Unit 9 test

Listening Across
1 inspiring; making a person want to take action
1  Listen to three students – Lucy, Akash and 5 changing often; including many different things
Heather – talk about life at university. What do 6 difficult in an interesting way
Lucy and Heather both recommend that 7 connected with education, especially studying
students do in their first week? (2 marks)
Down
A volunteer for the student newspaper
2 connected with the skills or knowledge needed to
B take part in social activities
do a particular job
C organize their finances for the year
3 worth doing; making a person happy
2  Listen again. Are the sentences true or false? 4 boring because there is no variety
Write T or F. (8 marks)
5 Find the words in the word snake. Then
1 Lucy is studying two languages. ___
complete the sentences with the correct form
2 Lucy recommends joining the photography club. of the words. (10 marks)
___
3 Lucy will live in another country as part of her
course. ___
4 Akash lived at the same place during his 1 I must _____________ on studying for my exam.
university course. ___ 2 Steven will ______________ from university
5 Akash did a cooking course. ___ next year.
6 Akash is feeling some apprehension about 3 Alice can’t go out tonight. She has to
working life. ___ ______________ for a presentation.
7 Heather no longer wants to work in journalism. 4 Wendy has been ______________ for her
___ phone all afternoon.
8 Heather thinks the first week of university was 5 It is never too late to ______________ from
important for her career. ___ learning a foreign language.

Vocabulary Everyday English

3 Complete the opposites. (3 marks) 6 Choose the correct option to complete the
1 skilled: _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ _ dialogue. (10 marks)
2 badly paid: w _ _ _ - p _ _ _ Charlie Should I travel and work abroad after
3 sociable: _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ university or get a job in this country?
Amanda Why not travel for a few months? That’s
4 Complete the puzzle. (7 marks)
(1) way / so more interesting than starting
1 2 your career here straight away.
M V
3 Charlie Yes, but if I work abroad, I won’t earn as
R
4 (2) much / more as I will here.
R
Amanda But just think; you (3) won’t only / will
just have amazing experiences, but you’ll
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also meet foreign people and maybe learn
V
another language.
Charlie I guess there will never be a (4) best /
better time to do it.
Amanda And the older you get, the (5) more / most
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C difficult it will be to travel and
work abroad.
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A Charlie OK. You’ve persuaded me. I’m going to go
online and see what opportunities I can
find. Do you want to come with me?

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Unit 9 test
Grammar
9 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. (10 marks)
7 Choose the correct option to complete the
sentences. (10 marks) another following if if to
1 That’s the university when / where my 1 Maria asked me __________ I could help her
brother studies. with her CV.
2 Students whose / who go to university 2 __________ the job had been well-paid, I would
generally earn more. have taken it.
3 Miss Cole is the teacher which / whose 3 Mark and Malcolm help one __________ with
students all passed the exam. their revision.
4 My next-door neighbour, which / who works 4 David said that his interview was going to
as a chef, wants to open his own restaurant take place the __________ day.
one day.
5 Remember __________ apply for the job
5 Sam lives in London, which / where is the by Friday.
capital city of the UK.

8 Put the words in the correct order to make

questions. (10 marks)
Cumulative Review
1 been / to / you / haven’t / you’ve / London, / ? 10 Choose the correct option to complete the text.
_______________________________________ (10 marks)
_______________________________________
My journey to becoming a chef
2 applied / which / you / course / for / have / ?
_______________________________________ When I finished school, I didn’t want to go to
_______________________________________ university. I wanted to get out into the real world.
After a few years working in restaurant kitchens and
3 in / many / the research / how / participated /
learning about the restaurant business, I saw an
students / ?
advert for the Jamie Oliver chef training programme
_______________________________________
in London and I applied. Jamie Oliver is probably
_______________________________________
Britain’s best known celebrity chef. I (1) use / used
4 you / going / who / with / Barcelona / are / to / ? to watch his TV programmes and cook his recipes
_______________________________________ when I was younger. Food has always been
_______________________________________ extremely important to me. It stimulates all your
senses. For me, the look of a dish is just as
5 exercise / challenging / found / the / who / ?
important as how it tastes. I’ve been (2) trained /
_______________________________________
training for a few months now and I really love it.
_______________________________________
I love cooking everything, but I particularly love
pastry and desserts. Matt, who is one of the
professional chefs, has been at the restaurant
Fifteen for a number of years. He (3) told / said
me that my performance has been excellent so far.
He can see that I have an eye for presenting food
elegantly. So (4) unless / if I keep up the good
work, I will get a job at a top restaurant! Quite
(5) a few / plenty of professional chefs have done
this course and then gone on to get good jobs at
Fifteen or another one of Jamie Oliver’s restaurants.

