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Boost Your Score Practice Test 2

Speaking (pages 42-43) Listening (pages 44-48)

1a & 1b Students' own answers

Section 1 (page 44)
1 1985 2Dittons 3479866 4 nurse 5 intermediate
1c Talk 1 is poorly organised as the speaker moves from
6 basketball 7 knee 8 small 9 dentist 1013 I thirteen
one point to another and then goes back again. Talk
2 is logically organised as the speaker talks about
Section 2 (page 45)
each point in turn.
11 C 12A 130 1416/sixteen 15 school 16musicians
1d Students' own answers 17 price lists 18 sewing 19 (annual) festival 20 car park
2a & 2b The underlined words are linking devices, which
show what sort of information is coming next and Section 3 (pages 46-47)
help the listener to follow the talk. 21 B 22 A 23 C 24 B 25 B 26 G 27 A 28 C 29 E 30 F
Additional information and, for example, in fact
Causeand result because
Section 4 (page 48)
Contrasting information but 31 A 32 B 33 A 34 position 35 stomach 36 winter
Relative pronouns which, who 37 water 38 sweat 39 housing 40 vehicles
Changing topic anyway, as for

2c
Reading (pages 49-59)
a} My favourite day of the week is Saturday. I like it Reading Passage 1 (pages 49-51)
because on Saturday I don't work and I usually go to Questions 1-13
the park. When I am there, I enjoy walking and taking
1 T 2 NG 3 T 4 NG 5 F 6 F 7 (rock) shelter
photos of the beautiful landscape. Another thing I
8 (eastern) Africa 970 000 I seventy thousand
do there is visit the cafe, where I often buy a drink.
10 NileValley 11 (on I by) foot 12 wildlife 13 Asia
Sometimes I meet my friends in the cafe and I chat with
them. In the evenings I often go out, and I go to the
Reading Passage 2 (pages 52-55)
cinema or to a restaurant, for example.
Questions 14-27
b) An important moment in my life was when I got a
14viii 15 iii 16v 17 iv 18 i 19vi 20 B 21 0 22 B
newjob, which happened last year when I got a job as
23 C 24 acute 25 perfume 26 proteins 27 gene
a shop assistant in a bookshop. I have always wanted
to do this kind of work because I love books and
Reading passage 3 (pages 56-59)
reading. Before the newjob, I worked in a newsagent's
Questions 28-40
but I didn't like working there as it was boring.
28 C 29 F 30 A 31 G 32 0 33 C/E 34 C/E The
2d Although there are some effective techniques, such
references to items C, 0 and Eare all found in the third
as putting the first sentences together and avoiding
paragraph of the passage. This paragraph mentions that
repetition, the linking words used are too formal.
O'Keeffe 'still attracts a pilgrimage of worshipping tourists,
Furthermore, consequently, in addition and due to the
both female and male' (C & D) and that her 'best-known
fact that are appropriate for writing but can sound
subject matter is the large and eye-catching flowers' (E).
too formal for speaking.
35 BID 36 BID 37 dramatic 38 summer 39 1940
3a & 3b Students' own answers 40 symbols

Writing (page 60)

Task 1
Sample answer
The pie charts present opinions of cafe customers. They
show satisfaction with cleanliness, staff service and choice
and quality of food in January and August of one year.The
greatest changes were in the choice and quality of food,
which showed an increase in satisfaction levels, while the
other areas showed little change.

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