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UNIT TEST 1
1 detached 2 desirable 3 comparatively
4 pollution 5 traffic 6 urban 7 issues 8 recycling
SECTION A: GRAMMAR 9 friendly 10 deliberately 11 normally 12 fossil
1 13 abandoned 14 mindless 15 apartment
1 is researching 2 is focusing/is focussing 3 affect
4 are changing 5 was working 6 was observing SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS
7 realised 8 was having/had
4
2 1 way 2 interested 3 point 4 absolutely/completely/
1 Have you ever interrupted 2 did that happen totally 5 doubt
3 was listening 4 did/was doing 5 did you say
6 Did she stop 7 has never learned/has never learnt/ 6
will never learn/will never learn 1c 2f 3b 4e 5a

SECTION B: VOCABULARY
UNIT TEST 3
3
1 louder 2 thinks 3 straight 4 wavelength 5 quick SECTION A: GRAMMAR
6 hear 7 word
1
4 1 the 2– 3– 4 the 5 the 6– 7 the 8 the
1b 2c 3a 4d 5c 6a 7b 8d 9 the 10 –

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SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS 1 many 2 few 3 Hardly 4 Almost 5 little
5
1 unable 2 attached 3 apologise/apologize SECTION B: VOCABULARY
4 hesitate 5 sincerely
3
6 1 confidence 2 discipline 3 control 4 calm/courtesy
a, b, d, i, j (in any order) 5 courtesy/calm 6 stamina 7 intensity 8 sacrifices

4
1 ball 2 goalposts 3 level 4 rolling 5 eye 6 own
UNIT TEST 2 7 game

SECTION A: GRAMMAR
SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS
1
5
1 have lived/have been living 2 has been melting
3 have put/have been putting 4 have appeared/have 1 greatest 2 far 3 truly 4 What is extraordinary
been appearing 5 has completely disappeared 5 most
6 has been flooding/has flooded 7 have tried
8 have been helping 6
a, e, g, h, j (in any order)
2
1 tell me how much sea levels have risen 2 ask you
where the information comes 3 to know if there are
any 4 know if the volunteers have arrived
5 wondering who I have to 6 know when the
presentation starts 7 tell me why governments aren’t
doing more

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UNIT TEST 4 SECTION B: VOCABULARY

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SECTION A: GRAMMAR 1c 2a 3d 4b 5d 6c
1
1 are you going to do 2 both 3 we’ll be sitting
4
4 you’ll be studying 5 he’ll be giving 6 I am going to 1 fogbound 2 closures 3 tailbacks 4 congestion
do/I will be doing 7 I’ll be thinking 5 traffic 6 speed 7 signalling 8 Platform
9 Engineering
2
1 will have finished 2 will have visited 3 won’t be SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS
4 will have been 5 will make 6 will happen/will have
happened 7 won’t have 8 will have changed/will 5
change 1 in comparison 2 far 3 whereas 4 Similarly
5 However 6 while 7 far fewer 8 way 9 overall
10 more and more
SECTION B: VOCABULARY
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1c 2d 3b 4c 5d 6b 7a UNIT TEST 6
4 SECTION A: GRAMMAR
1 about 2 on 3 with 4 from 5 about 6 in
7 from 8 from 1
1 had been sitting/was sitting/sat/had sat
2 stopped 3 had been living/had lived 4 had become
SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS 5 was contemplating/had been contemplating
5 6 loomed 7 saw 8 was staring 9 became 10 had/
heard/heard 11 left/had left/was leaving
1 It is vital that you find out 2 You should check
3 It is advisable not to try to solve 4 It is a good idea to
2
spend time
1 wasn’t used to 2 used to 3 would 4 Did you use to
6
1 rapidly 2 breakthroughs 3 material 4 research 5 SECTION B: VOCABULARY
artificially 6 revolutionise
3
1c 2d 3c 4a 5b 6d 7a 8c 9b 10 c
UNIT TEST 5
4
1 put it down 2 get into it 3 real page-turner
SECTION A: GRAMMAR 4 my kind of thing 5 lived up to
1
1 might 2 won’t be able 3 be able 4 I’ll be able to SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS
5 have to 6 be able 7 need to 8 might not
5
2 1 F 2 NG 3T 4T 5T 6 NG 7T 8F 9 NG
1 couldn’t 2 weren’t able 3 succeeded in 4 had to 10 T
5 managed 6 were able 7 could

