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Answer key

Full placement test

2B 3A 4C 5A
18 C 19 A 20 C
32 C 33 B 34 D
46 B 47 A 48 B

6D
21 D
35 A
49 D

7 C 8 D 9 C 10 D 11 A 12 B 13 C 14 B 15 D 16 B
22 D 23 A 24 B 25 C 26 D 27 C 28 B 29 A 30 C
36 C 37 C 38 D 39 B 40 A 41 C 42 A 43 D 44 D
50 B

2
51 proof 52 authorisation 53 incredibly 54 nervously 55 disapproval 56 endless 57 laughable
58 deterrent 59 consumption 60 slightest 61 misunderstanding 62 cleanliness 63 unsuccessful
64 personalities 65 influential 66 thoughtful 67 originally 68 suspicious 69 significance
70 identification 71 unappealing 72 belongings 73 encouragement 74 evolution 75 contradictory
3
76 down 77 back 78 where 79 In 80 were 81 it 82 ago 83 used 84 well 85 how 86 be
87 which 88 until 89 into 90 to 91 instead 92 result 93 known 94 there 95 would
96 held/played 97 was 98 unlike 99 enough 100 How
Quick placement test
1D
17 D
31 C
45 C

2B 3A 4C 5A
18 C 19 A 20 C
32 C 33 B 34 D
46 B 47 A 48 B

6D
21 D
35 A
49 D

7 C 8 D 9 C 10 D 11 A 12 B 13 C 14 B 15 D 16 B
22 D 23 A 24 B 25 C 26 D 27 C 28 B 29 A 30 C
36 C 37 C 38 D 39 B 40 A 41 C 42 A 43 D 44 D
50 B

Unit 1 test
1
1 trembled

2 shuddered 3 stuttered

4 wail 5 roar 6 buzz 7 clap

2
1C 2B 3A 4D 5D 6C
3
1 have belonged to this sports club 2 Scarcely had I arrived 3 have been renovating their house since
4 no time has he ever told 5 sooner had I blamed my colleague 6 only did I arrive late
7 will have been working here
4
1 are you thinking 2 feel 3 am going 4 are you planning 5 have been feeling
Unit 2 test
1
1 addictive

2 requirement 3 astonishingly 4 dismissive

5 effectively 6 beneficial 7 lively

2
1D 2B 3A 4B 5C 6A 7B

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1a

2 the 3 which 4 whose

5 6 the 7 which 8 whom 9 10 when/where

11 a

Unit 3 test
1
1 infancy 2 maturity 3 childhood 4 vulnerable
10 foolhardy 11 veer 12 aging 13 expectancy

5 lead 6 result 7 adolescence

8 alienation 9 youth

2
1a

2 3a 4a 5 6a

3
1 was hard for me to 2 want a good education 3 think its shocking 4 it strange (that) they said
5 has done/been doing/carried out research into/on 6 found it embarrassing to tell
Progress test 1
1
1C 2B 3D 4B 5A 6D 7A 8C 9B
2
1 have been building their house for 2 is thinking of buying 3 sooner had we started work than
4 woman to whom I 5 (the) children whose verbal skills are 6 were those who/that had had
7 has a good understanding of 8 finds it difficult to express 9 cant stand it
3
1A 2B 3C 4A 5B 6B 7A 8C
4
1D 2A 3C 4C 5B 6A
5
1 will assess 2 go on to 3 by recommending 4 the majority of them 5 would seem to be
6 to be addressed 7 therefore suggest 8 should be set up 9 must be encouraged 10 could be increased
Unit 4 test
1
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 D 7 B 8 B 9 A 10 B 11 D
2
1 couldnt have become
8 could 9 could

2 couldnt

3 must

4 had to 5 should have been 6 could play 7 needed

3
1 prevented me from going 2 forced himself to go running 3 you (ever) considered getting
4 cant avoid training hard 5 regret not working harder

