PROGRESS TEST 1 (UNITS 6 & 7)

Name: _______________________ Class: ________ Date: 18/10/2021

TIME: 90 MINUTES

I. LISTENING (2.5 POINTS)

Task 1: You will hear part of a radio interview with a chef called Pietro Mazzoni.
For question 1 – 7, choose the best answer A, B or C.

1. Why did Pedro and his wife decide to leave Italy?

A. They could not find work in their own country
B. They had an idea for a new type of business
C. They wanted to find out what the USA was like
2. What obstacle did they face when they left Italy?
A. They did not have any friends in the new place.
B. They did not get used to the traditions and customs of the new place.
C. They did not have any recognition and winning awards.
3. When they arrived in the USA, what kind of work were they able to find?
A. jobs which needed no particular skill
B. jobs working for other Italians
C. jobs which earned almost no money at all
4. What happened when they tried to start their business?
A. They realized that they didn’t have enough business experience.
B. They received a lot of help from other immigrants.
C. It didn’t seem as difficult as they’d expected.
5. What did they have to do to achieve their ambitions?
A. talk to chefs they worked with
B. go to English classes every evening
C. read about starting a business
6. How does Pietro feel now about being in the USA?
A. He still feels like an immigrant.
B. He feels the USA is his home now.
C. He still wants to return to his native Italy.
7. How does Pietro feel about their success?
A. They’ve been luckier than other people.
B. They’ve still got challenges o face.
C. They’ve had to work hard to achieve success.
8. What does Pietro say about other restaurants?
A. Most of the best restaurants are run by foreigners.
B. There are a lot more restaurants now than there used to be.
C. It is quite easy to be successful these days.

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9. What does Pietro want in the future?
A. Fewer restaurants will be established as it is competitive.
B. Many people will like his restaurant.
C. More immigrants will be successful in their new destination.
10. What does Pietro imply in his talk?
A. We should feel content about what we have and settle down in the original place.
B. We should do the utmost even though we have to face many issues in a strange
place.
C. We should move to another country where bright prospects certainly come to us .

Task 2: You will hear Dr Angela Keats talking about the influence of birth order.
For question 1 – 10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

BIRTH ORDER EFFECT

Birth order can influence your (1)______________________ and how successful you
will be.
Dr Keats uses (2)_____________________ as an example of other things that
influence who you are.
She says that children complete for their (3)__________________.
The eldest child gets about (4)____________________more attention than younger
brothers and sisters.
Interestingly, most (5)__________________ are the first-born children in their families.
Middle children have very good (6)________________________.
The youngest child gets more (7) ________________________ than the older brothers
and sisters because their parents usually worry less about them.
The youngest child is the most likely to work in entertainment because they usually
have the most (8)_________________.
You are probably more (9) ________________________ than other children if you are
an only child.
Dr Keats finds that (10) _________________ have a hard time making friends.

USE OF ENGLISH: 25 QUESTIONS – 2.5 POINTS

Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. I ________ to the side of the road and pull off my rucksack containing the bagpipes.
A. drop out B. fill out C. stay out D. try out
2. I ________ have a spare rucksack I could borrow, do you?
A. don’t suppose you B. suppose you
C. suppose you don’t D. not suppose you
3. _________ you read my travel blog yet?
A. Do B. Don’t C. Will D. Haven’t
4. You don’t need any vaccinations to travel there, _________?
A. don’t you B. do you C. needn’t you D. need you
5. If only they ________ (stop) setting fire to the forests, but they don’t.
A. had stopped B. would stop C. stop D. will stop

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6. A: I don’t like beach holidays.
B: ________
A. Neither do me B. Me either C. Me neither D. Neither me
7. If you'd just __________ it, I'm sure you could do it.
A. take you mind off B. put you in mind of
C. put your mind to D. get your minđ around
8. A: Do you have any idea where we are?
B: _________.
A. I’m afraid no! B. I’m afraid not!
C. I’m no afraid! D. I’m not afraid!
9. James is always lazy. He failed a test last week.
A. If James hadn’t been so lazy, you would pass that test.
B. If James weren’t so lazy, he would have passed that test.
C. If James weren’t so lazy, he would pass that test.
D. If James isn’t so lazy, he would pass that test.
10. If you _________ the photocopier off and off again, it sometimes works.
A. turns B. will turn C. turned D. had turned
11. We should _________ oil and gas by making full use of other energy sources.
A. conserve B. protect C. consume D. waste
12. I wish I ________ come to the zoo with you next weekend, but I’m going to be busy.
A. had B. could C. will D. were
13. I ____________ a house in the Outback.
A. wouldn’t rather to rent B. would rather not to rent
C. wouldn’t rather rent D. would rather not rent
14. Animal conservationists ___________ experimenting on animals.
A. take from B. disapprove of C. replace with D. bring down
15. We tried to stop the flames from spreading, but we knew it was __________.
A. small B. tiring C. anxious D. hopeless