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MID-COURSE ASSESSMENT (UNITS 1–6) their views have not changed much over the decade,
whereas nearly two thirds of them believe we need to
find alternative energy sources compared with only a
SECTION A: LISTENING third ten years ago.
1 With regard to nuclear energy, a quarter of the younger
1T 2F 3T 4T 5F 6T 7F 8T 9F 10 T and older groups were in favour of it, a slight increase
compared with ten years ago. Just over a third of
2 30–50-year-olds thought it would be a good idea,
a, d, f, g, i (in any order) slightly fewer then previously. From the information
given, wind farms seem to be seen more favourably,
with around half of those from each age group
SECTION B: READING questioned agreeing they were in favour of them. For the
other groups, this is quite a bit more than ten years ago,
3 when 30 percent of younger people agreed and only a
1b 2c 3c 4d 5b 6a 7b 8c quarter of over 50s.
Overall, it seems that people are more aware of and
4 more concerned about environmental issues than they
1 D 2B 3C 4B 5D 6A 7C were a decade ago.

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UNIT TEST 7
5
1 has changed/has been changing 2 seemed/had SECTION A: GRAMMAR
seemed 3 has been growing/has grown 4 are still
depleting 5 inhabit(s) 6 are melting/have been melting 1
7 will continue/continue 8 will we have been/will we be 1 was established 2 were undertaken/had been
undertaken 3 were chosen 4 was installed
6 5 is pumped 6 is known 7 are divided 8 is provided
1 would 2 had 3 the 4a 5 all 6 It 7 hardly 9 has been made

7 2
1b 2c 3a 4d 5b 6d 7d 1 are still being built 2 will be finished 3 was being done
4 have been sent 5 is to be claimed 6 will be sent
8
1 made 2 goalposts 3 from 4 lucrative 5 tailback SECTION B: VOCABULARY
6 emissions 7 scale 8 cared
3
1b 2b 3d 4d 5b 6a 7b 8c 9c 10 d
SECTION D: WRITING
9  Sample answer 4
The two tables show changes over a ten-year period of 1 indisputable 2 revitalised 3 overcome
how different age groups feel about energy resources 4 insensitive 5 misplaced
and the environment.
Ten years ago, the majority of people between 18 and
30 agreed climate change was due to human activity
and that alternative energy sources had to be found, and
ten years later, the figures had hardly changed.
People aged between 30 and 50 were less likely to
accept that human activity was the cause of climate
change, with just less than half agreeing, whereas ten
years ago, only 15 percent accepted it. On the other
hand, the large majority of them agree that alternative
energy sources have to be found and this has increased
over the ten years. Around a third of over 50s currently
accept human activity has caused climate change and

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SECTION A: GRAMMAR
1 its 2 his 3 he 4 his 5 which 6 He 7 which
8 where 9 which 10 It 1
1 very 2 a little 3 pretty 4 absolutely 5 absolutely
6 really 7 completely 8 totally
UNIT TEST 8
2
SECTION A: GRAMMAR 1 have often been seen visiting their old art college
2 has lived in the Bahamas for years 3 very quickly
1 puts the first layer of paint on/puts the first layer of paint
1 to be 2 to meet 3 telling 4 questioning on very quickly 4 frequently have cultural exhibitions
5 relocating 6 taking 7 paying in the city 5 work has been strongly influenced by
other modern artists 6 mainly does enormous abstract
2 metal sculptures/does mainly enormous abstract metal
sculptures/has definitely earned millions from his
1 to get my house redecorated 2 are having the
incredible sculptures
documents sent 3 had the contract checked 4 had
her laptop stolen 5 got the new building designed
6 get the jeans made 7 was having her hair cut SECTION B: VOCABULARY
8 got the machines serviced
3
1 critical 2 dismissive 3 picturesque 4 gripping
SECTION B: VOCABULARY 5 absurd 6 unexpected 7 painfully 8 heavily
3
1 adaptability 2 edge 3 Dynamics 4 sensitivity
4
5 profound 6 mindset 7 pushing 1 amazing shiny stainless-steel 2 exquisite
impressionistic Monet 3 large rectangular marble
4 4 varnished wooden African 5 brilliant new best-
selling romantic 6 unusual ancient stone 7 strange
1 greed 2 markets 3 resources 4 labour 5 choice
original metal
6 interest 7 trade 8 footprint

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5 5
1C 2A 3C 4B 5A 6C 7A 8B 9C
1 ask 2 specific 3 come in 4 mean 5 saying
10 B
6 issue

6a
c UNIT TEST 10
6b SECTION A: GRAMMAR
1T 2F 3 NG
1
1 with whom 2 which/that 3 whose 4 which/that
5 who/that 6 which 7 about which 8 who/that

2
1 causing anger in the department 2 caused by his
actions 3 developed in the 1950s 4 containing all the
documents 5 hidden in the safe 6 giving a talk 7
described as very dangerous

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SECTION B: VOCABULARY SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS

