Answer Key

Entry Test
Listening (10 marks)
1 c
2 a
3 b
4 a
5 b
6 b
7 a
8 c
9 b
10 c
Vocabulary (10 marks)
A 11 speak 12 expensive 13 weather 14 buy 15 visitor
B 16 b 17 c 18 a 19 d 20 e
Language (10 marks)
A 21 a 22 c 23 a 24 b 25 c
B 26 has 27 are 28 am 29 is 30 dont
Skills development (12 marks)
A 31 c 32 a 33 e 34 f 35 g 36 b
B 37 d 38 a 39 c 40 g 41 f 42 e
Reading (8 marks)
A 43 Carl Oster
44 Indi Baxter
45 ten personal digital assistants (PDAs)
46 18 October
47 07740 877477
48 01485 844902
B 49 b
50 a
There is no writing task in the Entry Test.
Total marks: 50
Progress Test 1
Listening (10 marks)
A 1 Norman Hauser 2 Accounting 3 b 4 3455 5 a
B 6 b 7 a 8 c 9 c 10 b
Vocabulary (20 marks)
A 11 N 12 C 13 C 14 N 15 C
16 C 17 N 18 N 19 N 20 C
B 21 early 22 big 23 fast 24 long 25 short
C 26 f 27 a 28 e 29 b 30 d
Language (20 marks)
A 31 got 32 havent 33 Have 34 got 35 hasnt
B 36 Does he come to work on time?
37 Who does she report to?
38 What time do you start work?
39 How often do you go on business trips?
40 Do they always get up early?
C 41 at 42 to 43 in 44 from 45 on
D 46 are 47 arent 48 do 49 isnt 50 doesnt
Skills development (10 marks)
A 51 a 52 f 53 b 54 e 55 d
B 56 d 57 c 58 a 59 b 60 f
Reading (10 marks)
A 61 Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange
62 Canadian 63 five 64 1979 65 three
B 66 b 67 a 68 c 69 b 70 a
Writing (10 marks)
See page iv for Model answers.
See page 43 for Examiners Guidelines.
Total marks: 80
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Progress Test 2
Listening (10 marks)
A 1 b 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 a
B 6 AC-90 7 AC-75, AC-90 8 AC-75 9 AC-75 10 AC-90
Vocabulary (15 marks)
A 11 Free delivery 12 after-sales service 13 a big deposit
14 a three-year guarantee 15 interest-free credit
B 16 book 17 do 18 watch 19 take 20 go
C 21 soup
22 steak / fish curry
23 fish curry / steak
24 apple pie / ice cream
25 ice cream / apple pie
Language (15 marks)
A 26 some 27 a 28 a 29 an 30 any
B 31 b 32 c 33 f 34 e 35 a
C 36 had 37 visited 38 met 39 went 40 gave
Skills development (10 marks)
A 41 like 42 try 43 serve 44 recommend 45 enjoy
B 46 f 47 b 48 c 49 a 50 d
Reading (10 marks)
A 51 F 52 T 53 F 54 F 55 T
B 56 a 57 a 58 b 59 a 60 b
Writing (10 marks)
See page iv for Model answers.
See page 43 for Examiners Guidelines.
Total marks: 70
Progress Test 3
Listening (10 marks)
A 1 c 2 a 3 b
B 4 Simon 5 Simon 6 Marcela 7 Marcela 8 Marcela
9 Carmen 10 Carmen
Vocabulary (10 marks)
A 11 big 12 declining 13 growing 14 small 15 mature
B 16 b 17 f 18 a 19 c 20 e
Language (18 marks)
A 21 the cheapest 22 heavier 23 The heaviest 24 better
25 the best 26 older 27 newer 28 newest
B 29 Have they got a lot of work?
