SO3 - C1-C2 - Progress Test - 1C

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PROGRESS TEST 1 | Version C
Part A • Grammar, Vocabulary and How to …

GRAMMAR
1 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the
first. Use the word in brackets. Use NO MORE THAN FOUR words.
0 According to the rules, no one can leave before 6 p.m.
 The rules ____stipulate that no ___ one can leave before 6 p.m.
[STIPULATE]
1 The director said that he thought it had been a difficult month for the
company.
 The director ____________________ of the month for the company.
[ACKNOWLEDGED]
2 Ahmed disagreed with Caleb and said that only a minority had been
questioned.
 Ahmed ____________________ argument by saying that only a minority
had been questioned. [COUNTERED]
3 As she had said previously, the presenter asked again for a calm discussion.
 The presenter ____________________ request for a calm discussion.
[REITERATED]
4 Teresa begged her parents to reconsider grounding her for borrowing her
dad’s car without permission.
 Teresa ____________________ to ground her for borrowing her dad’s car
without permission. [IMPLORED]
5 My sister said she’d simply been looking at my essay, not copying it.
 My sister ____________________ simply been looking at my essay, not
copying it. [PROFESSED]
___ / 5
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2 Circle the correct words.
0 Without the delay we will have finished / would have finished the test by
this point in the afternoon.
1 If I spoke Italian, I did apply / would have applied for the job in Rome last
year.
2 I wouldn’t be / won’t be this concerned right now if they’d texted or emailed

that they’d be late.
3 If Qing didn’t ask / hadn’t asked me what the time was, he’d have missed
his flight.
4 Had you been / Being here on time, you wouldn’t have missed the opening
speech.
5 If it wouldn’t have been / hadn’t been for your intervention last month, I
wouldn’t have this amazing job.
___ / 5

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3 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases (A–H). There are
TWO words you do not need.
0 Sian is _C_ as gifted as her sister, so they should both do well
in the competition. A any
1 The money Jacqueline gave me is ___ near enough to cover B But
the costs.
C equally
2 ___ for the delay on the train, we’d have been early for the
meeting as opposed to arriving late. D long
3 It’s not ___ much the cost of the holiday that concerns me, it’s E nowhere
the timing.
F Providing
4 He couldn’t have put his opinion ___ more controversially than
he has in this article. G so
5 I’m wondering ___ this is the best time to raise our concerns
H whether
about the budget, or should we wait?
6 ___ that the traffic is light, we should be arriving around midday.
___ / 6

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VOCABULARY
4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases (A–I). There are
TWO words you do not need.
0 After three decades in office, the councillor finally _I_ in the

A changed
towel last year.
B foster
1 Failing the university entrance exam twice really ___ my
confidence. C give
2 It looks tricky, but I’m willing to ___ it a good go.
D hang
3 His accounts of his childhood ___ a chord with a lot of viewers.
E knocked
4 It’s important to ___ for excellence, even though we may not
always achieve it. F making
5 The company is ___ strides in improving the work environment
G strive
for their employees.
6 She was talking about the plans for the new school, but then H struck
___ tack and started outlining other council policies.

I threw
___ / 6

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5 Circle the answer (A or B) that best completes each sentence.
0 It’s important that students develop critical ___ skills while at school.
A
solving B
thinking
1 University tuition ___ for certain courses can be quite expensive.

A
fees B
prices
2 End of year results can be determined by ___ assessment alongside

traditional exams.
A
continuous B
continuing
3 The neighbours have a ___ agreement to use each other’s parking bays.
A
far-reaching B
long-standing
4 There’s a(n) ___ of truth in Monika’s argument, but I still don’t agree with her.
A
section B
element
___ / 4

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6 Complete the sentences with the missing words.
0 By and l a r g e, most people in this town appreciate the development of

museums and galleries.
1 I’ll be with you in half an hour, give or t _ _ e a few minutes.
2 I’m afraid there is no cut and d r _ _ _ answer to your question.
3 You can’t pick and c _ _ o _ e your partner for the oral test – the teacher will
allocate one for you.
4 First and f _ r _ _ _ s _, I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time
to attend this talk.
5 If you’re looking for a little p _ _ c _ and quiet this weekend, why not visit the
castle gardens?
6 Slowly but s _ r _ _ _ the economy is picking up and employment levels will

rise again next year.
___ / 6

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HOW TO …
7 Choose the correct words to complete the conversations.

