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UNIT TEST 4 SECTION B: VOCABULARY


3 Choose the correct words to complete the article.
SECTION A: GRAMMAR
1 Choose the correct words to complete the
conversation. Language learning
A: What 1 are you going to do / will you do this Some people seem to find learning a second language
weekend? Anything exciting? impossible and others can do it easily. From my
B: I haven’t made any plans. I think 2 I’m waiting / experience, those who 1 take off / pick up / catch on
I’ll wait and see what the weather is like. languages more easily are extroverts who enjoy using
A: I think it 3 will be / is good. That’s what the forecast their own language and love interacting with other
said this morning anyway. I thought there was a trip people. They do not get embarrassed when they make
to London this weekend. mistakes, are happy to be corrected and will learn
B: There is. The school 4 is taking / will take some of from those mistakes. This is especially important when
us to London, but 5 I’m not going to go / I won’t go a 2 fluent / factual / false friend sometimes results
because there’s the air show here in town. It in hoots of laughter from the 3 native / second /
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will take / is taking place on Saturday and Sunday familiar speaker. Extroverts may not develop the
and I’d like to see it. It’s supposed to be good. best pronunciation or 4 slang / accent / dialect in the
A: I’d forgotten that. 7 I’m driving / I’ll drive to Heathrow world, but they are able to communicate well enough
on Saturday to meet my parents who 8 will come / in another language. Learning to use the correct
are coming for a holiday. 9 They’ll probably stay /
5
register / record / report, recognising the difference
They’re probably staying in town for the weekend. between formal and informal language contexts,
10
I’m having / I’ll have time off next week – I’ve comes with practice and experience. It’s wonderful to
arranged it with the school – so I can show them study 6 dialect / slang / bilingual expressions, but it’s
around. vital to know when it is 7 appropriate / prominent /
familiar to use them. Ultimately, success may also
/10 depend on what the individual’s goal is – do they
need the language for work or studies or just for
holidaying abroad? For the latter, just being ably to
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of get 8 by / off / up in the language may be enough, but
the verbs in brackets.
if they want to be a translator or interpreter, they will
1 If you listen to the BBC, you
need to 9 regulate / engage / master the languages
(improve) your language skills.
they are studying.
2 You (not do) well in your exams
if you don’t study hard.
3 If you (post) personal details on /9
Facebook, someone might steal your identity.
4 You (learn) more quickly if you 4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
find out what system works best for you. You don’t need all the words.
5 If I miss the class, (you / take)
notes for me? tighten splashing million cheapskate humorous
spree passing
/5
1 My boss is always the buck – he
never takes responsibility for anything.
2 Donald is a and never pays for drinks
when we go out.
3 Sarah won some money on the lottery. She went on
a spending yesterday and bought lots
of new clothes.
4 This morning she looked a dollars
when she arrived at work.
5 He lost his job last month, so his family have had to
their belts until he finds another job.
6 They are out on a new car when
Drew gets his promotion.
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True False
SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS 1 Most EU students are postgraduate
5 Read the article. Are the statements true or false? students.  
2 More than 25 percent of EU students
are training to be teachers.  
International students in full-time UK 3 Less than 10 percent of postgraduate
higher education students are doing research.  
4 The total number of non-EU students is
The majority of EU international students in the UK less than 300,000.  
are doing first-degree courses. Just under a quarter 5 More EU than non-EU students are
of the total number of EU international students doing postgraduate research.  
are doing taught postgraduate courses, while the 6 More international students come from
percentage of students doing postgraduate research China than anywhere else.  
is just under ten percent. Overall, the numbers of 7 About 80,000 students come from India.  
EU international students were down last year. In 8 There are more German students than
contrast , there has been a significant increase in the other EU students.  
numbers of non-EU students coming to the UK to 9 More Bulgarian than Irish students
study and the total number is just over a quarter of a study in the UK.  
million, about 265,000. Compared to EU students, 10 Business studies had the highest
many more non-EU students are doing taught number of international students.  
postgraduate courses.
The country outside the EU which sends by far the /10
largest number of students for all courses is China,
with around 80,000 students. This is nearly three times Total: /400
the number of the second largest group, which comes
from India. As far as the EU is concerned, the largest
number of students come from Germany, followed
closely by the Republic of Ireland, and the lowest
number from Bulgaria.
The most popular subject studies by international
students is business and administrative studies, with
just over a third of all students taking these courses,
and the most popular universities seem to be
the University of Manchester and University
College, London.

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