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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B
GRAMMAR

1 Order the words to make questions and sentences.

Example: you / the / enjoy / didn’t / meal / ?
Didn’t you enjoy the meal?
1 do / to / how / for / guests / need / cook / we / many / ?
2 to / aren’t / you / home / pleased / didn’t / you / go / that / decide / ?
3 speak / you / be / better / practise / , / to / more / the / you / will / the / able
4 seen / film / the / you’ve / isn’t / this / ever / best / horror /?
5 theatre / night / the / go / last / you / did / to / ?
6 eating / really / sugar / should / be / much / you / that / ?
7 nationalities / class / the / what / your / people / in / are / ?
8 higher / up / heating / colder / the / it / , / the / the / I / gets / turn /
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2 Complete the sentences with an auxiliary verb.

Example: Your sister speaks Spanish, doesn’t she?
1 We both like sailing, but none of our friends ________.
2 A We’re having an Indian meal this evening.
B So ________ we!
3 You’d been to the States before, ________ you?
4 A I’d love to be a doctor.
B ________ you? I think I’d find it too demanding.
5 A Will Anna be coming to the conference?
B No, she ________. She’s in Paris.
6 A I don’t think Belinda wants to come to the beach this afternoon.
B She ________ want to! She told me this morning.

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3 Read the questions and complete the indirect questions.
Example: What time is it?
Do you know what time it is?
1 Where are the exits?
Can you tell me ____________________________________________________?
2 What type of fuel does this need?
Do you know ______________________________________________________?
3 How many colleagues have you asked to come?
I can’t remember ___________________________________________________?
4 Why did she go out without taking her coat?
I wonder __________________________________________________________?
5 Can we take friends to the show?
Do you have any idea _______________________________________________?
6 When does the office close for Easter?
I’m not sure _______________________________________________________.
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VOCABULARY

4 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: Hannah isn’t very open to new ideas – she’s quite narrow-minded.
1 Kevin gets angry really easily – he’s extremely bad-t________.
2 I’m always happy to try something new and different – I’m pretty o________-minded.
3 If I really want something I’ll do anything to get it – I’m very strong-w________.
4 Jackie will go along with whatever you want to do – she’s pretty easy-g________.
5 Brian hardly ever spends any money – he’s very tight-f________.
6 Jason won’t mind you using his computer – he’s very l________-back.
7 Why did you tell Paula that and tell me something different? You’re so two-f________.
8 You ought to consider other people’s needs sometimes – you’re too s________-centred.
9 I don’t think she’s a difficult character – she seems very well-b________ on the whole.
10 I’ve forgotten my password again – I’m becoming more a________-minded these days.
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5 Underline the correct word.

Example: This film is a bit boring / enjoyable / interesting.
1 We enjoy working with Chris but she is rather open-minded / hard-working / slow.
2 I’m a bit self-confident / self-centred / good-tempered sometimes.
3 This salad is extremely OK / alright / delicious.
4 I think your parents are a bit open-minded / narrow-minded / good-tempered.
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6 Choose the correct words for the definitions.

bizarre crush trend job-seeker candidate pioneer headhunter
Example: A person who contacts people and offers them a job with a new company headhunter
1 popular way of doing something________
2 the first to do something in a new and different way ________
3 very strange and unusual ________
4 person looking for employment ________
5 person who applies for a job ________
6 destroy someone’s confidence ________

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Vocabulary total 20

PRONUNCIATION

7 Match the words with the same sound.

decision bandage terraced noise flustered jazz

Example: jazz bandage

1 bizarre ________, ________
2 persuade ________, ________
3 unusual ________
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8 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: cheerful
1 job|-see|ker
2 head|hun|ter
3 fa|sci|nate
4 di|rec|tor
5 news|pa|per
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Pronunciation total 10
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
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Reading and Writing B
READING

Read the article about personality tests. Five sentences have been removed. Choose from
the sentences (A-F) the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The business of personality tests is big and growing. As more people are looking for work,
the competition for jobs gets greater and greater, and companies are looking to new ways to
find the best person for the job. So the next time you apply for a job, you might be asked to
take a personality test. How effective are these tests, though?

