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_______ / 100 points

A [Track 14] Listen to four news stories. Write the number of each
story next to the correct news section.
____ Business ____ Entertainment ____ Health ____ Sports
____ Technology ____ Travel ____ Weather ____ World
A _______ / 8 points (2 points each)

B [Track 15] Listen to the conversation between Adam and Ellen.

Check () the two correct words to complete each sentence.
1. According to Adam, to do his job well, he needs to be ____ and ____.
a.  studious c.  independent e.  idealistic
b.  loyal d.  energetic f.  imaginative
2. According to Ellen, she doesn’t enjoy working in an office because she’s ____ and ____.
a.  logical c.  competitive e.  studious
b.  rebellious d.  independent f.  idealistic
B _______ / 8 points (2 points each)

C Complete the paragraph with the correct words from the box.

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How good are you at managing your phone calls and messages? Do you always

______________ your phone, or do you sometimes ______________ your calls go

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to voice mail because you are busy or tired? How often do you ______________
3

your voice mail? If your friends or co-workers ______________ you a voice

4
message, do you always reply? If someone sends you a text message, do you

sometimes ______________ it, or do you text back right away? Do you sometimes
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wish you could just ______________ off your phone?
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C _______ / 6 points (1 point each)

D Circle the correct answer to complete each sentence.

1. Bananas are usually salty / spicy / sweet.
2. Yogurt is usually chewy / creamy / crunchy.
3. It is usually considered polite to keep someone waiting / offer someone your seat / cut in line.
4. It is usually considered impolite to drop litter / admit a mistake / give a compliment.
5. In a high-tech / slow-paced / well-planned place, people are usually not in a hurry.
6. Fun-loving / Highly educated / Open-minded people usually like to go out and have
a good time.
D _______ / 6 points (1 point each)

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E Complete the paragraph with the correct words from the box.

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I’m looking for ways to improve my listening and vocabulary skills in English.

Recently, I’ve been watching online video ______________ and movies with
1

______________. I’ve also been keeping a vocabulary ______________ with lists

2 3
of new words organized by topic, and I’ve been using flash ______________ to
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review the words when I’m on the train. And when I talk with a native

______________, I try to use these new words in our conversation.

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E _______ / 5 points (1 point each)

F Complete the paragraph with the correct words from the box.
delayed discounted overbooked overpriced upgraded

On our last trip to Brazil, we had to take two planes: one from New York to

Washington and another from Washington to Rio. Because of a storm, the first

flight was ______________, so we missed the second one. The people from
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the airline were very nice. They ______________ us to first class, put us on a flight
2
that was leaving the next day, and helped us book a hotel room. The room was

very ______________, but we didn’t care how much we had to pay. Unfortunately,
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when we got there, the manager told us that the hotel was ______________ and
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there were no rooms left! She apologized and offered us a ______________ meal in
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the hotel restaurant. After dinner, we went back to the airport and spent the night

there. It wasn’t fun. Luckily, the rest of the trip was fine.
F _______ / 5 points (1 point each)

G Complete the paragraph with the present passive form of the verbs
in parentheses.

Pancakes are my favorite breakfast food – and they’re easy to make! They

_____________________ (make) with milk, flour, eggs, sugar, and salt. First,
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the ingredients _____________________ (mix) together in a bowl. Next,
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butter _____________________ (melt) in a pan. Then the pancake mixture
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_____________________ (cook) in the butter. And that’s it! Pancakes taste
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great when they _____________________ (serve) with honey. That’s how
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I love to eat them!

G _______ / 5 points (1 point each)

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H Look at the underlined defining relative clause in each sentence.
Is it grammatically correct? Write C (correct) or NC (not correct).
1. I can make decisions who are difficult. ____
2. A good friend is someone you can have fun with. ____
3. I’d like a job gives me lots of free time. ____
4. Paula is the woman that rescued the boy. ____
H _______ / 4 points (1 point each)

I Read the answers. Write Wh- questions about the underlined words.
1. ________________________________________________________________?
The storm will get to the islands in the afternoon.
2. ________________________________________________________________?
The surfers felt very scared.
3. ________________________________________________________________?
She was surfing when she saw the boat.
4. ________________________________________________________________?
They have been looking for the missing man downtown.
5. ________________________________________________________________?
They have been there for two hours.
I _______ / 5 points (1 point each)

J Circle the correct answer to complete each sentence.

