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Unit 1 Test   [99] i : I believe a lot of people in your sport have part-time
w = Will; m = Mary
w : What’s a typical day for you, Mary?
m : A typical day? You mean, like a Monday?
w : Sure.
m : Well, as you know, I’m at the International College.
I always get up at the same time on a weekday. My
flatmate gets up really early – six in the morning,
sometimes. But I’m always up and out of bed at eight –
always the same time. Then I have a shower and eat
breakfast and I’m on my way.
w : What do you have for breakfast?
m : Oh, it depends. I always have juice, and I have cereal,
not always but usually. Then some mornings I have
bread and cheese, but only once or twice a week. My
flatmate is very different. She eats a big breakfast with
eggs, lots of bread, that sort of thing. I don’t know how
she eats it all.
w : How do you get to college?
m : When I started college, I took the bus, but not now. It’s
only forty minutes from my house so it’s easy to walk,
and I don’t have a car or bike. My flatmate sometimes
asks me if I want a lift in her car but I always say no.
w: What do you do in the evenings after college?
m : I always have coursework to do, of course, and then
I’m usually tired so I sit in front of the TV all evening. I
don’t usually meet friends and I never listen to music.
I’m not really into music.
w : And at the weekends?
m : Well, I don’t go to college. It’s closed at weekends. So, I
get up late. I go swimming on most Saturday mornings
but I hardly ever go to the gym or play tennis. I usually
meet my friends in the city centre, and I sometimes go
to the cinema in the evening, but not very often. I love
cycling but I don’t have a bike, so, on Sundays, when
the weather’s nice, I go for long walks. There are some
beautiful mountains near here.
Unit 2 Test   [100]
i = Interviewer; p = Penny
i : Hello and welcome to Sports Tonight. On tonight’s
show, we’ll talk later about skiing and surfing, but our
first guest in the studio is Penny Harris, the champion
snowboarder. So, Penny, what do you like about your
sport?
p : Well, it’s in the open air – in the mountains – and you
can go snowboarding when you want to – and you can
do it on your own. But the thing I like the most about
snowboarding is the friends you make. Up in the
mountains, you meet great people, and we’re always
having fun together.
i : It’s very competitive, too?
p : Yes, it is. But I don’t think you have to be very
competitive or talented to be great on a board. You have
to work really hard. That’s what’s most important.
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jobs in cafés and restaurants, too, to help pay for the
travel and the equipment.
p : Well, yes. A lot do. Most, in fact. Especially when
they’re starting out. I was lucky. My parents were
there for me – financially, you know. Some of my
friends were ski tutors or ski guides, but I didn’t work
part-time.
i : OK. What are the problems with your sport? Is it
dangerous?
p : No, I don’t think it’s dangerous, but it’s not cheap.
Nowadays, I live in the mountains, in Switzerland,
so I don’t have to travel to practise. But when I was
younger, I lived in an English seaside town. It cost a lot
to travel to practise back then!
i : How often do you train?
p : Usually every day. But I don’t do any training on
Sundays. That’s my day off. A lot of snowboarders
train in swimming pools, doing a lot of swimming to
make them strong. But I don’t. I hate the water! I often
go to the gym. It’s important to be strong and fit, of
course, and the only way to get really fit is to work
hard in the gym.
i : OK. Thanks very much, Penny. And good luck in your
next championships. In Italy, aren’t they?
p : Er… No, Austria. The last championships were in Italy,
and they were in France the year before that.
Unit 3 Test   [101]
s = Sales person; c = Customer
s : Next, please.
c : Yes, hello. I have to get to Manchester from London
Euston or London King’s Cross on Tuesday morning,
and I’d like to know how much that costs.
s : Is that single or return?
c : Return. Or is it cheaper to buy two singles?
s: No, it’s more expensive. You want return.
c : OK. I’d like to go early – but not very early – on the
Tuesday and come back early evening on the Thursday
of the same week. It’s for business, you see. I’m not on
holiday or anything.
s: I see. Er, well, the trains are very regular. They go
every twenty minutes and you don’t have to change.
On some routes, you have to change once or twice, but
not on this route. You leave from Euston station.
c : OK. Well, that’s good news.
s: The cost of an anytime return leaving on Tuesday
is ... right, well, it’s £338.
c : What? That’s ridiculous. Is that a first-class ticket or
super luxury or something? No, I just want a regular
return.
s: That’s the price of a standard return, sir.
c : There must be something cheaper.
