Progress test answer key

Unit 1 10 job 28 went

11 How 29 was
1 routine + fun 12 What 30 ’ve put
2 rewarding + good 13 where
3 demanding + glamorous 14 Can / Could Unit 4
4 varied + dull 15 Why
5 stressful + depressing 16 14 1 user-friendly
6 challenging + worthwhile 17 15 2 up-to-date
7 c 18 13 3 immediate
8 f 19 11 4 convenient
9 d 20 12 5 accurate
10 e 21 is 6 efficient
11 b 22 with 7 personal
12 g 23 to 8 time-saving
13 a 24 your 9 e
14 oversee 25 is taking 10 a
15 deal 26 need 11 c
16 handle 27 ’m emailing 12 b
17 tell 28 understand 13 d
18 sounds 29 think 14 at
19 responsible 30 ’re interviewing 15 in
20 charge 16 in
21 involve Unit 3 17 of
22 Do you work in Quebec? 18 on
23 Can I ask who your main 1 exciting 19 On
supplier is? 2 boring 20 more stressful
24 Which parts of the world 3 relaxing 21 fast
does your company 4 exhilarating 22 friendly
supply? 5 interesting 23 more complicated
25 Do you know where Lisa 6 frightened 24 longer
works? 7 enjoyable 25 more convenient
26 How many hours a week 8 tiring 26 slightly
do you work? 9 How do you find our 27 isn’t nearly
27 The phone rings all the country? 28 the better
time. 10 How often do they visit 29 great
28 We hardly ever leave the head office? 30 little
office before seven. 11 What sort of films do you
29 I’d say I play tennis like? Unit 5
about three times a week. 12 in
30 There’s normally a staff 13 of 1 guarantee
meeting on Mondays. / 14 on 2 service
Normally, there’s a staff 15 about 3 monitor
meeting on Mondays. 16 about 4 satisfaction
17 on 5 requirements
18 back
Unit 2 19–21 Michela called. Call her
6 expectations
7 assistant
back on 007 393 110294 8 care
1 deadline or email her at 9 provide
2 schedule michela- 10 in
3 track 13@enterprise_1.fi 11 little / bit
4 resources 22 have you met 12 with
5 budget 23 came 13 about
6 tasks 24 was 14 possible / OK
7 updates 25 ’ve never been 15 How / What
8 objectives 26 Have you ever been 16 suits
9 skills 27 did you go 17 make
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18 bring 3 password 29 ’ll
19 prefer 4 breach 30 should
20 fine / OK / perfect / good 5 access
21–25 (2 marks per sentence. 6 pass Unit 9
Take 0.5 off per error. 7 prevent
Note that some variation 8 safeguard 1 components
in answers may be 9 monitor 2 inventory
possible.) 10 c 3 supplier
21 I am writing to confirm 11 f 4 distributed
our meeting on Friday the 12 a 5 raw
4th. 13 h 6 out
22 We are meeting at 14 b 7 low
10 a.m. in my office. 15 g 8 out
23 The bus to our company 16 d 9 of
leaves from the train 17 i 10 on
station every fifteen 18 e 11 in
minutes. 19 Have you heard 12 following
24 Please note that our head 20 has happened 13 find
of sales is also joining us. 21 has resigned 14 take
25 I look forward to seeing 22 has been stealing 15 place
you. 23 has been doing 16 according
24 have never seen 17 put
Unit 6 25 haven’t they fired 18 asap
26 have been talking 19 problem
1 trip 27 Consequently 20 look
2 journey 28 So that 21 to
3 travel 29 so 22 out
4 check 30 because of 23 on
5 facilities 24 about
6 speciality Unit 8 25 of
7 entertainment 26 to
8 excursion 1 responsibility 27 he had / has looked into
9 sightseeing 2 complementary 28 told him
10 hospitality 3 forces 29 had sent / sent
11 nightlife 4 alliance 30 asked you to call
12 up 5 player
13 up 6 ground Unit 10
14 around 7 closely
15 in 8 venture 1 cramped
16 up 9 next step 2 up-to-date
17 out 10 intend to 3 run down
18 a 11 likely that 4 well equipped
19 h 12 timescale on 5 c
20 f 13 the deadline 6 c
