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1 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation    B ENGLISH FILE 4

GRAMMAR 3 How many colleagues have you asked to come?

I can’t remember _____________________________
1 Order the words to make questions and sentences. _______________________.
Example: you / the / enjoy / didn’t / meal / ? 4 Why did she go out without taking her coat?
Didn’t you enjoy the meal? I wonder ____________________________________
1 do / to / how / for / guests / need / cook / we / many / ? _______________________?
2 to / aren’t / you / home / pleased / didn’t / you / go / 5 Can we take friends to the show?
that / decide / ? Do you have any idea __________________________
3 speak / you / be / better / practice / , / to / more / the / _______________________?
you / will / the / able /. 6 When does the office close for Easter?
4 seen / movie / the / you’ve / isn’t / this / ever / best / I’m not sure _________________________________
horror / ? _______________________.
5 theater / night / the / go / last / you / did / to / ? 6

6 eating / really / sugar / should / be / much / you / Grammar total 20

that / ?
7 nationalities / class / the / what / your / people / in / VOCABULARY
are / ?
8 higher / up / heat / colder / the / it / , / the / the / I / gets 4 Complete the words in the sentences.
/ turn /. Example: Hannah isn’t very open to new ideas – she’s
8 quite narrow-minded.
1 Kevin gets angry really easily – he’s extremely
2 Complete the sentences with an auxiliary verb. bad-t________.
Example: Your sister speaks Spanish, doesn’t she? 2 I’m always happy to try something new and different
– I’m pretty o________-minded.
1 We both like sailing, but none of our friends
3 If I really want something, I’ll do anything to get it
________.
– I’m very strong-w________.
2 A We’re having an Indian meal this evening.
4 Jackie will go along with whatever you want to do
B So ________ we!
– she’s pretty easy-g________.
3 You’ve been to the States before, ________ you?
5 Brian hardly ever spends any money – he’s very
4 A I’d love to be a doctor. tight-f________.
B ________ you? I think I’d find it too demanding.
6 Jason won’t mind you using his computer – he’s very
5 A Will Anna be coming to the conference? l________-back.
B No, she ________. She’s in Paris. 7 Why did you tell Paula that and tell me something
6 A I don’t think Belinda wants to come to the beach different? You’re so two-f________.
this afternoon. 8 You ought to consider other people’s needs
B She ________ want to! She told me this morning. sometimes – you’re too s________-centered.
6 9 I don’t think she’s a difficult character – she seems
very well-b________ on the whole.
3 Read the questions and complete the indirect 10 I’ve forgotten my password again – I’m becoming
questions and statements. more a________-minded these days.
10
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 ________________________________
_______________________?

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5 Underline the correct word. PRONUNCIATION

Example: This movie is a bit boring / enjoyable / 7 Match the words with the same sound.
interesting.
1 We enjoy working with Chris but she is rather decision bandage terraced
open-minded / hard-working / slow. noise flustered jazz
2 I’m a bit self-confident / self-centered / Example: agency bandage
good-tempered sometimes.
1 bizarre ________, ________
3 This salad is extremely OK / alright / delicious.
2 persuade ________, ________
4 I think your parents are a bit open-minded /
narrow-minded / good-tempered. 3 unusual ________
4 5

6 Choose the correct words for the definitions. 8 Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: cheer|ful
bizarre crush somebody trend job-seeker
candidate pioneer headhunter 1 job|-see|ker
2 head|hun|ter
Example: A person who contacts people and offers 3 fa|sci|nate
them a job with a new company headhunter
4 di|rec|tor
1 popular way of doing something ________ 5 news|pa|per
2 the first to do something in a new and different way 5
________
3 very strange and unusual ________ Pronunciation total 10
4 person looking for employment ________
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
5 person who applies for a job ________
6 destroy someone’s confidence ________
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1 Reading and Writing    B ENGLISH FILE 4

READING Briggs, a wealthy housewife from Washington, DC, realized

Clarence Myers was a good match for her daughter, Isabel,
Read the article about personality tests. Five when she brought him home from college. (–––– 5 ––––)
sentences have been removed. Which sentence Jung’s Psychological Types fascinated her and soon Isabel
(A–F) fits each gap (1–5)? There is one extra was infected by her mother’s enthusiasm. Over the next
sentence you do not need to use.
two decades, the pair became very interested in how
people behave. Jung only identified eight personality types,
The Myers-Biggs Type but Isabel Briggs Myers eventually doubled that number.