Conversation 1
A: Good afternoon, everyone. So, today we’re looking at changing the caterers
we use, and I’d like to get your opinions. To 0 begin / get the ball rolling,
perhaps we can go to Meghan. What’s your view?
B: I think it’s definitely time for a change and …
C: But these caterers have proven to be reliable. Sorry to 1 finish / cut you off
there, but I think we’re looking at things the wrong way 2 about / round.
Surely, it’s about working with the current caterers to improve the service.
B: I 3 get / ’ve got where you’re coming, but I think there’s a 4 flaw / spot in
your argument. They simply don’t have the capacity to extend their range.
Conversation 2
A: I think we’re ready to present the project to the class tomorrow, right?
B: I 0 intend / beg to differ. I don’t think we’ve actually researched this section
well enough.
C: If I could just 5 insert / add that I spent a fair amount of time on the research.
I’m pretty sure it’s in good shape.
B: 6 Fair / Just enough. But did you actually look up the missing statistics we
needed yesterday?
A: I take your 7 view / point. Let me 8 look / pick up on that – it won’t take long
and then we’ll be ready …
___ / 8
TOTAL: ___ / 40
x 1.25 = ___ / 50

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Part B • Listening and Reading

LISTENING
1 [Audio PT1.01] Listen to an extract from a talk about teaching. Circle the
correct answer (A or B).
0 Who is the speaker addressing?

A
a group of inexperienced B
a group of prospective teachers
teachers
1 According to the speaker, interviewers might ask a particular question

because
A
it can prompt an interesting it can reveal interesting
B
anecdote. information about the person.
2 Both of the teachers that the speaker mentions

A
exemplify the ambitions of a B
dedicated their lives completely
good teacher. to teaching.
3 According to the speaker,

A
she was lucky to have a clear B
she decided on a teaching
career focus. career after an initial hesitation.
4 The speaker mentions various reasons for some people becoming teachers.
Which reason does she NOT mention?
A
Teaching offered me a good B
I was going to study medicine,
salary and conditions. but I didn’t get onto the course.
___ / 8

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2 [Audio PT1.02] Listen to a conversation about visiting a Capital of

Culture. Are the statements True (T) or False (F)?
0 Hannah and Derek went to Valetta in Malta because it was the European
Capital of Culture. _F_
1 The weather was bad throughout the break. ___
2 Their accommodation was central with a lovely view. ___
3 On the way to the restaurant they nearly decided to turn back. ___
4 A local gave them directions to a large square. ___
5 Tourists today can visit the installations in different parts of Valletta. ___
6 The installations had been designed to reflect local Maltese sayings. ___
7 The bird installation represented the idea of being grateful for what you
already have. ___
8 They watched a children’s parade as part of the celebrations. ___
___ / 8

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READING
3 Read the article. Tick [] the best title (1–4) and put a cross [x] beside all
other options.
0 A Brief History of Art _x_
1 The Clock of the Long Now ___
2 Our artistic legacy ___
3 Art and Time ___
4 The importance of records ___
___ / 4

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A famous artist once said that there was no past or future in art. But art has
always reflected our changing relationship with time. Some of the
earliest cave paintings record our ancestors’ shift from immediacy of
sensation to an understanding of duration by recording their presence:
from I am here to I was here. With the climate crisis, our interaction with time
is changing still. The last residue of carbon from burning fossil fuels
will linger in the atmosphere 100,000 years from now. Plastic and concrete
will become our own fossil traces, declaring we were here.
Deep time – the time of the planet itself – has been in art from the beginning.
But for much of the history of art, time was only as old as humanity. It
wasn’t until James Hutton’s ‘Theory of the Earth’ (1788), when he imagined
the immense timescales necessary to raise mountains and grind them
down, that artists began to contemplate the unimaginable age of the world.
In works such as ‘Rain, Steam and Speed’ (1844), Turner dramatised a
fundamental shift in our relationship with deep time. When he died in 1851,
the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million
(ppm). Today it is 415ppm, a level last reached 3.5 million years ago. Global
mean temperatures have increased by one degree and, unless we
decarbonise, the increase could reach a catastrophic five degrees by 2100.
Choices we make today affect what kind of world our descendants will
inherit for thousands of years to come.

