Keynote Advanced Test 6

Units 11 and 12

Name: ____________________________________

Total score: _______________________________

VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in CAPITAL LETTERS.

0 This is the first _____prototype______ of its kind. TYPE

1 I was going to have a team meeting at that time, but maybe I can ____________________
it. SCHEDULE
2 When he was only 16, he won a ____________________ to Harvard University.
SCHOLAR
3 Is this the original image or was it ____________________? PHOTO
4 Don’t be so ____________________ about your exam results! PESSIMISM
5 I’m on the ___________________ for a pair of new shoes to replace my old ones. LOOK
6 Can I leave you to __________________ the team and their completion of the work? SEE
7 Honestly, I’m not using any kind of____________________ . It’s 100% real. TRICK
8 He can play that piece on the piano ____________________. It’s perfect. SEAM
9 Asteroids travel through space at a ____________________ rate. PHENOMENON
10 We’ve updated the old version with a few more technical ____________________.
ADVANCE

Marks (out of 10): _____

2 Complete the text with the words in the box. There are three extra words you do not need.

business dream entrepreneur see glass image looked

moon optimistic envisaged shift trend tunnel visionary
The (0) _____entrepreneur____ Michael Dell once said that you don’t have to be a genius or
a (11) ______________________ to be successful. You just need a framework and a
(12) ______________________ . And he should know. Dell started his company in the late
1980s and turned it into a multibillion dollar (13) ______________________ . Dell
developed his ideas whilst studying at college. He bought old computers, upgraded them and
sold them cheaply. With his fellow students over the (14) ______________________ at
having a discount supplier, Dell quickly realized the potential and dropped out of college. His
parents didn’t (15) ______________________ eye to eye with him at first, but Dell remained
(16) _____________________ . The light at the end of the (17) __________________ came
quickly for Dell when he sold computer equipment worth nearly $200,000 in his first month
of business. One thing Dell (18) _____________________ early on was his direct model of
selling in which he sold directly to the customers and created computers to their own
specifications instead of having to buy ready-made computers from a shop. Over the years,
many other businesses have (19) ______________________ into why Dell’s approach to
selling has been so successful and applied it to their own context. What was once a paradigm
(20) ______________________ is now regarded as the norm.

Marks (out of 10): _____

GRAMMAR

3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word
given in bold. (2 marks per question).

0 The new bridge wasn’t going to be completed on time. unlikely

The new bridge _____was unlikely to be completed_____ on time.
21 We’ll arrive at midnight if it’s OK with you. assuming
______________________________________, we’ll arrive at midnight.
22 The journey took three hours but it was fine. given
The journey was ______________________________________ three hours.
23 If it rains on camping trips, they book into a hotel. whenever
______________________________________on camping trips, they book into a hotel.
24 We had planned to cancel the event ages ago. going
We ______________________________________ the event ages ago.
25 I was certain they’d get together in the end. sure
They ______________________________________ get together in the end.

Marks (2 marks per question. Total out of 10): _____

4 Complete the text with a suitable word in each gap.

In (0) ___spite____ of the fact that we’d booked the holiday in beautiful Morocco, I was right
to have been pessimistic about the holiday from the start. Even as we were (26) ___________
to leave the house there had been an argument about how much luggage to take. Shirley had
wanted to take two suitcases and her husband, Stan, said that it (27) ____________be utterly
impractical in view of the (28) ____________that this was a hiking holiday, not a beach
holiday. He was right, of course. Carrying two suitcases across the Atlas mountains was
(29) ____________ to be impractical, but he could have dealt with it more sensitively. I was
(30) ____________ about to intervene but decided to sit outside and wait in the car. In the
(31) ____________of an argument between couples I have always learnt to keep my mouth
shut. Eventually, they were (32) ____________to solve their differences, or so I’d thought. In
the end, Shirley emerged with two suitcases. One point to her. By the (33) ___________we’d
arrived at the airport everyone seemed to have cheered up and we landed in Morocco without
a hitch. But the peace over the luggage was (34) ____________to last. We met our guide and
his first comment was that (35) ____________of the fact we were hiking with porters, there
was no way they could take an extra suitcase. Stan couldn’t resist a smirk which simply made
Shirley’s resolve stronger.

