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Progress Test 4 Answer Key

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
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1 D 2 A 3 C 4 C 5 D 6 B 7 D 8 A 9 D 10 B 11 C 12 A

1 your money where your mouth 2 The less you worry about 3 she’d/she would sooner go 4 what I did
was to 5 the beach was deserted even

1 times 2 ends 3 means 4 in 5 support 6 raise/collect 7 on

LISTENING
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1 D 2 F 3 C 4 E 5 A 6 F 7 D 8 G 9 C 10 E

READING
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1C 2E 3H 4F 5G 6B

WRITING
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‘The Howling Miller’ is a truly original story and one not to miss. It is set in the post-war years in northern [8]

Finland and traces the life of Gunnar, a decent kind of man, after he moves into the area [4]

to buy and renovate a dilapidated old mill. However, although business prospers, he is prone to [4]

extreme highs and lows, and these unpredictable mood swings unnerve the villagers, who of a night [2]

often hear his howling. Little by little, the villagers turn against him. Outraged by their increasingly [5]

antagonistic actions, he retaliates and after this, things spiral out of control, with him on the run from [3]

the authorities. How will things end? This book mightn’t sound much like a comedy. Read it however, [8]

and you’ll soon begin to appreciate the plots, characterisation and the dark and deadpan style it’s written in. [4]

It really had me howling with laughter! [2]

Total punctuation devices added 40: 1 point per 4 punctuation devices added (allocate ½ mark for 2 devices).

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