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Unit 5 test
1
1 Thankfully 2 misconception 3 misgivings

4 misleading 5 Understandably 6 mistrustful/distrustful

2
1C 2A 3C 4B 5D 6B
3
1 high time we had 2 wish they had said something 3 only I got a chance 4 wouldnt make such
rubbish/didnt make such rubbish/would make better 5 would rather you didnt shout
4
1 She

2 it 3 her

4 herself/anything 5 it

6 none 7 their 8 one

Unit 6 test
1
1 unbelievably 2 uncovered 3 reliable 4 insignificant 5 inaccessible
8 remarkable 9 imaginable

6 comparable

7 identifiable

2
1C 2B 3D 4A
3
1 more/greater

2 ever

3 rather 4 far 5 nowhere 6 other

7 as

4
1 fairly 2 bitterly 3 largely 4 highly 5 deeply
Progress test 2
1
1 popularity 2 aversion 3 exposure 4 misguided 5 misinterpretations 6 confrontations
7 achievements 8 unfavourable 9 unthinkable
2
1 time

2 had

3 should 4 how 5 as

6 like

7 deal

8 one 9 would

3
1 careers

2 creative skills 3 job insecurity 4 incidence

5 boundaries 6 destiny 7 motivation

4
1D 2C 3A 4F 5D 6E 7E 8C 9D
5
1 become

2 Although/While/Though 3 would 4 seems

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Unit 7 test
1
1 downhill 2 bankrupt

3 wind

4 bald 5 acumen 6 hat 7 rapport 8 campaigns

9 mad

2
1C 2B 3D 4C 5A 6C
3
1 as long as I have 2 wouldnt have failed if 3 I had studied harder/hard enough 4 signed the contract
they would not 5 must hit your targets otherwise you 6 you were to find 7 expand the business unless
we get 8 the event of an accident 9 will move house providing she can 10 in case it breaks
Unit 8 test
1
1 unfamiliar 2 knowledgeable 3 unexpected 4 strangers
8 respectfully 9 expectations

5 discovering 6 massively 7 originated

2
1 peak 2 dropped 3 steep 4 stability
3
1 asked 2 said 3 warned 4 insisted 5 regretted 6 suggested
4
1 was encouraged to travel 2 accused Fred of robbing 3 urged her to go 4 doubted (that) they would be
able 5 advised his friend to find 6 objected to working overtime
Unit 9 test
1
1 bear

2 boggling 3 mind 4 brainstorm 5 brain 6 mind 7 reader 8 brainchild

2
1 alone

2 by herself 3 without

4 to herself

5 solitary

3
1 had been planning 2 arrived 3 were 4 got 5 couldnt find 6 had checked 7 had to 8 were we
going to do 9 was disappearing 10 had taken 11 was sitting 12 wouldnt get/wasnt going to get
13 had found 14 would be 15 had put 16 had forgotten
4
1 I love about this job is 2 was the fact that he was 3 worried me was (the fact) that 4 are what make
Progress test 3
1
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 A 7 B 8 C 9 B 10 C

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1 would not have bought the phone 2 told him he was going to 3 should you wish to contact
4 is what makes me different from 5 have invited me to travel 6 (has) accused me of breaking
7 dislike about the course is that 8 will not/wont make any changes unless 9 were I to lose
3
1C 2B 3A 4A 5B 6C
4
1H 2D 3A 4B 5C 6G 7F
5
1 aims 2 need 3 requested 4 While 5 whose 6 expressed 7 surveyed 8 With regard
9 Notwithstanding 10 In my view
Unit 10 test
1
1 about

