- •Unit one reading
- •Young people - coping with an unpredictable future
- •11. According to the writer, some systems are more advanced in South-East Asia than in the West because
- •12. According to the writer, training for the developments that he describes will be provided by
- •13. The writer concludes that
- •Listening
- •9 Who are Lisa, Olaf and Sasha?
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Underline the correct word to complete each sentence.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit two reading
- •Listening
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Circle the two suitable words in italics which best complete each sentence correctly.
- •3. Read the following text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit three reading
- •Views of intelligence across cultures
- •Listening
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
- •Select the best answer (a, b, c or d) which is appropriate for all three gaps in each of the following sets of sentences.
- •Complete the text using the words from the box.
- •Winners and Losers of Globalisation
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit four reading
- •The Sound of Silence
- •Listening
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •1. Use the words given in capitals to form a word which fits in the blank space.
- •2. Complete the text using the words from the box.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit five reading
- •Individualism or society?
- •13 Which of the following statements best summarizes the writer's view of individualism?
- •Listening
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
- •2. Read the following text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit six reading
- •3. Which part of the selection process now has most influence on who gets a job?
- •4. What is the main aim of interviews these days?
- •6. Why are interviews in some ways more relaxed now than they used to be?
- •7. How successful are modern interviews in helping employers to choose the right candidate?
- •8. This article was probably published in
- •Listening
- •9. John hopes to train as a teacher because
- •10. John says living in France improved his
- •С French and cultural awareness. Academic vocabulary in use
- •Circle the two suitable words in italics to complete each sentence correctly.
- •4. Read this short text and complete it with words from the box.
- •Speaking Speak on one of the following topics for 2 min. Two minutes’ preparation time is allowed.
- •Writing
- •Unit seven reading
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Fill each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit eight reading
- •1. Be a Leader
- •2. Generate Ideas
- •3. Be Willing To Work Hard
- •4. Do Not Scheme
- •Listening
- •You will hear an interview with the head of employment agency, where she talks about expectations in today’s job market.
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Read the following text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
- •3. Fill each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •Unit nine reading
- •Give Pennies a Chance
- •Is it time to rehabilitate copper pennies?
- •Listening
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •1. Read the following text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
- •3. Read the text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
- •Speaking
- •Practical advice:
- •Writing
- •Reading
- •Listening
- •Academic vocabulary in use
- •Use the words given in capitals to form a word which fits in the blank space.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •I. Кто на новенького?
- •10 Правил новичков
- •1. The successful use of barter depends mostly on
- •2. According to the text,
- •Нужно ли спасать исчезающие языки?
Listening
Listen to the first part of the recording. Answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Where was Solomon Asch born? ____________________________________________________
Which area of interest made Asch take up psychology? _________________________________
What was the name of Asch's famous experiment? ____________________________________
Who were the majority of participants in each experiment? ___________________________
Listen to the recording and answer Questions 5 to 8
Questions 5 and 6
Choose TWO letters A-E.
Which two features changed the results of the experiment?
A a bigger group
В the number of lines
С more time
D gender
E privacy
Questions 7 and 8
Choose TWO letters A-E.
Subjects explained their conformity as a desire to
A keep the experimenter happy.
В give a good impression.
С leave early.
D please the other participants.
E appear clever
Academic vocabulary in use
Circle the two suitable words in italics which best complete each sentence correctly.
When she saw the spider, she let out a piercing scream / yelp / shout / shriek.
When reading, you have more time to appreciate the shadows / subtleties / nuances / tones of meaning than when you’re listening.
It is sometimes difficult to absorb / interest / capture / comprehend all the necessary information if someone is talking too fast.
Some people like the straightforward / shortcut / modest / minimalist style of Internet conversations.
I like her novel, although her verbose / long-winded /elongated / stretched-out style bored me at times.
She mumbled / muttered / stuttered /spluttered something under her breath about being bored and walked out of the lecture hall.
His tendency / pitch / expression / tone was sarcastic; he obviously thought very little of his colleagues.
I have read through his work and I haven’t found any clear / clean / hard / striking examples of a text which is hard to understand.
2. Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
Communication Throughout our lives, right from the moment when as infants we cry to express hunger, we are engaging in social interaction of one form or …(1)… . Each and …(2)… time we encounter fellow human beings, some kind of social interaction will take place, …(3)… it’s getting on a bus and paying the fare for the journey, or socializing with friends. It goes without …(4)… , therefore, that we need the ability to communicate. Without some method of transmitting intentions, we would be …(5)… a complete loss when it …(6)… to interacting socially. Communication involves the exchange of information, which can be …(7)… from a gesture to a friend signaling boredom to the presentation of a university thesis which may …(8)… ever be read by a handful of others, or it could be something in …(9)… the two. Our highly developed languages set us …(10)… from animals. …(11)… for these languages, we could not communicate sophisticated or abstract ideas. …(12)… could we talk or write about people or objects …(13)… immediately present. …(14)… we restricted to discussing objects already present, we would be …(15)… to make abstract generalization about the world. |