Marks (out of 10): _____

READING

5 Read the text. For questions 36–45, in which part of the text (A–E) does the writer mention
the following?

0 The location of the first study. __B__

36 Ways in which you might become an optimist. _____
37 How the questionnaires were used. _____
38 A new trend that is affecting our old beliefs about heart disease. _____
39 You double the likelihood of good health if your attitude to life is positive. _____
40 The traditional view of how to avoid heart disease. _____
41 That a good night’s sleep is also a factor. _____
42 The two outcomes were nearly identical. _____
43 How the findings are supported elsewhere. _____
44 The question of whether it’s possible to change your outlook. _____
45 The type of people who took part in the survey. _____

Marks (out of 10): _____

Optimists have healthier hearts

A
For years we have been told that the answer to having a healthy heart is to eat a good diet,
exercise regularly and give up smoking. And certainly these all make a difference and no
one doubts the importance of physical health but increasingly, psychologists are suggesting
that your state of mind has an even greater impact on the health of your heart than was
once believed.

B
The University of Illinois carried out a survey in which it studied people’s attitudes to life and
their corresponding cardiovascular health. They found a connection between the two by
looking at whether people were optimists or pessimists. People in the study who could be
defined as optimists were twice as likely to have a heart in ideal health as their peers who
could be classified as pessimists. In other words, if you have a positive outlook on life, it
seems to follow that your heart is also in great shape.
C
The sample for the study came from a wide range of participants of different ethnic
backgrounds, aged between 45 and 84. Doctors assessed their health by checking different
aspects of a person’s health including blood pressure, diet, physical activity and whether or
not they smoked. As well as looking into their physical health, the participants also
completed surveys which were used to assess their mental health and levels of optimism. The
researchers compared the results from the physical health check with their scores on the
mental health and discovered that scores from both tests generally mirrored each other. So, if
a score was high (or low) on one test, it was similar on the other. Optimistic people were
between half and 75% more likely to have good health scores.

D
Other studies such as one from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found similar
results and even came to the conclusion that optimism and positive emotions helped to
protect a patient from cardiovascular disease and could help to slow the development of the
disease. It was noted that optimists typically took greater care of themselves by doing
exercise, eating a good diet and getting plenty of sleep.

E
The question remains then; if you are a pessimist but you change your attitude so that you are
more optimistic, can you in fact reduce the chances of ill health? And if this is true, can
optimism be learned? Can you, in fact, stop seeing a glass as half-empty, but see it as half-
full? Many psychologists believe you can. It’s possible to rewrite the brain so that it’s
optimistic through doing things like building a strong social network of people, and going for
brisk walks or taking up any kind of sport. One researcher commented that it isn’t necessary
to be too over the top, but to have a realistic outlook on life.
LISTENING

6 🎧 77 Listen to part of a consultation between a life coach and a client. Are these statements
true or false? You have one minute to read the statements before listening.

0 The woman wants Phil to talk about his future. True / False

46 She wants him to be realistic at the start of the discussion. True / False

47 Phil is asked not to worry about any other problems going on in his life. True / False

48 Phil has taken lessons in the guitar. True / False

49 Phil imagines playing with other musicians at some stage. True / False

50 The woman suggests that it might be expensive to learn to play the guitar properly.

True / False

51 Phil suggests that he might not have enough natural skill to be a professional musician.

True / False

52 Phil has attended courses in how to manage people. True / False

53 Phil thinks that to be an entrepreneur you probably need a vision. True / False

54 The woman suggests that Phil could start his own business. True / False

55 Carly makes a connection between his two interests. True / False

Marks (out of 10): _____