New American Inside Out Upper intermediate Unit 11 Test

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Part A
Vocabular
!ducation
1 a) b) c) d) e) Underline t"e correct words# The only way to learn your multiplication tables is to learn them by marks / heart / brain. James failed to / applied to / advised four colleges. If you dont do / make / pay attention in class, you wont make any progress. After school, ena plans to make / take / apply a class in hotel management. I always used to get / make / take low grades in science. I hated it!

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$ollo%uial e&pressions
' a) b) c) $omplete t"e words to ma(e e&pressions# $ou need to be tough to make it in the business world. %nce &en gets this cra'y idea out of his system, hell be ready to get a real (ob. Its up to you now to make this idea work.

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* breath a) b) c) d) e) $omplete t"e sentences wit" t"e words in t"e bo&# T"ere are two e&tra words# door heart legs mind se*enth rope

+hen my cat got lost, I was out of my mind with worry. $oull be in se*enth hea*en if you get that (ob, wont you, I think Junes at the end of her rope , taking care of those three children all day. That computers not going to last much longer. Its on its last legs. +ow. That mo*ie was ama'ing. It took my breath away.

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+rammar
,uture -orms
. $omplete t"e te&t wit" appropriate -uture -orms o- t"e /erbs in parent"eses#

-ayden ewis is in his last year of high school. -is final e.ams "/) "start) ne.t week. Its a tough time for -ayden, and hes under a lot of pressure to do well. If he "0) passes "pass) his e.ams, he ")) will be able to "be able to) study engineering at Iowa 1tate 2ni*ersity. -ayden is hopeful that he "3) will pass "pass) and get the grades he needs. 4I think I "#) will do "do) %5,6 said -ayden. 4I*e worked *ery hard!6 &y the end of the summer, -ayden "7) will know "know) if he "8) has gotten "get) into Iowa 1tate or not. &ut until then, he has plans for his free time. 4After graduation, I "9) am meeting"meet) some friends in as :egas for a week, and then I ";)will probably get "probably / get) a summer (ob to help pay for college,6 he told us. And what "/<) will he do "he / do) if he "//) fails "fail) to get the grades he needs, 4I "/0) might go"go) to the local community college for a year, or I "/))might take "take) a year off to work my way around the world, but Im not sure.6 "/) points)

,uture time clauses

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Underline t"e correct /erb -orm# The minute I finished / Ill finish / Ive finished this, Im going to ha*e lunch. -e is going to call / has called / is calling them about that (ob right away. As soon as I arrived / will arrive / arrive, Ill fi. the car for you. %nce you got / get / are getting used to this new routine, it wont be too bad.

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Use-ul p"rases
0 $omplete t"e con/ersation wit" t"e p"rases in t"e bo&# T"ere are two e&tra p"rases# Id like to know a little about Im ready to I would say my greatest strength

Id like to gain some e.perience Im *ery willing to learn I would say my greatest weakness =s. >raig? Jake? =s. >raig? Jake? =s. >raig? Jake? =s. >raig? Jake? =s. >raig? Jake?
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I*e always been interested in music

Thank you for coming in to see us today, Jake. Tell us a little about yourself. +ell, I graduated last year, and since then I*e been working in a record store. "/) I*e always been interested in music , and Id lo*e to work here. And why do you think youd be right for a position at this radio station, +ell, although I*e en(oyed working in the store, "0) Id like to gain some e.perience in the broadcasting sector. I see. And what @ualities do you ha*e for radio work, ")) I would say my greatest strength is my ability to get along with people. Im *ery friendly. And I talk a lot! Thats certainly an asset in this (ob! +hat would you say your weaknesses are, +ell, "3) I would say my greatest weakness is my lack of e.perience. &ut "# Im *ery willing to learn. Ao you ha*e any @uestions youd like to ask us, $es, whats the pay like,

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Part 1
2eadin)
3 /) 2ead t"e te&t and c"oose t"e best words to complete t"e sentences# The writers parents BbBBBB . a) paid for her to go to boarding school c) were wealthy 0) The other girls at the pri*ate school BBBcBB . a) were all *ery cle*er )) 3) b) went home at night too c) thought they were better than the writer The writer wanted to go to her local public school because BBBbBB at the boarding school. a) she didnt e.pect to do well a) it was a *ery big school #) b) she felt out of place c) she failed her e.ams The writers parents werent sure about the public school because BBBBcB . b) they didnt like the students there c) they werent con*inced their daughter would do well there Cow that she is planning to be a teacher, the writer BBBBaB . a) wont be like the teachers at her boarding school b) is sorry to ha*e let her father down c) wants to teach her students about life They say that your school days are the best years of your life. But that certainly wasnt always the case with me. When I was 11, I was awarded a scholarship to a private boarding school near my home. It was a very traditional, allgirl school, and it had an e cellent reputation. !y parents were very proud of me, but I didnt li"e it at all. #ven though it was a boarding school, because we lived so close, I went home every day, and so I didnt really ma"e any friends there. !ost of the girls came from really wealthy, privileged bac"grounds, and I thin" they loo"ed down on me, as I was $ust an ordinary, albeit clever, local girl. They all "new that I was there on a scholarship and that my parents couldnt afford the tuition. %lso, the teachers were really strict, and I was scared stiff of most of them& %lthough I was doing well academically, I was deeply unhappy the whole time I was there. #ventually, after two years, I persuaded my parents to move me to the local public school. They were really against it at first. They had always wanted me to go to medical school and be a doctor, li"e my dad and my grandfather before him. They didnt e pect me to do well in the public school, which, unli"e the private girls school, was full of students of all different abilities, and didnt have the money, resources, or reputation of my boarding school. But I was b) were ambitious for their daughter

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desperate to go there. I "new lots of my neighbors and old friends from elementary school who were there. I was sure I would be happy there, and I was determined to wor" hard and do well in order to prove my parents wrong. %nd I did& I had a great time at my new school, with lots of friends. I can honestly say that I thin" I learned more about life than I would have done if Id stayed in my first school. When I graduated, I got accepted to a good college to study history. I decided that Im not going to be a doctor, after all. I am going to brea" the family tradition and do my own thing. Im going to be a history teacher. I thin" my dad was a little disappointed, but my mom was thrilled, as shes from a family of teachers. !y own e periences have made me determined not to be li"e the teachers I had at my first school. Im going to be much less strict, for one thing. By this time ne t year, Ill be loo"ing for my first $ob. I really hope Ill be teaching in a public high school, $ust li"e the one I went to.

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5 a) b) c) d) e) 4isten to a con/ersation about a "i)" sc"ool student named 6arren# Are t"ese sentences true 7T8 or -alse 7,89 Aarrens teachers always e.pected him to get good e.am results. BTB Aarrens work isnt as good as it usually is. BBTBBB Aarren has been causing trouble in his Drench class. BBBTBB To go to college, Aarren only needs to pass his e.ams. BBDBBB Aarrens mother is angry that her son is failing. BBBDBB

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