Progress Test
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4 Units 7 & 8
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Reading
A Read the article about people and their money.
Money Makes The World Go Round
Who’s got it? How much have they got? Where did they get it?
Read on to find out. later, following the phenomenal success of the seven
Potter books and eight films, Rowling is reportedly worth
A over 500 million pounds and is the world’s richest author.
In 2012, Oklahoma City police approached a beggar carrying a sign
D
requesting money for travel and food. When asked why he was
When James Bowen rescued an injured cat, he had no idea
begging, the man – Shane Warren Speegle – claimed that he had
it would help him turn his life around. James, who had
made $60,000 begging the year before and had no reason to get a
been homeless, was trying to get his life together. He
job. With an income of $60,000 per annum, Speegle is hardly on
made a meagre living by busking in the streets of London.
the breadline; he would be earning the same as the average US
The last thing James needed was a pet, but Bob (the cat)
architect or computer programmer analyst.
had other ideas. He began accompanying James and,
B before long, James was making three times his usual
Tamara Ecclestone is the daughter of Formula One boss Bernie amount as the pair attracted more and more fans. So James
Ecclestone. Born into a life of fabulous wealth and privilege, she wrote a book about their relationship, A Street Cat Named
describes herself as a model, TV presenter and business Bob. It’s a wonderful story about love, commitment and a
entrepreneur. She starred in her own TV reality show, Tamara real person’s daily struggle with life. And though they no
Ecclestone: Billion $$$ Girl, in which viewers were given an longer need to busk, they still do twice a week because
insight into her busy life as a glamorous socialite. Her billionaire they enjoy it so much.
father has been criticised for lavishing so much money on her,
including purchasing for her a number of multi-million pound E
homes in London and Los Angeles. But, not wanting to take her In 1988 at the age of 20, Jay Sommers inherited almost $5.5
privileged life for granted, Tamara also gives back. She is a key million from a distant relative. The first thing the young man
fundraiser for the Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children. did was to buy five new cars. And then he kept on spending.
In fact, he blew through nearly $300,000 in the first two
C months. Realising he needed help in managing his new-found
Who isn’t familiar with the rags-to-riches tale of Harry Potter wealth, or it would soon be short-lived, he asked a
author J.K. Rowling? While struggling to support herself and her businessman friend of his to look after his finances.
young daughter on welfare payments, she worked on a book, the Unfortunately, the friend turned out to be a terrible financial
idea for which had occurred to her while she was travelling on a adviser who lost all of Sommers’ money in bad investments
train from Manchester to London in 1990. Over 20 years and questionable deals. Sommers sued his friend and won
$877,000, but it all went to paying off lawyers and for
making payments on other debts.
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B Complete the Exam Task.
Exam Task
You are going to read an article about people and their money. For questions 1 – 10,
choose from the paragraphs A – E. The paragraphs may be chosen more than once.
Which paragraph(s)
1 mentions a person who is very successful in his/her chosen field?
2 talks about someone who put his/her faith in the wrong person?
3 mentions facing life’s problems with a faithful companion?
4 describes someone who has never experienced poverty?
5 talks about a person who has no intention of ever working?
6 mentions someone who previously earned a small amount of money
by entertaining people?
7 mentions a person who had a life-changing thought while using public transport?
8 says that someone does something for pleasure rather than money?
9–10 mention someone who relied on donations from the general public? (__/ 10 marks)
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Vocabulary and Use your English
A Circle the correct words.
1 This recession has destroyed the economy, and we can only stimulate / transform growth by creating jobs.
2 The architect rolled up the blueprints and put them into a cardboard cylinder / rectangle .
3 Reluctantly, Bernie splashed out / forked out 100,000 euros for the diamond necklace his wife insisted on having.
4 Miranda bought some gorgeous vintage clothes at a flea / stock market.
5 My financial assumption / forecast for the next quarter sees banks tanking and food commodities rising.
6 Electronic devices / instruments such as tablets and smartphones are getting more and more sophisticated
as the technology improves.
7 There’s no need to reinvent / remodel the wheel when there are smart technology products already on the
market.
8 Will you accept a cheque or do you prefer to be paid in cash / money ?
(__/ 8 marks)
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words .
1 Don’t sit in that chair; one of the legs is loose so it’s__________________ STABLE
2 The___________________were set in place, the area was cleared and EXPLODE
finally, the old building was demolished.
3 You can’t check the__________________of a diamond with the naked PURE
eye; you need to use a special magnifying tool.