30 Why does she work hard?
31 Did he leave the company?
32 Was she a good manager?
33 Does Emilio like Buenos Aires?
C 34 c 35 f 36 a 37 e 38 b
Skills development (12 marks)
A 39 understand 40 isnt 41 dont 42 make
43 get 44 think
B 45 7 46 6 47 4 48 2 49 5 50 3
Reading (10 marks)
A 51 F 52 F 53 T 54 T 55 T
B 56 c 57 a 58 a 59 b 60 a
Writing (10 marks)
See page iv for Model answers.
See page 43 for Examiners Guidelines.
Total marks: 70
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Progress Test 4
Listening (12 marks)
A 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 c
B 7 interesting 8 formal 9 good 10 late 11 hard
12 long
Vocabulary (18 marks)
A 13 b 14 d 15 f 16 e 17 a 18 c
B 19 casual Fridays 20 first names 21 family names
22 face to face 23 flexible hours 24 annual leave
C 25 arrange 26 deal with 27 50 people 28 develop
29 a new branch in Mexico City 30 increase
Language (12 marks)
A 31 is (s) 32 dont have 33 am (m) meeting
34 am (m) enjoying 35 is (s) starting 36 have
B 37 havent travelled 38 spent 39 came
40 has (s) been 41 Have you visited 42 went
Skills development (15 marks)
A 43 a 44 f 45 e 46 b 47 d
B 48 didnt you like 49 special skills 50 in the future
51 in your free time 52 any questions
C 53 e 54 a 55 d 56 c 57 b
Reading (8 marks)
A 58 F 59 T 60 F 61 F 62 T
B 63 a 64 b 65 a
Writing (10 marks)
See page iv for Model answers.
See page 43 for Examiners Guidelines.
Total marks: 75
Exit Test
Listening (10 marks)
1 11.30 2 factory 3 sales team 4 lunch 5 samples
6 contracts 7 launch 8 market share 9 10.00
10 flight details
Vocabulary (15 marks)
A 11 increasing 12 best 13 sales 14 age group 15 target
B 16 candidate 17 energetic 18 experience 19 salary
20 arrange
C 21 leave 22 part-time 23 casual 24 face-to-face
25 childcare
Language (15 marks)
A 26 at from / in 27 do can 28 call calling 29 much many
30 to book book 31 at on 32 on at 33 has have
34 helps help
B 35 What 36 Is 37 Do 38 How 39 Where 40 Is
Skills development (10 marks)
A 41 a 42 c 43 b 44 d 45 e
B 46 d, I 47 a, I 48 f, I 49 c, C 50 e, C
Reading (10 marks)
A 51 b 52 b 53 c 54 a 55 a
B 56 b 57 a 58 c 59 c 60 b
Writing (10 marks)
See page iv for Model answers.
See page 43 for Examiners Guidelines.
Total marks: 70
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Model Answers to Writing Tasks
Entry Test
There is no writing task in the Entry Test.
Progress Test 1
On Saturday, I usually get up at 9.00. I often
have a big breakfast. Sometimes I play golf.
I often go to the gym. I never have lunch on
Saturday. In the afternoon, I love running. I dont
like watching TV. I usually go to a restaurant on
Saturday evening. I usually go to bed at 11.00.
(57 words)
Progress Test 2
Dear Sir/Madam
I want to book a room at your hotel. Id like one
single room for three nights from 12th to 15th
February. I prefer a non-smoking room.
Can you please confirm the price for bed and
breakfast? And is there wireless broadband in
the rooms?
I also need parking for my car.
Many thanks.
Yours faithfully
(54 words, not including opening and closing
phrases)
Progress Test 3
Dear Pat
I prefer to travel with National. It is more
expensive that EurLo, but the airport is closer to
the city. The taxi is more expensive than the
train, but the journey time is shorter. We can
also have a free meal during the flight. There are
more flights each day, and the flights arrive
earlier. With EurLo, we arrive at 10.45 p.m. I think
this is too late!
All the best
(68 words, not including opening and closing phrases)
Dear Pat
I prefer to travel with EurLo. It is much cheaper
than National. The cost of getting into the city
centre by train is also cheaper than the taxi from
Barcelona Airport. There is no free meal during
the EurLo flight, and the flight arrives late in the
evening, but for me, this is not a problem. What
do you think?