Task 2. Use the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end of each sentence to form
a word that fits in the gap in the same sentence.
1. The tourists also pay to visit the wild orchid __________________ that Behra has set up.
(CONSERVE)
2. He seems to take great __________ in teasing his sister. (DELIGHTED)
3. It is hoped that the government's __________ will bring the strike to an end. (INITIATE)
4. Children are sometimes understandably reluctant to wear glasses that are ugly
or ______________.(COMFORT)
5. It took all our _____________ to buy the house. (SAVE)

Task 3: Choose the best response A, B, C, or D.

1. - Ben: “ Do you mind if I take a seat?”
- Waiter: “________”
A. No I mind B. No, do as you please
C. Yes, do as you please D. Yes, I don’t mind
2. - Laura: “I think higher living standard is one of the reason that many people want to be a
city dweller.”
- Mitchell: “______.”
A. Why not? B. I couldn’t agree more.
C. It’s nice of you to say so. D. That’s quite all right.

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3. - Ben: “Would you like to come to my party this weekend?”
- Mary: “__________”
A. Yes, I’d love to. B. No, don’t worry.
C. You’re welcome. D. I’m afraid so.
4. - Jack: “I’m thinking of going to the Hotdog Festival.”
- Ben: “_______”
A. Yeah, once a year, only in summer.
B. You must be kidding. It’s 120 dollars a day.
C. Not that expensive. I can afford tickets for all of us.
D. What on Earth is that?
5. – Ann: “________”
- Becca: “What’s so special about it”
A. We missed the film at the Odeon’s last night?
B. She kept her secret marrìae from us all.
C. How about going to the Space Museum?
D. Mass media are filled with stories of his resign.

READING: 25 QUESTIONS – 2.5 POINTS

Passage 1. Tristan da Cunha

Tristan Da Cunha is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, and the
name of the main island in that group. It is located about 1,750 miles away from South
Africa, and 1,500 miles away from the nearest land mass (Saint Helena). This means it is
the remotest group of islands in the world. It is a British overseas territory and governed
primarily by Saint Helena.

There are four main islands: Tristan Da Cunha (the main island where Tristan’s citizens live),
Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island and Gough Island. The overall area of the territory is
about 80 square miles. The plants on Tristan Da Cunha are mainly species found on South
American and African terrain, although certain species are shared with New Zealand.

A Portuguese explorer and naval officer, Tristão da Cunha, was the first person to spot the
islands (hence their name) in 1506, and the first official survey/mapping was made in 1767
by the crew of the French warship L’Heure du Berger. However, the French warship didn’t
attempt to land. The first permanent settler was an American by the name of Jonathan
Lambert, who arrived at the end of 1810. He appointed himself as ruler of the islands and re-
named them Islands of Refreshment. However he died in a boating accident just two years
later, and the islands became known as Tristan Da Cunha again.

Due to their strategic position, these remote islands have been important in various wars
and were annexed by the United Kingdom in 1816. During World War II, the British navy
based a top secret weather and radio station on Tristan. Since currency wasn’t yet
established on the islands (a system of exchange, or barter, was used instead) naval
supplies were given to Tristan’s citizens in payment. Since then the British pound has
become the currency. After the war, the island’s newspaper The Tristan Times was born and
the first administrator was appointed by the British government.

The island’s population is just 275, and no new residents are allowed to settle on the island,
so numbers fluctuate only slightly. There are 80 families, with just 7 surnames: Glass,
Green, Hagan, Lavarello, Repetto, Rogers and Swain. Due to the small population,
marriages between distant relatives (e.g. second cousins) has inevitably occurred, resulting
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in some minor health issues such as asthma and glaucoma. Health care on the island is
free. However, Tristan Da Cunha has only one resident doctor and five nurses, meaning that
any serious injuries are treated in Cape Town (South Africa).

Many of Tristan Da Cunha’s citizens are farmers by trade, and money is also earned from
fishing and processing. All land on Tristan is owned communally, and livestock is controlled
to ensure that better-off families do not build up excessive wealth. Official statistics for the
islands’ economy are unavailable, because GDP1 figures are not published. Tristan’s main
currency is pound sterling (£), but the Saint Helenian pound is also used by residents.
Although the island is a British dependency, it is not allowed direct trade access to the
European Union. Tristan Da Cunha’s main source of income is the island’s lobster factory,
which sells its product to the United States and Japan via representatives of the South
African company ‘Ovenstone’. Tristan sells coins and postage stamps abroad – the public
interest in Tristan Da Cunha means this is a profitable venture.