Indicator According to the MBTI, everybody can be described by four

letters chosen out of a total of eight, for example ISFJ or
The business of personality tests is big and growing. As ENTP. The various combinations of letters make up the
more people are looking for work, the competition for jobs sixteen personality types.
gets greater and greater, and companies are looking for
Apparently the overwhelming majority of the 2.5 million
new ways to find the best person for the job. So, the next
Americans who take the MBTI assessment each year feel
time you apply for a job, you might be asked to take a
their results do fit their personalities. However, the Myers
personality test. How effective are these tests, though?
and Briggs Foundation itself discourages the use of the test
Several years ago, Andrea was looking for a summer job to for hiring and firing. Instead, they see it mainly as a means
pay her way through college. She heard the tips were good of getting employees to think about how they interact with
in a restaurant in Chicago, and decided to apply. But before colleagues and work as a team. So, if you are asked to do a
the interview, she had to fill out an online application personality test at some point in the future, think carefully
including a psychometric test – a test which would reveal a about the reason behind it. It may not be for the reason you
lot about her personality. She explained that there was a thought!
whole section on ethics and how you’d react in a given
situation, like dealing with a difficult customer, for example.
A Therefore, companies want to make sure their
(–––– 1 ––––)
employees get along with each other.
Andrea was surprised but was faced with a similar test
B He seemed like a nice young man, but his way of
when she applied to work in a bookshop. Personality tests
thinking was so strange to her that she turned to books
are now appearing in all types of industry. In a global
for help.
recession, many firms want to be sure they are employing
C On the other hand, according to one author, as many as
the most suitable person for the job. They cannot afford to
75% of test takers achieve a different personality type
pick the wrong one. Smaller profits also mean staff are
when tested for a second time
working under more stress. (–––– 2 ––––) Disagreements are
costly and inefficient.
D And apparently the message was pretty clear – if you’re
easily annoyed, don’t be a waitress.
In the US alone, there are about 2,500 personality tests on
the market. (–––– 3 ––––) Used by 89 of the top 100
E This refers to qualities such as being friendly or
companies, it has been translated into 24 languages. It has
unfriendly, or lazy or hard-working, which are present
also been adopted by governments and military agencies
in all of us.
around the world. “Myers-Briggs is the most successful F One of the most popular is called the Myers-Briggs
psychometric test out there and deservedly so,” says Type Indicator, or MBTI.
Rachel Robinson of the consultancy firm YSC in central Reading total 10
London. “It has been a fantastic vehicle for people to think
about themselves and how others are different.” WRITING
Perhaps its attraction lies in its simplicity – according to the
MBTI, we all match one of 16 character types. But it’s the
Write an email to your friend telling him / her about
fact that it is so straightforward that makes some people
something unusual that happened to you recently.
suspicious. Write 140–180 words. Include the following
Like many personality tests, MBTI is based on the work of information:
Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who, together with • say what happened to you
Sigmund Freud, helped lay the foundations of modern • explain where you were when it happened
psychology. Jung developed the idea of opposed pairs of • describe how you acted in this situation
characteristics. (–––– 4 ––––) He suggested that in terms of
each pair of qualities, we tend to be one or the other. Writing total 10

The MBTI was invented thanks to an awkward relationship

Reading and Writing total 20
between a woman and her future son-in-law. Katherine

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1 Listening and Speaking    B ENGLISH FILE 4

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to five people talking about which 1 Answer your partner’s questions.
characteristics in a person annoy them. Choose
Now make questions and ask your partner.
from the list (A–F) which characteristic each
person mentions. Use the letters only once. There 1 How long / learn English?
is one extra letter you do not need to use. 2 How / relax?
A being messy 3 What / enjoy / doing / when / have / some free time?
B showing impoliteness 4 Do / spend / much time / use / the internet? Why /
C not being reliable Why not?
D being jealous 5 What / earliest memory?
E not considering other people
F not being careful 2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree
Speaker 1:
or disagree. Give reasons.
Speaker 2: “It’s important for friends to be interested in the same
Speaker 3: things.”
Speaker 4: 3 Listen to your partner talking about friendship.
Speaker 5: Do you agree with him / her?
5
Speaking total 20

2 Listen to a young businessman talking about job Listening and Speaking total 30
interviews. Underline the correct answer.
1 Graham feels that he didn’t give enough
examples / his answers weren’t always short
enough / he didn’t spend enough time getting
ready.
2 Graham thinks his interviewers are successful /
helpful / cheerful people.
3 Graham says he had a rough idea / had no idea /
predicted in advance what the questions in the
interview would be.
4 Graham felt confident about his experience /
abilities / qualifications.
5 Graham advises people to try to be confident / ask
questions about the company / behave as
normal during the interview.
5

Listening total 10

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