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Progress Test 2 (Units 4–6)

Listening

A

A customer is asking a salesperson about a product. Listen and choose the best answer – a, b or c – for each question (1–5). 1 What product is the customer asking about? a) computers b) mobile phones c) microwaves 2 The customer wants a product that … a) can work in all countries. b) has an unusual design. c) is a small size. 3 How many colours is the AC-90 available in? a) two b) three c) four 4 What colour does the customer like? a) pink b) black c) doesn’t say 5 What does the customer ask about next? a) special features b) the guarantee c) a discount

B

Listen again and complete this chart. For each feature (6–10), tick (✓) the relevant product. You may tick one or both products for each feature.

0 can work in all countries 00 is available in pink 6 includes a calculator 7 is available in black 8 is a ‘standard’ phone 9 costs m95 10 costs m125

Vocabulary

AC-90 ✓ ✓

AC-75 ✓

A Choosing a product

Choose a word from each list to complete each sentence (11–15). List A List B interest-free guarantee a three-year credit free deposit after-sales delivery a big deal a great service

a great deal . It was 40% off in the sales! 0 My new TV was ..................... 11 ..................... is important with big or heavy products, because you can’t take them home in your car. 12 A low price is important, but good ..................... will make customers happy, even when a product breaks. 14

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13 I don’t like to pay ..................... when I order something. I prefer to pay when I receive the product. 14 My new camera has ..................... . If it stops working, the maker will repair or replace it. 15 I got a good deal when borrowed money to buy my car – I had one year’s ..................... . B Travel details

Complete each sentence (16–20) with a word from the box. book 0 16 17 18 19 20 C

buy

do

take

watch

buy my airline ticket on the Internet. I usually .......... He wants to .......... a hotel for three nights in Taipei. Before you get on the plane, you can .......... some shopping. On the flight, you can always .......... a movie. When I return home, I .......... a taxi from the airport to my house. You need to .......... through security before you board the plane.

Ordering a meal Complete each gap in the table (21–25) with a dish from the box. apple pie

fish curry

Starter snails ..................... .....................

Language

go

0 21

ice cream

Main course ..................... 22 ..................... 23

snails

soup

steak

Dessert ..................... 24 ..................... 25

A a, an, some or any

Complete each gap in the conversation (26–30) with a, an, some or any. A Regent Hotel. How can I help you? a 0 room, please, for next Tuesday night. B Hello. I’d like to book .......... A Tuesday the 25th? Yes, there are ..........26 non-smoking rooms on that date. Do you want ..........27 single or ..........28 double? B A single, please. Is there ..........29 Internet connection in the room? A We’ve got wireless broadband in every room. B Oh, great. And are there ..........30 restaurants near the hotel? A There are two in the hotel, and three very near the hotel. B Great. B Countable and uncountable nouns

Complete each of the questions / statements (31–35) with the appropriate ending (a–f ). 0 31 32 33 34 35 Photocopiable

They don’t have … How much … How many … I haven’t got … Are there … There are …

d)

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........

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a) b) c) d) e) f) C

a lot of people waiting to go through security. cash do you have in your wallet? languages do you speak? many vegetarian dishes here. many flights to Rome this afternoon? much time.

Past simple Complete each gap in the e-mail (36–40) with the past tense of a verb from the box. be

give

go

have

meet

visit

Dear Sebastian was 0 in Taiwan and I’m in the New York office this week. Last week, I ......... 36 Hong Kong. I ......... a very good meeting with Jimmy Lee in Taipei. I .........37 the factory and .........38 some suppliers. I .........39 to Hong Kong on Thursday. Tony Lam .........40 me some samples of his products. See you next week. Inez

Skills development

A Ordering a meal

Complete each gap (41–45) in these short restaurant conversations with a word from the box. enjoy like order recommend serve try A B

order 0? Are you ready to ………… Yes, please. I’d …………41 the steak, please.

A B

Are there any Chinese dishes? Yes. You should …………42 the duck.

A B

Do you …………43 any vegetarian dishes? Yes, we have vegetarian pizza.

A B

What do you …………44 for the main course? The beef is delicious.

A B

Did you …………45 the meal? Yes, it was very good.

B Making bookings and checking arrangements

Choose the best answer (a–f ) for each question (46–50). 0 46 47 48 49 50 16

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Do you want a single or a double? How much is it per night? How many nights are you staying? What time do you think you’ll arrive? When are you leaving? Do you want a room with a bath?

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a) b) c) d) e) f)

On Friday. Three. Seven o’clock. Yes, please. A double. m150.

Reading

Small rooms, big idea Five years ago, businessman small, low-cost rooms. The can pay £70 for a bigger room Simon Woodroffe had a good rooms are very small, only seven that has a couch. Press a button, idea. He was in bed in first class square metres, but they are very 25 and the couch changes to a bed. on an international flight when 15 convenient. They are in the The small rooms are very 5 he decided to open a hotel. The airport, so travellers who want popular with travellers. bed in the aeroplane gave him an only a night’s sleep and a shower Woodroffe thinks he will open idea. He could open a hotel with can save money and travelling more Yotels in city centres. rooms like the sleeping area in time. Woodroffe calls his hotel 20 ‘Yotel’. an aeroplane. 10 Now travellers in some of Each room has a TV, a desk Britain’s airports sleep in these and a shower and costs £50. You FINANCIAL TIMES

A Read the article and decide whether these statements (51–55) are true (T) or

false (F). 51 Woodroffe had an idea when he was sleeping in an airport. 52 He decided to open a hotel with very small rooms. 53 His first hotels were in the United States. 54 The rooms cost a lot of money. 55 An important feature of the Yotel is convenience. B Choose the best ending – a, b or c – for each of these statements (56–60).

56 Yotels are … a) in the airport. b) only an idea now. c) very near the airport. 57 The Yotel showers are … a) in the rooms. b) separate from the rooms. c) not included in the price. 58 Yotels have … a) one type of room. b) two types of room. c) three types of room.

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59 Travellers … a) like the rooms. b) don’t like the rooms. c) aren’t interested in staying at Yotel. 60 Woodroffe thinks Yotel will succeed … a) only in airports. b) in city centres, too. c) outside city centres.

Writing

Write an e-mail to the East Side Hotel asking to book a room. Use the information in the hotel’s computer, below. Ask the hotel to confirm the price of the room. Also ask if there is wireless broadband in the rooms. Write about 50 words. NEW BOOKING Number of rooms

1

Number of nights

3

From:

12 Feb

To:

15 Feb

Smoking

✓

Single

Non-smoking

Double

✓

Room only ✓

Bed and breakfast Bed, breakfast and dinner Car parking

Yes

✓

No

[email protected] Room booking

Dear Sir/Madam I want to book a room at your hotel.

Many thanks. Yours faithfully

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