Several years ago, Andrea was looking for a summer job to pay her way through college.
She heard the tips were good in a restaurant in Chicago, and decided to apply. But before
the interview, she had to fill out an online application including a psychometric test – a test
which would reveal a lot about her personality. She explained that there was a whole section
on ethics and how you'd react in a given situation, like dealing with a difficult customer, for
example. (----- 1 ----- )

Andrea was surprised, but was faced with a similar test when she applied to work in a
bookshop. Personality tests are now appearing in all types of industry. In a global recession,
many firms want to be sure they are employing the most suitable person for the job. They
cannot afford to pick the wrong one .Smaller profits also mean staff are working under more
stress. (----- 2 -----) Disagreements are costly and inefficient.

In the US alone, there are about 2,500 personality tests on the market. (----- 3 ----- ) Used by
89 of the top 100 companies, it has been translated into 24 languages. It has also been
adopted by governments and military agencies around the world. ‘Myers-Briggs is the most
successful psychometric test out there and deservedly so,’ says Rachel Robinson of the
consultancy firm YSC in central London. ‘It has been a fantastic vehicle for people to think
about themselves and how others are different.’

Perhaps its attraction lies in its simplicity – according to the MBTI, we all match one of 16
character types. But it’s the fact that it is so straightforward that makes some people
suspicious.

Like many personality tests, MBTI is based on the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist
who, together with Sigmund Freud, helped lay the foundations of modern psychology. Jung
developed the idea of opposed pairs of characteristics. (----- 4 ----- ) He suggested that in
terms of each pair of qualities, we tend to be one or the other.

The MBTI was invented thanks to an awkward relationship between a woman and her future
son-in-law. Katherine Briggs, a wealthy housewife from Washington DC, realized Clarence
Myers was a good match for her daughter, Isabel, when she brought him home from college.
(----- 5 ----- ).

Jung's Psychological Types fascinated her and soon Isabel was infected by her mother's
enthusiasm. Over the next two decades, the pair became very interested in how people
behave. Jung only identified eight personality types, but Isabel Briggs Myers eventually
doubled that number. According to the MBTI, everybody can be described by four letters
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chosen out of a total of eight, for example ISFJ or ENTP. The various combinations of letters
make up the sixteen personality types.

Apparently the overwhelming majority of the 2.5 million Americans who take the MBTI
assessment each year feel their results do fit their personalities. However, the Myers Briggs
Foundation itself discourages the use of the test for hiring and firing. Instead, they see it
mainly as a means of getting employees to think about how they interact with colleagues and
work as a team. So, if you are asked to do a personality test at some point in the future, think
carefully about the reason behind it. It may not for the reason you thought!

A Therefore, companies want to make sure their employees get on with each other.
B He seemed like a nice young man, but his way of thinking was so strange to her that she turned
to books for help.
C On the other hand, according to one author, as much as 75% of test takers achieve a different
personality type when tested for a second time
D And apparently the message was pretty clear – if you're easily annoyed, don't be a waitress.
E This refers to qualities such as being friendly or unfriendly, or lazy or hard-working, which are
present in all of us.
F One of the most popular is called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI.

Reading total 10

WRITING

Write an email to your friend telling him / her about something unusual that happened
to you recently.

Write 140-180 words. Include the following information:

 say what happened to you
 explain where you were when it happened
 describe how you acted in this situation
Writing total 10
Reading and Writing total 20
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Listening and Speaking B

LISTENING

1 Listen to five people talking about which characteristics in a person annoy them.
Choose from the list (A-F) which characteristic each person mentions. Use the letters
only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
A being messy
B showing impoliteness
C not being reliable
D being jealous
E not considering other people
F not being careful

Speaker 1: [ ]
Speaker 2: [ ]
Speaker 3: [ ]
Speaker 4: [ ]
Speaker 5: [ ]

2 Listen to a young business man talking about job interviews. Underline the correct
answer.
1 Graeme feels that he didn’t give enough examples / his answers weren’t always short
enough / he didn’t spend enough time getting ready.
2 Graeme thinks his interviewers are successful / helpful / cheerful people.
3 Graeme says he had a rough idea / had no idea / predicted in advance what the questions in
the interview would be.
4 Graeme felt confident about his experience / his abilities / his qualifications.
5 Graeme advises people to try to be confident / ask questions about the company / behave as
normal during the interview.

Listening total 10

SPEAKING

1 Make questions and ask your partner

1 How long / learn English?
2 How / relax?
3 What / enjoy / doing / when / have / some free time?
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4 Do / spend / much time / use / the internet? Why/why not?

5 What / earliest memory?

2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
‘It’s important for friends to be interested in the same things.’

3 Listen to your partner talking about friendship. Do you agree with him / her?
Speaking total 20
Listening and Speaking total 30