21 e 14 going to 7 b
22 b 15 planned to 8 c
23 g 16 Well done 9 How / What
24 d 17 chances are 10 Why
25 have to 18 I expect 11 Have
26 need 19 In 12 Could / Can
27 supposed 20 by 13 Maybe
28 mustn’t 21 Over / In 14 prove
29 allowed 22 by 15 consider
30 don’t need 23 in 16 better
24 on 17 worth
Unit 7 25 should 18 reservations
26 will 19 rather
1 safety 27 ’re going to 20 work
2 security 28 might 21 sure
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22 c Unit 12 23 ✗ I think you should ask
23 e for help.
24 f 1 original 24 ✓
25 h 2 up 25 ✗ I’d speak to her if I
26 d 3 prototype were / was you.
27 i 4 obstacles 26 ✓
28 a 5 sophisticated 27 ✗ Is it easy enough for
29 b 6 traditional you?
30 g 7 concept 28 ✓
8 dynamic 29 ✓
Unit 11 9 a 30 ✗ The main problem is
10 g that we don’t have
1 have 11 b enough resources.
2 make 12 c
3 go 13 e Unit 14
4 carry 14 f
5 reached 15 d 1 make
6 put 16 d 2 Pick
7 make 17 f 3 fed
8 have 18 e 4 taken
9 avoid 19 a 5 put
10 express 20 c 6 d
11 backing 21 b 7 c
12 favour 22 worst 8 f
13 majority 23 most expensive 9 a
14 brainstorm 24 friendliest / most friendly 10 e
15 compromise 25 most valuable 11 b
16 From my opinion of view 26 highest 12 spare
it’s a bad idea. (point) 27 lowest 13 minutes
17 As near as I’m 28 latest 14 do
concerned, it’s fine. 29 most well known / best 15 wondering
(far) known 16 like
18 I’m not quite sure for 30 happiest 17 nice
that. (about) 18 tied
19 I listen what you’re Unit 13 19 helped
saying, but it won’t work. 20 delighted
(hear) 1 fault 21 good / great
20 You’re absolutely right. I 2 flaw 22 be noticed
couldn’t agree much. 3 misunderstanding 23 do
(more) 4 down 24 be warned
21 To be truth I don’t see 5 incompatible 25 was given
how we’re going to 6 has broken down 26 are invited
persuade them. (honest) 7 unreliable 27 be planted
22 I have your point about 8 out of order 28 carries
the costs, but I think it’s 9 failure 29 was founded
worth it. (take / see) 10 failures 30 fire
23 Let’s see it, he’s too old 11 matter
for the job! (face) 12 keeps Unit 15
24 could 13 mean
25 will 14 tried 1 dedication
26 will 15 trouble 2 caring
27 needed 16 always 3 motivated
28 would 17 might 4 flexible
29 would 18 best 5 dependable
30 will 19 help 6 ambitious
20 exactly 7 Patience
21 sort 8 hardest-working
22 like

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9 We’re very pleased with you? 8 triumph
your performance. 20 Is there anything else 9 amazing
10 You’ve done a good job. you’d like to add? 10 expertise
11 You seem to be doing 21 was working 11 was
very well. 22 ’d / had already asked 12 give
12 Perhaps one thing to 23 had left 13 learn
work on is your 24 were you talking 14 say
communication skills. 25 was still working 15 underlines
13 What do you think about 26 hadn’t improved 16 focus
these changes? / How do 27 hadn’t invented 17 tell
you feel about these 28 was doing 18 go
changes? 29 were you sending 19 were
14 How are you getting on 30 had happened 20 were
with your new job? 21 fill
15 One of your key strengths Unit 16 22 gone
is listening. 23 expected
16 I think this is an area for 1 to 24 makes
improvement. 2 in 25 concentrate
17 So let’s summarize what 3 out 26 Although I’m busy, I can
we’ve agreed. 4 at help you for an hour.
18 One thing you’re going to 5 across 27 She was late this morning
do is a training course. 6 complete despite being warned
19 How does that sound to 7 waste of time yesterday about it.

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