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UNIT TEST (Unit 1)
Section 1: Listening (Tapescript 02)
Listen to the conversation between two people. For sentences 1 to 5 circle
T (True or F (False.
(1 One of the people is on vacation T ! "
(! The man doesn#t li$e %ondon T ! "
(" The &oman o&ns an art 'aller( T ! "
(# )rs *ivers 'raduated in 1+,+ from *osefield -i'h T ! "
(5 The man and the &oman don#t have an(thin' in common T ! "
Section !: Structure an$ %ocabular&
'ea$ the paragraph below. (ut the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense.
I () ___________ (drive) to the cit( centre last month &hen I (*+++++++++++ (see)
.rad/ an old friend from colle'e I (, ___________ (know) him 0uite &ell/ 1ut &e lost
touch &ith each other &hen I (- ____________ (ask) to move to Ohio 1( m(
compan( a fe& (ears a'o I (1. _______________ (see) him for a'es so I
(11 _____________ (get out) of the car 2-o& lon' (1! ______________ (live) in
Ohio/ 3olin45 I as$ed him 2I (1" ______________ (just move) here5 he replied 2I
(1# ________________ (work) in the film industr( and &e (15 _______________
(shoot) part of a ne& movie here in Ohio
'ewrite the /ollowing $irect 0uestions below as in$irect 0uestions beginning with
the wor$s given.
(1) -o& lon' have (ou $no&n a1out this4
Do (ou mind tellin' me ______________________________________
(1* 6hen does the ne7t train leave4
Do (ou have an( idea ________________________________________
(1, 3ould (ou help me please4
I &as &onderin' ____________________________________________
(1- -as she 'ot a 1o(friend at the moment4
I#d reall( li$e to $no& ________________________________________
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(!. 6hen did he leave4
6hat time do (ou suppose ____________________________________
Un$erline the correct phrase in italics in the sentences below.
(!1 )an8 I &asn#t a ver( 'ood student at school 6oman8 So was I / Neither was I
(!! )an8 I &ent to 3olom1ia on holida( last (ear 6oman8 *eall(4 So was I / So
did I.5
(!" 29ass me that 1oo$/ will you / dont you45
(!# 2%et#s have a drin$ at this caf:/ wont we / shall we45
(!5 2No1od( 'ot it ri'ht/ didnt he / did they45
Section ": 'ea$ing
'ea$ the article about Dress-Down Friday. For sentences !) to ". circle
T (True or F (False.
It;s official < &earin' casual clothes to &or$ ma$es people rude/ la=( and flirtatious
Dress>do&n "rida( has not &or$ed out A host of ne& surve(s from the ?tates sho&s
emplo(ers increasin'l( concerned that staff &ho turn up @smart casual# are up to A0 per
cent more li$el( to act rude and sill( %ateness/ slu''ishness or Bust not 1ein' there at
all have all 1ecome hallmar$s of the last da( of the &or$in' &ee$/ accordin' to a stud(
for American 3orporate Trends )a'a=ine ?o much so/ that man( 1osses are no&
returnin' "rida( to its previous strict and so1er incarnation
"rida( first &ent casual in .ritain in the late 1+,0s/ 1ut the practice didn;t reall( catch
on until the mid>Nineties .( then/ the econom( &as 1oomin' and ne& sources of
income and presti'e < IT/ 1iotechnolo'(/ dotcom < &ere emer'in' The people &ho
&or$ed for these firms ma( have 1een rich/ 1ut 1o&ler hats and um1rellas represented
an older < no& ailin' < econom(/ one that had 1een founded in the mid>nineteenth
centur( on a formal distinction 1et&een &or$ and home The Ne& Cconom(/ 1(
contrast/ li$ed to emphasi=e the continuit( and even overlap 1et&een professional and
domestic spaces 9eople 1rou'ht scented candles to the office 1efore returnin' home
to a converted industrial site In "ran$furt/ &or$ers could pop into ;nap rooms; after
lunch/ &hile in %ondon the smartest ne& ni'htclu1 &as called/ 0uite simpl(/ ;-ome;
6or$ and pla( had 1ecome infinitel( interchan'ea1le
Dressin' do&n has proved to 1e more of a &orr( than 'ettin' dressed up in a uniform
ever &as Cven in those companies that are casual ever( da(/ the understandin' is that
(ou &ear a suit &henever appropriate < to meet a client/ ma$e an important
presentation @As a result I spend more time matchin' up m( clothes to m( schedule
than I ever did 1efore/# sa(s ?arah ?mart/ &ho &or$s for a ?&iss 1an$

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6here dress>do&n "rida( 'ot it &ron' &as that emplo(ers had the hope that allo&in'
people to &ear 1uff>coloured trousers to the office &ould si'nal a loosenin' up of
mental 1oundaries &hich/ in turn/ &ould release a stream of @1e(ond the 1o7# thin$in'
.ut clothin' acts li$e a sharp tri''er for sense memor( 6ear casual clothes to &or$/
and (our 1rain thin$s it;s on holida( It ma$es (ou &ant to 'ossip &ith (our friends/
drin$ coffee/ and send loads of Bo$e emails
Accordin' to the te7t8
(!) 9eople are naturall( la=( and slu''ish on the last da( of the &or$in' &ee$ T ! "
(!* Dress>do&n "rida(s &ere popular in .ritain in the late 1+,0s T ! "
(!, In The Ne& Cconom( there &as no clear divide 1et&een &or$ and home T ! "
(!- ?arah ?mart adapts the clothes she &ears for specific occasions T ! "
(". It is still not clear &hether clothin' affects performance in the &or$place T ! "
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