Acheive toeic bridge part 15

Since it is followed by a verb in the present perfect, a period of time until today, for twenty years, is the correct answer.. The auxiliary verb do must be used in a short answer with y

Exercise 2

1 Why didn’t you ATTEND the LECTURE on German literature?

2 Employees usually have lunch at the CANTEEN between 12:00 and 1:00

3 Do you REALIZE this is the fifth time you have been late?

4 The shop DECEIVED customers by selling second hand books as new ones

5 The most SENSIBLE thing to do would be to ask the receptionist

6 The Congressman is very SENSITIVE to the problems of homeless people

7 The FABRIC they used to make the bride’s dress was bought in Italy

8 I borrowed this book about Italian art from the public LIBRARY

9 I studied medieval HISTORY at college

10 After a series of difficult negotiations, he EVENTUALLY agreed to sign the contract

Exercise 3

The price of cars has increased by 2% since the beginning of the year

Everybody attended the meeting except the manager

She is not very interested in baseball

The government’s economic policy led to a major crisis

They were deeply affected by the news

He was so bored with the movie that he left before the end

Why did you park your car there’?

Wash your hands and brush your teeth

I’m trying to lose some weight

10 I have already made plans for the weekend

11 Hurry up! I don’t want to arrive late

12 I don’t know what to wear for the party

13 I’m not tall enough to reach the books which are on the shelf

14 I read a novel by Charles Dickens last summer

- Where does Satoshi sell its products? Holland

- How many people does Satoshi employ? 125,000

- What does Klemp produce? Food for animals

Exercise 2

Keep - To continue doing something, or to do it repeatedly

Train - A group of carriages connected together and pulled by a railway engine to carry people or goods

Catch - To get on a train, bus or aircraft in order to travel to a destination

Bear - To accept, tolerate, or endure something/someone unpleasant

Wind - A current of air moving across the earth’s surface

Reception - Place in a hotel or office building where people go when they first arrive

Kind - Sort, type

Exercise 3

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Married Outgoing Elderly Expecting

Pets

Held Brought up Deceiving Make Split up

Surgery, surgeon Surgical

1 She bought several expensive items at the new department store

2 As she is a good customer, the salesman gave her a 5% discount

3 She borrowed money from her best friends to pay for her apartment

4 The fresh food department is in the basement

5 This dress is too expensive I can’t afford it

6 How much is this suit? I can’t find the price tag

7 This shop sells antique furniture at bargain prices

8 Some people spend more money on their cars than on their food

9 As the blouse was not my size, I returned it to the shop and asked for a refund

10 Can you deliver two pizzas to my apartment in ten minutes?

Exercise 25

They’re going to open a new store in Riverdale

1

2 I'd like to buy a sweater for my son

8: How much does this scarf cost?

4 Do you accept credit cards?

5; The clerk forgot to give me a receipt

6 Can I be of any assistance, Sir?

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he had been working

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APPENDIX B

Tapescripts and answer key for

tests and mini-tests

The dog is running

The man is working

The man is walking his dog

The man is feeding the dog

A man is reading a paper

The man is writing a paper

The man is sitting on a train

There are two people on the bench

The men are loading the truck

The men are carrying large boxes

A man is climbing into the truck

Crates are stacked outside the truck

The crowd is listening to a concert

The concert has just ended

The people are waiting for the bus

There isn’t anybody on the stage

The children are reading

The woman is holding a shopping bag

The children are riding horses

The woman is looking at the child

How often do you play tennis?

(A) With my new racket

(C) For twenty years

Where does the meeting take place?

(A) At 2:00pm

(B) In room C12

(C) To review the sales results

Do you know Claudia?

(A) Yes, I know

(B) No, I’m not

Have you been waiting long?

(A) Just a few minutes

(B) 6 miles long

(C) In the convention hall

Can I have extension 470, please?

(A) Until 4:17pm

(B) Hold on, please

(C) On the fourth floor

Would you like to see round the research center?

(A) I'd love to

(B) Yes, I like it

Do you have any single rooms available?

Yes, sir We still have four vacant rooms this week How long would you like to stay?

Just tonight

Why don’t we go to the movies tomorrow instead of watching TV all day?

All right What kind of movie do you want to see?

There’s a good comedy showing at the Odeon Performances are at 4:15 and 8:30

OK Let’s go to the evening show

And now here’s the weather forecast for the next twenty-four hours It will be mainly dry and sunny but rather cold in the morning with temperatures below zero You can expect some rain in the afternoon So, wrap up warm before leaving home today

It’s almost 9:30 If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss our plane

You’re right Do you want to take the bus or the train to go to the airport?