3 5
1 out of 2 out 3 up 4 peace 5 put 6 used to 1 in order to 2 provided that 3 Therefore
7 made 4 In addition 5 Similarly 6 On the contrary

4 6
1 saviour/savior 2 approval 3 diplomacy 1T 2T 3 NG 4F
4 knowledgeable 5 authoritative/authoritarian
6 refusal 7 continuity/continuation 8 behaviour/
behavior
UNIT TEST 12
SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS SECTION A: GRAMMAR
5 1
1b 2i 3 d/j 4g 5 d/j 6a 7f 8e 9h 10 c 1 Would you be 2 wouldn’t have 3 runs
4 would have studied 5 would be 6 had bought
7 hadn’t been driving 8 would you change
9 would it be 10 think
UNIT TEST 11
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SECTION A: GRAMMAR 1 Supposing 2 provided 3 as long 4 Unless 5 If
1
1 that she loved/had loved studying in Madrid but (that) SECTION B: VOCABULARY
she is 2 (that) they met/had met some lovely people
when they 3 (that) he was living/had been living with a 3
host family when he 4 (that) he wishes he could have 1 device 2 gadgets 3 appliances 4 equipment
stayed 5 (that) they often visit 6 (that) she is looking 5 cutting 6 lasting 7 machines 8 apparatus
for a job 7 (that) she hasn’t seen/hadn’t seen them 9 close

2 4
1 denied saying anything 2 considered asking his 1 mistrust 2 inaccurate 3 dislike 4 inefficient
parents 3 invited Jo to/to come to 4 apologised for 5 insensitive 6 inequality
not being able to help 5 regretted not taking
6 admitted making 7 promised that she would never
be 8 warned me not to tell anyone SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS
5a
SECTION B: VOCABULARY b

3 5b
1 rituals 2 cuisine 3 hostile 4 heritage 1 proud 2 enthusiastic 3 benefit 4 unable
5 intriguing 6 etiquette 5 reduced 6 overweight 7 improved 8 substantial
9 signs
4
1 multicultural 2 tolerance 3 admittance
4 hostilities 5 valuable 6 sociology 7 postwar
8 misunderstanding 9 reliable

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END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT SECTION D: WRITING

(UNITS 7–12) 9  Sample answer
There is no doubt that modern technology has
SECTION A: LISTENING developed at an incredibly fast rate over the past few
1 years. Nearly everyone worldwide now has access to
modern technical devices and this must affect the way
1–3 a, c, f (in any order) we behave and interact with others, but is the effect
4–5 b, d (in any order) negative or positive? This essay discusses the arguments
6–7 c, e (in any order) and considers whether, on balance, it is only having a
negative effect on our behaviour.
2 There are many advantages; for example, technology
1 supermarkets 2 price/quantity 3 frost(s) allows us to keep in touch with families and friends
4 budget 5 tourism 6 infrastructure 7 towns wherever we are in the world. With the internet, we
8 chemicals can research any subject, which can greatly help
students with their studies. With regard to the economy,
businesses can work more efficiently with computerised
SECTION B: READING stocks and production systems, which, in turn, allow
them to cut costs and stay competitive. Furthermore,
3 amazing medical and scientific advances have been
1c 2h 3a 4g 5f 6b 7d made as scientists and doctors share their knowledge
and ideas. As a result, people are spending more time
4 sitting in front of screens and have had to learn new,
1 thought 2 naive 3 customs 4 embracing useful skills.
5 attempt 6 individuality 7 experience 8 benefit On the other hand, we see young people and their
families only communicating via Facebook, email and
so on. No longer are there conversations around a
SECTION C: LANGUAGE dinner table because everyone is looking at their mobile
5 phone or tablet. We also expect everything to happen
1 had 2 to 3 have 4 when 5 was 6 which immediately and become impatient if devices are not
7 where operating properly. Another negative effect of this kind
of communication is that it allows people to bully each
6 other and to say unkind things because they cannot be
seen. Children can also become easily addicted to the
1c 2a 3d 4a 5d 6a 7d
games they play and may get angry or withdrawn if they
are not allowed to use their devices or lose them.
7
Although society has undoubtedly gained huge benefits
1 apologised for not coming 2 causing me to get
from technhology, on balance, I would say that the
3 promised (that) they would help me 4 wouldn’t have
technological revolution has had a negative effect on
said anything if 5 can’t go to Australia unless
society. There is less personal interaction and we feel
6 denied taking/having taken 7 forgot to lock the door
safer lying or being rude to people when we do not
8 remember meeting her/having met her
have them directly in front of us. So perhaps we need to
be aware of the negative impact and try to minimise it,
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while taking advantage of all the benefits it can offer.
1 diplomacy 2 stereotyped 3 keep 4 consensus
5 conscientious 6 insensitive 7 take 8 refused

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