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 s: Well, it depends on when you want to leave. Tickets
are expensive at busy times. You can buy an off-peak
return for £83, but you can’t use that between seven
and ten in the morning, I’m afraid. It depends on
when you want to go.
c : OK. I see. Well, I can’t afford to pay £300 or whatever,
so I’ll have to buy the off-peak. But going after ten will
make me late for a meeting. If I take a train just before
seven, when will I get there?
s: The 6.40 gets to Manchester in two hours or so. You’ll
be there at 8.46.
c : Well, I guess that’s perfect, actually. Just a bit early to
be leaving, that’s all. Right. I’ll buy an off-peak.
s: Yes, sir. Just remember that on your return you can’t
use the ticket between four and seven in the evening.
c : OK. That isn’t a big problem. I wanted to head home
at about six. But it’s not a big problem to have to wait
until seven. I’ll just have to sit and buy a coffee or
something.
s: There are lots of coffee shops in the station, sir. Right.
That’ll be £86, sir. That’s £83 plus the £3 booking fee.
Are you paying by card?
Unit 4 Test   [102]
e = Ella; d = Dan
e : Did you enjoy your holiday, Dan?
d : Yes, I had a great time.
e: What did you do?
d: Well, we visited the island of Tenerife and stayed near
the beach for a week. On Sunday, we checked in to our
hotel and had a picnic on the beach.
e: That sounds like a great start to a holiday. And
knowing you I guess you spent Monday sitting on the
beach, too.
d: Well, on Monday morning, the weather was really
good, but we wanted to do something active, so we
went for a long walk near the sea. That was amazing. I
carried my really good camera with me. The one I had
on last year’s cycling holiday. I uploaded hundreds of
those photos. Did you see them?
e: Yes, I did. There was a great one of an old restaurant
by the sea.
d: That’s right. Anyway, on Tuesday, we wanted to go up
into the mountains, but it was very rainy and windy,
so we went into the city and visited some museums.
They weren’t as interesting as I expected. But we met
some really friendly local people in a café and that was
fun. We spent all afternoon there.
e: Nice!
d: On Wednesday, we went shopping in the city. I wanted
to go to the beach, of course, but Annie loves malls, as
you know. Anyway, we spent the morning there, and
bought lots of souvenirs. In the afternoon, we rented
bikes and went out of the city as far as the port.
e : That’s a fun thing to do. Better than walking, I think!
d: On Thursday we visited a lake. I wanted to go water-
skiing, but the water sports centre was closed. So we
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just had a bit of a swim in the lake. And we had lunch
in a fantastic fish restaurant.
e : Really? What did you order?
d: Oh, I can’t remember, but it was delicious! On Friday
we were quite tired, so we went to the beach and sat
and relaxed with a book. We didn’t go swimming or
anything. And on Saturday we came home!
e : Well, it sounds like a great holiday. But it’s good to see
you back, Dan.
Unit 5 Test   [103]
Recycling is good. It’s cheaper, more energy efficient and
much better for the environment than having to make
things from new materials.
That’s why your local council is trying to make it as easy
as possible for you to recycle as much as you can. Most
of your waste can be put in your green bin for recycling.
Only use your black bin for things we can’t recycle. And
use your small brown bin for organic waste – waste food,
for example. Any paper, plastic or cardboard products
can go in the green bin. That includes newspapers and
magazines, but not books. We’d like you to take them to
charity shops where they can be sold.
Put your recycling into your green bin loose – if you give it
a quick wash with clean water, it’ll keep your bin fresh and
prevent bad smells. If you want to put anything into the bin
in a bag, use clear plastic bags. We won’t empty your green
wheelie bin if the recycling is in a black or coloured bag.
We also recycle glass that you put in the green recycling
bin. However, we only take bottles and jars. You must
be careful. We won’t take broken glass, light bulbs or
anything large or dangerous – a window pane, for
example.
There are still some things we can’t yet recycle from in
front of your house. These include electrical items. You
have to take these to our waste recycling centres. There are
three small recycling centres for electrical products – one
is at Glenn Street car park, another is opposite the sports
centre in Forecourt Street, and the third is next to the
shopping centre in Barclay Street.
Many people put old clothes in the green recycling bin.
Please don’t do this. We are happy to collect and remove
clothes, curtains and bed sheets but only if they are in a
clear plastic bag placed next to the green recycling bin on
collection day. Also make sure that you don’t throw out
clothes that are in good condition. Please take clothes that
are in good condition to a charity shop.
Unit 6 Test   [104]
A
We aren’t planning a big wedding, but I think it’ll be very
romantic. My boyfriend and I are both English but we’ve
always wanted to get married on a tropical island. That’s
why we’re going to the Seychelles. Of course, it means
that not all our friends can come. Our parents are going to
fly there with us, and so is my sister and my best friend,
and Tom’s invited both his brothers. So, there won’t be
many of us there, but it’ll be amazing.
