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Vocabulary 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

words in the box. There is one extra word you do
1 What do you call the following people? Write the
not need.
correct names for the jobs.
confidence create determine flexibility
1 someone who designs houses – ____________
patience sensitivity
2 someone who takes care of sick animals –
____________ 1 David’s a ______________ boy. Take care what
you say to him, and try not to hurt his feelings.
3 someone who knows about economics –
____________ 2 Julius wants to be a doctor one day and he is
completely ______________ – nothing is going to
4 someone who can mend taps, pipes and showers –
stop him.
____________
3 Sally isn’t at all nervous about playing the piano in
5 someone who stays with a family and helps with
the school concert. She is ______________ that
young children – ____________
she will be fine.
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4 Hattie is very ______________. Her artwork is
amazing and she designs lovely clothes.
2 Choose the best answers.
5 Bob takes a bit more time to learn things. You just
1 People in banks tend to earn high ____________.
have to be ______________ with him and don’t
A figures B salaries C monies D finances rush things.
2 You need to be physically fit to do ____________. Score __/5
A overtime B paperwork C manual work D teamwork
4 Complete the sentences with a word from A and a
3 Police officers spend a lot of time dealing with word from B.
members of the ____________.
A: badly easy full left well
A public B outdoors C people D nation
B: behaved going handed paid time
4 My basic salary’s not that good, but I have the
chance to do ____________ in the evenings and at 1 It’s been lovely having the children to stay. They’ve
weekends, so that helps. been so polite and ______________.
A outdoors B overtime C teamwork D finance 2 I love my job, but the problem is that it’s so
______________. I can’t afford to stay.
5 My uncle has always worked in ____________ – in
fact, he’s been in the same bank all his life. 3 My mum used to work three days a week, but now
she’s got a ______________ job.
A figures B money C finance D retail
4 Jake is really nice to live with. He’s always really
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relaxed and ______________.
5 I can’t borrow my friend’s golf clubs. They’re no
good for me because I’m ______________ and he
isn’t.
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Grammar A something smart like a suit.

B late under any circumstances.
5 A girl is talking about her new school. Complete the
text with have to or don’t have to. C ask about how long the holidays are.

I’ve been here a few weeks now, and it’s getting better, D some questions to ask at the interview.
but it’s very different. For a start, we (a) ____________ E you shouldn’t say bad things about them.
wear a school uniform – it’s a grey skirt, white shirt and
F you should do some research before you go.
a blue tie. Actually, it’s not so bad, at least it means you
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(b) ____________ worry about what to wear in the
morning, so that saves a bit of time. We even have a 8 Complete the sentences with the words and
school hat! Can you believe it? Luckily, we (c) phrases in the box.
____________ wear it unless it’s a special day like
don’t have to have have to mustn’t should
Speech Day or Sports Day. One good thing is that I’m
17 now, so I (d) ____________ do games any more, 1 You don’t ____________ wear a bicycle helmet, but
and as you know, I was never very sporty. I’ve got a it’s a good idea if you do.
friend called Emily who is 14 and she’s not so lucky. I
2 We ____________ do exams every term, but I don’t
spoke to her just now and she says she (e)
really mind. I quite like them.
____________ play hockey this afternoon – and it’s
snowing. Poor thing. 3 You ____________ forget to send that card. It’s
Penny’s birthday on Wednesday.
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4 Mum, I really don’t want to go to school today. Do I
6 Read what the doctor says to a patient. Complete ____________ to?
the text with must or mustn’t. 5 OK, I’ve filled in the application form. Maybe you
Mr Jackson, I‘ve had a look at your blood tests, and I’m ____________ check it before I send it off.
afraid they don’t look good. Now, I’ve written a list of the Score __/5
things you must and (a) ____________ do, and you can
have a look at it when you get home. Right, well the first 9 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
thing is that you are over 100 kilos, and you’re not a tall verbs in the box.
man, so you
(b) ____________ lose some weight. That means cutting be/accept live/go not have to/go
out a lot of fat, so you (c) ____________ eat things like not pick/be work/earn
butter, cheese or mayonnaise. Now, your blood pressure
is high, too, so you (d) ____________ cut down on the 1 If my mum ______________ in finance, she
salt you eat – so no crisps, peanuts or that sort of thing. ______________ a lot more than she does as a
And you teacher.
(e) ____________ also do some sort of regular exercise 2 I ______________ shocked if they
but begin slowly because we don’t want you to injure ______________ you for the team – you’re their
yourself by overdoing things at the start. best player.
Score __/5 3 If you ______________ work, ______________ you
______________ travelling round the world?
7 Join the sentences to make five sensible interview
4 If I ______________ you, I ______________ the
tips. There is one extra tip you do not need.
job. It sounds really exciting.
1 You should not arrive … __________
5 It never snows here. If I ______________ in
2 If you don’t know much about the company, … Switzerland, I ______________ skiing every
__________ weekend.
3 You should prepare … __________ Score __/5
4 If they ask you about your current boss …
__________
5 You should wear … __________

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Use of English Listening

10 Read the text below and think of the word that best 11 Listen to a girl talking to her father. Put the
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. things they talk about in the order you hear them.

Tips from Fashion Prince Danny A an idea that the team has rejected 
B the basic rules of the competition 
Danny Jason started his own sports fashion C what a product should be made of 
company when he was just 14. The teenager, D ideas for making a product look more attractive 
(a) ____________ parents are also in the fashion
E what you have to do to win apart from making
business, is happy to (b) ____________ advice to money 
any other young people who want to be their F the things that the different team members have to
own boss. do 
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‘I think there are two things that are really
important’, he says. ‘The first is that you 12 Listen to the conversation again. Decide if the
(c) ____________ to choose a business you’re sentences are True (T) or False (F), or if the
information Not Mentioned (NM).
going to enjoy being in. (d) ____________ I
wasn’t interested in fashion, my business 1 The teams are made up of five people. T / F / NM
(e) ____________ not work because running a 2 The teams can keep any profit they make.
company takes a huge amount of time and T / F / NM

energy’. 3 The teams must have a meeting once a week.