A few misfortunes have harmed the island’s economy. In 1961 a volcanic eruption from
Tristan destroyed the island’s crayfish factory. In modern times, demand for Tristan crayfish
in the USA has been declining, setting the country’s economy back greatly. This has meant
that the islanders have had to borrow from their reserves. In turn this has harmed Tristan’s
ability to update its communication equipment and education methods without delays. Even
worse than this, a fire on the 13th of February 2008 destroyed the fish factory and two power
generators. This has caused further problems for Tristan’s economy because of fishing’s
prominent role. In addition the harbour, through which everything enters and exits Tristan Da
Cunha, including medical supplies, was damaged by fire. Since then, engineers from the
British army have been fixing and helping to maintain the harbour. Despite these numerous
problems, Tristan Da Cunha’s residents remain optimistic about the long term future of their
islands.

Questions 1–5
Look at the following people (Questions 1–5) and the list of actions below.
Match each person with the correct action.
Write the correct letter A–G in boxes 1–5 on your answer sheet.

1 Tristão da Cunha
2 French sailors
3 Jonathan Lambert
4 British sailors
5 Ovenstone

List of actions

A changed the name of the islands

B saw the islands before anyone else
C made an unsuccessful attempt to land on the islands
D became sales agents for one of the islands’ exports
E made the first formal map of the islands
F agreed to a request to take control of the islands
G established a communications base on the islands

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Questions 6–9
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 6–9 on your answer sheet

6 Some __________ on the islands are also found in New Zealand.

7 The islands have been involved in several wars on account of their ____________.
8 __________ is the joint property of all the islanders.
9 There is a limit to the amount of __________ that island families can own.

Questions 10–13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 10–13 on your answer sheet write

YES if the statement agrees with the information

NO if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

10 The main market for Tristan's postage stamps is the US.

11 Sales of crayfish are less profitable than they used to be.
12 The factory destroyed by fire in 2008 has since been rebuilt.
13 Commercial airlines regularly land on Tristan.

Passage 2. The fashion industry

A The process of managing the flow of products, from the initial selection of designs, to the
presentation of products to retail customers, is known as fashion marketing. Its goal is to
maximize a company’s sales and profitability. Successful fashion marketing depends on
understanding consumer wishes and responding with appropriate products. Marketers use
sales tracking data, attention to media coverage, focus groups and other means of
determining consumer preferences. They then provide feedback to designers and
manufacturers about the type and quantity of goods to be produced. Marketers are thus
responsible for identifying and defining a fashion producer’s target customers, and for
responding to the preferences of those customers.

B Marketing operates at both the wholesale and retail levels. Businesses that do not sell
their own products to customers must place those products at wholesale prices in the hands
of retailers, such as boutiques, department stores, and online sales companies. They use
fashion shows, catalogs, and a sales force armed with sample products to find a close fit
between their products and the retailer’s customers. Marketers for companies that do sell
their own products at retail are primarily concerned with matching products to their own
customer base. At both the wholesale and the retail level, marketing also involves
promotional activities, such as advertising. This is aimed at establishing brand recognition
and brand reputation for a range of characteristics such as quality, low price, or trendiness.

C Closely related to marketing is merchandising, which attempts to maximize sales and

profitability by persuading consumers to buy a company’s products. In the standard
definition of the term, merchandising involves selling the right product, at the right price, at
the right time and place, to the right customers. So fashion merchandisers must utilize
marketers’ information about customer preferences as the basis for decisions about such
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things as stocking appropriate merchandise in adequate but not excessive quantities,
offering items for sale at attractive but still profitable prices, and discounting overstocked
goods. Merchandising also involves presenting goods attractively and accessibly through the
use of store windows, in- store displays, and special promotional events.
Merchandising specialists must be able to respond to surges in demand by rapidly acquiring
new stocks of the favoured product. An inventory-tracking software program in a department
store in London, for instance, can trigger an automatic order to a production facility in
Shanghai for a certain quantity of garments, of a specified type and size, to be delivered in a
matter of days.

