Module Test 3

Vocabulary 3 Different types of work; confusing words; job

benefits and rewards
1 Jobs
Complete the text using the correct options A–D.
Complete the job definitions.
1 someone who designs or builds roads, bridges or
machines
Getting a job
2 someone who writes legal agreements and advises With 1 being very high in some countries, it can be very
people about laws difficult to find a good job. One good way of getting into the job
3 someone who keeps and checks financial market after university is to do a(n) 2 for a couple of months
accounts in business in a large company before you graduate. Other people choose not to
4 someone who sells things and helps customers in go to university at all but to learn a skill by working with an expert.
a shop A(n) 3 usually leads to excellent job prospects. One way of
5 someone who pretends to be someone else in a getting experience is to do 4 work for a charity. Although
film or play
there is no 5 and you have to work for free, the experience
6 someone who designs buildings
can be really useful. A potential 6 likes to see experience on a
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CV and will look for evidence of this when they receive job 7 .
2 Adjectives to describe jobs; activities at work At the interview, the interviewee will be asked about their experience.
Choose the correct options in italics to complete Students who have had a(n) 8 job while they were studying
the text. will find that this experience is also taken into consideration.
Sarah’s job is perfect for her although it isn’t
particularly 1 repetitive / well-paid. She works in a 1 A employment B unemployment
children’s hospital and she loves it. She 2 attends / C bonuses D working conditions
manages a team of 12 people, which can be very 2 A internship B employment
3 challenging / rewarding at times but she works hard C training D promotion
and her team like her very much. Sometimes the job 3 A shift work B job
can be very 4 stressful / repetitive but she enjoys it. C career D apprenticeship
She spends a lot of time 5 writing / doing paperwork,
4 A voluntary B part-time
which she doesn’t enjoy so much and 6 writing /
C full-time D shift
making reports. But she knows that what she is doing
is rewarding because she is helping children and 5 A overtime B promotion
their families. C salary D pension
/6 6 A employee B colleague
C applicant D employer
7 A opportunities B satisfaction
C conditions D applications
8 A promotion B part-time
C overtime D career
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4 Collocations; phrasal verbs
Complete the text with the words in the box.
There are two extra words.
deal earn give look running set turn

Everyone has to 1 a living but

finding a job that you also enjoy is not always easy.
Maisie Jacks has just 2 up her own
recruitment agency to find work for new graduates.
She was offered a job in a big company but thought
it would be rather boring so she decided to
3 it down. She knows that for the
first year she won’t make a lot of money and she has
to 4 with a lot of paperwork, which
she doesn’t particularly like but she is very happy
5 her own business.
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Review Test 4

Listening

Questions 1–5 Questions 6–10

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Answer the questions below.
Write no more than THREE WORDS for each answer.
1 On the day of the race, the speaker advises
volunteers to leave their cars
6 Where will people be able to see the results of
A near the park.
this year’s race?
B at the sports stadium.
C at the shopping centre. 7 What kind of food will be available on the day
of the race?
2 Runners should wear their race number
A on their shoe. 8 What is not far from the stage?
B on their wrist. 9 Where is the building where the runners’
C on their T-shirt. personal items will be kept?
3 Which group will start the race? 10 Where will the runners start the race?
A the purple group
B the yellow group
C the blue group
4 Volunteers are still needed to help with
A doing first aid.
B starting the race.
C giving out drinks.
5 Volunteers working at the finish line will have to
A put the digital chips in buckets.
B take the digital chips from runners.
C send the digital chips to headquarters.

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 Review Test 1

Reading

Questions 1–7 Questions 8–10

The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A–G. Answer the questions below.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A–G from the Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from
list of headings below. the passage for each answer.

1 Paragraph A ii 5 Paragraph E v 8 According to Hannah Morrish, which aspect

2 Paragraph B iii 6 Paragraph F vii of university accommodation can vary?
3 Paragraph C i 7 Paragraph G iv quality
4 Paragraph D ix 9 What can students learn about in university
cafés? atmosphere on campus
List of Headings
10 Who should you talk to to get an honest
i Living arrangements on the university campus opinion of the university? second-year undergraduates
ii Advice on choosing a university degree
iii Examining the quality of specific study areas
iv Returning to some universities
v Getting feedback from other students
vi The importance of good quality facilities
vii Visiting facilities in the local area
viii Ways of finding out which courses universities offer
ix Visiting places to eat onsite