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Unit 9 test
Reading

jasmin94 Hi guys. I’m finishing my university course this

year and I still don’t know what I want to do with my life! My 11 Read the text. What experience of working life
degree is in English Language and Literature. I love reading did ceejay325 get before he decided on his
and analysing books, and I like writing essays. I’m quite good career? (2 marks)
at doing research as well. But when I look at job adverts, I feel
_______________________________________
so confused and stressed. :-/ There are so many things to
choose from. I also really love travelling, but I haven’t seen _______________________________________
that many jobs which involve it. Is there anyone who can give
me some advice? 12 Read the text again. Then answer the questions.
(8 marks)
1 What does jasmin94 enjoy about her course?
guy95 What about becoming a journalist? Journalism’s a _______________________________________
profession which requires good writing skills and the ability to
_______________________________________
do research. There are lots of magazines and newspapers
that offer on-the-job training in the form of internships. They’re 2 What does guy95 suggest she should do in
usually a year long. You also mention that you like travel – order to get a job in journalism? How long would
how about specializing in travel journalism? The only negative that last?
thing about internships is that they’re usually badly paid and
_______________________________________
sometimes completely unpaid. Good luck! :-)
3 What example does ceejay325 give to show that
teaching is hard work?
ceejay325 I remember feeling the same way when I first _______________________________________
graduated. It’s scary, isn’t it? I had no idea what to do! I also _______________________________________
did an English degree. Then I did a few different jobs (waiter,
4 What did kat101 do after she finished university
bookshop assistant) before I decided to train as a secondary
school teacher. My teaching certificate was the best thing I’ve
and for how long?
ever done. It’s a very rewarding and varied job. You need to _______________________________________
be quite creative and completely passionate about your _______________________________________
subject. There’s a LOT of work involved in teaching, and we
don’t get long summer holidays like everyone seems to think!
The summer’s spent mainly planning lessons for the coming
year. I think it would be a good idea to observe a few lessons
at a school. Hope that’s helpful!

kat101 You mentioned that you love travel, but you haven’t
seen many travel jobs. What about working as a holiday
representative? It involves looking after tourists who are on
holiday in various places. The main purpose of the job is to
make sure that tourists have a good time. I did it for four
years in Cuba when I finished university and I had a ball! It’s
a challenging job, but it’s also a lot of fun and very rewarding.
You meet lots of interesting people – I formed some life-long
friendships as a result of that job. It’s a good idea to learn a
foreign language as this will give you an advantage when you
apply for a job. Try doing an evening language course. There
are also plenty of free online language courses.

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Unit 9 test
Writing Paragraph 1: Explain why you are writing. Say
what job you are applying for and where you saw
13 Read the advert below and write a covering the advertisement.
email for the job, starting and ending it I am writing to apply for … which I saw advertised ...
appropriately. Invent details if necessary. Use
the prompts to help you. Use polite language, Paragraph 2: Give some personal details and
longer sentences and formal linking words, describe one or more relevant experiences that
such as furthermore, however. Avoid using you have had.
colloquial words and expressions, short forms
I am … years old. / I am in Year X at … school.
and phrasal verbs. (10 marks)
I have experience of / participated in / …
Do you love cats and dogs? Do you want a rewarding I have worked / helped at ...
summer job for the holidays? Then read on! I was responsible for … / My duties included ...

We are looking for enthusiastic students to help out at Paragraph 3: Explain how you have benefited
our animal shelter. We want people who: from these experiences and what you have learned
from them.
 have experience of working with or looking after
I have benefitted from ... because I ...
cats and dogs
I have learned that ... / I have learned how to ...
 are willing to walk dogs, socialize cats and help
with general feeding and grooming Paragraph 4: Explain why you are a good candidate.
 are hard-working, reliable and motivated I feel this experience makes me ...
 don’t mind getting their hands dirty! I have realized that I love ...

If you think you have what it takes and want to become Paragraph 5: Say what you are sending with the
a valued member of our team, email your CV to email and mention your availability for an interview.
info@animalshelter.uk I am sending my CV …
I am available for an interview …
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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Everyday English _____ / 10

Grammar _____ / 30 Cumulative Review _____ / 10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100