2 by 3 to 4 with

5 by 6 of

2
1B 2C 3A 4D 5B 6A 7C
3
1 By 2 for

3 as 4 long 5 being

4
1 will have been moving
7 will have held

2 causes

3 will have been 4 will have recruited 5 is running 6 are becoming

Unit 11 test
1
1 with 2 on 3 on/along 4 house

5 up 6 cheese 7 from 8 wink 9 with 10 down

2
1 weed out

2 set out 3 signed up 4 backed up 5 cut back

3
1 however much I 2 matter what she says it is 3 feeling very anxious 4 having passed my (driving)
5 if it/that suits 6 regardless of how you feel about 7 having visited/been to/travelled to Australia before
8 wherever we are 9 dont care what you say 10 was so late that
Unit 12 test
1
1C 2A 3C 4C 5B 6A 7D

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1 variety 2 tranquillity 3 unsettling 4 soothing 5 frequencies

6 undetectable

7 harmful

3
1 were about to announce 2 were thinking of going camping 3 was to have climbed 4 was due to
take/have taken
4
1 were planning 2 were going 3 would have been 4 would turn up 5 would cause 6 were about to call
7 would end up
Progress test 4
1
1 reassuring 2 maturity 3 awareness

4 possessions

5 irresistible

6 anticipation

2
1 differ

2 of

3 match 4 for 5 under

3
1 will

2 was

3 yet 4 was

5 having 6 will

7 would 8 long 9 Whatever

4
1C 2E 3A 4B 5E 6G 7D 8F
5
1A 2C 3C 4A 5C 6B
6
1C 2E 3F 4D 5A 6B 7H 8G
Unit 13 test
1
1 denying 2 incredibly 3 ashamed
8 differentiate 9 confusing

4 dissatisfaction

5 embarrassed 6 impression 7 dangerous

2
1B 2C 3D 4B 5A
3
1 no

2 For

3 from 4 Although/Though

5 despite 6 the

7 view

4
1 was believed to be

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Unit 14 test
1
1 out 2 set

3 forward 4 looked 5 clear 6 at

7 took 8 out

9 account

2
1B 2D 3A 4B
3
1 like

2 while

3 Although

4 Consequently 5 Furthermore

4
1 must have been very excited 2 only did they miss their plane 3 hate it when people talk 4 wishes
he had made 5 the easiest job they had ever 6 was only when he explained it 7 you are determined
to succeed
Progress test 5
1
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 D 5 B 6 D 7 A 8 B 9 C 10 A
2
1 is thought to be 2 was to have been found 3 apart from Michael, who refused
4 were surprised by/at how few 5 should not have written 6 were put forward (by the managers)
7 didnt succeed in reaching 8 answer only struck me 9 is considered to be
3
1 interaction 2 comedy 3 sense of humour
health 6 socialise

4 female comedians

5 health or longevity/longevity or

4
1B 2D 3D 4C 5A 6D
5
1 There is no denying that 2 Firstly 3 Finally 4 While 5 It goes without saying 6 consequently
7 In addition 8 Apart from 9 In conclusion 10 the truth of the matter is 11 Given
Exit test
1
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 A 8 C 9 B 10 B 11 C 12 B 13 D 14 A 15 D
2
1 variety 2 foundation 3 survival 4 Unfortunately 5 activity/actions 6 economic
8 shameful 9 existence 10 extinction 11 interference 12 destruction 13 invasive

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1 always find it upsetting to 2 no time have we told/did we tell 3 only did they work late but 4 has a
good knowledge of 5 stopped me from training 6 quite impossible to get 7 is not expected to be here
8 could have gone bankrupt 9 high time she visited 10 would not know/would not have known
11 in case Im not here 12 accused me of stealing 13 is what makes him
4
1 no 2 Having 3 stand/bear 4 between 5 it
11 In 12 although 13 on 14 Despite

6 including 7 for

8 least 9 contrast

10 instead

5
1 D 2 H 3 F 4 A 5 C 6 G 7 B 8 D 9 F 10 C
6
1C 2D 3A 4B 5C 6B 7C 8A 9D
7
1 regard 2 which 3 would like
9 Yours sincerely

4 Firstly 5 However

6 Furthermore

7 according 8 hope

8
1D 2E 3G 4B 5A 6F 7C

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