4 These 100-euro notes are obviously_________________; no one will FORGE
believe they are real.
5 It would certainly be__________________to your career if you had a ADVANTAGE
degree in economics.
6 I think some__________________people don’t care at all about the poor. AFFLUENCE
7 Is gold or copper a better____________________of electricity? CONDUCT
8 The of an average rock is greater than that of chalk. HARD
(__/ 8 marks)
C Complete the words in the sentences.
1 Diamond and graphite are different forms of the same e _ _ _ _ _ _, carbon.
2 Use the control p _ _ _ _ to add and remove software on your computer.
3 Of course you’ll pass your English exam; it’s not r _ _ _ _ _ science.
4 Copy the files to a m _ _ _ _ _ stick and then I can upload them to my computer.
5 In the science lab there is a huge poster of the p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ table on the wall.
6 A river of m _ _ _ _ _ lava flowed down the side of the volcano and threatened the village.
(__/ 6 marks)
D Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words.
be burn crash do get have got invest launder line
make owe save speculate throw tighten withdraw
1 He’s just lost his job; he acts like he’s got money___________when he should be____________his belt.
2 The banker_____________his pockets, encouraging criminals to______________their money through his bank.
3 Gerald____________deep pockets and when he sees a new company with potential, he___________in it.
4 Daphne is irresponsible. She_______________money to several people, but instead of clearing her debt, she
her______________money around.
5 Now that Carlos____________in the money, he no longer has_____________everything on a shoestring.
6 Petros is lucky – he likes to______________on the stock market and he usually_______________a decent profit.
7 Rupert________________for ages to go on that skiing trip, but he was disappointed and he didn’t think he
______________his money’s worth.
8 People became nervous and_____________their money from the banks; that is when the market___________.
(__/ 8 marks)
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Grammar
A Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 If scientists hadn’t discovered how to split an atom, they never__________________________________the atomic
bomb. (invent)
2 Supposing the program__________________________________, what would you do? (not work)
3 If you_________________________________the professor, would you give him this book, please? (see)
4 But for the revision I did, I_________________________________so high on the test. (not score)
5 If we__________________________________burning fossil fuels, the air quality would improve greatly. (stop)
6 The journal won’t publish your paper unless you__________________________________more details about your
research. (provide)
7 If you add oil to water under normal conditions, they__________________________________. (not mix)
8 I_________________________________for your help right now if they had approved my grant request. (not ask)
(__/ 8 marks)
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 We’d better_________________the professor again today. (not disturb)
2 I really wish you_________________your nails, Jason. It’s so annoying! (not bite)
3 Oh, come on now! It’s high time you_________________the basics of chemistry. (know)
4 I’d rather you_________________my computer if you don’t mind. (not use)
5 If only I_________________attention during biology lessons when I was at school. (pay)
6 This lecture is so boring! I wish we_________________here and gone to a café instead! (not come)
(__/ 6 marks)
C Circle the correct words.
1 Driving carefully, the GPS guided George to his destination / George was guided to his destination by the GPS .
2 Not only / Not until her credit card had been paid off could Dina start to save money.
3 Had you bought / You had bought it during the sales, it would have cost less.
4 Not having met / Not meeting Adam’s parents before, Tania was quite nervous.
5 Milos, whose / who’s my brother’s friend, is a well-known physicist.
6 Never / Nowhere can shoppers find better bargains than those online.
7 The research that conducted / conducted supports my theory.
8 Being torn / Having been torn , the coat couldn’t be returned to the shop.
( / 8 marks)
D Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
1 Ulm is the city_________________which Albert Einstein was born.
2 2012 was the year_________________the most rain fell in England.
3 The thing_________________annoys me the most is that I’m the only one who cleans the lab.
4 Andrew, to_________________I gave the report, is my assistant.
5 The reason_________________they are here is to be shown the new equipment.
6 _________________I didn’t know at the time was that the scholarship had already been awarded.
7 Mr Stone,_________________research facility I’ve been working in, is highly intelligent.
8 It is at this location_________________they discovered the meteorite.
( / 8 marks)
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Writing
Complete the Exam Task.
Exam Task
You read the following announcement in an English-language magazine:
Articles
Human beings have invented many useful things,
but which is the most useful? We would like you, the
readers, to submit articles telling us which is the most
useful invention and explain how it improves our lives.
We will publish the most interesting articles.
Write your article in 220–260 words in an appropriate style. (__/ 10 marks)
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