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Cumulative Test Units 1–5 A

Grammar
1
1 have eaten
2 to risk cycling
3 will easily catch
4 getting up
5 will have begun
6 hadn’t remembered to pay
7 had been teaching
8 will have been reading
9 has been repairing
10 will be getting

2
1 will have seen
2 had always enjoyed
3 weren’t
4 stop to call
5 couldn’t be let
6 Have you bought
7 been waiting
8 won’t let
9 nowhere near as hungry
10 haven’t been

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Vocabulary
3
1 showed
2 worth, fortune
3 pleaded
4 beyond
5 ripped, off
6 arrested
7 back
8 civil unrest
9 grow
10 evidence

4
1 Forgery
2 eviction
3 unpredictable
4 nationalist
5 assertive

5
1 activist
2 taken
3 driving me crazy
4 affluent
5 extortionate

Use of English
6
1 near as
2 used to
3 you took
4 had been
5 must be

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Listening
7
1 F
2 F
3 T
4 T
5 F

Tapescript

Good afternoon. Today we’re going to look at current crime trends. Firstly, we have seen a considerable rise in
crime recently, with the number of reported crimes actually doubling over the last decade. Although recent
court sentences have been more severe than in the past, this has not managed to keep rising crime at bay.
There are currently almost 50,000 criminals serving prison sentences, which is 20% over the official capacity.
Due to this undesirable situation, the government has even been forced to release a certain number of
convicted offenders from prison, wearing an electronic bracelet monitoring their every move.
Although violent crime is on the increase, it is concentrated in certain parts of large cities, and we certainly
cannot say that members of the general public are more at risk today than they were, say, ten years ago.
Unfortunately, one of the most vulnerable age groups is the elderly. We’ve had quite a number of cases where
pensioners have been targeted by muggers. There’s even been a case where an elderly farmer was robbed of
his apple crops when an armed group of robbers entered his farm and demanded that he gave up all his crops.
But I must say that cases like this are rare, and unless you live in the capital or its suburbs, which are notorious
for organised crime such as drug-trafficking and robbery, becoming a victim of violent crime is extremely
unlikely. You are much more likely to be targeted by pickpockets, so everyone needs to keep an eye on their
valuables at all times. Also remember that security systems, such as CCTV, are operating in public and official
buildings.
Looking at the most common types of crime committed, it is clear that the majority are crimes against
property, such as burglary and shoplifting. Popular targets of burglars these days are holiday homes, so fitting
a burglar alarm or even keeping a dog is essential if you want to protect your home from intruders. Of course
crime figures are better if you live in a rural area. You will find a large number of villagers still don’t lock
their front doors and even leave their cars unlocked, as the crime rate is quite low. Be careful about car theft,
though, particularly if you have a foreign-registered car. There have been many cases of vandalism and joy-
riding in villages in recent years. Again, a car alarm is a good idea, and remember that Neighbourhood Watch
schemes are run in many areas, and that with many new government crime-prevention schemes, police forces
are becoming much more efficient at preventing crime.

Reading
8
1 B
2 D
3 A
4 E
5 F

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Grammar
1
1 F
2 B
3 E
4 G
5 A
6 I
7 J
8 C
9 H
10 D

2
1 could
2 managed to
3 if she had seen
4 Few
5 Can you

3
1 ate
2 would have retired
3 have been
4 having
5 to have been owned

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Vocabulary
4
1 track
2 carry
3 front
4 called
5 fumes
6 nuclear waste
7 rink
8 circulation
9 pollution
10 sighted

5
1 anti-war
2 greasy
3 cynical
4 redo
5 Overeating

6
1 visibility
2 consumption
3 championship
4 meaningful
5 comparable

Use of English
7
1 correspondent
2 shorten
3 employment
4 possibility
5 hardship
6 fanciful
7 disastrous

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8 earnings
9 justly
10 encouragement