D By the early 21st century, the Internet had become an increasingly important retail outlet,
creating new challenges (e.g., the inability for customers to try on clothes prior to purchase,
the need for facilities designed to handle clothing returns and exchanges) and opening up
new opportunities for merchandisers (e.g., the ability to provide customers with shopping
opportunities 24 hours per day, affording access to rural customers). In an era of
increasingly diverse shopping options for retail customers, and of intense price competition
among retailers, merchandising through the web has emerged as one of the most important
functions of the modern fashion industry.

E Fashion designers and manufacturers promote their clothes not only to retailers, but also
to the media and directly to customers. Already in the late 19th century, Paris couture
houses began to offer their clients private viewings of the latest fashions. By the early 20th
century, not only couture houses but also department stores regularly put on fashion shows
with professional models. In imitation of Parisian couturiers, ready-to-wear designers in other
countries also began mounting fashion shows for a mixed audience. In the late 20th and
early 21st centuries, fashion shows became more elaborate and theatrical, were held in
larger venues with specially constructed elevated runways (‘catwalks’) for the models, and
played an increasingly prominent role in the presentation of new fashions.

F By the early 21st century, fashion shows were a regular part of the fashion calendar. The
couture shows, held twice a year in Paris (in January and July) by the official association of
couture designers (comprising the most exclusive and expensive fashion houses), present
outfits that might be ordered by potential clients, but which often are intended more to
showcase the designers’ concepts of fashion trends and brand image. Ready-to-wear
fashion shows, separately presenting both women’s and men’s wear, are held during spring
and fall ‘Fashion Weeks’, of which the most important take place in Paris, Milan, New York,
and London. However, there are literally dozens of other Fashion Weeks internationally—
from Tokyo to São Paolo. These shows, of much greater commercial importance than the
couture shows, are aimed primarily at fashion journalists and at buyers for department
stores, wholesalers, and other major markets. Extensively covered in the media, fashion
shows both reflect and advance the direction of fashion change. Photographs and videos of
fashion shows are instantaneously transmitted to mass-market producers, who then produce
inexpensive clothing copied from, or inspired by the runway designs.

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Questions 14–18
The text on the next page has six paragraphs, A–F.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 14–19 on your answer sheet.

List of headings

i Advantages and disadvantages of selling products online

ii Introducing a company’s products to their customers
iii The characteristics of a successful fashion model
iv The features of two kinds of fashion show
v Finding out what kind of clothing buyers want
vi The control of a company’s supply and pricing levels
vii Global changes in clothing styles
viii How fashion shows developed over time

Example: Paragraph A v

14 Paragraph B ____
15 Paragraph C ____
16 Paragraph D ____
17 Paragraph E ____
18 Paragraph F ____

Questions 19–21
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write your answers in boxes 20–22 on your answer sheet.

19 What does the writer say about fashion marketers?

A They operate according to instructions from fashion designers.
B They deal with retail rather than wholesale clients.
C They are not bound by financial considerations.
D They employ various means of gathering information.

20 According to the writer, the work of a merchandiser includes

A passing information to marketers.
B ensuring that clothing items are not overpriced.
C calculating the quantity of garments already sold.
D returning goods that are faulty.

21 Regarding internet selling, what does the writer suggest is a benefit for retailers?
A 24-hour shopping
B lower costs
C systems for handling exchanges
D fewer clothing returns

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Questions 22–25
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 22–25 on your answer sheet.

Fashion in the 21st century

Regular fashion shows are now held all over the world. 22 ________________ is the
location for couture shows, which are often simply an opportunity to present designers’
ideas regarding fashion. On the other hand, shows for ready-to-wear clothing take
place in many different cities, for the benefit of 23 _______________and clients of all
kinds. Thanks to reports in the 24_________________ these shows are very
influential. Images of the clothing are immediately dispatched to manufacturers, and
they then make 25________________ copies.

IV. WRITING (2.5 POINTS)

Task 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
between two and four words, including the word given.

1. John is interested in knowing more about astronomy.

LIKE
John ______________________ more about astronomy.
2. “Did you see that film on television on Saturday?” Susan asked me.
SEEN
Susan wanted to know______________________ that film on television on Saturday.
3. Dan never takes any notice of my advice.
ATTENTION
Dan never __________________ my advice.
4 Maybe Peter forgot that we changed the time of the meeting.
MIGHT
Peter ______________________ that we changed the time of the meeting.
5. All the children enjoy themselves at this summer camp.
FUN
Every _________________ at this summer camp.

Task 2: Write an essay to answer one of the following questions. Write at least
250 words in an appropriate style on the answer sheet.

1. An increase in production of consumer goods results in damage of the natural

environment. What are the causes and possible solutions?

2. International travel makes people prejudiced rather than broad-minded. What are its
causes and what measures can be taken to solve this problem?
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