Exercise 1: Unit 1 Exercise 5 (Complete 4-5 track 03 CD1)

Now listen and complete the form. Write no more than TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Dubai Palm Apartments

Enquiry taken by: Amanda

Name: 1……………..

Address: 372……………..Vienna

Telephone number: 3……………..

Number of people: four

Starting date: 4 ……………..January

Length of stay: 5……………..

Price per day: maximum 6…………….. euros

Other requirements: fully equipped 7……………..

view of 8……………..

air conditioning must be 9……………..

10……………..for car

1. Leo Blucher

2. Blumengasse

3. 4312 11057

4. 1st

5. nine/9 days  

6. two hundred / 200  

7. kitchen

8. (the) sea

9. quiet

10. parking space / parking / space

Exercise 2: Exercise 7 Unit 2 track 11 CD1 Complete (4-5) 

Listen and complete the notes in Exercise 5.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Name: Sanjay 1……………..

Age: 2……………..

Occupation: 3……………..

Other expeditions:

has crossed 4……………..

has climbed Mount 5……………..

Special skills:

has done a 6 ……………..course

can speak 7……………..

Qualifications:

  • degree in 8……………..

Free-time activities: 9……………..

  • keeping 10……………..

1. Dubashi

2. 27/twenty-seven

3. office worker

4. Central Africa

5. Elbrus

6. first(-)aid 

7. five languages

8. media studies

9. fishing

10. fit

Exercise 3: Exercise 4 Unit 10 track 27 CD2 COMPLETE (4-5)

Questions 1-10 Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Traditional Samoan Houses

Overall design

0 house: round or 1…………….. no walls

2…………….. to shelter occupants from wind and rain

floor: 3……………..to control temperature

Roof

dome-shaped and thatched using 4…………….. leaves

5…………….. sides prevent dampness

high top permits 6 ……………..loss

Supporting posts

made using wood from the 7……………..around the village

used to show 8…………….. speakers at meetings of chiefs and

attached using rope made by the 9…………….. in the village

rope pulled tightly to form a 10…………….. around beams and posts

1 oval / oval(-) shaped

2 blinds

3 (river) stones

4 sugar cane / sugar(-) cane

5 steep

6 heat

7 forest(s)

8 status

9 old people

10 (complex) pattern

Exercise 4: UNIT 6 EXERCISE 4  CD 2.1 (IMPROVE)

Listen to the recording and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Culture and Society

Study: 2004

on the global teenager hypothesis (i.e. values of teenagers in the world are similar)

Is there a global culture?

One special aspect of the study: 1 ………………………..cultures in three

Sample: 2 ………………………..high school students

14-17 years

Three countries: China, Japan, USA

Questionnaire: number of statements: 3………………………..

Three examples of statements:

Statement 1 It is really true that 4……………………….. can make you happy.

Statement 2 My dream in life is to be able to own 5…………………………

Statement 5 Having the right 6………………………… is the most important thing in life.

Examples of results

Statement 1 nationality which agreed most strongly: 7…………………………

Statement 2 nationality which agreed most strongly: 8…………………………

Statement 5 nationality which agreed most strongly: 9…………………………

General conclusion

The global teenager hypothesis is 10…………………………. by this research.

More research needed!

1 materialism 

2 556 

3 7/seven  

4 money  

5 expensive things

6 possessions 

7 Japanese 

8 American

9 Chinese

10 not supported

Exercise 5: Unit 8 Section 4 EXAM LISTENING (CD 2.16 IMPROVE)

Questions 31-38

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The European Starling

Length: 12 inches

Colour: 31 ………………………….white spots.

Nesting sites: 32………………………….

Diet: 33………………………….

Natural range: British Isles, Finland

Population: British Isles, Finland: in decline

USA: 34………………………….

Some of the problems created by large numbers of starlings

On wildlife

They compete with other species for 35 places.

On agriculture

They feed on 36………………………….

They cause 37…………………………. damage.

On human life

They may cause 38…………………………..

1 materialism

2 556

3 7/seven

4 money

5 expensive things

6 possessions

7 Japanese

8 American

9 Chinese

10 not supported

Exercise 6: UNIT 3 EXERCISE 6 (CD1.15 IMPROVE)

Listen to the recording and complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Harvey’s Homewares

Faulty Product Replacement Instruction

Product Make: Gleeware

Model: Breadmaker 3

Model No: 6…………………………..

Shop where bought: Bluewater

Date of purchase: 2.12.06.

Customer surname: 7………………………….. Initials: J.H

House number: 8…………………………..

Road name: 9…………………………..Gardens

Postcode: AD22 4SC

Home phone: 08896 3412877

Day of delivery: 10…………………………..

6217980345

7 Yonge

8.15

9 Capercaillie

10 Monday

Exercise 7: UNIT 3 SECTION 4 (CD 1 .18 IMPROVE)

Questions 31-35

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Recycling is principally the responsibility of 31…………………………..

The second stage in the cycle relates to acquiring 32………………………….. in general.

Harvesting includes cutting down trees and 33…………………………..

Chemical processes create 34…………………………..

A significant proportion of the 35………………………….. stage is unnecessary.

31 designers

32 materials

33 fishing

34 waste

35 manufacturing

Exercise 8: COMPLETE 2 EXERCISE 3 (CD 1.19 UNIT 5)

Questions 1-6

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Customer’s name: Igor Petrov

Length of holiday: 1…………………………..

Will pay up to 2. …………………………..

Told him about 3. ………………………….. for advance payments

Needs quote for 4…………………………..during holiday

Requires 5. ………………………….. on plane

Must check if he needs a 6. …………………………..

  1. two / 2 weeks
  2. 1,750
  3. discount
  4. (travel) insurance
  5. vegetarian meals
  6. visa

Exercise 9: UNIT 9 EXERCISE 9 CD 2.20 IMPROVE

Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Material request form

Documents requested: 6…………………………..

Student name:7………………………….

Address:22  8………………………….

Glenfield

Postcode:9 ………………………….9BQ

Nationality: Swiss

Age: 24

Course: 10………………………….

6. (whole) information pack

7. Sonia Orr

8. Winter Gardens

9. GF23

10. Economics and Sociology

Exercise 10: UNIT 5 CD1.32 EXERCISE 9 COLLINS.*

You are going to hear a student asking questions about the Students’ Union services. Listen and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.

Students’ Union services

3 main areas:

Give advice and information

Organise 1………………………… events

Campaign for students’ rights

6 advisors:  specialists in 2………………………… and travel

Location of 24-hour helpline number: 3……………………..….

1. social

2. accommodation

3. (on) student card