1. Could you remind her call / to call her mother?
2. Can you ask him stop / to stop texting me?
3. Did they make you pay / to pay in cash?
4. Did she advise you keep / to keep your passport in the safe?
5. Did the guide warn you not walk / not to walk alone at night?
J _______ / 5 points (1 point each)

K Circle the correct answer to give the second line the same meaning
as the first line.
1. First, melt the chocolate. Then add the butter.
Before / After you add the butter, melt the chocolate.
2. Add the pasta when the water starts to boil.
Don’t add the pasta after / until the water starts to boil.
3. First, cook the onions. Then add the mushrooms.
Before / After you cook the onions, add the mushrooms.
4. First, pour some olive oil on the fish. Then put it in the oven.
As soon as / Before you put the fish in the oven, pour some olive oil on it.
5. Take the cakes out as soon as they are brown on the top.
Once / Until the cakes are brown on the top, take them out.
K _______ / 5 points (1 point each)

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L Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. What did / would you do if someone asked you for $100?
2. I couldn’t / shouldn’t have lent him that book because he never gave it back.
3. I wish I didn’t / don’t have to work this weekend.
4. I can’t find my homework. I wish I am / were more organized.
L _______ / 4 points (1 point each)

M Complete the paragraph with the correct comparative or superlative

form of the adjectives in parentheses.

I’ve just moved to a new city. It’s _____________________ (busy) than my

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hometown, and it has _____________________ (bad) traffic I’ve ever seen.

2

There are so many people here. I think it could be _____________________

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(densely populated) city in the country. But it is also _____________________

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(culturally diverse) than my hometown, so I’m sure I’m going to enjoy living here.
M _______ / 4 points (1 point each)

N Complete the conversation. Choose the correct answers from the box.
Before you go on, OK. I think I’ll do that.
I’m not sure about that. You might want to consider
Oh, really? I didn’t know that.

A: I don’t rent movies anymore. Now I download movies directly to my TV.

It’s much better, don’t you think?

B: ____________________________ Isn’t it complicated and expensive?

1

A: Not at all! It’s cheaper than renting a DVD, and it’s really simple.

B: ____________________________ How do you download the movies?

2

A: Well, first you have to register with the company that provides the movies,

and then –

B: ____________________________ could I ask something? What companies

3

do that?

A: Oh, there are several. ____________________________ researching them

4

and getting one that has a lot of movies you like and the best prices.

B: ____________________________ Thanks. But tell me now, how do you

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download the movies?

N _______ / 10 points (2 points each)

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O Mr. Randall Watson wrote an email to a travel agency complaining about his
trip with them. Read his email and the agency managers’ emails. Then circle
the correct answer to complete each sentence.
Mail
From: Mark Thompson
To: Gary Edwards
Subject: Fw: Complaint
Hi, Gary,
We received the email below from a dissatisfied customer. Could you let us know what happened
and how we could respond to his complaint?
Mark Thompson
Customer Service Manager
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From: Randall Watson
To: Luxury Breaks Customer Service
Subject: Complaint
Dear Sir,
I went on vacation with your travel company, and I was unhappy with the trip for a number of
reasons.
First, my hotel room was very small. Second, the restaurants you took us to were definitely not the
best in town. The local food includes many seafood dishes, for example, but those dishes were not
served at our restaurants. Third, the city bus tour took us to several famous sights, but all of them
were packed, and it was impossible to get in. Your guide should have warned us that it was
necessary to buy tickets the day before! I think this was the worst vacation I have ever had.
Yours truly,
Randall Watson

Mail
From: Gary Edwards
To: Mark Thompson
Subject: Re: Fw: Complaint
Hi, Mark,
There were definitely problems with Mr. Watson’s trip. First, he got a small room because he asked
for a room with a view when he arrived at the hotel. The hotel was packed, and this was the only
room with a view left. Second, all the restaurants they went to offered local food, but he is right that
none of them had seafood. I just found out the tour guide avoided seafood restaurants because she
is allergic to this kind of food! Finally, tickets for the sights were available at the hotel front desk,
and he could have purchased them the day before. The information was in the hotel brochure, but
the tour guide should have reminded the customers about that.
I’d suggest apologizing for the problems and offering Mr. Watson a 20 percent discount on his next
vacation with us. What do you think?
Gary Edwards
Tour Manager

1. Mr. Watson suggested / didn’t suggest a compromise in his email.

2. According to Gary, Mr. Watson made a request / an excuse when he got to the hotel.
3. Gary offered an apology / explanation to Mark.
4. Gary admitted / didn’t admit that Mr. Watson was right about some things.
5. Gary suggested offering an apology / giving a compliment to Mr. Watson.

O _______ / 10 points (2 points each)

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P Read the article. Write T (true) or F (false).

1. When you use visualization, you have to draw a picture of a place. ____
2. The writer recommends taking classes to learn visualization. ____
3. You should close your eyes after choosing a place. ____
4. When the writer visualizes, she usually thinks of a place she went on vacation. ____
5. According to the writer, it doesn’t take long to relax when you use visualization. ____
P _______ / 10 points (2 points each)

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