(60 words, not including opening phrase)
Progress Test 4
Note: You can use will, going to or the present
continuous for this text.
Subject: Visit from the Polish sales office
Dear team
In our meeting earlier today, we discussed the
programme for the visit and agreed the
following:
Edith is going to meet the Polish team at the
airport at 8.45 a.m. The sales team will join us
for coffee and an informal talk at 9.45 a.m. Eric
will lead the meeting at 10.15. Were having lunch
in the company restaurant at 12.45 p.m., and in
the afternoon, Veejay will take the visitors on a
tour of the factory. Well have a question-and-
answer time and coffee lead by Tamsin at 4.00
p.m., and after that, at 5.00 p.m., Edith will go
with the Polish team to their hotel.
(105 words, not including opening phrases)
Exit Test
Dear Jeremy
Im writing about the Global Trade Fair on 28
August. Were going to present from 2.00 to 2.30
p.m. Do you know what time we should arrive?
Also, what products we should present?
Were travelling on 27 August on flight 267. What
airline is that? What time does the flight depart
and arrive? Were going to meet Carlos Lpez in
the evening, but where are we going to meet?
We return on 29 August on a flight at 4.35 p.m.
Do you have the other flight details? What airline
are we flying? What time do we arrive?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
(104 words, not including opening and closing
phrases)
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Read the article and decide whether these statements (5155) are true (T) or
false (F).
0 This article is about television.
51 Most executives dont use video conferencing.
52 Professionals think that meeting in person is always the best.
53 The researchers talked to executives all around the world.
54 The research shows that e-mail is also very useful for executives.
55 Most of the executives agreed about their answers.
Choose the best ending a, b or c for each of these sentences (5660).
56 Video conferencing reduces
a) competition.
b) e-mail use.
c) travel time.
57 Video conferencing is
a) easier than travelling to a meeting.
b) more tiring than a face-to-face meeting.
c) the most expensive way to have a meeting.
58 In the past, video conferencing was
a) more expensive.
b) cheaper.
c) more popular.
B
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Reading
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Recent research shows that
most professionals around the
world think that Internet video
conferencing using an
Internet video phone to see and
talk with other people around
the world is very useful. They
also think that video
conferences can replace
business travel for face-to-face
meetings.
Nearly 1,000 top executives in
many countries were
interviewed. About 900 of them
agreed that video conferencing,
e-mail and instant messaging
help make them competitive.
Video conferencing saves time,
because professionals dont need
to travel for meetings. Also,
travelling abroad can be very
tiring for business people, but
video conferencing is easy. It
also saves money on air tickets
and hotels. In the past, video
conferencing was very
expensive. But now you need
only an inexpensive camera that
connects to your computer, and
a low-cost Internet video service
like Yahoo. Finally, reducing air
travel is good for the
environment.
Mobile-phone makers like
Samsung, Nokia and Sony
Ericsson are introducing mobile
phones with video-conferencing
features, so video conferencing
will soon be even easier.
Video conferencing reduces
travel for meetings
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59 Video conferencing may help
a) a declining market.
b) the environment.
c) a companys sales.
60 The article ends by talking about
a) new product launches.
b) growing markets.
c) product presentations.
You and your colleague Pat want to fly to Barcelona for a meeting. You can
choose between two airlines. Write an e-mail to your colleague comparing the
two airlines. Say which one you prefer to travel with and why. Write 6070 words.
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National Air EurLo Air
Cost
m290 m120
Fly to Barcelona Airport close
the city (taxi to city centre:
m30, journey takes about
25 minutes)
Girona Airport 100 kilometres
from the city centre (need to
take express train, about m15
return, but the journey is more
than an hour)
Free meal during
flight?
Yes No
Flights each day 3 1
Arrival times 10.00 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
10.45 p.m.
Writing
Barcelona meeting travel arrangements
Dear Pat
All the best
Pat James
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