Key to Progress Tests

Progress Test 1 Units 1 & 2 B

1 before
Reading 2 still
B 3 yet
1c 2a 3b 4d 5c 4 would
5 case
6 going
Vocabulary and Use your English 7 since
A 8 never
1 revolution 9 whilst/while
2 industrious 10 already
3 unsuccessful
4 impartial C
5 virtuous 1 how long have you been
6 touchy 2 had not been given
7 objective 3 have not been sleeping all day
8 triumphant 4 by the time of
9 inflexible 5 getting/becoming harder and
10 merciless
Progress Test 2 Units 3 & 4
B
1 brought down Reading
2 get ahead B
3 pulled it off 1D 2F 3A 4E 5C
4 take to
5 were taken aback Vocabulary and Use your English
6 come in for
A
7 hung on
1 prescribed
8 set out
2 consulted
9 cut in
3 responding
10 come up against
4 injured
5 wisdom
C
6 damage
1 on
7 emotional
2 out
8 dehydrated
3 under
9 undernourished
4 at
10 type
5 without
6 on
B
7 around
1 rehearsal
8 without
2 applause
9 under
3 production
10 in
4 opening
5 accompaniment
Grammar 6 muscular
A 7 nutritious
1 locked up 8 delirious
2 was going to fail 9 forgetful
3 I’m going to take 10 imbalances
4 are falling
5 hasn’t attended C
6 graduated 1 in
7 smell 2 by
8 will have been studying 3 in
9 used to be 4 at
10 has been playing 5 on

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D 8 dietary, skimmed
1 take it out 9 famished, supper
2 fight off 10 dishcloth, leftovers
3 has come down with
4 threw up B
5 pass out 1 to
2 up
Grammar 3 of
4 into
A
5 against
1 another
6 out
2 Nothing
7 with
3 himself
8 to
4 those
9 off
5 Both
10 on
6 each
7 themselves
C
8 Neither
1h 2d 3f 4a 5g 6i 7b 8j 9e 10c
9 everyone
10 this
Grammar
B A
1 were 1 haven’t you
2 be performed 2 do you
3 to attend 3 didn’t I
4 consult 4 could you
5 eat 5 wouldn’t she
6 watching
7 to buy B
8 to be given 1 clean it up
9 thinking 2 at her food
10 to wait 3 it blew over
4 do without it
C 5 the food ran out
1 Surely
2 absolutely C
3 After all 1 mustn’t
4 closely 2 must have been
5 Apparently 3 can’t have watered
6 deeply 4 could cook
7 As a matter of fact 5 would throw out
8 strongly 6 didn’t have to do
9 By the way 7 should have risen
10 Still 8 might have been
9 shouldn’t have added
10 could have rung
Progress Test 3 Units 5 & 6
Reading D
1 is bound to get indigestion
B
2 need not have fled
1B 2D 3E 4E 5B 6C 7E 8D 9A 10B 3 should not have made so much
4 was not able to carry
Vocabulary and Use your English 5 could have said
A
1 appetite, portions
2 cuisine, indigestion
3 starving, malnutrition
4 staple, cuisines
5 banquet, platters
6 fizzy, beverages
7 topping, appetising

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Progress Test 4 Units 7 & 8 C
1 George was guided to his destination by the GPS
Reading 2 Not until
B 3 Had you bought
1C 2E 3D 4B 5A 6D 7C 8D 9A/D 10D/A 4 Not having met
5 who’s
Vocabulary and Use your English 6 Nowhere
A 7 conducted
1 stimulate 8 Having been torn
2 cylinder
3 forked out D
4 flea 1 in
5 forecast 2 that
6 devices 3 which
7 reinvent 4 whom
8 cash 5 why
6 What
B 7 whose
1 unstable 8 that
2 explosives
3 purity
4 forgeries Progress Test 5 Units 9 & 10
5 advantageous
Reading
6 affluent
7 conductor B
8 hardness 1b 2c 3b 4d 5b

C Vocabulary and Use your English

1 element
A
2 panel
1 on
3 rocket
2 under
4 memory
5 periodic 3 by
6 molten 4 on
5 in
D 6 by
1 to burn, tightening 7 in
2 lined, launder 8 under
3 has got, invests
4 owes, throws B
5 is, to do 1 canvas
6 speculate, makes 2 sedentary
7 saved, got 3 sociable
8 withdrew, crashed 4 juggle
5 shade
Grammar 6 portraits
A 7 hit
1 would have invented 8 solo
2 didn’t work
3 see C
4 wouldn’t have scored 1 movement
5 stopped 2 backing
6 provide 3 vocalist
7 don’t mix 4 provincial
8 wouldn’t be asking 5 reproduction
6 controversial
B 7 opening
1 not disturb 8 interaction
2 wouldn’t bite
3 knew
4 didn’t use
5 had paid
6 hadn’t come

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D
1 get B
2 wears 1 challenged
3 came 2 rooting
4 do 3 suspended
5 pulled 4 rowed
6 bounced 5 hone
6 thrashed
Grammar
C
A
1 up
1 less talented
2 on
2 is not so/as interesting as
3 out
3 as happy a life
4 back
4 as good an artist
5 on
5 not so successful an artist/not such a successful artist
6 for
6 as much money as
7 up
7 as many paintings
8 out
8 as few as
D
B 1 infinity
1 is not as difficult as 2 inspiration
2 less happy 3 hunch
3 not as bad a 4 outcome
4 more expensive than 5 omen
5 the sweetest 6 eternity
6 good enough 7 future
8 pioneer
C
1 Henry was given the sack because he was rude
and lazy.
Grammar
2 The stage is being prepared as we speak. A
3 Sandra demanded to be told the truth. 1 she’d been spending a lot of money on sports
4 The paints should be mixed on the palette. equipment
5 The singer disliked being asked so many 2 my coach had been here the day before
questions. 3 I should try the pole vault because I would be good
6 The guitars had better be tuned properly. at it
4 how we should form the two teams
D 5 me that he’d found tickets for the Champions
1 have paintings framed League final
2 had the equipment checked 6 her team mate not to drop the baton
3 more or less the same
4 is believed to be B
5 appears to have stolen 1 to give back
2 not to get
3 when I had won
Progress Test 6 Units 11 & 12 4 for being late
5 cheating
Reading
6 Italy on becoming
B 7 if it was too wet
1c 2a 3d 4a 5b 8 why I didn’t like

Vocabulary and Use your English C

A 1 either
1 immortal 2 together
2 timeless 3 spite
3 inescapable 4 nor
4 innovative 5 for
5 Disposable 6 but
6 critical 7 With
7 visionary 8 enough
8 unavoidable 9 even
10 neither
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D
1 The future in this country looks so bleak that many
young people have left.
2 A larger stadium was built because/as it allowed
more spectators to watch the games.
3 One side of Mercury is incredibly hot even though
the other side is freezing cold.
4 The rules of the game were so complicated that I
couldn’t understand them.
5 Bring your telescope so that we can watch the
meteor shower tonight.
6 The supporters were so disappointed that they
booed their own team.

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