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B1 Unit test 12A

1 Complete the mini-dialogues with suitable 2 Combine the pairs of sentences using the present
words. The first letters have been given. perfect simple and for or since.

1 A I think Zara would be a great EXAMPLE:

n__________ – she loves taking care of My partner is a teacher. He started teaching in
people. 2004.
My partner has been a teacher since 2004.
B Definitely! She’d be fantastic at the
job.
1 I’m a professor at City University. I started working
there six years ago.
______________________________
2 A What does your partner do?
2 Ria wants to work in New York. She decided this
B He’s an a__________. when she left college.
A I could never do that – I’m no good ______________________________
with numbers. 3 Piotr had an accident at work. He doesn’t have a
job now.
______________________________
3 A Where were BMW cars first 4 Tomas has a new boss. His boss began work a week
produced? ago.
______________________________
B In a f__________ in Bavaria in
5 Eleni lives in Greece now. She moved there when
Germany.
she was a teenager.
______________________________
4 A Have you noticed that Stefan loves
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watching all those TV dramas set in court?
B Yes, I think it’s because he wants to 3 Match 1–5 with a–g to make complete sentences.
study law and be a j__________ one day. Add to or not to in the correct place in each
sentence. There are two endings that you don’t
need.
5 A How did you end up doing this job?
1 If you have an interview, it’s important ___
B Well, I studied e__________ at 2 Yesterday my bosses warned me ___
university and then joined the company. 3 Zara doesn’t have time ___
A Have you always enjoyed designing 4 It was a useful experience for me ___
things? 5 All members of staff are given a mobile phone ___

B Yes, I have.
a look at the person who asked you.
2 points for each correct answer 10 b hear how I plan to do it.
c see how others do my job.
d be late for the meeting.
e arrive on time for it.
f make keeping in touch easier.
g give me any help with my project.

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B1 Unit test 12A

4 Complete the manager’s description of his job 6 Choose the correct answer from the words in
with the correct form of the words in the box. italics.
There are three words that you don’t need.
1 Ria hasn’t done much work this year. Instead /
enquiry team emails paperwork However, she got a huge pay rise.
clients meeting business 2 Despite / Even though I was on holiday, I answered
presentation all my work emails.
3 Josef was late for work this morning, but / despite
I’m a manager in a large publishing company in he still went home early.
Singapore and I’ve worked there for ten years. 4 The company didn’t employ any extra staff. Instead
Sometimes my work is really exciting, like when I go / Even though, they asked everyone to work more.
out of the office to visit 1_______________ or go to 5 However / Although the company made a lot of
our offices in other countries. But unfortunately that money last year, the director lost his job.
doesn’t happen very often. On a typical day, the first
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thing I do when I come into the office is read my
2
_______________. There are usually lots of those, so 7 Complete the text with suitable linking words.
that can take a while. There are twelve people on my Use a different word or phrase in each space.
3
_______________ and I enjoy working with all of
them. Most days we get together and spend at least two Google is one of the most popular search engines in
hours planning future projects, and one of us often the world and is used by millions of people to help
does a 4_______________ then. There’s quite a bit of them find the information they need. It was started in
5
_______________ to do, too, like checking the 1990s by two students, Larry Page and Sergey
documents and preparing contracts, but I don’t really Brin, at Stanford University in the US. They examined
mind doing that sort of thing. how other search engines did their job,1__________
they were not happy with what they saw. So, they
2 points for each correct answer 10 invented something better and called their new search
5 Match 1–5 to a–f to make complete sentences. engine 'BackRub'.2__________, they eventually
There is one ending that you don’t need. changed this name to ‘Google’.3__________ being
Page’s and Brins’ idea, the Google website came under
1 I couldn’t live in my sister’s house _____ Stanford University’s website at that time.
4
2 I’d love to stop and chat, _____ __________ the search engine was a huge success,
3 I understood exactly what I had to do _____ Page and Brin decided to sell it in the late 1990s
4 I broke up with my partner _____ because they wanted to do other things. They don’t
5 I couldn’t finish my report on time, _____ own the company now.5__________, they work for it,
and have promised to be there for many more years.
a but I’m in a hurry to get to the shops before they
close. 2 points for each correct answer 10
b so I was in trouble with my manager.
c because she explained it to me in detail.
d but I’m in charge of it now.
e because it’s always in such a mess.
f because we had nothing in common any more.

