He’s got an appointment at 2.50 with an important new customer called Mr Patel.. He has worked hard and doesn’t want to lose the contract with Mr Patel.. Then, just as he is leaving the
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Unit 1 Test
Name
1 Circle the correct letter.
E XAMPLE
Look! The car in front _
1 A _ been parachuting?
B Yes, _
2 I _ in Birmingham since 1999
3 I _ time in the last few days to read the
report
4 How long _ your best friend?
5 I _ five times in my life
2 Complete the text using the present simple,
present continuous, or present perfect Use
some verbs more than once.
My name’s Michael and I an art historian I
_ (1) at Bristol University I
_ (2) there for eight years now I
_ (3) general art history to the
undergraduate students, but I am a specialist in
English Tudor architecture I also
_ (4) books about my special area I
_ (5) five books and many articles At
the moment I _ (6) a book about
York Every year, in the spring, I _
(7) my first-year students to a city in Italy to study
the Renaissance We either _ (8) to
Rome, Venice or Florence I _ (9)
everything I _ (10) the hotels,
museums and galleries I _ (11) the
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flights, and arrange the journey I _ (12) a detailed timetable for each day Then when we _ (13) there I _ (14) the students out each day to different places and _ (15) them It’s very tiring but I _ (16) it For many
of the students it is their first visit to the cities, and they _ (17) usually very excited This year I _ not _ (18) because I have
to finish a book by April
Apart from that yearly trip I also
_ (19) going on my holidays For the past twelve years I _ (20) on holidays all over the world with a group of friends We _ (21) travelling to see new places with interesting art and architecture We
_ (22) to Egypt twice, and the Middle East several times We _ (23) to India three times This year we _ (24) to go
to Turkey I _ never _ (25) there I _ (26) lots of guide books, and I _ (27) all about the region I e-mail
my friends with my suggestions and they e-mail me back with their ideas In this way we _ (28) slowly how best to organize the trip
I also manage to go on holiday in the winter I _ (29) Christmas with my family, but over New Year I often _ (30) to Spain
or the United States to see friends
3 Put the words in the correct order.
E XAMPLE
Sundays/until/bed/10.00/I/on/often/in/stay
I often stay in bed until 10.00 on Sundays.
1 buy/usually/newspaper/you/do/a/?
2 to/goes/ever/cinema/Jane/hardly/the
3 on/out/they/go/night/never/Saturday
4 winter/the/in/snows/mountains/always/it/in/the
5 in/abroad/go/you/often/do/the/summer/?
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4 Complete the dialogues using these
expressions.
That must be a bit of a drag Oh, right
Really? That sounds very technical Well, yes
Yes, it’s all right Yes, I bet Yes, I suppose so
Oh, really? Where? That sounds interesting
What’s it like? Mmm that sounds lovely
Sandra Where do you work, Colin? Around here?
Colin No I work for an insurance company in
London
Sandra Oh, yes What do you do?
Colin I’m a computer programmer
enjoy it?
Colin _ (1) It isn’t the
most interesting job in the world, I suppose,
but it’s quite well paid, so …
Sandra Well, that’s important.
Colin _ (2) Anyway,
what about you? What do you do?
Sandra Oh, I’m a student.
Colin _ (3)
Sandra At Manchester University.
Colin Manchester, eh? I’ve never been there
_ (4) It rains all
the time, doesn’t it?
Sandra _ (5) It’s a bit
wet, but it’s a great city There’s a lot to do
there You know, theatres, cinemas, clubs
Colin _ (6) I’ve never
thought of Manchester like that What are
you studying?
Sandra I’m doing an MA in management.
Colin _ (7) Are you
enjoying it?
Sandra Yes, it’s great, but it’s hard work We have
a lot to read
Colin _ (8) Are you
living on the university campus?
Sandra No I’m sharing a flat in the city I really
like living in the city centre Do you live in
London then?
Colin No, I live in Oxford I find London a bit too
crowded these days I’ve lived in Oxford for
about two years now, I suppose
Sandra Do you actually live in Oxford itself?
Colin No, in a village about ten miles outside I’ve
got a cottage down by the river
Sandra _ (9) So, do you
commute every day?
Colin Yes, I go by train
Sandra _ (10)
Colin Well, no not really It only takes about an
hour and a half, and I read on the train, so
it’s not too bad
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Really? That sounds very technical.
5 Read the text and put the events in the correct
order.
The story of Richard’s day shows the stress of modern life, but Richard could do a lot to help himself He’s got an appointment at 2.50 with an important new customer called Mr Patel He has worked hard and doesn’t want to lose the contract with Mr Patel In the morning Richard is getting ready to go to see him He is having a busy day so far He has been to two meetings and made several telephone calls He is in a hurry, because he does not want to be late and he only has half an hour to get there Then, just as he is leaving the office, the Managing Director calls asking him if he has read a Sales report She doesn’t know that Richard’s got an important appointment, so she probably thinks that it’s a convenient time to talk Richard actually hasn’t read the report and he explains to his boss that he has been very busy Richard doesn’t start the journey until 2.30 pm Then while he’s driving to his appointment, he becomes more and more stressed There is a lot of traffic and the phone rings He’s late and Mr Patel is already waiting He stops
concentrating on his driving Then an accident happens because Richard is worrying about Mr Patel
He drives into the back of the driver in front He misses the appointment with Mr Patel The next day
Mr Patel cancels the contract Richard blames the Managing Director because he’s late But it isn’t the Managing Director’s fault Richard’s stress comes from the fact that he doesn’t give himself enough time for the journey
_ Richard stops concentrating on the road _ Mr Patel cancels the contract
_ Richard starts his journey
_ He becomes more and more stressed
_ Richard has an accident
_ Richard has two meetings and several telephone calls
_ The Managing Director calls
Richard works hard to get a new customer called Mr Patel
_ He gets ready to see the customer
_ Richard says that he hasn’t read the Sales Report
_ The phone rings on the journey
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