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 B i : So, did married women work at all?
My girlfriend is from Germany, but we’ve decided
to get married here in England – in the small village
where I was born. Everybody I know will be there and
a lot of people are coming from Germany. Fortunately,
there’s a lovely old church and an attractive hotel and
restaurant in the village so it’s the perfect place to
invite guests to. As soon as the wedding is over, we’re
going on holiday.
C go and make their own tea and coffee in the staff
My fiancé and I are Sikhs, and we are planning a very
traditional Sikh wedding. I’m going to wear a shalwar
and kameez – the Sikh blouse and trousers – and my
husband will be wearing traditional clothes, too. At
weddings in many countries, people wear black and
white, but not at a Sikh wedding – reds and blues are
common – we don’t like dull colours. The wedding
ceremony will be in the morning, in the temple in our
home city, and after that there will be a lot to eat. There
won’t be a lot of people there, but they’ll be very lively.
We’re planning to go to India on our honeymoon a few
days after getting married.
D which employed 46 per cent of workers. Now only
Just about all of our guests are going to fly in especially
for our wedding. That’s because we have decided to get
married in the small town where Don – my boyfriend –
grew up. It’s a long way from New York City, where most
of our friends are. We haven’t invited a lot of people.
Don’s brother is in a band, so he and his friends are going
to do the music, and my sister is a professional chef, so
she’s planning the meal. It’s great to have friends and
family who can really help with the planning. It’s back to
New York and work the day after the wedding – we can’t
take too much time off.
E Unit 8 Test
We’ve got a wedding planner to organize our wedding.
He’s doing everything – from booking and decorating
the venue to buying the cake. We really didn’t want
to do everything ourselves, so we’re really happy we
have somebody to do all the hard work for us. The
wedding ceremony will be in the afternoon and we will
travel in a 1950s car to the reception. All the food will
be Mexican. It’s my favourite food, you see, and I know
everybody will love it, and we’re going to Mexico for our
honeymoon.
Unit 7 Test   [105]
i = Interviewer; r = Ray
i : How has the workplace here in Australia changed
since you started working, Ray?
r : It’s changed a lot. Back in the 1960s, most people
worked nine to five. And it was usually men in the
workplace. When they got married, women stopped
working to have children. Men worked to support
their wives and children at home. Today, fifty years on,
social changes have placed women on a more equal
platform in the workplace.
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r : In the public service, married women didn’t work.
You couldn’t employ a married woman in a public
company. It was illegal. Of course, private companies
employed married women, but only rarely.
i : What about the office environment? How was that
different in the 1960s?
r : Well, there were no computers, of course. And staff
smoked at work, even in the office. Nowadays, people
kitchen but, when I was young, we had a tea lady –
it was always a woman – and she came round and
served tea and biscuits at different times of the day.
i : Were holidays the same?
r : Back then I got four weeks paid holiday every year,
and that’s the same now. But today people get different
types of leave from work than fifty years ago. Things
like maternity or paternity leave for mums and dads
with babies – well, we didn’t have that in the 1960s.
i : I guess the types of jobs have changed, too?
r : Yes, absolutely. Most of the jobs in the 1960s were in
production such as agriculture or manufacturing,
23 per cent work in those sectors. Many more jobs
are office jobs. Because of technology, there are fewer
physical jobs.
i : Do you think it was better to work in the 1960s or
today?
r : Well, it’s much better for women today. But I also
think jobs are more interesting and challenging than
in the past for men as well as women. And people are
better educated than they were half a century ago so
they earn more money.
  [106]
m = Man; w = Woman
w : What’s happening in the park this weekend?
m : There’s a festival – it’s called the July Festival. It’s
quite a big event in our town. It’s really popular and
lots of people go.
w : Oh, great. I love live music.
m : Ahh… It isn’t a Music Festival, I’m afraid. It’s a
Science and Technology Festival. If you go, you’ll see
all the latest gadgets. You know, new inventions, and
things like that.
w : Oh, OK. Well, it sounds interesting anyway. So, is it on
all weekend?
m : Yes. It starts on Friday evening and it’s on all day
Saturday and then finishes at lunchtime on the next
day. It should be fun. I went last year and I really
enjoyed it.
w : OK. Well, I really like the sound of it. Are you
definitely going, then? I’ll go if you’re going.
m : Well, I’m planning to go on Saturday. The festival starts
at nine in the morning. That’s when the gates open.
And it ends at six in the evening. It’s quite a long day.