University Open Days

A Deciding which degree to study and which university to attend D Pay a visit, too, to the campus canteens and see what’s on offer.
are among the biggest decisions that you, as a high school Unless you are particularly close to a town or organised enough
student, are faced with. University websites and teachers to make homemade lunches, they will become one of your most
can provide you with valuable information with regard to the regularly visited places. Cafés are also great places to assess
degrees that are available. However, university open days can the atmosphere on campus – ask yourself if you can imagine
offer you the chance to take a look at their facilities first-hand, spending three or four years in this kind of environment. Gareth
and it is advisable to make the most of this opportunity to Hughes, psychotherapist and researcher in student wellbeing at
really examine the aspects of university life that will make a the University of Derby, explains that ‘A lot of students make their
difference to your time there. final decision based on their feelings.’
B Many students do not visit the university library until they are E You get plenty of opportunity to chat to your student tour
faced with deadlines for their assignments towards the end of guides but getting an honest opinion of the university from
term. This is clearly not advisable and as, by the third year, you someone who has been trained to highlight the best bits is
will probably spend a lot of time in the library working, reading often quite difficult. A better way of getting a clear picture is to
or taking notes, it’s a good idea to work out whether you’re talk to other second-year undergraduates to find out if they are
happy with the setting. Check if the students look distracted a member of any societies, where they go out in the evening
and if the noise is kept at an agreeable level. Also, consider if or how they made friends. You could also ask how many
the library is well stocked and if there are later opening hours universities they visited during their decision-making process.
at busy times.
F Walk to the nearest supermarket, gym, yoga studio – take your
C Universities in the UK generally have a variety of student pick. Wherever you feel you will spend the most time outside of
accommodation on offer – the halls of residence. Some lectures, walk there from campus. How long does it take? And if
offer catering, others are self-catering and some have you can’t walk there, how long does it take by public transport?
ensuite bathrooms. According to Hannah Morrish, education
G Realistically, it won’t be possible to go back to every university
community manager at the Student Room, there can also be
that you initially chose to visit, but it is a good idea to check the
‘quite a range of quality’. And Ross Renton, pro vice-chancellor
ones you like, both when you have made your application and,
at the University of Worcester, warns that accommodation can
potentially, after you have received an offer. And, adds Hughes,
make or break the student experience. It is, therefore, certainly
if you still have questions after visiting, be sure to email and
worth checking out different options as part of your visit. Note
‘keep the conversation going’. After all, you will spend several
in particular the quality of the kitchens and bathrooms.
years of your life at university.

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Review Test 4 Audio Script
You will hear a co-ordinator talking to volunteer helpers lovely people of St John’s Ambulance have donated their
before a race in which a large number of people will take services for the day, so that won’t be necessary.
part.
If you’re stationed at the finish line, you’ll be collecting
Thank you all for volunteering to help us with the the digital chips from the runners for us to send to
Windsor to Wokingham fun run. I’m sure with your headquarters. Now this is a change from last year, when
contribution and some great team work, it’ll be a huge we asked runners to put their chips in specially marked
success. The aim of this meeting is to give you all some buckets. It’s really important that participants don’t go
information about your duties on the day of the race. off home with the timing chips because then they won’t
know what their race time was!
Some of you were asking about where you can leave
your car on the day. Well, unfortunately most of the usual What else? Oh yes … You’ll get people coming to you to
places, around Windsor Great Park for example, will be ask how they did in the race. We used to just post the
out of bounds on the day itself because we’ll need extra results on the wall of the canteen in the old days, but
space for the vehicles of the various emergency services. we’re just too big for that now, so we’ve had to change.
Probably the best option is the Bob Mills Sports Stadium We’re looking at putting everything on our website in the
in Wood Street. I know that the closest car park is actually future, but this year, all the race results will be published
at the Riversdale Shopping Centre, but I’d advise you to in the local newspaper on the twentieth of May. There’ll
avoid that because they usually remove any cars that be a souvenir supplement, with everyone’s name,
don’t belong to their customers and it costs a lot to get placings, times and lots of photos of the event. I’m sure
your car back! lots of people will be setting themselves some goals and
hopefully many will make their personal best on the day!
At the starting point, most of you will be checking that
the runners have all the necessary gear, especially their There will be some catering on the day, but it will just
digital-timing chip, their race number and their identity be light snacks. No heavy food obviously. And there’ll
wristband. Please make sure that the number is attached be a selection of hot and cold drinks available, too. The
to the front of their T-shirt, and not the back. The digital winners on the day will receive their medals on the stage
chip, which records the runner’s time, needs to be clipped that’ll be set up just to the left of the Information Centre.
on to one of their shoes. And, of course, check that On the day, the runners will be asked to put all their
they’re wearing their wristband. personal belongings in lockers at the Community Building
on Rose Avenue. We used to ask runners to put their stuff
Some of you will be in charge of organising the starting
in containers in the small building on Star Row, but the
groups. It’s very important that runners start in a
general feeling was that it’s not convenient enough for
particular order and we have a system of colour codes
everyone. And of course you’ll get lots of people asking
for that. The yellow group are walkers and people with
you about the toilets. There will be two lots of toilets.
babies in pushchairs. The blue group are the runners
The first will be behind the entrance at Pine Avenue
that are expected to finish in under an hour and the
and the other will be close to the start line on West
purple group are our top athletes. We’d like them to
Road. The last one will be the bigger of the two. I hope I
lead the race, and we’d like the other groups to follow
haven’t forgotten anything important and if you have any
after that, with the yellow group at the very back. This is
questions, I’d be happy to …
for their own safety really.
Unfortunately we’re still short on volunteers for the race
day, so if you have any friends or family members who
might be interested in helping out, please do let us know.
We’re probably OK for people to help with the start, but
we still desperately need volunteers along the race course
to distribute bottles of water to the runners. A few of
you have offered to help with first aid, but actually the

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