Listening
8
1 F
2 F
3 T
4 T
5 F

Tapescript

Interviewer Today, we have with us John Saunders, who works for RESOW. John, what is RESOW?
John Good morning. RESOW stands for Renewable Energy to Save the World. We work together with
a large number of experts on energy efficiency and renewable energy. We have teachers,
activists, engineers and energy experts with international project experience. Through our
expertise, we offer sustainable solutions to industrial and developing countries.
Interviewer So, the idea is to educate other countries, rather than people in your own country? Why do you
think this is important?
John Well, the problem is that some non-renewable resources are overused in some countries. We need
to help these countries use fewer non-renewable resources and find more sustainable energy
sources, so that it doesn't affect us globally.
Interviewer How does overusing non-renewable resources by other countries affect us?
John Many nations use chiefly coal, oil and natural gas to supply their energy needs, but relying only
on fossil fuels presents a big problem. Once we run out of fossil fuels that are easily accessible,
we could theoretically, say, mine more coal or oil shale, but the cost will almost certainly be too
high to make it effective. Fossil fuel use also causes air, water and soil pollution, and produces
greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Renewable energy resources offer a much
cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, and they never run out.
Interviewer So which of the renewable energies should we use?
John It depends on where we live. Coastal countries, for instance, can rely on the ocean. It provides
several forms of renewable energy, such as wave power and tidal power, and even ocean thermal
energy, by which I mean energy stored in sea water, can be converted to electricity. Employing
current technologies, it is much cheaper to generate electricity using ocean energy than from
other renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power. But of course it isn't possible to use
it in inland countries.
Interviewer And what choices do inland countries have?
John Our most powerful source of energy is the sun. Solar energy utilised through solar panels can be
used to generate electricity for heating, lighting and cooling buildings, heating water, and in
various industrial processes.
Interviewer But what about countries that have long, cold winters?
John Actually, it's the sunlight rather than the heat that creates the energy, so it can be used in any
season, but it's not a good idea to rely on one type of energy anyway. Here in Europe, solar is
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ships, and today we have wind farms with turbines that are used to generate electricity very
effectively.
Interviewer Thank you, John.

Reading
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1 F
2 A
3 G
4 E
5 C

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Cumulative Test Units 1–10 A

Grammar
1
1 wouldn't
2 a little
3 are you to
4 can
5 used to
6 doing
7 hadn't had
8 had been running
9 would have been
10 being

2
1 paying for
2 wouldn't even know
3 were looking for
4 haven't been searching for
5 could deliver
6 hadn't been so rude
7 have now grown tired of
8 to risk holding
9 won't have been told
10 not to have been present

Vocabulary
3
1 squeaky
2 invisible
3 misinformation
4 proceedings
5 unassuming
6 defrauded
7 hardship

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4
1 heroic
2 tangible
3 affluent
4 offensive
5 assertive
6 crumbly
7 timid
8 patronising

5
1 cricket pitch
2 zoomed in
3 lost /words
4 insulted
5 take / our stride

Use of English
6
1 on
2 trade
3 under
4 kind
5 level
6 make
7 leg
8 down
9 honest
10 public

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Listening
7
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 A

Tapescript

David I really don't have much confidence in our politicians, as they don't even want to know what goes
on in this country. Everything in the shops is a rip-off, the taxes are too high, and whilst
politicians themselves live their affluent lifestyles, ordinary people struggle on a daily basis and
are forced to budget for stuff. But politicians don't care about those who struggle financially.
There's no justice in us working hard and paying for them, is there, Alice?
Alice I agree with you, David. Last year, my husband waved goodbye to me and our children and
refused to pay maintenance for them. Then I lost my job and my whole world turned upside
down. I was broke and couldn't afford to buy things for my kids. And what did the government
do about my husband not paying maintenance? Nothing. Politicians don't help poor single
mothers, they just keep talking about environmental issues, freedom of speech and human rights,
but what about my rights? I have a lot on my plate and I work hard. I'm no couch potato. But in
the current economic situation it's impossible to find enough money to support my family, and it's
taking far too long to get my husband to pay what he owes us!
David You're right, Alice. I'm definitely getting more cynical as I get older, especially when I watch the
news. Politics are a nightmare. There's apparently so much unpleasantness between individual
politicians, it's untrue. Every one of them seems inconsiderate and deceitful. Politicians are full of
promises, but all of them are just more pie in the sky. As you said, Alice, they talk too much
about environmental issues, but do so little. With so many animals near extinction, it wouldn't
take much time or effort to establish nature reserves, but politicians just don't care. What do you
think about politicians, Wendy?
Wendy Well, what drives me crazy the most is what criminals get away with. I see it on the news all the
time, how convicted criminals are released from custody until their trial starts, and then, instead
of getting a prison sentence, they're just given a fine, or get acquitted for, apparently, lack of
evidence. It just seems that the police are arresting so many criminals, and then they plead guilty
and get even lower sentences. In a nutshell, our justice system is not strict enough. Of course, as a
pensioner, I'm thinking about my grandchildren and what a terrible society they'll be living in.

Reading
8
1 T
2 F
3 F
4 T
5 F

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