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 w : Yeah. That’s a bit long for me. Let’s go at ten. I’ll see
you at the park entrance at ten. And I’ll have to go
before five because I’m meeting friends in the evening.
m : Sure. And I’ll have to go home at four. But that’s fine.
Ten to four is long enough. I’ll see you at the main gate
at ten. If you take Bus 40 from the centre, it’ll take you
straight to the main entrance gate.
w : OK. I’ll do that. So, what can I see at the festival?
m : Well, last year they had a display of the latest robots.
This year it’s different. There’ll be a display of mobile
phones and laptops.
w : OK. Great. I need a new phone. Oh, I forgot. Is it
expensive? And how do I get a ticket?
m : Well, it won’t be sold out. You can buy a ticket
online or at the Science Centre in town. Or you can
just buy one on the day. You can’t buy tickets at
the entrance gate but there is an information office
in the car park near the festival entrance gate, and
they sell tickets there. It’ll cost £12 but that includes
a free lunch.
w : Sounds good. I’ll buy a ticket on the day, I think. Right,
see you on Saturday.
Unit 9 Test   [107]
p = Presenter; a = Andrew; s = Susie; j = Jennifer
p : 
Hello, and welcome to Off Abroad – the weekly travel
show. On today’s show, we have three travel holiday
journalists, Andrew Stuart, Susie Tudor and Jennifer
Hart. And we’re asking them all the same question:
what’s the best place you’ve ever been to? You first,
Andrew. What’s your favourite destination?
a : Umm. It’s a very good question. Which place is the
most interesting? I think I’d go for one of the largest
and most populous countries in the world.
p : You mean India?
a : India? No. I mean China. It’s a wonderful place. The
last time I went there was to see the Olympics in
2008. But I had been two or three times before. On my
previous visits, I didn’t get the chance to travel much.
When I was there in 2005 and 2008, I spent most of my
time in Beijing, the capital. If I go again, I’d like to go
to the big cities in the south of China and I really want
to see the mountains.
p : What’s the best thing about the country?
a : Well, the food is amazing, and some of the historical
places are really worth seeing. But it’s the people that
make the place. By far the main reason to go there is to
get to know the locals – there are so many of them, and
they are so lively and vibrant.
p : What about you, Susie? Which place makes you feel
excited?
s : Oh, there are so many wonderful places to visit. And
so many places I’ve never been to. I haven’t seen India
or Brazil or Peru. Of the places I have been to, I’d
choose Thailand. I love the sun – it’s warm and sunny
all the time – and there are wonderful monuments
to see there, too. The capital city, Bangkok, is very
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exciting and the beaches are really beautiful. Another
favourite place of mine is Mexico. The best thing about
that country is the food. I just love eating out there
whenever I go.
p : And you’ve been there a lot?
s : Oh, yes. Plenty. I was there once last year, and once the
year before, and twice the year before that. I can’t keep
away.
p : OK. Thanks, Susie. What about you, Jennifer?
j : Well, one country I’ve visited many times is the USA.
I love New York – it’s the most fantastic city in the
world. So I’d love to go shopping there again. People
often go there for the famous monuments and the
great shows, but there’s nothing I like more than going
to one of the big department stores.
p : Thanks, Jennifer. And thanks to all my guests. Next
week, I’m asking the question …
Unit 10 Test   [108]
In this week’s World Art magazine, we’re going to look at
the life and work of the famous artist Alberto Giacometti,
a man who became famous during his lifetime for his
sculptures.
Alberto was born in 1901, and he was brought up in
Borgonovo, a small town in Switzerland. He grew up
on a farm, with his three brothers and sisters, and he
had a happy childhood. His father was a painter and,
from an early age, Alberto and his brothers and sisters
were interested in painting and sculpture. Alberto was
taught art at the School of Fine Arts in Geneva. Then,
in 1922, he moved away from his home country, not to
London or New York, but to Paris, to study sculpture.
He was influenced by other famous artists of the time
including Picasso and Miró, two artists he met and
admired.
Alberto Giacometti became famous for making sculptures
of people and animals. However, his sculptures are very
strange. Today, his work is fashionable but, at first, people
didn’t really understand what he was trying to do. All of
his many sculptures are made of metal – he never worked
with other materials such as wood or stone – and they all
share a similar shape and appearance. They are very thin
with long legs and bodies and big, flat heads. As he got
older, his sculptures got thinner and thinner. Alberto liked
to use the same person as a model many times, and his
younger brother Diego was often used.
In 1962, Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for
sculpture at the Venice Biennale, an important art
exhibition. The award made him famous, and his works
were shown in a number of large exhibitions throughout
Europe. Unfortunately, however, he was already very
ill and in 1966 he died of heart disease. His body was
returned to his birthplace in Borgonovo, and he was
buried near his parents.
