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Progress test 1 (units 1 – 5) 70 marks

Listening one
Personal space

Global listening (5 marks)

Listen and cross out the incorrect words from the summary.
Personal space is very powerful, and people are (1) not happy/very comfortable
if other people stand too close to them. Edward T. Hall, the anthropologist,
created the concept of an individual having (2) three parts/four types of personal
space. Intimate space is (3) furthest from/closest to the body and is for very close
friends and family. Personal space is for people we have known (4) for a
while/quite well and whom we are comfortable with. Social space is for people
we know less well, and public space is for people we do not know in larger
audiences, such as a (5) class or lecture/sports team.

Close listening (5 marks)

Listen again and choose the correct answer.

1 What does the lecturer say the students might do?
a not understand the idea of personal space
b connect the ideas to themselves
c learn more about the theory next week
2 What test does the lecturer suggest in order to see who we allow in the first
type of space?
a think about how old the children are
b think about the names of the people in your family
c think about touching a person’s shoulder
3 What can change the size of personal space?
a the age of the person
b cultural background
c whether you are male of female
4 What is the furthest someone’s intimate space usually is from their body?
a 45cm
b 60cm
c 20cm
5 With an average American, which area of their personal space is bigger?
a the back
b the side
c the front

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Listening two
Problems with scale

Global listening (5 marks)

Listen and match the beginnings (1 – 5) of the main points with an ending
(A – G).
1 Hannah is the student leading today’s discussion…
2 People often think a design works …
3 People trying to invent early flying machines …
4 Birds and insects are close enough …
5 Small animals use a different system …
A … in scale for wing-flapping to work.
B … clearly understand the scale needed for flying.
C … in the same way if it is big or small.
D … understand the many problems with scale and size.
E … of flying from birds.
F … did not think scale was important.
G … of the problems with scale.

Close listening (5 marks)

Listen again and decide if the sentences are true or false.

1 The professor chose the topic of discussion for the class.
2 Hannah would prefer to answer questions at the end of her talk.
3 Designers do not make the mistake with scale called the scaling fallacy.
4 Only small animals use the wing flapping flying system.
5 Very young spiders use a parachute to move through the air.

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Vocabulary (10 marks)

A Choose the correct word or prefix to complete the sentence.

1 They need to submit there/their assignments tomorrow.
2 I am not sure weather/whether we can leave now, or if we have to wait.
3 The two companies don’t compare/comparison well because they are so
different.
4 She made some very generally/general but useful points in her
presentation.
5 It is very impolite/unpolite to interrupt without apologizing.
6 He behaved in a very irresponsible/counterresponsible way by not telling
us where he was.
B Replace the word in bold with the correct word from the box.
Use the correct form.

point out practical current discuss

1 The class lasted a long time because the students wanted to talk about the
issue more.
2 The lecturer spent a lot of time showing the problems with that particular
theory.
3 The plans are very realistic, and they will be easy to achieve.
4 Modern ideas on this subject are totally different from those held in the past.

Grammar (10 marks)

A Put the words in the correct order.

1 sleep / could / going to / earlier. / He / try
2 on / We / to / submit / Thursday. / have / this
3 studying / the / She / be / library. / must / in
4 lunch / They / having / be / now. / might
B Correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 They are always on time, are they?
2 You didn’t go to the lecture yesterday, do you?
3 He was asking always questions when the time was finished.
4 They weren’t wait for us when we got there.
5 There were less students in the library today.
6 We had much fewer work to do last semester.

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Speaking skill (10 marks)

Insert the two words in bold in the correct places.

1 about be
A: How studying together this afternoon.
B: I’m not sure if I have time.
A: It might a good idea if you are stressed about the exam.
2 sorry spell
A: I’m, I couldn’t hear what you said.
B: I said “communicatively.”
A: Could you that for me?
3 which the
A: It was about success, speaking of, did you watch that program last night?
B: No, I missed it because Sue came round. By way, did you know she is
leaving next week?
A: Is she? No, I didn’t know.
4 sure you
A: I’m sorry, I’m not I understand.
B: Which part?
A: The last bit. Could go over that point again, please?
5 that think
A: Yes, learning from failure…I like idea.
B: Do you? Then you must agree that everyone can be a success.
A: No, I don’t that’s always true.

Speaking task (20 marks)

Read the questions and choose three pairs. Discuss your questions.
(Speak for five minutes in total.)
1a Where do you get your emotional nourishment from?
1b Whose responsibility is it that children eat healthy brain food?
2a What is the main advantage of living in a close community?
2b Are there any disadvantages of living in a close community?
3a Do you prefer having lots of personal space around you?
3b How does the space we live in affect our feelings?
4a Do you enjoy visiting very big human-made places?
4b Do you think humans will continue making bigger and bigger things?
5a Do you learn more from success or failure?
5b Is it important for other people to see you as a success?

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