I think we'd better take a taxi

Mr Sakamoto, Welcome to CBN industries Let me introduce you to

Mark Harrison, our sales manager; Douglas Norton, our marketing manager, and Jessica Smith, my personal assistant

Pleased to meet you

Mini-test 1 — Answer key

1 C) A man is crossing a street He is walking his dog, keeping it on a leash

(A) The dog is walking but not running Choice (B) tries to confuse by using the similar-sounding words working and walking Choice (D) does not identify the action

2 (A) A man is sitting on a bench reading a paper, or newspaper Choice (B)

tries to confuse by using the similar-sounding words writing and

reading (C) The man is sitting on a bench, not on a train (D) There is

only one person on the bench

3 (D) Crates are stacked, or piled, outside the truck (A) There are two men

near the truck, but neither of them is /oading it (B) The two men are not

shown carrying boxes (C) Nobody is climbing into the truck

4 (A) The photograph shows a group of people, or crowd gathered to listen to a

singer and a few musicians performing on a stage (B) There is no evidence that the concert has just ended Choice (C) the people are waiting for the bus misidentifies the location and the action (D) The stage is not empty Several people can be seen performing on it

5 (D) In the photograph, there are two children standing in front of a woman

who is looking at one of them (A) The children are looking at the woman No book or magazine is visible in the children’s hands, so they cannot be reading anything (B) There is no evidence in the photograph that the woman is holding anything (C) There are no horses in the photograph

6 (C) The question asks about the frequency of the action Only choice (C)

indicates a frequency (A) answers a question about “how” (B) answers

a question about “where”

Ts (C) The key word is how long Since it is followed by a verb in the present

perfect, a period of time until today, for twenty years, is the correct

answer (A) indicates a distance, not a period of time until now (B)

indicates a period of time in the past

8 (B) This is a request for information about a place Choice (A) answers a

question about “when” Choice (C) indicates the purpose of the meeting

9 (C) The question is asked in the present simple The auxiliary verb do must

be used in a short answer with yes (A) In a short answer with yes or no, the verb cannot be repeated without an object (B) Am is not the

appropriate auxiliary

The question is a polite request The man wants to speak to someone whose telephone extension is 470 The woman asks him to hold on to invite him to wait Choices (A) and (C) try to confuse by using the similar-sounding numbers 470 (extension number), 4:/7 (time) and fourth (floor number)

The first man asks the second man if he wants to visit the center

Choice (A) contains the auxiliary verb would which matches the question (B) is a general statement in the present simple which does not match the context (C) contains the auxiliary verb won’t which is not appropriate

The woman wants to know if Mr Howard has any luggage to check In choice

he explains that he has only one suitcase Choice (A) answers a question about

place Choice (B) is the past simple tense which is not appropriate to answer a question in the present simple

The man indicates that he wants to stay just tonight, that is one night only Choices (A) one week and (C) two nights are not indicated in the

conversation (D) In this conversation, four indicates the number of rooms

available, not a number of nights

There is only one performance in the evening, at 8:30 The woman suggests going to the movies tomorrow and not (A) today or (B) this evening The man chooses a performance in the evening not (C) in the afternoon

The speaker says that listeners can expect some rain in the afternoon, which indicates that it will be wet Choice (A) is not mentioned in the announcement Choices (B) sunny and (D) dry describe the weather expected in the morning, not in the afternoon

The man decides to take a taxi rather than (A) the train or (B) the bus

Choice (D) on foot is not mentioned in the conversation

Jessica Smith works for CBN Industries The man introduces her as his personal assistant Therefore she can be neither (A) a visitor like Mr Sakamoto nor (B) a manager like Mark Harrison and Douglas Norton (C)

Mr Sakamoto is visiting the company that Ms Smith works for, which implies that they cannot be colleagues

Can is a modal used to ask for permission to do something The auxiliary verbs (B) have and (D) had should be followed by the past participle of the verb (C) The use of an auxiliary verb in the third person singular is

inappropriate here as the subject of the question is in the first person

After the preposition before, the gerund form of the verb should be used Choice (B) to found is in the infinitive Choice (C) is the similar-sounding verb find, which is inappropriate in this context Choice (D) founded is in the past simple

or past participle

In this sentence, the verb should be in the plural to agree with the plural subject

students (A) The relative pronoun who is required here to link the two parts of

the sentence instead of the subject pronoun they Choice (B) watching cannot be followed by the preposition to (C) The verb should agree in number with the plural word students The correct form would be are listening

The adverb still should be used in this sentence to indicate that the action is not finished yet (A) The preposition until is usually followed by a specific time reference (C) The adverb again is generally used to refer to a repeated situation

or action, not an unfinished one (D) Ever is generally used in questions and sentences containing a verb in the negative form

In this sentence, the possessive pronoun theirs should be used to avoid repeating the noun company (A) They is a subject pronoun (B) Their is a possessive adjective and must be followed by a noun (D) There’s cannot be used in this context

The sentence is a general statement about the school system A verb in the present simple go is therefore necessary Choices (A) has gone and (B) have gone are both in the present perfect simple Choice (D) is going is in the present continuous, which is not appropriate to refer to a general statement

On is the only correct preposition to complete the verb concentrate, which

excludes choices (B) to, (C) at and (D) like

From is the only correct preposition to complete the phrase borrow money,

which excludes choices (B) at, (C) after and (D) to

Born is preceded by the auxiliary verb was to refer to an event that occurred at a

definite time in the past (A) Born must be preceded by the auxiliary verb be

(B) The event occurred at a specific time in the past, 1978, which implies the

use of the auxiliary be in the past tense, not in the present or (D) the present

perfect

The advertisement states that Doobie’s Corner is a place where drinks are

served, which implies that it is a bar (B) The advertisement makes no mention

of an office Although sports events are broadcast live on large TV screen, Doobie’s Corner is neither (C) a sports team, nor (D) a TV channel