T / F / NM
‘My second piece of advice is to ask yourself 4 The girl thinks that the shopping bags should have
what your best qualities are. Are you well- some kind of design. T / F / NM
(f) ____________? Are you (g) ____________- 5 It is possible to order cheap bags from China.
working? Are you determined and ambitious? By T / F / NM

the way, (h) ____________ the answer to those 6 The father is confident that the girl’s shopping bags
would be successful. T / F / NM
questions is ‘yes’, don’t even think of starting
your own business.’ core __/6

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Reading rescue centres, and they seem to respond well

because someone is finally giving them love and
ANIMAL MAGIC attention.

F
A The method she uses is basically fairly simple –
It’s possible that you haven’t heard of Julie when she wants an animal to sit, jump or lie
Tottman, but you’ve probably seen the results of down she rewards it with food or praises it when
her efforts. She trains animals for films and TV, it does the right thing. Julie has put down some
and her animals include the owls in Harry Potter, of her ideas and methods in a new book – so
the dogs in 101 Dalmatians and Blofeld’s white now anyone interested in teaching their dog or
cat in James Bond. And then there’s Mamma cat a few tricks can have a go at home.
Mia, Batman, Game of Thrones … the list goes
on.
13 Read the article and match the headings (1–7) with
the paragraphs (A–F). There is one extra heading
B
you do not need.
Her love of animals goes back to when her
parents gave her a puppy from a rescue centre 1 Not so clever ____
for her 11th birthday. She was so happy that she 2 Teach yourself to train ____
cried for days and kept waking in the night to
3 A hard start in life ____
check if it was still alive. She knew then she
wanted a career working with animals, and when 4 Animal superstars ____
she was 13, she got a Saturday job at a 5 A lucky start ____
hairdresser’s for dogs.
6 Is it right for me? ____
C 7 A perfect present ____
She got the idea of going into the movie business
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when a friend’s father asked her to help with the
animals on a film he was making. After that, she 14 Read the article again. Choose the best answers.
contacted every film and TV company she could
find, phoning them, writing letters, never giving 1 What does the text say about Julie Tottman in the
first paragraph?
up. And then, quite by chance, a film company
started making a movie near where she lived – A One of her animals has been extremely
and she got a dream job on 101 Dalmatians: ‘I successful.
spent six months being paid to play with puppies, B She has appeared in many films and TV
which was superb’, she says. programmes.

D C She has done some work for some famous

She says that you can train almost any animal, movies.
apart from snakes and insects, but that some 2 What does Julie say about her first pet?
learn faster than others. Rats get the message A It affected her future career.
very quickly, but owls do not, although lots of
B She was worried when it got sick.
people assume they are very intelligent. It took
months and months to teach the owls to deliver C It made her extremely unhappy.
letters in Harry Potter – a trick that other birds 3 What helped Julie to get her dream job on 101
could learn in a week. Dalmatians?

E A She was prepared to accept a low salary.

Julie says if anyone asked her for advice, she B She made useful contacts through a friend.
would tell them that you don’t need any special
C She was constantly looking for opportunities.
qualifications to be a trainer, but you do have to
be the right kind of person. You have to have a
lot of patience, and you must have a feeling for
animals. She gets many of her animals from

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4 Julie says that the owls she trained in Harry

Potter …
A were very intelligent.
B were better than other birds.
C were surprisingly slow to learn.
5 Julie suggests that anyone interested in a career
like hers should …
A contact her for advice.
B be realistic about their chances.
C have a patient personality.
6 She has written a book about …
A how to teach pets.
B what to feed animals.
C when to start training.
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15 Do you think it is acceptable or unacceptable to use

animals in the entertainment business? Give three
reasons for your opinion.
_______________________________________________
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Writing Speaking
16 You have seen this notice on your school’s 17 Work in pairs to act out a role-play.
Facebook page. Write a formal letter applying for
Student A:
the job.
You have applied to be a Student Representative on
Students! the School Council. The School Council is made up of
the Head Teacher, three other teachers, three parents
We look after groups of English and American and three students. The Council meets to discuss
students visiting our country, and we are looking things like new school facilities, school food, trips and
for TOUR GUIDES to show them the most excursions, entertainment and any problems that come
along. Student B is interviewing you for the school
important historic sites in town. If you know magazine and wants to know why people should vote
about our town and speak good English, write to for you. Answer Student B’s questions.
Jane Williams, 74 Independence Street, saying Student B:
why you would like to work for us. You work for the school magazine, and you are
interviewing Student A, who wants to be on the School
Write a letter of 100–125 words. Council. You want to know why Student A thinks people
_______________________________________________ should vote for him/her.
_______________________________________________ In the interview:
_______________________________________________ 1 Find out why Student A is interested in getting
elected
_______________________________________________
2 Ask what qualities Student A thinks a representative
_______________________________________________
should have.
_______________________________________________
3 Ask if he/she has these qualities and ask for
_______________________________________________ examples.
_______________________________________________ 4 Ask what they would want to try and change.

_______________________________________________ 5 Ask what facilities they would argue for.

_______________________________________________ 6 Ask if there are any other problems that they would
want to discuss.
_______________________________________________
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Vocabulary __/20
_______________________________________________
Grammar __/25
_______________________________________________ Use of English __/8
_______________________________________________ Listening __/12
_______________________________________________ Reading __/15
_______________________________________________ Writing __/10
Speaking __/10
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________ TOTAL __/100
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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