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8 Read the extract from a conversation during a

Lena Well, to be honest, sometimes 5 I find it hard
job interview. Choose the correct answer from
to / I can know when to finish working on
the words in italics.
something. I think it’s because I love my
work so much and I always want everything
Interviewer Thanks for that information. Now I’d
to be perfect!
like to ask you about your educational
background. Could you tell me a bit more Interviewer Not a bad thing!
about your qualifications?
2 points for each correct answer 10
Lena Yes, of course. Well, 1 I’m currently working
as / I’ve got a university degree in 9 Complete the blog with the correct form of the
international business. I completed that in words in CAPITALS.
2010.
1 EMPLOY
Interviewer And you got some experience working
2 SCIENCE
abroad as part of that, didn’t you?
3 KNOW
Lena Exactly. I spent six months working with the 4 ACHIEVE
business development team of a large 5 WEAK
electrical company. 2 I’ve also worked as /
Looking for a job
I’m good at a customer service assistant, and
that allowed me to really improve my people In the modern world, everyone needs money to stay
skills. I often had to deal with angry alive. However, people need a job to earn money and
customers! the fact is it’s not always easy to find 1__________.
Interviewer I’m sure you did. And tell me about When you’re looking for a job, first of all think about
what you’re doing these days. what you’ve studied. If you haven’t studied physics or
3 chemistry, for example, it’s unlikely that you’ll get a
Lena I’d really like to get into / I’m currently
job as a 2__________. You might be very interested,
working as a manager in the business
but you obviously won’t have enough 3__________ of
development group of an American IT
the subjects. Also, think about what you are good at
company. They’re trying to open more
and what you’ve done well so far – be ready to talk
branches in East Asia, and that’s where I
about your 4__________ when you’re at an interview.
come in with my background in international
Of course, interviewers know that nobody’s perfect, so
business.
they may also ask you about your 5__________.
Interviewer I see. What would you like to do next Preparation is definitely the most important thing when
in your career? it comes to interviews!
Lena Actually, 4 I’m good at / I’d really like to get
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into sales. People always tell me I’m good at
talking, so that would be very useful when it
comes to selling!
Interviewer Good. Moving on now to your
personal qualities ... Could you name one
thing that’s difficult for you to do?

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B1 Unit test 12A

10 Read the article about working from home.

Working from home
Complete the notes with a word from the text.
• It’s more common now.
Write one word or number in each space.
• It’s typical for lawyers and employees of
1
__________ companies.
Homeworking
• Big offices are not necessary.
Whether you call it homeworking or working from • Homeworkers can do as much as 2__________
home, it’s becoming much more common in many more work at home.
countries. Software businesses and law firms are all - One reason for this: they no longer have a difficult
allowing their staff to do it more and more, at least 3
__________ to work.
part-time. However, we’re still a long way from the • Homeworkers are happy with their situation.
dreams of years ago, when it was imagined that offices • It’s not difficult for companies offering
would only have people in them who had to be there to homeworking to find 4__________.
use the equipment or do the cleaning. • It also allows carers and people who are
5
Homeworkers reduce the need for large offices, and __________ to work if they want to.
they are often more hardworking. American studies
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show that workers produce almost 40% more when
they are at home than when they work in the office. Unit test 12A total 100
According to manager James Horgan, this is partly
because the stressful journey to work is removed from
their day. ‘What we found was that most of the time
saved went back into work,’ Horgan explained. ‘These
workers enjoyed their new situation and gave
importance to it, and to protect it, they worked more’.
Companies offering homeworking as an option also
find it easier to attract staff and keep them.
Homeworking has advantages for society, too, because
it encourages more variety. It introduces the world of
work, sometimes for the first time, not just to carers –
those who look after elderly or ill family members –
but also to disabled people or those living in areas that
are far away from towns and cities. As people may
have more free time due to homeworking, they often
become more involved in community activities.

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