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A2 Progress test Units 4 −6

1  Listen to a conversation between Ryan and a 2 points for each correct answer 10
shop assistant. Decide if sentences 1–5 are true
(T) or false (F). 4 Choose the best answers to complete the text.

1 The changing rooms are next to the shoe An old friend

department. ___f_______ Last week, I received an email from my old friend
2 The jacket costs $26.25. ___t_______
Yang and I 1___was___ very surprised. The last time
3 Ryan wants to pay by cash. __f________
we saw each other was twenty years ago because my
4 Ryan doesn’t want a bag. ____t______
5 The bank is next to the bus station. ______f____ family 2____moved______ house when we were
children. I remember he 3____could______ draw and
2 points for each correct answer 10 paint very well, but there 4____are______ so many
2  Listen to a conversation between Ryan and things I don’t know about him now. Maybe he has
Carla. For questions 1–5, circle the correct 5
__________ children. What’s his job? I have so
answer a, b or c. many questions for him!
1 Ryan is shopping for __________. I emailed him yesterday and said he could visit
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a clothes b food c shoes ___next month_______. I hope he likes my house. It’s
2 Carla thinks Ryan’s new journey to work is small but
__________. 7

a quick b bad c easy ____modern______. It’s in the centre of my town

3 Ryan’s office is __________ the car park. and there are many things to do. I want to take him to
my favourite restaurant 8__opposite________ my
a on the right of b behind c next to
house. There’s also an interesting
4 Ryan finished his old job __________. 9
___museum_______ about the history of the town.
a yesterday b last week c last month Maybe we can go there. I’m 10____really______
5 Ryan starts his new job __________. excited about his visit – I just can’t wait!
a on Monday 1 a are b were c was
b on Wednesday 2 a prepared b changed c moved
c the week after next 3 a could b can’t c can
4 a are b is c were
2 points for each correct answer 10 5aa b an c−
6 a last week b next month c a week ago
3 Read the instructions for having a good holiday.
7 a modern b noisy c dirty
Choose the correct answer from the words in
8 a under b between c opposite
italics.

1 Always lose / Don’t lose your money, credit cards

and passport.
2 Don’t stay / Stay in the sun all day long.
3 Drink / Don’t drink lots of water when it’s hot.
4 Take / Don’t take a tourist guide book and map so
you don’t get lost.
5 Don’t arrive / Arrive at the airport at least an hour
before your flight.

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92 a What
chemist
happened to Macy’sb museum
first shops?c airport Macy died in 1877 but the shop continued to be in the
10 a__Macy´s
really first shop they b quite
didn´t makec a bit Macy family until 1895.
much 1 point
money forand
eachthey
correct answer
all closed. 10
Macy’s changed shopping in many ways. First, it
3 What picture did R. H. Macy choose for
introduced new products such as the tea bag and
the outside of his shop? __Macy chose pictures on
coloured bath towels. Also, it was the first shop to
a red star
give one of the senior management jobs to a woman,
4 How much money did he make in the first year?
Margaret Getchell. By 1902 Macy’s was very large so
____He did make in the first year $85.000
it moved to Broadway. Macy’s continued to be very
5 When did the Macy family sell the shop?
popular and in 1918 its total sales were $36 million.
____Macy family didn´t sell the shop
The company gave jobs to many people from all over
2 points for each correct answer 10
the world. It helped them to start a new life in New
York and earn money for their families. In 1924 all
6 Read the text again. Decide if the sentences are the workers at Macy’s organized a ‘Thanksgiving Day
true (T) or false (F). If there is no information Parade’. The workers dressed in colourful clothes and
about this, choose ‘not given’ (NG). walked through the city singing and dancing to say
thank you to their new country. Today the parade still
1 Macy’s had many new ideas about shopping. happens and Macy’s has shops all over the USA.
____ng______
2 Macy’s gave the most important job in the shop to
a woman. _____t_____ 7 Write a review of a product you bought recently.
3 People with lots of different nationalities worked Write 40–50 words.
for Macy’s. ____t______
4 The Thanksgiving Day Parade was for new In your review, you should write about:
workers only. ____f______ • the cost and value for money.
5 At Thanksgiving the company gave thank-you • the look and how user-friendly it is.
presents to all its workers. _____f_____ • your opinion/recommendation.
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SPEAKING
The shop Macy’s in New York is very famous all over
the world, but it started as a small shop where people Student A
could buy dried foods. Rowland Hussey Macy was a
businessman who wanted to make money. He opened 8 Work with a partner. You are a customer. Ask
a few more shops, but they didn’t make much money the shop assistant about a T-shirt.
and they all closed. But he was a strong personality
and he believed that he could become rich. In 1858 at • Ask the price.
the age of thirty-six he opened Macy’s on Sixth • Ask to try it on.
Avenue in New York. He decided on a red star as the • Say you want to pay by credit card.
shop’s sign because he was a sailor before he owned
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Macy’s. On the first day he didn’t have many
customers and at the end of the day he had just
$11.06. But his shop started to become more popular
and at the end of the year he made about $85,000.

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SPEAKING

Student B

8 Work with a partner. You are a shop assistant.

Answer the customer’s questions.

• Say the price.

• Say where the changing rooms are.
• Offer the customer a bag.
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