Today, fifty years after his death, Giacometti’s work
is very fashionable and you see his influence in many
products. However, experts are still unsure why he chose
to make his figures so strange.
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p = Presenter; e = Emma
p: The Valley of the Kings is near the River Nile in
Egypt – in ancient times, it was a city of the dead,
the place where Egypt’s pharaohs were buried. Over
the centuries, one by one, the tombs of these dead
kings and queens were robbed, and the beautiful
objects inside were taken away by robbers. In 1922,
however, archaeologists discovered a tomb that had
not been robbed – the tomb of a king which still had
beautiful and amazing objects inside. Here to tell the
story is Egyptologist Emma Simpson. Welcome to the
programme, Emma.
e : Hello.
p : So, whose tomb was it and why was it undiscovered?
e: It was the tomb of Tutankhamen, a pharaoh who lived
in Egypt over three thousand years ago. We believe he
became pharaoh at the age of nine, and died ten years
later. Most pharaohs were strong, but Tutankhamen
was ill for most of his life, and he probably didn’t
have the power to be a leader or make decisions. His
story is quite sad. The fact that nobody discovered
the tomb before 1922 was just luck – chance. Local
people had known about the treasures in the tombs
for hundreds of years, so they had looked and looked.
The entrance wasn’t easy to find, I guess. They didn’t
know it was there.
p : And who discovered it?
e: An archaeologist called Howard Carter. Carter had
been to Egypt when he was young, and had always
been interested in finding Tutankhamen’s tomb,
but he didn’t have the money to pay for all the hard
work needed to look for the tomb. In 1917, a rich
Englishman called Lord Carnarvon gave Carter money
to start looking, and he went straight to the Valley of
the Kings. Over the next five years, Carter organized
a very careful search for the tomb. He was very
confident. He really believed that one day he would
find the tomb.
p : And he did find it?
e : Yes. Just in time. Carnarvon had told Carter that 1922
was the last year he would pay for anything.
p : And when they opened the tomb, it was full of
objects?
e : Yes, indeed. Carter said it was full of wonderful
things. They put together a team which carefully
collected and labelled all the objects, and took them
away to museums. It took ten years.
p : And did they do that secretly?
e: Well, not really. Today, I think, an archaeologist
wouldn’t tell the world about his discovery until
all the research was completed. But the story of the
discovery was in the London newspapers a week after
Carter opened the tomb. I think he enjoyed being
famous.
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Unit 12 Test   [110]
p = Presenter; w = Dr Holly Wilson
p : On tonight’s programme, I’m talking to a world
famous expert on space, Dr Holly Wilson. We’re
going to talk about the planet Mars. Could we visit
the planet if we wanted to? Would it be possible
to set up a space colony and live there? Dr Wilson,
what do you think?
w : Oh, well, that’s difficult. I’d say that we could if we
wanted to, but it’s a big ‘if’.
p : Why the ‘if’?
w : OK. Well, there are a lot of reasons why we might
never see people on Mars in our lifetimes. It’s not
because we don’t have the technology because
we do. Our computers are more advanced than
in the 1960s and 1970s. The problem is the cost –
governments have the money, of course, but many
people think we shouldn’t spend money on this
type of project.
p : I thought that lots of politicians liked the idea of space
travel.
w : Oh, I agree. I think most of them do. And, of course,
scientists are very enthusiastic. But ordinary people
don’t want to pay for space exploration. It may seem
exciting, and people are always interested in talking
about it but, at the moment, the cost of space flight is
too high.
p : So, you’re not optimistic?
w : Well, no, but I didn’t say it was impossible. If there
were a good economic reason for going to Mars and
building a space colony, I’m sure somebody would
do it.
p : Is there a reason?
w : Some people think there is. They think that space
tourism would be a good reason.
p : And do you?
w : No, not really. A tourist trip to Mars would be very
expensive but even if hundreds made the trip each
year, it wouldn’t raise enough money to pay for a
colony. In my opinion, there are two good financial
reasons to build a colony. First of all, governments
might build a space station for military reasons – what
a great place to put a missile! And major companies
might want to look for minerals like oil or metal
under the surface of the planet. But governments, not
business people, would have to pay for the colony.
That much is clear.
p : Are there a lot of minerals on Mars?
w : Scientific research shows that there are plenty of useful
materials there if any company had the technology to
take them out of the ground. That’s what they need to
develop.
p : OK. Thanks Dr Wilson. After the break, we’ll be
coming back with …
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