know what you mean, anyone can do it, but not everyone had the idea to do
it. That’s the main thing. The idea.
Man: Hm. Point taken, I suppose, but still it’s pretty silly. I mean it’s entertaining for a
while, but it’s not very artistic.
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Woman: I disagree, it makes you look at everyday objects in a new way. It’s inspiring.
Man: Well, OK, I see what you mean about looking at things in a new way, but I would
not call it inspiring.

Announcer Conversation three

:
Man: Wow! That is really beautiful.
Woman: It’s certainly huge. I wonder what it means.
Man: It must mean something. A poem, maybe?
Woman: Yeah, it’s like the writing is a picture. Each word is a picture.
Man: It’s very unusual.
Woman: Well, unusual for us, but for the Chinese, of course, it’s more normal.
Man: And each character has a lot of movement and strength. It’s really beautiful.
Woman: But I don’t actually find it beautiful. I mean, it’s interesting, fascinating, even, but I
don’t see anything beautiful in it. It’s like advertising, or a sign.
Man: Really? Well, I love it.
Woman: Oh, I like it, too, but I think I like it for different reasons than you do.
Man: Let’s ask the staff over there what it means…

What would happen if there was no sun or moon?

Tapescript
Julie: Hi Mark, can you help with my notes for Professor Clark’s class today? I really didn’t
catch anything he was talking about.
Mark Oh really? You didn’t understand it?
:
Julie: No, well, to be honest, I fell asleep for most of the lecture. I’m really tired today. I mean
he was talking about the sun and the moon and so on, but I just didn’t catch the details.
Mark OK, well, he was talking about the importance of the sun and the moon for life on Earth.
:
Julie: Mmmm.
Mark So, for example, the moon. What would happen to the Earth if there was no moon?
:
Julie: Well, I’m not sure. It could be that without moonlight, nights would obviously be darker?
Mark Well, there’s that. But there’s more. What would happen to the tides?
:
Julie: There would still be tides because the sun also pulls the oceans.
Mark Yeah, that’s right, but they would be much smaller.
:
Julie: OK.
Mark Probably the biggest effect would be that the Earth would wobble and lean over more as it
: spins. And, as a result, we would have shorter days and our climate would be more
extreme.
Julie: Right, OK.
Mark Now, what would happen to the world if there was no sun?
:
Julie: I have no idea.
Mark Well, it would be a disaster! The Earth would get extremely cold. Within a week, the
: temperature would fall below zero degrees Fahrenheit.
Julie: How much is that in Celsius?
Mark It must be about… minus seventeen degrees Celsius
:
Julie: Oh, that’s cold.
Mark Yep. And within a year, it would go down to minus one hundred degrees Fahrenheit. So
: how much is that in Celsius?
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Julie: Wait, it must be… minus seventy-three degrees Celsius. So what else would happen?
Mark Well, first, the top part of all the oceans would freeze. Second, some large trees could
: survive for several decades, but most other plants would die because they need the sun’s
energy for photosynthesis.
Julie: Photo what?
Mark Photosynthesis. You know what that means?
:
Julie: Hmmm… It could be the way plants change light into energy for food?
Mark That’s right.
:
Julie: Yeah, but how do you spell it?
Mark Oh. Photo, like photo, and then S-Y-N-T-H-E-S-I-S. One word.
:
Julie: OK, got it.
Mark So if that happened, that would mean, of course, that the animals that eat those plants
: would also die, including humans. In order to survive, we could live in submarines at the
bottom of the ocean, where the water would be warmer, or we could camp out in Iceland,
which has lots of geothermal energy. But the sun doesn’t just heat the Earth, it also keeps
it in place. So if it suddenly disappeared, we would fly off into space!
Julie: Wow! That would be totally awesome!!

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