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Artists are again reflecting our changed relationship with time.
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s epic aerial images of post-
industrial landscapes transform open-cast mines and oil-polluted
deltas into abstract patterns. Meanwhile, a 60-metre clock that will keep time
for 10,000 years has been constructed in America. Once complete, the
‘Clock of the Long Now’ will tick once a year and chime every thousand
years.
Perhaps the most powerful deep-time artwork looks less than 100 years into
the future. Katie Paterson’s ‘Future Library’ invites one writer each
year to contribute a new work, which will remain unread until 2114. Future
Library’s unread works are stories told to the future, a gift to readers
yet to be born.
Deep time art shows that our sense of time needs to change radically
to reflect the strange moment we live in, where choices made today will
radically influence the kind of world future generations inherit. We are,
inadvertently, telling stories to future generations: every microplastic and
particle of carbon that leaves a mark on deep time will tell a tale about
how we lived and what we valued most. The art of the deep future can help
us decide what we want this story to be.

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4 Read the article again. Circle the correct answer (A or B).
0 Our ancestors’ cave art shows that they

A
appreciated each other’s art. B
understood that time moved on.
1 The article mentions plastic and concrete

A
to emphasise the difference in B
to compare what we will leave
art we produce today with that our descendants with distant
of our ancestors. ancestors.
2 When talking about ‘deep time’ the article mentions that

A
artists previously had no B
much early art was destroyed by
comprehension of the real age the changing landscape of
of our world. the Earth.
3 In the future, people will be able to

A
hear the regular ticking of an B
read previously unpublished
underground clock. books.
4 According to the article,

A
artists today are thinking more B
we need more than ever to
long-term in what they record what we learn about
produce. the past.
___ / 8

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5 Read two blogs about people’s experiences learning to drive. Which

comment (A or B) might Angela and Paolo be more likely to make?
0 Angela
A
The whole experience was no B
The experience of learning to
real surprise to me. drive dented my ego.
1 Paolo
A
I’ll be more realistic in my B
I should trust in myself more.
expectations in the future.
___ / 2

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Yes – talking about THAT test!
ANGELA
It’s a fairly common question, particularly at job interviews, you know the
‘what’s your greatest achievement’ one? And I’d guess that the
majority of people don’t need to search the recesses of their minds to come
up with answers involving grades, degrees, or perhaps later in life
everything that goes with having a child. Well, when posed that question
what immediately comes to my mind was the utter elation experienced
on passing my driving test. Does that sound familiar? In my case, it was a
significant achievement.
I’d been the golden girl at school, breezing through all my exams. I’d been
on school hockey teams, represented my county in athletics and been
in the national swimming finals. Winning came easily. But when it came to
learning to drive, it seemed that life had been waiting to throw
something very nasty at me, something unexpected that I couldn’t take in my
stride. I found that I simply could not multi-task in a car. Steering,
changing gears, using the pedals, checking mirrors all at the same time just
didn’t come naturally at all. I took expensive lesson after expensive
lesson. And then test after test. So, when on my fourth attempt the examiner
looked over his glasses at me and said in a serious voice ‘You’ve
passed’, happiness and relief exploded inside me and I nearly hugged him.
I was dancing on air for weeks. So, yes, my greatest achievement –
definitely getting my driving licence.

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PAOLO
My friends think I’ve had more than my fair share of luck, but I wouldn’t
agree. Yes, I’ve done well at college, and I’ve also had quite a lot of
success with my writing winning the top prize for a short story in a
competition last year. But I’ve had to work at being successful – I’m
not a natural winner. Some people in my circle just need to glance at a
textbook and remember every detail. Not me. I have to pore over every
item of information to take it in, and for every exam I’ve ever done, the
revision period’s been intense. I learn through repetition and that was
exactly how I learnt to drive. I practised and practised; here in my country
you can practise in your family car as long as someone with a
licence is with you. That was my poor father, who very patiently
accompanied me along country roads, and didn’t lose his temper if I
veered close to ditches or braked so violently at traffic lights that the air bags
nearly activated! But when the day of the test dawned, suddenly all the
confidence I’d built up drained away and I was a nervous wreck. It was the
fear of failing that brought me out in a sweat and the tantalising
thought that independence was just within reach – an independence I could
equally easily blow and then have to go through the whole thing again,
and even maybe again. Approaching my driving test was way scarier than
anything I’d ever done before. And the relief when I got the piece of
paper saying ‘Pass’ will live with me forever!

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6 Read the blogs again and decide which blog contains the following
information. Circle the correct answer (A or B).
0 having problems doing several actions simultaneously

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
1 applying a similar approach to driving as to studying

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
2 not achieving success without hard work

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
3 being considered successful by others

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
4 showing gratitude to a family member

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
5 being unsuccessful in the first attempt

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
6 the financial aspect of learning to drive

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
7 having had success outside college

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both

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8 experiencing a change in attitude on the day of the test

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
9 assuming that passing would be easier than it was

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
10 appreciating the potential practical effects of failing

A
Angela B
Paolo C
both
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TOTAL: ___ / 40
x 1.25 = ___ / 50

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Part C • Speaking and Writing

SPEAKING
1 Describe and compare the pictures showing people helping others.

Why is help important in these situations?
___ / 10

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2 Answer your partner’s question.

___ / 5
3 Listen to your partner talk about their pictures.

Ask: Which experience might be more rewards? Why?
___ / 5

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WRITING
4 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences from a travel

blogpost.
0 The area is ticking / buzzing with life.
1 The area has flowed / surged in popularity over the last few years.
2 You can lose / disappear yourself in the narrow lanes.
3 Turn right at the end of a hobbled / cobbled street and it’s in front of you.
4 A visit to the tower is a must / should.
___ / 4
5 Read the announcement on a travel website.
Have you got some amazing local sights or areas near you that
tourists would enjoy seeing? Send us a blogpost with
recommendations for tourists.
Write your post in 200–300 words.

___ / 16
TOTAL: ___ / 40
x 1.25 = ___ / 50

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PROGRESS TEST 1 | Version C

Part A • Grammar, Vocabulary and How to …

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 1

2 Circle the correct words.

2 I wouldn’t be / won’t be this concerned right now if they’d texted or emailed

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 2

1 The money Jacqueline gave me is ___ near enough to cover B But

6 ___ that the traffic is light, we should be arriving around midday.

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 3

0 After three decades in office, the councillor finally _I_ in the

___ tack and started outlining other council policies.

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 4

5 Circle the answer (A or B) that best completes each sentence.

1 University tuition ___ for certain courses can be quite expensive.

2 End of year results can be determined by ___ assessment alongside

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 5

6 Complete the sentences with the missing words.

0 By and l a r g e, most people in this town appreciate the development of

1 I’ll be with you in half an hour, give or t _ _ e a few minutes.

2 I’m afraid there is no cut and d r _ _ _ answer to your question.

6 Slowly but s _ r _ _ _ the economy is picking up and employment levels will

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 6

7 Choose the correct words to complete the conversations.

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 7

Part B • Listening and Reading

0 Who is the speaker addressing?

1 According to the speaker, interviewers might ask a particular question

anecdote. information about the person.

2 Both of the teachers that the speaker mentions

3 According to the speaker,

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 8

2 [Audio PT1.02] Listen to a conversation about visiting a Capital of

1 The weather was bad throughout the break. ___

2 Their accommodation was central with a lovely view. ___

4 A local gave them directions to a large square. ___

8 They watched a children’s parade as part of the celebrations. ___

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 9

0 A Brief History of Art _x_

1 The Clock of the Long Now ___

2 Our artistic legacy ___

3 Art and Time ___

4 The importance of records ___

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 10

always reflected our changing relationship with time. Some of the

earliest cave paintings record our ancestors’ shift from immediacy of

sensation to an understanding of duration by recording their presence:

will become our own fossil traces, declaring we were here.

the immense timescales necessary to raise mountains and grind them

In works such as ‘Rain, Steam and Speed’ (1844), Turner dramatised a

mean temperatures have increased by one degree and, unless we

decarbonise, the increase could reach a catastrophic five degrees by 2100.

inherit for thousands of years to come.

© 2023 Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE 11

Artists are again reflecting our changed relationship with time.

Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s epic aerial images of post-

industrial landscapes transform open-cast mines and oil-polluted